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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 89 103
Rank change year-on-year -10 +14 -27
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 634 423 386
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.09% 3.16% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 3.42% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 281 241
10th Percentile £381 £385 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% -
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.10% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £38.33 £71.63 £44.63
25th Percentile £47.44 £74.06 £49.69
Median hourly rate £55.00 £78.75 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.16% +34.04% -30.68%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £67.19
90th Percentile - £86.88 £71.88
England median hourly rate £65.75 £78.75 £75.20
% change year-on-year -16.51% +4.72% +7.43%

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 18,257 12,368 14,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.44% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,959 8,171 9,325
10th Percentile £360 £333 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 241 180
10th Percentile £15.89 £18.25 £17.48
25th Percentile £18.56 £25.04 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.50 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -17.90% -7.13%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.81
90th Percentile £79.38 £65.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -30 71 £593 -3.66% 14
West London -11 14 £450 -10.00% 8
East London - 4 £463 - 3
North London - 4 £550 - 2
South London - 3 £596 - 2
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 73 (11.51%) Confluence
2 21 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.32%) Apache
4 2 (0.32%) CMS
4 2 (0.32%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 45 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.79%) MS Visio
3 15 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.47%) Productboard
8 1 (0.16%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.16%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (0.79%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.47%) Endur
5 3 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.47%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.32%) Actimize
6 2 (0.32%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.32%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.32%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 75 (11.83%) Azure
2 69 (10.88%) Power Platform
3 35 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (3.63%) AWS
6 21 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (3.15%) SaaS
8 14 (2.21%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.21%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
9 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (1.74%) GitHub
11 10 (1.58%) Snowflake
12 8 (1.26%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.10%) GCP
13 7 (1.10%) Miro
14 6 (0.95%) OCI
14 6 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 5 (0.79%) Lucidchart
15 5 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) Network Security
2 1 (0.16%) DNS
2 1 (0.16%) Firewall
2 1 (0.16%) SSL
2 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.73%) Power BI
2 25 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.15%) Metadata
4 8 (1.26%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.26%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.26%) Tableau
5 7 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.63%) Power Query
7 4 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.47%) Apache Hive
8 3 (0.47%) Big Data
8 3 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.47%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.47%) Impala
8 3 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.47%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 89 (14.04%) JIRA
2 9 (1.42%) Git
3 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.47%) GitLab
4 3 (0.47%) Mocha
5 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.32%) Moq
5 2 (0.32%) Postman
6 1 (0.16%) Capybara
6 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.16%) Gradle
6 1 (0.16%) Maven
6 1 (0.16%) MSI
6 1 (0.16%) MSTest
6 1 (0.16%) RSpec
6 1 (0.16%) tSQLt
General
1 303 (47.79%) Finance
2 261 (41.17%) Social Skills
3 189 (29.81%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (23.97%) Banking
5 87 (13.72%) Public Sector
6 59 (9.31%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (7.57%) Front Office
8 44 (6.94%) Investment Banking
9 34 (5.36%) Legal
9 34 (5.36%) Local Government
10 19 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.68%) Financial Institution
11 17 (2.68%) Retail
12 15 (2.37%) Back Office
12 15 (2.37%) Marketing
13 12 (1.89%) General Ledger
13 12 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.26%) Law
15 8 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 424 (66.88%) Analyst
2 393 (61.99%) Business Analyst
3 101 (15.93%) Senior
