Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 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
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 314 330 484
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 17.47% 15.46% 13.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.67% 16.19% 14.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 216 314
10th Percentile £270 £313 £240
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £663 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £694 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £520 £544
% change year-on-year +0.96% -4.37% +3.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £19.76 £21.63 £13.55
25th Percentile £24.66 £26.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% +41.41%
75th Percentile £36.00 £69.06 £68.75
90th Percentile £67.65 £113.75 £78.50
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -27.33% +14.29% +75.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,682 2,038 3,272
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 95.46% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,069 1,403 2,209
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 19
10th Percentile £17.57 £16.33 £15.24
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% -29.64% -18.60%
75th Percentile £62.00 £40.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £86.43 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.24% -22.86% -16.67%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the City of London region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
London Bridge -1 1 - -
Moorgate - 1 £300 - 1
Analyst
Central London

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 140 (44.59%) Finance
2 118 (37.58%) Social Skills
3 79 (25.16%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (23.57%) Agile
5 71 (22.61%) SQL
6 64 (20.38%) Data Analysis
7 60 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (17.83%) Business Analysis
9 54 (17.20%) Microsoft
10 52 (16.56%) Banking
11 47 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 43 (13.69%) User Acceptance Testing
13 38 (12.10%) User Stories
14 37 (11.78%) Microsoft Excel
15 36 (11.46%) Python
16 35 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
17 34 (10.83%) Degree
17 34 (10.83%) Azure
18 33 (10.51%) Migration
18 33 (10.51%) Requirements Gathering
19 32 (10.19%) Workshop Facilitation
20 31 (9.87%) Power Platform
21 30 (9.55%) Asset Management
22 29 (9.24%) Analytics
22 29 (9.24%) Power BI
23 28 (8.92%) Project Management
23 28 (8.92%) Data Modelling
24 26 (8.28%) Visualisation
24 26 (8.28%) Decision-Making
25 25 (7.96%) Windows

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 17 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.46%) Confluence
3 3 (0.96%) CMS
3 3 (0.96%) SAS
4 2 (0.64%) IIS
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (11.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.18%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.32%) EViews
Business Applications
1 11 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.91%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.27%) ION Anvil
3 4 (1.27%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.96%) CA PPM
4 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.64%) Endur
6 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.32%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.32%) HFM
6 1 (0.32%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.32%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.83%) Azure
2 31 (9.87%) Power Platform
3 13 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.23%) Snowflake
5 6 (1.91%) AWS
5 6 (1.91%) GCP
5 6 (1.91%) SaaS
6 5 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.27%) Collibra
8 3 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (0.96%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.64%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (0.64%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.64%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.32%) Figma
10 1 (0.32%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.32%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.27%) Firewall
1 4 (1.27%) LAN
1 4 (1.27%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.96%) DNS
3 2 (0.64%) DHCP
3 2 (0.64%) HTTP
3 2 (0.64%) Intranet
3 2 (0.64%) NAS
3 2 (0.64%) Network Security
3 2 (0.64%) VPN
3 2 (0.64%) WAN
3 2 (0.64%) WebEx
4 1 (0.32%) Multicast
4 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.24%) Power BI
2 19 (6.05%) Tableau
3 16 (5.10%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.59%) Star Schema
7 4 (1.27%) Metadata
7 4 (1.27%) Power Query
8 3 (0.96%) Big Data
8 3 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.64%) MySQL
9 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.32%) Looker
10 1 (0.32%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 24 (7.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.64%) Git
2 2 (0.64%) JMeter
2 2 (0.64%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.32%) Appium
3 1 (0.32%) eggPlant
3 1 (0.32%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.32%) Postman
3 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 140 (44.59%) Finance
2 118 (37.58%) Social Skills
3 79 (25.16%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (16.56%) Banking
5 24 (7.64%) Front Office
6 21 (6.69%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (4.46%) Back Office
8 13 (4.14%) Investment Banking
9 12 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.50%) Financial Institution
11 10 (3.18%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.55%) Legal
13 7 (2.23%) Law
13 7 (2.23%) Retail
14 4 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.96%) Arabic Language
15 3 (0.96%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.91%) XML
2 4 (1.27%) ADO
3 3 (0.96%) JSON
3 3 (0.96%) Kafka
4 2 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (0.64%) FpML
4 2 (0.64%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.64%) Swagger
4 2 (0.64%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.32%) .NET
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.32%) CSS
5 1 (0.32%) DCOM
5 1 (0.32%) Flask
5 1 (0.32%) HTML
5 1 (0.32%) Pandas
5 1 (0.32%) REST
5 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.32%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.14%) Fixed Income
1 13 (4.14%) Management Information System
1 13 (4.14%) Product Ownership
1 13 (4.14%) Reinsurance
2 12 (3.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 12 (3.82%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 8 (2.55%) Equities
4 8 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.23%) Derivative
6 6 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.59%) iPad
7 5 (1.59%) iPhone
8 4 (1.27%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.96%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.96%) Windows
2 7 (2.23%) Linux
2 7 (2.23%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.59%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.64%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Unix
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (23.57%) Agile
2 64 (20.38%) Data Analysis
3 60 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (17.83%) Business Analysis
5 47 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
6 43 (13.69%) User Acceptance Testing
7 38 (12.10%) User Stories
8 35 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
9 33 (10.51%) Migration
9 33 (10.51%) Requirements Gathering
10 32 (10.19%) Workshop Facilitation
11 30 (9.55%) Asset Management
12 29 (9.24%) Analytics
13 28 (8.92%) Data Modelling
13 28 (8.92%) Project Management
14 26 (8.28%) Decision-Making
14 26 (8.28%) Visualisation
15 24 (7.64%) Process Improvement
15 24 (7.64%) Validation
16 22 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 71 (22.61%) SQL
2 36 (11.46%) Python
3 12 (3.82%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.59%) VBA
5 4 (1.27%) Java
5 4 (1.27%) R
6 3 (0.96%) Bash
7 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.32%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.32%) Ruby
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (10.83%) Degree
2 18 (5.73%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.59%) CBAP
5 3 (0.96%) CFA
5 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.64%) ACCA
6 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.64%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.32%) CRISC
7 1 (0.32%) IIBA
7 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.32%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.73%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.46%) QA
3 11 (3.50%) EMIR
3 11 (3.50%) MiFID
4 7 (2.23%) SEPA
5 6 (1.91%) GDPR
6 4 (1.27%) PMO
7 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.96%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.96%) NIST
8 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.64%) SLA
9 1 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.32%) GAAP
9 1 (0.32%) GRC
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.32%) PERC
9 1 (0.32%) UCITS
System Software
1 14 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (1.59%) SCCM
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.64%) AirWatch
3 2 (0.64%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.32%) Terraform
4 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 54 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.46%) Oracle
3 13 (4.14%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.87%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.87%) SAP
5 8 (2.55%) Bloomberg
5 8 (2.55%) Citrix
6 7 (2.23%) Google
6 7 (2.23%) Workday
7 5 (1.59%) ION Trading
8 4 (1.27%) Intapp
8 4 (1.27%) Reuters
9 3 (0.96%) Broadcom
9 3 (0.96%) Charles River
9 3 (0.96%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.96%) Refinitiv
9 3 (0.96%) Splunk
9 3 (0.96%) VMware
10 2 (0.64%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.64%) HubSpot