IT Analyst Contracts in Central London

IT Analyst
London > Central London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Central London is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 102 131
Rank change year-on-year -13 +29 -4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 16 29 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.81% 1.21% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.27% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 19
10th Percentile £171 £150 £232
25th Percentile £215 £247 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +21.05% +7.04%
75th Percentile £572 £675 £563
90th Percentile £695 £701 £693
London median daily rate £350 £538 £460
% change year-on-year -34.88% +16.85% +2.22%
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% +44.76%

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 1,830 2,284 3,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 95.25% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,178 1,620 2,437
10th Percentile £338 £340 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 28 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.13 £15.83
25th Percentile £23.00 £21.81 £19.79
Median hourly rate £28.61 £26.41 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.35% -24.56% -6.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £40.00 £87.31
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year +23.64% -21.99% +0.71%

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 16 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 16 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 -7 13 £313 -50.00% 7
West End of London 0 2 £180 -43.31%
City of Westminster - 1 £250 -
IT Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (43.75%) Windows
3 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (25.00%) ITIL
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
5 4 (25.00%) Azure
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
6 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Information Security
6 3 (18.75%) Service Management
6 3 (18.75%) Law
7 2 (12.50%) Legal
7 2 (12.50%) ITSM
7 2 (12.50%) CMS
7 2 (12.50%) Equities
7 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint

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 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) CMS
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DHCP
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Law
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Back Office
5 1 (6.25%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Equities
1 2 (12.50%) iPad
1 2 (12.50%) iPhone
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 2 (12.50%) Reference Data
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) BYOD
2 1 (6.25%) Hedge funds
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (25.00%) ITIL
1 4 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (18.75%) Information Security
2 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (18.75%) Service Management
3 2 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
3 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 2 (12.50%) Investment Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITSM
3 2 (12.50%) OO
3 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) RUP
3 2 (12.50%) UML
3 2 (12.50%) Use Case
3 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) AirWatch
2 2 (12.50%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) Apple
3 2 (12.50%) iManage
3 2 (12.50%) Intapp
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) Symantec
4 1 (6.25%) OpenLink
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler