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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 94 105
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 -30
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 641 425 385
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.13% 3.17% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.43% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 280 239
10th Percentile £381 £393 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £591 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +2.74% -
75th Percentile £638 £691 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £38.33 £71.63 £44.63
25th Percentile £47.44 £74.06 £49.69
Median hourly rate £55.00 £78.75 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.16% +34.04% -30.68%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.06 £67.19
90th Percentile - £86.88 £71.88
England median hourly rate £65.75 £78.75 £75.20
% change year-on-year -16.51% +4.72% +7.43%

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 18,262 12,381 14,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.07% 92.48% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,971 8,179 9,290
10th Percentile £358 £334 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 241 177
10th Percentile £15.89 £18.25 £17.40
25th Percentile £18.69 £25.15 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £31.49 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -16.03% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £48.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.13 £65.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -27 71 £593 -3.66% 15
West London -13 15 £418 -16.50% 6
East London - 4 £463 - 3
North London - 4 £550 - 2
South London - 3 £596 - 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 73 (11.39%) Confluence
2 21 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.31%) Apache
4 2 (0.31%) CMS
4 2 (0.31%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 45 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.74%) MS Visio
3 15 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.47%) Productboard
8 1 (0.16%) Gliffy
8 1 (0.16%) Notion
Business Applications
1 18 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (0.78%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.47%) Endur
5 3 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.47%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.31%) Actimize
6 2 (0.31%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
6 2 (0.31%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.31%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 77 (12.01%) Azure
2 71 (11.08%) Power Platform
3 35 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
4 23 (3.59%) AWS
5 22 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (3.28%) SaaS
7 16 (2.50%) Power Automate
8 15 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
9 14 (2.18%) PowerApps
10 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (1.72%) GitHub
12 10 (1.56%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.25%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.25%) GCP
14 7 (1.09%) Miro
15 6 (0.94%) OCI
15 6 (0.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 5 (0.78%) Lucidchart
16 5 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.78%) Network Security
2 1 (0.16%) DNS
2 1 (0.16%) Firewall
2 1 (0.16%) SSL
2 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.64%) Power BI
2 25 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.12%) Metadata
4 8 (1.25%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.25%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.25%) Tableau
5 7 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.62%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.62%) Power Query
7 4 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.47%) Apache Hive
8 3 (0.47%) Big Data
8 3 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.47%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.47%) Impala
8 3 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
8 3 (0.47%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 90 (14.04%) JIRA
2 10 (1.56%) Git
3 4 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.47%) GitLab
4 3 (0.47%) Mocha
4 3 (0.47%) Postman
5 2 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.31%) Moq
6 1 (0.16%) Capybara
6 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.16%) Gradle
6 1 (0.16%) Maven
6 1 (0.16%) MSI
6 1 (0.16%) MSTest
6 1 (0.16%) RSpec
6 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.16%) tSQLt
General
1 303 (47.27%) Finance
2 262 (40.87%) Social Skills
3 191 (29.80%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (23.56%) Banking
5 90 (14.04%) Public Sector
6 59 (9.20%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (7.49%) Front Office
8 44 (6.86%) Investment Banking
9 35 (5.46%) Local Government
10 34 (5.30%) Legal
11 19 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.65%) Financial Institution
12 17 (2.65%) Retail
13 16 (2.50%) Back Office
