Analyst Contracts in London

Analyst
England > London

The median Analyst daily rate in London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,131 3,638 5,127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 12.03% 13.44% 13.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.91% 14.10% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,522 2,659 3,759
10th Percentile £300 £269 £300
25th Percentile £418 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £706 £738 £675
England median daily rate £485 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +2.11% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 47 65
10th Percentile - £19.20 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.67% +5.92%
75th Percentile £36.39 £49.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £44.75 £65.00 £44.20
England median hourly rate £16.30 £19.44 £15.50
% change year-on-year -16.16% +25.44% -4.56%

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 16,503 25,805 37,110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.30% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,697 27,064
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 292 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.98 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +11.13%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.83 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in London

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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +1 357 £525 - 88
West London -6 36 £500 +11.11% 16
South London +8 30 £450 -2.70% 14
East London -13 15 £460 +109.09% 23
North London +2 7 £313 -34.21% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 778 (36.51%) Finance
2 558 (26.18%) Social Skills
3 370 (17.36%) Agile
4 361 (16.94%) Banking
5 356 (16.71%) SQL
6 321 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
7 265 (12.44%) Microsoft
8 256 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
9 228 (10.70%) Business Analysis
10 211 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 195 (9.15%) Data Analysis
12 183 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
12 183 (8.59%) Python
13 175 (8.21%) Degree
14 172 (8.07%) Windows
15 168 (7.88%) Azure
15 168 (7.88%) Power Platform
16 166 (7.79%) Analytics
17 164 (7.70%) Migration
18 163 (7.65%) User Stories
19 162 (7.60%) Power BI
20 159 (7.46%) Requirements Gathering
21 151 (7.09%) Asset Management
22 141 (6.62%) Change Management
22 141 (6.62%) Front Office
23 139 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
24 136 (6.38%) Data Modelling
24 136 (6.38%) Project Management
25 131 (6.15%) Security Cleared
26 126 (5.91%) Public Sector

