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 £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 280 280 383
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 15.25% 13.88% 15.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.28% 14.93% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 184 259
10th Percentile £305 £275 £324
25th Percentile £366 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £614 £666 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £714
Central London median daily rate £475 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -11.21% -2.73% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £26.51 - £24.10
25th Percentile £26.54 £31.25 £28.38
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -9.72% -26.15%
75th Percentile £47.25 £33.75 £37.25
90th Percentile £57.90 - £37.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +18.64% -39.49%

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 1,720 1,876 2,313
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 92.96% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 1,147 1,657
10th Percentile £338 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £790
Central London median daily rate £541 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.87% +2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 14
10th Percentile £20.18 £14.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +95.92% -27.41%
75th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £52.50 £134.95 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -21.54%

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 1 January 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 1 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 74 (26.43%) Agile
2 55 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (17.86%) SQL
4 48 (17.14%) Microsoft
5 47 (16.79%) Business Analysis
6 45 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 43 (15.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 40 (14.29%) Data Analysis
9 37 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
9 37 (13.21%) User Stories
10 35 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
11 31 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
12 30 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
13 29 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (10.36%) JIRA
13 29 (10.36%) Project Delivery
13 29 (10.36%) Security Cleared
14 28 (10.00%) Migration
14 28 (10.00%) Power Platform
15 27 (9.64%) Power BI
16 26 (9.29%) Degree
16 26 (9.29%) SC Cleared
17 25 (8.93%) Decision-Making
17 25 (8.93%) Process Improvement
18 24 (8.57%) Acceptance Criteria
18 24 (8.57%) Analytics
18 24 (8.57%) Data Modelling
18 24 (8.57%) Python
19 23 (8.21%) QA
20 22 (7.86%) Data Governance

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 (5.71%) Confluence
2 11 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.71%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.36%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 35 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (7.14%) MS Visio
3 17 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.36%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (3.21%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.36%) Algo Collateral
3 1 (0.36%) Endur
3 1 (0.36%) HFM
3 1 (0.36%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.36%) iTrent
3 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.36%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 13 (4.64%) Azure
3 7 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.14%) AWS
4 6 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.43%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.43%) SaaS
6 3 (1.07%) GCP
6 3 (1.07%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.71%) Collibra
7 2 (0.71%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.71%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.71%) Miro
7 2 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.36%) Alation
8 1 (0.36%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.36%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.21%) Network Security
2 6 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.71%) DMZ
3 2 (0.71%) Firewall
4 1 (0.36%) ATM
4 1 (0.36%) Internet
4 1 (0.36%) SSH
4 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.64%) Power BI
2 18 (6.43%) Tableau
3 7 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.43%) Metadata
5 4 (1.43%) Star Schema
6 3 (1.07%) Looker
7 2 (0.71%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.71%) MySQL
8 1 (0.36%) Big Data
8 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.36%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.36%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 29 (10.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.36%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.36%) Git
3 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.36%) Postman
3 1 (0.36%) Selenium
3 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 118 (42.14%) Finance
2 86 (30.71%) Social Skills
3 83 (29.64%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (18.21%) Banking
5 20 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (5.00%) Investment Banking
8 13 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (4.29%) Front Office
10 10 (3.57%) Legal
10 10 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.50%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.50%) Law
12 6 (2.14%) Back Office
13 4 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.43%) Marketing
13 4 (1.43%) Retail
14 3 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.79%) XML
2 3 (1.07%) .NET
3 2 (0.71%) JSON
3 2 (0.71%) Murex MxML
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.36%) ADO
4 1 (0.36%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) OAuth
4 1 (0.36%) OpenID
4 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.36%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.93%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.14%) Derivative
6 5 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.79%) PMI
6 5 (1.79%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.43%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.43%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.43%) iPad
7 4 (1.43%) iPhone
7 4 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.07%) CMDB
8 3 (1.07%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.93%) Windows
2 4 (1.43%) Mac OS
2 4 (1.43%) Unix
3 2 (0.71%) Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (26.43%) Agile
2 55 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (16.79%) Business Analysis
4 45 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 43 (15.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 40 (14.29%) Data Analysis
7 37 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
7 37 (13.21%) User Stories
8 31 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
9 30 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
10 29 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (10.36%) Project Delivery
11 28 (10.00%) Migration
12 25 (8.93%) Decision-Making
12 25 (8.93%) Process Improvement
13 24 (8.57%) Acceptance Criteria
13 24 (8.57%) Analytics
13 24 (8.57%) Data Modelling
14 22 (7.86%) Data Governance
15 21 (7.50%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (17.86%) SQL
2 24 (8.57%) Python
3 4 (1.43%) C#
3 4 (1.43%) VBA
4 3 (1.07%) C++
4 3 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.71%) Java
5 2 (0.71%) Korn
5 2 (0.71%) R
5 2 (0.71%) RPG
6 1 (0.36%) C
6 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.36%) VC++
Qualifications
1 29 (10.36%) Security Cleared
2 26 (9.29%) Degree
2 26 (9.29%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.86%) CBAP
4 6 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.14%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.07%) CFA
6 3 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (1.07%) IIBA
7 2 (0.71%) ACCA
7 2 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.71%) CISMP
7 2 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) GIAC
7 2 (0.71%) ISEB
7 2 (0.71%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.21%) QA
2 19 (6.79%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.21%) PMO
4 7 (2.50%) GDPR
5 6 (2.14%) ISO 20022
5 6 (2.14%) PSD2
6 4 (1.43%) Basel III
6 4 (1.43%) MiFID
7 3 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.07%) EMIR
7 3 (1.07%) ISO 8583
7 3 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.71%) GRC
8 2 (0.71%) NCSC
8 2 (0.71%) NIST
8 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.71%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.36%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.64%) Salesforce
3 8 (2.86%) Oracle
4 6 (2.14%) SAP
5 5 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.43%) Google
6 4 (1.43%) Murex
7 3 (1.07%) Databricks
7 3 (1.07%) Intapp
8 2 (0.71%) Adobe
8 2 (0.71%) Apple
8 2 (0.71%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.71%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.71%) HP
8 2 (0.71%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.71%) IBM
8 2 (0.71%) Informatica
8 2 (0.71%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.71%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.36%) Alteryx