Business IT Analyst Contracts in London

Business IT Analyst
England > London

The median Business IT Analyst daily rate in London is £440, 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 333 340 388
Rank change year-on-year +7 +48 +81
Contract jobs requiring a Business IT Analyst 20 51 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.29% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.31% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 31 49
10th Percentile £213 £425 £435
25th Percentile £378 £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £679 £638 £650
90th Percentile £695 £675 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £75.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -

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 IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Business IT Analyst in London

Business IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Business IT Analyst in London

Business IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Business IT Analyst in London

Business IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business IT Analyst in London

Business IT 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 IT 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 -4 4 £670 +11.67% 1
South London - 3 £225 -
North London - 1 £440 -
Business IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (45.00%) Finance
1 9 (45.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) SQL
3 5 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (20.00%) Banking
4 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) JIRA
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Change Management
5 3 (15.00%) ERP
5 3 (15.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.00%) Azure
5 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
6 2 (10.00%) Investment Management
6 2 (10.00%) Reference Data
6 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (10.00%) Business Transformation

Business IT 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Back Office
4 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Equities
1 2 (10.00%) Reference Data
2 1 (5.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.00%) PMI
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 7 (35.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (20.00%) Migration
4 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Change Management
5 3 (15.00%) ERP
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (10.00%) Business Process Modelling
6 2 (10.00%) DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Fintech
6 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) CBAP
2 1 (5.00%) IIBA
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Anaplan
2 1 (5.00%) IFS
2 1 (5.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) Splunk