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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 104 90
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 424 329 439
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.57% 2.58% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.82% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 224 316
10th Percentile £380 £402 £413
25th Percentile £447 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £738 £678
90th Percentile £788 £825 £763
England median daily rate £500 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -
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 14,808 11,647 16,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.77% 91.28% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,938 7,820 11,448
10th Percentile £351 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £446 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 164 341
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £76.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%

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 20 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 20 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 -3 83 £550 -8.33% 36
South London -15 4 £450 -6.49% 3
West London -18 3 £599 +105.58% 13
East London -6 2 £625 -7.41% 12
North London 0 1 £500 -9.09% 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 43 (10.14%) Confluence
2 18 (4.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.71%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (11.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (9.43%) MS Visio
3 36 (8.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (3.07%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.71%) Notion
6 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.47%) Sketch
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.54%) Endur
2 13 (3.07%) Loan IQ
3 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.71%) Actimize
5 3 (0.71%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.71%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) iTrent
7 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
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 Business One
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (14.62%) Power Platform
2 37 (8.73%) Azure
3 18 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (2.83%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.59%) PowerApps
7 10 (2.36%) AWS
8 9 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.65%) SaaS
11 6 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.94%) dbt
13 4 (0.94%) Figma
13 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
14 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.71%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Broadband
1 2 (0.47%) Firewall
1 2 (0.47%) Internet
1 2 (0.47%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (11.79%) Power BI
2 18 (4.25%) Tableau
3 8 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.89%) Metadata
4 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.71%) Power Query
6 2 (0.47%) Big Data
6 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.47%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.47%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.24%) Looker
Development Applications
1 68 (16.04%) JIRA
2 4 (0.94%) ERwin
3 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.71%) Selenium
3 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.47%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.47%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.47%) Postman
4 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Ant
5 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.24%) JUnit
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 199 (46.93%) Finance
2 196 (46.23%) Social Skills
3 95 (22.41%) Banking
4 88 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (10.38%) Public Sector
6 38 (8.96%) Investment Banking
7 32 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (7.31%) Front Office
8 31 (7.31%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (4.25%) Legal
12 13 (3.07%) Retail
13 12 (2.83%) Back Office
14 10 (2.36%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.89%) Marketing
15 8 (1.89%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.42%) Local Government
17 3 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 313 (73.82%) Analyst
2 281 (66.27%) Business Analyst
3 52 (12.26%) Senior
4 44 (10.38%) Senior Analyst
5 40 (9.43%) Senior Business Analyst
6 20 (4.72%) Banking Analyst
7 19 (4.48%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (4.25%) Banking Business Analyst
8 18 (4.25%) Developer
8 18 (4.25%) Migration Analyst
8 18 (4.25%) Technical Business Analyst
9 17 (4.01%) Data Business Analyst
10 16 (3.77%) Transformation Analyst
11 15 (3.54%) Lead
12 14 (3.30%) Consultant
12 14 (3.30%) Project Manager
12 14 (3.30%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
13 13 (3.07%) Business IT Analyst
13 13 (3.07%) Financial Analyst
13 13 (3.07%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.59%) XML
2 6 (1.42%) .NET
3 5 (1.18%) VML
4 4 (0.94%) Pandas
4 4 (0.94%) PySpark
4 4 (0.94%) REST
5 3 (0.71%) ADO
5 3 (0.71%) JSON
5 3 (0.71%) Middleware
5 3 (0.71%) OAuth
6 2 (0.47%) Kafka
6 2 (0.47%) SAML
6 2 (0.47%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.24%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.24%) Murex MxML
7 1 (0.24%) NumPy
7 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.26%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (3.54%) PMI
3 14 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.59%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.36%) Tandem
6 9 (2.12%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.12%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.89%) CMDB
7 8 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 8 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.89%) Reinsurance
8 7 (1.65%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.42%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.18%) Derivative
10 5 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.47%) Linux
1 2 (0.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) AIX
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (47.41%) Agile
2 149 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (27.12%) Requirements Gathering
4 110 (25.94%) User Stories
5 105 (24.76%) Workshop Facilitation
6 94 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
7 92 (21.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 83 (19.58%) Project Management
9 77 (18.16%) Migration
10 76 (17.92%) Project Delivery
11 72 (16.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 63 (14.86%) Acceptance Criteria
13 61 (14.39%) Data Modelling
14 60 (14.15%) GAP Analysis
15 57 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (13.21%) Waterfall
17 54 (12.74%) Use Case
18 49 (11.56%) Business Intelligence
18 49 (11.56%) Decision-Making
19 48 (11.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 62 (14.62%) SQL
2 26 (6.13%) Python
3 11 (2.59%) Java
4 9 (2.12%) C#
5 4 (0.94%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.71%) VBA
7 2 (0.47%) Korn
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.24%) ABAP
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 60 (14.15%) Degree
3 57 (13.44%) SC Cleared
4 32 (7.55%) CBAP
5 22 (5.19%) IIBA
5 22 (5.19%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.89%) ISEB
6 8 (1.89%) PMP
7 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.94%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.71%) CFA
9 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.47%) FFIEC
11 1 (0.24%) CSPO
11 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.73%) QA
2 33 (7.78%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.59%) GDPR
4 10 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.12%) PMO
6 8 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.89%) NIST
7 7 (1.65%) GRC
7 7 (1.65%) MiFID
8 5 (1.18%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.94%) EMIR
9 4 (0.94%) SLA
10 3 (0.71%) PSD2
11 2 (0.47%) COBIT
11 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.47%) SEPA
11 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) RACF
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.18%) SCCM
2 4 (0.94%) Terraform
3 1 (0.24%) Control-M
3 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) logstash
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.42%) Salesforce
3 19 (4.48%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.30%) Murex
4 14 (3.30%) Oracle
5 12 (2.83%) SAP
6 5 (1.18%) Avaloq
7 4 (0.94%) Bloomberg
7 4 (0.94%) Databricks
7 4 (0.94%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.94%) Sparx
8 3 (0.71%) Adobe
8 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.71%) BT
8 3 (0.71%) Google
8 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.71%) IBM
8 3 (0.71%) Temenos
9 2 (0.47%) Calypso
9 2 (0.47%) Pega