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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 119 80
Rank change year-on-year +14 -39 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 426 295 477
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.84% 2.19% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 2.42% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 187 341
10th Percentile £363 £400 £409
25th Percentile £450 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £79.38
25th Percentile £53.25 - £82.94
Median hourly rate £54.50 £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.33% -11.76% +54.55%
75th Percentile £55.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £58.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -10.70% -22.35% +54.55%

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 13,620 12,187 16,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.80% 90.56% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,063 7,736 11,780
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 150 345
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.23 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.90 £25.48 £19.38
Median hourly rate £34.14 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +24.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.63 £50.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.08 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 74 £550 -8.33% 28
West London -12 8 £500 +71.67% 11
South London -9 3 - - 7
North London +3 1 £500 -9.09% 2
East London -7 1 £700 +9.80% 11
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 32 (7.51%) Confluence
2 8 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) SAS
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (10.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (7.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (7.28%) MS Visio
3 22 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.70%) Notion
5 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.47%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (4.23%) Endur
2 14 (3.29%) Loan IQ
3 8 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.88%) SAP WM
4 7 (1.64%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.70%) Temenos T24
7 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.23%) iTrent
8 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
8 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (15.73%) Power Platform
2 43 (10.09%) Azure
3 19 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.29%) AWS
5 11 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (2.58%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.35%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.11%) SaaS
8 8 (1.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.41%) dbt
9 6 (1.41%) 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%) Broadband
1 2 (0.47%) Internet
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 57 (13.38%) Power BI
2 15 (3.52%) Tableau
3 7 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.41%) Metadata
5 4 (0.94%) Power Query
5 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.70%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.47%) Looker
7 2 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.23%) KNIME
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 55 (12.91%) 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
5 1 (0.23%) Ant
5 1 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.23%) JUnit
5 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.23%) TestNG
5 1 (0.23%) Toad
5 1 (0.23%) WinAutomation
General
1 199 (46.71%) Finance
2 189 (44.37%) Social Skills
3 92 (21.60%) Banking
4 80 (18.78%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 35 (8.22%) Front Office
6 35 (8.22%) Investment Banking
7 31 (7.28%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
10 21 (4.93%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.76%) Legal
12 15 (3.52%) Financial Institution
13 14 (3.29%) Back Office
14 13 (3.05%) Marketing
14 13 (3.05%) Retail
15 10 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.41%) Local Government
18 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 295 (69.25%) Analyst
2 266 (62.44%) Business Analyst
3 59 (13.85%) Senior
4 46 (10.80%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (9.86%) Senior Business Analyst
6 21 (4.93%) Technical Analyst
7 20 (4.69%) Banking Analyst
7 20 (4.69%) Consultant
8 19 (4.46%) Banking Business Analyst
8 19 (4.46%) Technical Business Analyst
9 18 (4.23%) Lead
9 18 (4.23%) Project Manager
10 16 (3.76%) Data Business Analyst
10 16 (3.76%) Developer
10 16 (3.76%) Migration Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Business IT Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Endur Business Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Financial Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) IT Business Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.35%) XML
2 8 (1.88%) .NET
3 7 (1.64%) PySpark
3 7 (1.64%) REST
4 5 (1.17%) VML
5 4 (0.94%) JSON
6 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.70%) CSS
6 3 (0.70%) Electron
6 3 (0.70%) HTML
6 3 (0.70%) JNI
6 3 (0.70%) Middleware
6 3 (0.70%) Node.js
6 3 (0.70%) Pandas
6 3 (0.70%) React
7 2 (0.47%) ADO
7 2 (0.47%) Kafka
8 1 (0.23%) EDI
8 1 (0.23%) SOAP
8 1 (0.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.68%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (3.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 16 (3.76%) PMI
4 11 (2.58%) Renewable Energy
4 11 (2.58%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.11%) Credit Risk
5 9 (2.11%) Fixed Income
5 9 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (1.88%) Tandem
7 7 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.64%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.17%) Derivative
8 5 (1.17%) Hedge funds
9 4 (0.94%) CMDB
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (46.24%) Agile
2 144 (33.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (27.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 98 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (20.42%) User Stories
6 85 (19.95%) Workshop Facilitation
7 83 (19.48%) Project Management
8 79 (18.54%) Project Delivery
8 79 (18.54%) User Acceptance Testing
9 76 (17.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 73 (17.14%) Migration
11 60 (14.08%) Data Modelling
12 56 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (13.15%) GAP Analysis
12 56 (13.15%) Waterfall
13 51 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (11.74%) Use Case
15 49 (11.50%) Analytics
16 48 (11.27%) Decision-Making
17 46 (10.80%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 75 (17.61%) SQL
2 36 (8.45%) Python
3 13 (3.05%) Java
4 8 (1.88%) C#
4 8 (1.88%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.94%) Perl
6 3 (0.70%) C
6 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) Korn
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.47%) VBA
8 1 (0.23%) ABAP
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.23%) R
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) SOQL
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (15.49%) Degree
2 57 (13.38%) Security Cleared
3 52 (12.21%) SC Cleared
4 35 (8.22%) CBAP
5 22 (5.16%) PMI Certification
6 20 (4.69%) IIBA
7 9 (2.11%) ISEB
8 8 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.64%) PMP
9 7 (1.64%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.17%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.70%) CFA
11 3 (0.70%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.23%) ACCA
13 1 (0.23%) CIMA
13 1 (0.23%) CISSP
13 1 (0.23%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.92%) QA
2 26 (6.10%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.23%) GDPR
4 9 (2.11%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.11%) PMO
5 7 (1.64%) MiFID
6 4 (0.94%) EMIR
6 4 (0.94%) GRC
6 4 (0.94%) ISO 20022
6 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.94%) NIST
7 3 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.70%) PSD2
7 3 (0.70%) WCAG
8 2 (0.47%) FATCA
8 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.47%) SEPA
8 2 (0.47%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.64%) Terraform
2 2 (0.47%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) Control-M
3 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) logstash
3 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 61 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.16%) SAP
3 20 (4.69%) Salesforce
4 18 (4.23%) Oracle
5 15 (3.52%) Murex
6 13 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.41%) Avaloq
8 5 (1.17%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.17%) OpenLink
9 4 (0.94%) Databricks
9 4 (0.94%) Google
9 4 (0.94%) Sparx
10 3 (0.70%) Adobe
10 3 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.70%) BT
10 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.70%) Temenos
11 2 (0.47%) Calypso
11 2 (0.47%) IBM