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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 85 110
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 -20
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 559 433 384
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.78% 3.22% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 3.48% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 285 246
10th Percentile £380 £411 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% -4.58%
75th Percentile £641 £725 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £806
England median daily rate £525 £528 £538
% change year-on-year -0.47% -1.86% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £31.65 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £32.25 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.16% +85.29% -27.97%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile - £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £66.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +5.26% +54.65%

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 17,907 12,452 14,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.46% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,698 8,284 9,876
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
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 291 255 193
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.00 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -12.33% -8.75%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.63%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -38 60 £555 -11.20% 24
West London -8 12 £443 -26.25% 31
North London +3 4 £550 +25.00% 5
East London - 2 £550 - 13
South London - 1 £650 - 4
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 57 (10.20%) Confluence
2 23 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.89%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.36%) Apache
5 2 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (5.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (4.83%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.18%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (3.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.07%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.72%) Endur
4 3 (0.54%) Actimize
4 3 (0.54%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.36%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.36%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.36%) Summit
6 1 (0.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.18%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.18%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 67 (11.99%) Power Platform
2 58 (10.38%) Azure
3 30 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
4 25 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.76%) AWS
6 18 (3.22%) SaaS
7 16 (2.86%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.68%) PowerApps
9 13 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
10 10 (1.79%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.43%) GitHub
11 8 (1.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (1.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (0.89%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.89%) GCP
14 5 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
15 4 (0.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.72%) Network Security
2 1 (0.18%) DNS
2 1 (0.18%) Firewall
2 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (8.59%) Power BI
2 19 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.97%) Metadata
3 11 (1.97%) Tableau
4 6 (1.07%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.89%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.72%) Power Query
6 4 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
6 4 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.54%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.54%) QlikView
8 2 (0.36%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.36%) Parquet
8 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (12.88%) JIRA
2 5 (0.89%) Git
3 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.54%) Mocha
4 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.36%) GitLab
4 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.36%) Moq
4 2 (0.36%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) Capybara
5 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.18%) MSTest
5 1 (0.18%) RSpec
5 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) tSQLt
General
1 270 (48.30%) Finance
2 227 (40.61%) Social Skills
3 149 (26.65%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (22.18%) Banking
5 54 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.05%) Front Office
7 42 (7.51%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (6.80%) Investment Banking
9 29 (5.19%) Legal
9 29 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (3.94%) Retail
11 21 (3.76%) Financial Institution
12 19 (3.40%) Local Government
13 16 (2.86%) Marketing
14 14 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.61%) Back Office
17 7 (1.25%) General Ledger
17 7 (1.25%) Law
18 6 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 383 (68.52%) Analyst
2 357 (63.86%) Business Analyst
3 89 (15.92%) Senior
4 66 (11.81%) Senior Analyst
5 61 (10.91%) Senior Business Analyst
6 29 (5.19%) Consultant
6 29 (5.19%) Lead
7 24 (4.29%) Technical Analyst
8 23 (4.11%) Finance Business Analyst
8 23 (4.11%) Financial Analyst
8 23 (4.11%) Technical Business Analyst
9 22 (3.94%) Data Business Analyst
10 21 (3.76%) Data Analyst
11 19 (3.40%) Banking Analyst
11 19 (3.40%) Banking Business Analyst
12 16 (2.86%) Insurance Business Analyst
13 15 (2.68%) Project Manager
13 15 (2.68%) Risk Business Analyst
14 14 (2.50%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
15 13 (2.33%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.43%) JSON
1 8 (1.43%) OAuth
2 7 (1.25%) ADO
2 7 (1.25%) CSS
2 7 (1.25%) HTML
3 6 (1.07%) .NET
3 6 (1.07%) Middleware
3 6 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.07%) REST
3 6 (1.07%) SailPoint
3 6 (1.07%) XML
4 5 (0.89%) RESTful
4 5 (0.89%) Terraform
5 4 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
5 4 (0.72%) NumPy
5 4 (0.72%) Pandas
5 4 (0.72%) VML
6 3 (0.54%) Django
7 2 (0.36%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.36%) Drools
Miscellaneous
1 78 (13.95%) Product Ownership
2 26 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 23 (4.11%) Derivative
4 22 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.58%) Fixed Income
6 18 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (3.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (2.68%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.68%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.15%) Credit Risk
9 12 (2.15%) Market Risk
10 10 (1.79%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.43%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.07%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.07%) Equities
12 6 (1.07%) Life Science
13 5 (0.89%) CMDB
13 5 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.36%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (44.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 234 (41.86%) Agile
3 189 (33.81%) Requirements Gathering
4 151 (27.01%) User Stories
5 148 (26.48%) Workshop Facilitation
6 143 (25.58%) User Acceptance Testing
7 121 (21.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 109 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
9 103 (18.43%) Acceptance Criteria
10 100 (17.89%) AI
11 76 (13.60%) Decision-Making
11 76 (13.60%) Process Improvement
11 76 (13.60%) Validation
12 74 (13.24%) Migration
13 72 (12.88%) Project Delivery
14 67 (11.99%) Analytics
15 65 (11.63%) Scrum
16 63 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 58 (10.38%) Data Analysis
18 56 (10.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (18.25%) SQL
2 34 (6.08%) Python
3 13 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.43%) C#
5 7 (1.25%) Java
6 6 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.07%) Korn
7 5 (0.89%) VBA
8 4 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.54%) R
10 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.18%) Bicep
11 1 (0.18%) C++
11 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.18%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.18%) Ruby
11 1 (0.18%) Swift
Qualifications
1 79 (14.13%) Security Cleared
2 68 (12.16%) SC Cleared
3 63 (11.27%) Degree
4 20 (3.58%) IIBA
5 13 (2.33%) PMI Certification
5 13 (2.33%) PMP
6 12 (2.15%) CBAP
7 10 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.43%) FFIEC
9 7 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.07%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.89%) CSPO
11 5 (0.89%) ISEB
12 4 (0.72%) ACCA
12 4 (0.72%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.72%) CIMA
12 4 (0.72%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.54%) CISM
13 3 (0.54%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.19%) QA
3 15 (2.68%) GDPR
3 15 (2.68%) PMO
4 14 (2.50%) NIST
5 12 (2.15%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.61%) COBIT
7 8 (1.43%) GRC
7 8 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.25%) EMIR
8 7 (1.25%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.89%) IFRS
10 4 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.72%) MiFID
11 3 (0.54%) GxP
11 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.54%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.54%) WCAG
12 2 (0.36%) SEPA
12 2 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (1.07%) Docker
1 6 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) RACF
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.18%) Control-M
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 89 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.37%) Salesforce
3 21 (3.76%) Oracle
4 20 (3.58%) Murex
5 19 (3.40%) SAP
6 10 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.61%) Bloomberg
7 9 (1.61%) Databricks
8 5 (0.89%) CyberArk
9 4 (0.72%) Workday
10 3 (0.54%) Ariba
10 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.54%) Charles River
10 3 (0.54%) Google
10 3 (0.54%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.36%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.36%) Infor
11 2 (0.36%) OpenLink
11 2 (0.36%) SGI