Business Analysis Contracts in London

Business Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 101 88
Rank change year-on-year +3 -13 +6
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 357 402 761
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.85% 2.25% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 2.55% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 282 519
10th Percentile £409 £413 £430
25th Percentile £500 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £568 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -5.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £741 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £750 £825
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £83.50 £37.00
Median hourly rate - £85.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +73.47% -21.60%
75th Percentile - £86.50 £61.56
90th Percentile - - £63.75
England median hourly rate £63.00 £72.70 £62.75
% change year-on-year -13.34% +15.85% +0.40%

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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in London

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in London.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in London

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in London

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 +10 67 £600 -4.00% 15
East London +14 3 £675 +25.00% 3
West London +14 3 £338 -42.55% 7
South London +8 3 £475 +5.56%
North London - 3 £550 - 2
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.44%) Confluence
2 5 (1.40%) CMS
3 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.84%) SAS
5 2 (0.56%) Apache
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) Drupal
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 31 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (7.84%) MS Visio
3 15 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.56%) Notepad++
6 2 (0.56%) Trello
7 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (8.96%) Aladdin
2 14 (3.92%) thinkFolio
3 6 (1.68%) Endur
4 3 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.84%) Shopify
5 2 (0.56%) Actimize
5 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.56%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.28%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) Aligne
6 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.28%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.28%) Maximo
6 1 (0.28%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.28%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 26 (7.28%) Power Platform
2 21 (5.88%) Azure
3 12 (3.36%) AWS
4 8 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.12%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.84%) Amazon MSK
8 3 (0.84%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.84%) AWS Step Functions
8 3 (0.84%) Collibra
8 3 (0.84%) GitHub
8 3 (0.84%) Serverless
8 3 (0.84%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.56%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.56%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.56%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.40%) Network Security
1 5 (1.40%) SSL
2 3 (0.84%) Firewall
3 2 (0.56%) HTTP
3 2 (0.56%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) IPsec
4 1 (0.28%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.28%) MQTT
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.44%) Power BI
2 12 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.36%) Tableau
3 9 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.96%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (1.40%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (1.40%) Metadata
5 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.84%) Big Data
6 3 (0.84%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.84%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.84%) Parquet
6 3 (0.84%) QlikView
7 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.56%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.56%) MS Access
7 2 (0.56%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (10.64%) JIRA
2 3 (0.84%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.56%) MagicDraw
3 2 (0.56%) XMLSpy
4 1 (0.28%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.28%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 168 (47.06%) Finance
2 140 (39.22%) Social Skills
3 68 (19.05%) Front Office
4 65 (18.21%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (12.61%) Banking
6 25 (7.00%) Public Sector
7 21 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.20%) Back Office
8 15 (4.20%) Financial Institution
8 15 (4.20%) Retail
9 14 (3.92%) Investment Banking
10 12 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.36%) Legal
10 12 (3.36%) Marketing
11 11 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.68%) Local Government
13 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.40%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 263 (73.67%) Analyst
2 256 (71.71%) Business Analyst
3 48 (13.45%) Business Manager
4 36 (10.08%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 32 (8.96%) Senior
6 28 (7.84%) Senior Analyst
7 24 (6.72%) Senior Business Analyst
8 22 (6.16%) Technical Business Analyst
9 21 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
10 19 (5.32%) Project Manager
11 18 (5.04%) Data Analyst
12 16 (4.48%) Data Business Analyst
12 16 (4.48%) Financial Analyst
13 15 (4.20%) Finance Business Analyst
13 15 (4.20%) Project Analyst
14 14 (3.92%) Architect
14 14 (3.92%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
15 12 (3.36%) Business Project Manager
15 12 (3.36%) Developer
15 12 (3.36%) Front Office Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.80%) JSON
1 10 (2.80%) XML
2 7 (1.96%) Web Services
3 5 (1.40%) .NET
3 5 (1.40%) FpML
3 5 (1.40%) REST
4 4 (1.12%) JDBC
4 4 (1.12%) LDAP
4 4 (1.12%) ODBC
4 4 (1.12%) SAML
4 4 (1.12%) SOAP
5 3 (0.84%) Apache Avro
5 3 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.84%) Kafka
5 3 (0.84%) WPF
6 2 (0.56%) ADO
6 2 (0.56%) Murex MxML
6 2 (0.56%) React
6 2 (0.56%) VML
7 1 (0.28%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.45%) Fixed Income
2 42 (11.76%) Derivative
3 35 (9.80%) Hedge funds
4 33 (9.24%) Onboarding
5 18 (5.04%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (2.24%) PMI
9 5 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.40%) Equities
9 5 (1.40%) Market Risk
9 5 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.12%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.12%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.84%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.84%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.56%) CMDB
12 2 (0.56%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.68%) Unix
2 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (46.50%) Agile
2 91 (25.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 77 (21.57%) Requirements Gathering
4 75 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
6 57 (15.97%) Project Management
7 53 (14.85%) Analytics
7 53 (14.85%) User Stories
8 50 (14.01%) Business Intelligence
9 49 (13.73%) Asset Management
10 44 (12.32%) Data Analysis
11 42 (11.76%) Investment Management
12 40 (11.20%) Portfolio Management
12 40 (11.20%) Workshop Facilitation
13 37 (10.36%) Process Improvement
14 33 (9.24%) Acceptance Criteria
14 33 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 32 (8.96%) Change Management
15 32 (8.96%) Decision-Making
16 31 (8.68%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 86 (24.09%) SQL
2 64 (17.93%) Python
3 8 (2.24%) Java
4 5 (1.40%) R
5 4 (1.12%) C#
5 4 (1.12%) PHP
6 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.84%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.56%) Bash
7 2 (0.56%) Lua
7 2 (0.56%) Perl
8 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (16.25%) Degree
2 33 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.04%) CBAP
5 13 (3.64%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.96%) IIBA
7 6 (1.68%) CISSP
7 6 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.40%) PMP
9 4 (1.12%) CISA
9 4 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.56%) ACCA
11 2 (0.56%) CEH
11 2 (0.56%) CFA
11 2 (0.56%) CSPO
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.48%) GDPR
2 13 (3.64%) QA
3 12 (3.36%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.96%) MiFID
5 5 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.40%) NIST
6 4 (1.12%) EMIR
6 4 (1.12%) GRC
6 4 (1.12%) PMO
6 4 (1.12%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.84%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.56%) Basel III
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.56%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 4 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 31 (8.68%) BISAM
2 28 (7.84%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.04%) Salesforce
4 17 (4.76%) Charles River
5 16 (4.48%) SAP
6 15 (4.20%) SimCorp
7 14 (3.92%) Calypso
8 10 (2.80%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.52%) ION Trading
9 9 (2.52%) Oracle
10 8 (2.24%) Murex
11 5 (1.40%) IBM
11 5 (1.40%) Informatica
11 5 (1.40%) OpenText
11 5 (1.40%) Qualtrics
12 4 (1.12%) Adobe
12 4 (1.12%) Google
12 4 (1.12%) Workday
13 3 (0.84%) Ab Initio
13 3 (0.84%) Bloomberg