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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 276 318 328
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.32% 17.49% 15.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.06% 18.69% 16.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 200 218
10th Percentile £232 £270 £313
25th Percentile £356 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £596 £663 £638
90th Percentile £724 £725 £713
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £523
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £15.67 £19.76 £29.20
25th Percentile £15.93 £24.66 -
Median hourly rate £16.62 £34.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.13% -15.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £17.05 £36.00 £78.75
90th Percentile £17.16 £67.65 £120.75
Central London median hourly rate £16.62 £29.07 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.84% -27.33% +14.29%

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 2,289 1,701 2,035
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 93.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 1,082 1,396
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £453 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £571
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.09% -4.79%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 15
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £32.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +23.81% -25.00%
75th Percentile £39.81 £62.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £86.43 £67.35
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -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 6 July 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
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 6 July 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 6 July 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 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (16.30%) Agile
2 45 (16.30%) SQL
3 42 (15.22%) Microsoft
4 40 (14.49%) Analytics
4 40 (14.49%) Business Analysis
5 35 (12.68%) Data Analysis
5 35 (12.68%) User Stories
6 34 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (11.59%) Migration
8 31 (11.23%) Data Modelling
9 30 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
9 30 (10.87%) Validation
10 29 (10.51%) Power Platform
10 29 (10.51%) Requirements Gathering
11 28 (10.14%) Workshop Facilitation
12 27 (9.78%) Data Quality
12 27 (9.78%) Power BI
13 26 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
13 26 (9.42%) User Acceptance Testing
14 25 (9.06%) Decision-Making
14 25 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (8.33%) Security Cleared
16 21 (7.61%) Python
16 21 (7.61%) QA
17 20 (7.25%) Acceptance Criteria
17 20 (7.25%) Azure
17 20 (7.25%) Data Migration
17 20 (7.25%) SC Cleared
18 19 (6.88%) AI

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 12 (4.35%) Confluence
2 7 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.36%) CMS
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.36%) SAS
3 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.62%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.17%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.45%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.72%) Actimize
4 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.72%) 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 29 (10.51%) Power Platform
2 20 (7.25%) Azure
3 9 (3.26%) Snowflake
4 8 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.17%) AWS
5 6 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.17%) GCP
6 5 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.09%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.09%) SaaS
9 2 (0.72%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.09%) VPN
2 2 (0.72%) DHCP
2 2 (0.72%) DNS
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
3 1 (0.36%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.78%) Power BI
2 11 (3.99%) Tableau
3 8 (2.90%) Metadata
4 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.09%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.72%) Looker
7 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.72%) Power Query
8 1 (0.36%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.36%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.36%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.36%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 18 (6.52%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.36%) Selenium
3 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.36%) WinAutomation
General
1 125 (45.29%) Finance
2 78 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 68 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (13.04%) Banking
5 13 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.99%) Investment Banking
7 9 (3.26%) Front Office
8 8 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.17%) Back Office
9 6 (2.17%) Marketing
9 6 (2.17%) Retail
10 5 (1.81%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.81%) Legal
11 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.45%) Law
11 4 (1.45%) Publishing
11 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.45%) JSON
2 3 (1.09%) Middleware
2 3 (1.09%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.72%) Playwright
3 2 (0.72%) PySpark
3 2 (0.72%) XML
4 1 (0.36%) .NET
4 1 (0.36%) ADO
4 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.36%) GeoJSON
4 1 (0.36%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.36%) LDAP
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.36%) Next.js
4 1 (0.36%) Node.js
4 1 (0.36%) NumPy
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.36%) Pandas
4 1 (0.36%) pytest
4 1 (0.36%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.07%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (3.62%) Derivative
5 9 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.90%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.54%) Reinsurance
8 6 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.81%) CMDB
9 5 (1.81%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.45%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.45%) Equities
10 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.09%) Market Risk
11 3 (1.09%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.72%) Freedom of Information
12 2 (0.72%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.62%) Windows
2 4 (1.45%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.72%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (16.30%) Agile
3 40 (14.49%) Analytics
3 40 (14.49%) Business Analysis
4 35 (12.68%) Data Analysis
4 35 (12.68%) User Stories
5 34 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (11.59%) Migration
7 31 (11.23%) Data Modelling
8 30 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (10.87%) Validation
9 29 (10.51%) Requirements Gathering
10 28 (10.14%) Workshop Facilitation
11 26 (9.42%) User Acceptance Testing
12 25 (9.06%) Decision-Making
12 25 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (7.25%) Acceptance Criteria
13 20 (7.25%) Data Migration
14 19 (6.88%) AI
15 18 (6.52%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.30%) SQL
2 21 (7.61%) Python
3 6 (2.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.45%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.09%) R
6 2 (0.72%) Java
6 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.36%) C#
7 1 (0.36%) Korn
7 1 (0.36%) Scala
7 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.25%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.07%) Degree
4 6 (2.17%) CISSP
5 4 (1.45%) CISA
5 4 (1.45%) CRISC
6 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.72%) CBAP
7 1 (0.36%) CCNA
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%) ISEB
7 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.78%) Data Quality
2 21 (7.61%) QA
3 7 (2.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (2.17%) NIST
5 5 (1.81%) COBIT
5 5 (1.81%) PMO
6 4 (1.45%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.45%) GDPR
6 4 (1.45%) IFRS
6 4 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.45%) ITGC
7 2 (0.72%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.72%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.36%) Basel III
8 1 (0.36%) COREP
8 1 (0.36%) FINREP
8 1 (0.36%) GAAP
8 1 (0.36%) GMP
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) SCCM
2 2 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.99%) Databricks
2 11 (3.99%) SAP
3 8 (2.90%) Salesforce
3 8 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.54%) Murex
4 7 (2.54%) Workday
5 6 (2.17%) Oracle
6 5 (1.81%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.09%) Adobe
7 3 (1.09%) Citrix
7 3 (1.09%) Google
7 3 (1.09%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.09%) Splunk
8 2 (0.72%) Amplitude
8 2 (0.72%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.72%) Nexthink
8 2 (0.72%) Reuters
8 2 (0.72%) Tenable
9 1 (0.36%) Hitachi