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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 87 110
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 -32
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 611 427 388
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.02% 3.18% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 3.43% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 279 241
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £592 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +2.87% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £688
90th Percentile £739 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £38.33 £71.63 £44.63
25th Percentile £47.44 £74.06 £49.69
Median hourly rate £55.00 £78.75 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.16% +34.04% -30.47%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £67.19
90th Percentile - £86.88 £71.88
England median hourly rate £65.75 £70.00 £75.20
% change year-on-year -6.07% -6.91% +7.43%

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 17,972 12,434 14,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.55% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,766 8,197 9,428
10th Percentile £360 £332 £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 £664 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 243 184
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.01 £24.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% -9.62%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £78.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -23 68 £549 -10.77% 66
West London -8 14 £450 -10.00% 11
North London +3 4 £550 +25.00% 5
South London - 3 £596 - 10
East London - 3 £506 - 10
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 69 (11.29%) Confluence
2 20 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.33%) Apache
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 43 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.60%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.49%) Productboard
6 1 (0.16%) Gliffy
6 1 (0.16%) Notion
Business Applications
1 18 (2.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.98%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.49%) Endur
4 3 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.49%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.33%) Actimize
5 2 (0.33%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.33%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.33%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 71 (11.62%) Azure
2 68 (11.13%) Power Platform
3 33 (5.40%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.60%) AWS
6 19 (3.11%) SaaS
7 18 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (2.29%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.29%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (1.64%) GitHub
11 10 (1.64%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.31%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.15%) GCP
14 6 (0.98%) OCI
14 6 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 5 (0.82%) Lucidchart
15 5 (0.82%) Miro
15 5 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.82%) Network Security
2 1 (0.16%) DNS
2 1 (0.16%) Firewall
2 1 (0.16%) SSL
2 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.02%) Power BI
2 24 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.27%) Metadata
4 7 (1.15%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.15%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.15%) Tableau
5 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.65%) Power Query
6 4 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.49%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.49%) QlikView
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.33%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 84 (13.75%) JIRA
2 9 (1.47%) Git
3 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.49%) GitLab
4 3 (0.49%) Mocha
5 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.33%) Moq
5 2 (0.33%) Postman
6 1 (0.16%) Capybara
6 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.16%) Gradle
6 1 (0.16%) Maven
6 1 (0.16%) MSI
6 1 (0.16%) MSTest
6 1 (0.16%) RSpec
6 1 (0.16%) tSQLt
General
1 291 (47.63%) Finance
2 251 (41.08%) Social Skills
3 181 (29.62%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (23.57%) Banking
5 85 (13.91%) Public Sector
6 56 (9.17%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (7.69%) Front Office
8 43 (7.04%) Investment Banking
9 34 (5.56%) Local Government
10 32 (5.24%) Legal
11 21 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.95%) Financial Institution
12 18 (2.95%) Retail
13 15 (2.45%) Back Office
13 15 (2.45%) Marketing
14 12 (1.96%) General Ledger
15 11 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.31%) Law
17 8 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 411 (67.27%) Analyst
2 381 (62.36%) Business Analyst
3 98 (16.04%) Senior
4 71 (11.62%) Senior Analyst
5 70 (11.46%) Senior Business Analyst
6 33 (5.40%) Consultant
7 29 (4.75%) Lead
8 28 (4.58%) Finance Business Analyst
8 28 (4.58%) Financial Analyst
9 27 (4.42%) Technical Analyst
10 26 (4.26%) Data Business Analyst
11 25 (4.09%) Data Analyst
12 23 (3.76%) Technical Business Analyst
13 22 (3.60%) Banking Analyst
13 22 (3.60%) Banking Business Analyst
14 20 (3.27%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.62%) IT Analyst
16 15 (2.45%) Business IT Analyst
16 15 (2.45%) Developer
16 15 (2.45%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.47%) JSON
2 8 (1.31%) ADO
2 8 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.15%) CSS
3 7 (1.15%) HTML
3 7 (1.15%) OAuth
3 7 (1.15%) RESTful
3 7 (1.15%) Terraform
4 6 (0.98%) .NET
4 6 (0.98%) REST
4 6 (0.98%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.98%) XML
5 5 (0.82%) Middleware
6 4 (0.65%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (0.65%) Smart Contracts
7 3 (0.49%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.49%) Django
7 3 (0.49%) Spring
7 3 (0.49%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.33%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.93%) Product Ownership
2 37 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 26 (4.26%) Derivative
5 24 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (3.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.95%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.78%) Fixed Income
9 16 (2.62%) Data Structures
10 14 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.80%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.80%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.80%) Taxonomies
12 10 (1.64%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.64%) Credit Risk
12 10 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.15%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.15%) Life Science
13 7 (1.15%) Reinsurance
14 6 (0.98%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.65%) Windows
2 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.16%) Linux
2 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (51.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 254 (41.57%) Agile
3 234 (38.30%) Requirements Gathering
4 184 (30.11%) Workshop Facilitation
5 168 (27.50%) User Stories
6 151 (24.71%) User Acceptance Testing
7 147 (24.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 124 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (19.97%) AI
10 120 (19.64%) Acceptance Criteria
11 97 (15.88%) Process Improvement
12 92 (15.06%) Migration
13 91 (14.89%) Validation
14 88 (14.40%) Decision-Making
15 81 (13.26%) Project Delivery
16 77 (12.60%) Scrum
17 76 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
18 72 (11.78%) Translating Business Requirements
19 68 (11.13%) Analytics
20 65 (10.64%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (18.82%) SQL
2 38 (6.22%) Python
3 15 (2.45%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.80%) Java
5 9 (1.47%) C#
6 7 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (1.15%) Korn
7 4 (0.65%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.49%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.49%) VBA
9 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.16%) Bash
9 1 (0.16%) C++
9 1 (0.16%) Go
9 1 (0.16%) R
9 1 (0.16%) Ruby
9 1 (0.16%) Swift
9 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 92 (15.06%) Security Cleared
2 81 (13.26%) SC Cleared
3 70 (11.46%) Degree
4 18 (2.95%) IIBA
5 15 (2.45%) CBAP
6 14 (2.29%) PMP
7 13 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.31%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.31%) FFIEC
10 7 (1.15%) ACCA
10 7 (1.15%) CIMA
11 5 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.82%) ISEB
11 5 (0.82%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.65%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.49%) CISSP
13 3 (0.49%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.00%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.22%) QA
3 18 (2.95%) GDPR
4 13 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.13%) NIST
5 11 (1.80%) PMO
6 9 (1.47%) COBIT
7 8 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.31%) IFRS
7 8 (1.31%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.15%) EMIR
8 7 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.98%) GRC
10 4 (0.65%) ISO 15022
11 3 (0.49%) GxP
11 3 (0.49%) MiFID
11 3 (0.49%) WCAG
12 2 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.33%) SEPA
12 2 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (1.47%) Docker
2 6 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 114 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.26%) Oracle
3 24 (3.93%) SAP
4 23 (3.76%) Murex
4 23 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 13 (2.13%) Bloomberg
5 13 (2.13%) Databricks
6 10 (1.64%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.98%) CyberArk
7 6 (0.98%) Google
8 5 (0.82%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.82%) Workday
9 4 (0.65%) Ariba
10 3 (0.49%) Calypso
10 3 (0.49%) Charles River
10 3 (0.49%) IBM
10 3 (0.49%) Infor
10 3 (0.49%) PeopleSoft
11 2 (0.33%) Adobe
11 2 (0.33%) Citrix