Analyst Contracts in Central London

Analyst
London > Central London

The median Analyst daily rate in Central London is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 290 356 553
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 14.52% 14.55% 14.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.66% 15.29% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 240 372
10th Percentile £263 £313 £231
25th Percentile £394 £414 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - +0.48%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £743
London median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £25.98 £21.25 £21.45
25th Percentile £27.97 £21.44 £30.38
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -52.08% +95.92%
75th Percentile £30.47 £36.00 £67.88
90th Percentile £32.99 £40.00 £78.15
London median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +26.39% -8.00% +2.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

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 1 May 2025.

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
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 1 May 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
City of London -3 259 £518 -3.72% 66
West End of London -4 7 £450 +41.73% 4
Camden -3 4 £450 -0.94% 1
Kensington and Chelsea -1 2 - -
City of Westminster -7 1 £550 -26.67%
Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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.

1 116 (40.00%) Finance
2 105 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 64 (22.07%) SQL
3 64 (22.07%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (19.31%) Agile
5 53 (18.28%) Data Analysis
6 52 (17.93%) Banking
7 49 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (16.55%) Business Analysis
9 45 (15.52%) Microsoft
10 37 (12.76%) Microsoft Excel
11 34 (11.72%) Azure
12 32 (11.03%) Python
12 32 (11.03%) Requirements Gathering
13 31 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
14 29 (10.00%) Analytics
14 29 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (9.66%) Degree
16 27 (9.31%) Project Management
17 26 (8.97%) Power Platform
18 25 (8.62%) Decision-Making
19 24 (8.28%) Visualisation
19 24 (8.28%) Process Improvement
20 23 (7.93%) Windows
20 23 (7.93%) Migration
20 23 (7.93%) Power BI
21 22 (7.59%) User Stories
22 20 (6.90%) Asset Management
23 19 (6.55%) SAP

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 19 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.45%) Confluence
3 4 (1.38%) CMS
4 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.03%) SAS
5 2 (0.69%) Apache
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.69%) IIS
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 37 (12.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (2.07%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.34%) EViews
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.03%) CA PPM
3 3 (1.03%) Endur
3 3 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.03%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.69%) Actimize
4 2 (0.69%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.69%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.69%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.69%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.34%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.34%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.34%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 34 (11.72%) Azure
2 26 (8.97%) Power Platform
3 19 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (2.76%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.41%) Snowflake
6 6 (2.07%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.07%) SaaS
7 5 (1.72%) AWS
8 4 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.03%) GCP
10 2 (0.69%) dbt
10 2 (0.69%) GitHub
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.69%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.34%) Collibra
11 1 (0.34%) Miro
11 1 (0.34%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.03%) LAN
2 2 (0.69%) Firewall
2 2 (0.69%) HTTP
2 2 (0.69%) Intranet
2 2 (0.69%) NAS
2 2 (0.69%) SAN
2 2 (0.69%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.69%) WebEx
2 2 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.69%) Wireless
3 1 (0.34%) DHCP
3 1 (0.34%) DNS
3 1 (0.34%) Multicast
3 1 (0.34%) Network Security
3 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) VPN
3 1 (0.34%) WAN
3 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.93%) Power BI
2 16 (5.52%) Tableau
3 14 (4.83%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.38%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (1.38%) Power Query
8 3 (1.03%) Big Data
8 3 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.03%) Metadata
9 2 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.69%) Flink
9 2 (0.69%) MS Access
9 2 (0.69%) MySQL
9 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.34%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 17 (5.86%) JIRA
2 3 (1.03%) Git
3 2 (0.69%) JMeter
3 2 (0.69%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.69%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.34%) Appium
4 1 (0.34%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.34%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.34%) Postman
4 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 116 (40.00%) Finance
2 105 (36.21%) Social Skills
3 64 (22.07%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (17.93%) Banking
5 18 (6.21%) Front Office
5 18 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.14%) Back Office
7 12 (4.14%) Investment Banking
7 12 (4.14%) Retail
8 11 (3.79%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.10%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.41%) Law
12 6 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (1.72%) Legal
13 5 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.38%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.07%) Kafka
2 5 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.72%) FpML
2 5 (1.72%) XML
3 3 (1.03%) ADO
4 2 (0.69%) JSON
4 2 (0.69%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.69%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.34%) .NET
5 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.34%) CSS
5 1 (0.34%) HTML
5 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.34%) REST
5 1 (0.34%) Swagger
5 1 (0.34%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (4.83%) Fixed Income
3 13 (4.48%) Equities
3 13 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.41%) Reference Data
5 6 (2.07%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.07%) Derivative
5 6 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.38%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.38%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.38%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.03%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.03%) iPad
8 3 (1.03%) iPhone
8 3 (1.03%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.93%) Windows
2 9 (3.10%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.07%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.38%) Linux
5 4 (1.38%) Unix
6 3 (1.03%) Android
6 3 (1.03%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (19.31%) Agile
2 53 (18.28%) Data Analysis
3 49 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (16.55%) Business Analysis
5 32 (11.03%) Requirements Gathering
6 31 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
7 29 (10.00%) Analytics
7 29 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (9.31%) Project Management
9 25 (8.62%) Decision-Making
10 24 (8.28%) Process Improvement
10 24 (8.28%) Visualisation
11 23 (7.93%) Migration
12 22 (7.59%) User Stories
13 20 (6.90%) Asset Management
14 17 (5.86%) Acceptance Criteria
14 17 (5.86%) Data Modelling
14 17 (5.86%) Data Visualisation
14 17 (5.86%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 64 (22.07%) SQL
2 32 (11.03%) Python
3 10 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.72%) Java
4 5 (1.72%) VBA
5 4 (1.38%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.38%) R
6 3 (1.03%) C
7 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.34%) C#
8 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (9.66%) Degree
2 16 (5.52%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.83%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.07%) CFA
5 5 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.38%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.03%) CBAP
7 3 (1.03%) MBA
8 2 (0.69%) ACCA
8 2 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.69%) PMP
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CISM
9 1 (0.34%) CISSP
9 1 (0.34%) HNC
9 1 (0.34%) IIBA
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.45%) QA
2 9 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.41%) GDPR
4 5 (1.72%) EMIR
4 5 (1.72%) MiFID
4 5 (1.72%) PMO
5 4 (1.38%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.38%) SEPA
5 4 (1.38%) SLA
6 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.69%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.69%) NIST
8 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) IFRS
8 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.34%) PERC
8 1 (0.34%) UCITS
System Software
1 19 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.38%) SCCM
3 2 (0.69%) AirWatch
3 2 (0.69%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (0.69%) Terraform
4 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 45 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.55%) SAP
3 16 (5.52%) Oracle
3 16 (5.52%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.10%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.76%) Bloomberg
6 6 (2.07%) Citrix
7 4 (1.38%) Google
7 4 (1.38%) Reuters
7 4 (1.38%) Workday
8 3 (1.03%) Broadcom
8 3 (1.03%) IBM
8 3 (1.03%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.03%) Refinitiv
8 3 (1.03%) TOWER Software
9 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.69%) Apple
9 2 (0.69%) Commvault
9 2 (0.69%) iManage
9 2 (0.69%) Trayport