Business Analyst Contracts in London

Business Analyst (BA)
England > London

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in London is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 33 29
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 1,049 1,588 2,791
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.99% 6.24% 7.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.40% 6.56% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 1,153 2,112
10th Percentile £413 £413 £400
25th Percentile £500 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £548
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +3.20% +9.50%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £713
England median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £22.83 £27.20 £32.85
25th Percentile £25.19 £35.00 £35.25
Median hourly rate £48.00 £55.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +35.80% -10.00%
75th Percentile £69.75 £63.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.90 - £73.85
England median hourly rate £22.50 £62.50 £26.14
% change year-on-year -64.00% +139.14% -39.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,385 24,202 36,842
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,830 17,663 27,089
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 278 414
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.53 £23.24
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.18 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.40 £82.33 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

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 June 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024. 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 +2 169 £550 -5.17% 10
East London +3 9 £518 +38.00% 2
South London -1 8 £531 +1.19% 1
West London +6 7 £600 +33.33% 2
North London 0 1 £425 -10.53%
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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.

1 385 (36.70%) Finance
2 297 (28.31%) Agile
3 282 (26.88%) Social Skills
4 230 (21.93%) Business Analysis
5 198 (18.88%) Banking
6 162 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 159 (15.16%) Requirements Gathering
8 155 (14.78%) SQL
9 146 (13.92%) User Stories
10 135 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
11 112 (10.68%) Migration
12 101 (9.63%) Degree
13 98 (9.34%) User Acceptance Testing
14 97 (9.25%) GAP Analysis
14 97 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
15 96 (9.15%) Front Office
16 88 (8.39%) Product Ownership
17 86 (8.20%) Workshop Facilitation
18 83 (7.91%) Project Management
19 82 (7.82%) Data Analysis
20 81 (7.72%) Acceptance Criteria
21 80 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 79 (7.53%) Asset Management
23 71 (6.77%) Investment Banking
24 70 (6.67%) Azure
25 66 (6.29%) Security Cleared
26 64 (6.10%) Derivative
26 64 (6.10%) Public Sector
27 63 (6.01%) Change Management
27 63 (6.01%) Business Intelligence

