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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 122 78
Rank change year-on-year +25 -44 +3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 438 338 571
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.08% 2.14% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 2.39% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 212 364
10th Percentile £368 £400 £421
25th Percentile £456 £494 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £688 £713 £650
90th Percentile £800 £825 £747
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% +70.00%
75th Percentile £84.06 £67.19 £86.50
90th Percentile £86.88 £71.88 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year +6.06% -21.89% +164.06%

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 13,095 14,155 17,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.23% 89.55% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,599 9,136 12,670
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £799 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 171 240
10th Percentile £18.09 £17.25 £18.56
25th Percentile £24.50 £24.15 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +4.30% -7.81%
75th Percentile £47.63 £55.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £80.75 £75.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +13 86 £592 -3.35% 29
West London -8 6 £500 -9.09% 36
South London -3 3 - - 23
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 19 (4.34%) Confluence
2 7 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 28 (6.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.48%) MS Visio
3 15 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.97%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.68%) 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 (4.57%) Endur
2 9 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.83%) Loan IQ
3 8 (1.83%) SAP EWM
3 8 (1.83%) SAP WM
4 6 (1.37%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.14%) Aladdin
5 5 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.68%) 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%) Shopify
7 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 52 (11.87%) Power Platform
2 44 (10.05%) Azure
3 20 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.74%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.51%) AWS
5 11 (2.51%) PowerApps
5 11 (2.51%) SaaS
6 9 (2.05%) Miro
7 8 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.37%) Figma
9 5 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.14%) GCP
9 5 (1.14%) Lucidchart
10 4 (0.91%) dbt
10 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.68%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.46%) Commercetools
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) HTTP
1 2 (0.46%) Intranet
1 2 (0.46%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.82%) Power BI
2 14 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.51%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.28%) Tableau
5 8 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.60%) Redis
7 5 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.91%) Power Query
9 3 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.46%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.46%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.23%) Metadata
11 1 (0.23%) Metadata Repository
11 1 (0.23%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 43 (9.82%) JIRA
2 7 (1.60%) webpack
3 6 (1.37%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.37%) Selenium
4 5 (1.14%) Postman
5 4 (0.91%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.91%) Git
6 3 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.46%) ERwin
7 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
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
1 196 (44.75%) Finance
2 194 (44.29%) Social Skills
3 83 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (15.53%) Banking
5 41 (9.36%) Front Office
5 41 (9.36%) Presentation Skills
6 31 (7.08%) Investment Banking
7 30 (6.85%) Public Sector
8 22 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (4.11%) Back Office
10 18 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (3.88%) Marketing
12 15 (3.42%) Legal
13 14 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.74%) Retail
15 11 (2.51%) Financial Institution
16 10 (2.28%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.83%) Local Government
18 6 (1.37%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 300 (68.49%) Analyst
2 274 (62.56%) Business Analyst
3 56 (12.79%) Senior
4 40 (9.13%) Senior Analyst
5 35 (7.99%) Senior Business Analyst
6 26 (5.94%) Consultant
6 26 (5.94%) Technical Analyst
7 25 (5.71%) Lead
8 24 (5.48%) Technical Business Analyst
9 22 (5.02%) Financial Analyst
10 20 (4.57%) Developer
11 17 (3.88%) Data Business Analyst
11 17 (3.88%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 16 (3.65%) Endur Business Analyst
12 16 (3.65%) Finance Business Analyst
12 16 (3.65%) OpenLink Business Analyst
12 16 (3.65%) Project Manager
13 15 (3.42%) Banking Analyst
13 15 (3.42%) Data Analyst
13 15 (3.42%) OpenLink Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.42%) .NET
2 12 (2.74%) React
2 12 (2.74%) XML
3 10 (2.28%) CSS
3 10 (2.28%) HTML
4 7 (1.60%) Bootstrap
4 7 (1.60%) HTML5
4 7 (1.60%) jQuery
4 7 (1.60%) Memcached
4 7 (1.60%) REST
5 5 (1.14%) PySpark
5 5 (1.14%) WPF
6 4 (0.91%) Swagger
7 3 (0.68%) ADO
7 3 (0.68%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.68%) Electron
7 3 (0.68%) JNI
7 3 (0.68%) Node.js
7 3 (0.68%) SOAP
8 2 (0.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.56%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.79%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (4.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (4.11%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.65%) Derivative
5 15 (3.42%) Reinsurance
6 14 (3.20%) PMI
7 13 (2.97%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (2.05%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.83%) Credit Risk
10 8 (1.83%) Equities
10 8 (1.83%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.83%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.60%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.37%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.37%) Market Risk
12 6 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.60%) Linux
2 4 (0.91%) Unix
3 3 (0.68%) CentOS
3 3 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.46%) Windows
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (44.29%) Agile
2 125 (28.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (21.46%) Requirements Gathering
4 92 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (17.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 77 (17.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 74 (16.89%) Project Delivery
8 70 (15.98%) User Stories
9 68 (15.53%) Workshop Facilitation
10 65 (14.84%) Project Management
11 54 (12.33%) Analytics
11 54 (12.33%) Migration
12 51 (11.64%) Data Analysis
13 48 (10.96%) Roadmaps
14 46 (10.50%) Data Modelling
14 46 (10.50%) GAP Analysis
15 45 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
16 44 (10.05%) Scrum
17 43 (9.82%) Validation
18 42 (9.59%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 74 (16.89%) SQL
2 31 (7.08%) Python
3 15 (3.42%) Java
4 14 (3.20%) C#
5 8 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.14%) VBA
7 4 (0.91%) Perl
7 4 (0.91%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.91%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.68%) C
9 2 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.46%) Korn
9 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.46%) Ruby
9 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.23%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) C++
10 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.23%) R
10 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (14.38%) Degree
2 40 (9.13%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.25%) CBAP
5 21 (4.79%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.83%) ISEB
7 8 (1.83%) PMP
8 7 (1.60%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.37%) IIBA
10 5 (1.14%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.91%) ACCA
12 3 (0.68%) CIMA
12 3 (0.68%) FFIEC
12 3 (0.68%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 3 (0.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.36%) QA
2 21 (4.79%) GDPR
3 19 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.74%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.28%) EMIR
5 10 (2.28%) MiFID
6 7 (1.60%) SLA
7 5 (1.14%) GRC
7 5 (1.14%) PMO
8 4 (0.91%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.91%) NIST
9 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.68%) PSD2
9 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.68%) WCAG
10 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.46%) FATCA
10 2 (0.46%) GxP
10 2 (0.46%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.14%) Terraform
2 2 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.85%) SAP
3 28 (6.39%) Oracle
4 25 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.74%) Workday
6 9 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.60%) Adobe
8 6 (1.37%) Google
8 6 (1.37%) Murex
8 6 (1.37%) UiPath
9 5 (1.14%) Charles River
9 5 (1.14%) OpenLink
10 4 (0.91%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.68%) Avaloq
11 3 (0.68%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.68%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.68%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.46%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.46%) OneTrust
12 2 (0.46%) Optimizely