IT Analyst Contracts in Central London

IT Analyst
London > Central London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Central London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 132 131
Rank change year-on-year +33 -1 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 30 43 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.25% 1.13% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.19% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 19 54
10th Percentile £155 £232 £171
25th Percentile £250 £273 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £444
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +7.04% -5.08%
75th Percentile £675 £563 £575
90th Percentile £698 £693 £650
London median daily rate £538 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +16.85% +2.22% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £24.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £24.50
75th Percentile £23.75 - £24.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +47.06% -35.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,291 3,622 4,313
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 95.14% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,629 2,481 3,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £362
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £561
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +6.01% +6.90%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £793 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 55
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +105.84%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £50.88
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.98 £64.45
London median hourly rate £27.25 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.24% +1.43% +7.89%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 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
City of London +33 27 £613 +30.67% 4
West End of London - 2 £318 - 3
IT Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
5 6 (20.00%) Finance
5 6 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (20.00%) DevOps
5 6 (20.00%) Windows Server
6 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 5 (16.67%) Python
7 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.33%) Agile
7 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
7 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
8 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (10.00%) Waterfall
8 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (10.00%) CISM
8 3 (10.00%) Change Management
8 3 (10.00%) CISSP
9 2 (6.67%) Apple
9 2 (6.67%) SAP
9 2 (6.67%) ITIL
9 2 (6.67%) SQL

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 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (3.33%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.67%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.33%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.33%) Collibra
3 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Firewall
1 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Metadata
1 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) International Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Billing
5 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) CSOC
1 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (3.33%) IoT
1 1 (3.33%) iPad
1 1 (3.33%) iPhone
1 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.33%) Reinsurance
1 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.67%) Linux
4 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) DevOps
1 6 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (13.33%) Agile
2 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.00%) Change Management
3 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (10.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (6.67%) Business Analysis
4 2 (6.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (6.67%) Incident Management
4 2 (6.67%) Information Security
4 2 (6.67%) ITSM
4 2 (6.67%) Requirements Management
4 2 (6.67%) SIEM
4 2 (6.67%) Visualisation
4 2 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) CISM
1 3 (10.00%) CISSP
2 2 (6.67%) CISA
2 2 (6.67%) CRISC
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) CASB
1 1 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.67%) Apple
3 2 (6.67%) SAP
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.33%) Oracle
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce