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 £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 274 291 315
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.40% 16.96% 14.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.11% 18.06% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 186 210
10th Percentile £221 £273 £312
25th Percentile £356 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £595 £672 £638
90th Percentile £704 £725 £688
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £15.85 £18.95 £21.25
25th Percentile £16.37 £22.62 £21.44
Median hourly rate £17.23 £29.66 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -5.86% -10.00%
75th Percentile £41.12 £48.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £55.45 £72.53 £94.38
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £31.50
% change year-on-year -10.18% -7.71% -10.00%

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 2,263 1,611 2,065
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 93.88% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 1,021 1,425
10th Percentile £355 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -0.89% -6.67%
75th Percentile £668 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 15
10th Percentile £17.53 £19.80 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +37.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £52.16 £63.75 £34.69
90th Percentile £65.00 £93.25 £46.15
Central London median hourly rate £27.25 £28.79 £27.00
% change year-on-year -5.33% +6.61% -22.86%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 June 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 2 £600 - 1
Analyst
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 50 (18.25%) Agile
3 45 (16.42%) Business Analysis
3 45 (16.42%) Microsoft
4 43 (15.69%) User Stories
5 42 (15.33%) SQL
6 36 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (12.77%) Analytics
8 34 (12.41%) Workshop Facilitation
9 33 (12.04%) Data Analysis
10 32 (11.68%) Requirements Gathering
11 31 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
12 30 (10.95%) Power Platform
13 29 (10.58%) Data Modelling
13 29 (10.58%) User Acceptance Testing
14 28 (10.22%) Data Quality
14 28 (10.22%) Power BI
14 28 (10.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (10.22%) Validation
15 26 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
15 26 (9.49%) Migration
16 24 (8.76%) Security Cleared
17 23 (8.39%) Acceptance Criteria
17 23 (8.39%) JIRA
18 21 (7.66%) Python
19 20 (7.30%) Azure
19 20 (7.30%) Data Mapping
19 20 (7.30%) Decision-Making
19 20 (7.30%) SC Cleared
20 19 (6.93%) Asset Management

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 14 (5.11%) Confluence
2 6 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.74%) MS Visio
3 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.19%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.46%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.73%) Actimize
4 2 (0.73%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.73%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.36%) Findur
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.36%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.95%) Power Platform
2 20 (7.30%) Azure
3 9 (3.28%) Snowflake
4 8 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (1.82%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.82%) GCP
5 5 (1.82%) SaaS
6 4 (1.46%) AWS
6 4 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.09%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.73%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.73%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.73%) Slack
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.36%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.09%) VPN
2 2 (0.73%) DHCP
2 2 (0.73%) DMZ
2 2 (0.73%) DNS
2 2 (0.73%) Network Security
3 1 (0.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.36%) PSTN
3 1 (0.36%) SNMP
3 1 (0.36%) VLAN
3 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.22%) Power BI
2 15 (5.47%) Tableau
3 8 (2.92%) Metadata
4 5 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.73%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.73%) Looker
6 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.36%) Big Data
6 1 (0.36%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.36%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.36%) Power Query
6 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 23 (8.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.36%) GitLab
2 1 (0.36%) Selenium
2 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.36%) WinAutomation
General
1 117 (42.70%) Finance
2 78 (28.47%) Social Skills
3 72 (26.28%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (13.50%) Banking
5 12 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (4.38%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.65%) Investment Banking
8 9 (3.28%) Front Office
9 6 (2.19%) Law
9 6 (2.19%) Legal
9 6 (2.19%) Marketing
10 5 (1.82%) Back Office
10 5 (1.82%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.46%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.46%) Publishing
11 4 (1.46%) Retail
12 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.09%) JSON
1 3 (1.09%) Middleware
1 3 (1.09%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.73%) Playwright
2 2 (0.73%) PySpark
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) ADO
3 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.36%) GeoJSON
3 1 (0.36%) Great Expectations
3 1 (0.36%) LDAP
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.36%) Next.js
3 1 (0.36%) Node.js
3 1 (0.36%) NumPy
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.36%) Pandas
3 1 (0.36%) pytest
3 1 (0.36%) React
3 1 (0.36%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.74%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (4.01%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (3.28%) Derivative
4 8 (2.92%) Fixed Income
5 6 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.19%) Reinsurance
6 5 (1.82%) CMDB
6 5 (1.82%) Credit Risk
6 5 (1.82%) Equities
6 5 (1.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.46%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.46%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.09%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.09%) PMI
8 3 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.65%) Windows
2 4 (1.46%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.73%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 50 (18.25%) Agile
3 45 (16.42%) Business Analysis
4 43 (15.69%) User Stories
5 36 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (12.77%) Analytics
7 34 (12.41%) Workshop Facilitation
8 33 (12.04%) Data Analysis
9 32 (11.68%) Requirements Gathering
10 31 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (10.58%) Data Modelling
11 29 (10.58%) User Acceptance Testing
12 28 (10.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (10.22%) Validation
13 26 (9.49%) Migration
14 23 (8.39%) Acceptance Criteria
15 20 (7.30%) Data Mapping
15 20 (7.30%) Decision-Making
16 19 (6.93%) Asset Management
16 19 (6.93%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 42 (15.33%) SQL
2 21 (7.66%) Python
3 4 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.09%) R
5 2 (0.73%) Java
5 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.36%) C#
6 1 (0.36%) Korn
6 1 (0.36%) Scala
6 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (8.76%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.30%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.84%) Degree
4 6 (2.19%) CISSP
5 4 (1.46%) CBAP
5 4 (1.46%) CISA
5 4 (1.46%) CRISC
5 4 (1.46%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.36%) CISM
7 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.36%) IIBA
7 1 (0.36%) PMP
7 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.22%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.93%) QA
3 7 (2.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (2.19%) NIST
5 5 (1.82%) COBIT
5 5 (1.82%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.82%) PMO
6 4 (1.46%) GDPR
6 4 (1.46%) IFRS
6 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.46%) ITGC
7 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.09%) PSD2
8 2 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.73%) Basel III
8 2 (0.73%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.36%) COREP
9 1 (0.36%) FINREP
9 1 (0.36%) GAAP
9 1 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 8 (2.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) SCCM
2 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.01%) Databricks
3 10 (3.65%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.28%) SAP
5 8 (2.92%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.19%) Oracle
7 5 (1.82%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.82%) Google
7 5 (1.82%) Workday
8 4 (1.46%) Murex
9 3 (1.09%) Citrix
9 3 (1.09%) OneTrust
9 3 (1.09%) Splunk
10 2 (0.73%) Adobe
10 2 (0.73%) Amplitude
10 2 (0.73%) ION Trading
10 2 (0.73%) Nexthink
10 2 (0.73%) Reuters
10 2 (0.73%) Tenable
11 1 (0.36%) SimCorp