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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 123 77
Rank change year-on-year +24 -46 +5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 432 327 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.03% 2.09% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.30% 2.33% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 203 354
10th Percentile £365 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £716 £650
90th Percentile £805 £825 £744
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
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 13,094 14,043 17,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.85% 89.80% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,631 9,077 12,422
10th Percentile £338 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 166 232
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.59
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.69
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.25 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +3.60% -9.55%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +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 3 December 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 3 December 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 3 December 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 +2 78 £550 -10.13% 25
West London -8 6 £500 +104.08% 35
South London -3 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 21 (4.86%) Confluence
2 7 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 30 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.79%) 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%) Notion
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (4.86%) Endur
2 10 (2.31%) 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 3 (0.69%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.69%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.46%) iTrent
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.46%) Shopify
7 2 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 52 (12.04%) Power Platform
2 42 (9.72%) Azure
3 20 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.01%) Power Automate
5 12 (2.78%) AWS
5 12 (2.78%) PowerApps
6 11 (2.55%) SaaS
7 9 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.08%) Miro
8 8 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.39%) Figma
10 5 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.16%) GCP
10 5 (1.16%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.93%) dbt
11 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.69%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
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 44 (10.19%) Power BI
2 14 (3.24%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.55%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.31%) 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%) Metadata
9 2 (0.46%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.46%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 10g
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (10.19%) 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%) ERwin
6 3 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.46%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.23%) Ant
8 1 (0.23%) ER Studio
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
1 195 (45.14%) Finance
2 189 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 79 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (16.20%) Banking
5 41 (9.49%) Presentation Skills
6 37 (8.56%) Front Office
7 30 (6.94%) Investment Banking
7 30 (6.94%) Public Sector
8 22 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (4.86%) 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 12 (2.78%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.55%) Retail
15 10 (2.31%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.85%) Local Government
17 6 (1.39%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 293 (67.82%) Analyst
2 267 (61.81%) Business Analyst
3 54 (12.50%) Senior
4 38 (8.80%) Senior Analyst
5 33 (7.64%) Senior Business Analyst
6 26 (6.02%) Technical Analyst
7 24 (5.56%) Technical Business Analyst
8 22 (5.09%) Consultant
8 22 (5.09%) Lead
9 21 (4.86%) Developer
9 21 (4.86%) Financial Analyst
10 17 (3.94%) Data Business Analyst
11 16 (3.70%) Endur Business Analyst
11 16 (3.70%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 16 (3.70%) OpenLink Business Analyst
11 16 (3.70%) Project Manager
12 15 (3.47%) Banking Analyst
12 15 (3.47%) Data Analyst
12 15 (3.47%) Endur Analyst
12 15 (3.47%) OpenLink Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.47%) .NET
2 13 (3.01%) XML
3 12 (2.78%) React
4 10 (2.31%) CSS
4 10 (2.31%) HTML
5 7 (1.62%) Bootstrap
5 7 (1.62%) HTML5
5 7 (1.62%) jQuery
5 7 (1.62%) Memcached
5 7 (1.62%) REST
6 5 (1.16%) PySpark
6 5 (1.16%) WPF
7 4 (0.93%) Swagger
8 3 (0.69%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.69%) Electron
8 3 (0.69%) JNI
8 3 (0.69%) JSON
8 3 (0.69%) Middleware
8 3 (0.69%) Node.js
8 3 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.43%) 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%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.85%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.39%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.39%) Market Risk
11 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
2 124 (28.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (21.06%) Requirements Gathering
4 90 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (18.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 77 (17.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 72 (16.67%) User Stories
8 69 (15.97%) Project Delivery
8 69 (15.97%) Workshop Facilitation
9 60 (13.89%) Project Management
10 55 (12.73%) Migration
11 52 (12.04%) Analytics
12 49 (11.34%) Roadmaps
13 46 (10.65%) Data Modelling
14 45 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (9.95%) Data Analysis
16 42 (9.72%) Process Improvement
16 42 (9.72%) SDLC
17 41 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (9.49%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.20%) SQL
2 30 (6.94%) Python
3 16 (3.70%) Java
4 15 (3.47%) C#
5 9 (2.08%) 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%) C++
9 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.23%) R
9 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (14.58%) Degree
2 41 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 34 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.79%) 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 6 (1.39%) IIBA
10 5 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.69%) ACCA
11 3 (0.69%) FFIEC
11 3 (0.69%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 3 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.46%) CIMA
12 2 (0.46%) CISSP
12 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.49%) QA
2 21 (4.86%) GDPR
3 18 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.78%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.85%) SLA
6 6 (1.39%) EMIR
6 6 (1.39%) MiFID
7 5 (1.16%) GRC
7 5 (1.16%) PMO
8 4 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.93%) NIST
9 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.69%) PSD2
9 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.69%) WCAG
10 2 (0.46%) Basel III
10 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.46%) GxP
10 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%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.94%) SAP
3 28 (6.48%) Oracle
4 24 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.78%) Workday
6 10 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.62%) Adobe
8 6 (1.39%) Murex
9 5 (1.16%) Google
9 5 (1.16%) OpenLink
9 5 (1.16%) UiPath
10 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.69%) Avaloq
11 3 (0.69%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.69%) Charles River
11 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.69%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.69%) Sparx
12 2 (0.46%) Calypso
12 2 (0.46%) IBM