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 30 (2.86%) Confluence
2 25 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.76%) MTS
4 6 (0.57%) Apache
5 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.095%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.095%) Camunda
7 1 (0.095%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.095%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.15%) MS Visio
3 21 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.19%) Trello
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.095%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (3.53%) Endur
2 21 (2.00%) Loan IQ
3 18 (1.72%) Aligne
4 13 (1.24%) Aladdin
5 9 (0.86%) ION MarketView
6 8 (0.76%) EuroRunner
6 8 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.38%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.38%) Shopify
9 3 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.29%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.19%) ION Anvil
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 70 (6.67%) Azure
2 54 (5.15%) AWS
3 52 (4.96%) Power Platform
4 24 (2.29%) SaaS
5 15 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (0.76%) Miro
8 7 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (0.57%) Google Analytics
9 6 (0.57%) PaaS
10 5 (0.48%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.38%) BigCommerce
11 4 (0.38%) dbt
11 4 (0.38%) OCI
12 3 (0.29%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (0.29%) GCP
12 3 (0.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 3 (0.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 2 (0.19%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 2 (0.19%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.24%) FIX Connectivity
2 3 (0.29%) NAS
2 3 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.19%) 4G
3 2 (0.19%) 5G
3 2 (0.19%) Firewall
3 2 (0.19%) Intranet
4 1 (0.095%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.095%) Internet
4 1 (0.095%) LTE
4 1 (0.095%) MPLS
4 1 (0.095%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.095%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.095%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.58%) Power BI
2 23 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (0.95%) Tableau
4 9 (0.86%) Big Data
4 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.67%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 7 (0.67%) SAP HANA
5 7 (0.67%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 5 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.38%) Apache Arrow
7 4 (0.38%) Dremio
8 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.19%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.19%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 48 (4.58%) JIRA
2 10 (0.95%) Postman
2 10 (0.95%) SoapUI
2 10 (0.95%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.38%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.095%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 385 (36.70%) Finance
2 282 (26.88%) Social Skills
3 198 (18.88%) Banking
4 135 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (9.15%) Front Office
6 80 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (6.77%) Investment Banking
8 64 (6.10%) Public Sector
9 52 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (3.53%) Back Office
11 27 (2.57%) Retail
12 26 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (2.48%) Marketing
13 13 (1.24%) Legal
14 12 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.05%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.95%) Local Government
16 10 (0.95%) Manufacturing
16 10 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.62%) XML
2 16 (1.53%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (0.86%) SOAP
4 7 (0.67%) SAP PI
5 6 (0.57%) JSON
6 4 (0.38%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.38%) VML
6 4 (0.38%) Web Services
7 3 (0.29%) .NET
7 3 (0.29%) ADO
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.19%) React
8 2 (0.19%) SwiftUI
9 1 (0.095%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.095%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.095%) Kafka
9 1 (0.095%) OAuth
9 1 (0.095%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.095%) PySpark
9 1 (0.095%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.39%) Product Ownership
2 64 (6.10%) Derivative
3 58 (5.53%) Fixed Income
4 50 (4.77%) Equities
4 50 (4.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 37 (3.53%) Hedge funds
6 30 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 26 (2.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 24 (2.29%) Reinsurance
9 20 (1.91%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
11 16 (1.53%) Mobile App
12 13 (1.24%) Solar Panel
13 12 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.14%) Market Risk
14 10 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
17 5 (0.48%) Credit Risk
17 5 (0.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.24%) Unix
1 13 (1.24%) Windows
2 4 (0.38%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.38%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.29%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.19%) Android
4 2 (0.19%) Linux
4 2 (0.19%) VMS
5 1 (0.095%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (28.31%) Agile
2 230 (21.93%) Business Analysis
3 162 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 159 (15.16%) Requirements Gathering
5 146 (13.92%) User Stories
6 112 (10.68%) Migration
7 98 (9.34%) User Acceptance Testing
8 97 (9.25%) GAP Analysis
8 97 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
9 86 (8.20%) Workshop Facilitation
10 83 (7.91%) Project Management
11 82 (7.82%) Data Analysis
12 81 (7.72%) Acceptance Criteria
13 79 (7.53%) Asset Management
14 63 (6.01%) Business Intelligence
14 63 (6.01%) Change Management
15 60 (5.72%) Data Modelling
15 60 (5.72%) Scrum
16 59 (5.62%) Use Case
17 57 (5.43%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 155 (14.78%) SQL
2 42 (4.00%) Python
3 14 (1.33%) Java
4 5 (0.48%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.48%) PL/SQL
4 5 (0.48%) XPath
4 5 (0.48%) XQuery
5 4 (0.38%) VBA
6 3 (0.29%) C#
7 1 (0.095%) Groovy
7 1 (0.095%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (9.63%) Degree
2 66 (6.29%) Security Cleared
3 60 (5.72%) SC Cleared
4 18 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (0.76%) CBAP
5 8 (0.76%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.48%) IIBA
8 4 (0.38%) ACCA
8 4 (0.38%) CIMA
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.19%) CCA
10 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.19%) MBA
10 2 (0.19%) MCSA
10 2 (0.19%) MCSD
11 1 (0.095%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.095%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (5.82%) QA
2 36 (3.43%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.15%) EMIR
4 32 (3.05%) MiFID
5 14 (1.33%) SEPA
6 12 (1.14%) Dodd-Frank
7 11 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.86%) ISO 20022
8 9 (0.86%) PMO
9 8 (0.76%) GDPR
10 6 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.29%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.29%) NIST
13 2 (0.19%) Basel III
13 2 (0.19%) SLA
14 1 (0.095%) Basel II
14 1 (0.095%) Good Clinical Practice
14 1 (0.095%) GxP
14 1 (0.095%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.19%) Docker
2 2 (0.19%) HDFS
2 2 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.19%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.095%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (4.29%) Microsoft
1 45 (4.29%) SAP
2 39 (3.72%) Bloomberg
3 28 (2.67%) Oracle
4 27 (2.57%) Salesforce
5 18 (1.72%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.43%) ION Trading
7 14 (1.33%) OpenLink
8 12 (1.14%) BISAM
8 12 (1.14%) Guidewire
8 12 (1.14%) MarketAxess
8 12 (1.14%) Tradeweb
9 10 (0.95%) Murex
10 9 (0.86%) Refinitiv
11 7 (0.67%) Adobe
11 7 (0.67%) CyberSource
11 7 (0.67%) Google
11 7 (0.67%) Workday
12 6 (0.57%) Calypso
13 5 (0.48%) Pega