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 £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026.

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 287 271 317
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.42% 15.51% 14.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.14% 16.66% 15.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 173 215
10th Percentile £263 £263 £329
25th Percentile £377 £391 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -0.74%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £732 £725 £700
Central London median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £15.85 £25.66 -
25th Percentile £16.37 £27.15 £21.25
Median hourly rate £17.23 £29.66 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% +28.93% -9.80%
75th Percentile £41.12 £32.17 £40.00
90th Percentile £55.45 £33.67 -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £23.00
% change year-on-year -10.18% +26.39% -9.80%

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 2,185 1,627 2,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 93.13% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,465 1,017 1,448
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £453 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 14 15
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £29.58 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +28.59% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.33 £47.50 £28.44
90th Percentile £61.83 £89.13 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £28.61 £26.41
% change year-on-year -5.63% +8.35% -24.56%

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 17 May 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 17 May 2026.

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 17 May 2026. 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 - 2 £600 -
Analyst
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 51 (17.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (16.03%) Agile
2 46 (16.03%) Business Analysis
3 45 (15.68%) Microsoft
4 39 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (13.59%) SQL
5 37 (12.89%) User Stories
6 35 (12.20%) Analytics
6 35 (12.20%) Requirements Gathering
6 35 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
7 34 (11.85%) Data Analysis
7 34 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 32 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (11.15%) Power Platform
9 31 (10.80%) Data Modelling
10 30 (10.45%) Power BI
11 29 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
12 28 (9.76%) Data Quality
13 27 (9.41%) JIRA
13 27 (9.41%) Security Cleared
14 25 (8.71%) Migration
15 24 (8.36%) Data Governance
15 24 (8.36%) Decision-Making
15 24 (8.36%) User Acceptance Testing
16 23 (8.01%) Python
16 23 (8.01%) SC Cleared
17 22 (7.67%) Process Improvement
17 22 (7.67%) Validation
18 21 (7.32%) Acceptance Criteria
19 20 (6.97%) QA

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 15 (5.23%) Confluence
2 8 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.70%) SAS
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 29 (10.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (5.92%) MS Visio
3 15 (5.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.09%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.39%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.70%) Actimize
4 2 (0.70%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.70%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.35%) Findur
5 1 (0.35%) iTrent
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.35%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.35%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.15%) Power Platform
2 16 (5.57%) Azure
3 9 (3.14%) Snowflake
4 7 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (1.74%) SaaS
6 4 (1.39%) AWS
6 4 (1.39%) GCP
7 3 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.05%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.05%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.70%) Collibra
8 2 (0.70%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.70%) Slack
9 1 (0.35%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.35%) FinancialForce
9 1 (0.35%) GitHub
9 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.39%) Network Security
2 2 (0.70%) DHCP
2 2 (0.70%) DMZ
2 2 (0.70%) DNS
2 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.70%) VPN
2 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.45%) Power BI
2 16 (5.57%) Tableau
3 11 (3.83%) Metadata
4 4 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.05%) Looker
6 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.70%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) Big Data
7 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.35%) GIS
7 1 (0.35%) KDB
7 1 (0.35%) Mixpanel
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.35%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.35%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 27 (9.41%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.35%) GitLab
2 1 (0.35%) Selenium
2 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.35%) WinAutomation
General
1 127 (44.25%) Finance
2 79 (27.53%) Social Skills
3 78 (27.18%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (13.94%) Banking
5 17 (5.92%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.83%) Investment Banking
7 10 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.14%) Legal
8 9 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.44%) Law
10 6 (2.09%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.09%) Front Office
11 5 (1.74%) Marketing
11 5 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.39%) Publishing
12 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.05%) Back Office
13 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.05%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.05%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.70%) JSON
2 2 (0.70%) Middleware
2 2 (0.70%) Murex MxML
2 2 (0.70%) Playwright
2 2 (0.70%) PySpark
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.35%) GeoJSON
3 1 (0.35%) Great Expectations
3 1 (0.35%) LDAP
3 1 (0.35%) Next.js
3 1 (0.35%) Node.js
3 1 (0.35%) NumPy
3 1 (0.35%) Pandas
3 1 (0.35%) pytest
3 1 (0.35%) React
3 1 (0.35%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.53%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (2.79%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.44%) Derivative
5 7 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.09%) Equities
7 5 (1.74%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.74%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.74%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.39%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.05%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (1.05%) PMI
10 2 (0.70%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.79%) Windows
2 4 (1.39%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (17.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (16.03%) Agile
2 46 (16.03%) Business Analysis
3 39 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (12.89%) User Stories
5 35 (12.20%) Analytics
5 35 (12.20%) Requirements Gathering
5 35 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
6 34 (11.85%) Data Analysis
6 34 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
8 31 (10.80%) Data Modelling
9 25 (8.71%) Migration
10 24 (8.36%) Data Governance
10 24 (8.36%) Decision-Making
10 24 (8.36%) User Acceptance Testing
11 22 (7.67%) Process Improvement
11 22 (7.67%) Validation
12 21 (7.32%) Acceptance Criteria
13 19 (6.62%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.59%) SQL
2 23 (8.01%) Python
3 4 (1.39%) R
4 3 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.70%) Java
5 2 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.35%) C#
6 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.35%) Scala
6 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (9.41%) Security Cleared
2 23 (8.01%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.27%) Degree
4 6 (2.09%) CISSP
5 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.39%) CBAP
5 4 (1.39%) CISA
5 4 (1.39%) CRISC
5 4 (1.39%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.70%) IIBA
6 2 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.70%) PMP
7 1 (0.35%) ACCA
7 1 (0.35%) CFA
7 1 (0.35%) CISM
7 1 (0.35%) GIAC
7 1 (0.35%) ISEB
7 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.76%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.97%) QA
3 8 (2.79%) PMO
4 7 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (2.09%) NIST
6 5 (1.74%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.39%) COBIT
7 4 (1.39%) GDPR
7 4 (1.39%) IFRS
7 4 (1.39%) ITGC
8 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.05%) Basel III
8 3 (1.05%) PSD2
9 2 (0.70%) MiFID
9 2 (0.70%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.35%) COREP
10 1 (0.35%) GAAP
10 1 (0.35%) GMP
System Software
1 5 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.14%) Databricks
2 9 (3.14%) SAP
3 8 (2.79%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.09%) Murex
4 6 (2.09%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.74%) Google
5 5 (1.74%) Oracle
5 5 (1.74%) Workday
6 3 (1.05%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.05%) Splunk
7 2 (0.70%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.70%) Citrix
7 2 (0.70%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.70%) Tenable
8 1 (0.35%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (0.35%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.35%) Dataiku
8 1 (0.35%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.35%) Intapp