Trend Analysis Contract Job Trends in Central London

Trend Analysis
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 129 142
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 +52
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.25% 0.086% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.093% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £464 - £619
25th Percentile £513 - £620
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £631
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.22%
75th Percentile £538 - £648
90th Percentile - - £653
London median daily rate £525 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +16.67% -30.77% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Trend 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 1,833 2,150 2,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.52% 92.24% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 1,346 1,713
10th Percentile £343 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £465 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 16
10th Percentile £19.86 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.15 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +30.84% -35.93%
75th Percentile £35.75 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £46.39 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £33.35
% change year-on-year -18.14% +9.91% -13.95%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Trend Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Trend Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Trend Analysis

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Trend Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Trend Analysis

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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 Trend Analysis within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 December 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 +3 5 £525 - 8
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London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) OpenShift
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (40.00%) SIAM Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Compliance Audit
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Runbook
1 4 (80.00%) SIAM
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft