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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 109 93
Rank change year-on-year -6 -16 -7
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 425 320 437
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.55% 2.53% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.76% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 216 315
10th Percentile £379 £403 £413
25th Percentile £450 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £656 £738 £675
90th Percentile £788 £825 £758
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £79.38
25th Percentile £53.25 - £82.94
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £85.00
75th Percentile £55.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £58.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -10.70% -22.35% +36.00%

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 14,942 11,579 15,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.72% 91.43% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,023 7,821 11,436
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.08 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +14.75% -21.79%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 88 £550 -8.33% 33
South London -14 4 £450 -6.49% 3
East London -6 2 £625 +2.88% 12
West London -20 2 £523 +79.40% 13
North London +1 1 £500 -9.09% 3
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 43 (10.12%) Confluence
2 17 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.71%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
4 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (9.41%) MS Visio
3 36 (8.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.71%) Notion
6 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.47%) Sketch
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.53%) Endur
2 13 (3.06%) Loan IQ
3 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.71%) Actimize
5 3 (0.71%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.71%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) iTrent
7 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (13.88%) Power Platform
2 35 (8.24%) Azure
3 16 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.59%) AWS
5 11 (2.59%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.35%) PowerApps
7 8 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.41%) SaaS
10 5 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.94%) Figma
12 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.71%) dbt
12 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.71%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Broadband
1 2 (0.47%) Firewall
1 2 (0.47%) Internet
1 2 (0.47%) NAS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.24%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (11.06%) Power BI
2 18 (4.24%) Tableau
3 8 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.88%) Metadata
4 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.47%) Big Data
6 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (0.47%) Power Query
6 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.47%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.24%) Looker
7 1 (0.24%) TIBCO EBX
Development Applications
1 68 (16.00%) JIRA
2 4 (0.94%) ERwin
3 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.71%) Selenium
3 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.47%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.47%) Git
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.47%) Postman
4 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Ant
5 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.24%) JUnit
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 198 (46.59%) Finance
2 193 (45.41%) Social Skills
3 94 (22.12%) Banking
4 90 (21.18%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (10.12%) Public Sector
6 37 (8.71%) Investment Banking
7 32 (7.53%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (7.29%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (7.06%) Front Office
10 23 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (4.24%) Legal
13 15 (3.53%) Retail
14 12 (2.82%) Back Office
15 10 (2.35%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.88%) Marketing
16 8 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.41%) Local Government
18 3 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 315 (74.12%) Analyst
2 282 (66.35%) Business Analyst
3 53 (12.47%) Senior
4 44 (10.35%) Senior Analyst
5 40 (9.41%) Senior Business Analyst
6 20 (4.71%) Banking Analyst
7 19 (4.47%) Technical Analyst
8 18 (4.24%) Banking Business Analyst
8 18 (4.24%) Migration Analyst
8 18 (4.24%) Technical Business Analyst
9 17 (4.00%) Developer
9 17 (4.00%) Transformation Analyst
10 16 (3.76%) Data Business Analyst
11 15 (3.53%) Lead
11 15 (3.53%) Project Manager
12 14 (3.29%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
13 13 (3.06%) Business IT Analyst
13 13 (3.06%) Consultant
13 13 (3.06%) IT Analyst
13 13 (3.06%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.59%) XML
2 6 (1.41%) .NET
3 5 (1.18%) VML
4 4 (0.94%) Pandas
4 4 (0.94%) REST
5 3 (0.71%) ADO
5 3 (0.71%) JSON
5 3 (0.71%) Middleware
5 3 (0.71%) OAuth
5 3 (0.71%) PySpark
6 2 (0.47%) Kafka
6 2 (0.47%) SAML
6 2 (0.47%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.24%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.24%) Murex MxML
7 1 (0.24%) NumPy
7 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 54 (12.71%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
2 14 (3.29%) PMI
3 12 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.59%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.59%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.35%) Tandem
6 9 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.12%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (1.88%) CMDB
7 8 (1.88%) Credit Risk
7 8 (1.88%) Fixed Income
7 8 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.88%) Reinsurance
8 7 (1.65%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.41%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 5 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.94%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.47%) Linux
1 2 (0.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) AIX
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (46.82%) Agile
2 151 (35.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (27.06%) Requirements Gathering
4 110 (25.88%) User Stories
5 107 (25.18%) Workshop Facilitation
6 94 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (21.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 84 (19.76%) Project Management
9 77 (18.12%) Project Delivery
10 75 (17.65%) Migration
11 72 (16.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 65 (15.29%) Acceptance Criteria
13 58 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (13.65%) Data Modelling
13 58 (13.65%) GAP Analysis
14 55 (12.94%) Waterfall
15 53 (12.47%) Use Case
16 48 (11.29%) AI
16 48 (11.29%) Decision-Making
17 47 (11.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 62 (14.59%) SQL
2 25 (5.88%) Python
3 11 (2.59%) Java
4 10 (2.35%) C#
5 4 (0.94%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.71%) VBA
7 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) Korn
7 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.47%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.24%) ABAP
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) R
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (14.35%) Security Cleared
2 60 (14.12%) Degree
3 56 (13.18%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.29%) CBAP
5 22 (5.18%) IIBA
6 21 (4.94%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.88%) ISEB
7 8 (1.88%) PMP
8 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.94%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.71%) CFA
10 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.71%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.47%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.24%) CSPO
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.71%) QA
2 33 (7.76%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.35%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.35%) GDPR
3 10 (2.35%) PMO
4 8 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.88%) NIST
5 7 (1.65%) MiFID
6 6 (1.41%) GRC
7 5 (1.18%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.94%) EMIR
8 4 (0.94%) SLA
9 3 (0.71%) PSD2
10 2 (0.47%) COBIT
10 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.47%) SEPA
10 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) RACF
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (1.18%) SCCM
2 4 (0.94%) Terraform
3 1 (0.24%) Control-M
3 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) logstash
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 65 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.29%) Oracle
5 12 (2.82%) Murex
6 11 (2.59%) SAP
7 5 (1.18%) Avaloq
8 4 (0.94%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.94%) Databricks
8 4 (0.94%) OpenLink
8 4 (0.94%) Sparx
9 3 (0.71%) Adobe
9 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.71%) BT
9 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.71%) IBM
9 3 (0.71%) Temenos
10 2 (0.47%) Calypso
10 2 (0.47%) Google
10 2 (0.47%) Pega