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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 94 112
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 -26
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 418 379 399
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.34% 3.01% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 3.27% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 259 282
10th Percentile £366 £409 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £668 £750 £650
90th Percentile £768 £825 £749
England median daily rate £500 £535 £535
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.05% -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £31.45 - -
25th Percentile £31.75 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £44.25 - -
90th Percentile £51.15 - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £63.00 £46.87
% change year-on-year -13.49% +34.41% -25.60%

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 15,818 11,593 15,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.37% 92.21% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,577 7,857 11,245
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £758 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 176 315
10th Percentile £18.70 £16.50 £15.97
25th Percentile £23.66 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +22.32% -28.21%
75th Percentile £58.57 £50.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.30
England median hourly rate £46.80 £29.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.55% -20.14% -2.14%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 71 £575 -4.17% 45
West London -19 9 £285 -15.56% 13
East London -7 2 £625 +2.88% 13
South London -16 2 £450 -5.26% 2
North London 0 1 £500 -9.09% 2
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 (9.81%) Confluence
2 13 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.96%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.96%) SAS
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 37 (8.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.72%) Notion
7 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.35%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.67%) Endur
3 6 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.96%) Actimize
4 4 (0.96%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.72%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.48%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
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%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 29 (6.94%) Azure
3 15 (3.59%) AWS
4 9 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.67%) SaaS
7 6 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.20%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.20%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.96%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.96%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.72%) Figma
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Broadband
1 2 (0.48%) Firewall
1 2 (0.48%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.24%) NAS
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 46 (11.00%) Power BI
2 18 (4.31%) Tableau
3 8 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.67%) Metadata
5 5 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.72%) Power Query
7 2 (0.48%) Big Data
7 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.24%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (14.83%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.48%) ERwin
2 2 (0.48%) Git
2 2 (0.48%) Moq
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.24%) Ant
3 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.24%) Hudson
3 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.24%) JUnit
3 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.24%) Toad
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 205 (49.04%) Finance
2 188 (44.98%) Social Skills
3 95 (22.73%) Banking
4 94 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.85%) Presentation Skills
5 37 (8.85%) Public Sector
6 35 (8.37%) Investment Banking
7 34 (8.13%) Front Office
8 32 (7.66%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (5.50%) Retail
11 20 (4.78%) Legal
12 18 (4.31%) Financial Institution
12 18 (4.31%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.67%) Back Office
13 7 (1.67%) Marketing
14 6 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.96%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 309 (73.92%) Analyst
2 288 (68.90%) Business Analyst
3 57 (13.64%) Senior
4 51 (12.20%) Senior Analyst
5 46 (11.00%) Senior Business Analyst
6 19 (4.55%) Banking Analyst
7 18 (4.31%) Lead
7 18 (4.31%) Transformation Analyst
8 17 (4.07%) Banking Business Analyst
8 17 (4.07%) Data Business Analyst
8 17 (4.07%) Migration Analyst
9 16 (3.83%) Developer
10 15 (3.59%) Consultant
10 15 (3.59%) Technical Business Analyst
11 14 (3.35%) Technical Analyst
12 13 (3.11%) Finance Business Analyst
12 13 (3.11%) Financial Analyst
12 13 (3.11%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.87%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
14 11 (2.63%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.15%) VML
2 8 (1.91%) Pandas
3 6 (1.44%) XML
4 5 (1.20%) NumPy
5 4 (0.96%) .NET
6 3 (0.72%) ADO
6 3 (0.72%) JSON
6 3 (0.72%) Middleware
6 3 (0.72%) OAuth
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.48%) CSS
7 2 (0.48%) Django
7 2 (0.48%) HTML
7 2 (0.48%) Kafka
7 2 (0.48%) PySpark
7 2 (0.48%) REST
7 2 (0.48%) SAML
7 2 (0.48%) SOAP
7 2 (0.48%) Web Services
8 1 (0.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.92%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.83%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (3.35%) Fixed Income
4 12 (2.87%) PMI
5 11 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.39%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.39%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.39%) Tandem
7 9 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.15%) Credit Risk
7 9 (2.15%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.91%) CMDB
8 8 (1.91%) Derivative
8 8 (1.91%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.67%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.44%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.44%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.20%) Market Risk
11 5 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.24%) AIX
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
2 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (45.93%) Agile
2 155 (37.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 116 (27.75%) User Stories
4 105 (25.12%) Requirements Gathering
5 100 (23.92%) Workshop Facilitation
6 94 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (21.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 80 (19.14%) Acceptance Criteria
9 73 (17.46%) Project Management
10 70 (16.75%) Migration
11 66 (15.79%) Project Delivery
12 61 (14.59%) AI
13 59 (14.11%) Decision-Making
14 56 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (13.16%) Data Modelling
16 54 (12.92%) Use Case
17 53 (12.68%) Waterfall
18 51 (12.20%) GAP Analysis
19 50 (11.96%) Data Analysis
20 47 (11.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 67 (16.03%) SQL
2 30 (7.18%) Python
3 6 (1.44%) Java
4 5 (1.20%) C#
5 4 (0.96%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.96%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.96%) VBA
6 3 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.72%) R
7 2 (0.48%) Korn
8 1 (0.24%) ABAP
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 49 (11.72%) Degree
2 49 (11.72%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.70%) CBAP
4 22 (5.26%) IIBA
5 14 (3.35%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.20%) CSPO
7 5 (1.20%) ISEB
7 5 (1.20%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.72%) CFA
8 3 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.72%) PMP
9 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.48%) FFIEC
9 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.24%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.13%) QA
2 33 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.63%) PMO
4 10 (2.39%) GDPR
5 8 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.67%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.44%) GRC
7 6 (1.44%) MiFID
8 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.20%) NIST
8 5 (1.20%) SLA
9 4 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.96%) EMIR
9 4 (0.96%) PSD2
10 3 (0.72%) COBIT
11 2 (0.48%) Basel III
11 2 (0.48%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.48%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (0.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.24%) RACF
2 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.20%) SCCM
2 3 (0.72%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) 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 62 (14.83%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.07%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.59%) Oracle
4 15 (3.59%) SAP
5 12 (2.87%) Murex
6 6 (1.44%) Databricks
7 4 (0.96%) Avaloq
7 4 (0.96%) Calypso
7 4 (0.96%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.96%) Workday
8 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.72%) BT
8 3 (0.72%) IBM
8 3 (0.72%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.48%) Charles River
9 2 (0.48%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.48%) LexisNexis
9 2 (0.48%) Temenos