Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Business Analyst (BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 27 34
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,015 936 874
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.95% 6.99% 5.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.32% 7.56% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 651 656
10th Percentile £369 £381 £400
25th Percentile £456 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £688 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
England median daily rate £512 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile £37.00 £29.15 £37.70
25th Percentile £48.63 £31.49 £41.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.19 £71.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.86% -54.98% +63.43%
75th Percentile £63.00 £35.22 £79.25
90th Percentile £68.19 £62.38 £86.53
England median hourly rate £66.90 £31.49 £67.25
% change year-on-year +112.45% -53.17% +28.10%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 19,079 12,384 15,047
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 92.45% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,336 8,275 9,801
10th Percentile £363 £334 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -1.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 209 173
10th Percentile £16.96 £17.00 £17.30
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.50 £24.15
Median hourly rate £41.00 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.85% -22.86% -13.58%
75th Percentile £65.30 £49.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £79.75
England median hourly rate £42.31 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.23% -41.51% -6.89%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in London

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in London

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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 -22 133 £525 -8.70% 73
West London -12 18 £325 -22.62% 4
East London +2 5 £550 -12.70% 1
South London -12 3 £588 +15.20% 2
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 431 (42.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 393 (38.72%) Business Analysis
3 373 (36.75%) Requirements Gathering
4 320 (31.53%) Agile
5 306 (30.15%) User Stories
6 301 (29.66%) Workshop Facilitation
7 256 (25.22%) User Acceptance Testing
8 211 (20.79%) Acceptance Criteria
9 193 (19.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 160 (15.76%) SQL
11 152 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
12 144 (14.19%) Validation
13 136 (13.40%) AI
14 129 (12.71%) Microsoft
15 125 (12.32%) Data Analysis
16 123 (12.12%) JIRA
17 121 (11.92%) Migration
18 113 (11.13%) Process Improvement
19 107 (10.54%) Degree
20 105 (10.34%) Decision-Making
21 104 (10.25%) Data Modelling
22 102 (10.05%) Requirements Workshops
23 93 (9.16%) Scrum
24 91 (8.97%) Azure
24 91 (8.97%) Translating Business Requirements
25 90 (8.87%) Analytics
26 87 (8.57%) Data Quality
27 79 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
27 79 (7.78%) Confluence
28 78 (7.68%) Power Platform

