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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 125 79
Rank change year-on-year +31 -46 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 430 336 565
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.05% 2.13% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 2.37% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 208 357
10th Percentile £364 £400 £416
25th Percentile £453 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £592 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £676 £721 £650
90th Percentile £808 £825 £747
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £71.63 £44.63 £72.50
25th Percentile £74.06 £49.69 £82.63
Median hourly rate £78.75 £58.75 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -30.88% +70.00%
75th Percentile £84.06 £67.19 £86.50
90th Percentile £86.88 £71.88 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year +6.06% -21.89% +164.06%

All Process and 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 12,965 14,161 17,700
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.02% 89.69% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,536 9,145 12,688
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £769 £800 £800
England median daily rate £501 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.42% -0.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 169 237
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.54
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.00 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +3.85% -9.22%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £69.17 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 +7 81 £570 -6.86% 25
West London -5 6 £500 +104.08% 36
South London 0 3 - - 23
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 19 (4.42%) Confluence
2 7 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 29 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.58%) MS Visio
3 16 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Sketch
8 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (4.88%) Endur
2 9 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.86%) Loan IQ
3 8 (1.86%) SAP EWM
3 8 (1.86%) SAP WM
4 6 (1.40%) Workday HCM
5 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.93%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.70%) Markit EDM
7 3 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.47%) iTrent
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.47%) Shopify
8 2 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.86%) Power Platform
2 43 (10.00%) Azure
3 20 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.79%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.56%) AWS
5 11 (2.56%) PowerApps
5 11 (2.56%) SaaS
6 9 (2.09%) Miro
7 8 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.40%) Figma
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.16%) GCP
9 5 (1.16%) Lucidchart
10 4 (0.93%) dbt
10 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.70%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.47%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) HTTP
1 2 (0.47%) Intranet
1 2 (0.47%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.77%) Power BI
2 14 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.56%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.09%) Tableau
6 8 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.63%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.63%) Redis
8 5 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.70%) Power Query
9 3 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.47%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.47%) Metadata
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.47%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.47%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 10g
11 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 42 (9.77%) JIRA
2 7 (1.63%) webpack
3 6 (1.40%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.40%) Selenium
4 5 (1.16%) Postman
5 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.93%) Git
6 3 (0.70%) ERwin
6 3 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.47%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.23%) Ant
8 1 (0.23%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.23%) JUnit
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.23%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 193 (44.88%) Finance
2 190 (44.19%) Social Skills
3 80 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (15.58%) Banking
5 41 (9.53%) Presentation Skills
6 39 (9.07%) Front Office
7 30 (6.98%) Public Sector
8 29 (6.74%) Investment Banking
9 22 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (4.19%) Back Office
11 18 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (3.72%) Marketing
13 15 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (3.49%) Legal
14 11 (2.56%) Financial Institution
14 11 (2.56%) Retail
15 10 (2.33%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.86%) Local Government
17 6 (1.40%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 292 (67.91%) Analyst
2 266 (61.86%) Business Analyst
3 55 (12.79%) Senior
4 39 (9.07%) Senior Analyst
5 34 (7.91%) Senior Business Analyst
6 26 (6.05%) Technical Analyst
7 25 (5.81%) Consultant
8 24 (5.58%) Technical Business Analyst
9 23 (5.35%) Lead
10 20 (4.65%) Financial Analyst
11 19 (4.42%) Developer
12 16 (3.72%) Data Business Analyst
12 16 (3.72%) Endur Business Analyst
12 16 (3.72%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 16 (3.72%) OpenLink Business Analyst
12 16 (3.72%) Project Manager
13 15 (3.49%) Endur Analyst
13 15 (3.49%) OpenLink Analyst
14 14 (3.26%) Banking Analyst
14 14 (3.26%) Finance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.49%) .NET
2 13 (3.02%) XML
3 12 (2.79%) React
4 10 (2.33%) CSS
4 10 (2.33%) HTML
5 7 (1.63%) Bootstrap
5 7 (1.63%) HTML5
5 7 (1.63%) jQuery
5 7 (1.63%) Memcached
5 7 (1.63%) REST
6 5 (1.16%) PySpark
6 5 (1.16%) WPF
7 4 (0.93%) Swagger
8 3 (0.70%) ADO
8 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.70%) Electron
8 3 (0.70%) JNI
8 3 (0.70%) JSON
8 3 (0.70%) Node.js
8 3 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.26%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (4.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (4.19%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.72%) Derivative
5 15 (3.49%) PMI
6 14 (3.26%) Reinsurance
7 13 (3.02%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (2.09%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.86%) Credit Risk
10 8 (1.86%) Equities
10 8 (1.86%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.86%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.40%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.40%) Market Risk
11 6 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.63%) Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Unix
3 3 (0.70%) CentOS
3 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.47%) Windows
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (44.19%) Agile
2 125 (29.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (21.16%) Requirements Gathering
4 90 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (18.14%) User Acceptance Testing
6 77 (17.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 71 (16.51%) Project Delivery
8 70 (16.28%) User Stories
9 68 (15.81%) Workshop Facilitation
10 61 (14.19%) Project Management
11 54 (12.56%) Migration
12 51 (11.86%) Analytics
13 48 (11.16%) Roadmaps
14 46 (10.70%) Data Modelling
15 45 (10.47%) Data Analysis
16 43 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
16 43 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
17 42 (9.77%) Process Improvement
17 42 (9.77%) Scrum
18 40 (9.30%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.28%) SQL
2 30 (6.98%) Python
3 15 (3.49%) Java
4 14 (3.26%) C#
5 8 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.93%) Perl
6 4 (0.93%) PL/SQL
6 4 (0.93%) VB.NET
6 4 (0.93%) VBA
7 3 (0.70%) C
8 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.47%) Korn
8 2 (0.47%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.47%) Ruby
8 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.23%) Bash
9 1 (0.23%) C++
9 1 (0.23%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.23%) R
9 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (14.65%) Degree
2 40 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 33 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 24 (5.58%) CBAP
5 22 (5.12%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.86%) PMP
8 7 (1.63%) ISEB
8 7 (1.63%) SAP Certification
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.16%) IIBA
9 5 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.70%) ACCA
10 3 (0.70%) FFIEC
10 3 (0.70%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 3 (0.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.47%) CIMA
11 2 (0.47%) CISSP
11 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.77%) QA
2 21 (4.88%) GDPR
3 17 (3.95%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.79%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.86%) EMIR
5 8 (1.86%) MiFID
5 8 (1.86%) SLA
6 5 (1.16%) GRC
6 5 (1.16%) PMO
7 4 (0.93%) ISO 20022
7 4 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.93%) NIST
8 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.70%) PSD2
8 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.70%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.47%) FATCA
9 2 (0.47%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.16%) Terraform
2 2 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.98%) SAP
3 28 (6.51%) Oracle
4 24 (5.58%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.79%) Workday
6 10 (2.33%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.63%) Adobe
8 6 (1.40%) Murex
8 6 (1.40%) UiPath
9 5 (1.16%) Google
9 5 (1.16%) OpenLink
10 4 (0.93%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.93%) Charles River
11 3 (0.70%) Avaloq
11 3 (0.70%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.70%) Sparx
12 2 (0.47%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.47%) Optimizely