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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 80 105
Rank change year-on-year -33 +25 -12
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 480 444 404
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 3.27% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 3.55% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 297 272
10th Percentile £378 £405 £400
25th Percentile £454 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.67% -4.26%
75th Percentile £645 £738 £689
90th Percentile £753 £789 £825
England median daily rate £513 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -4.21% +1.90% -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 £54.50
% change year-on-year -30.72% +18.35% -17.42%

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 17,581 12,493 15,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.12% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,343 10,937
10th Percentile £360 £331 £350
25th Percentile £446 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £770 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 239 281
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £36.25 £32.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +13.28% +6.10% -27.33%
75th Percentile £58.44 £50.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £69.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -35 58 £550 -12.00% 17
West London -6 11 £285 -15.56% 10
North London -1 2 - - 2
South London - 2 £550 - 5
East London +2 1 £550 +1.85% 13
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 (9.17%) Confluence
2 18 (3.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.83%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.83%) SAS
4 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.42%) Apache
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 35 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (5.63%) MS Visio
3 23 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 8 (1.67%) Loan IQ
2 7 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.04%) Actimize
3 5 (1.04%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.04%) Endur
4 3 (0.63%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.42%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
5 2 (0.42%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.42%) Summit
6 1 (0.21%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
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 54 (11.25%) Power Platform
2 49 (10.21%) Azure
3 20 (4.17%) AWS
4 17 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (2.71%) SaaS
6 10 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (1.67%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (1.46%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.46%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.04%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.83%) Collibra
12 4 (0.83%) GCP
13 3 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.04%) Network Security
2 3 (0.63%) Firewall
3 2 (0.42%) Broadband
3 2 (0.42%) Internet
3 2 (0.42%) VPN
4 1 (0.21%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) IPsec
4 1 (0.21%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (8.96%) Power BI
2 18 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (3.54%) Tableau
4 8 (1.67%) Metadata
5 5 (1.04%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.04%) Power Query
5 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.63%) QlikView
7 3 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.42%) Big Data
8 2 (0.42%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.42%) Parquet
8 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.21%) Flink
Development Applications
1 64 (13.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) Git
2 2 (0.42%) Moq
2 2 (0.42%) 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%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.21%) tSQLt
General
1 224 (46.67%) Finance
2 202 (42.08%) Social Skills
3 116 (24.17%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (20.42%) Banking
5 44 (9.17%) Front Office
6 40 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
7 39 (8.13%) Public Sector
8 34 (7.08%) Legal
9 30 (6.25%) Investment Banking
9 30 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (4.58%) Retail
11 20 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (3.13%) Financial Institution
14 13 (2.71%) Marketing
15 8 (1.67%) Back Office
16 5 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.04%) Local Government
16 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 339 (70.63%) Analyst
2 312 (65.00%) Business Analyst
3 66 (13.75%) Senior
4 51 (10.63%) Senior Analyst
5 45 (9.38%) Senior Business Analyst
6 25 (5.21%) Consultant
7 23 (4.79%) Technical Business Analyst
8 22 (4.58%) Technical Analyst
9 21 (4.38%) Data Business Analyst
10 19 (3.96%) Banking Analyst
10 19 (3.96%) Lead
11 18 (3.75%) Banking Business Analyst
11 18 (3.75%) Project Manager
12 16 (3.33%) Data Analyst
13 15 (3.13%) Transformation Analyst
14 14 (2.92%) Developer
14 14 (2.92%) Risk Business Analyst
15 13 (2.71%) Risk Analyst
16 11 (2.29%) Insurance Business Analyst
16 11 (2.29%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.67%) Pandas
2 7 (1.46%) JSON
3 6 (1.25%) ADO
4 5 (1.04%) Middleware
4 5 (1.04%) NumPy
4 5 (1.04%) REST
4 5 (1.04%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.04%) VML
4 5 (1.04%) XML
5 4 (0.83%) .NET
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.63%) CSS
6 3 (0.63%) Django
6 3 (0.63%) HTML
7 2 (0.42%) Drools
7 2 (0.42%) Kafka
7 2 (0.42%) OAuth
7 2 (0.42%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.42%) Web Services
8 1 (0.21%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.08%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.38%) Fixed Income
3 18 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (3.54%) Data Structures
4 17 (3.54%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.33%) Derivative
6 14 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.50%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.29%) Market Risk
9 10 (2.08%) CMDB
9 10 (2.08%) Reinsurance
10 7 (1.46%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.25%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.04%) Life Science
12 5 (1.04%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.04%) Tandem
13 4 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.21%) Android
1 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.21%) Linux
1 1 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (40.42%) Agile
2 185 (38.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 138 (28.75%) Requirements Gathering
4 123 (25.63%) User Stories
5 112 (23.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 105 (21.88%) Workshop Facilitation
7 99 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (17.92%) Acceptance Criteria
9 83 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 75 (15.63%) AI
11 72 (15.00%) Validation
12 65 (13.54%) Project Management
13 59 (12.29%) Migration
14 58 (12.08%) Analytics
14 58 (12.08%) Decision-Making
15 56 (11.67%) Data Modelling
15 56 (11.67%) Use Case
16 55 (11.46%) Project Delivery
17 49 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (10.21%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 82 (17.08%) SQL
2 39 (8.13%) Python
3 7 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (1.25%) Java
5 5 (1.04%) VBA
6 3 (0.63%) C#
6 3 (0.63%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.63%) Korn
6 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.63%) R
7 1 (0.21%) C++
7 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.21%) SOQL
7 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.42%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.58%) Degree
4 15 (3.13%) IIBA
5 14 (2.92%) CBAP
6 7 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.46%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.04%) CSPO
7 5 (1.04%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.83%) FFIEC
8 4 (0.83%) ISEB
9 3 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.63%) PMP
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.42%) CISM
10 2 (0.42%) CISSP
10 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.38%) QA
3 13 (2.71%) PMO
4 12 (2.50%) GDPR
5 10 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.08%) NIST
6 9 (1.88%) ISO 20022
7 8 (1.67%) GRC
7 8 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.25%) EMIR
9 5 (1.04%) COBIT
10 4 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.63%) GxP
11 3 (0.63%) MiFID
11 3 (0.63%) SEPA
11 3 (0.63%) SLA
11 3 (0.63%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.42%) Basel III
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.42%) 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 2 (0.42%) Terraform
3 1 (0.21%) Control-M
3 1 (0.21%) logstash
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.21%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 64 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.42%) Salesforce
3 18 (3.75%) ServiceNow
4 17 (3.54%) Oracle
5 16 (3.33%) SAP
6 13 (2.71%) Murex
7 12 (2.50%) Databricks
8 5 (1.04%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.04%) Workday
9 4 (0.83%) CyberArk
9 4 (0.83%) IBM
10 3 (0.63%) Avaloq
10 3 (0.63%) Calypso
10 3 (0.63%) Charles River
10 3 (0.63%) LexisNexis
10 3 (0.63%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.63%) OpenLink
10 3 (0.63%) Pega
10 3 (0.63%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud