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 £466, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 306 331 431
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 17.78% 15.62% 15.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.95% 16.67% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 217 290
10th Percentile £276 £262 £325
25th Percentile £355 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £655
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
Central London median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £19.52 £40.25 £21.35
25th Percentile £24.05 £53.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £30.29 £77.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.92% +115.28% +9.09%
75th Percentile £49.19 £113.75 £38.00
90th Percentile £72.93 £134.75 £56.45
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -2.78% +18.03%

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 1,615 1,986 2,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 93.72% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,229 1,865
10th Percentile £328 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.95% +3.04%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £784 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 13
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £25.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.04 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.98% +51.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £65.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -5.41% -10.84%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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
London Bridge - 1 - -
Analyst
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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.

1 148 (48.37%) Finance
2 108 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 85 (27.78%) Agile
4 78 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (18.95%) Data Analysis
6 57 (18.63%) Microsoft
7 56 (18.30%) SQL
7 56 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 46 (15.03%) Banking
9 46 (15.03%) Business Analysis
10 45 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
11 41 (13.40%) User Stories
12 39 (12.75%) Migration
13 34 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
14 32 (10.46%) Requirements Gathering
15 31 (10.13%) Python
15 31 (10.13%) Degree
15 31 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 30 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
17 27 (8.82%) Project Delivery
17 27 (8.82%) Data Modelling
18 26 (8.50%) Project Management
18 26 (8.50%) Analytics
19 25 (8.17%) Validation
19 25 (8.17%) Scrum
19 25 (8.17%) Decision-Making
19 25 (8.17%) Acceptance Criteria
20 24 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
21 23 (7.52%) JIRA

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 (4.58%) Confluence
2 11 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) CMS
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 34 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.25%) MS Visio
4 11 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.94%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.63%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.98%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.65%) HFM
5 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.33%) Endur
6 1 (0.33%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (7.19%) Azure
2 20 (6.54%) Power Platform
3 13 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.96%) GCP
5 6 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.63%) AWS
6 5 (1.63%) Snowflake
7 4 (1.31%) Collibra
7 4 (1.31%) SaaS
8 3 (0.98%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.98%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.65%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (0.65%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.65%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.65%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.33%) Miro
10 1 (0.33%) prismic.io
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.63%) Firewall
2 4 (1.31%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.98%) LAN
3 3 (0.98%) Network Security
4 2 (0.65%) DNS
4 2 (0.65%) WebEx
4 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.33%) ATM
5 1 (0.33%) DHCP
5 1 (0.33%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) SSH
5 1 (0.33%) VPN
5 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.21%) Power BI
2 14 (4.58%) Tableau
3 9 (2.94%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.94%) Star Schema
4 7 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.63%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.98%) Metadata
7 2 (0.65%) Looker
7 2 (0.65%) MySQL
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.65%) Power Query
7 2 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.33%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 23 (7.52%) JIRA
2 2 (0.65%) Git
2 2 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.33%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.33%) eggPlant
3 1 (0.33%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.33%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.33%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.33%) Postman
3 1 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 148 (48.37%) Finance
2 108 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 78 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (15.03%) Banking
5 22 (7.19%) Front Office
6 20 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (4.25%) Back Office
8 13 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.92%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.59%) Investment Banking
10 11 (3.59%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.27%) Legal
12 7 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.29%) Law
13 6 (1.96%) Retail
14 5 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.63%) Marketing
15 2 (0.65%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.29%) XML
2 3 (0.98%) ADO
3 2 (0.65%) .NET
3 2 (0.65%) JSON
3 2 (0.65%) Kafka
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.33%) CSS
4 1 (0.33%) DCOM
4 1 (0.33%) Flask
4 1 (0.33%) HTML
4 1 (0.33%) OAuth
4 1 (0.33%) OpenID
4 1 (0.33%) Pandas
4 1 (0.33%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.33%) RESTful
4 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.33%) Swagger
4 1 (0.33%) XSD
4 1 (0.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.54%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.92%) Reinsurance
3 11 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.29%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.29%) iPad
7 7 (2.29%) iPhone
8 6 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.96%) Derivative
9 5 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.98%) CMDB
11 3 (0.98%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.98%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.98%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.21%) Windows
2 8 (2.61%) Mac OS
3 5 (1.63%) Linux
4 1 (0.33%) Android
4 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.33%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.33%) Unix
4 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.78%) Agile
2 58 (18.95%) Data Analysis
3 56 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (15.03%) Business Analysis
6 45 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
7 41 (13.40%) User Stories
8 39 (12.75%) Migration
9 32 (10.46%) Requirements Gathering
10 31 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 30 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
12 27 (8.82%) Data Modelling
12 27 (8.82%) Project Delivery
13 26 (8.50%) Analytics
13 26 (8.50%) Project Management
14 25 (8.17%) Acceptance Criteria
14 25 (8.17%) Decision-Making
14 25 (8.17%) Scrum
14 25 (8.17%) Validation
15 24 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.30%) SQL
2 31 (10.13%) Python
3 7 (2.29%) VBA
4 5 (1.63%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.98%) Bash
6 3 (0.98%) C#
6 3 (0.98%) C++
6 3 (0.98%) Java
7 2 (0.65%) Korn
7 2 (0.65%) RPG
8 1 (0.33%) C
8 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.33%) R
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 31 (10.13%) Degree
2 21 (6.86%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.61%) CBAP
5 6 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.31%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.65%) ACCA
8 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.65%) CFA
8 2 (0.65%) CIMA
8 2 (0.65%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.65%) ISEB
9 1 (0.33%) CEH
9 1 (0.33%) CISMP
9 1 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.33%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.19%) QA
2 20 (6.54%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.59%) EMIR
4 10 (3.27%) MiFID
5 7 (2.29%) PMO
6 6 (1.96%) GDPR
7 5 (1.63%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.63%) SEPA
8 3 (0.98%) PSD2
9 2 (0.65%) Basel III
9 2 (0.65%) GRC
9 2 (0.65%) NIST
9 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.65%) SLA
10 1 (0.33%) CRD IV
10 1 (0.33%) GAAP
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.33%) Firmware
2 1 (0.33%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (1.31%) SCCM
2 1 (0.33%) Ansible
2 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.33%) Terraform
2 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 57 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.90%) Salesforce
3 9 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.61%) Oracle
5 7 (2.29%) Google
6 5 (1.63%) Citrix
6 5 (1.63%) SAP
7 4 (1.31%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.31%) ION Trading
7 4 (1.31%) Workday
8 3 (0.98%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.98%) Charles River
8 3 (0.98%) Hyperion
8 3 (0.98%) IBM
8 3 (0.98%) Splunk
8 3 (0.98%) VMware
9 2 (0.65%) Adobe
9 2 (0.65%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.65%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.65%) PeopleSoft