Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in London

Business Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 118 86
Rank change year-on-year +19 -32 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 433 302 495
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.92% 2.18% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 2.41% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 191 347
10th Percentile £368 £413 £408
25th Percentile £450 £463 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £714 £663
90th Percentile £813 £825 £737
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 10
10th Percentile - - £79.38
25th Percentile - - £82.94
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +44.68%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £63.37 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -3.98% -22.35% +44.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,482 12,521 16,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.48% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,929 7,934 11,797
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 155 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.90 £24.88 £19.83
Median hourly rate £34.14 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +14.75% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.75 £79.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in London

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in London over the 6 months to 31 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in London

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the London region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London 0 79 £550 -8.33% 31
West London -15 8 £500 +71.67% 12
South London -5 3 - - 5
North London +3 1 £500 -9.09% 2
East London -7 1 £700 +9.80% 10
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (7.39%) Confluence
2 8 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (10.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (7.62%) MS Visio
3 31 (7.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (3.00%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.69%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.69%) Notion
6 3 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.46%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.39%) Endur
2 14 (3.23%) Loan IQ
3 9 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.85%) SAP WM
5 7 (1.62%) SAP EWM
6 4 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.92%) Workday HCM
7 3 (0.69%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.23%) iTrent
9 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (14.55%) Power Platform
2 39 (9.01%) Azure
3 19 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.23%) AWS
5 12 (2.77%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.54%) PowerApps
7 10 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.08%) SaaS
9 8 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.39%) dbt
12 5 (1.15%) GCP
12 5 (1.15%) Lucidchart
12 5 (1.15%) Miro
13 4 (0.92%) Figma
13 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (0.69%) ChatGPT
14 3 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
15 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) Broadband
1 2 (0.46%) Internet
1 2 (0.46%) Intranet
1 2 (0.46%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) HTTP
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (12.24%) Power BI
2 12 (2.77%) Tableau
3 9 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.15%) Metadata
5 5 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.92%) Power Query
7 3 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.69%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.46%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.46%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.23%) KNIME
9 1 (0.23%) Looker
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 53 (12.24%) JIRA
2 4 (0.92%) ERwin
3 3 (0.69%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.69%) Postman
3 3 (0.69%) Selenium
3 3 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.46%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.46%) Git
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.23%) Ant
5 1 (0.23%) Hudson
5 1 (0.23%) JUnit
5 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.23%) TestNG
5 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 198 (45.73%) Finance
2 191 (44.11%) Social Skills
3 90 (20.79%) Banking
4 77 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.31%) Front Office
6 36 (8.31%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (8.08%) Investment Banking
8 24 (5.54%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (5.54%) Influencing Skills
8 24 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.93%) Legal
10 16 (3.70%) Back Office
11 13 (3.00%) Financial Institution
11 13 (3.00%) Marketing
12 12 (2.77%) Retail
13 11 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (2.08%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.39%) Local Government
15 6 (1.39%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 302 (69.75%) Analyst
2 271 (62.59%) Business Analyst
3 59 (13.63%) Senior
4 46 (10.62%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (9.70%) Senior Business Analyst
6 23 (5.31%) Technical Analyst
7 22 (5.08%) Technical Business Analyst
8 20 (4.62%) Banking Analyst
8 20 (4.62%) Consultant
9 19 (4.39%) Banking Business Analyst
10 18 (4.16%) Project Manager
11 17 (3.93%) Lead
12 16 (3.70%) Developer
12 16 (3.70%) Migration Analyst
13 15 (3.46%) Endur Business Analyst
13 15 (3.46%) OpenLink Business Analyst
14 14 (3.23%) Business IT Analyst
14 14 (3.23%) Data Business Analyst
14 14 (3.23%) IT Analyst
14 14 (3.23%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.54%) XML
2 9 (2.08%) .NET
3 7 (1.62%) PySpark
3 7 (1.62%) REST
4 5 (1.15%) VML
5 4 (0.92%) CSS
5 4 (0.92%) HTML
5 4 (0.92%) JSON
5 4 (0.92%) React
6 3 (0.69%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.69%) Electron
6 3 (0.69%) JNI
6 3 (0.69%) Middleware
6 3 (0.69%) Node.js
6 3 (0.69%) Pandas
7 2 (0.46%) ADO
7 2 (0.46%) Kafka
7 2 (0.46%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.46%) Swagger
7 2 (0.46%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.39%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.39%) Data Protection Act
3 17 (3.93%) PMI
4 15 (3.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (2.77%) Renewable Energy
5 12 (2.77%) Virtual Team
6 11 (2.54%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.31%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.85%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 8 (1.85%) Tandem
9 7 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.62%) Fixed Income
9 7 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.62%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.15%) Derivative
10 5 (1.15%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.92%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.62%) Linux
2 4 (0.92%) Unix
3 3 (0.69%) CentOS
3 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.46%) Windows
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (47.34%) Agile
2 148 (34.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 113 (26.10%) Requirements Gathering
4 98 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (21.48%) User Stories
6 87 (20.09%) Workshop Facilitation
7 83 (19.17%) User Acceptance Testing
8 82 (18.94%) Project Delivery
9 80 (18.48%) Project Management
10 76 (17.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 73 (16.86%) Migration
12 59 (13.63%) GAP Analysis
13 58 (13.39%) Data Modelling
14 56 (12.93%) Waterfall
15 53 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
16 52 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (11.78%) Acceptance Criteria
18 50 (11.55%) Use Case
19 48 (11.09%) Decision-Making
20 47 (10.85%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 75 (17.32%) SQL
2 34 (7.85%) Python
3 14 (3.23%) Java
4 9 (2.08%) C#
4 9 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.92%) Perl
6 3 (0.69%) C
6 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.69%) VBA
7 2 (0.46%) Korn
7 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.23%) ABAP
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.23%) Jython
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.23%) R
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (15.70%) Degree
2 53 (12.24%) Security Cleared
3 48 (11.09%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.08%) CBAP
5 23 (5.31%) PMI Certification
6 20 (4.62%) IIBA
7 9 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.08%) ISEB
8 7 (1.62%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.62%) PMP
8 7 (1.62%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.39%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.69%) CFA
10 3 (0.69%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.23%) CISSP
12 1 (0.23%) CITP
12 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.24%) QA
2 23 (5.31%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.16%) GDPR
4 9 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.85%) PMO
6 7 (1.62%) MiFID
7 4 (0.92%) EMIR
7 4 (0.92%) GRC
7 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.92%) NIST
7 4 (0.92%) SLA
8 3 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.69%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.69%) PSD2
8 3 (0.69%) WCAG
9 2 (0.46%) Basel III
9 2 (0.46%) FATCA
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.62%) Terraform
2 1 (0.23%) Control-M
2 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.23%) logstash
2 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.31%) Salesforce
2 23 (5.31%) SAP
3 18 (4.16%) Oracle
4 13 (3.00%) Murex
5 10 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.39%) OpenLink
6 6 (1.39%) Workday
7 5 (1.15%) Avaloq
7 5 (1.15%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.92%) Sparx
9 3 (0.69%) Adobe
9 3 (0.69%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.69%) BT
9 3 (0.69%) Google
9 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.69%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.69%) Temenos
10 2 (0.46%) Calypso
10 2 (0.46%) IBM