Analyst Contracts in Central London

Analyst
London > Central London

The median Analyst daily rate in Central London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 7 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 353 559 622
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 14.62% 14.54% 13.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.33% 15.26% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 378 458
10th Percentile £312 £231 £259
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year - +0.43% +10.05%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £750 £675
London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
10th Percentile £21.25 £19.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £21.44 £25.25 £19.94
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% +42.86% +22.50%
75th Percentile £36.00 £60.00 £35.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £58.13
London median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £24.35
% change year-on-year -8.00% +2.67% +5.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,302 3,663 4,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.27% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,641 2,508 3,274
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +4.91% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 51
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.36 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -5.41% +105.84%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.32 £65.75
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +9.38%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Central London

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
City of London +2 320 £538 -0.37% 88
City of Westminster +8 9 £750 - 2
West End of London +6 9 £318 -20.63% 7
Camden +6 7 £454 +29.79%
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £196 -
Southwark +2 1 - - 1
Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 121 (34.28%) Finance
2 89 (25.21%) Social Skills
3 77 (21.81%) Agile
4 71 (20.11%) SQL
5 49 (13.88%) Banking
6 43 (12.18%) Data Management
7 42 (11.90%) User Acceptance Testing
8 41 (11.61%) Business Analysis
8 41 (11.61%) GAP Analysis
9 40 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
10 39 (11.05%) Data Quality
10 39 (11.05%) Microsoft Excel
11 38 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (10.76%) Microsoft
12 36 (10.20%) Data Analysis
12 36 (10.20%) Migration
13 35 (9.92%) User Stories
14 34 (9.63%) Validation
14 34 (9.63%) Windows
14 34 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
15 33 (9.35%) Requirements Gathering
16 32 (9.07%) Azure
17 31 (8.78%) QA
17 31 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
18 30 (8.50%) Power BI
18 30 (8.50%) Power Platform
19 29 (8.22%) Risk Management
19 29 (8.22%) Degree
19 29 (8.22%) Data Migration
20 28 (7.93%) Analytics

