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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 110 89
Rank change year-on-year +2 -21 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 424 310 453
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.67% 2.31% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.54% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 206 323
10th Percentile £363 £381 £413
25th Percentile £447 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £652 £715 £675
90th Percentile £790 £825 £760
England median daily rate £500 £535 £530
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.94% -3.64%
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% +36.00%

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 14,350 12,188 16,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.29% 90.83% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,627 7,901 11,629
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 159 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.69 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.40 £25.25 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +21.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.99 £54.50 £50.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.47 £72.20
England median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.77
% change year-on-year -18.57% +0.68% -0.67%

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 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 28 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 +10 77 £550 -8.33% 21
West London -17 7 £500 +71.67% 11
South London -18 4 £450 -6.49% 2
North London +1 1 £500 -9.09% 1
East London -5 1 £700 +9.80% 13
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 38 (8.96%) Confluence
2 9 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.71%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 47 (11.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (8.49%) MS Visio
3 35 (8.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.83%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.71%) Notion
6 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.47%) Sketch
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (4.01%) Endur
2 12 (2.83%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.71%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.71%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.71%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.47%) Actimize
6 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) iTrent
7 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (14.86%) Power Platform
2 41 (9.67%) Azure
3 18 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.07%) AWS
5 11 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (2.59%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.36%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.12%) SaaS
8 8 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.42%) dbt
9 6 (1.42%) GCP
10 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.94%) Figma
11 4 (0.94%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.71%) Miro
12 3 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Broadband
1 2 (0.47%) Internet
1 2 (0.47%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.26%) Power BI
2 14 (3.30%) Tableau
3 9 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.65%) Metadata
5 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.71%) Power Query
6 3 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.71%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.47%) Big Data
7 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.47%) Looker
7 2 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 61 (14.39%) JIRA
2 4 (0.94%) ERwin
3 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.71%) Selenium
3 3 (0.71%) 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%) Postman
4 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Ant
5 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.24%) JUnit
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 200 (47.17%) Finance
2 192 (45.28%) Social Skills
3 93 (21.93%) Banking
4 84 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 37 (8.73%) Investment Banking
7 35 (8.25%) Front Office
8 31 (7.31%) Documentation Skills
9 28 (6.60%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (4.95%) Legal
12 19 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (3.30%) Financial Institution
13 14 (3.30%) Retail
14 12 (2.83%) Back Office
15 11 (2.59%) Marketing
16 10 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 9 (2.12%) Telecoms
18 6 (1.42%) Local Government
19 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 301 (70.99%) Analyst
2 271 (63.92%) Business Analyst
3 56 (13.21%) Senior
4 45 (10.61%) Senior Analyst
5 41 (9.67%) Senior Business Analyst
6 21 (4.95%) Banking Analyst
7 20 (4.72%) Banking Business Analyst
8 19 (4.48%) Developer
8 19 (4.48%) Technical Analyst
9 18 (4.25%) Technical Business Analyst
10 17 (4.01%) Migration Analyst
10 17 (4.01%) Project Manager
11 16 (3.77%) Data Business Analyst
11 16 (3.77%) Lead
12 15 (3.54%) Business IT Analyst
12 15 (3.54%) Consultant
12 15 (3.54%) IT Analyst
12 15 (3.54%) IT Business Analyst
13 14 (3.30%) Transformation Analyst
14 13 (3.07%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.36%) XML
2 7 (1.65%) .NET
3 6 (1.42%) PySpark
3 6 (1.42%) REST
4 5 (1.18%) VML
5 4 (0.94%) JSON
5 4 (0.94%) Pandas
6 3 (0.71%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.71%) CSS
6 3 (0.71%) Electron
6 3 (0.71%) HTML
6 3 (0.71%) JNI
6 3 (0.71%) Middleware
6 3 (0.71%) Node.js
6 3 (0.71%) React
7 2 (0.47%) ADO
7 2 (0.47%) Kafka
7 2 (0.47%) OAuth
7 2 (0.47%) SOAP
8 1 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.26%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.01%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (3.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 15 (3.54%) PMI
5 11 (2.59%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.12%) Tandem
6 9 (2.12%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.89%) CMDB
7 8 (1.89%) Credit Risk
7 8 (1.89%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (1.42%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.42%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.18%) Derivative
10 5 (1.18%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.42%) Linux
2 4 (0.94%) Unix
3 3 (0.71%) CentOS
3 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.47%) Windows
5 1 (0.24%) AIX
5 1 (0.24%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (46.46%) Agile
2 150 (35.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (27.59%) Requirements Gathering
4 99 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (22.64%) User Stories
6 92 (21.70%) Workshop Facilitation
7 82 (19.34%) User Acceptance Testing
8 80 (18.87%) Project Management
9 75 (17.69%) Project Delivery
10 73 (17.22%) Migration
11 72 (16.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 64 (15.09%) Data Modelling
13 57 (13.44%) Waterfall
14 54 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (12.74%) GAP Analysis
14 54 (12.74%) Use Case
15 52 (12.26%) Acceptance Criteria
16 51 (12.03%) Business Intelligence
17 50 (11.79%) Decision-Making
18 48 (11.32%) AI
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.75%) SQL
2 34 (8.02%) Python
3 14 (3.30%) Java
4 9 (2.12%) C#
5 8 (1.89%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.94%) Perl
7 3 (0.71%) C
7 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.47%) Korn
8 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.47%) VBA
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) R
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) SOQL
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (14.62%) Degree
2 59 (13.92%) Security Cleared
3 55 (12.97%) SC Cleared
4 32 (7.55%) CBAP
5 21 (4.95%) IIBA
5 21 (4.95%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.89%) ISEB
7 7 (1.65%) PMP
8 6 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.71%) CFA
10 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.71%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.47%) FFIEC
11 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.96%) QA
2 30 (7.08%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.77%) GDPR
4 8 (1.89%) PMO
5 7 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.65%) MiFID
6 6 (1.42%) NIST
7 5 (1.18%) GRC
7 5 (1.18%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.94%) EMIR
8 4 (0.94%) PSD2
9 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.71%) SEPA
9 3 (0.71%) SLA
10 2 (0.47%) COBIT
10 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.42%) Terraform
2 5 (1.18%) SCCM
3 1 (0.24%) Control-M
3 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) logstash
3 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.25%) Oracle
3 17 (4.01%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.77%) SAP
5 15 (3.54%) Murex
5 15 (3.54%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.18%) Avaloq
6 5 (1.18%) Bloomberg
6 5 (1.18%) OpenLink
7 4 (0.94%) Databricks
7 4 (0.94%) Sparx
8 3 (0.71%) Adobe
8 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.71%) BT
8 3 (0.71%) Google
8 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.71%) IBM
8 3 (0.71%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.71%) Temenos
9 2 (0.47%) Calypso