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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 83 104
Rank change year-on-year -38 +21 -15
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 416 393 413
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.25% 3.21% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 3.48% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 271 288
10th Percentile £395 £409 £400
25th Percentile £463 £503 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £654
90th Percentile £758 £819 £750
England median daily rate £500 £540 £528
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.37% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £31.45 - -
25th Percentile £31.75 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £44.25 - -
90th Percentile £51.15 - -
England median hourly rate £44.69 £63.00 £46.87
% change year-on-year -29.07% +34.41% -28.98%

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 16,377 11,309 15,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.67% 92.27% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,935 7,582 11,066
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 194 315
10th Percentile £18.28 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% +15.18% -29.34%
75th Percentile £58.94 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.23 £63.60 £66.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +63.48% -23.33% -

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 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -27 60 £563 -10.00% 11
West London -20 9 £285 -15.56% 10
East London -6 2 £625 +15.74% 11
North London -1 1 £500 +13.64% 5
South London -12 1 £450 -5.26% 1
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 (9.13%) Confluence
2 13 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.96%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.96%) SAS
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (8.41%) MS Visio
3 30 (7.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.72%) Notion
7 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.16%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.44%) Endur
3 5 (1.20%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.96%) Actimize
5 3 (0.72%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.48%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.54%) Power Platform
2 28 (6.73%) Azure
3 16 (3.85%) AWS
4 9 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (1.92%) SaaS
6 7 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (1.20%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.20%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.96%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.96%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.72%) Figma
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.48%) GitHub
11 2 (0.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.96%) Network Security
2 2 (0.48%) Broadband
2 2 (0.48%) Firewall
2 2 (0.48%) Internet
3 1 (0.24%) IPsec
3 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.24%) SSL
3 1 (0.24%) VPN
3 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.86%) Power BI
2 17 (4.09%) Tableau
3 9 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.68%) Metadata
5 4 (0.96%) Power Query
5 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.48%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.24%) Looker
8 1 (0.24%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.24%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 57 (13.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Git
2 2 (0.48%) Moq
2 2 (0.48%) Postman
3 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.24%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.24%) ERwin
3 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.24%) Hudson
3 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.24%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.24%) TestNG
3 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 207 (49.76%) Finance
2 184 (44.23%) Social Skills
3 105 (25.24%) Banking
4 87 (20.91%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.89%) Front Office
5 37 (8.89%) Investment Banking
6 35 (8.41%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (7.93%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (7.45%) Legal
9 28 (6.73%) Public Sector
10 24 (5.77%) Retail
11 20 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (4.57%) Financial Institution
13 17 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.16%) Marketing
15 7 (1.68%) Back Office
16 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
17 4 (0.96%) Private Banking
17 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 305 (73.32%) Analyst
2 288 (69.23%) Business Analyst
3 55 (13.22%) Senior
4 50 (12.02%) Senior Analyst
5 46 (11.06%) Senior Business Analyst
6 25 (6.01%) Banking Analyst
7 24 (5.77%) Banking Business Analyst
8 16 (3.85%) Data Business Analyst
8 16 (3.85%) Lead
8 16 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
9 15 (3.61%) Consultant
9 15 (3.61%) Technical Analyst
10 14 (3.37%) Project Manager
10 14 (3.37%) Transformation Analyst
11 13 (3.13%) Developer
11 13 (3.13%) Risk Business Analyst
12 12 (2.88%) Product Analyst
12 12 (2.88%) Risk Analyst
13 11 (2.64%) Digital Business Analyst
13 11 (2.64%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.92%) Pandas
1 8 (1.92%) VML
2 5 (1.20%) NumPy
3 4 (0.96%) .NET
3 4 (0.96%) JSON
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.72%) ADO
4 3 (0.72%) Middleware
4 3 (0.72%) REST
4 3 (0.72%) XML
5 2 (0.48%) CSS
5 2 (0.48%) Django
5 2 (0.48%) HTML
5 2 (0.48%) OAuth
5 2 (0.48%) PySpark
5 2 (0.48%) Web Services
6 1 (0.24%) LangChain
6 1 (0.24%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.24%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (0.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.74%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.33%) Data Protection Act
3 17 (4.09%) Fixed Income
4 13 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.40%) Derivative
6 10 (2.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.16%) CMDB
7 9 (2.16%) PMI
8 8 (1.92%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.92%) Reinsurance
9 7 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.68%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.68%) Market Risk
9 7 (1.68%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.44%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.44%) Tandem
11 5 (1.20%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.24%) Android
1 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (42.55%) Agile
2 152 (36.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 113 (27.16%) User Stories
4 104 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 94 (22.60%) Workshop Facilitation
6 90 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (20.19%) User Acceptance Testing
8 78 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
9 69 (16.59%) Project Management
10 59 (14.18%) AI
11 58 (13.94%) Migration
12 57 (13.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 56 (13.46%) Decision-Making
14 55 (13.22%) Project Delivery
15 52 (12.50%) Data Modelling
15 52 (12.50%) Validation
16 51 (12.26%) Use Case
17 48 (11.54%) Data Analysis
17 48 (11.54%) Waterfall
18 46 (11.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 61 (14.66%) SQL
2 31 (7.45%) Python
3 4 (0.96%) C#
3 4 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (0.96%) Java
3 4 (0.96%) VBA
4 3 (0.72%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
4 3 (0.72%) R
5 1 (0.24%) ABAP
5 1 (0.24%) Korn
5 1 (0.24%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 54 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 46 (11.06%) Degree
2 46 (11.06%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.01%) CBAP
4 22 (5.29%) IIBA
5 11 (2.64%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.20%) CSPO
7 5 (1.20%) ISEB
7 5 (1.20%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.72%) CFA
8 3 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.72%) PMP
9 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.48%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.48%) FFIEC
9 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 27 (6.49%) QA
3 13 (3.13%) PMO
4 11 (2.64%) GDPR
5 9 (2.16%) GRC
6 8 (1.92%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.68%) ISO 20022
8 6 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.44%) NIST
9 5 (1.20%) MiFID
10 4 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.96%) EMIR
10 4 (0.96%) SLA
11 3 (0.72%) COBIT
12 2 (0.48%) Basel III
12 2 (0.48%) GxP
12 2 (0.48%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.48%) PSD2
12 2 (0.48%) SEPA
12 2 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.48%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) RACF
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (1.20%) SCCM
2 3 (0.72%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) Control-M
4 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.24%) logstash
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 55 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.81%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.09%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.13%) Oracle
5 11 (2.64%) Murex
5 11 (2.64%) SAP
6 8 (1.92%) Databricks
7 4 (0.96%) Avaloq
7 4 (0.96%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.96%) Workday
8 3 (0.72%) BT
8 3 (0.72%) Calypso
8 3 (0.72%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.48%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.48%) Charles River
9 2 (0.48%) Google
9 2 (0.48%) IBM
9 2 (0.48%) LexisNexis
9 2 (0.48%) Temenos