IT Analyst Contracts in the City of London

IT Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 131 118
Rank change year-on-year +34 -13 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 29 41 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.32% 1.13% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 1.18% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 55
10th Percentile £201 £232 £154
25th Percentile £409 £270 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +36.11% -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £600
90th Percentile £701 £713 £650
Central London median daily rate £550 £463 £425
% change year-on-year +18.92% +8.82% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £24.50
75th Percentile £23.75 - £24.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 - £24.50
% change year-on-year - - -7.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,090 3,462 3,995
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 95.21% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 2,357 3,013
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £585 £560
% change year-on-year -5.98% +4.46% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 52
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +110.01%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.97 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -28.57% -6.04% +107.23%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, 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 City of London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (41.38%) Windows
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
4 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
4 6 (20.69%) DevOps
4 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
5 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
5 5 (17.24%) Agile
5 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
5 5 (17.24%) Python
6 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.79%) Change Management
6 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
6 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
6 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
7 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (10.34%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (10.34%) Business Process Modelling
7 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (10.34%) Degree
7 3 (10.34%) CISM
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) CISSP
7 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (3.45%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.45%) Collibra
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Metadata
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) International Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Billing
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.45%) CSOC
1 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.45%) IoT
1 1 (3.45%) iPad
1 1 (3.45%) iPhone
1 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.45%) Reinsurance
1 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.90%) Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) DevOps
1 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
2 5 (17.24%) Agile
2 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.79%) Change Management
3 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (10.34%) Business Process Modelling
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
4 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (6.90%) ERP
5 2 (6.90%) Information Security
5 2 (6.90%) ITSM
5 2 (6.90%) Project Management
5 2 (6.90%) SDLC
5 2 (6.90%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
1 5 (17.24%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) CISM
1 3 (10.34%) CISSP
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) CISA
2 2 (6.90%) CRISC
3 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
1 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.90%) Apple
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Citrix
3 1 (3.45%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce