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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 80 113
Rank change year-on-year -36 +33 -20
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 482 442 408
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.45% 3.27% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 3.55% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 296 276
10th Percentile £372 £406 £400
25th Percentile £452 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.24% -6.75%
75th Percentile £656 £738 £688
90th Percentile £757 £790 £825
England median daily rate £510 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -5.03% +2.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £31.45 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £31.75 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.73% +85.29% -1.16%
75th Percentile £44.25 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.15 £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £44.69 £64.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.72% +51.76% -35.61%

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 17,532 12,440 15,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.14% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,643 8,309 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 234 293
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +6.67% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.98 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -24 60 £550 -12.00% 33
West London -10 11 £285 -15.56% 12
East London +1 2 £625 +15.74% 12
South London -7 2 £550 +15.79% 5
North London -2 1 - - 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 44 (9.13%) Confluence
2 19 (3.94%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) SAS
4 4 (0.83%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.41%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache
7 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (7.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.81%) MS Visio
3 24 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (1.87%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.24%) Endur
3 5 (1.04%) Actimize
3 5 (1.04%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.62%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.41%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.41%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.41%) Summit
6 1 (0.21%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.21%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.21%) SunGard Martini
6 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 53 (11.00%) Power Platform
2 47 (9.75%) Azure
3 19 (3.94%) AWS
4 16 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (2.70%) SaaS
6 10 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (1.45%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.24%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.83%) Collibra
12 4 (0.83%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.62%) Anthropic Claude
13 3 (0.62%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.04%) Network Security
2 2 (0.41%) Broadband
2 2 (0.41%) Firewall
2 2 (0.41%) Internet
3 1 (0.21%) IPsec
3 1 (0.21%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.21%) SSL
3 1 (0.21%) VPN
3 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.13%) Power BI
2 17 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.32%) Tableau
4 7 (1.45%) Metadata
5 5 (1.04%) Power Query
5 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.83%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.62%) Data Mart
7 3 (0.62%) QlikView
7 3 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.41%) Parquet
8 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.21%) Looker
9 1 (0.21%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 64 (13.28%) JIRA
2 2 (0.41%) Git
2 2 (0.41%) Moq
2 2 (0.41%) Postman
3 1 (0.21%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.21%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.21%) Mocha
3 1 (0.21%) MSTest
3 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.21%) tSQLt
3 1 (0.21%) WinAutomation
General
1 222 (46.06%) Finance
2 207 (42.95%) Social Skills
3 113 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (21.16%) Banking
5 45 (9.34%) Front Office
6 39 (8.09%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (7.88%) Public Sector
8 34 (7.05%) Legal
9 32 (6.64%) Investment Banking
10 31 (6.43%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (4.77%) Retail
12 21 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (3.11%) Financial Institution
15 12 (2.49%) Marketing
16 6 (1.24%) Back Office
16 6 (1.24%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 340 (70.54%) Analyst
2 313 (64.94%) Business Analyst
3 63 (13.07%) Senior
4 50 (10.37%) Senior Analyst
5 44 (9.13%) Senior Business Analyst
6 24 (4.98%) Consultant
7 23 (4.77%) Technical Business Analyst
8 22 (4.56%) Technical Analyst
9 21 (4.36%) Banking Analyst
9 21 (4.36%) Data Business Analyst
10 20 (4.15%) Banking Business Analyst
10 20 (4.15%) Lead
11 17 (3.53%) Data Analyst
11 17 (3.53%) Project Manager
12 15 (3.11%) Risk Business Analyst
13 14 (2.90%) Risk Analyst
14 13 (2.70%) Developer
14 13 (2.70%) Transformation Analyst
15 11 (2.28%) Insurance Business Analyst
15 11 (2.28%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.66%) Pandas
2 7 (1.45%) JSON
3 6 (1.24%) VML
4 5 (1.04%) .NET
4 5 (1.04%) ADO
4 5 (1.04%) Middleware
4 5 (1.04%) NumPy
4 5 (1.04%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.04%) XML
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.83%) REST
6 3 (0.62%) CSS
6 3 (0.62%) Django
6 3 (0.62%) HTML
7 2 (0.41%) Drools
7 2 (0.41%) OAuth
7 2 (0.41%) Web Services
8 1 (0.21%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.21%) Kafka
8 1 (0.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 57 (11.83%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.36%) Fixed Income
3 18 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (3.53%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (3.11%) Derivative
6 15 (3.11%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.07%) Market Risk
9 10 (2.07%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.87%) CMDB
10 9 (1.87%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.45%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.45%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.24%) Tandem
13 5 (1.04%) Life Science
13 5 (1.04%) Reference Data
14 4 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.21%) Android
1 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (40.25%) Agile
2 182 (37.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 137 (28.42%) Requirements Gathering
4 119 (24.69%) User Stories
5 111 (23.03%) User Acceptance Testing
6 104 (21.58%) Workshop Facilitation
7 98 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (17.63%) Acceptance Criteria
9 80 (16.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 75 (15.56%) AI
11 73 (15.15%) Validation
12 68 (14.11%) Project Management
13 58 (12.03%) Data Modelling
13 58 (12.03%) Migration
14 57 (11.83%) Analytics
14 57 (11.83%) Decision-Making
15 56 (11.62%) Project Delivery
16 55 (11.41%) Use Case
17 50 (10.37%) Data Analysis
18 49 (10.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 84 (17.43%) SQL
2 39 (8.09%) Python
3 7 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.24%) VBA
5 4 (0.83%) Java
6 3 (0.62%) C#
6 3 (0.62%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.62%) Korn
6 3 (0.62%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.62%) R
7 1 (0.21%) C++
7 1 (0.21%) SOQL
7 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (12.45%) Security Cleared
2 52 (10.79%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.54%) Degree
4 15 (3.11%) IIBA
5 13 (2.70%) CBAP
6 8 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.45%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.04%) CSPO
8 5 (1.04%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.83%) FFIEC
9 4 (0.83%) ISEB
10 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.62%) PMP
11 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.21%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.88%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.98%) QA
3 13 (2.70%) PMO
4 11 (2.28%) GDPR
5 10 (2.07%) ISO 20022
5 10 (2.07%) NIST
6 9 (1.87%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.87%) GRC
7 8 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.24%) EMIR
9 5 (1.04%) COBIT
10 4 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.62%) GxP
11 3 (0.62%) MiFID
11 3 (0.62%) SEPA
11 3 (0.62%) SLA
11 3 (0.62%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.41%) Basel III
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) RACF
3 1 (0.21%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.04%) SCCM
2 3 (0.62%) Terraform
3 2 (0.41%) Control-M
4 1 (0.21%) logstash
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.39%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.73%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.32%) Oracle
5 15 (3.11%) Murex
5 15 (3.11%) SAP
6 12 (2.49%) Databricks
7 6 (1.24%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.04%) Workday
9 4 (0.83%) Avaloq
9 4 (0.83%) IBM
9 4 (0.83%) OpenLink
10 3 (0.62%) BT
10 3 (0.62%) Calypso
10 3 (0.62%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.62%) LexisNexis
10 3 (0.62%) Pega
10 3 (0.62%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.41%) HubSpot