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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 106 87
Rank change year-on-year +17 -19 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 419 383 593
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.11% 2.35% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 2.63% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 236 382
10th Percentile £406 £400 £414
25th Percentile £500 £493 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £725 £691 £650
90th Percentile £788 £806 £750
England median daily rate £539 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +0.65% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £71.63 - -
25th Percentile £74.06 £41.25 £72.50
Median hourly rate £78.75 £42.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.29% -43.33% +106.90%
75th Percentile £84.06 £43.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £86.88 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £75.40 £46.98
% change year-on-year -7.16% +60.50% +92.68%

All Process and 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 12,460 14,546 19,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.52% 89.21% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,243 9,682 14,351
10th Percentile £327 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 179 228
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.11
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -7.28% +4.86%
75th Percentile £49.56 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 -1 73 £625 +6.20% 64
West London -4 5 £500 -9.09% 38
North London - 1 £440 - 11
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (4.77%) Confluence
2 6 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) Apache
3 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.48%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.77%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 31 (7.40%) Aladdin
2 16 (3.82%) thinkFolio
3 14 (3.34%) Endur
4 8 (1.91%) SAP EWM
4 8 (1.91%) SAP WM
5 6 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.43%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.72%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.72%) Shopify
8 2 (0.48%) Aligne
8 2 (0.48%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.24%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.24%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 40 (9.55%) Azure
2 32 (7.64%) Power Platform
3 18 (4.30%) AWS
4 11 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.15%) Miro
6 7 (1.67%) SaaS
7 6 (1.43%) GCP
8 5 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.19%) Lucidchart
8 5 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.19%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.19%) Snowflake
9 4 (0.95%) Figma
9 4 (0.95%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.72%) BigCommerce
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.48%) Commercetools
11 2 (0.48%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.72%) Firewall
1 3 (0.72%) HTTP
1 3 (0.72%) Intranet
2 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.68%) Power BI
2 16 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.34%) Tableau
4 13 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.10%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.67%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.67%) Redis
7 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.48%) Metadata
8 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.48%) Power Query
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.24%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 36 (8.59%) JIRA
2 7 (1.67%) webpack
3 4 (0.95%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.95%) Git
3 4 (0.95%) Selenium
4 3 (0.72%) Postman
5 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.48%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 211 (50.36%) Finance
2 190 (45.35%) Social Skills
3 73 (17.42%) Front Office
4 62 (14.80%) Banking
5 61 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (9.07%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (5.01%) Investment Banking
8 18 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (4.06%) Financial Institution
10 16 (3.82%) Back Office
10 16 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (3.82%) Legal
11 15 (3.58%) Marketing
11 15 (3.58%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (3.34%) Public Sector
13 13 (3.10%) Retail
14 12 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (2.39%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.43%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 288 (68.74%) Analyst
2 273 (65.16%) Business Analyst
3 41 (9.79%) Senior
4 31 (7.40%) Senior Analyst
5 28 (6.68%) Business Manager
6 27 (6.44%) Lead
7 26 (6.21%) Consultant
7 26 (6.21%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
7 26 (6.21%) Senior Business Analyst
8 22 (5.25%) Data Analyst
9 18 (4.30%) Financial Analyst
10 17 (4.06%) Developer
11 16 (3.82%) Data Business Analyst
11 16 (3.82%) Technical Analyst
12 15 (3.58%) Project Manager
12 15 (3.58%) Technical Business Analyst
13 14 (3.34%) Architect
13 14 (3.34%) Finance Business Analyst
13 14 (3.34%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 12 (2.86%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.34%) React
2 13 (3.10%) .NET
3 11 (2.63%) XML
4 10 (2.39%) CSS
4 10 (2.39%) HTML
5 8 (1.91%) REST
6 7 (1.67%) Bootstrap
6 7 (1.67%) HTML5
6 7 (1.67%) jQuery
6 7 (1.67%) JSON
6 7 (1.67%) Memcached
7 5 (1.19%) WPF
8 4 (0.95%) Swagger
9 3 (0.72%) Electron
9 3 (0.72%) JNI
9 3 (0.72%) Node.js
9 3 (0.72%) PySpark
9 3 (0.72%) VML
9 3 (0.72%) Web Services
9 3 (0.72%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.22%) Product Ownership
2 42 (10.02%) Derivative
3 36 (8.59%) Fixed Income
4 31 (7.40%) Hedge funds
5 29 (6.92%) Onboarding
6 20 (4.77%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.06%) Reinsurance
8 16 (3.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (3.58%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (2.86%) Equities
11 10 (2.39%) PMI
12 9 (2.15%) Reference Data
13 8 (1.91%) Market Risk
14 7 (1.67%) Virtual Team
15 6 (1.43%) Credit Risk
15 6 (1.43%) Data Structures
15 6 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 5 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
16 5 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.43%) Linux
2 3 (0.72%) CentOS
2 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
2 3 (0.72%) Unix
3 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.24%) VMS
3 1 (0.24%) Windows
3 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (47.02%) Agile
2 104 (24.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 80 (19.09%) Requirements Gathering
4 76 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (15.04%) Analytics
6 62 (14.80%) User Acceptance Testing
7 61 (14.56%) User Stories
8 60 (14.32%) Data Analysis
9 58 (13.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 57 (13.60%) Business Intelligence
11 54 (12.89%) Project Management
12 51 (12.17%) Project Delivery
13 49 (11.69%) Workshop Facilitation
14 47 (11.22%) Asset Management
14 47 (11.22%) Roadmaps
15 43 (10.26%) Validation
16 41 (9.79%) Acceptance Criteria
16 41 (9.79%) Scrum
17 40 (9.55%) GAP Analysis
17 40 (9.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 103 (24.58%) SQL
2 63 (15.04%) Python
3 12 (2.86%) Java
4 9 (2.15%) C#
5 5 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.19%) VBA
6 4 (0.95%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.72%) Bash
7 3 (0.72%) C
7 3 (0.72%) Perl
7 3 (0.72%) PHP
7 3 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.48%) R
8 2 (0.48%) Ruby
8 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.24%) Jython
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (15.75%) Degree
2 27 (6.44%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.77%) CBAP
3 20 (4.77%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.82%) PMI Certification
5 7 (1.67%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.67%) SAP Certification
6 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.43%) PMP
7 5 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.95%) ACCA
8 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.95%) CISSP
9 3 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.72%) CEH
9 3 (0.72%) CIMA
9 3 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.72%) FFIEC
9 3 (0.72%) ISEB
9 3 (0.72%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.40%) QA
2 25 (5.97%) GDPR
3 16 (3.82%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.34%) MiFID
5 13 (3.10%) EMIR
6 11 (2.63%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.67%) SLA
8 4 (0.95%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.95%) GRC
9 3 (0.72%) FATCA
9 3 (0.72%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.72%) PMO
9 3 (0.72%) SEPA
10 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.48%) Basel III
10 2 (0.48%) GxP
10 2 (0.48%) IFRS
10 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.72%) Terraform
2 2 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.97%) BISAM
2 25 (5.97%) SAP
3 23 (5.49%) Charles River
4 22 (5.25%) Salesforce
5 20 (4.77%) Oracle
6 17 (4.06%) Calypso
6 17 (4.06%) SimCorp
7 12 (2.86%) Workday
8 7 (1.67%) Adobe
9 6 (1.43%) Google
9 6 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.19%) UiPath
11 4 (0.95%) OpenLink
12 3 (0.72%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.72%) ION Trading
12 3 (0.72%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.72%) Sitecore
13 2 (0.48%) Optimizely
13 2 (0.48%) Talend