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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 83 105
Rank change year-on-year -29 +22 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 514 438 393
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.55% 3.21% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 3.48% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 292 258
10th Percentile £363 £405 £397
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £566
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.01% -5.67%
75th Percentile £650 £728 £692
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
England median daily rate £520 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -5.45% +2.80% -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 17,949 12,571 14,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.19% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,845 8,422 10,287
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 246 207
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -17.62%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.31 £54.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -26 62 £575 -8.55% 14
West London -7 11 £285 - 16
North London -1 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 49 (9.53%) Confluence
2 22 (4.28%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.97%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.78%) SAS
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.39%) Apache
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) CMS
7 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.06%) MS Visio
3 18 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 11 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.97%) Actimize
2 5 (0.97%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.78%) Endur
4 3 (0.58%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.58%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.39%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.39%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.39%) Summit
6 1 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.19%) SunGard Martini
6 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (12.26%) Power Platform
2 53 (10.31%) Azure
3 22 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
4 20 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (3.70%) AWS
6 17 (3.31%) SaaS
7 14 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.33%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.95%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.56%) Entra ID
12 8 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 7 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (0.97%) GCP
14 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
15 4 (0.78%) Collibra
15 4 (0.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.97%) Network Security
2 3 (0.58%) Firewall
3 2 (0.39%) VPN
4 1 (0.19%) DNS
4 1 (0.19%) IPsec
4 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.19%) SSL
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.14%) Power BI
2 20 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.72%) Tableau
4 8 (1.56%) Metadata
5 5 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.78%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.78%) Power Query
6 4 (0.78%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.58%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.58%) QlikView
7 3 (0.58%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.39%) Big Data
8 2 (0.39%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 67 (13.04%) JIRA
2 3 (0.58%) Git
3 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.39%) Mocha
3 2 (0.39%) Moq
3 2 (0.39%) Postman
4 1 (0.19%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.19%) Capybara
4 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.19%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.19%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.19%) GitLab
4 1 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) MSTest
4 1 (0.19%) RSpec
4 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.19%) tSQLt
General
1 250 (48.64%) Finance
2 217 (42.22%) Social Skills
3 136 (26.46%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (21.01%) Banking
5 44 (8.56%) Public Sector
6 43 (8.37%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (7.78%) Front Office
8 35 (6.81%) Legal
9 32 (6.23%) Investment Banking
10 29 (5.64%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (4.09%) Retail
12 20 (3.89%) Financial Institution
13 19 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.92%) Marketing
15 14 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.95%) Local Government
17 6 (1.17%) Back Office
17 6 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
18 5 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 5 (0.97%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 355 (69.07%) Analyst
2 329 (64.01%) Business Analyst
3 79 (15.37%) Senior
4 61 (11.87%) Senior Analyst
5 56 (10.89%) Senior Business Analyst
6 28 (5.45%) Consultant
7 25 (4.86%) Lead
8 23 (4.47%) Technical Analyst
8 23 (4.47%) Technical Business Analyst
9 22 (4.28%) Data Business Analyst
10 19 (3.70%) Banking Analyst
10 19 (3.70%) Data Analyst
11 18 (3.50%) Banking Business Analyst
12 16 (3.11%) Developer
12 16 (3.11%) Project Manager
13 14 (2.72%) Finance Business Analyst
13 14 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
13 14 (2.72%) Risk Business Analyst
14 13 (2.53%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 13 (2.53%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.36%) ADO
1 7 (1.36%) JSON
2 6 (1.17%) OAuth
2 6 (1.17%) REST
2 6 (1.17%) SailPoint
3 5 (0.97%) CSS
3 5 (0.97%) HTML
3 5 (0.97%) Middleware
3 5 (0.97%) NumPy
3 5 (0.97%) Pandas
3 5 (0.97%) XML
4 4 (0.78%) .NET
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.78%) VML
5 3 (0.58%) Django
5 3 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.58%) RESTful
6 2 (0.39%) JWT
6 2 (0.39%) Kafka
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 73 (14.20%) Product Ownership
2 20 (3.89%) Derivative
2 20 (3.89%) Fixed Income
3 18 (3.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (3.50%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (3.11%) Data Structures
5 15 (2.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.33%) Market Risk
9 10 (1.95%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.75%) CMDB
10 9 (1.75%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.97%) Equities
12 5 (0.97%) Life Science
12 5 (0.97%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.78%) NHS
13 4 (0.78%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (41.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 206 (40.08%) Agile
3 153 (29.77%) Requirements Gathering
4 135 (26.26%) User Stories
5 129 (25.10%) User Acceptance Testing
6 118 (22.96%) Workshop Facilitation
7 108 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
8 99 (19.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 92 (17.90%) Acceptance Criteria
10 89 (17.32%) AI
11 69 (13.42%) Validation
12 65 (12.65%) Analytics
13 63 (12.26%) Migration
13 63 (12.26%) Project Delivery
14 62 (12.06%) Decision-Making
15 59 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 58 (11.28%) Project Management
17 57 (11.09%) Process Improvement
18 55 (10.70%) Scrum
19 53 (10.31%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 89 (17.32%) SQL
2 36 (7.00%) Python
3 9 (1.75%) Java
4 8 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.17%) C#
5 6 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (0.97%) VBA
7 4 (0.78%) Korn
8 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.58%) R
9 1 (0.19%) C++
9 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) SOQL
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (13.23%) Security Cleared
2 62 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 53 (10.31%) Degree
4 15 (2.92%) IIBA
5 12 (2.33%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.95%) CBAP
6 10 (1.95%) PMP
7 8 (1.56%) FFIEC
7 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.17%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.97%) CSPO
9 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.78%) ISEB
10 4 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.39%) CISM
12 2 (0.39%) CISSP
12 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.86%) QA
3 15 (2.92%) PMO
4 14 (2.72%) GDPR
4 14 (2.72%) NIST
5 9 (1.75%) COBIT
5 9 (1.75%) ISO 20022
6 8 (1.56%) GRC
6 8 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.36%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.36%) EMIR
8 5 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.78%) MiFID
10 3 (0.58%) GxP
10 3 (0.58%) SEPA
10 3 (0.58%) SLA
10 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.39%) PSD2
11 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (0.78%) Docker
3 3 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) RACF
4 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.97%) SCCM
2 2 (0.39%) Terraform
3 1 (0.19%) Control-M
3 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 75 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.06%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.31%) Oracle
3 17 (3.31%) SAP
3 17 (3.31%) ServiceNow
4 14 (2.72%) Murex
5 11 (2.14%) Databricks
6 6 (1.17%) Bloomberg
7 5 (0.97%) CyberArk
7 5 (0.97%) Workday
8 4 (0.78%) IBM
9 3 (0.58%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.58%) Charles River
9 3 (0.58%) Google
9 3 (0.58%) LexisNexis
9 3 (0.58%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.58%) Pega
9 3 (0.58%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.39%) HubSpot