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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 85 107
Rank change year-on-year -22 +22 -14
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 548 437 399
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.73% 3.25% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 3.52% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 286 251
10th Percentile £376 £413 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £690
90th Percentile £750 £788 £813
England median daily rate £525 £536 £535
% change year-on-year -2.05% +0.19% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £31.65 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £32.25 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.16% +85.29% -27.97%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile - £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +28.44% -3.54%

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 17,896 12,411 14,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.21% 92.39% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,750 8,257 10,026
10th Percentile £362 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £530
% change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 255 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.72 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -31 61 £568 -9.20% 49
West London -11 11 £285 - 15
North London -1 3 £550 +25.00% 5
East London - 2 £550 - 9
South London - 1 £650 - 4
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 56 (10.22%) Confluence
2 23 (4.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.91%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.73%) SAS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 34 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.56%) MS Visio
3 16 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 14 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.09%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.91%) Actimize
4 4 (0.73%) Endur
5 3 (0.55%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.55%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.36%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.36%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.36%) Summit
7 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.18%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.18%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 64 (11.68%) Power Platform
2 55 (10.04%) Azure
3 26 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.65%) AWS
6 18 (3.28%) SaaS
7 16 (2.92%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.55%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.82%) Snowflake
11 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.09%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.09%) GitHub
13 6 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.91%) GCP
14 5 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.91%) Network Security
2 3 (0.55%) Firewall
3 2 (0.36%) VPN
4 1 (0.18%) DNS
4 1 (0.18%) IPsec
4 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.18%) SSL
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.58%) Power BI
2 22 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.01%) Tableau
4 10 (1.82%) Metadata
5 6 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.91%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.73%) Power Query
7 4 (0.73%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (0.73%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (0.73%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.55%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.55%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.55%) QlikView
9 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.36%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (13.14%) JIRA
2 4 (0.73%) Git
3 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.55%) Mocha
4 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.36%) GitLab
4 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.36%) Moq
4 2 (0.36%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Capybara
5 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.18%) MSTest
5 1 (0.18%) RSpec
5 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) tSQLt
General
1 265 (48.36%) Finance
2 229 (41.79%) Social Skills
3 148 (27.01%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (22.08%) Banking
5 53 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 44 (8.03%) Front Office
7 43 (7.85%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (6.57%) Investment Banking
9 34 (6.20%) Legal
10 31 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (3.83%) Financial Institution
12 20 (3.65%) Retail
13 17 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.92%) Local Government
15 14 (2.55%) Marketing
16 12 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.46%) Back Office
18 6 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
19 5 (0.91%) Law
19 5 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 373 (68.07%) Analyst
2 347 (63.32%) Business Analyst
3 87 (15.88%) Senior
4 65 (11.86%) Senior Analyst
5 60 (10.95%) Senior Business Analyst
6 29 (5.29%) Consultant
7 28 (5.11%) Lead
8 24 (4.38%) Technical Analyst
9 23 (4.20%) Technical Business Analyst
10 22 (4.01%) Data Business Analyst
11 21 (3.83%) Data Analyst
12 19 (3.47%) Banking Analyst
12 19 (3.47%) Finance Business Analyst
12 19 (3.47%) Financial Analyst
13 18 (3.28%) Banking Business Analyst
14 16 (2.92%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 15 (2.74%) Risk Business Analyst
16 14 (2.55%) Project Manager
17 13 (2.37%) Developer
17 13 (2.37%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.46%) OAuth
2 7 (1.28%) ADO
2 7 (1.28%) JSON
3 6 (1.09%) CSS
3 6 (1.09%) HTML
3 6 (1.09%) Middleware
3 6 (1.09%) REST
3 6 (1.09%) SailPoint
4 5 (0.91%) .NET
4 5 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (0.91%) RESTful
4 5 (0.91%) XML
5 4 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
5 4 (0.73%) NumPy
5 4 (0.73%) Pandas
5 4 (0.73%) Terraform
5 4 (0.73%) VML
6 3 (0.55%) Django
7 2 (0.36%) Drools
7 2 (0.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 79 (14.42%) Product Ownership
2 25 (4.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (4.38%) Derivative
4 22 (4.01%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (3.28%) Fixed Income
6 17 (3.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (3.10%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.92%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.19%) Credit Risk
9 12 (2.19%) Market Risk
10 10 (1.82%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.09%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.09%) CMDB
12 6 (1.09%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.91%) Equities
13 5 (0.91%) Life Science
13 5 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (42.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 229 (41.79%) Agile
3 178 (32.48%) Requirements Gathering
4 147 (26.82%) User Stories
5 142 (25.91%) User Acceptance Testing
6 139 (25.36%) Workshop Facilitation
7 116 (21.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 112 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
9 100 (18.25%) Acceptance Criteria
10 96 (17.52%) AI
11 74 (13.50%) Decision-Making
11 74 (13.50%) Validation
12 72 (13.14%) Project Delivery
13 70 (12.77%) Migration
13 70 (12.77%) Process Improvement
14 66 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 64 (11.68%) Analytics
16 63 (11.50%) Scrum
17 57 (10.40%) Project Management
18 56 (10.22%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 102 (18.61%) SQL
2 33 (6.02%) Python
3 11 (2.01%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.46%) C#
4 8 (1.46%) Java
5 6 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (1.09%) Korn
6 5 (0.91%) VBA
7 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.55%) R
7 3 (0.55%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.18%) Bicep
9 1 (0.18%) C++
9 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.18%) Ruby
9 1 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 74 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 64 (11.68%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.95%) Degree
4 21 (3.83%) IIBA
5 13 (2.37%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.37%) PMP
6 12 (2.19%) CBAP
7 10 (1.82%) FFIEC
7 10 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.09%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.91%) CSPO
9 5 (0.91%) ISEB
10 4 (0.73%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.73%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.55%) ACCA
11 3 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.55%) CISSP
11 3 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.48%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.93%) QA
3 17 (3.10%) NIST
4 15 (2.74%) PMO
5 14 (2.55%) GDPR
6 12 (2.19%) Accessibility
7 11 (2.01%) COBIT
8 8 (1.46%) GRC
8 8 (1.46%) ISO 20022
8 8 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (1.28%) EMIR
10 4 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.73%) IFRS
10 4 (0.73%) MiFID
11 3 (0.55%) GxP
11 3 (0.55%) SEPA
11 3 (0.55%) SLA
11 3 (0.55%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.55%) WCAG
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.91%) Docker
3 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.18%) RACF
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.18%) Control-M
2 1 (0.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 89 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.11%) Salesforce
3 19 (3.47%) Murex
4 18 (3.28%) Oracle
5 16 (2.92%) SAP
6 12 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.64%) Bloomberg
7 9 (1.64%) Databricks
8 5 (0.91%) CyberArk
8 5 (0.91%) Workday
9 3 (0.55%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.55%) Charles River
9 3 (0.55%) Google
9 3 (0.55%) LexisNexis
9 3 (0.55%) Pega
9 3 (0.55%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Adobe
10 2 (0.36%) Calypso
10 2 (0.36%) Infor