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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 84 113
Rank change year-on-year -38 +29 -24
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 402 391 394
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.22% 3.20% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 3.47% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 266 276
10th Percentile £364 £410 £400
25th Percentile £450 £507 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £654 £748 £650
90th Percentile £749 £825 £744
England median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £31.45 - -
25th Percentile £31.75 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £44.25 - -
90th Percentile £51.15 - -
England median hourly rate £44.69 £63.00 £46.87
% change year-on-year -29.07% +34.41% -28.98%

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 15,989 11,284 15,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.37% 92.22% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,696 7,602 11,075
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 184 305
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.25 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% +23.16% -25.52%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.90
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -17 63 £550 -8.33% 20
West London -20 9 £285 -15.56% 10
East London -4 2 £625 +15.74% 9
North London -1 1 £500 +1.01% 4
South London -20 1 £450 -5.26% 2
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 39 (9.70%) Confluence
2 13 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.00%) Jupyter
3 4 (1.00%) SAS
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.25%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (9.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (8.71%) MS Visio
3 31 (7.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.47%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.75%) Notion
7 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.24%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.49%) Endur
3 5 (1.24%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.00%) Actimize
5 3 (0.75%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.50%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.25%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.25%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.19%) Power Platform
2 27 (6.72%) Azure
3 15 (3.73%) AWS
4 9 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.74%) SaaS
7 6 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (1.24%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.24%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.00%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.00%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.75%) Figma
10 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.50%) GCP
11 2 (0.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.00%) Network Security
2 2 (0.50%) Broadband
2 2 (0.50%) Firewall
2 2 (0.50%) Internet
3 1 (0.25%) IPsec
3 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.25%) SSL
3 1 (0.25%) VPN
3 1 (0.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (10.45%) Power BI
2 17 (4.23%) Tableau
3 9 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.99%) Metadata
5 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.75%) Power Query
7 2 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.50%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.50%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.25%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.25%) KDB
8 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 55 (13.68%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.50%) ERwin
2 2 (0.50%) Git
2 2 (0.50%) Moq
3 1 (0.25%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.25%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.25%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.25%) Hudson
3 1 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.25%) Postman
3 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
3 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.25%) TestNG
3 1 (0.25%) WinAutomation
General
1 198 (49.25%) Finance
2 176 (43.78%) Social Skills
3 102 (25.37%) Banking
4 81 (20.15%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (9.20%) Investment Banking
6 34 (8.46%) Front Office
7 32 (7.96%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (7.46%) Documentation Skills
9 29 (7.21%) Public Sector
10 27 (6.72%) Legal
11 23 (5.72%) Retail
12 21 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (4.73%) Financial Institution
14 17 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.99%) Marketing
16 6 (1.49%) Back Office
16 6 (1.49%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
18 4 (1.00%) Corporate Banking
18 4 (1.00%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 296 (73.63%) Analyst
2 280 (69.65%) Business Analyst
3 49 (12.19%) Senior
4 44 (10.95%) Senior Analyst
5 40 (9.95%) Senior Business Analyst
6 23 (5.72%) Banking Analyst
7 22 (5.47%) Banking Business Analyst
8 15 (3.73%) Consultant
8 15 (3.73%) Data Business Analyst
8 15 (3.73%) Lead
9 14 (3.48%) Developer
9 14 (3.48%) Technical Business Analyst
9 14 (3.48%) Transformation Analyst
10 13 (3.23%) Technical Analyst
11 12 (2.99%) Project Manager
11 12 (2.99%) Risk Business Analyst
12 11 (2.74%) Migration Analyst
12 11 (2.74%) Product Analyst
12 11 (2.74%) Risk Analyst
13 10 (2.49%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.99%) Pandas
1 8 (1.99%) VML
2 5 (1.24%) NumPy
3 4 (1.00%) .NET
3 4 (1.00%) JSON
3 4 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.00%) XML
4 3 (0.75%) ADO
4 3 (0.75%) Middleware
5 2 (0.50%) CSS
5 2 (0.50%) Django
5 2 (0.50%) HTML
5 2 (0.50%) OAuth
5 2 (0.50%) PySpark
5 2 (0.50%) REST
5 2 (0.50%) Web Services
6 1 (0.25%) JWT
6 1 (0.25%) LangChain
6 1 (0.25%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.25%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.94%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (3.98%) Fixed Income
4 11 (2.74%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.49%) Derivative
5 10 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (2.49%) PMI
6 9 (2.24%) CMDB
7 8 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.99%) Credit Risk
7 8 (1.99%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.74%) Reinsurance
8 7 (1.74%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.49%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.49%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.49%) Tandem
10 5 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.25%) Android
1 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (43.28%) Agile
2 148 (36.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 108 (26.87%) User Stories
4 98 (24.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 97 (24.13%) Workshop Facilitation
6 85 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (20.40%) User Acceptance Testing
8 77 (19.15%) Acceptance Criteria
9 66 (16.42%) Project Management
10 61 (15.17%) Migration
11 57 (14.18%) Project Delivery
12 56 (13.93%) AI
12 56 (13.93%) Decision-Making
13 54 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 53 (13.18%) Data Modelling
15 50 (12.44%) Use Case
16 48 (11.94%) Validation
17 46 (11.44%) Waterfall
18 45 (11.19%) Data Analysis
19 44 (10.95%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 61 (15.17%) SQL
2 29 (7.21%) Python
3 4 (1.00%) C#
3 4 (1.00%) Java
3 4 (1.00%) PL/SQL
3 4 (1.00%) VBA
4 3 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.75%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.75%) R
5 1 (0.25%) ABAP
5 1 (0.25%) Korn
5 1 (0.25%) SOQL
5 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (13.93%) Security Cleared
2 48 (11.94%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.69%) Degree
4 26 (6.47%) CBAP
5 22 (5.47%) IIBA
6 12 (2.99%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.24%) CSPO
8 5 (1.24%) ISEB
8 5 (1.24%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.75%) CFA
9 3 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.75%) PMP
10 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.50%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.97%) QA
3 12 (2.99%) PMO
4 10 (2.49%) GDPR
5 8 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.74%) ISO 20022
7 6 (1.49%) GRC
7 6 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.49%) NIST
8 5 (1.24%) MiFID
8 5 (1.24%) SLA
9 4 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.00%) EMIR
10 3 (0.75%) COBIT
11 2 (0.50%) Basel III
11 2 (0.50%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.50%) PSD2
11 2 (0.50%) SEPA
11 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.25%) SOC 1
System Software
1 2 (0.50%) Docker
1 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.25%) RACF
2 1 (0.25%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (1.24%) SCCM
2 3 (0.75%) Terraform
3 2 (0.50%) Control-M
4 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.25%) logstash
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.25%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 53 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.98%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.99%) Oracle
5 11 (2.74%) Murex
5 11 (2.74%) SAP
6 7 (1.74%) Databricks
7 4 (1.00%) Avaloq
7 4 (1.00%) OpenLink
7 4 (1.00%) Workday
8 3 (0.75%) BT
8 3 (0.75%) Calypso
8 3 (0.75%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.50%) Google
9 2 (0.50%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.50%) Infor
9 2 (0.50%) LexisNexis
9 2 (0.50%) Sparx
9 2 (0.50%) Temenos