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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 81 108
Rank change year-on-year -30 +27 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 497 440 394
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.50% 3.24% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 3.51% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 290 257
10th Percentile £375 £405 £396
25th Percentile £457 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £693
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
England median daily rate £520 £537 £535
% change year-on-year -3.21% +0.42% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £31.65 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £32.25 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.79% +85.29% -1.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile - £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +28.44% -3.54%

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 17,663 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%

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 29 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in London over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in London

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 29 July 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 -30 61 £575 -8.00% 19
West London -9 10 £285 -15.56% 13
North London 0 2 - - 3
South London - 2 £550 - 5
East London - 2 £550 - 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 48 (9.66%) Confluence
2 21 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.01%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.80%) SAS
5 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.23%) MS Visio
3 16 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.01%) Actimize
2 5 (1.01%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.80%) Endur
4 3 (0.60%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.60%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.40%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.40%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.40%) Summit
6 1 (0.20%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.20%) SunGard Martini
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 59 (11.87%) Power Platform
2 50 (10.06%) Azure
3 19 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
4 18 (3.62%) AWS
5 17 (3.42%) SaaS
6 13 (2.62%) Power Automate
7 11 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (2.21%) PowerApps
8 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (1.61%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.61%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.01%) GCP
11 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.80%) Collibra
13 3 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.01%) Network Security
2 3 (0.60%) Firewall
3 2 (0.40%) VPN
4 1 (0.20%) DNS
4 1 (0.20%) IPsec
4 1 (0.20%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.20%) SSL
4 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.85%) Power BI
2 19 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.82%) Tableau
4 8 (1.61%) Metadata
5 6 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.80%) Power Query
7 4 (0.80%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.60%) QlikView
8 3 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.40%) Big Data
9 2 (0.40%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.40%) Parquet
9 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 66 (13.28%) JIRA
2 2 (0.40%) Git
2 2 (0.40%) Moq
2 2 (0.40%) Postman
3 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.20%) Capybara
3 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.20%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.20%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.20%) Mocha
3 1 (0.20%) MSTest
3 1 (0.20%) RSpec
3 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.20%) tSQLt
General
1 243 (48.89%) Finance
2 208 (41.85%) Social Skills
3 126 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (20.93%) Banking
5 44 (8.85%) Documentation Skills
6 41 (8.25%) Public Sector
7 39 (7.85%) Front Office
8 36 (7.24%) Legal
9 31 (6.24%) Investment Banking
10 28 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (4.02%) Retail
12 19 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (3.62%) Financial Institution
14 14 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (2.82%) Marketing
15 8 (1.61%) Local Government
16 6 (1.21%) Back Office
17 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
17 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 346 (69.62%) Analyst
2 320 (64.39%) Business Analyst
3 74 (14.89%) Senior
4 58 (11.67%) Senior Analyst
5 53 (10.66%) Senior Business Analyst
6 27 (5.43%) Consultant
7 23 (4.63%) Lead
7 23 (4.63%) Technical Analyst
7 23 (4.63%) Technical Business Analyst
8 22 (4.43%) Data Business Analyst
9 20 (4.02%) Banking Analyst
10 19 (3.82%) Banking Business Analyst
11 18 (3.62%) Data Analyst
12 16 (3.22%) Project Manager
13 15 (3.02%) Developer
14 14 (2.82%) Finance Business Analyst
14 14 (2.82%) Financial Analyst
14 14 (2.82%) Risk Business Analyst
15 13 (2.62%) Risk Analyst
16 12 (2.41%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.41%) ADO
1 7 (1.41%) JSON
2 6 (1.21%) REST
2 6 (1.21%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.01%) CSS
3 5 (1.01%) HTML
3 5 (1.01%) Middleware
3 5 (1.01%) NumPy
3 5 (1.01%) Pandas
3 5 (1.01%) XML
4 4 (0.80%) .NET
4 4 (0.80%) OAuth
4 4 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.80%) VML
5 3 (0.60%) Django
6 2 (0.40%) Drools
6 2 (0.40%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (0.40%) Kafka
6 2 (0.40%) RESTful
6 2 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.88%) Product Ownership
2 20 (4.02%) Fixed Income
3 18 (3.62%) Derivative
3 18 (3.62%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.22%) Data Structures
5 15 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.21%) Market Risk
9 9 (1.81%) CMDB
9 9 (1.81%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.61%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.21%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.01%) Life Science
12 5 (1.01%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.80%) Equities
13 4 (0.80%) NHS
13 4 (0.80%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.40%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Android
2 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (40.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 193 (38.83%) Agile
3 145 (29.18%) Requirements Gathering
4 126 (25.35%) User Stories
5 124 (24.95%) User Acceptance Testing
6 110 (22.13%) Workshop Facilitation
7 100 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (18.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 86 (17.30%) Acceptance Criteria
10 84 (16.90%) AI
11 71 (14.29%) Validation
12 62 (12.47%) Migration
13 60 (12.07%) Analytics
13 60 (12.07%) Project Management
14 57 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (11.47%) Project Delivery
15 56 (11.27%) Decision-Making
16 54 (10.87%) Process Improvement
17 51 (10.26%) Scrum
18 49 (9.86%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 85 (17.10%) SQL
2 37 (7.44%) Python
3 9 (1.81%) Java
4 6 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.01%) C#
5 5 (1.01%) VBA
6 3 (0.60%) Korn
6 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.60%) R
7 1 (0.20%) C++
7 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.20%) Ruby
7 1 (0.20%) SOQL
7 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (12.27%) Security Cleared
2 55 (11.07%) SC Cleared
3 51 (10.26%) Degree
4 15 (3.02%) IIBA
5 12 (2.41%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.01%) CBAP
6 10 (2.01%) PMP
7 8 (1.61%) FFIEC
7 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.21%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.01%) CSPO
9 5 (1.01%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.80%) ISEB
11 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.60%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.40%) CISM
12 2 (0.40%) CISSP
12 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.44%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.63%) QA
3 14 (2.82%) NIST
3 14 (2.82%) PMO
4 13 (2.62%) GDPR
5 9 (1.81%) COBIT
5 9 (1.81%) ISO 20022
6 8 (1.61%) GRC
6 8 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.21%) EMIR
9 5 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.60%) GxP
10 3 (0.60%) MiFID
10 3 (0.60%) SEPA
10 3 (0.60%) SLA
10 3 (0.60%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.40%) Basel III
11 2 (0.40%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.60%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) RACF
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.01%) SCCM
2 2 (0.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.20%) Control-M
3 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 70 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.03%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.42%) Oracle
3 17 (3.42%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.22%) SAP
5 11 (2.21%) Databricks
6 10 (2.01%) Murex
7 5 (1.01%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.01%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.01%) Workday
8 4 (0.80%) IBM
9 3 (0.60%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.60%) Charles River
9 3 (0.60%) Google
9 3 (0.60%) LexisNexis
9 3 (0.60%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.60%) Pega
9 3 (0.60%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.40%) Duck Creek