IT Analyst Contracts in Central London

IT Analyst
London > Central London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Central London is £350, 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 111 101 128
Rank change year-on-year -10 +27 -4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 18 32 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.90% 1.31% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.37% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 20
10th Percentile £176 £165 £209
25th Percentile £216 £306 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +18.92% +8.82%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £586
90th Percentile £856 £690 £713
London median daily rate £361 £531 £465
% change year-on-year -32.09% +14.25% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
London median hourly rate £30.23 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +34.33% -10.00% +47.06%

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% -

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Central London

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in Central London

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in Central London

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in Central London

IT 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 IT 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 -5 16 £350 -42.86% 3
West End of London -3 1 £110 -65.35%
IT Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Central London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 6 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (27.78%) Information Security
5 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
5 4 (22.22%) Law
5 4 (22.22%) SQL
5 4 (22.22%) ITIL
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (22.22%) Azure
5 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow
5 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
6 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (16.67%) Oracle
6 3 (16.67%) Service Management
7 2 (11.11%) Banking
7 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 2 (11.11%) Back Office
7 2 (11.11%) Risk Management

IT 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 6 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) CMS
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.11%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DHCP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Law
4 2 (11.11%) Back Office
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Billing
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (11.11%) Equities
1 2 (11.11%) iPad
1 2 (11.11%) iPhone
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 2 (11.11%) Reference Data
2 1 (5.56%) BYOD
2 1 (5.56%) Hedge funds
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Android
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Information Security
2 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 4 (22.22%) ITIL
2 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (16.67%) Service Management
4 2 (11.11%) Business Process Modelling
4 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 2 (11.11%) Investment Management
4 2 (11.11%) ITSM
4 2 (11.11%) OO
4 2 (11.11%) Release Management
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 2 (11.11%) RUP
4 2 (11.11%) SDLC
4 2 (11.11%) UML
4 2 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) AirWatch
2 2 (11.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle
4 2 (11.11%) Apple
4 2 (11.11%) iManage
4 2 (11.11%) Intapp
4 2 (11.11%) OpenLink
4 2 (11.11%) Symantec
5 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.56%) Zscaler