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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 131 78
Rank change year-on-year +31 -53 0
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 415 290 508
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.88% 2.07% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 2.29% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 185 339
10th Percentile £363 £413 £408
25th Percentile £450 £473 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -3.77%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £650
90th Percentile £825 £800 £725
England median daily rate £500 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -6.76% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 10
10th Percentile - - £79.38
25th Percentile - - £82.94
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +44.68%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.35% +112.50%

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 13,144 12,678 15,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.30% 90.34% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,697 8,106 11,397
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 155 261
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.63
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.01%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £68.93 £80.45 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

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 16 January 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
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 16 January 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 +6 81 £595 -0.83% 30
West London -13 6 £500 +104.08% 13
South London -5 3 - - 7
North London +3 1 £500 -9.09%
East London -7 1 £700 +3.70% 11
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 27 (6.51%) Confluence
2 8 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (9.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (7.95%) MS Visio
3 22 (5.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.72%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.72%) Notion
6 3 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.48%) Sketch
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (4.82%) Endur
2 9 (2.17%) Loan IQ
3 8 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.93%) SAP EWM
3 8 (1.93%) SAP WM
4 6 (1.45%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.48%) iTrent
6 2 (0.48%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.48%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.48%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (14.22%) Power Platform
2 36 (8.67%) Azure
3 18 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.89%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.65%) AWS
5 11 (2.65%) PowerApps
5 11 (2.65%) SaaS
6 10 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.45%) dbt
10 5 (1.20%) GCP
10 5 (1.20%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.96%) Miro
12 3 (0.72%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.72%) Figma
12 3 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Intranet
1 2 (0.48%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (12.05%) Power BI
2 9 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.17%) Tableau
3 8 (1.93%) Relational Database
3 8 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.20%) Metadata
5 4 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.72%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.72%) Power Query
6 3 (0.72%) Redis
6 3 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.48%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.48%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 46 (11.08%) JIRA
2 4 (0.96%) Cucumber
2 4 (0.96%) ERwin
2 4 (0.96%) Postman
2 4 (0.96%) Selenium
3 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.72%) Git
3 3 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.72%) webpack
4 2 (0.48%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.48%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.24%) Ant
5 1 (0.24%) JUnit
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.24%) Toad
5 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 186 (44.82%) Finance
2 180 (43.37%) Social Skills
3 79 (19.04%) Banking
4 71 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.92%) Presentation Skills
6 33 (7.95%) Investment Banking
7 32 (7.71%) Front Office
7 32 (7.71%) Public Sector
8 26 (6.27%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.86%) Legal
12 14 (3.37%) Back Office
12 14 (3.37%) Financial Institution
12 14 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (3.13%) Marketing
14 11 (2.65%) Retail
15 10 (2.41%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.69%) Local Government
16 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 283 (68.19%) Analyst
2 257 (61.93%) Business Analyst
3 58 (13.98%) Senior
4 45 (10.84%) Senior Analyst
5 42 (10.12%) Senior Business Analyst
6 23 (5.54%) Technical Analyst
7 21 (5.06%) Consultant
7 21 (5.06%) Technical Business Analyst
8 20 (4.82%) Banking Analyst
9 19 (4.58%) Banking Business Analyst
9 19 (4.58%) Lead
10 17 (4.10%) Developer
11 16 (3.86%) Endur Business Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) Financial Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 16 (3.86%) OpenLink Business Analyst
12 15 (3.61%) Endur Analyst
12 15 (3.61%) OpenLink Analyst
12 15 (3.61%) Project Manager
13 14 (3.37%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.65%) .NET
1 11 (2.65%) XML
2 7 (1.69%) PySpark
2 7 (1.69%) REST
3 6 (1.45%) CSS
3 6 (1.45%) HTML
3 6 (1.45%) React
4 4 (0.96%) JSON
4 4 (0.96%) VML
5 3 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.72%) Bootstrap
5 3 (0.72%) Electron
5 3 (0.72%) HTML5
5 3 (0.72%) JNI
5 3 (0.72%) jQuery
5 3 (0.72%) Memcached
5 3 (0.72%) Middleware
5 3 (0.72%) Node.js
5 3 (0.72%) WPF
6 2 (0.48%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.01%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.34%) PMI
3 15 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (3.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
6 10 (2.41%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.93%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.93%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.93%) Reinsurance
8 8 (1.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.45%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.45%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.20%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.20%) Derivative
11 5 (1.20%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.20%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.69%) Linux
2 4 (0.96%) Unix
3 3 (0.72%) CentOS
3 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.48%) Windows
5 1 (0.24%) AIX
5 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (45.54%) Agile
2 135 (32.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 100 (24.10%) Requirements Gathering
4 92 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (20.00%) User Stories
6 79 (19.04%) Workshop Facilitation
7 77 (18.55%) User Acceptance Testing
8 74 (17.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 71 (17.11%) Project Delivery
10 67 (16.14%) Project Management
11 60 (14.46%) Migration
12 51 (12.29%) Business Intelligence
13 50 (12.05%) Data Modelling
14 47 (11.33%) GAP Analysis
15 46 (11.08%) Waterfall
16 45 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (10.60%) Acceptance Criteria
17 44 (10.60%) SDLC
18 43 (10.36%) Analytics
18 43 (10.36%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.87%) SQL
2 29 (6.99%) Python
3 15 (3.61%) Java
4 12 (2.89%) C#
5 9 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.96%) Perl
6 4 (0.96%) VBA
7 3 (0.72%) C
7 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.48%) Korn
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.24%) Jython
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) R
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (15.18%) Degree
2 48 (11.57%) Security Cleared
3 42 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.47%) CBAP
5 24 (5.78%) PMI Certification
6 15 (3.61%) IIBA
7 10 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.17%) ISEB
9 7 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.69%) PMP
9 7 (1.69%) SAP Certification
10 6 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.45%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.48%) ACCA
12 2 (0.48%) CFA
12 2 (0.48%) CIMA
12 2 (0.48%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 2 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 1 (0.24%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.88%) QA
2 19 (4.58%) GDPR
3 18 (4.34%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.93%) MiFID
5 7 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.69%) PMO
6 6 (1.45%) SLA
7 5 (1.20%) EMIR
8 4 (0.96%) GRC
8 4 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.96%) NIST
9 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.72%) PSD2
9 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.72%) WCAG
10 2 (0.48%) Basel III
10 2 (0.48%) GxP
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.69%) Terraform
2 1 (0.24%) Control-M
2 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 52 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.54%) SAP
3 22 (5.30%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.82%) Oracle
5 10 (2.41%) Murex
6 8 (1.93%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.93%) Workday
7 6 (1.45%) OpenLink
8 5 (1.20%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.96%) Sparx
10 3 (0.72%) Adobe
10 3 (0.72%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.72%) Avaloq
10 3 (0.72%) Google
10 3 (0.72%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.72%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.72%) UiPath
11 2 (0.48%) eFront
11 2 (0.48%) IBM
11 2 (0.48%) Temenos