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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 99 105
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 -18
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 422 340 403
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 2.68% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 2.92% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 233 286
10th Percentile £385 £405 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -1.29%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £763
England median daily rate £500 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.47% -0.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £33.45 - -
25th Percentile £36.75 - £83.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £85.00
75th Percentile £49.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile £53.35 - -
England median hourly rate £34.38 £66.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year -47.92% -14.84% +24.00%

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 15,445 11,632 15,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.07% 91.83% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,343 7,889 11,364
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 166 338
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.98
25th Percentile £24.00 £23.64 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.25 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.80 £63.50 £66.83
England median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
% change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 +2 76 £563 -6.25% 41
South London -12 4 £450 -5.26% 8
East London -5 2 £625 -7.41% 12
West London -24 2 £523 +54.81% 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 41 (9.72%) Confluence
2 17 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.95%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.95%) SAS
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (11.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (9.48%) MS Visio
3 37 (8.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.84%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.71%) Notion
6 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (3.32%) Endur
2 13 (3.08%) Loan IQ
3 6 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.95%) Actimize
4 4 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
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%) 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 BPC
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (14.69%) Power Platform
2 29 (6.87%) Azure
3 13 (3.08%) AWS
3 13 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.61%) Power Automate
5 9 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (2.13%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.18%) Figma
8 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.18%) SaaS
9 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (0.95%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
10 3 (0.71%) dbt
10 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
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%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (11.85%) Power BI
2 19 (4.50%) Tableau
3 10 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.66%) Metadata
5 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.47%) Big Data
7 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.47%) Power Query
7 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.47%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (14.69%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) ERwin
3 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.47%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (0.47%) Selenium
3 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.24%) Ant
4 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.24%) Hudson
4 1 (0.24%) JUnit
4 1 (0.24%) Postman
4 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.24%) TestNG
4 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 204 (48.34%) Finance
2 193 (45.73%) Social Skills
3 95 (22.51%) Banking
4 91 (21.56%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (9.00%) Front Office
5 38 (9.00%) Presentation Skills
6 35 (8.29%) Investment Banking
7 34 (8.06%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.87%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (5.92%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (4.74%) Retail
11 19 (4.50%) Legal
12 17 (4.03%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.37%) Back Office
14 8 (1.90%) Marketing
15 7 (1.66%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.95%) Private Banking
18 3 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 313 (74.17%) Analyst
2 289 (68.48%) Business Analyst
3 54 (12.80%) Senior
4 46 (10.90%) Senior Analyst
5 43 (10.19%) Senior Business Analyst
6 20 (4.74%) Banking Analyst
7 18 (4.27%) Banking Business Analyst
7 18 (4.27%) Migration Analyst
7 18 (4.27%) Technical Analyst
7 18 (4.27%) Technical Business Analyst
7 18 (4.27%) Transformation Analyst
8 17 (4.03%) Data Business Analyst
8 17 (4.03%) Lead
9 15 (3.55%) Developer
10 14 (3.32%) Financial Analyst
11 13 (3.08%) Product Analyst
11 13 (3.08%) Project Manager
11 13 (3.08%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
12 12 (2.84%) Consultant
12 12 (2.84%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.90%) Pandas
1 8 (1.90%) VML
1 8 (1.90%) XML
2 5 (1.18%) NumPy
3 4 (0.95%) Middleware
3 4 (0.95%) REST
4 3 (0.71%) .NET
4 3 (0.71%) ADO
4 3 (0.71%) JSON
4 3 (0.71%) OAuth
4 3 (0.71%) PySpark
5 2 (0.47%) Kafka
5 2 (0.47%) SAML
5 2 (0.47%) SOAP
6 1 (0.24%) FpML
6 1 (0.24%) Murex MxML
6 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.24%) Spring
6 1 (0.24%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.51%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.79%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (3.08%) Fixed Income
3 13 (3.08%) PMI
4 11 (2.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.37%) Tandem
6 9 (2.13%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.90%) CMDB
7 8 (1.90%) Derivative
7 8 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.66%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.66%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.18%) Market Risk
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
1 199 (47.16%) Agile
2 157 (37.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (27.25%) User Stories
4 102 (24.17%) Requirements Gathering
5 99 (23.46%) Workshop Facilitation
6 91 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (20.62%) User Acceptance Testing
8 80 (18.96%) Project Management
9 72 (17.06%) Acceptance Criteria
9 72 (17.06%) Migration
10 70 (16.59%) Project Delivery
11 60 (14.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 58 (13.74%) Data Modelling
13 57 (13.51%) GAP Analysis
14 53 (12.56%) AI
14 53 (12.56%) Decision-Making
14 53 (12.56%) Use Case
15 51 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
15 51 (12.09%) Waterfall
16 48 (11.37%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.40%) SQL
2 29 (6.87%) Python
3 8 (1.90%) Java
4 7 (1.66%) C#
5 5 (1.18%) VBA
6 3 (0.71%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.71%) R
7 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) Korn
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
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%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.85%) Degree
3 48 (11.37%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.87%) CBAP
5 22 (5.21%) IIBA
6 16 (3.79%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.95%) CSPO
8 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.71%) CFA
9 3 (0.71%) ISEB
9 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.71%) PMP
10 2 (0.47%) FFIEC
11 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.06%) QA
2 32 (7.58%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.84%) PMO
4 10 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.37%) GDPR
5 7 (1.66%) MiFID
6 6 (1.42%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.18%) GRC
7 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.18%) NIST
7 5 (1.18%) SLA
8 4 (0.95%) PSD2
9 3 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.71%) EMIR
10 2 (0.47%) Basel III
10 2 (0.47%) COBIT
10 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.47%) SEPA
10 2 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) RACF
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.18%) SCCM
2 4 (0.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.47%) 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 67 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.98%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.27%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.84%) Murex
4 12 (2.84%) Oracle
5 11 (2.61%) SAP
6 6 (1.42%) Databricks
7 5 (1.18%) Avaloq
8 4 (0.95%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.95%) OpenLink
8 4 (0.95%) Sparx
9 3 (0.71%) Adobe
9 3 (0.71%) BT
9 3 (0.71%) Calypso
9 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.71%) IBM
9 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (0.71%) Temenos
10 2 (0.47%) LexisNexis
10 2 (0.47%) Workday