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 51 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.78%) Confluence
3 23 (1.08%) CMS
4 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.47%) MTS
6 7 (0.33%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.23%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.23%) SAS
8 4 (0.19%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.094%) Camunda
11 1 (0.047%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.047%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.047%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.047%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.047%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.047%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 139 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 123 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (3.61%) MS Visio
4 57 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.094%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.094%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.094%) Trello
8 1 (0.047%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 45 (2.11%) Endur
2 20 (0.94%) Aladdin
2 20 (0.94%) Aligne
3 12 (0.56%) Loan IQ
4 11 (0.52%) NEC Housing
5 10 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (0.47%) EuroRunner
5 10 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 5 (0.23%) Shopify
11 4 (0.19%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 168 (7.88%) Azure
1 168 (7.88%) Power Platform
2 105 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (3.61%) AWS
4 32 (1.50%) SaaS
5 31 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (1.22%) Google Analytics
7 24 (1.13%) Google Workspace
8 23 (1.08%) Entra ID
9 22 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (0.70%) OCI
11 14 (0.66%) Collibra
12 13 (0.61%) PowerApps
13 12 (0.56%) GCP
13 12 (0.56%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.52%) Snowflake
15 10 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (0.47%) WhatsApp
16 9 (0.42%) Adobe Analytics
16 9 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.13%) Firewall
2 19 (0.89%) Wireless
3 18 (0.84%) VPN
4 13 (0.61%) DNS
4 13 (0.61%) Internet
5 8 (0.38%) DHCP
5 8 (0.38%) Network Security
6 7 (0.33%) Skype
7 6 (0.28%) FIX Connectivity
7 6 (0.28%) Intranet
8 5 (0.23%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.23%) WAN
9 4 (0.19%) IPv4
10 3 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.14%) LAN
10 3 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.14%) RTP
10 3 (0.14%) VoIP
10 3 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.094%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (7.60%) Power BI
2 56 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 50 (2.35%) Tableau
4 29 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 20 (0.94%) Metadata
6 15 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 15 (0.70%) Looker
7 14 (0.66%) Big Data
7 14 (0.66%) Oracle Database
8 13 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (0.52%) Data Mining
9 11 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.47%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 84 (3.94%) JIRA
2 24 (1.13%) Selenium
3 22 (1.03%) Postman
4 18 (0.84%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.70%) WebDriver
6 14 (0.66%) SpecFlow
7 11 (0.52%) Eclipse
7 11 (0.52%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.47%) Git
8 10 (0.47%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.38%) Subversion
10 7 (0.33%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.33%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.23%) Appium
11 5 (0.23%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.19%) JMeter
13 3 (0.14%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.14%) JUnit
13 3 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 778 (36.51%) Finance
2 558 (26.18%) Social Skills
3 361 (16.94%) Banking
4 321 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
5 141 (6.62%) Front Office
6 126 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 117 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 104 (4.88%) Investment Banking
9 85 (3.99%) Back Office
10 79 (3.71%) Presentation Skills
11 56 (2.63%) Retail
12 51 (2.39%) Marketing
13 50 (2.35%) Legal
14 44 (2.06%) Local Government
15 39 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
17 29 (1.36%) Telecoms
18 28 (1.31%) Financial Institution
19 22 (1.03%) Billing
20 21 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.50%) XML
2 27 (1.27%) .NET
3 16 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
4 15 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 14 (0.66%) JSON
5 14 (0.66%) Middleware
6 12 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 11 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 11 (0.52%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.38%) ADO
8 8 (0.38%) SOAP
9 5 (0.23%) HTML
9 5 (0.23%) IDoc
9 5 (0.23%) PySpark
9 5 (0.23%) RESTful
9 5 (0.23%) Web Services
10 4 (0.19%) SAML
10 4 (0.19%) VML
11 3 (0.14%) FpML
11 3 (0.14%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 96 (4.50%) Derivative
2 94 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 71 (3.33%) Hedge funds
4 64 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 57 (2.67%) Management Information System
6 56 (2.63%) Equities
7 54 (2.53%) Fixed Income
8 39 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 39 (1.83%) Reinsurance
9 30 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 26 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 24 (1.13%) Market Risk
13 23 (1.08%) Mobile App
14 20 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
15 17 (0.80%) Credit Risk
15 17 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (0.75%) NHS
17 15 (0.70%) Data Centre
18 14 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 172 (8.07%) Windows
2 52 (2.44%) Windows 10
3 43 (2.02%) Linux
4 33 (1.55%) Windows Server
5 21 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.99%) Unix
6 20 (0.94%) Android
7 16 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.47%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.14%) VMS
11 1 (0.047%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.047%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (17.36%) Agile
2 256 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
3 228 (10.70%) Business Analysis
4 211 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 195 (9.15%) Data Analysis
6 183 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
7 166 (7.79%) Analytics
8 164 (7.70%) Migration
9 163 (7.65%) User Stories
10 159 (7.46%) Requirements Gathering
11 151 (7.09%) Asset Management
12 141 (6.62%) Change Management
13 136 (6.38%) Data Modelling
13 136 (6.38%) Project Management
14 123 (5.77%) Risk Management
14 123 (5.77%) User Acceptance Testing
15 113 (5.30%) ITIL
16 111 (5.21%) Cybersecurity
17 103 (4.83%) GAP Analysis
18 98 (4.60%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 356 (16.71%) SQL
2 183 (8.59%) Python
3 78 (3.66%) C#
4 55 (2.58%) PowerShell
5 46 (2.16%) Java
6 26 (1.22%) C++
7 19 (0.89%) VBA
8 17 (0.80%) R
9 14 (0.66%) Shell Script
10 13 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (0.42%) JavaScript
11 9 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.38%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.28%) ABAP
13 6 (0.28%) Perl
14 5 (0.23%) Bash
14 5 (0.23%) VBScript
14 5 (0.23%) XPath
14 5 (0.23%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 175 (8.21%) Degree
2 131 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 111 (5.21%) SC Cleared
4 37 (1.74%) CISSP
5 26 (1.22%) CISM
6 20 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
8 14 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 13 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.56%) CISA
11 11 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.42%) CRISC
13 8 (0.38%) CBAP
14 7 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.33%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.28%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.28%) CEH
15 6 (0.28%) GSEC
15 6 (0.28%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.28%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (4.79%) Data Quality
2 93 (4.36%) QA
3 56 (2.63%) PMO
4 40 (1.88%) SLA
5 32 (1.50%) NIST
6 26 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.08%) GDPR
8 21 (0.99%) MiFID
9 20 (0.94%) EMIR
10 16 (0.75%) SEPA
11 12 (0.56%) GRC
12 10 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 10 (0.47%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.28%) GAAP
16 5 (0.23%) ISO 22301
16 5 (0.23%) NCSC
17 4 (0.19%) ISO 31000
18 3 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 93 (4.36%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.33%) Firmware
3 5 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.14%) Docker
5 3 (0.14%) vSphere
6 2 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.094%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
2 15 (0.70%) SCCM
3 9 (0.42%) Ansible
3 9 (0.42%) Grafana
4 8 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.33%) BladeLogic
6 5 (0.23%) WSUS
7 4 (0.19%) Nessus
7 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) Control-M
8 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.14%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.14%) QRadar
9 2 (0.094%) CASB
9 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.094%) Nmap
9 2 (0.094%) Terraform
10 1 (0.047%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.047%) Kibana
Vendors
1 265 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 112 (5.26%) Oracle
3 83 (3.89%) SAP
4 69 (3.24%) ServiceNow
5 48 (2.25%) Bloomberg
6 45 (2.11%) Google
7 40 (1.88%) Salesforce
8 36 (1.69%) Citrix
9 21 (0.99%) Refinitiv
10 18 (0.84%) Apple
10 18 (0.84%) IBM
10 18 (0.84%) OpenLink
11 16 (0.75%) Dynatrace
12 15 (0.70%) Alteryx
13 14 (0.66%) Adobe
13 14 (0.66%) Databricks
13 14 (0.66%) Splunk
14 13 (0.61%) NEC
15 11 (0.52%) Murex
15 11 (0.52%) Northgate