Business Analyst Contracts in London

Business Analyst (BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 30 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 769 1,096 1,667
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.13% 6.15% 6.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.56% 6.59% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 796 1,195
10th Percentile £405 £413 £413
25th Percentile £468 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £713 £675 £650
90th Percentile £799 £775 £768
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £22.30 £28.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £23.88 £39.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -50.44% +7.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.25 £62.31
90th Percentile - £65.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £32.82 £22.50 £60.25
% change year-on-year +45.84% -62.66% +129.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in London

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 +1 151 £575 +4.55% 20
West London +14 10 £405 -32.58% 16
East London +15 5 £500 +12.36% 4
North London -1 4 £495 +16.47% 2
South London 0 1 - - 3
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 330 (42.91%) Finance
2 278 (36.15%) Agile
3 256 (33.29%) Business Analysis
4 252 (32.77%) Social Skills
5 158 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (19.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 152 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
7 144 (18.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 120 (15.60%) SQL
9 117 (15.21%) Front Office
10 108 (14.04%) User Stories
11 103 (13.39%) Banking
12 101 (13.13%) Degree
13 97 (12.61%) Asset Management
14 96 (12.48%) User Acceptance Testing
15 94 (12.22%) Data Analysis
16 86 (11.18%) Fixed Income
17 85 (11.05%) Project Management
18 82 (10.66%) Investment Management
18 82 (10.66%) Analytics
19 78 (10.14%) Derivative
20 77 (10.01%) Migration
21 76 (9.88%) Workshop Facilitation
22 75 (9.75%) Python
23 74 (9.62%) Process Improvement
24 72 (9.36%) Decision-Making
25 70 (9.10%) JIRA
26 66 (8.58%) Business Intelligence
27 65 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
28 64 (8.32%) Risk Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 43 (5.59%) Confluence
2 7 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.65%) CMS
4 3 (0.39%) SAS
5 2 (0.26%) Drupal
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 41 (5.33%) MS Visio
2 33 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.39%) Trello
6 2 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 35 (4.55%) Aladdin
2 21 (2.73%) Endur
3 14 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.82%) thinkFolio
4 8 (1.04%) Loan IQ
4 8 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.65%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.65%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.52%) Shopify
7 3 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.26%) Actimize
8 2 (0.26%) ION Anvil
8 2 (0.26%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.26%) MultiFonds
8 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.26%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 41 (5.33%) Azure
1 41 (5.33%) Power Platform
2 17 (2.21%) AWS
3 12 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (1.17%) Lucidchart
7 7 (0.91%) GCP
8 6 (0.78%) PowerApps
8 6 (0.78%) Snowflake
9 5 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (0.65%) GitHub
9 5 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (0.52%) Miro
10 4 (0.52%) SaaS
10 4 (0.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.39%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.39%) BigCommerce
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.26%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.65%) Network Security
2 3 (0.39%) Intranet
3 1 (0.13%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.55%) Power BI
2 16 (2.08%) Data Lake
3 12 (1.56%) Tableau
4 11 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.65%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.39%) MS Access
6 3 (0.39%) Power Query
6 3 (0.39%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.26%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.13%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.13%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.13%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.13%) DTS
8 1 (0.13%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.13%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 70 (9.10%) JIRA
2 3 (0.39%) Postman
2 3 (0.39%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.13%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
General
1 330 (42.91%) Finance
2 252 (32.77%) Social Skills
3 152 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (15.21%) Front Office
5 103 (13.39%) Banking
6 40 (5.20%) Public Sector
7 36 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (4.55%) Retail
9 28 (3.64%) Back Office
10 27 (3.51%) Investment Banking
11 26 (3.38%) Financial Institution
12 25 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 21 (2.73%) Legal
13 21 (2.73%) Marketing
14 18 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.17%) Law
16 9 (1.17%) Local Government
17 7 (0.91%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.30%) XML
2 6 (0.78%) FpML
2 6 (0.78%) JSON
3 5 (0.65%) ADO
3 5 (0.65%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.52%) Web Services
5 3 (0.39%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.39%) Murex MxML
5 3 (0.39%) REST
5 3 (0.39%) VML
6 2 (0.26%) RESTful
7 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.13%) ATL
7 1 (0.13%) CSS
7 1 (0.13%) Django
7 1 (0.13%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.13%) jQuery
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.13%) SOAP
7 1 (0.13%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 86 (11.18%) Fixed Income
2 78 (10.14%) Derivative
3 63 (8.19%) Hedge funds
4 52 (6.76%) Product Ownership
5 48 (6.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 42 (5.46%) Equities
7 33 (4.29%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.69%) Market Risk
10 10 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 8 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.04%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.91%) Reinsurance
12 7 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.78%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.78%) IVR
13 6 (0.78%) PMI
14 5 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.34%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.78%) Windows
3 2 (0.26%) Linux
4 1 (0.13%) Unix
4 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (36.15%) Agile
2 256 (33.29%) Business Analysis
3 158 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
4 152 (19.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 144 (18.73%) Requirements Gathering
6 108 (14.04%) User Stories
7 97 (12.61%) Asset Management
8 96 (12.48%) User Acceptance Testing
9 94 (12.22%) Data Analysis
10 85 (11.05%) Project Management
11 82 (10.66%) Analytics
11 82 (10.66%) Investment Management
12 77 (10.01%) Migration
13 76 (9.88%) Workshop Facilitation
14 74 (9.62%) Process Improvement
15 72 (9.36%) Decision-Making
16 66 (8.58%) Business Intelligence
17 65 (8.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 64 (8.32%) Risk Management
19 59 (7.67%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (15.60%) SQL
2 75 (9.75%) Python
3 6 (0.78%) Java
4 5 (0.65%) VBA
5 4 (0.52%) R
6 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.39%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.26%) MATLAB
7 2 (0.26%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 101 (13.13%) Degree
2 59 (7.67%) Security Cleared
3 50 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.73%) CBAP
5 10 (1.30%) PMI Certification
6 7 (0.91%) CISSP
6 7 (0.91%) IIBA
7 6 (0.78%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.65%) CISA
8 5 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.65%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.65%) PMP
9 4 (0.52%) CFA
9 4 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (0.39%) ACCA
10 3 (0.39%) CRISC
10 3 (0.39%) MBA
11 2 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.81%) QA
2 25 (3.25%) MiFID
3 20 (2.60%) EMIR
4 15 (1.95%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.82%) GDPR
6 10 (1.30%) Dodd-Frank
6 10 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.17%) NIST
8 6 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.65%) PMO
9 5 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.52%) Basel III
10 4 (0.52%) SEPA
10 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.39%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (6.63%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.20%) SAP
3 37 (4.81%) Salesforce
4 31 (4.03%) BISAM
5 21 (2.73%) Charles River
6 20 (2.60%) Oracle
7 15 (1.95%) Calypso
7 15 (1.95%) SimCorp
8 13 (1.69%) ION Trading
8 13 (1.69%) OpenLink
9 11 (1.43%) Adobe
10 9 (1.17%) Murex
10 9 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.78%) Bloomberg
11 6 (0.78%) Workday
12 5 (0.65%) Databricks
13 4 (0.52%) Cisco
13 4 (0.52%) Virgin Media
14 3 (0.39%) CyberArk
14 3 (0.39%) Google