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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 114 88
Rank change year-on-year +9 -26 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 435 319 455
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.67% 2.38% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.61% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 215 324
10th Percentile £364 £378 £413
25th Percentile £447 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £655 £725 £675
90th Percentile £799 £825 £759
England median daily rate £500 £535 £530
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £79.38
25th Percentile £53.25 - £82.94
Median hourly rate £54.50 £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.33% -11.76% +73.47%
75th Percentile £55.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £58.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -10.70% -22.35% +36.00%

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 14,655 12,200 16,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.11% 90.98% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,838 8,002 11,621
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 162 351
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.02 £24.66 £19.49
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +17.50% -16.08%
75th Percentile £56.13 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.42 £77.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.40% +6.06% -6.46%

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 7 March 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
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 7 March 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 +7 84 £550 -8.33% 35
West London -18 5 £511 +75.54% 13
South London -15 4 £450 -6.49% 1
North London 0 1 £500 -9.09% 1
East London -3 1 £700 +3.70% 14
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 42 (9.66%) Confluence
2 12 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.69%) SAS
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 47 (10.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (8.74%) MS Visio
3 35 (8.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.69%) Notion
6 3 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.46%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (3.68%) Endur
2 13 (2.99%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.69%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.69%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.69%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.46%) Actimize
6 2 (0.46%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) iTrent
7 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 66 (15.17%) Power Platform
2 42 (9.66%) Azure
3 20 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.99%) AWS
5 12 (2.76%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.53%) PowerApps
7 10 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.07%) SaaS
9 8 (1.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.38%) dbt
11 5 (1.15%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.15%) GCP
12 4 (0.92%) Figma
12 4 (0.92%) Lucidchart
12 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (0.92%) Snowflake
13 3 (0.69%) ChatGPT
13 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) Broadband
1 2 (0.46%) Firewall
1 2 (0.46%) Internet
1 2 (0.46%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) HTTP
2 1 (0.23%) IPsec
2 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) SSL
2 1 (0.23%) VPN
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
2 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.64%) Power BI
2 18 (4.14%) Tableau
3 9 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.61%) Metadata
5 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.92%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.69%) Power Query
6 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.69%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.46%) Big Data
7 2 (0.46%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.46%) Looker
7 2 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 67 (15.40%) JIRA
2 4 (0.92%) ERwin
3 3 (0.69%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.69%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.69%) Selenium
3 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.46%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.46%) Git
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.46%) Postman
4 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.23%) Ant
5 1 (0.23%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.23%) Hudson
5 1 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.23%) WinAutomation
General
1 205 (47.13%) Finance
2 197 (45.29%) Social Skills
3 97 (22.30%) Banking
4 88 (20.23%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (9.89%) Public Sector
6 38 (8.74%) Investment Banking
7 34 (7.82%) Front Office
8 32 (7.36%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (7.36%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (4.60%) Legal
12 15 (3.45%) Financial Institution
13 13 (2.99%) Retail
14 11 (2.53%) Back Office
14 11 (2.53%) Marketing
15 9 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (2.07%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.38%) Local Government
17 4 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 313 (71.95%) Analyst
2 282 (64.83%) Business Analyst
3 55 (12.64%) Senior
4 45 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
5 41 (9.43%) Senior Business Analyst
6 22 (5.06%) Banking Analyst
7 20 (4.60%) Banking Business Analyst
7 20 (4.60%) Technical Analyst
8 19 (4.37%) Developer
8 19 (4.37%) Technical Business Analyst
9 18 (4.14%) Migration Analyst
10 17 (3.91%) Lead
11 16 (3.68%) Data Business Analyst
11 16 (3.68%) Transformation Analyst
12 15 (3.45%) Business IT Analyst
12 15 (3.45%) Consultant
12 15 (3.45%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.45%) IT Business Analyst
12 15 (3.45%) Project Manager
13 13 (2.99%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.30%) XML
2 7 (1.61%) .NET
3 6 (1.38%) PySpark
3 6 (1.38%) REST
4 5 (1.15%) VML
5 4 (0.92%) JSON
5 4 (0.92%) Pandas
6 3 (0.69%) Middleware
6 3 (0.69%) OAuth
7 2 (0.46%) ADO
7 2 (0.46%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.46%) CSS
7 2 (0.46%) Electron
7 2 (0.46%) HTML
7 2 (0.46%) JNI
7 2 (0.46%) Kafka
7 2 (0.46%) Node.js
7 2 (0.46%) React
7 2 (0.46%) SAML
7 2 (0.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.64%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
2 16 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (3.45%) PMI
4 11 (2.53%) Renewable Energy
5 10 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.30%) Tandem
6 9 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.07%) Fixed Income
6 9 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.07%) Reinsurance
7 8 (1.84%) CMDB
7 8 (1.84%) Credit Risk
7 8 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 7 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.38%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.15%) Derivative
10 5 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.15%) Linux
2 3 (0.69%) Unix
3 2 (0.46%) CentOS
3 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.46%) Windows
4 1 (0.23%) AIX
4 1 (0.23%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (47.36%) Agile
2 153 (35.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (26.90%) Requirements Gathering
4 106 (24.37%) User Stories
5 102 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (22.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 90 (20.69%) User Acceptance Testing
8 81 (18.62%) Project Management
9 77 (17.70%) Migration
10 76 (17.47%) Project Delivery
11 74 (17.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 65 (14.94%) Data Modelling
13 61 (14.02%) Acceptance Criteria
14 59 (13.56%) Waterfall
15 58 (13.33%) GAP Analysis
16 56 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
17 54 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
17 54 (12.41%) Use Case
18 52 (11.95%) Decision-Making
19 48 (11.03%) AI
Programming Languages
1 69 (15.86%) SQL
2 33 (7.59%) Python
3 13 (2.99%) Java
4 9 (2.07%) C#
5 6 (1.38%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.69%) Perl
7 2 (0.46%) C
7 2 (0.46%) Korn
7 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.46%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.46%) VBA
8 1 (0.23%) ABAP
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.23%) R
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) SOQL
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (14.94%) Degree
2 60 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 56 (12.87%) SC Cleared
4 32 (7.36%) CBAP
5 21 (4.83%) IIBA
5 21 (4.83%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.84%) ISEB
7 7 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.61%) PMP
8 6 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.69%) CFA
10 3 (0.69%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.69%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.46%) FFIEC
11 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.23%) ACCA
12 1 (0.23%) CITP
12 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.74%) QA
2 32 (7.36%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.68%) GDPR
4 8 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.84%) PMO
5 7 (1.61%) MiFID
5 7 (1.61%) NIST
6 6 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.15%) GRC
7 5 (1.15%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.92%) EMIR
8 4 (0.92%) PSD2
8 4 (0.92%) SLA
9 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.69%) SEPA
10 2 (0.46%) COBIT
10 2 (0.46%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) RACF
1 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.38%) Terraform
2 5 (1.15%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) Control-M
3 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) logstash
3 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 67 (15.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.29%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.91%) Oracle
3 17 (3.91%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.68%) SAP
5 15 (3.45%) Murex
6 5 (1.15%) Avaloq
6 5 (1.15%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.92%) Bloomberg
7 4 (0.92%) Databricks
7 4 (0.92%) Sparx
8 3 (0.69%) Adobe
8 3 (0.69%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.69%) BT
8 3 (0.69%) Google
8 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.69%) IBM
8 3 (0.69%) Temenos
9 2 (0.46%) Pega
9 2 (0.46%) Workday