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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 93 108
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 -19
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 413 369 396
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.34% 2.94% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 3.18% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 252 280
10th Percentile £374 £410 £406
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £564
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.43% -6.04%
75th Percentile £675 £745 £654
90th Percentile £776 £825 £750
England median daily rate £500 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.47% -2.27%
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 £58.00 £63.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -7.94% -10.00% +11.11%

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 15,622 11,589 15,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,456 7,858 11,248
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 68 £575 -4.17% 50
West London -20 5 £404 +19.63% 13
South London -13 3 £450 -5.26% 2
East London -4 2 £625 +2.88% 5
North London +1 1 £500 -9.09% 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 41 (9.93%) Confluence
2 14 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.97%) Jupyter
3 4 (0.97%) SAS
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 45 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (9.20%) MS Visio
3 37 (8.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (2.91%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.73%) Notion
7 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.39%) Loan IQ
2 10 (2.42%) Endur
3 6 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.97%) Actimize
4 4 (0.97%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.73%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.24%) Bloomberg TOMS
7 1 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.24%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (13.80%) Power Platform
2 27 (6.54%) Azure
3 13 (3.15%) AWS
4 10 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.69%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (1.45%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.45%) SaaS
9 5 (1.21%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.97%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.73%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.73%) Figma
11 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.48%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Broadband
1 2 (0.48%) Firewall
1 2 (0.48%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.24%) IPsec
2 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.24%) NAS
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 46 (11.14%) Power BI
2 17 (4.12%) Tableau
3 9 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.69%) Metadata
5 5 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.73%) Power Query
7 2 (0.48%) Big Data
7 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.24%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.24%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 62 (15.01%) JIRA
2 3 (0.73%) ERwin
3 2 (0.48%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.24%) Ant
4 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.24%) JUnit
4 1 (0.24%) Moq
4 1 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.24%) Selenium
4 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.24%) TestNG
4 1 (0.24%) Toad
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 204 (49.39%) Finance
2 189 (45.76%) Social Skills
3 97 (23.49%) Banking
4 93 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.96%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (8.72%) Front Office
6 36 (8.72%) Investment Banking
7 33 (7.99%) Public Sector
8 30 (7.26%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (5.57%) Retail
11 19 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (4.36%) Financial Institution
12 18 (4.36%) Legal
13 8 (1.94%) Back Office
13 8 (1.94%) Marketing
14 7 (1.69%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 4 (0.97%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 306 (74.09%) Analyst
2 284 (68.77%) Business Analyst
3 54 (13.08%) Senior
4 48 (11.62%) Senior Analyst
5 43 (10.41%) Senior Business Analyst
6 19 (4.60%) Banking Analyst
7 18 (4.36%) Lead
7 18 (4.36%) Transformation Analyst
8 17 (4.12%) Banking Business Analyst
8 17 (4.12%) Migration Analyst
9 16 (3.87%) Data Business Analyst
9 16 (3.87%) Technical Business Analyst
10 15 (3.63%) Developer
10 15 (3.63%) Technical Analyst
11 14 (3.39%) Project Manager
12 13 (3.15%) Consultant
12 13 (3.15%) Finance Business Analyst
12 13 (3.15%) Financial Analyst
13 12 (2.91%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.91%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.18%) VML
2 8 (1.94%) Pandas
3 6 (1.45%) XML
4 5 (1.21%) NumPy
5 3 (0.73%) .NET
5 3 (0.73%) ADO
5 3 (0.73%) JSON
5 3 (0.73%) Middleware
5 3 (0.73%) OAuth
6 2 (0.48%) Kafka
6 2 (0.48%) PySpark
6 2 (0.48%) REST
6 2 (0.48%) SAML
6 2 (0.48%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) JWT
7 1 (0.24%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.24%) pytest
7 1 (0.24%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.24%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.56%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.12%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (3.39%) Fixed Income
4 11 (2.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (2.66%) PMI
5 10 (2.42%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.42%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.42%) Tandem
6 9 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.18%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.18%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.94%) CMDB
7 8 (1.94%) Derivative
7 8 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.69%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.69%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.21%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.21%) Market Risk
9 5 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.24%) AIX
2 1 (0.24%) Android
2 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.24%) Unix
2 1 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (46.25%) Agile
2 153 (37.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 116 (28.09%) User Stories
4 104 (25.18%) Requirements Gathering
5 99 (23.97%) Workshop Facilitation
6 91 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (21.55%) User Acceptance Testing
8 77 (18.64%) Project Management
9 76 (18.40%) Acceptance Criteria
10 68 (16.46%) Project Delivery
11 67 (16.22%) Migration
12 57 (13.80%) AI
12 57 (13.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 56 (13.56%) Data Modelling
13 56 (13.56%) Decision-Making
14 53 (12.83%) GAP Analysis
14 53 (12.83%) Use Case
15 52 (12.59%) Waterfall
16 50 (12.11%) Data Analysis
17 49 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.46%) SQL
2 28 (6.78%) Python
3 6 (1.45%) Java
4 5 (1.21%) C#
5 4 (0.97%) VBA
6 3 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.73%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
6 3 (0.73%) R
7 2 (0.48%) Korn
8 1 (0.24%) ABAP
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) SOQL
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (13.08%) Security Cleared
2 49 (11.86%) Degree
3 46 (11.14%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.54%) CBAP
5 21 (5.08%) IIBA
6 13 (3.15%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.21%) CSPO
9 4 (0.97%) ISEB
9 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.73%) CFA
10 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.73%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.73%) PMP
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.48%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.23%) Data Quality
1 34 (8.23%) QA
2 11 (2.66%) PMO
3 9 (2.18%) GDPR
4 8 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.45%) ISO 20022
5 6 (1.45%) MiFID
6 5 (1.21%) GRC
6 5 (1.21%) SLA
7 4 (0.97%) EMIR
7 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.97%) NIST
7 4 (0.97%) PSD2
8 3 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.48%) Basel III
9 2 (0.48%) COBIT
9 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) SEPA
9 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Docker
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) RACF
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (1.21%) SCCM
2 3 (0.73%) 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 60 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.33%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.12%) ServiceNow
4 13 (3.15%) Oracle
4 13 (3.15%) SAP
5 12 (2.91%) Murex
6 6 (1.45%) Databricks
7 5 (1.21%) Avaloq
8 4 (0.97%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.97%) Calypso
8 4 (0.97%) OpenLink
9 3 (0.73%) BT
9 3 (0.73%) IBM
9 3 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (0.73%) Sparx
9 3 (0.73%) Temenos
10 2 (0.48%) Charles River
10 2 (0.48%) Infor
10 2 (0.48%) LexisNexis
10 2 (0.48%) Workday