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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 110 75
Rank change year-on-year +13 -35 +3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 424 353 593
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.08% 2.26% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 2.53% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 223 371
10th Percentile £369 £400 £425
25th Percentile £463 £471 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £784 £825 £746
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
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% +112.50%
75th Percentile £84.06 £67.19 £86.50
90th Percentile £86.88 £71.88 -
England median hourly rate £78.75 £66.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year +19.32% -21.89% +213.19%

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 12,723 13,926 18,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.48% 89.13% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,373 8,969 13,005
10th Percentile £331 £350 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 167 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.01 £25.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £38.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £47.00 £58.75 £62.75
90th Percentile £64.98 £80.30 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.04 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.88% -15.48% +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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +8 79 £595 -2.46% 92
West London -5 6 £500 -9.09% 36
South London -7 1 - - 28
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 (4.48%) Confluence
2 10 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.47%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.95%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.47%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (4.25%) Endur
2 11 (2.59%) Aladdin
3 8 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.89%) SAP EWM
3 8 (1.89%) SAP WM
4 6 (1.42%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.71%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.71%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.71%) thinkFolio
7 2 (0.47%) iTrent
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.24%) MetaTrader
8 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 44 (10.38%) Azure
2 42 (9.91%) Power Platform
3 21 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.07%) AWS
5 11 (2.59%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.36%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.36%) SaaS
7 8 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.89%) Miro
8 6 (1.42%) Figma
8 6 (1.42%) Lucidchart
8 6 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.18%) GCP
10 4 (0.94%) dbt
11 2 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.47%) Commercetools
11 2 (0.47%) Contentful
11 2 (0.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Intranet
1 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.24%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.73%) Power BI
2 14 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 13 (3.07%) Relational Database
3 13 (3.07%) Tableau
4 10 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.65%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.65%) Redis
7 5 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.94%) Power Query
9 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.47%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.24%) KDB
11 1 (0.24%) KNIME
11 1 (0.24%) Spotfire
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (8.96%) JIRA
2 7 (1.65%) webpack
3 6 (1.42%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.42%) Selenium
4 5 (1.18%) Git
4 5 (1.18%) Postman
5 4 (0.94%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.47%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.24%) ERwin
8 1 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
General
1 191 (45.05%) Finance
2 187 (44.10%) Social Skills
3 69 (16.27%) Banking
4 68 (16.04%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (11.32%) Front Office
6 36 (8.49%) Presentation Skills
7 30 (7.08%) Investment Banking
8 24 (5.66%) Public Sector
9 20 (4.72%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (4.25%) Marketing
11 17 (4.01%) Legal
12 16 (3.77%) Back Office
13 14 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (3.07%) Financial Institution
14 13 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (2.83%) Retail
16 10 (2.36%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.65%) Local Government
18 6 (1.42%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 283 (66.75%) Analyst
2 259 (61.08%) Business Analyst
3 49 (11.56%) Senior
4 35 (8.25%) Senior Analyst
5 31 (7.31%) Senior Business Analyst
6 25 (5.90%) Consultant
6 25 (5.90%) Lead
7 24 (5.66%) Technical Analyst
8 22 (5.19%) Technical Business Analyst
9 18 (4.25%) Data Analyst
9 18 (4.25%) Developer
9 18 (4.25%) Insurance Business Analyst
10 17 (4.01%) Data Business Analyst
10 17 (4.01%) Financial Analyst
11 15 (3.54%) Banking Analyst
12 14 (3.30%) Banking Business Analyst
12 14 (3.30%) Endur Business Analyst
12 14 (3.30%) OpenLink Business Analyst
12 14 (3.30%) Project Manager
13 13 (3.07%) OpenLink Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.77%) .NET
2 14 (3.30%) XML
3 12 (2.83%) React
4 10 (2.36%) CSS
4 10 (2.36%) HTML
4 10 (2.36%) REST
5 7 (1.65%) Bootstrap
5 7 (1.65%) HTML5
5 7 (1.65%) jQuery
5 7 (1.65%) Memcached
6 6 (1.42%) JSON
6 6 (1.42%) WPF
7 5 (1.18%) PySpark
8 4 (0.94%) Swagger
9 3 (0.71%) ADO
9 3 (0.71%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.71%) Electron
9 3 (0.71%) Node.js
9 3 (0.71%) Web Services
9 3 (0.71%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.74%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.42%) Derivative
3 20 (4.72%) Data Protection Act
3 20 (4.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 17 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.77%) Reinsurance
6 15 (3.54%) Onboarding
7 14 (3.30%) Fixed Income
8 13 (3.07%) PMI
9 12 (2.83%) Hedge funds
10 11 (2.59%) Equities
11 9 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.89%) Credit Risk
12 8 (1.89%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.65%) Market Risk
13 7 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.65%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.42%) Linux
2 3 (0.71%) CentOS
2 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
2 3 (0.71%) Unix
3 2 (0.47%) Windows
4 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) VMS
4 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (42.92%) Agile
2 109 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (20.28%) Requirements Gathering
4 84 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (16.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 71 (16.75%) User Acceptance Testing
6 64 (15.09%) Project Delivery
7 62 (14.62%) User Stories
8 59 (13.92%) Workshop Facilitation
9 58 (13.68%) Project Management
10 57 (13.44%) Analytics
11 53 (12.50%) Data Analysis
12 46 (10.85%) Business Intelligence
13 44 (10.38%) Roadmaps
13 44 (10.38%) Validation
14 42 (9.91%) Scrum
15 41 (9.67%) Data Modelling
15 41 (9.67%) GAP Analysis
16 40 (9.43%) Migration
17 39 (9.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.40%) SQL
2 37 (8.73%) Python
3 14 (3.30%) C#
4 13 (3.07%) Java
5 7 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.42%) VBA
7 4 (0.94%) VB.NET
8 3 (0.71%) C
8 3 (0.71%) Perl
9 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.47%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) Bash
10 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.24%) PHP
10 1 (0.24%) R
10 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 61 (14.39%) Degree
2 36 (8.49%) Security Cleared
3 29 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.42%) CBAP
5 21 (4.95%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.12%) PMP
7 8 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.89%) ISEB
8 7 (1.65%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.42%) IIBA
10 5 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.18%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.94%) ACCA
12 3 (0.71%) CIMA
12 3 (0.71%) FFIEC
12 3 (0.71%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 3 (0.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.47%) CISSP
13 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.73%) QA
2 23 (5.42%) GDPR
3 16 (3.77%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.83%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.83%) EMIR
4 12 (2.83%) MiFID
5 7 (1.65%) SLA
6 6 (1.42%) PMO
7 5 (1.18%) GRC
8 4 (0.94%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.94%) NIST
8 4 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.71%) Dodd-Frank
9 3 (0.71%) FATCA
9 3 (0.71%) SEPA
9 3 (0.71%) WCAG
10 2 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.47%) IFRS
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.18%) Terraform
2 2 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.37%) SAP
3 25 (5.90%) Salesforce
4 22 (5.19%) Oracle
5 12 (2.83%) Workday
6 9 (2.12%) Charles River
7 8 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.42%) Adobe
8 6 (1.42%) Google
8 6 (1.42%) UiPath
9 5 (1.18%) BISAM
9 5 (1.18%) OpenLink
10 4 (0.94%) Calypso
10 4 (0.94%) Murex
11 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.71%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.71%) SimCorp
12 2 (0.47%) Optimizely