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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 101 96
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 -9
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 420 328 429
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.49% 2.60% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.84% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 224 305
10th Percentile £373 £374 £413
25th Percentile £450 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £739 £675
90th Percentile £797 £825 £758
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -1.40%
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 £54.50 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -17.42% -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 15,126 11,538 15,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.53% 91.39% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,169 7,836 11,414
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
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 231 169 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.83 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.11 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.23 £51.18 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.50 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +8 85 £550 -8.33% 33
South London -14 4 £450 -5.26% 3
East London +1 2 £625 -7.41% 12
West London -23 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 40 (9.52%) Confluence
2 17 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.95%) SAS
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (9.52%) MS Visio
3 36 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.71%) Notion
6 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.48%) Sketch
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (3.10%) Endur
1 13 (3.10%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.71%) Actimize
4 3 (0.71%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.71%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.24%) iTrent
6 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (14.52%) Power Platform
2 32 (7.62%) Azure
3 13 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.62%) AWS
4 11 (2.62%) Power Automate
5 10 (2.38%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.43%) SaaS
8 5 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (1.19%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.95%) Figma
9 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
10 3 (0.71%) dbt
10 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.71%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Broadband
1 2 (0.48%) Firewall
1 2 (0.48%) Internet
1 2 (0.48%) 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 49 (11.67%) Power BI
2 19 (4.52%) Tableau
3 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.67%) Metadata
5 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.48%) Big Data
7 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.48%) Power Query
7 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (15.00%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) ERwin
3 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.71%) Cucumber
3 3 (0.71%) Selenium
3 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.48%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.48%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.48%) Git
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.48%) Postman
4 2 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.24%) Hudson
5 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) TestNG
5 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 199 (47.38%) Finance
2 190 (45.24%) Social Skills
3 96 (22.86%) Banking
4 92 (21.90%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 38 (9.05%) Investment Banking
7 31 (7.38%) Front Office
7 31 (7.38%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (4.76%) Legal
11 17 (4.05%) Retail
12 12 (2.86%) Back Office
12 12 (2.86%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.67%) Marketing
14 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.43%) Local Government
16 3 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 313 (74.52%) Analyst
2 283 (67.38%) Business Analyst
3 52 (12.38%) Senior
4 43 (10.24%) Senior Analyst
5 40 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
6 20 (4.76%) Banking Analyst
7 18 (4.29%) Banking Business Analyst
7 18 (4.29%) Migration Analyst
8 17 (4.05%) Technical Analyst
8 17 (4.05%) Technical Business Analyst
8 17 (4.05%) Transformation Analyst
9 16 (3.81%) Developer
9 16 (3.81%) Lead
10 15 (3.57%) Data Business Analyst
10 15 (3.57%) Project Manager
11 14 (3.33%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
12 13 (3.10%) Financial Analyst
13 12 (2.86%) Business IT Analyst
13 12 (2.86%) IT Analyst
13 12 (2.86%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.62%) XML
2 6 (1.43%) VML
3 5 (1.19%) .NET
3 5 (1.19%) Pandas
4 4 (0.95%) REST
5 3 (0.71%) JSON
5 3 (0.71%) Middleware
5 3 (0.71%) OAuth
5 3 (0.71%) PySpark
6 2 (0.48%) ADO
6 2 (0.48%) Kafka
6 2 (0.48%) NumPy
6 2 (0.48%) SAML
6 2 (0.48%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) Murex MxML
7 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.24%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.24%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.62%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
2 13 (3.10%) PMI
3 12 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.38%) Credit Risk
5 10 (2.38%) Tandem
6 9 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.14%) Fixed Income
6 9 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.90%) CMDB
7 8 (1.90%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.90%) Reinsurance
8 6 (1.43%) Derivative
8 6 (1.43%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.19%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Linux
1 2 (0.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.24%) AIX
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (46.67%) Agile
2 153 (36.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 112 (26.67%) User Stories
4 109 (25.95%) Requirements Gathering
5 106 (25.24%) Workshop Facilitation
6 93 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (20.71%) User Acceptance Testing
8 80 (19.05%) Project Management
9 76 (18.10%) Project Delivery
10 72 (17.14%) Migration
11 67 (15.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 66 (15.71%) Acceptance Criteria
13 58 (13.81%) Data Modelling
13 58 (13.81%) GAP Analysis
14 56 (13.33%) Use Case
15 54 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 52 (12.38%) Waterfall
17 50 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
17 50 (11.90%) Decision-Making
18 49 (11.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.00%) SQL
2 26 (6.19%) Python
3 10 (2.38%) Java
4 9 (2.14%) C#
5 5 (1.19%) VBA
6 4 (0.95%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.48%) Korn
7 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.48%) 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 60 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 57 (13.57%) Degree
3 54 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.90%) CBAP
5 22 (5.24%) IIBA
6 20 (4.76%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.90%) PMP
8 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.43%) ISEB
9 4 (0.95%) 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 (0.48%) CSPO
11 2 (0.48%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.24%) CITP
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.81%) QA
2 33 (7.86%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.38%) PMO
4 9 (2.14%) GDPR
5 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.90%) NIST
6 7 (1.67%) MiFID
7 6 (1.43%) GRC
8 5 (1.19%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.95%) EMIR
9 4 (0.95%) PSD2
9 4 (0.95%) SLA
10 2 (0.48%) COBIT
10 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.48%) SEPA
10 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.48%) 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 (1.19%) SCCM
2 4 (0.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.48%) Control-M
4 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.24%) logstash
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 65 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.24%) Salesforce
3 16 (3.81%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.33%) Oracle
5 13 (3.10%) Murex
6 11 (2.62%) SAP
7 5 (1.19%) Avaloq
8 4 (0.95%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.95%) Databricks
8 4 (0.95%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.95%) Sparx
9 3 (0.71%) Adobe
9 3 (0.71%) BT
9 3 (0.71%) IBM
9 3 (0.71%) OpenLink
9 3 (0.71%) Temenos
10 2 (0.48%) LexisNexis
10 2 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.48%) UiPath
10 2 (0.48%) Workday