Senior Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in Central London

Senior Data Analyst
London > Central London

The median Senior Data Analyst daily rate in Central London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 132 163
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Analyst 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.20% 0.044% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.046% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £500 - £539
25th Percentile £528 - £598
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £695
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.00%
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile £655 - -
London median daily rate £550 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +18.92% -7.50% -16.67%

All DemandTrendContract 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 1,837 2,160 3,190
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.36% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,232 1,426 2,210
10th Percentile £315 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £576
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.09% +2.31%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £782 £800
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 13
10th Percentile £18.69 £20.22 £14.67
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -22.86% -15.66%
75th Percentile £41.81 £61.25 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.93 £137.50 £65.50
London median hourly rate £30.50 £34.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.95% -8.67% +15.21%

Senior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Analyst in Central London

Senior Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Analyst job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Analyst job vacancies in Central London

Senior Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Analyst in Central London

Senior Data 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 Senior Data Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 6 September 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 +9 4 £600 - 22
Senior Data Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Senior Data 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 Senior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) BigQuery
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Workday
3 1 (25.00%) Conceptual Models
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) ER Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Collibra
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) Star Schema
3 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (25.00%) VBA
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) Agile

Senior Data 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Collibra
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) ER Studio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Workday