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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 108 94
Rank change year-on-year 0 -14 -12
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 420 319 440
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.59% 2.47% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 2.71% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 218 315
10th Percentile £379 £363 £413
25th Percentile £447 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -0.46%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £763
England median daily rate £500 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £79.38
25th Percentile £53.25 - £82.94
Median hourly rate £54.50 £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.33% -11.76% +73.47%
75th Percentile £55.75 - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.60
England median hourly rate £58.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -10.70% -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 14,581 11,761 16,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.81% 91.05% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,791 7,833 11,491
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.06%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £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 223 158 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.98% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £69.87 £77.77 £69.05
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -1 83 £550 -8.33% 40
South London -13 4 £450 -6.49% 1
West London -19 3 £599 +105.58% 15
North London +1 1 £500 -9.09% 1
East London -4 1 £700 +15.23% 12
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 (9.76%) Confluence
2 13 (3.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.71%) SAS
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 48 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (9.05%) MS Visio
3 36 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (3.10%) 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 16 (3.81%) Endur
2 13 (3.10%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.71%) Actimize
5 3 (0.71%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.48%) Aladdin
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%) iTrent
7 1 (0.24%) Markit EDM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 37 (8.81%) Azure
3 18 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (2.86%) Power Automate
5 11 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (2.62%) PowerApps
6 10 (2.38%) AWS
6 10 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.67%) SaaS
9 6 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.19%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.95%) dbt
11 4 (0.95%) Figma
11 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.71%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.71%) GCP
12 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.71%) Snowflake
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%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
2 1 (0.24%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.38%) Power BI
2 19 (4.52%) Tableau
3 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.90%) Metadata
4 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.71%) Power Query
5 3 (0.71%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.48%) Big Data
6 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.48%) Looker
6 2 (0.48%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.48%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 67 (15.95%) 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
4 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Ant
5 1 (0.24%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.24%) JUnit
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.24%) WinAutomation
General
1 201 (47.86%) Finance
2 190 (45.24%) Social Skills
3 96 (22.86%) Banking
4 86 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (10.48%) Public Sector
6 38 (9.05%) Investment Banking
7 33 (7.86%) Front Office
8 31 (7.38%) Documentation Skills
9 30 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
12 19 (4.52%) Legal
13 12 (2.86%) Financial Institution
13 12 (2.86%) Retail
14 11 (2.62%) Back Office
15 9 (2.14%) Marketing
15 9 (2.14%) Telecoms
16 7 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (1.43%) Local Government
18 3 (0.71%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 309 (73.57%) Analyst
2 278 (66.19%) Business Analyst
3 52 (12.38%) Senior
4 44 (10.48%) Senior Analyst
5 40 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
6 20 (4.76%) Banking Analyst
6 20 (4.76%) Technical Analyst
7 19 (4.52%) Technical Business Analyst
8 18 (4.29%) Banking Business Analyst
8 18 (4.29%) Developer
8 18 (4.29%) Migration Analyst
9 16 (3.81%) Data Business Analyst
9 16 (3.81%) Transformation Analyst
10 15 (3.57%) Lead
11 13 (3.10%) Business IT Analyst
11 13 (3.10%) Consultant
11 13 (3.10%) Financial Analyst
11 13 (3.10%) IT Analyst
11 13 (3.10%) IT Business Analyst
11 13 (3.10%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.62%) XML
2 6 (1.43%) .NET
2 6 (1.43%) REST
3 5 (1.19%) VML
4 4 (0.95%) Pandas
4 4 (0.95%) PySpark
5 3 (0.71%) ADO
5 3 (0.71%) JSON
5 3 (0.71%) Middleware
5 3 (0.71%) OAuth
6 2 (0.48%) Kafka
6 2 (0.48%) SAML
6 2 (0.48%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) CSS
7 1 (0.24%) EDI
7 1 (0.24%) FpML
7 1 (0.24%) HTML
7 1 (0.24%) JNI
7 1 (0.24%) Spring
7 1 (0.24%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.62%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 15 (3.57%) PMI
4 11 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
5 10 (2.38%) Fixed Income
5 10 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.38%) Tandem
6 9 (2.14%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.14%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.14%) Reinsurance
7 8 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.90%) CMDB
7 8 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 6 (1.43%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.19%) Derivative
10 5 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.95%) Linux
2 2 (0.48%) Unix
2 2 (0.48%) Windows
3 1 (0.24%) AIX
3 1 (0.24%) Android
3 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.24%) CentOS
3 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (47.62%) Agile
2 150 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (27.86%) Requirements Gathering
4 107 (25.48%) User Stories
5 99 (23.57%) Workshop Facilitation
6 96 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 80 (19.05%) Project Management
9 77 (18.33%) Migration
10 76 (18.10%) Project Delivery
11 74 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 63 (15.00%) Acceptance Criteria
13 61 (14.52%) Data Modelling
14 60 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
15 58 (13.81%) Waterfall
16 56 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
17 54 (12.86%) Use Case
18 51 (12.14%) Decision-Making
19 50 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
20 46 (10.95%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 65 (15.48%) SQL
2 29 (6.90%) Python
3 12 (2.86%) Java
4 9 (2.14%) C#
5 5 (1.19%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.71%) VBA
7 2 (0.48%) Korn
7 2 (0.48%) Perl
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%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
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%) Degree
2 57 (13.57%) Security Cleared
3 53 (12.62%) SC Cleared
4 32 (7.62%) CBAP
5 21 (5.00%) IIBA
5 21 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.90%) ISEB
7 7 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.67%) PMP
8 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.71%) CFA
9 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.48%) FFIEC
10 2 (0.48%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.05%) QA
2 32 (7.62%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.86%) GDPR
4 10 (2.38%) PMO
5 9 (2.14%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.90%) NIST
7 7 (1.67%) MiFID
8 6 (1.43%) GRC
8 6 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (1.19%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.95%) EMIR
10 4 (0.95%) PSD2
10 4 (0.95%) SLA
11 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.71%) SEPA
12 2 (0.48%) COBIT
12 2 (0.48%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.24%) RACF
1 1 (0.24%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.19%) SCCM
2 4 (0.95%) Terraform
3 1 (0.24%) Control-M
3 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.24%) logstash
3 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 65 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.48%) Salesforce
3 17 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.81%) Oracle
5 14 (3.33%) Murex
6 13 (3.10%) SAP
7 5 (1.19%) Avaloq
7 5 (1.19%) OpenLink
8 4 (0.95%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.95%) Databricks
8 4 (0.95%) Sparx
9 3 (0.71%) Adobe
9 3 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.71%) BT
9 3 (0.71%) Google
9 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.71%) IBM
9 3 (0.71%) Temenos
10 2 (0.48%) Calypso
10 2 (0.48%) Pega