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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 123 84
Rank change year-on-year +22 -39 -7
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 426 299 487
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.86% 2.19% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 2.42% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 189 346
10th Percentile £363 £400 £408
25th Percentile £449 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £749
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 10
10th Percentile - - £79.38
25th Percentile - - £82.94
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +54.55%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £63.37 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -3.98% -22.35% +54.55%

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 13,506 12,355 16,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.78% 90.53% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,992 7,845 11,870
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% - -8.33%
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 207 153 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.80 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.00 £19.28
Median hourly rate £34.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +23.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% - -

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 7 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 7 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 -2 74 £550 -8.33% 43
West London -11 8 £500 +71.67% 12
South London -10 3 - - 6
North London +3 1 £500 -9.09% 2
East London -6 1 £700 +9.80% 13
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 32 (7.51%) Confluence
2 8 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) SAS
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (10.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (7.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (7.28%) MS Visio
3 21 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.70%) Notion
5 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.47%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (4.23%) Endur
2 14 (3.29%) Loan IQ
3 9 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.88%) SAP WM
5 7 (1.64%) SAP EWM
6 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.70%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.23%) iTrent
9 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (15.73%) Power Platform
2 43 (10.09%) Azure
3 19 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.29%) AWS
5 12 (2.82%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (2.58%) PowerApps
7 10 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.11%) SaaS
9 8 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.41%) dbt
11 5 (1.17%) GCP
11 5 (1.17%) Lucidchart
11 5 (1.17%) Miro
12 4 (0.94%) Figma
12 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.70%) ChatGPT
13 3 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
14 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Broadband
1 2 (0.47%) Internet
1 2 (0.47%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) HTTP
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (13.38%) Power BI
2 14 (3.29%) Tableau
3 8 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.41%) Metadata
5 4 (0.94%) Power Query
5 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.70%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.23%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (12.91%) JIRA
2 4 (0.94%) ERwin
3 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.70%) Postman
3 3 (0.70%) Selenium
3 3 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.47%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.47%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.23%) Ant
5 1 (0.23%) Hudson
5 1 (0.23%) JUnit
5 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.23%) TestNG
5 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 199 (46.71%) Finance
2 186 (43.66%) Social Skills
3 91 (21.36%) Banking
4 77 (18.08%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.92%) Public Sector
6 35 (8.22%) Front Office
7 34 (7.98%) Investment Banking
8 32 (7.51%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (4.93%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (3.76%) Legal
13 15 (3.52%) Back Office
14 14 (3.29%) Financial Institution
15 13 (3.05%) Marketing
16 12 (2.82%) Retail
17 10 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
19 6 (1.41%) Local Government
20 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 296 (69.48%) Analyst
2 266 (62.44%) Business Analyst
3 59 (13.85%) Senior
4 46 (10.80%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (9.86%) Senior Business Analyst
6 22 (5.16%) Technical Analyst
7 20 (4.69%) Banking Analyst
7 20 (4.69%) Consultant
7 20 (4.69%) Technical Business Analyst
8 19 (4.46%) Banking Business Analyst
9 18 (4.23%) Lead
9 18 (4.23%) Project Manager
10 16 (3.76%) Data Business Analyst
10 16 (3.76%) Developer
10 16 (3.76%) Migration Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Business IT Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Endur Business Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Financial Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) IT Business Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.35%) XML
2 8 (1.88%) .NET
3 7 (1.64%) PySpark
3 7 (1.64%) REST
4 5 (1.17%) VML
5 4 (0.94%) JSON
6 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.70%) CSS
6 3 (0.70%) Electron
6 3 (0.70%) HTML
6 3 (0.70%) JNI
6 3 (0.70%) Middleware
6 3 (0.70%) Node.js
6 3 (0.70%) Pandas
6 3 (0.70%) React
7 2 (0.47%) ADO
7 2 (0.47%) Kafka
8 1 (0.23%) Murex MxML
8 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.91%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.46%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (3.76%) PMI
4 15 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.58%) Renewable Energy
5 11 (2.58%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.11%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (1.88%) Fixed Income
7 8 (1.88%) Tandem
8 7 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.64%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.64%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.17%) Derivative
10 5 (1.17%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.94%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.64%) Linux
2 4 (0.94%) Unix
3 3 (0.70%) CentOS
3 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.47%) Windows
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (46.95%) Agile
2 145 (34.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 114 (26.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 95 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (21.13%) User Stories
6 87 (20.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 83 (19.48%) Project Management
8 80 (18.78%) User Acceptance Testing
9 79 (18.54%) Project Delivery
10 76 (17.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 74 (17.37%) Migration
12 61 (14.32%) Data Modelling
13 58 (13.62%) GAP Analysis
14 56 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
14 56 (13.15%) Waterfall
15 51 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (11.97%) Use Case
16 49 (11.50%) Analytics
17 48 (11.27%) Acceptance Criteria
17 48 (11.27%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 74 (17.37%) SQL
2 35 (8.22%) Python
3 13 (3.05%) Java
4 8 (1.88%) C#
4 8 (1.88%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.94%) Perl
6 3 (0.70%) C
6 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) Korn
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.47%) VBA
8 1 (0.23%) ABAP
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.23%) R
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) SOQL
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (15.26%) Degree
2 54 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 49 (11.50%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.22%) CBAP
5 22 (5.16%) PMI Certification
6 20 (4.69%) IIBA
7 9 (2.11%) ISEB
8 8 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.64%) PMP
9 7 (1.64%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.17%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.70%) CFA
11 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.23%) ACCA
13 1 (0.23%) CITP
13 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 1 (0.23%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.39%) QA
2 25 (5.87%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.23%) GDPR
4 9 (2.11%) PMO
5 8 (1.88%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.64%) MiFID
7 4 (0.94%) EMIR
7 4 (0.94%) GRC
7 4 (0.94%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.94%) NIST
8 3 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.70%) PSD2
8 3 (0.70%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) FATCA
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.47%) SLA
9 2 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.64%) Terraform
2 2 (0.47%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) Control-M
3 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) logstash
3 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 62 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.16%) SAP
3 21 (4.93%) Salesforce
4 18 (4.23%) Oracle
5 14 (3.29%) Murex
6 13 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.41%) Avaloq
8 5 (1.17%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.17%) OpenLink
9 4 (0.94%) Sparx
10 3 (0.70%) Adobe
10 3 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.70%) BT
10 3 (0.70%) Databricks
10 3 (0.70%) Google
10 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.70%) Temenos
11 2 (0.47%) Calypso
11 2 (0.47%) IBM