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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 95 109
Rank change year-on-year -21 +14 -24
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 418 369 396
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.35% 2.94% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 3.18% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 253 280
10th Percentile £377 £409 £406
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.43% -6.04%
75th Percentile £673 £744 £654
90th Percentile £773 £825 £750
England median daily rate £500 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £31.45 - -
25th Percentile £31.75 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £44.25 - -
90th Percentile £51.15 - -
England median hourly rate £44.69 £63.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -29.07% -10.00% +11.11%

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 15,735 11,590 15,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,521 7,861 11,249
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £74.63 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -17 69 £575 -4.17% 57
West London -19 7 £404 +19.63% 14
South London -14 3 £450 -5.26% 1
East London -5 2 £625 +2.88% 11
North London 0 1 £500 -9.09% 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 41 (9.81%) Confluence
2 13 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.96%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.96%) SAS
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 37 (8.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.22%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.72%) Notion
7 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.35%) Loan IQ
2 9 (2.15%) Endur
3 6 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.96%) Actimize
4 4 (0.96%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.72%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.48%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.24%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 29 (6.94%) Azure
3 14 (3.35%) AWS
4 9 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.67%) SaaS
7 6 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.20%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.20%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.96%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.96%) Snowflake
9 4 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.72%) Figma
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Broadband
1 2 (0.48%) Firewall
1 2 (0.48%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.24%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.00%) Power BI
2 18 (4.31%) Tableau
3 9 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.67%) Metadata
5 5 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.72%) Power Query
7 2 (0.48%) Big Data
7 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.24%) KDB
8 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (14.83%) JIRA
2 3 (0.72%) ERwin
3 2 (0.48%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.48%) Git
3 2 (0.48%) Moq
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.24%) Ant
4 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.24%) Hudson
4 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.24%) Toad
4 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 204 (48.80%) Finance
2 191 (45.69%) Social Skills
3 95 (22.73%) Banking
4 93 (22.25%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.85%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (8.61%) Public Sector
7 35 (8.37%) Front Office
8 34 (8.13%) Investment Banking
9 31 (7.42%) Documentation Skills
10 26 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (5.50%) Retail
12 19 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (4.55%) Legal
13 18 (4.31%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.91%) Back Office
14 8 (1.91%) Marketing
15 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.96%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 307 (73.44%) Analyst
2 286 (68.42%) Business Analyst
3 57 (13.64%) Senior
4 50 (11.96%) Senior Analyst
5 45 (10.77%) Senior Business Analyst
6 18 (4.31%) Banking Analyst
6 18 (4.31%) Lead
6 18 (4.31%) Transformation Analyst
7 17 (4.07%) Migration Analyst
8 16 (3.83%) Banking Business Analyst
8 16 (3.83%) Data Business Analyst
8 16 (3.83%) Developer
9 15 (3.59%) Consultant
9 15 (3.59%) Technical Business Analyst
10 14 (3.35%) Technical Analyst
11 13 (3.11%) Finance Business Analyst
11 13 (3.11%) Financial Analyst
11 13 (3.11%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.87%) Data Analyst
12 12 (2.87%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.15%) VML
2 8 (1.91%) Pandas
3 6 (1.44%) XML
4 5 (1.20%) NumPy
5 4 (0.96%) .NET
6 3 (0.72%) ADO
6 3 (0.72%) JSON
6 3 (0.72%) Middleware
6 3 (0.72%) OAuth
7 2 (0.48%) CSS
7 2 (0.48%) Django
7 2 (0.48%) HTML
7 2 (0.48%) Kafka
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.48%) PySpark
7 2 (0.48%) REST
7 2 (0.48%) SAML
7 2 (0.48%) SOAP
7 2 (0.48%) Web Services
8 1 (0.24%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.16%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.07%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (3.11%) Fixed Income
4 12 (2.87%) PMI
5 11 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.39%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.39%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.39%) Tandem
7 9 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.15%) Credit Risk
7 9 (2.15%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.91%) CMDB
8 8 (1.91%) Derivative
8 8 (1.91%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.67%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.44%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.44%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.20%) Market Risk
11 5 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.24%) AIX
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
2 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (46.17%) Agile
2 155 (37.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 116 (27.75%) User Stories
4 105 (25.12%) Requirements Gathering
5 100 (23.92%) Workshop Facilitation
6 91 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (21.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 79 (18.90%) Acceptance Criteria
9 77 (18.42%) Project Management
10 69 (16.51%) Migration
11 68 (16.27%) Project Delivery
12 60 (14.35%) AI
13 59 (14.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 57 (13.64%) Decision-Making
15 55 (13.16%) Data Modelling
15 55 (13.16%) Use Case
16 53 (12.68%) GAP Analysis
17 52 (12.44%) Waterfall
18 49 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
18 49 (11.72%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.27%) SQL
2 30 (7.18%) Python
3 6 (1.44%) Java
4 5 (1.20%) C#
5 4 (0.96%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.96%) PL/SQL
5 4 (0.96%) VBA
6 3 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.72%) R
7 2 (0.48%) Korn
8 1 (0.24%) ABAP
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (13.40%) Security Cleared
2 49 (11.72%) Degree
3 48 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 28 (6.70%) CBAP
5 21 (5.02%) IIBA
6 14 (3.35%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.20%) CSPO
9 4 (0.96%) ISEB
9 4 (0.96%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.72%) CFA
10 3 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.72%) PMP
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.48%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.13%) Data Quality
1 34 (8.13%) QA
2 11 (2.63%) PMO
3 10 (2.39%) GDPR
4 8 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.44%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.44%) MiFID
6 5 (1.20%) GRC
6 5 (1.20%) SLA
7 4 (0.96%) EMIR
7 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.96%) NIST
7 4 (0.96%) PSD2
8 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.48%) Basel III
9 2 (0.48%) COBIT
9 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) SEPA
9 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.48%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.24%) RACF
2 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.20%) SCCM
2 3 (0.72%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) Control-M
4 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.24%) logstash
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 61 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.07%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.35%) Oracle
4 14 (3.35%) SAP
5 12 (2.87%) Murex
6 6 (1.44%) Databricks
7 5 (1.20%) Avaloq
8 4 (0.96%) Calypso
8 4 (0.96%) OpenLink
9 3 (0.72%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.72%) BT
9 3 (0.72%) IBM
9 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (0.72%) Sparx
9 3 (0.72%) Temenos
9 3 (0.72%) Workday
10 2 (0.48%) Charles River
10 2 (0.48%) Infor
10 2 (0.48%) Pega