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 10 May 2026.

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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 293 267 319
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.69% 15.20% 14.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.42% 16.34% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 171 216
10th Percentile £305 £263 £331
25th Percentile £375 £389 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £749 £725 £700
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
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% -34.29%
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% -34.29%

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 2,184 1,634 2,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 93.00% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,457 1,027 1,470
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 15
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £31.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +34.78% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.41 £48.75 £27.25
90th Percentile £62.36 £92.75 £40.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.78
% change year-on-year -10.18% +12.76% -26.34%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 54 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (18.09%) Business Analysis
3 52 (17.75%) Agile
4 43 (14.68%) Microsoft
5 42 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (13.99%) SQL
7 40 (13.65%) User Stories
8 39 (13.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 38 (12.97%) Workshop Facilitation
10 37 (12.63%) Requirements Gathering
11 36 (12.29%) Data Analysis
12 33 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (11.26%) Power Platform
13 31 (10.58%) Data Modelling
13 31 (10.58%) Power BI
14 30 (10.24%) Analytics
14 30 (10.24%) Microsoft Excel
14 30 (10.24%) Security Cleared
15 27 (9.22%) Data Quality
15 27 (9.22%) User Acceptance Testing
16 26 (8.87%) JIRA
16 26 (8.87%) Migration
16 26 (8.87%) SC Cleared
17 25 (8.53%) Process Improvement
17 25 (8.53%) Validation
18 24 (8.19%) Data Governance
18 24 (8.19%) Decision-Making
18 24 (8.19%) QA
19 22 (7.51%) Project Delivery
20 21 (7.17%) Acceptance Criteria

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 (5.46%) Confluence
2 9 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) SAS
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 30 (10.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.14%) MS Visio
3 16 (5.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.37%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.68%) Actimize
4 2 (0.68%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.68%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.34%) Findur
5 1 (0.34%) iTrent
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.34%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.34%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 33 (11.26%) Power Platform
2 16 (5.46%) Azure
3 7 (2.39%) Snowflake
4 5 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (1.71%) SaaS
5 4 (1.37%) AWS
5 4 (1.37%) GCP
5 4 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (1.02%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.68%) Collibra
7 2 (0.68%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.68%) Slack
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.34%) FinancialForce
8 1 (0.34%) GitHub
8 1 (0.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.71%) Network Security
2 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.68%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.58%) Power BI
2 14 (4.78%) Tableau
3 11 (3.75%) Metadata
4 4 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.02%) Looker
5 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.68%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.34%) Big Data
7 1 (0.34%) GIS
7 1 (0.34%) KDB
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.34%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 26 (8.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.34%) GitLab
2 1 (0.34%) Selenium
2 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.34%) WinAutomation
General
1 122 (41.64%) Finance
2 85 (29.01%) Social Skills
3 83 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (14.68%) Banking
5 18 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.10%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.07%) Law
8 9 (3.07%) Legal
8 9 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.05%) Front Office
9 6 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.71%) Marketing
11 4 (1.37%) Publishing
11 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.02%) Back Office
12 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.02%) Retail
13 2 (0.68%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.02%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.68%) JSON
2 2 (0.68%) Murex MxML
2 2 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.68%) Playwright
2 2 (0.68%) PySpark
3 1 (0.34%) .NET
3 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.34%) GeoJSON
3 1 (0.34%) Great Expectations
3 1 (0.34%) LDAP
3 1 (0.34%) Middleware
3 1 (0.34%) Next.js
3 1 (0.34%) Node.js
3 1 (0.34%) NumPy
3 1 (0.34%) Pandas
3 1 (0.34%) pytest
3 1 (0.34%) React
3 1 (0.34%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.46%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.12%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.73%) Fixed Income
3 8 (2.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (2.39%) Derivative
4 7 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.05%) Equities
5 6 (2.05%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.71%) Credit Risk
6 5 (1.71%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.71%) PMI
6 5 (1.71%) Reinsurance
6 5 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.37%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.02%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.02%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.05%) Windows
2 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (18.09%) Business Analysis
3 52 (17.75%) Agile
4 42 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (13.65%) User Stories
6 39 (13.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 38 (12.97%) Workshop Facilitation
8 37 (12.63%) Requirements Gathering
9 36 (12.29%) Data Analysis
10 33 (11.26%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (10.58%) Data Modelling
12 30 (10.24%) Analytics
13 27 (9.22%) User Acceptance Testing
14 26 (8.87%) Migration
15 25 (8.53%) Process Improvement
15 25 (8.53%) Validation
16 24 (8.19%) Data Governance
16 24 (8.19%) Decision-Making
17 22 (7.51%) Project Delivery
18 21 (7.17%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.99%) SQL
2 21 (7.17%) Python
3 3 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.68%) Java
4 2 (0.68%) R
5 1 (0.34%) C#
5 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.34%) Scala
5 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (10.24%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.87%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.80%) Degree
4 6 (2.05%) CBAP
4 6 (2.05%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.71%) CISSP
6 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.37%) CISA
6 4 (1.37%) CRISC
7 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) IIBA
7 2 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.34%) ACCA
8 1 (0.34%) CFA
8 1 (0.34%) CISM
8 1 (0.34%) GIAC
8 1 (0.34%) ISEB
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.22%) Data Quality
2 24 (8.19%) QA
3 8 (2.73%) PMO
4 7 (2.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.71%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.71%) NIST
5 5 (1.71%) PSD2
6 4 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.37%) COBIT
6 4 (1.37%) IFRS
6 4 (1.37%) ITGC
7 3 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.02%) Basel III
7 3 (1.02%) GDPR
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.68%) MiFID
8 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.68%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.34%) GAAP
System Software
1 3 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (14.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.41%) SAP
3 8 (2.73%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.39%) Databricks
4 7 (2.39%) Oracle
5 6 (2.05%) Murex
5 6 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.71%) Google
6 5 (1.71%) Workday
7 3 (1.02%) Intapp
7 3 (1.02%) Splunk
8 2 (0.68%) Amplitude
8 2 (0.68%) Tenable
9 1 (0.34%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.34%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.34%) Avature
9 1 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.34%) Dataiku
9 1 (0.34%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.34%) Guidewire