Data Analysis Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Business Analyst - Data Analysis
England > London

The median Business Analyst - Data Analysis daily rate in London is £561, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 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
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 387 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analysis Business Analyst 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.038% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £393 - -
25th Percentile £456 £531 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £563 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% - -
75th Percentile £666 £594 -
90th Percentile £728 - -
England median daily rate £561 £563 -
% change year-on-year -0.22% - -

All DemandTrendContract 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 12,329 15,280 21,394
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.06% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,293 10,475 15,653
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 193 233
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.88 £18.03
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £51.00 £55.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +68.27%

Data Analysis Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis Business Analyst in London

Data Analysis Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Analysis Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis Business Analyst in London

Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 2 September 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 +5 1 - -
Data Analysis Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 2025, Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Mapping
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Big Data
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Power BI
4 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management

Data Analysis 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 1 (20.00%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Snowflake Schema
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Mapping
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Product Backlog
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce