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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 82 108
Rank change year-on-year -33 +26 -15
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 446 421 410
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.33% 3.29% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 3.56% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 282 277
10th Percentile £375 £409 £404
25th Percentile £453 £507 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £559
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.33% -6.83%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £688
90th Percentile £758 £790 £805
England median daily rate £510 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -6.42% +3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £31.45 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £31.75 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.73% +85.29% +8.97%
75th Percentile £44.25 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.15 £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £44.69 £64.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.72% +51.76% -35.61%

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 17,060 11,834 15,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.37% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,363 7,912 11,103
10th Percentile £360 £335 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 221 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £68.68
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -29 60 £575 -8.00% 11
West London -10 11 £285 -15.56% 12
East London +2 2 £625 +15.74% 12
South London -7 1 £450 -5.26% 1
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 36 (8.07%) Confluence
2 16 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.12%) SAS
4 4 (0.90%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.22%) Apache
7 1 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.28%) MS Visio
3 25 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (2.02%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.35%) Endur
3 5 (1.12%) Actimize
3 5 (1.12%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.67%) IntelliMatch
5 3 (0.67%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.45%) Summit
7 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.22%) BusinessWorks
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (10.09%) Power Platform
2 35 (7.85%) Azure
3 19 (4.26%) AWS
4 10 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.24%) SaaS
5 9 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.35%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (0.90%) Collibra
10 4 (0.90%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.67%) Figma
11 3 (0.67%) GCP
11 3 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.90%) Network Security
2 2 (0.45%) Broadband
2 2 (0.45%) Firewall
2 2 (0.45%) Internet
3 1 (0.22%) IPsec
3 1 (0.22%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.22%) SSL
3 1 (0.22%) VPN
3 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.52%) Power BI
2 15 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (3.36%) Tableau
3 5 (1.12%) Metadata
3 5 (1.12%) Power Query
4 4 (0.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.90%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.67%) Data Mart
5 3 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (0.67%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.45%) QlikView
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.22%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.22%) Looker
Development Applications
1 56 (12.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.45%) Git
2 2 (0.45%) Moq
2 2 (0.45%) Postman
3 1 (0.22%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.22%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.22%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.22%) Mocha
3 1 (0.22%) MSTest
3 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.22%) Selenium
3 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.22%) TestNG
3 1 (0.22%) tSQLt
3 1 (0.22%) WinAutomation
General
1 209 (46.86%) Finance
2 191 (42.83%) Social Skills
3 102 (22.87%) Banking
4 101 (22.65%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (9.87%) Front Office
6 34 (7.62%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (7.40%) Investment Banking
7 33 (7.40%) Legal
8 32 (7.17%) Public Sector
9 31 (6.95%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (5.16%) Retail
11 22 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (3.59%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.47%) Marketing
15 6 (1.35%) Back Office
15 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 312 (69.96%) Analyst
2 290 (65.02%) Business Analyst
3 63 (14.13%) Senior
4 51 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
5 46 (10.31%) Senior Business Analyst
6 22 (4.93%) Banking Analyst
6 22 (4.93%) Consultant
7 21 (4.71%) Banking Business Analyst
7 21 (4.71%) Technical Business Analyst
8 20 (4.48%) Technical Analyst
9 19 (4.26%) Lead
10 18 (4.04%) Data Business Analyst
11 17 (3.81%) Project Manager
12 14 (3.14%) Risk Business Analyst
13 13 (2.91%) Developer
13 13 (2.91%) Risk Analyst
13 13 (2.91%) Transformation Analyst
14 12 (2.69%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.69%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 11 (2.47%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.79%) Pandas
2 7 (1.57%) VML
3 5 (1.12%) .NET
3 5 (1.12%) Middleware
3 5 (1.12%) NumPy
4 4 (0.90%) ADO
4 4 (0.90%) JSON
4 4 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (0.90%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.67%) CSS
5 3 (0.67%) Django
5 3 (0.67%) HTML
5 3 (0.67%) REST
5 3 (0.67%) XML
6 2 (0.45%) OAuth
6 2 (0.45%) Web Services
7 1 (0.22%) EDI
7 1 (0.22%) FpML
7 1 (0.22%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.66%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.71%) Fixed Income
3 18 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (3.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (3.59%) Data Structures
6 14 (3.14%) Derivative
7 13 (2.91%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.24%) Reinsurance
10 9 (2.02%) CMDB
10 9 (2.02%) Management Information System
10 9 (2.02%) Market Risk
11 8 (1.79%) Credit Risk
11 8 (1.79%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.35%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.35%) PMI
12 6 (1.35%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.35%) Tandem
13 4 (0.90%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.22%) Android
1 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (40.58%) Agile
2 162 (36.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 120 (26.91%) Requirements Gathering
4 107 (23.99%) User Stories
5 100 (22.42%) User Acceptance Testing
6 97 (21.75%) Workshop Facilitation
7 94 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (17.71%) Acceptance Criteria
9 71 (15.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 69 (15.47%) AI
11 68 (15.25%) Project Management
12 63 (14.13%) Validation
13 56 (12.56%) Migration
14 55 (12.33%) Project Delivery
15 53 (11.88%) Data Modelling
15 53 (11.88%) Decision-Making
16 52 (11.66%) Use Case
17 49 (10.99%) Analytics
17 49 (10.99%) Data Analysis
18 47 (10.54%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 73 (16.37%) SQL
2 37 (8.30%) Python
3 6 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (1.35%) VBA
4 5 (1.12%) Java
5 4 (0.90%) C#
6 3 (0.67%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.67%) Korn
6 3 (0.67%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.67%) R
7 1 (0.22%) SOQL
7 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.54%) SC Cleared
3 45 (10.09%) Degree
4 16 (3.59%) IIBA
5 15 (3.36%) CBAP
6 8 (1.79%) ISTQB
6 8 (1.79%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.12%) CSPO
9 4 (0.90%) FFIEC
10 3 (0.67%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.67%) ISEB
10 3 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.67%) PMP
11 2 (0.45%) CFA
11 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.45%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.62%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.28%) QA
3 12 (2.69%) PMO
4 11 (2.47%) GDPR
5 10 (2.24%) NIST
6 9 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.02%) GRC
6 9 (2.02%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.35%) EMIR
9 5 (1.12%) COBIT
10 4 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.67%) GxP
11 3 (0.67%) MiFID
11 3 (0.67%) SLA
11 3 (0.67%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.45%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.45%) PSD2
12 2 (0.45%) SEPA
12 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) RACF
3 1 (0.22%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.12%) SCCM
2 2 (0.45%) Control-M
2 2 (0.45%) Terraform
3 1 (0.22%) logstash
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 57 (12.78%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.38%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.81%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.59%) Murex
5 14 (3.14%) Oracle
6 12 (2.69%) SAP
7 10 (2.24%) Databricks
8 7 (1.57%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.12%) Workday
10 4 (0.90%) Avaloq
10 4 (0.90%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.67%) BT
11 3 (0.67%) Calypso
11 3 (0.67%) LexisNexis
11 3 (0.67%) Pega
11 3 (0.67%) PeopleSoft
11 3 (0.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.45%) Charles River
12 2 (0.45%) IBM
12 2 (0.45%) OpenAI