13 16 (2.50%) Marketing
14 12 (1.87%) General Ledger
14 12 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 428 (66.77%) Analyst
2 397 (61.93%) Business Analyst
3 102 (15.91%) Senior
4 75 (11.70%) Senior Analyst
5 74 (11.54%) Senior Business Analyst
6 36 (5.62%) Consultant
7 31 (4.84%) Lead
7 31 (4.84%) Technical Analyst
8 28 (4.37%) Data Analyst
8 28 (4.37%) Data Business Analyst
8 28 (4.37%) Finance Business Analyst
8 28 (4.37%) Financial Analyst
9 27 (4.21%) Technical Business Analyst
10 22 (3.43%) Project Manager
11 21 (3.28%) Banking Analyst
11 21 (3.28%) Banking Business Analyst
12 16 (2.50%) IT Analyst
13 15 (2.34%) Business IT Analyst
13 15 (2.34%) Developer
13 15 (2.34%) IT Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.56%) JSON
2 8 (1.25%) ADO
2 8 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.09%) CSS
3 7 (1.09%) HTML
3 7 (1.09%) OAuth
3 7 (1.09%) RESTful
3 7 (1.09%) Terraform
4 6 (0.94%) .NET
4 6 (0.94%) REST
4 6 (0.94%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.94%) XML
5 4 (0.62%) HTML5 Canvas
5 4 (0.62%) Middleware
5 4 (0.62%) Smart Contracts
6 3 (0.47%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.47%) Django
6 3 (0.47%) Spring
6 3 (0.47%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.31%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.64%) Product Ownership
2 37 (5.77%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (3.90%) Derivative
4 25 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 19 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.65%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (2.50%) Fixed Income
9 13 (2.03%) AI Agents
9 13 (2.03%) Taxonomies
10 12 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.87%) Market Risk
11 11 (1.72%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.72%) Reference Data
12 10 (1.56%) Credit Risk
13 8 (1.25%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.09%) Life Science
14 7 (1.09%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.78%) Windows
2 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.16%) Linux
2 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (52.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 265 (41.34%) Agile
3 250 (39.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 199 (31.05%) Workshop Facilitation
5 179 (27.93%) User Stories
6 157 (24.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 157 (24.49%) User Acceptance Testing
7 135 (21.06%) Acceptance Criteria
8 134 (20.90%) AI
9 127 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
10 101 (15.76%) Process Improvement
11 98 (15.29%) Validation
12 96 (14.98%) Decision-Making
13 92 (14.35%) Migration
14 85 (13.26%) Project Delivery
15 82 (12.79%) Scrum
16 81 (12.64%) Translating Business Requirements
17 79 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
18 71 (11.08%) Use Case
19 70 (10.92%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 117 (18.25%) SQL
2 40 (6.24%) Python
3 15 (2.34%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.72%) Java
5 9 (1.40%) C#
6 7 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (1.09%) Korn
7 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.47%) VBA
9 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.16%) Bash
9 1 (0.16%) C++
9 1 (0.16%) Go
9 1 (0.16%) R
9 1 (0.16%) Ruby
9 1 (0.16%) Swift
9 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (14.51%) Security Cleared
2 82 (12.79%) SC Cleared
3 76 (11.86%) Degree
4 18 (2.81%) IIBA
5 16 (2.50%) PMP
6 15 (2.34%) CBAP
6 15 (2.34%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.25%) ACCA
8 8 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.25%) CIMA
8 8 (1.25%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.25%) FFIEC
9 6 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.94%) ISEB
10 5 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.47%) CISM
12 3 (0.47%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.08%) QA
3 17 (2.65%) GDPR
4 13 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.03%) NIST
5 11 (1.72%) PMO
6 9 (1.40%) COBIT
6 9 (1.40%) IFRS
7 8 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.25%) ISO 20022
8 7 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.94%) EMIR
9 6 (0.94%) GRC
10 4 (0.62%) ISO 15022
11 3 (0.47%) GxP
11 3 (0.47%) MiFID
11 3 (0.47%) WCAG
12 2 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.31%) SEPA
12 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (1.40%) Docker
2 6 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 126 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.21%) Oracle
3 25 (3.90%) SAP
4 24 (3.74%) Murex
5 23 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.03%) Bloomberg
6 13 (2.03%) Databricks
7 9 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.09%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.09%) Google
8 7 (1.09%) IBM
9 6 (0.94%) CyberArk
10 5 (0.78%) Workday
11 4 (0.62%) Ariba
12 3 (0.47%) Charles River
12 3 (0.47%) Infor
12 3 (0.47%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.47%) PeopleSoft
13 2 (0.31%) Duck Creek
13 2 (0.31%) eFront