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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 81 109
Rank change year-on-year -36 +28 -16
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 463 431 410
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 3.29% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 3.57% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 287 277
10th Percentile £369 £406 £404
25th Percentile £450 £503 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £663 £738 £688
90th Percentile £757 £790 £825
England median daily rate £510 £539 £525
% change year-on-year -5.34% +2.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £31.45 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £31.75 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.73% +85.29% +8.97%
75th Percentile £44.25 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.15 £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £44.69 £64.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.72% +51.76% -35.61%

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 17,177 12,084 15,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.22% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,420 8,065 11,124
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 227 298
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.98
25th Percentile £23.25 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.62% +8.33% -26.90%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -29 61 £550 -12.00% 47
West London -13 11 £285 -15.56% 15
East London 0 2 £625 +15.74% 13
South London -6 1 £450 -5.26% 3
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 38 (8.21%) Confluence
2 16 (3.46%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.08%) SAS
4 4 (0.86%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.22%) Apache
7 1 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (7.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.05%) MS Visio
3 25 (5.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.30%) Endur
3 5 (1.08%) Actimize
3 5 (1.08%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.65%) IntelliMatch
4 3 (0.65%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.43%) Summit
6 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.22%) SunGard Martini
6 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.02%) Power Platform
2 39 (8.42%) Azure
3 19 (4.10%) AWS
4 13 (2.81%) SaaS
5 10 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.51%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (1.30%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.30%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.86%) Collibra
11 4 (0.86%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.65%) Anthropic Claude
12 3 (0.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.08%) Network Security
2 2 (0.43%) Broadband
2 2 (0.43%) Firewall
2 2 (0.43%) Internet
3 1 (0.22%) IPsec
3 1 (0.22%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.22%) SSL
3 1 (0.22%) VPN
3 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.07%) Power BI
2 16 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (3.46%) Tableau
3 6 (1.30%) Metadata
4 5 (1.08%) Power Query
4 5 (1.08%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.86%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (0.65%) Data Mart
6 3 (0.65%) QlikView
6 3 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
6 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.22%) Looker
8 1 (0.22%) Parquet
8 1 (0.22%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 58 (12.53%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) Git
2 2 (0.43%) Moq
2 2 (0.43%) Postman
3 1 (0.22%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.22%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.22%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.22%) Mocha
3 1 (0.22%) MSTest
3 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.22%) tSQLt
3 1 (0.22%) WinAutomation
General
1 215 (46.44%) Finance
2 198 (42.76%) Social Skills
3 105 (22.68%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (22.03%) Banking
5 45 (9.72%) Front Office
6 34 (7.34%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (7.13%) Legal
7 33 (7.13%) Public Sector
8 32 (6.91%) Investment Banking
9 31 (6.70%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (4.97%) Retail
11 22 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (3.46%) Financial Institution
14 12 (2.59%) Marketing
15 6 (1.30%) Back Office
15 6 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.86%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 330 (71.27%) Analyst
2 304 (65.66%) Business Analyst
3 65 (14.04%) Senior
4 53 (11.45%) Senior Analyst
5 47 (10.15%) Senior Business Analyst
6 22 (4.75%) Consultant
6 22 (4.75%) Technical Business Analyst
7 21 (4.54%) Banking Analyst
7 21 (4.54%) Technical Analyst
8 20 (4.32%) Banking Business Analyst
8 20 (4.32%) Data Business Analyst
9 19 (4.10%) Lead
10 17 (3.67%) Project Manager
11 16 (3.46%) Data Analyst
12 14 (3.02%) Risk Business Analyst
13 13 (2.81%) Developer
13 13 (2.81%) Risk Analyst
13 13 (2.81%) Transformation Analyst
14 12 (2.59%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 11 (2.38%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.73%) Pandas
2 7 (1.51%) VML
3 5 (1.08%) .NET
3 5 (1.08%) Middleware
3 5 (1.08%) NumPy
4 4 (0.86%) ADO
4 4 (0.86%) JSON
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.86%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.65%) CSS
5 3 (0.65%) Django
5 3 (0.65%) HTML
5 3 (0.65%) REST
5 3 (0.65%) XML
6 2 (0.43%) OAuth
6 2 (0.43%) Web Services
7 1 (0.22%) EDI
7 1 (0.22%) FpML
7 1 (0.22%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.45%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.54%) Fixed Income
3 18 (3.89%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (3.46%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (3.24%) Derivative
6 14 (3.02%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.16%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.94%) CMDB
9 9 (1.94%) Credit Risk
9 9 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.94%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.94%) Market Risk
10 7 (1.51%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.51%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.30%) PMI
11 6 (1.30%) Tandem
12 5 (1.08%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.22%) Android
1 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (40.39%) Agile
2 171 (36.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 126 (27.21%) Requirements Gathering
4 113 (24.41%) User Stories
5 104 (22.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 102 (22.03%) Workshop Facilitation
7 97 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
8 82 (17.71%) Acceptance Criteria
9 77 (16.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 72 (15.55%) AI
11 69 (14.90%) Project Management
12 67 (14.47%) Validation
13 58 (12.53%) Data Modelling
14 57 (12.31%) Migration
14 57 (12.31%) Project Delivery
15 56 (12.10%) Decision-Making
16 55 (11.88%) Analytics
16 55 (11.88%) Use Case
17 50 (10.80%) Data Analysis
18 48 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 79 (17.06%) SQL
2 38 (8.21%) Python
3 7 (1.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.30%) VBA
5 4 (0.86%) Java
6 3 (0.65%) C#
6 3 (0.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.65%) Korn
6 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.65%) R
7 1 (0.22%) C++
7 1 (0.22%) SOQL
7 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 48 (10.37%) Degree
2 48 (10.37%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.67%) IIBA
4 16 (3.46%) CBAP
5 9 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.51%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.08%) CSPO
9 4 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.86%) FFIEC
9 4 (0.86%) PMP
10 3 (0.65%) ISEB
10 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.43%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.22%) CRISC
12 1 (0.22%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.99%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.62%) QA
3 12 (2.59%) PMO
4 11 (2.38%) GDPR
5 10 (2.16%) NIST
6 9 (1.94%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.94%) GRC
6 9 (1.94%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.30%) EMIR
9 5 (1.08%) COBIT
10 4 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.65%) GxP
11 3 (0.65%) MiFID
11 3 (0.65%) SLA
11 3 (0.65%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.43%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.43%) PSD2
12 2 (0.43%) SEPA
12 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) RACF
3 1 (0.22%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.08%) SCCM
2 2 (0.43%) Control-M
2 2 (0.43%) Terraform
3 1 (0.22%) logstash
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 60 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.67%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.24%) Murex
5 14 (3.02%) Oracle
5 14 (3.02%) SAP
6 12 (2.59%) Databricks
7 7 (1.51%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.08%) Workday
9 4 (0.86%) Avaloq
9 4 (0.86%) OpenLink
10 3 (0.65%) BT
10 3 (0.65%) Calypso
10 3 (0.65%) LexisNexis
10 3 (0.65%) Pega
10 3 (0.65%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.43%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.43%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.43%) Infor