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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 99 106
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 -19
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 423 337 398
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.45% 2.66% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.90% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 229 287
10th Percentile £388 £405 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -1.50%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £675
90th Percentile £796 £825 £763
England median daily rate £500 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.47% -1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £33.45 - -
25th Percentile £36.75 - £83.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £85.00
75th Percentile £49.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile £53.35 - -
England median hourly rate £44.44 £66.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year -32.67% -14.84% +24.00%

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 15,359 11,601 15,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.69% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,283 7,873 11,235
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £444 £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 £755 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 166 331
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.42 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £23.90 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £48.92
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £66.75
England median hourly rate £41.00 £31.88 £34.00
% change year-on-year +28.61% -6.24% -9.33%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -1 78 £550 -8.33% 34
South London -11 4 £450 -5.26% 3
East London -4 2 £625 -7.41% 14
West London -22 2 £523 +54.81% 12
North London -1 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 42 (9.93%) Confluence
2 17 (4.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.95%) SAS
4 3 (0.71%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (11.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (9.46%) MS Visio
3 37 (8.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (3.07%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.71%) Notion
6 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Sketch
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (3.31%) Endur
2 13 (3.07%) Loan IQ
3 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.95%) Actimize
4 4 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.71%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.71%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (14.42%) Power Platform
2 29 (6.86%) Azure
3 13 (3.07%) AWS
3 13 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.60%) Power Automate
5 9 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (2.13%) PowerApps
6 7 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 7 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.18%) Figma
7 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.18%) SaaS
8 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (0.95%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
9 3 (0.71%) dbt
9 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Broadband
1 2 (0.47%) Firewall
1 2 (0.47%) Internet
1 2 (0.47%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
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 49 (11.58%) Power BI
2 19 (4.49%) Tableau
3 10 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.65%) Metadata
5 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.47%) Big Data
7 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.47%) Power Query
7 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.47%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.24%) Looker
8 1 (0.24%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.24%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 62 (14.66%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) ERwin
3 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.47%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (0.47%) Selenium
3 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.24%) Git
4 1 (0.24%) Hudson
4 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.24%) Postman
4 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 202 (47.75%) Finance
2 195 (46.10%) Social Skills
3 95 (22.46%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (22.46%) Banking
4 37 (8.75%) Presentation Skills
5 36 (8.51%) Investment Banking
6 35 (8.27%) Front Office
6 35 (8.27%) Public Sector
7 29 (6.86%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (4.73%) Legal
10 19 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (4.49%) Retail
11 17 (4.02%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.36%) Back Office
13 8 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.89%) Marketing
14 7 (1.65%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.95%) Private Banking
16 3 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 312 (73.76%) Analyst
2 288 (68.09%) Business Analyst
3 54 (12.77%) Senior
4 45 (10.64%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (9.93%) Senior Business Analyst
6 19 (4.49%) Banking Analyst
7 18 (4.26%) Migration Analyst
7 18 (4.26%) Transformation Analyst
8 17 (4.02%) Banking Business Analyst
8 17 (4.02%) Data Business Analyst
8 17 (4.02%) Lead
8 17 (4.02%) Technical Analyst
8 17 (4.02%) Technical Business Analyst
9 15 (3.55%) Developer
9 15 (3.55%) Project Manager
10 14 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
11 13 (3.07%) Product Analyst
11 13 (3.07%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
12 12 (2.84%) Finance Business Analyst
12 12 (2.84%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.13%) XML
2 8 (1.89%) VML
3 7 (1.65%) Pandas
4 4 (0.95%) NumPy
4 4 (0.95%) REST
5 3 (0.71%) .NET
5 3 (0.71%) ADO
5 3 (0.71%) JSON
5 3 (0.71%) Middleware
5 3 (0.71%) OAuth
5 3 (0.71%) PySpark
6 2 (0.47%) Kafka
6 2 (0.47%) SAML
6 2 (0.47%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.24%) FpML
7 1 (0.24%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.24%) Murex MxML
7 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.24%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (3.55%) PMI
3 12 (2.84%) Fixed Income
4 11 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.36%) Tandem
6 9 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.13%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.89%) CMDB
7 8 (1.89%) Derivative
7 8 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.89%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.65%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.65%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (0.95%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.47%) Linux
1 2 (0.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) AIX
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (46.57%) Agile
2 155 (36.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (27.66%) User Stories
4 104 (24.59%) Requirements Gathering
5 103 (24.35%) Workshop Facilitation
6 96 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (21.04%) User Acceptance Testing
8 82 (19.39%) Project Management
9 73 (17.26%) Migration
10 72 (17.02%) Acceptance Criteria
10 72 (17.02%) Project Delivery
11 62 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 58 (13.71%) Data Modelling
13 56 (13.24%) GAP Analysis
14 54 (12.77%) Use Case
15 53 (12.53%) AI
16 52 (12.29%) Decision-Making
16 52 (12.29%) Waterfall
17 50 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
18 48 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 63 (14.89%) SQL
2 27 (6.38%) Python
3 8 (1.89%) Java
4 7 (1.65%) C#
5 5 (1.18%) VBA
6 3 (0.71%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) Korn
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) R
8 1 (0.24%) ABAP
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (13.24%) Security Cleared
2 52 (12.29%) Degree
3 49 (11.58%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.09%) CBAP
5 22 (5.20%) IIBA
6 20 (4.73%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.42%) PMP
9 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.95%) CSPO
9 4 (0.95%) ISEB
9 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.71%) CFA
10 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.47%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.24%) CITP
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.51%) QA
2 32 (7.57%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.84%) PMO
4 10 (2.36%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.13%) GDPR
6 8 (1.89%) MiFID
7 6 (1.42%) ISO 20022
8 5 (1.18%) GRC
8 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.18%) NIST
8 5 (1.18%) SLA
9 4 (0.95%) EMIR
9 4 (0.95%) PSD2
10 3 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.47%) Basel III
11 2 (0.47%) COBIT
11 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.47%) SEPA
11 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) RACF
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (1.18%) SCCM
2 4 (0.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.47%) 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 67 (15.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.73%) Salesforce
3 18 (4.26%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.84%) Murex
4 12 (2.84%) Oracle
5 11 (2.60%) SAP
6 6 (1.42%) Databricks
7 5 (1.18%) Avaloq
8 4 (0.95%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.95%) OpenLink
8 4 (0.95%) Sparx
9 3 (0.71%) Adobe
9 3 (0.71%) BT
9 3 (0.71%) Calypso
9 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.71%) IBM
9 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (0.71%) Temenos
10 2 (0.47%) Google
10 2 (0.47%) Pega