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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 85 110
Rank change year-on-year -24 +25 -19
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 564 424 376
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.81% 3.21% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 3.47% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 277 236
10th Percentile £383 £411 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £700
90th Percentile £738 £788 £819
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £31.65 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £32.25 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.16% +85.29% -43.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile - £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £70.95
% change year-on-year -21.43% -1.34% +51.03%

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 17,884 12,219 14,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,101 9,738
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 186
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.98 £25.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.69 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -42 56 £550 -12.00% 47
West London -10 12 £443 -11.50% 29
North London +4 4 £550 +25.00% 3
East London - 2 £550 - 5
South London - 1 £650 - 3
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 54 (9.57%) Confluence
2 23 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.89%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.53%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.43%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.89%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.89%) Endur
2 5 (0.89%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.53%) Actimize
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.53%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.35%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.35%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.35%) Summit
6 1 (0.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 64 (11.35%) Power Platform
2 57 (10.11%) Azure
3 31 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.90%) AWS
6 18 (3.19%) SaaS
7 16 (2.84%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.66%) PowerApps
9 14 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.42%) Snowflake
12 7 (1.24%) GitHub
12 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.06%) GCP
14 5 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (0.89%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.89%) OCI
14 5 (0.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.89%) Network Security
2 1 (0.18%) DNS
2 1 (0.18%) Firewall
2 1 (0.18%) SSL
2 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.62%) Power BI
2 19 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.13%) Metadata
4 7 (1.24%) Tableau
5 6 (1.06%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.71%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.71%) Power Query
7 4 (0.71%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.53%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.53%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.53%) QlikView
9 2 (0.35%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.35%) Parquet
9 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (12.06%) JIRA
2 5 (0.89%) Git
3 3 (0.53%) Mocha
4 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.35%) GitLab
4 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.35%) Moq
4 2 (0.35%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Capybara
5 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.18%) MSTest
5 1 (0.18%) RSpec
5 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) tSQLt
General
1 275 (48.76%) Finance
2 227 (40.25%) Social Skills
3 150 (26.60%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (22.34%) Banking
5 55 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 45 (7.98%) Front Office
7 43 (7.62%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (6.74%) Investment Banking
9 31 (5.50%) Legal
10 25 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (4.08%) Retail
12 22 (3.90%) Local Government
13 19 (3.37%) Financial Institution
14 16 (2.84%) Marketing
15 14 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.77%) Back Office
17 10 (1.77%) General Ledger
18 7 (1.24%) Law
18 7 (1.24%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 383 (67.91%) Analyst
2 358 (63.48%) Business Analyst
3 89 (15.78%) Senior
4 67 (11.88%) Senior Analyst
5 62 (10.99%) Senior Business Analyst
6 30 (5.32%) Lead
7 29 (5.14%) Consultant
8 26 (4.61%) Finance Business Analyst
8 26 (4.61%) Financial Analyst
9 24 (4.26%) Data Business Analyst
10 23 (4.08%) Technical Analyst
11 22 (3.90%) Banking Analyst
11 22 (3.90%) Banking Business Analyst
11 22 (3.90%) Technical Business Analyst
12 21 (3.72%) Data Analyst
13 16 (2.84%) Project Manager
14 15 (2.66%) Insurance Business Analyst
14 15 (2.66%) Risk Business Analyst
15 14 (2.48%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
16 12 (2.13%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.42%) JSON
2 7 (1.24%) ADO
2 7 (1.24%) CSS
2 7 (1.24%) HTML
2 7 (1.24%) OAuth
2 7 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.06%) .NET
3 6 (1.06%) Middleware
3 6 (1.06%) REST
3 6 (1.06%) SailPoint
3 6 (1.06%) XML
4 5 (0.89%) RESTful
4 5 (0.89%) Terraform
5 4 (0.71%) HTML5 Canvas
5 4 (0.71%) NumPy
5 4 (0.71%) Pandas
5 4 (0.71%) VML
6 3 (0.53%) Django
7 2 (0.35%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.35%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.12%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.96%) Onboarding
3 26 (4.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (4.43%) Derivative
5 19 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (3.37%) Fixed Income
5 19 (3.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.66%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.48%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.13%) Credit Risk
8 12 (2.13%) Market Risk
9 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.42%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.24%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.06%) Equities
12 6 (1.06%) Life Science
13 5 (0.89%) CMDB
13 5 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (45.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 231 (40.96%) Agile
3 197 (34.93%) Requirements Gathering
4 151 (26.77%) Workshop Facilitation
5 148 (26.24%) User Stories
6 140 (24.82%) User Acceptance Testing
7 126 (22.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 107 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
9 106 (18.79%) AI
10 98 (17.38%) Acceptance Criteria
11 81 (14.36%) Validation
12 80 (14.18%) Process Improvement
13 78 (13.83%) Decision-Making
14 76 (13.48%) Migration
15 73 (12.94%) Project Delivery
16 65 (11.52%) Analytics
17 64 (11.35%) Scrum
18 63 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
19 59 (10.46%) Data Analysis
20 56 (9.93%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (18.79%) SQL
2 34 (6.03%) Python
3 13 (2.30%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.42%) C#
5 7 (1.24%) Java
6 6 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.06%) Korn
7 5 (0.89%) VBA
8 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.53%) R
10 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.18%) Bash
11 1 (0.18%) Bicep
11 1 (0.18%) C++
11 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.18%) Ruby
11 1 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 82 (14.54%) Security Cleared
2 70 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 63 (11.17%) Degree
4 20 (3.55%) IIBA
5 13 (2.30%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.30%) PMP
6 12 (2.13%) CBAP
7 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.42%) FFIEC
9 7 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.06%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.89%) ACCA
11 5 (0.89%) CIMA
11 5 (0.89%) CSPO
11 5 (0.89%) ISEB
12 4 (0.71%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.53%) CISM
13 3 (0.53%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.27%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.14%) QA
3 15 (2.66%) GDPR
3 15 (2.66%) PMO
4 14 (2.48%) NIST
5 11 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.60%) COBIT
7 8 (1.42%) GRC
7 8 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.24%) EMIR
8 7 (1.24%) ISO 20022
9 6 (1.06%) IFRS
10 4 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.71%) MiFID
11 3 (0.53%) GxP
11 3 (0.53%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.53%) WCAG
12 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.35%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.35%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (1.06%) Docker
1 6 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.35%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.18%) Control-M
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 93 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.43%) Salesforce
3 24 (4.26%) Oracle
4 21 (3.72%) SAP
5 20 (3.55%) Murex
6 12 (2.13%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.60%) Bloomberg
7 9 (1.60%) Databricks
8 5 (0.89%) CyberArk
9 4 (0.71%) Google
9 4 (0.71%) Workday
10 3 (0.53%) Ariba
10 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.53%) Charles River
10 3 (0.53%) IBM
10 3 (0.53%) OpenLink
10 3 (0.53%) PeopleSoft
11 2 (0.35%) Adobe
11 2 (0.35%) Calypso
11 2 (0.35%) Citrix