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 25 (7.08%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.42%) Confluence
2 5 (1.42%) SAS
3 4 (1.13%) MTS
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.57%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
Applications
1 39 (11.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (5.95%) MS Visio
4 17 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.55%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.55%) Endur
2 6 (1.70%) NEC Housing
3 5 (1.42%) Aligne
4 4 (1.13%) EuroRunner
4 4 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.57%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.28%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.28%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 32 (9.07%) Azure
2 30 (8.50%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (2.55%) AWS
4 9 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (2.55%) Collibra
5 6 (1.70%) WhatsApp
6 4 (1.13%) SaaS
7 3 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.85%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.85%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.57%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.57%) GCP
8 2 (0.57%) OCI
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.28%) IBM Blueworks
9 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.40%) Firewall
2 5 (1.42%) DNS
3 4 (1.13%) DHCP
3 4 (1.13%) IPv4
4 3 (0.85%) Internet
4 3 (0.85%) Network Security
4 3 (0.85%) RTP
5 1 (0.28%) 4G
5 1 (0.28%) 5G
5 1 (0.28%) DMZ
5 1 (0.28%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.28%) Intranet
5 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.28%) LTE
5 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.28%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.50%) Power BI
2 13 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.68%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.12%) Tableau
4 10 (2.83%) Metadata
5 9 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (2.27%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.70%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 4 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.57%) Data Mart
10 2 (0.57%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.57%) KDB
10 2 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (3.68%) JIRA
2 6 (1.70%) Selenium
3 4 (1.13%) Postman
4 3 (0.85%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.85%) SpecFlow
4 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.85%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.57%) Git
5 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.57%) JMeter
5 2 (0.57%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.28%) Appium
6 1 (0.28%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.28%) RStudio
6 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 121 (34.28%) Finance
2 89 (25.21%) Social Skills
3 49 (13.88%) Banking
4 40 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.10%) Front Office
6 17 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.53%) Public Sector
8 14 (3.97%) Back Office
9 13 (3.68%) Investment Banking
10 12 (3.40%) Retail
11 9 (2.55%) Legal
12 8 (2.27%) Financial Institution
12 8 (2.27%) International Banking
13 7 (1.98%) Advertising
13 7 (1.98%) Billing
14 5 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.42%) Law
14 5 (1.42%) Local Government
14 5 (1.42%) Marketing
15 4 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.98%) XML
2 3 (0.85%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (0.57%) .NET
3 2 (0.57%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.57%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.57%) Web Services
4 1 (0.28%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.28%) ADO
4 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.28%) IDoc
4 1 (0.28%) JSON
4 1 (0.28%) Pandas
4 1 (0.28%) Playwright
4 1 (0.28%) REST
4 1 (0.28%) SAML
4 1 (0.28%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.28%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.97%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.12%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.55%) Derivative
3 9 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (2.27%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.70%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.70%) Hedge funds
5 6 (1.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.13%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.85%) Credit Risk
7 3 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.85%) Equities
7 3 (0.85%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.57%) CMDB
8 2 (0.57%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 2 (0.57%) NHS
8 2 (0.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.63%) Windows
2 10 (2.83%) Linux
3 9 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.27%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.42%) Unix
6 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.57%) Android
8 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (21.81%) Agile
2 43 (12.18%) Data Management
3 42 (11.90%) User Acceptance Testing
4 41 (11.61%) Business Analysis
4 41 (11.61%) GAP Analysis
5 38 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
6 36 (10.20%) Data Analysis
6 36 (10.20%) Migration
7 35 (9.92%) User Stories
8 34 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (9.63%) Validation
9 33 (9.35%) Requirements Gathering
10 31 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (8.22%) Data Migration
11 29 (8.22%) Risk Management
12 28 (7.93%) Analytics
13 26 (7.37%) Root Cause Analysis
14 22 (6.23%) Change Management
14 22 (6.23%) Data Modelling
15 20 (5.67%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 71 (20.11%) SQL
2 27 (7.65%) Python
3 13 (3.68%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.55%) C#
5 7 (1.98%) Java
6 6 (1.70%) C++
7 5 (1.42%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.42%) VBScript
8 4 (1.13%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.13%) XPath
8 4 (1.13%) XQuery
9 3 (0.85%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.57%) R
10 2 (0.57%) VBA
11 1 (0.28%) ABAP
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (8.22%) Degree
2 15 (4.25%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.83%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.70%) CISM
4 6 (1.70%) CISSP
5 4 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.13%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.85%) CISA
6 3 (0.85%) CRISC
6 3 (0.85%) ISEB
7 2 (0.57%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.57%) GCIA
7 2 (0.57%) GCIH
7 2 (0.57%) GIAC
7 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.05%) Data Quality
2 31 (8.78%) QA
3 12 (3.40%) PMO
4 8 (2.27%) SLA
5 7 (1.98%) NIST
6 6 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.13%) GDPR
8 3 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.57%) EMIR
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.28%) GRC
10 1 (0.28%) MiFID
10 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (4.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.57%) Control-M
1 2 (0.57%) CSIRT
1 2 (0.57%) Nessus
1 2 (0.57%) QRadar
2 1 (0.28%) CASB
2 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.28%) SCCM
2 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.37%) Oracle
3 17 (4.82%) SAP
4 12 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.98%) Bloomberg
6 6 (1.70%) NEC
6 6 (1.70%) Northgate
7 5 (1.42%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.13%) Citrix
8 4 (1.13%) Databricks
8 4 (1.13%) Google
8 4 (1.13%) Murex
8 4 (1.13%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.85%) Apple
9 3 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.85%) GoldenSource
9 3 (0.85%) Refinitiv
9 3 (0.85%) Splunk
10 2 (0.57%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.57%) VMware