IT Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
England > London

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 357 400
Rank change year-on-year +15 +43 +104
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 22 28 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 25
10th Percentile £431 £427 £483
25th Percentile £456 £489 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £579 £588
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% -1.49% -2.08%
75th Percentile £636 £634 £688
90th Percentile £671 £646 £750
England median daily rate £469 £523 £531
% change year-on-year -10.29% -1.65% -3.41%

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 12,392 15,300 20,765
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 93.99% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,286 10,210 15,153
10th Percentile £331 £343 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 179 226
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.45 £18.08
25th Percentile £22.98 £23.80 £22.06
Median hourly rate £29.54 £35.00 £36.27
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% -3.50% +12.47%
75th Percentile £50.00 £56.75 £62.31
90th Percentile £65.40 £75.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in London

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in London

IT Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT 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 IT Business Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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 -2 10 £450 -13.88%
North London - 1 £440 -
IT Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, IT 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 IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Migration
3 7 (31.82%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (27.27%) SQL
4 6 (27.27%) Agile
5 5 (22.73%) Use Case
5 5 (22.73%) ERP
5 5 (22.73%) Finance
5 5 (22.73%) User Stories
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (18.18%) Change Management
6 4 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) Python
6 4 (18.18%) Market Risk
6 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Banking
6 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (13.64%) Business Analysis
7 3 (13.64%) Document Management
7 3 (13.64%) QA
7 3 (13.64%) JIRA
7 3 (13.64%) Credit Risk
7 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Back Office
7 3 (13.64%) Scrum

IT 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 2 (9.09%) Confluence
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.55%) Lucidchart
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Power BI
1 2 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) Banking
4 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.64%) Back Office
6 2 (9.09%) Front Office
6 2 (9.09%) Investment Banking
6 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.55%) Automotive
7 1 (4.55%) Cantonese Language
7 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.55%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Market Risk
2 3 (13.64%) Credit Risk
3 2 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.55%) Life Science
4 1 (4.55%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Migration
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
3 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (22.73%) ERP
4 5 (22.73%) Use Case
4 5 (22.73%) User Stories
5 4 (18.18%) Change Management
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (13.64%) Business Analysis
6 3 (13.64%) Cash Management
6 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Document Management
6 3 (13.64%) Scrum
6 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) CFA
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) GMP
2 1 (4.55%) GxP
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Guidewire
1 2 (9.09%) Intapp
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle