Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 257 257 379
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.66% 13.85% 15.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.53% 14.92% 16.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 167 249
10th Percentile £313 £263 £355
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £634 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £703
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £20.01 - £21.25
25th Percentile £24.18 £31.25 £24.81
Median hourly rate £27.29 £32.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% -12.16% +80.49%
75th Percentile £38.38 £33.75 £39.50
90th Percentile £54.35 - £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £33.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.64% -6.25% +75.61%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,769 1,723 2,272
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.88% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,216 1,032 1,632
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £431 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.32% -2.99%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £535 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.45% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 22
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.95 £26.63 £19.18
Median hourly rate £37.25 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% +60.42% -5.88%
75th Percentile £46.29 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £55.54 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +7.62%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies 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 7 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies 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 7 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 7 February 2026, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 70 (27.24%) Agile
2 49 (19.07%) Business Analysis
3 48 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 45 (17.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 43 (16.73%) SQL
7 41 (15.95%) Microsoft
8 38 (14.79%) User Acceptance Testing
9 36 (14.01%) Requirements Gathering
9 36 (14.01%) User Stories
10 34 (13.23%) Data Analysis
10 34 (13.23%) Microsoft Excel
11 32 (12.45%) Workshop Facilitation
12 30 (11.67%) JIRA
13 29 (11.28%) Project Delivery
14 28 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
14 28 (10.89%) Process Improvement
15 27 (10.51%) Power Platform
15 27 (10.51%) Security Cleared
16 26 (10.12%) Migration
17 25 (9.73%) Data Modelling
17 25 (9.73%) Power BI
18 24 (9.34%) Degree
18 24 (9.34%) QA
18 24 (9.34%) SC Cleared
19 21 (8.17%) Acceptance Criteria
19 21 (8.17%) Analytics
19 21 (8.17%) Decision-Making
19 21 (8.17%) MS Visio
19 21 (8.17%) Validation

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.23%) Confluence
2 12 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) CMS
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.39%) SAS
4 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 34 (13.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (8.17%) MS Visio
3 19 (7.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.39%) Actimize
2 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.39%) Algo Collateral
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) Endur
2 1 (0.39%) HFM
2 1 (0.39%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.39%) iTrent
2 1 (0.39%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.39%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.51%) Power Platform
2 13 (5.06%) Azure
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.33%) SaaS
4 5 (1.95%) AWS
4 5 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.56%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.56%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.17%) GCP
7 2 (0.78%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.78%) Miro
7 2 (0.78%) Slack
7 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.39%) prismic.io
8 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.50%) Network Security
2 5 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.78%) DMZ
3 2 (0.78%) Firewall
4 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.73%) Power BI
2 16 (6.23%) Tableau
3 4 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.56%) Metadata
3 4 (1.56%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.56%) Star Schema
4 3 (1.17%) Looker
4 3 (1.17%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.78%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.39%) Big Data
6 1 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.39%) MySQL
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.39%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.39%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 30 (11.67%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) Selenium
2 2 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.39%) Git
3 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.39%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.39%) Postman
3 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.39%) WinAutomation
General
1 108 (42.02%) Finance
2 85 (33.07%) Social Skills
3 81 (31.52%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (19.84%) Banking
5 19 (7.39%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.23%) Investment Banking
7 14 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (5.06%) Front Office
8 13 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.50%) Law
10 9 (3.50%) Legal
10 9 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.56%) Back Office
11 4 (1.56%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.78%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.78%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.17%) .NET
1 3 (1.17%) XML
2 2 (0.78%) JSON
2 2 (0.78%) Murex MxML
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.39%) Playwright
3 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.84%) Onboarding
1 15 (5.84%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (3.50%) Derivative
3 8 (3.11%) Fixed Income
4 7 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 7 (2.72%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.33%) PMI
6 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.56%) Equities
7 4 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.17%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.17%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.33%) Windows
2 3 (1.17%) Unix
3 2 (0.78%) Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (27.24%) Agile
2 49 (19.07%) Business Analysis
3 48 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 45 (17.51%) Stakeholder Management
6 38 (14.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 36 (14.01%) Requirements Gathering
7 36 (14.01%) User Stories
8 34 (13.23%) Data Analysis
9 32 (12.45%) Workshop Facilitation
10 29 (11.28%) Project Delivery
11 28 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (10.89%) Process Improvement
12 26 (10.12%) Migration
13 25 (9.73%) Data Modelling
14 21 (8.17%) Acceptance Criteria
14 21 (8.17%) Analytics
14 21 (8.17%) Decision-Making
14 21 (8.17%) Validation
15 20 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.73%) SQL
2 20 (7.78%) Python
3 3 (1.17%) C#
3 3 (1.17%) Java
3 3 (1.17%) VBA
4 2 (0.78%) C++
4 2 (0.78%) Korn
4 2 (0.78%) R
4 2 (0.78%) RPG
5 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.39%) VC++
Qualifications
1 27 (10.51%) Security Cleared
2 24 (9.34%) Degree
2 24 (9.34%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.50%) CBAP
4 7 (2.72%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.56%) IIBA
6 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.17%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.17%) ISEB
6 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.78%) CFA
7 2 (0.78%) CISMP
7 2 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.78%) GIAC
7 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.78%) PMP
8 1 (0.39%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.34%) QA
2 17 (6.61%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.50%) ISO 20022
4 8 (3.11%) PMO
4 8 (3.11%) PSD2
5 4 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.56%) GDPR
5 4 (1.56%) IFRS
6 3 (1.17%) Basel III
6 3 (1.17%) EMIR
6 3 (1.17%) GRC
6 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.17%) MiFID
6 3 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.78%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.78%) NCSC
7 2 (0.78%) NIST
7 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.78%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.39%) Ansible
2 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.67%) Salesforce
3 7 (2.72%) Oracle
4 6 (2.33%) Murex
5 5 (1.95%) Databricks
5 5 (1.95%) SAP
6 4 (1.56%) Google
6 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.17%) Intapp
7 3 (1.17%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.78%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.78%) Informatica
8 2 (0.78%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.39%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.39%) Bomgar
9 1 (0.39%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.39%) iManage
9 1 (0.39%) Sonatype
9 1 (0.39%) Talend
9 1 (0.39%) Xceptor