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 79 (7.78%) Confluence
2 16 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.99%) CMS
4 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.20%) Kentico
5 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.099%) Apache
6 1 (0.099%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.099%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.099%) Appian
6 1 (0.099%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.099%) PowerExchange
6 1 (0.099%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.04%) MS Visio
3 18 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.39%) Notion
7 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.099%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 8 (0.79%) Endur
3 8 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
4 7 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.39%) HFM
6 4 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.30%) Fidessa
7 3 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.30%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 3 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.30%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.20%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 91 (8.97%) Azure
2 78 (7.68%) Power Platform
3 43 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
5 25 (2.46%) SaaS
6 24 (2.36%) AWS
7 20 (1.97%) Snowflake
8 17 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 13 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (1.18%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.18%) Miro
11 10 (0.99%) Lucidchart
12 9 (0.89%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (0.79%) IBM Blueworks
13 8 (0.79%) PaaS
14 7 (0.69%) GCP
14 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.69%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.49%) Network Security
2 4 (0.39%) Intranet
3 3 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.20%) 802.11
4 2 (0.20%) PBX
4 2 (0.20%) VoIP
4 2 (0.20%) Wireless
4 2 (0.20%) Wireless Security
4 2 (0.20%) WLAN
5 1 (0.099%) 5G
5 1 (0.099%) CTI
5 1 (0.099%) Extranet
5 1 (0.099%) HTTP
5 1 (0.099%) LAN
5 1 (0.099%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.099%) SNMP
5 1 (0.099%) SSH
5 1 (0.099%) SSL
5 1 (0.099%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.099%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.60%) Power BI
2 26 (2.56%) Metadata
3 24 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 13 (1.28%) Tableau
5 8 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.49%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.49%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.30%) Power Query
8 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.20%) Big Data
9 2 (0.20%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.20%) Looker
9 2 (0.20%) Parquet
9 2 (0.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 123 (12.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.099%) Oracle Forms
General
1 443 (43.65%) Finance
2 341 (33.60%) Social Skills
3 228 (22.46%) Analytical Skills
4 205 (20.20%) Banking
5 87 (8.57%) Documentation Skills
6 81 (7.98%) Front Office
7 70 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 58 (5.71%) Investment Banking
9 57 (5.62%) Retail
10 53 (5.22%) Legal
11 28 (2.76%) Back Office
12 25 (2.46%) Financial Institution
13 21 (2.07%) Marketing
14 20 (1.97%) General Ledger
15 18 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (1.77%) Local Government
16 17 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
17 16 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (0.99%) Middleware
3 9 (0.89%) JSON
4 7 (0.69%) XML
5 6 (0.59%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.30%) .NET
6 3 (0.30%) ADO
6 3 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (0.30%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.20%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.20%) EDI
7 2 (0.20%) FHIR
7 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.099%) Kafka
8 1 (0.099%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.099%) Pandas
8 1 (0.099%) RESTful
8 1 (0.099%) Swagger
8 1 (0.099%) Terraform
8 1 (0.099%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 106 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 54 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 48 (4.73%) Derivative
4 35 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 26 (2.56%) Fixed Income
6 25 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.17%) Reference Data
8 21 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 21 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.77%) Equities
10 17 (1.67%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.58%) Taxonomies
12 15 (1.48%) Market Risk
13 14 (1.38%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.38%) Hedge funds
14 12 (1.18%) Credit Risk
15 11 (1.08%) AI Agents
15 11 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.89%) FMCG
16 9 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.39%) Android
2 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.30%) Windows
3 1 (0.099%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (42.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 393 (38.72%) Business Analysis
3 373 (36.75%) Requirements Gathering
4 320 (31.53%) Agile
5 306 (30.15%) User Stories
6 301 (29.66%) Workshop Facilitation
7 256 (25.22%) User Acceptance Testing
8 211 (20.79%) Acceptance Criteria
9 193 (19.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 152 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
11 144 (14.19%) Validation
12 136 (13.40%) AI
13 125 (12.32%) Data Analysis
14 121 (11.92%) Migration
15 113 (11.13%) Process Improvement
16 105 (10.34%) Decision-Making
17 104 (10.25%) Data Modelling
18 102 (10.05%) Requirements Workshops
19 93 (9.16%) Scrum
20 91 (8.97%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 160 (15.76%) SQL
2 25 (2.46%) Python
3 14 (1.38%) Korn
4 5 (0.49%) Java
4 5 (0.49%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.20%) C#
5 2 (0.20%) R
5 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.099%) C
6 1 (0.099%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.099%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 107 (10.54%) Degree
2 75 (7.39%) Security Cleared
3 66 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.17%) IIBA
5 20 (1.97%) ACCA
6 19 (1.87%) CIMA
6 19 (1.87%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.58%) CBAP
8 14 (1.38%) PMP
9 12 (1.18%) FFIEC
10 9 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.59%) CSPO
12 5 (0.49%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.39%) ISEB
13 4 (0.39%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.30%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (8.57%) Data Quality
2 48 (4.73%) QA
3 17 (1.67%) NIST
4 15 (1.48%) IFRS
5 14 (1.38%) GDPR
6 12 (1.18%) COBIT
7 10 (0.99%) MiFID
8 8 (0.79%) ISO 20022
9 7 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.69%) EMIR
10 6 (0.59%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.39%) Basel III
11 4 (0.39%) FINREP
11 4 (0.39%) ISO 15022
11 4 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.39%) SEPA
12 3 (0.30%) COREP
12 3 (0.30%) GRC
12 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.099%) Grafana
2 1 (0.099%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.099%) Kibana
2 1 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 129 (12.71%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.91%) SAP
3 55 (5.42%) Salesforce
4 39 (3.84%) Oracle
5 35 (3.45%) Murex
6 31 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.77%) CyberArk
8 14 (1.38%) Databricks
9 13 (1.28%) Bloomberg
10 8 (0.79%) Guidewire
10 8 (0.79%) IBM
11 7 (0.69%) Charles River
11 7 (0.69%) Pega
11 7 (0.69%) Workday
11 7 (0.69%) Zscaler
12 6 (0.59%) Ariba
12 6 (0.59%) ION Trading
13 5 (0.49%) Google
13 5 (0.49%) OpenLink
13 5 (0.49%) PeopleSoft