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 £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 336 311 437
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 19.19% 14.97% 14.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.45% 15.87% 15.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 205 300
10th Percentile £275 £305 £304
25th Percentile £355 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.61% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £720 £771
Central London median daily rate £500 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £20.53 £32.85 £21.35
25th Percentile £26.57 £49.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £77.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.13% +115.28% +18.03%
75th Percentile £36.00 £113.75 £38.00
90th Percentile £67.65 £134.75 £56.45
Central London median hourly rate £30.29 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -13.47% -2.78% +29.73%

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 1,643 1,960 2,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.37% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,245 2,008
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £775 £785 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £14.42
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £16.90
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.97%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £44.87
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.57% - -15.66%

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
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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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 15 September 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
Moorgate - 1 £300 -
London Bridge - 1 - -
Analyst
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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.

1 160 (47.62%) Finance
2 122 (36.31%) Social Skills
3 86 (25.60%) Agile
4 85 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (19.94%) Data Analysis
7 65 (19.35%) SQL
8 64 (19.05%) Microsoft
9 53 (15.77%) Banking
9 53 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 47 (13.99%) Business Analysis
10 47 (13.99%) User Acceptance Testing
11 43 (12.80%) User Stories
12 39 (11.61%) Microsoft Excel
13 36 (10.71%) Migration
13 36 (10.71%) Degree
14 35 (10.42%) Python
15 34 (10.12%) Business Intelligence
15 34 (10.12%) Requirements Gathering
16 32 (9.52%) Analytics
17 31 (9.23%) Decision-Making
17 31 (9.23%) Workshop Facilitation
18 28 (8.33%) Asset Management
19 27 (8.04%) Data Modelling
19 27 (8.04%) Project Management
19 27 (8.04%) Power Platform
20 26 (7.74%) Validation
21 25 (7.44%) Security Cleared
21 25 (7.44%) Power BI
22 24 (7.14%) Project Delivery

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 16 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.46%) Confluence
3 2 (0.60%) CMS
3 2 (0.60%) SAS
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.30%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (11.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.57%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.30%) EViews
7 1 (0.30%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.49%) Aladdin
4 4 (1.19%) ION Anvil
5 3 (0.89%) CA PPM
5 3 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.89%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.60%) Endur
6 2 (0.60%) HFM
6 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.30%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (8.04%) Power Platform
2 23 (6.85%) Azure
3 11 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (2.38%) Snowflake
6 7 (2.08%) AWS
6 7 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.79%) GCP
8 4 (1.19%) Collibra
9 3 (0.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.89%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.60%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (0.60%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.60%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.60%) SaaS
11 1 (0.30%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.30%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.79%) Firewall
2 5 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.19%) Network Security
4 3 (0.89%) DNS
4 3 (0.89%) LAN
5 2 (0.60%) DHCP
5 2 (0.60%) Intranet
5 2 (0.60%) NAS
5 2 (0.60%) VPN
5 2 (0.60%) WebEx
5 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.30%) ATM
6 1 (0.30%) HTTP
6 1 (0.30%) Internet
6 1 (0.30%) SSH
6 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.44%) Power BI
2 17 (5.06%) Tableau
3 10 (2.98%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.38%) Star Schema
6 7 (2.08%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.49%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.89%) Metadata
9 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.60%) MySQL
9 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.60%) Power Query
9 2 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.30%) Looker
10 1 (0.30%) MS Access
10 1 (0.30%) QlikView
10 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (0.60%) Git
2 2 (0.60%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.30%) Appium
3 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.30%) eggPlant
3 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.30%) JMeter
3 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.30%) Postman
General
1 160 (47.62%) Finance
2 122 (36.31%) Social Skills
3 85 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (15.77%) Banking
5 22 (6.55%) Front Office
6 21 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.76%) Back Office
8 13 (3.87%) Financial Institution
8 13 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.87%) Public Sector
9 11 (3.27%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.08%) Legal
12 6 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.79%) Law
12 6 (1.79%) Marketing
12 6 (1.79%) Retail
13 3 (0.89%) Arabic Language
13 3 (0.89%) Czech Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.08%) XML
2 3 (0.89%) ADO
2 3 (0.89%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.60%) Kafka
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.30%) CSS
4 1 (0.30%) DCOM
4 1 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.30%) Flask
4 1 (0.30%) HTML
4 1 (0.30%) JSON
4 1 (0.30%) OAuth
4 1 (0.30%) OpenID
4 1 (0.30%) Pandas
4 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.30%) RESTful
4 1 (0.30%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.30%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.30%) XSD
4 1 (0.30%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.17%) Reinsurance
2 13 (3.87%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.87%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.27%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.98%) Fixed Income
5 9 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.38%) iPad
6 8 (2.38%) iPhone
7 6 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.49%) Derivative
8 5 (1.49%) Equities
8 5 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.19%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.19%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.89%) Pricing Data
11 2 (0.60%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.85%) Windows
2 8 (2.38%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.49%) Linux
4 3 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
6 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (25.60%) Agile
2 68 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (19.94%) Data Analysis
4 53 (15.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (13.99%) Business Analysis
5 47 (13.99%) User Acceptance Testing
6 43 (12.80%) User Stories
7 36 (10.71%) Migration
8 34 (10.12%) Business Intelligence
8 34 (10.12%) Requirements Gathering
9 32 (9.52%) Analytics
10 31 (9.23%) Decision-Making
10 31 (9.23%) Workshop Facilitation
11 28 (8.33%) Asset Management
12 27 (8.04%) Data Modelling
12 27 (8.04%) Project Management
13 26 (7.74%) Validation
14 24 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
14 24 (7.14%) Project Delivery
14 24 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 65 (19.35%) SQL
2 35 (10.42%) Python
3 7 (2.08%) VBA
4 6 (1.79%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.89%) Bash
6 3 (0.89%) Java
7 2 (0.60%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) C++
7 2 (0.60%) Korn
7 2 (0.60%) R
7 2 (0.60%) RPG
8 1 (0.30%) C
8 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.30%) VC++
Qualifications
1 36 (10.71%) Degree
2 25 (7.44%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.79%) CBAP
6 5 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.89%) CFA
7 3 (0.89%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.89%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) ACCA
8 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.60%) CIMA
8 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.65%) QA
3 9 (2.68%) EMIR
3 9 (2.68%) MiFID
4 6 (1.79%) GDPR
4 6 (1.79%) PMO
5 5 (1.49%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.49%) SEPA
6 3 (0.89%) PSD2
6 3 (0.89%) SLA
7 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.30%) Basel III
7 1 (0.30%) GAAP
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.30%) NIST
7 1 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 9 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Firmware
2 1 (0.30%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (1.19%) SCCM
2 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.30%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 64 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.46%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.57%) Oracle
4 10 (2.98%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.38%) Google
6 7 (2.08%) Citrix
6 7 (2.08%) SAP
7 5 (1.49%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.49%) ION Trading
7 5 (1.49%) Workday
8 4 (1.19%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.89%) Adobe
9 3 (0.89%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.89%) Broadcom
9 3 (0.89%) Charles River
9 3 (0.89%) Hyperion
9 3 (0.89%) IBM
9 3 (0.89%) Reuters
9 3 (0.89%) Splunk
9 3 (0.89%) VMware