Analytics Contract Job Trends in Central London

Analytics
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 22 28
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytics 288 177 153
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.85% 8.56% 6.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.48% 9.15% 6.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 119 108
10th Percentile £350 £404 £416
25th Percentile £450 £483 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £728 £691
90th Percentile £780 £838 £752
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £20.55 £26.77 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £42.17 -
Median hourly rate £23.16 £56.97 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.35% - -
75th Percentile £27.00 £72.81 -
90th Percentile £42.29 £89.13 -
London median hourly rate £52.49 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +52.14% -18.82% +20.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,308 1,935 2,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.93% 93.61% 91.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 1,262 1,520
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £453 £432 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 32 25
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.08 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £24.47 £32.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -24.72% +16.86% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.00 £50.75 £41.84
90th Percentile £64.13 £63.75 £71.75
London median hourly rate £36.00 £32.25 £30.16
% change year-on-year +11.63% +6.93% -27.33%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Analytics job vacancy trend in Central London

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Analytics

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in Central London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in Central London

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Analytics

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in Central London over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in Central London

Analytics
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 Analytics within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 July 2026. 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 +6 268 £575 -4.17% 221
City of Westminster -1 7 £500 - 5
West End of London -3 2 £431 - 2
Southwark -2 1 £450 +20.00% 2
Camden - 1 - - 1
Lambeth - 1 £350 -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
Analytics
London

Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (6.60%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.08%) Apache
4 5 (1.74%) Confluence
4 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.39%) CMS
5 4 (1.39%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.69%) Drupal
7 2 (0.69%) WordPress
8 1 (0.35%) IIS
8 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.04%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) BambooHR
2 3 (1.04%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.69%) Orchestrade
3 2 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 86 (29.86%) Azure
2 67 (23.26%) Power Platform
3 45 (15.63%) AWS
4 39 (13.54%) GCP
5 37 (12.85%) Snowflake
6 23 (7.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (6.60%) dbt
8 16 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 15 (5.21%) Serverless
10 13 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (3.82%) Amazon S3
11 11 (3.82%) GitHub
11 11 (3.82%) SaaS
12 10 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (2.78%) Prefect
14 7 (2.43%) Amazon SageMaker
14 7 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (2.08%) Dagster
16 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
16 5 (1.74%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.69%) SMS
2 1 (0.35%) 802.11
2 1 (0.35%) BGP
2 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.35%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (0.35%) DHCP
2 1 (0.35%) DNS
2 1 (0.35%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.35%) FTP
2 1 (0.35%) HSRP
2 1 (0.35%) IPFIX
2 1 (0.35%) Network Security
2 1 (0.35%) OSPF
2 1 (0.35%) RTP
2 1 (0.35%) SNMP
2 1 (0.35%) TACACS
2 1 (0.35%) VLAN
2 1 (0.35%) VRRP
2 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (20.83%) Power BI
2 38 (13.19%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (11.11%) Tableau
4 23 (7.99%) BigQuery
5 16 (5.56%) Data Lake
6 13 (4.51%) Metadata
6 13 (4.51%) SQL Server
7 12 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (4.17%) Looker
8 10 (3.47%) Big Data
8 10 (3.47%) Relational Database
9 9 (3.13%) NoSQL
10 8 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.78%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (2.43%) Semantic Layer
12 6 (2.08%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.74%) Data Mining
13 5 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (1.74%) Power Query
13 5 (1.74%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (3.47%) Git
1 10 (3.47%) JIRA
2 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.35%) GitLab
3 1 (0.35%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.35%) JUnit
3 1 (0.35%) Karma Test Runner
3 1 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 114 (39.58%) Finance
2 58 (20.14%) Social Skills
3 54 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (11.11%) Banking
5 21 (7.29%) Marketing
6 19 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.86%) Legal
8 13 (4.51%) Retail
9 8 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.43%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.08%) Law
11 6 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.39%) Military
13 3 (1.04%) Advertising
13 3 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.04%) Local Government
13 3 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (18.06%) Data Engineer
2 44 (15.28%) Architect
3 42 (14.58%) Analyst
4 29 (10.07%) Data Architect
5 28 (9.72%) Senior
6 22 (7.64%) Lead
7 18 (6.25%) Developer
8 17 (5.90%) Data Analyst
9 14 (4.86%) Consultant
10 12 (4.17%) Business Analyst
10 12 (4.17%) GCP Data Engineer
10 12 (4.17%) GCP Engineer
11 11 (3.82%) Data Scientist
12 10 (3.47%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 10 (3.47%) Snowflake Engineer
12 10 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.13%) Product Manager
14 8 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
15 7 (2.43%) Azure Data Engineer
15 7 (2.43%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.21%) PySpark
2 10 (3.47%) React
3 9 (3.13%) Kafka
4 7 (2.43%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.43%) PyTorch
4 7 (2.43%) REST
5 6 (2.08%) scikit-learn
5 6 (2.08%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.39%) .NET
6 4 (1.39%) Web Services
7 3 (1.04%) Backbone.js
7 3 (1.04%) Bootstrap
7 3 (1.04%) Ember.js
7 3 (1.04%) jQuery
7 3 (1.04%) Keras
7 3 (1.04%) Middleware
7 3 (1.04%) NumPy
7 3 (1.04%) Pandas
7 3 (1.04%) Spring
7 3 (1.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.72%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.47%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 9 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.78%) Derivative
4 8 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.43%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.08%) Equities
6 6 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.74%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.74%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.39%) Clustering
8 4 (1.39%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.39%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.04%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.78%) Linux
2 6 (2.08%) Windows
3 5 (1.74%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.04%) Android
5 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.69%) Unix
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (32.29%) AI
2 80 (27.78%) Data Modelling
3 76 (26.39%) Business Intelligence
4 74 (25.69%) Data Engineering
5 61 (21.18%) Decision-Making
6 53 (18.40%) CI/CD
7 52 (18.06%) Data Pipeline
8 48 (16.67%) Machine Learning
9 47 (16.32%) Data Science
10 43 (14.93%) Agile
11 40 (13.89%) Data Governance
11 40 (13.89%) DevOps
12 39 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (13.19%) ETL
14 35 (12.15%) Data Architecture
15 34 (11.81%) Data Analytics
15 34 (11.81%) Validation
16 33 (11.46%) Migration
17 31 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
17 31 (10.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 99 (34.38%) SQL
2 83 (28.82%) Python
3 12 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (3.13%) Java
5 8 (2.78%) C#
6 7 (2.43%) R
7 6 (2.08%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.74%) C++
8 5 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (1.74%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.39%) Bicep
9 4 (1.39%) Korn
9 4 (1.39%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.04%) Scala
10 3 (1.04%) VBA
11 1 (0.35%) Bash
11 1 (0.35%) Cypher
11 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.35%) LookML
11 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (7.64%) Security Cleared
2 19 (6.60%) Degree
3 17 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.13%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.39%) PhD
6 3 (1.04%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.69%) CIPD
7 2 (0.69%) SnowPro
7 2 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.35%) ACCA
8 1 (0.35%) CBAP
8 1 (0.35%) CFA
8 1 (0.35%) CIMA
8 1 (0.35%) CISSP
8 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.35%) MOS
8 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.32%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.25%) GDPR
3 15 (5.21%) Accessibility
4 13 (4.51%) QA
5 4 (1.39%) WCAG
6 3 (1.04%) PMO
6 3 (1.04%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.69%) EMIR
7 2 (0.69%) IFRS
7 2 (0.69%) MiFID
7 2 (0.69%) NIST
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) GAAP
8 1 (0.35%) GRC
8 1 (0.35%) GxP
8 1 (0.35%) HL7
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (3.82%) Docker
2 3 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.51%) Terraform
2 12 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.35%) Ansible
4 1 (0.35%) Grafana
4 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 48 (16.67%) Databricks
3 20 (6.94%) Google
4 12 (4.17%) Oracle
5 8 (2.78%) Workday
6 6 (2.08%) Adobe
6 6 (2.08%) Foundry
6 6 (2.08%) Informatica
6 6 (2.08%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.74%) Amplitude
7 5 (1.74%) OneTrust
7 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.74%) SAP
8 4 (1.39%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.39%) Palantir
9 3 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.69%) Apple
10 2 (0.69%) Cisco
10 2 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud