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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 123 76
Rank change year-on-year +26 -47 +5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 432 338 567
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.05% 2.13% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.31% 2.38% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 210 360
10th Percentile £363 £400 £418
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £676 £718 £650
90th Percentile £805 £825 £746
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £71.63 £44.63 £72.50
25th Percentile £74.06 £49.69 £82.63
Median hourly rate £78.75 £58.75 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -30.88% +70.00%
75th Percentile £84.06 £67.19 £86.50
90th Percentile £86.88 £71.88 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year +6.06% -21.89% +164.06%

All Process and 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 13,062 14,204 17,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.11% 89.64% 89.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,608 9,158 12,720
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £771 £800 £800
England median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 171 238
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.50 £35.44
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +5.81% -9.13%
75th Percentile £47.50 £55.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.62 £80.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.02 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.17% -21.31% +19.85%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 +5 80 £560 -8.79% 27
West London -9 6 £500 +104.08% 36
South London -2 3 - - 23
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 19 (4.40%) Confluence
2 7 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 29 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.56%) MS Visio
3 16 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.46%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (4.86%) Endur
2 9 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.85%) Loan IQ
3 8 (1.85%) SAP EWM
3 8 (1.85%) SAP WM
4 6 (1.39%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.93%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.69%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.46%) iTrent
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.46%) Shopify
8 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.81%) Power Platform
2 43 (9.95%) Azure
3 20 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.78%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.55%) AWS
5 11 (2.55%) PowerApps
5 11 (2.55%) SaaS
6 9 (2.08%) Miro
7 8 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.39%) Figma
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.16%) GCP
9 5 (1.16%) Lucidchart
10 4 (0.93%) dbt
10 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.69%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.46%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) HTTP
1 2 (0.46%) Intranet
1 2 (0.46%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.72%) Power BI
2 14 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.31%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.08%) Tableau
5 8 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.62%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.62%) Redis
7 5 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.69%) Power Query
8 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.46%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.46%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.46%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 10g
10 1 (0.23%) Spotfire
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (9.72%) JIRA
2 7 (1.62%) webpack
3 6 (1.39%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.39%) Selenium
4 5 (1.16%) Postman
5 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.93%) Git
6 3 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.46%) ERwin
7 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.46%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.23%) Ant
8 1 (0.23%) JUnit
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 194 (44.91%) Finance
2 190 (43.98%) Social Skills
3 80 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (15.74%) Banking
5 41 (9.49%) Presentation Skills
6 39 (9.03%) Front Office
7 30 (6.94%) Investment Banking
7 30 (6.94%) Public Sector
8 22 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (4.17%) Back Office
10 18 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.70%) Marketing
12 15 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (3.47%) Legal
13 11 (2.55%) Financial Institution
13 11 (2.55%) Retail
14 10 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.85%) Local Government
16 6 (1.39%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 295 (68.29%) Analyst
2 269 (62.27%) Business Analyst
3 55 (12.73%) Senior
4 39 (9.03%) Senior Analyst
5 34 (7.87%) Senior Business Analyst
6 26 (6.02%) Technical Analyst
7 25 (5.79%) Consultant
8 24 (5.56%) Technical Business Analyst
9 23 (5.32%) Lead
10 21 (4.86%) Financial Analyst
11 19 (4.40%) Developer
12 16 (3.70%) Data Business Analyst
12 16 (3.70%) Endur Business Analyst
12 16 (3.70%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 16 (3.70%) OpenLink Business Analyst
12 16 (3.70%) Project Manager
13 15 (3.47%) Banking Analyst
13 15 (3.47%) Endur Analyst
13 15 (3.47%) Finance Business Analyst
13 15 (3.47%) OpenLink Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.47%) .NET
2 12 (2.78%) React
2 12 (2.78%) XML
3 10 (2.31%) CSS
3 10 (2.31%) HTML
4 7 (1.62%) Bootstrap
4 7 (1.62%) HTML5
4 7 (1.62%) jQuery
4 7 (1.62%) Memcached
4 7 (1.62%) REST
5 5 (1.16%) PySpark
5 5 (1.16%) WPF
6 4 (0.93%) Swagger
7 3 (0.69%) ADO
7 3 (0.69%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.69%) Electron
7 3 (0.69%) JNI
7 3 (0.69%) Node.js
7 3 (0.69%) SOAP
8 2 (0.46%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.19%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.86%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.70%) Derivative
5 15 (3.47%) PMI
6 14 (3.24%) Reinsurance
7 13 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.85%) Credit Risk
10 8 (1.85%) Equities
10 8 (1.85%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.85%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.62%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.39%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.39%) Market Risk
12 6 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.62%) Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Unix
3 3 (0.69%) CentOS
3 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.46%) Windows
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (43.98%) Agile
2 125 (28.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 92 (21.30%) Requirements Gathering
4 90 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (18.06%) User Acceptance Testing
6 77 (17.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 71 (16.44%) Project Delivery
7 71 (16.44%) User Stories
8 68 (15.74%) Workshop Facilitation
9 61 (14.12%) Project Management
10 54 (12.50%) Migration
11 51 (11.81%) Analytics
12 48 (11.11%) Roadmaps
13 45 (10.42%) Data Analysis
13 45 (10.42%) Data Modelling
14 43 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
14 43 (9.95%) GAP Analysis
15 42 (9.72%) Process Improvement
15 42 (9.72%) Scrum
16 40 (9.26%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 69 (15.97%) SQL
2 30 (6.94%) Python
3 15 (3.47%) Java
4 14 (3.24%) C#
5 8 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.93%) Perl
6 4 (0.93%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.93%) VB.NET
6 4 (0.93%) VBA
7 3 (0.69%) C
8 2 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.46%) Korn
8 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.46%) Ruby
8 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.23%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.23%) Jython
9 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (14.58%) Degree
2 40 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.56%) CBAP
5 22 (5.09%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.85%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.85%) PMP
8 7 (1.62%) ISEB
8 7 (1.62%) SAP Certification
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.16%) IIBA
9 5 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.69%) ACCA
10 3 (0.69%) FFIEC
10 3 (0.69%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 3 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.46%) CIMA
11 2 (0.46%) CISSP
11 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.72%) QA
2 21 (4.86%) GDPR
3 17 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.78%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.85%) EMIR
5 8 (1.85%) MiFID
5 8 (1.85%) SLA
6 5 (1.16%) GRC
6 5 (1.16%) PMO
7 4 (0.93%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.93%) NIST
8 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.69%) PSD2
8 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.69%) WCAG
9 2 (0.46%) Basel III
9 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.46%) GxP
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.16%) Terraform
2 2 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.94%) SAP
3 28 (6.48%) Oracle
4 25 (5.79%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.78%) Workday
6 10 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.62%) Adobe
8 6 (1.39%) Murex
8 6 (1.39%) UiPath
9 5 (1.16%) Google
9 5 (1.16%) OpenLink
10 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.93%) Charles River
11 3 (0.69%) Avaloq
11 3 (0.69%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.69%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.46%) Calypso
12 2 (0.46%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.46%) IBM