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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 115 89
Rank change year-on-year +9 -26 -12
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 421 300 467
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.69% 2.22% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.45% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 202 332
10th Percentile £363 £366 £409
25th Percentile £447 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% -3.26% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £794 £825 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.10% -2.50%
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% +70.00%
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% +70.00%

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 14,164 12,253 16,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.70% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,468 7,900 11,699
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.10%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 345
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.60 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.81 £25.50 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 75 £550 -8.33% 26
West London -18 7 £500 +71.67% 9
South London -12 4 £450 -6.49% 3
North London +2 1 £500 -9.09% 3
East London -1 1 £700 +9.80% 12
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 36 (8.55%) Confluence
2 8 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.48%) SAS
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (10.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (7.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 33 (7.84%) MS Visio
3 24 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.71%) Notion
5 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.48%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (4.04%) Endur
2 12 (2.85%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.19%) SAP EWM
4 5 (1.19%) SAP WM
5 4 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.71%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.24%) Actimize
8 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.24%) iTrent
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (15.44%) Power Platform
2 43 (10.21%) Azure
3 18 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.33%) AWS
5 11 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (2.61%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.38%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.14%) SaaS
8 8 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.43%) dbt
9 6 (1.43%) GCP
9 6 (1.43%) Lucidchart
10 5 (1.19%) Miro
11 4 (0.95%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.95%) Figma
11 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Broadband
1 2 (0.48%) Internet
1 2 (0.48%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (13.06%) Power BI
2 15 (3.56%) Tableau
3 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.43%) Metadata
5 4 (0.95%) Power Query
5 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.71%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.48%) Big Data
7 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.48%) Looker
7 2 (0.48%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 59 (14.01%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) ERwin
3 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.71%) Selenium
3 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.48%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.48%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.48%) Git
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.48%) Postman
4 2 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.48%) 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
1 196 (46.56%) Finance
2 189 (44.89%) Social Skills
3 91 (21.62%) Banking
4 83 (19.71%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (9.03%) Public Sector
6 37 (8.79%) Investment Banking
7 36 (8.55%) Front Office
8 30 (7.13%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (6.89%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (4.28%) Legal
13 14 (3.33%) Retail
14 13 (3.09%) Back Office
14 13 (3.09%) Financial Institution
15 12 (2.85%) Marketing
16 10 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (2.14%) Telecoms
18 6 (1.43%) Local Government
19 4 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 298 (70.78%) Analyst
2 268 (63.66%) Business Analyst
3 59 (14.01%) Senior
4 46 (10.93%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (9.98%) Senior Business Analyst
6 21 (4.99%) Banking Analyst
7 20 (4.75%) Banking Business Analyst
8 19 (4.51%) Lead
8 19 (4.51%) Technical Analyst
9 18 (4.28%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.28%) Technical Business Analyst
10 17 (4.04%) Developer
10 17 (4.04%) Migration Analyst
11 15 (3.56%) Business IT Analyst
11 15 (3.56%) Consultant
11 15 (3.56%) Data Business Analyst
11 15 (3.56%) IT Analyst
11 15 (3.56%) IT Business Analyst
12 14 (3.33%) Transformation Analyst
13 13 (3.09%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.38%) XML
2 7 (1.66%) .NET
3 6 (1.43%) PySpark
3 6 (1.43%) REST
4 5 (1.19%) VML
5 4 (0.95%) JSON
5 4 (0.95%) Pandas
6 3 (0.71%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.71%) CSS
6 3 (0.71%) Electron
6 3 (0.71%) HTML
6 3 (0.71%) JNI
6 3 (0.71%) Middleware
6 3 (0.71%) Node.js
6 3 (0.71%) React
7 2 (0.48%) ADO
7 2 (0.48%) Kafka
7 2 (0.48%) OAuth
7 2 (0.48%) SOAP
8 1 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.11%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.28%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (3.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 15 (3.56%) PMI
5 11 (2.61%) Renewable Energy
6 10 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.14%) Tandem
8 8 (1.90%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.90%) Fixed Income
8 8 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.66%) CMDB
9 7 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.66%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.19%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.19%) Derivative
11 5 (1.19%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.43%) Linux
2 4 (0.95%) Unix
3 3 (0.71%) CentOS
3 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.48%) Windows
5 1 (0.24%) AIX
5 1 (0.24%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (46.08%) Agile
2 150 (35.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (27.32%) Requirements Gathering
4 101 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (22.57%) User Stories
6 88 (20.90%) Workshop Facilitation
7 83 (19.71%) Project Management
8 78 (18.53%) User Acceptance Testing
9 77 (18.29%) Project Delivery
10 73 (17.34%) Migration
11 71 (16.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 63 (14.96%) Data Modelling
13 56 (13.30%) Waterfall
14 54 (12.83%) Business Intelligence
14 54 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (12.59%) GAP Analysis
15 53 (12.59%) Use Case
16 50 (11.88%) Acceptance Criteria
17 49 (11.64%) Analytics
17 49 (11.64%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 69 (16.39%) SQL
2 35 (8.31%) Python
3 14 (3.33%) Java
4 9 (2.14%) C#
5 8 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.95%) Perl
7 3 (0.71%) C
7 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.48%) Korn
8 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.48%) VBA
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) R
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) SOQL
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (15.20%) Degree
2 57 (13.54%) Security Cleared
3 54 (12.83%) SC Cleared
4 32 (7.60%) CBAP
5 21 (4.99%) PMI Certification
6 20 (4.75%) IIBA
7 8 (1.90%) ISEB
8 7 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.66%) PMP
9 6 (1.43%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.19%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.71%) CFA
11 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.48%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.24%) ACCA
13 1 (0.24%) CITP
13 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.03%) QA
2 28 (6.65%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.04%) GDPR
4 8 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.90%) PMO
5 7 (1.66%) MiFID
6 5 (1.19%) GRC
6 5 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.95%) EMIR
7 4 (0.95%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.95%) NIST
8 3 (0.71%) PSD2
8 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) SEPA
9 2 (0.48%) SLA
9 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.43%) Terraform
2 4 (0.95%) SCCM
3 1 (0.24%) Control-M
3 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) logstash
3 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 64 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.75%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.28%) Oracle
3 18 (4.28%) SAP
4 15 (3.56%) Murex
5 14 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.19%) Avaloq
6 5 (1.19%) Bloomberg
6 5 (1.19%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.95%) Databricks
7 4 (0.95%) 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%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.71%) Temenos
9 2 (0.48%) Calypso