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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 80 112
Rank change year-on-year -45 +32 -24
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 408 389 396
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.24% 3.21% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 3.49% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 265 278
10th Percentile £375 £410 £400
25th Percentile £455 £500 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £650
90th Percentile £758 £825 £750
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
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 16,097 11,157 15,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.41% 92.20% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,758 7,514 11,083
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 181 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +10.33% -29.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.84 £63.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -24 60 £575 -4.17% 38
West London -21 9 £285 -15.56% 9
East London -4 2 £625 +15.74% 10
North London -1 1 £500 +13.64% 4
South London -15 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 39 (9.56%) Confluence
2 13 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.98%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.98%) SAS
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (8.58%) MS Visio
3 31 (7.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.74%) Notion
7 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.21%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.72%) Endur
3 5 (1.23%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.98%) Actimize
5 3 (0.74%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.49%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 27 (6.62%) Azure
3 15 (3.68%) AWS
4 9 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.72%) SaaS
7 6 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (1.23%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.23%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (0.98%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.98%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.74%) Figma
10 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.49%) GitHub
11 2 (0.49%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.98%) Network Security
2 2 (0.49%) Broadband
2 2 (0.49%) Firewall
2 2 (0.49%) Internet
3 1 (0.25%) IPsec
3 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.25%) SSL
3 1 (0.25%) VPN
3 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.05%) Power BI
2 17 (4.17%) Tableau
3 8 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.96%) Metadata
4 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.98%) Power Query
6 2 (0.49%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.25%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 56 (13.73%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.49%) ERwin
2 2 (0.49%) Git
2 2 (0.49%) Moq
3 1 (0.25%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.25%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.25%) Hudson
3 1 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.25%) Postman
3 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
3 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.25%) TestNG
3 1 (0.25%) WinAutomation
General
1 204 (50.00%) Finance
2 178 (43.63%) Social Skills
3 105 (25.74%) Banking
4 82 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (9.07%) Front Office
5 37 (9.07%) Investment Banking
6 32 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (7.35%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (7.35%) Legal
8 29 (7.11%) Public Sector
9 24 (5.88%) Retail
10 21 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (4.66%) Financial Institution
12 17 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.96%) Marketing
14 6 (1.47%) Back Office
14 6 (1.47%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.98%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (0.98%) Private Banking
15 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 298 (73.04%) Analyst
2 281 (68.87%) Business Analyst
3 51 (12.50%) Senior
4 46 (11.27%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (10.29%) Senior Business Analyst
6 25 (6.13%) Banking Analyst
7 24 (5.88%) Banking Business Analyst
8 16 (3.92%) Consultant
8 16 (3.92%) Data Business Analyst
8 16 (3.92%) Lead
8 16 (3.92%) Technical Business Analyst
9 15 (3.68%) Technical Analyst
10 14 (3.43%) Transformation Analyst
11 13 (3.19%) Developer
11 13 (3.19%) Risk Business Analyst
12 12 (2.94%) Product Analyst
12 12 (2.94%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.94%) Risk Analyst
13 11 (2.70%) Migration Analyst
14 10 (2.45%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.96%) Pandas
1 8 (1.96%) VML
2 5 (1.23%) NumPy
3 4 (0.98%) .NET
3 4 (0.98%) JSON
3 4 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.98%) XML
4 3 (0.74%) ADO
4 3 (0.74%) Middleware
5 2 (0.49%) CSS
5 2 (0.49%) Django
5 2 (0.49%) HTML
5 2 (0.49%) OAuth
5 2 (0.49%) PySpark
5 2 (0.49%) REST
5 2 (0.49%) Web Services
6 1 (0.25%) JWT
6 1 (0.25%) LangChain
6 1 (0.25%) Semantic Kernel
6 1 (0.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.48%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
2 17 (4.17%) Fixed Income
3 12 (2.94%) Data Structures
4 10 (2.45%) Derivative
4 10 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (2.45%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.45%) PMI
5 9 (2.21%) CMDB
6 8 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.96%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.72%) Market Risk
7 7 (1.72%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.72%) Reinsurance
7 7 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.47%) Tandem
9 5 (1.23%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Android
1 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (42.89%) Agile
2 150 (36.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 110 (26.96%) User Stories
4 102 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 94 (23.04%) Workshop Facilitation
6 84 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (20.34%) User Acceptance Testing
8 79 (19.36%) Acceptance Criteria
9 68 (16.67%) Project Management
10 58 (14.22%) Migration
11 56 (13.73%) AI
12 55 (13.48%) Project Delivery
13 54 (13.24%) Data Modelling
13 54 (13.24%) Decision-Making
14 53 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 51 (12.50%) Use Case
15 51 (12.50%) Validation
16 47 (11.52%) Waterfall
17 46 (11.27%) Analytics
18 45 (11.03%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 62 (15.20%) SQL
2 31 (7.60%) Python
3 4 (0.98%) C#
3 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (0.98%) Java
3 4 (0.98%) VBA
4 3 (0.74%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
4 3 (0.74%) R
5 1 (0.25%) ABAP
5 1 (0.25%) Korn
5 1 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 55 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 47 (11.52%) SC Cleared
3 46 (11.27%) Degree
4 26 (6.37%) CBAP
5 22 (5.39%) IIBA
6 12 (2.94%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.23%) CSPO
8 5 (1.23%) ISEB
8 5 (1.23%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.74%) CFA
9 3 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.74%) PMP
10 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.49%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.86%) QA
3 12 (2.94%) PMO
4 10 (2.45%) GDPR
5 8 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.96%) GRC
6 7 (1.72%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.47%) NIST
8 5 (1.23%) MiFID
8 5 (1.23%) SLA
9 4 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.98%) EMIR
10 3 (0.74%) COBIT
11 2 (0.49%) Basel III
11 2 (0.49%) GxP
11 2 (0.49%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.49%) PSD2
11 2 (0.49%) SEPA
11 2 (0.49%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.49%) Docker
3 1 (0.25%) RACF
3 1 (0.25%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (1.23%) SCCM
2 3 (0.74%) Terraform
3 2 (0.49%) Control-M
4 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.25%) logstash
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.25%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 53 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.90%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.94%) Oracle
5 11 (2.70%) Murex
5 11 (2.70%) SAP
6 7 (1.72%) Databricks
7 4 (0.98%) Avaloq
7 4 (0.98%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.98%) Workday
8 3 (0.74%) BT
8 3 (0.74%) Calypso
8 3 (0.74%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.49%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.49%) Charles River
9 2 (0.49%) Google
9 2 (0.49%) IBM
9 2 (0.49%) LexisNexis
9 2 (0.49%) Temenos