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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 108 99
Rank change year-on-year -4 -9 -14
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 429 331 415
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.48% 2.61% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.85% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 225 297
10th Percentile £370 £402 £410
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £750 £675
90th Percentile £798 £825 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £33.45 - £73.13
25th Percentile £36.75 - £83.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £85.00
75th Percentile £49.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile £53.35 - £86.80
England median hourly rate £44.44 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -32.67% -22.35% +36.00%

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 15,430 11,609 15,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.20% 91.65% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,356 7,870 11,343
10th Percentile £352 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £760 £801 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 168 332
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £24.54 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.13 £50.86 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 0 81 £550 -8.33% 33
South London -19 4 £450 -5.26% 3
East London -3 2 £625 -7.41% 12
West London -27 2 £523 +54.81% 13
North London +1 1 £500 -9.09% 3
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 42 (9.79%) Confluence
2 17 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.93%) SAS
4 3 (0.70%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (11.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (9.32%) MS Visio
3 37 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.70%) Notion
6 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.26%) Endur
2 13 (3.03%) Loan IQ
3 5 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.93%) Actimize
4 4 (0.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.70%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.47%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.23%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (14.22%) Power Platform
2 29 (6.76%) Azure
3 13 (3.03%) AWS
3 13 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.56%) Power Automate
5 9 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (2.10%) PowerApps
6 7 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 7 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.17%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.17%) Figma
7 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.17%) SaaS
8 4 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (0.93%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.70%) ChatGPT
9 3 (0.70%) dbt
9 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Broadband
1 2 (0.47%) Firewall
1 2 (0.47%) Internet
1 2 (0.47%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) HTTP
2 1 (0.23%) IPsec
2 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) SSL
2 1 (0.23%) VPN
2 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (11.42%) Power BI
2 19 (4.43%) Tableau
3 10 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.63%) Metadata
5 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.47%) Big Data
7 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.47%) Power Query
7 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.47%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.23%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 62 (14.45%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) ERwin
3 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.47%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (0.47%) Selenium
3 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.23%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.23%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.23%) Git
4 1 (0.23%) Hudson
4 1 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.23%) Postman
4 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.23%) WinAutomation
General
1 203 (47.32%) Finance
2 196 (45.69%) Social Skills
3 97 (22.61%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (22.61%) Banking
4 40 (9.32%) Public Sector
5 37 (8.62%) Investment Banking
6 35 (8.16%) Front Office
6 35 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (5.13%) Legal
10 19 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (4.20%) Retail
12 16 (3.73%) Financial Institution
13 10 (2.33%) Back Office
14 8 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.86%) Marketing
15 7 (1.63%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.17%) Local Government
17 4 (0.93%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 317 (73.89%) Analyst
2 290 (67.60%) Business Analyst
3 55 (12.82%) Senior
4 46 (10.72%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (9.79%) Senior Business Analyst
6 19 (4.43%) Banking Analyst
7 18 (4.20%) Migration Analyst
7 18 (4.20%) Transformation Analyst
8 17 (3.96%) Banking Business Analyst
8 17 (3.96%) Data Business Analyst
8 17 (3.96%) Lead
8 17 (3.96%) Technical Analyst
8 17 (3.96%) Technical Business Analyst
9 16 (3.73%) Project Manager
10 15 (3.50%) Developer
11 14 (3.26%) Financial Analyst
12 13 (3.03%) Business IT Analyst
12 13 (3.03%) IT Analyst
12 13 (3.03%) IT Business Analyst
12 13 (3.03%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.10%) XML
2 7 (1.63%) Pandas
2 7 (1.63%) VML
3 4 (0.93%) NumPy
3 4 (0.93%) REST
4 3 (0.70%) .NET
4 3 (0.70%) ADO
4 3 (0.70%) JSON
4 3 (0.70%) Middleware
4 3 (0.70%) OAuth
4 3 (0.70%) PySpark
5 2 (0.47%) Kafka
5 2 (0.47%) SAML
5 2 (0.47%) SOAP
6 1 (0.23%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.23%) FpML
6 1 (0.23%) IBM Integration Bus
6 1 (0.23%) Murex MxML
6 1 (0.23%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.05%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (3.50%) PMI
4 12 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.56%) Fixed Income
5 11 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.33%) Credit Risk
6 10 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.33%) Tandem
7 9 (2.10%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.86%) CMDB
8 8 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.86%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.63%) Derivative
9 7 (1.63%) Reference Data
9 7 (1.63%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.17%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.47%) Linux
1 2 (0.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.23%) AIX
2 1 (0.23%) Android
2 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (46.15%) Agile
2 156 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 116 (27.04%) User Stories
4 108 (25.17%) Requirements Gathering
5 104 (24.24%) Workshop Facilitation
6 97 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (20.75%) User Acceptance Testing
8 84 (19.58%) Project Management
9 74 (17.25%) Project Delivery
10 73 (17.02%) Migration
11 71 (16.55%) Acceptance Criteria
12 66 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 58 (13.52%) Data Modelling
14 57 (13.29%) GAP Analysis
15 55 (12.82%) Decision-Making
15 55 (12.82%) Use Case
16 53 (12.35%) Waterfall
17 52 (12.12%) AI
18 50 (11.66%) Business Intelligence
19 49 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 64 (14.92%) SQL
2 28 (6.53%) Python
3 8 (1.86%) Java
4 7 (1.63%) C#
5 5 (1.17%) VBA
6 3 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) Korn
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) R
8 1 (0.23%) ABAP
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.23%) Perl
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) SOQL
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 57 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 55 (12.82%) Degree
3 50 (11.66%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.99%) CBAP
5 23 (5.36%) IIBA
6 21 (4.90%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.63%) PMP
9 5 (1.17%) ISEB
10 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.93%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.70%) CFA
11 3 (0.70%) CSPO
11 3 (0.70%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.47%) FFIEC
13 1 (0.23%) CITP
13 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.39%) QA
2 33 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.80%) PMO
4 10 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.10%) GDPR
5 9 (2.10%) MiFID
6 6 (1.40%) ISO 20022
6 6 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.40%) NIST
7 5 (1.17%) EMIR
7 5 (1.17%) GRC
7 5 (1.17%) SLA
8 4 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.93%) PSD2
9 2 (0.47%) Basel III
9 2 (0.47%) COBIT
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.47%) SEPA
9 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) RACF
1 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (1.17%) SCCM
2 4 (0.93%) Terraform
3 2 (0.47%) Control-M
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.23%) logstash
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 68 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.90%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.96%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.03%) Murex
5 12 (2.80%) Oracle
6 11 (2.56%) SAP
7 6 (1.40%) Databricks
8 5 (1.17%) Avaloq
9 4 (0.93%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.93%) OpenLink
9 4 (0.93%) Sparx
10 3 (0.70%) Adobe
10 3 (0.70%) BT
10 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.70%) IBM
10 3 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.70%) Temenos
11 2 (0.47%) Calypso
11 2 (0.47%) Google
11 2 (0.47%) Pega