4 74 (11.67%) Senior Analyst
5 73 (11.51%) Senior Business Analyst
6 34 (5.36%) Consultant
7 31 (4.89%) Lead
8 28 (4.42%) Data Analyst
8 28 (4.42%) Data Business Analyst
8 28 (4.42%) Finance Business Analyst
8 28 (4.42%) Financial Analyst
8 28 (4.42%) Technical Analyst
9 24 (3.79%) Technical Business Analyst
10 22 (3.47%) Banking Analyst
10 22 (3.47%) Banking Business Analyst
10 22 (3.47%) Project Manager
11 16 (2.52%) IT Analyst
12 15 (2.37%) Business IT Analyst
12 15 (2.37%) Developer
12 15 (2.37%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.42%) JSON
2 8 (1.26%) ADO
2 8 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.10%) CSS
3 7 (1.10%) HTML
3 7 (1.10%) OAuth
3 7 (1.10%) RESTful
3 7 (1.10%) Terraform
4 6 (0.95%) .NET
4 6 (0.95%) REST
4 6 (0.95%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.95%) XML
5 4 (0.63%) HTML5 Canvas
5 4 (0.63%) Middleware
5 4 (0.63%) Smart Contracts
6 3 (0.47%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.47%) Django
6 3 (0.47%) Spring
6 3 (0.47%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.32%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.62%) Product Ownership
2 37 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 35 (5.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (3.94%) Derivative
4 25 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 19 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.68%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.52%) Fixed Income
9 13 (2.05%) Taxonomies
10 12 (1.89%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.74%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.74%) Reference Data
12 10 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.58%) Credit Risk
12 10 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.26%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.10%) Life Science
14 7 (1.10%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.63%) Windows
2 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.16%) Linux
2 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (52.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 259 (40.85%) Agile
3 247 (38.96%) Requirements Gathering
4 195 (30.76%) Workshop Facilitation
5 175 (27.60%) User Stories
6 154 (24.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 154 (24.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 132 (20.82%) Acceptance Criteria
8 128 (20.19%) AI
9 127 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
10 100 (15.77%) Process Improvement
11 97 (15.30%) Validation
12 96 (15.14%) Decision-Making
13 92 (14.51%) Migration
14 85 (13.41%) Project Delivery
15 82 (12.93%) Scrum
16 79 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
16 79 (12.46%) Translating Business Requirements
17 70 (11.04%) Analytics
17 70 (11.04%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 116 (18.30%) SQL
2 39 (6.15%) Python
3 15 (2.37%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.74%) Java
5 9 (1.42%) C#
6 7 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (1.10%) Korn
7 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.47%) VBA
9 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.16%) Bash
9 1 (0.16%) Bicep
9 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.16%) R
9 1 (0.16%) Ruby
9 1 (0.16%) Swift
9 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (14.67%) Security Cleared
2 82 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 74 (11.67%) Degree
4 17 (2.68%) IIBA
5 16 (2.52%) PMP
6 15 (2.37%) CBAP
6 15 (2.37%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.26%) ACCA
8 8 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.26%) CIMA
8 8 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.26%) FFIEC
9 6 (0.95%) ISEB
10 5 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.79%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.47%) CISSP
12 3 (0.47%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.15%) Data Quality
2 38 (5.99%) QA
3 17 (2.68%) GDPR
4 13 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.05%) NIST
5 11 (1.74%) PMO
6 9 (1.42%) COBIT
6 9 (1.42%) IFRS
7 8 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.26%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.95%) EMIR
9 6 (0.95%) GRC
10 4 (0.63%) ISO 15022
11 3 (0.47%) GxP
11 3 (0.47%) MiFID
11 3 (0.47%) WCAG
12 2 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.32%) SEPA
12 2 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (1.42%) Docker
2 6 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 124 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.26%) Oracle
3 25 (3.94%) SAP
4 24 (3.79%) Murex
5 22 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.05%) Bloomberg
6 13 (2.05%) Databricks
7 9 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.10%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.10%) IBM
9 6 (0.95%) CyberArk
9 6 (0.95%) Google
10 5 (0.79%) Workday
11 4 (0.63%) Ariba
12 3 (0.47%) Infor
12 3 (0.47%) PeopleSoft
13 2 (0.32%) Duck Creek
13 2 (0.32%) Guidewire
13 2 (0.32%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.32%) Sparx