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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 120 79
Rank change year-on-year +23 -41 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 431 341 578
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.06% 2.19% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.31% 2.45% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 214 368
10th Percentile £365 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £480 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £800 £825 £746
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £71.63 £44.63 £72.50
25th Percentile £74.06 £49.69 £82.63
Median hourly rate £78.75 £58.75 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -30.88% +88.89%
75th Percentile £84.06 £67.19 £86.50
90th Percentile £86.88 £71.88 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £84.50
% change year-on-year +5.26% -21.30% +191.38%

All Process and 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 13,010 13,919 17,872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,971 12,826
10th Percentile £333 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.42% -3.47%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 166 247
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.38 £18.70
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.63
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +3.21% -4.22%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £62.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £80.38 £76.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +28.57%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 +3 85 £595 -2.46% 71
West London -8 6 £500 -9.09% 34
South London -5 3 - - 24
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 18 (4.18%) Confluence
2 8 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 26 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.57%) MS Visio
3 12 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.46%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (4.64%) Endur
2 8 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.86%) SAP EWM
2 8 (1.86%) SAP WM
3 7 (1.62%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.39%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.70%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.70%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.46%) iTrent
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.23%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.14%) Power Platform
2 42 (9.74%) Azure
3 20 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.78%) AWS
5 11 (2.55%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.32%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.32%) SaaS
7 9 (2.09%) Miro
8 7 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.39%) Figma
9 6 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.16%) GCP
10 5 (1.16%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.93%) dbt
11 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.70%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) HTTP
1 2 (0.46%) Intranet
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
2 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.51%) Power BI
2 14 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.55%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.32%) Tableau
5 8 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.62%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.62%) Redis
7 5 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.93%) Power Query
9 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.46%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.46%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.23%) KNIME
11 1 (0.23%) Looker
11 1 (0.23%) Metadata
11 1 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 37 (8.58%) JIRA
2 7 (1.62%) webpack
3 6 (1.39%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.39%) Selenium
4 5 (1.16%) Postman
5 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.93%) Git
6 3 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.46%) ERwin
7 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.46%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.23%) Ant
8 1 (0.23%) JUnit
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 195 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 193 (44.78%) Finance
3 79 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (16.01%) Banking
5 44 (10.21%) Front Office
6 36 (8.35%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (7.19%) Investment Banking
8 27 (6.26%) Public Sector
9 22 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (3.94%) Back Office
11 17 (3.94%) Marketing
12 16 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (3.48%) Legal
14 14 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (2.78%) Financial Institution
16 11 (2.55%) Retail
17 10 (2.32%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.62%) Local Government
19 6 (1.39%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 291 (67.52%) Analyst
2 270 (62.65%) Business Analyst
3 55 (12.76%) Senior
4 40 (9.28%) Senior Analyst
5 35 (8.12%) Senior Business Analyst
6 27 (6.26%) Consultant
7 25 (5.80%) Technical Analyst
8 24 (5.57%) Lead
9 23 (5.34%) Technical Business Analyst
10 19 (4.41%) Developer
10 19 (4.41%) Financial Analyst
11 18 (4.18%) Data Business Analyst
11 18 (4.18%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 17 (3.94%) Data Analyst
13 16 (3.71%) Endur Business Analyst
13 16 (3.71%) OpenLink Business Analyst
14 15 (3.48%) Banking Analyst
14 15 (3.48%) Endur Analyst
14 15 (3.48%) OpenLink Analyst
14 15 (3.48%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.71%) .NET
2 12 (2.78%) React
2 12 (2.78%) XML
3 10 (2.32%) CSS
3 10 (2.32%) HTML
4 7 (1.62%) Bootstrap
4 7 (1.62%) HTML5
4 7 (1.62%) jQuery
4 7 (1.62%) Memcached
4 7 (1.62%) REST
5 6 (1.39%) WPF
6 5 (1.16%) PySpark
7 4 (0.93%) Swagger
8 3 (0.70%) ADO
8 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.70%) Electron
8 3 (0.70%) JNI
8 3 (0.70%) Node.js
8 3 (0.70%) SOAP
9 2 (0.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.99%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.87%) Data Protection Act
3 17 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.71%) Derivative
4 16 (3.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (3.71%) Reinsurance
5 15 (3.48%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.25%) PMI
7 10 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (2.09%) Fixed Income
9 8 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.86%) Equities
10 7 (1.62%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.62%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.62%) Reference Data
10 7 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.39%) Market Risk
11 6 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.62%) Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Unix
3 3 (0.70%) CentOS
3 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.46%) Windows
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (42.69%) Agile
2 117 (27.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (21.81%) Requirements Gathering
4 89 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (18.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 72 (16.71%) User Acceptance Testing
7 71 (16.47%) Project Delivery
8 69 (16.01%) User Stories
9 63 (14.62%) Project Management
9 63 (14.62%) Workshop Facilitation
10 54 (12.53%) Analytics
11 53 (12.30%) Data Analysis
12 47 (10.90%) Roadmaps
13 44 (10.21%) Business Intelligence
13 44 (10.21%) Validation
14 43 (9.98%) GAP Analysis
14 43 (9.98%) Scrum
15 42 (9.74%) Data Modelling
15 42 (9.74%) Migration
16 39 (9.05%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 75 (17.40%) SQL
2 32 (7.42%) Python
3 14 (3.25%) C#
3 14 (3.25%) Java
4 7 (1.62%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.39%) VBA
6 4 (0.93%) Perl
6 4 (0.93%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.70%) C
7 3 (0.70%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.46%) Korn
8 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.46%) Ruby
9 1 (0.23%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.23%) R
9 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 62 (14.39%) Degree
2 36 (8.35%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.96%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.34%) CBAP
5 21 (4.87%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.86%) ISEB
7 8 (1.86%) PMP
8 7 (1.62%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.39%) IIBA
10 5 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.93%) ACCA
12 3 (0.70%) CIMA
12 3 (0.70%) FFIEC
12 3 (0.70%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 3 (0.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.46%) CISSP
13 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.28%) QA
2 22 (5.10%) GDPR
3 17 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.78%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.32%) EMIR
5 10 (2.32%) MiFID
6 7 (1.62%) SLA
7 5 (1.16%) GRC
7 5 (1.16%) PMO
8 4 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.93%) NIST
9 3 (0.70%) FATCA
9 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.70%) PSD2
9 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.70%) WCAG
10 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.46%) IFRS
10 2 (0.46%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.16%) Terraform
2 2 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.50%) SAP
3 25 (5.80%) Salesforce
4 24 (5.57%) Oracle
5 12 (2.78%) Workday
6 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.62%) Charles River
8 6 (1.39%) Adobe
8 6 (1.39%) Google
8 6 (1.39%) UiPath
9 5 (1.16%) Murex
9 5 (1.16%) OpenLink
10 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.70%) Avaloq
11 3 (0.70%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.46%) Calypso
12 2 (0.46%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.46%) IBM