Data Analysis Contracts in Central London

Data Analysis
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 61 87
Rank change year-on-year +17 +26 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 91 82 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.56% 3.35% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 3.70% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 43 56
10th Percentile £409 £340 £387
25th Percentile £472 £365 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% +11.90%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £700
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £22.00 - -
25th Percentile £23.77 - -
Median hourly rate £31.86 - -
75th Percentile £46.73 - -
90th Percentile £50.75 - -
London median hourly rate £31.35 £43.75 £24.95
% change year-on-year -28.35% +75.35% -34.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Data Analysis 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 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in Central London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in Central London

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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 Data Analysis 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 +14 82 £550 +3.53% 41
City of Westminster +4 4 £550 -2.22% 2
West End of London -2 3 £475 - 11
Kensington and Chelsea -1 1 - -
Data Analysis
London

Data Analysis
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 6 (6.59%) Confluence
2 3 (3.30%) Apache Spark
2 3 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (18.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.49%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Workday HCM
2 2 (2.20%) Actimize
2 2 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.10%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (1.10%) Maximo
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.10%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.10%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.58%) Power Platform
2 10 (10.99%) Azure
3 6 (6.59%) AWS
4 4 (4.40%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.20%) GCP
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (1.10%) Apigee
7 1 (1.10%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.10%) Boomi
7 1 (1.10%) Collibra
7 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.10%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.10%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.10%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.58%) Power BI
2 11 (12.09%) Tableau
3 7 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (7.69%) NoSQL
4 6 (6.59%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.30%) Big Data
5 3 (3.30%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.20%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (2.20%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.20%) Power Query
6 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.10%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (1.10%) Looker
7 1 (1.10%) Metadata
7 1 (1.10%) MS Access
7 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (15.38%) JIRA
2 3 (3.30%) Git
3 1 (1.10%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.10%) SonarQube
General
1 41 (45.05%) Finance
2 28 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 21 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (20.88%) Banking
5 9 (9.89%) Front Office
6 6 (6.59%) Financial Institution
6 6 (6.59%) Investment Banking
6 6 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.40%) Marketing
8 3 (3.30%) Back Office
9 2 (2.20%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Retail
10 1 (1.10%) Legal
10 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.10%) Military
10 1 (1.10%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (58.24%) Analyst
2 31 (34.07%) Business Analyst
3 23 (25.27%) Data Analyst
4 12 (13.19%) Data Business Analyst
5 8 (8.79%) Developer
5 8 (8.79%) Senior
5 8 (8.79%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (5.49%) Data Scientist
7 4 (4.40%) Architect
7 4 (4.40%) Front Office Business Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) SQL Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) SQL Data Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (3.30%) Junior
8 3 (3.30%) Lead
8 3 (3.30%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) Technical Business Analyst
8 3 (3.30%) Workday Analyst
9 2 (2.20%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) .NET
2 2 (2.20%) XML
3 1 (1.10%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.10%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.10%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.10%) FpML
3 1 (1.10%) JSON
3 1 (1.10%) Kafka
3 1 (1.10%) Node.js
3 1 (1.10%) NumPy
3 1 (1.10%) Pandas
3 1 (1.10%) pytest
3 1 (1.10%) React
3 1 (1.10%) REST
3 1 (1.10%) RESTful
3 1 (1.10%) SOAP
3 1 (1.10%) Web Services
3 1 (1.10%) WinForms
3 1 (1.10%) WPF
3 1 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.79%) Data Structures
2 7 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (6.59%) Equities
3 6 (6.59%) Fixed Income
3 6 (6.59%) Reference Data
4 4 (4.40%) Derivative
4 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.40%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.20%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.20%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.20%) Multi-touch
5 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.10%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (1.10%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.10%) PMI
6 1 (1.10%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Linux
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
2 1 (1.10%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.37%) Business Intelligence
2 20 (21.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (19.78%) Agile
4 17 (18.68%) Analytics
4 17 (18.68%) Requirements Gathering
5 16 (17.58%) Data Management
5 16 (17.58%) Visualisation
6 15 (16.48%) Decision-Making
7 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (14.29%) Process Improvement
8 12 (13.19%) Business Analysis
9 11 (12.09%) Data Modelling
9 11 (12.09%) Project Management
10 9 (9.89%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (9.89%) Data Science
10 9 (9.89%) Data Visualisation
10 9 (9.89%) DevOps
10 9 (9.89%) Risk Management
11 8 (8.79%) Data Analytics
11 8 (8.79%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 46 (50.55%) SQL
2 20 (21.98%) Python
3 5 (5.49%) C#
4 3 (3.30%) R
4 3 (3.30%) VBA
5 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.20%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.20%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (12.09%) Degree
2 8 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.49%) CBAP
5 4 (4.40%) Master's Degree
6 3 (3.30%) CFA
6 3 (3.30%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.20%) MBA
7 2 (2.20%) PMP
8 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.10%) HNC
8 1 (1.10%) IIBA
8 1 (1.10%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.79%) GDPR
3 7 (7.69%) QA
4 5 (5.49%) MiFID
5 4 (4.40%) Accessibility
5 4 (4.40%) EMIR
6 2 (2.20%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (1.10%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.10%) PMO
7 1 (1.10%) SLA
7 1 (1.10%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (1.10%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Ansible
1 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.10%) Rancher
1 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.69%) Oracle
3 4 (4.40%) SAP
4 3 (3.30%) Bloomberg
4 3 (3.30%) Databricks
4 3 (3.30%) Google
4 3 (3.30%) Workday
5 2 (2.20%) GoldenSource
5 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.20%) Trayport
6 1 (1.10%) Aderant
6 1 (1.10%) Advent
6 1 (1.10%) Citrix
6 1 (1.10%) dotdigital
6 1 (1.10%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.10%) Progress
6 1 (1.10%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.10%) SimCorp