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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 122 82
Rank change year-on-year +21 -40 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 427 297 504
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.92% 2.13% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 2.35% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 191 345
10th Percentile £363 £413 £406
25th Percentile £449 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +4.35% -3.77%
75th Percentile £675 £712 £650
90th Percentile £814 £825 £725
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -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% +44.68%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.35% +44.68%

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 13,327 12,620 16,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.12% 90.43% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,848 8,052 11,585
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
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 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 158 302
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.53 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.73 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +15.40% -15.16%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.44
90th Percentile £70.20 £80.23 £73.56
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 +1 79 £550 -8.33% 25
West London -12 6 £500 +104.08% 12
South London -4 3 - - 4
North London +6 1 £500 -9.09% 2
East London -7 1 £700 +9.80% 9
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 30 (7.03%) Confluence
2 8 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 45 (10.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (7.73%) MS Visio
3 29 (6.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (3.04%) 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 20 (4.68%) Endur
2 13 (3.04%) Loan IQ
3 9 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.87%) SAP EWM
4 8 (1.87%) SAP WM
5 5 (1.17%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.70%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.47%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.23%) iTrent
9 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (14.05%) Power Platform
2 36 (8.43%) Azure
3 17 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.81%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.58%) AWS
5 11 (2.58%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.34%) SaaS
7 9 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.41%) dbt
10 5 (1.17%) GCP
10 5 (1.17%) Lucidchart
10 5 (1.17%) Miro
11 4 (0.94%) Figma
11 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.70%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Intranet
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 51 (11.94%) Power BI
2 9 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.87%) Tableau
4 6 (1.41%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.41%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.17%) Metadata
6 4 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.94%) Power Query
7 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.70%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.47%) Redis
8 2 (0.47%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 51 (11.94%) 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
4 2 (0.47%) webpack
5 1 (0.23%) Ant
5 1 (0.23%) Hudson
5 1 (0.23%) JUnit
5 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.23%) TestNG
5 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 193 (45.20%) Finance
2 188 (44.03%) Social Skills
3 85 (19.91%) Banking
4 75 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (8.90%) Presentation Skills
6 35 (8.20%) Public Sector
7 33 (7.73%) Investment Banking
8 32 (7.49%) Front Office
9 26 (6.09%) Documentation Skills
10 23 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
10 23 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.75%) Legal
12 14 (3.28%) Back Office
12 14 (3.28%) Financial Institution
13 13 (3.04%) Marketing
13 13 (3.04%) Retail
14 12 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (2.11%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.87%) Telecoms
17 7 (1.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 297 (69.56%) Analyst
2 267 (62.53%) Business Analyst
3 58 (13.58%) Senior
4 46 (10.77%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (9.84%) Senior Business Analyst
6 22 (5.15%) Technical Analyst
7 21 (4.92%) Consultant
8 20 (4.68%) Banking Analyst
8 20 (4.68%) Technical Business Analyst
9 19 (4.45%) Banking Business Analyst
9 19 (4.45%) Lead
10 17 (3.98%) Developer
10 17 (3.98%) Financial Analyst
11 16 (3.75%) Endur Business Analyst
11 16 (3.75%) OpenLink Business Analyst
12 15 (3.51%) Migration Analyst
13 14 (3.28%) Endur Analyst
13 14 (3.28%) Finance Business Analyst
13 14 (3.28%) IT Analyst
13 14 (3.28%) OpenLink Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.58%) XML
2 10 (2.34%) .NET
3 7 (1.64%) PySpark
3 7 (1.64%) REST
4 5 (1.17%) CSS
4 5 (1.17%) HTML
4 5 (1.17%) React
4 5 (1.17%) VML
5 4 (0.94%) JSON
6 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.70%) Electron
6 3 (0.70%) JNI
6 3 (0.70%) Middleware
6 3 (0.70%) Node.js
6 3 (0.70%) WPF
7 2 (0.47%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.47%) HTML5
7 2 (0.47%) Memcached
7 2 (0.47%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.11%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.22%) PMI
3 17 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.81%) Renewable Energy
6 10 (2.34%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.11%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.87%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.87%) Reinsurance
8 8 (1.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.64%) Tandem
10 6 (1.41%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.41%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.41%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.17%) Derivative
11 5 (1.17%) Hedge funds
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 (46.84%) Agile
2 146 (34.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 107 (25.06%) Requirements Gathering
4 94 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (21.31%) User Stories
6 87 (20.37%) Workshop Facilitation
7 81 (18.97%) User Acceptance Testing
8 80 (18.74%) Project Delivery
9 75 (17.56%) Project Management
9 75 (17.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 71 (16.63%) Migration
11 56 (13.11%) Data Modelling
11 56 (13.11%) GAP Analysis
12 53 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
12 53 (12.41%) Waterfall
13 50 (11.71%) Acceptance Criteria
14 48 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
15 47 (11.01%) Use Case
16 46 (10.77%) SDLC
17 44 (10.30%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.39%) SQL
2 30 (7.03%) Python
3 14 (3.28%) Java
4 10 (2.34%) C#
5 9 (2.11%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.94%) Perl
6 4 (0.94%) VBA
7 3 (0.70%) C
7 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.70%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.47%) Korn
8 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.23%) ABAP
9 1 (0.23%) C++
9 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.23%) Jython
9 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.23%) R
9 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (15.46%) Degree
2 51 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 46 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.20%) CBAP
5 24 (5.62%) PMI Certification
6 19 (4.45%) IIBA
7 9 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.11%) ISEB
8 7 (1.64%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.64%) PMP
8 7 (1.64%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.94%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.47%) ACCA
11 2 (0.47%) CFA
11 2 (0.47%) CIMA
11 2 (0.47%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 2 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.37%) QA
2 21 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.45%) GDPR
4 9 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.64%) MiFID
5 7 (1.64%) PMO
6 5 (1.17%) SLA
7 4 (0.94%) EMIR
7 4 (0.94%) GRC
7 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.94%) NIST
8 3 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.70%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.70%) PSD2
8 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.70%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) Basel III
9 2 (0.47%) FATCA
9 2 (0.47%) GxP
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.64%) Terraform
2 1 (0.23%) Control-M
2 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 59 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.62%) SAP
3 21 (4.92%) Salesforce
4 19 (4.45%) Oracle
5 11 (2.58%) Murex
6 10 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.64%) Workday
8 6 (1.41%) OpenLink
9 5 (1.17%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.94%) Avaloq
10 4 (0.94%) Sparx
11 3 (0.70%) Adobe
11 3 (0.70%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.70%) Google
11 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.70%) Temenos
12 2 (0.47%) eFront
12 2 (0.47%) IBM
12 2 (0.47%) UiPath