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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 81 105
Rank change year-on-year -35 +24 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 495 438 397
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.49% 3.22% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 3.50% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 289 263
10th Percentile £375 £405 £400
25th Percentile £453 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £566
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.01% -5.67%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £688
90th Percentile £754 £788 £825
England median daily rate £516 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -3.49% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £31.65 £71.63 -
25th Percentile £32.25 £74.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £78.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.79% +85.29% -1.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £43.75
90th Percentile - £86.88 -
England median hourly rate £54.75 £70.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -21.79% +28.44% -3.54%

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 17,688 12,531 14,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.21% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,675 8,382 10,562
10th Percentile £363 £329 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 239 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.13
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -11.76% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £53.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -36 59 £568 -9.20% 22
West London -5 12 £285 -15.56% 17
North London -1 2 - - 4
South London - 2 £550 - 7
East London - 1 £550 - 15
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 47 (9.49%) Confluence
2 21 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.01%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.81%) SAS
5 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.25%) MS Visio
3 18 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.01%) Actimize
2 5 (1.01%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.81%) Endur
3 4 (0.81%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.61%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.40%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.40%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.40%) Summit
6 1 (0.20%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.20%) SunGard Martini
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 63 (12.73%) Power Platform
2 50 (10.10%) Azure
3 21 (4.24%) AWS
4 19 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
5 18 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (3.03%) SaaS
7 13 (2.63%) Power Automate
8 11 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.22%) PowerApps
9 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.62%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.62%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.01%) GCP
12 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.81%) Collibra
14 3 (0.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.01%) Network Security
2 3 (0.61%) Firewall
3 2 (0.40%) VPN
4 1 (0.20%) DNS
4 1 (0.20%) IPsec
4 1 (0.20%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.20%) SSL
4 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (9.70%) Power BI
2 20 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.64%) Tableau
4 8 (1.62%) Metadata
5 6 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.81%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.81%) Power Query
7 4 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.61%) QlikView
8 3 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.40%) Big Data
9 2 (0.40%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.40%) Parquet
9 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 66 (13.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.40%) Git
2 2 (0.40%) Moq
2 2 (0.40%) Postman
3 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.20%) Capybara
3 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.20%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.20%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.20%) Mocha
3 1 (0.20%) MSTest
3 1 (0.20%) RSpec
3 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.20%) tSQLt
General
1 239 (48.28%) Finance
2 206 (41.62%) Social Skills
3 124 (25.05%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (20.61%) Banking
5 42 (8.48%) Documentation Skills
5 42 (8.48%) Front Office
6 40 (8.08%) Public Sector
7 35 (7.07%) Legal
8 29 (5.86%) Investment Banking
8 29 (5.86%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (4.04%) Retail
10 18 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (3.23%) Financial Institution
12 15 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (2.63%) Marketing
14 8 (1.62%) Back Office
15 7 (1.41%) Local Government
16 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 345 (69.70%) Analyst
2 318 (64.24%) Business Analyst
3 73 (14.75%) Senior
4 56 (11.31%) Senior Analyst
5 51 (10.30%) Senior Business Analyst
6 26 (5.25%) Consultant
7 25 (5.05%) Technical Business Analyst
8 24 (4.85%) Technical Analyst
9 23 (4.65%) Lead
10 22 (4.44%) Data Business Analyst
11 20 (4.04%) Banking Analyst
12 19 (3.84%) Banking Business Analyst
13 18 (3.64%) Data Analyst
13 18 (3.64%) Project Manager
14 15 (3.03%) Developer
14 15 (3.03%) Finance Business Analyst
14 15 (3.03%) Financial Analyst
14 15 (3.03%) Risk Business Analyst
15 14 (2.83%) Risk Analyst
16 12 (2.42%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.62%) Pandas
2 7 (1.41%) ADO
2 7 (1.41%) JSON
3 6 (1.21%) REST
3 6 (1.21%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.01%) CSS
4 5 (1.01%) HTML
4 5 (1.01%) Middleware
4 5 (1.01%) NumPy
4 5 (1.01%) XML
5 4 (0.81%) .NET
5 4 (0.81%) OAuth
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.81%) VML
6 3 (0.61%) Django
7 2 (0.40%) Drools
7 2 (0.40%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (0.40%) Kafka
7 2 (0.40%) RESTful
7 2 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (13.94%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.24%) Fixed Income
3 18 (3.64%) Derivative
3 18 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.43%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (3.03%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 13 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.42%) Market Risk
10 9 (1.82%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.62%) CMDB
11 8 (1.62%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.21%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.21%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.01%) Life Science
14 4 (0.81%) Equities
14 4 (0.81%) NHS
14 4 (0.81%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.40%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Android
2 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 193 (38.99%) Agile
3 143 (28.89%) Requirements Gathering
4 129 (26.06%) User Stories
5 120 (24.24%) User Acceptance Testing
6 108 (21.82%) Workshop Facilitation
7 100 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (18.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 87 (17.58%) Acceptance Criteria
10 84 (16.97%) AI
11 72 (14.55%) Validation
12 62 (12.53%) Project Management
13 61 (12.32%) Migration
14 60 (12.12%) Analytics
15 58 (11.72%) Project Delivery
16 57 (11.52%) Decision-Making
17 53 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 53 (10.71%) Data Modelling
18 52 (10.51%) Process Improvement
18 52 (10.51%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 85 (17.17%) SQL
2 40 (8.08%) Python
3 8 (1.62%) Java
4 6 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.01%) C#
5 5 (1.01%) VBA
6 3 (0.61%) Korn
6 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.61%) R
7 1 (0.20%) C++
7 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.20%) Ruby
7 1 (0.20%) SOQL
7 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (12.53%) Security Cleared
2 55 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.90%) Degree
4 14 (2.83%) IIBA
5 12 (2.42%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.22%) CBAP
7 9 (1.82%) PMP
8 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.41%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.01%) CSPO
10 5 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.81%) FFIEC
11 4 (0.81%) ISEB
12 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.40%) CISM
13 2 (0.40%) CISSP
13 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.68%) Data Quality
2 23 (4.65%) QA
3 13 (2.63%) GDPR
3 13 (2.63%) PMO
4 10 (2.02%) NIST
5 9 (1.82%) ISO 20022
6 8 (1.62%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.62%) GRC
6 8 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.21%) EMIR
8 5 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.01%) COBIT
9 3 (0.61%) GxP
9 3 (0.61%) MiFID
9 3 (0.61%) SEPA
9 3 (0.61%) SLA
9 3 (0.61%) Solvency II
10 2 (0.40%) ISO 15022
10 2 (0.40%) PSD2
10 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.61%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) RACF
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.01%) SCCM
2 2 (0.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.20%) Control-M
3 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 72 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.25%) Salesforce
3 17 (3.43%) Oracle
3 17 (3.43%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.03%) SAP
5 12 (2.42%) Databricks
5 12 (2.42%) Murex
6 5 (1.01%) Bloomberg
6 5 (1.01%) CyberArk
6 5 (1.01%) Workday
7 4 (0.81%) IBM
8 3 (0.61%) Calypso
8 3 (0.61%) Charles River
8 3 (0.61%) Google
8 3 (0.61%) LexisNexis
8 3 (0.61%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.61%) Pega
8 3 (0.61%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.40%) Duck Creek