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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 78 112
Rank change year-on-year -42 +34 -19
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 438 417 404
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.29% 3.32% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 3.60% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 282 274
10th Percentile £375 £410 £406
25th Percentile £450 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.24% -6.75%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £688
90th Percentile £758 £790 £775
England median daily rate £506 £540 £530
% change year-on-year -6.34% +1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £31.45 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £31.75 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.73% +85.29% +8.97%
75th Percentile £44.25 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.15 £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £44.69 £64.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.72% +51.76% -35.61%

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 16,970 11,588 15,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.38% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,314 7,764 11,086
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £437 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 214 312
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +14.34% -26.88%
75th Percentile £59.85 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.06 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.67% -28.07% +7.07%

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 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -29 61 £563 -8.16% 12
West London -18 11 £285 -15.56% 14
East London 0 2 £625 +15.74% 13
South London -5 1 £450 -6.49% 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 34 (7.76%) Confluence
2 14 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.14%) SAS
4 4 (0.91%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.23%) Apache
7 1 (0.23%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (6.16%) MS Visio
4 24 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.05%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.37%) Endur
3 5 (1.14%) Actimize
3 5 (1.14%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.68%) IntelliMatch
5 3 (0.68%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.46%) Summit
7 1 (0.23%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 44 (10.05%) Power Platform
2 34 (7.76%) Azure
3 19 (4.34%) AWS
4 9 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.83%) SaaS
6 7 (1.60%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 5 (1.14%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.91%) Collibra
9 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.91%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.68%) Figma
10 3 (0.68%) GCP
10 3 (0.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.91%) Network Security
2 2 (0.46%) Broadband
2 2 (0.46%) Firewall
2 2 (0.46%) Internet
3 1 (0.23%) IPsec
3 1 (0.23%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.23%) SSL
3 1 (0.23%) VPN
3 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.45%) Power BI
2 15 (3.42%) Tableau
3 14 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.14%) Metadata
4 5 (1.14%) Power Query
5 4 (0.91%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.68%) Data Mart
6 3 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
6 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.46%) QlikView
7 2 (0.46%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.23%) KDB
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 55 (12.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.46%) Git
2 2 (0.46%) Moq
2 2 (0.46%) Postman
3 1 (0.23%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.23%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.23%) Mocha
3 1 (0.23%) MSTest
3 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.23%) Selenium
3 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.23%) TestNG
3 1 (0.23%) tSQLt
3 1 (0.23%) WinAutomation
General
1 207 (47.26%) Finance
2 187 (42.69%) Social Skills
3 102 (23.29%) Banking
4 97 (22.15%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (9.82%) Front Office
6 36 (8.22%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (7.76%) Investment Banking
8 33 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (7.08%) Legal
9 31 (7.08%) Public Sector
10 24 (5.48%) Retail
11 20 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (3.88%) Financial Institution
14 9 (2.05%) Marketing
15 5 (1.14%) Back Office
15 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.91%) Private Banking
16 4 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 311 (71.00%) Analyst
2 290 (66.21%) Business Analyst
3 66 (15.07%) Senior
4 55 (12.56%) Senior Analyst
5 50 (11.42%) Senior Business Analyst
6 24 (5.48%) Banking Analyst
7 23 (5.25%) Banking Business Analyst
8 20 (4.57%) Consultant
9 19 (4.34%) Lead
9 19 (4.34%) Technical Business Analyst
10 18 (4.11%) Data Business Analyst
10 18 (4.11%) Technical Analyst
11 16 (3.65%) Project Manager
12 13 (2.97%) Developer
12 13 (2.97%) Risk Business Analyst
12 13 (2.97%) Transformation Analyst
13 12 (2.74%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.74%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 12 (2.74%) Risk Analyst
14 11 (2.51%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.83%) Pandas
1 8 (1.83%) VML
2 5 (1.14%) .NET
2 5 (1.14%) NumPy
3 4 (0.91%) JSON
3 4 (0.91%) Middleware
3 4 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.91%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.68%) ADO
4 3 (0.68%) CSS
4 3 (0.68%) Django
4 3 (0.68%) HTML
4 3 (0.68%) REST
5 2 (0.46%) OAuth
5 2 (0.46%) Web Services
5 2 (0.46%) XML
6 1 (0.23%) EDI
6 1 (0.23%) FpML
6 1 (0.23%) RESTful
6 1 (0.23%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.33%) Product Ownership
2 20 (4.57%) Fixed Income
3 18 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (3.65%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (2.97%) Derivative
5 13 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.28%) Reinsurance
7 9 (2.05%) CMDB
7 9 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.05%) PMI
8 8 (1.83%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.83%) Market Risk
9 7 (1.60%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.37%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.37%) Tandem
11 3 (0.68%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.23%) Android
1 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (40.64%) Agile
2 161 (36.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (26.71%) Requirements Gathering
4 110 (25.11%) User Stories
5 97 (22.15%) User Acceptance Testing
5 97 (22.15%) Workshop Facilitation
6 94 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (18.72%) Acceptance Criteria
8 67 (15.30%) Project Management
9 65 (14.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 62 (14.16%) AI
11 61 (13.93%) Validation
12 57 (13.01%) Migration
13 54 (12.33%) Decision-Making
13 54 (12.33%) Project Delivery
13 54 (12.33%) Use Case
14 52 (11.87%) Data Modelling
15 48 (10.96%) Data Analysis
16 47 (10.73%) Waterfall
17 46 (10.50%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 70 (15.98%) SQL
2 36 (8.22%) Python
3 6 (1.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (1.37%) VBA
4 5 (1.14%) Java
5 4 (0.91%) C#
6 3 (0.68%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.68%) R
7 2 (0.46%) Korn
8 1 (0.23%) SOQL
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (12.56%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.73%) SC Cleared
3 46 (10.50%) Degree
4 19 (4.34%) CBAP
5 17 (3.88%) IIBA
6 11 (2.51%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.83%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.14%) CSPO
10 4 (0.91%) FFIEC
11 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.68%) ISEB
11 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.68%) PMP
12 2 (0.46%) CFA
12 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.46%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.53%) Data Quality
2 31 (7.08%) QA
3 12 (2.74%) PMO
4 11 (2.51%) GDPR
5 9 (2.05%) GRC
5 9 (2.05%) ISO 20022
5 9 (2.05%) NIST
6 8 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.37%) EMIR
9 5 (1.14%) COBIT
10 3 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.68%) MiFID
10 3 (0.68%) SLA
10 3 (0.68%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.46%) GxP
11 2 (0.46%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.46%) PSD2
11 2 (0.46%) SEPA
11 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.46%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) RACF
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.14%) SCCM
2 2 (0.46%) Control-M
2 2 (0.46%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) logstash
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 56 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.02%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.88%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.42%) Murex
5 14 (3.20%) Oracle
6 12 (2.74%) SAP
7 10 (2.28%) Databricks
8 6 (1.37%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.14%) Workday
10 4 (0.91%) Avaloq
10 4 (0.91%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.68%) BT
11 3 (0.68%) Calypso
11 3 (0.68%) LexisNexis
11 3 (0.68%) Pega
11 3 (0.68%) PeopleSoft
11 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.46%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.46%) IBM
12 2 (0.46%) OpenAI