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 £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 268 244 372
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.68% 13.32% 15.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.57% 14.33% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 160 242
10th Percentile £314 £263 £335
25th Percentile £400 £400 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £632 £625 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £713
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +3.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £19.08 - -
25th Percentile £21.87 £31.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -9.72% +125.00%
75th Percentile £47.25 £33.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £57.90 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +18.64% +84.38%

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 1,839 1,703 2,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 92.96% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,260 1,041 1,615
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £437 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +1.05% -3.56%
75th Percentile £675 £681 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 21
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.58 £31.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.64 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +60.42% -31.43%
75th Percentile £51.00 £112.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £127.10 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% -20.00%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 66 (24.63%) Agile
2 53 (19.78%) Business Analysis
3 49 (18.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 46 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (17.16%) SQL
4 46 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (15.67%) Microsoft
6 37 (13.81%) Requirements Gathering
7 35 (13.06%) Data Analysis
7 35 (13.06%) User Acceptance Testing
7 35 (13.06%) User Stories
8 33 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
9 32 (11.94%) Workshop Facilitation
10 31 (11.57%) Power Platform
10 31 (11.57%) Process Improvement
10 31 (11.57%) Security Cleared
11 30 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
11 30 (11.19%) JIRA
12 28 (10.45%) Power BI
12 28 (10.45%) Project Delivery
12 28 (10.45%) SC Cleared
13 27 (10.07%) Data Modelling
13 27 (10.07%) Migration
14 25 (9.33%) Python
14 25 (9.33%) QA
14 25 (9.33%) Validation
15 24 (8.96%) Analytics
16 22 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (8.21%) Degree
16 22 (8.21%) MS Visio

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 (5.97%) Confluence
2 12 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.37%) SAS
4 1 (0.37%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 33 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (8.21%) MS Visio
3 18 (6.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.75%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.37%) Actimize
2 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.37%) Algo Collateral
2 1 (0.37%) Endur
2 1 (0.37%) HFM
2 1 (0.37%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.37%) iTrent
2 1 (0.37%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.37%) ProductWriter
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (11.57%) Power Platform
2 16 (5.97%) Azure
3 6 (2.24%) SaaS
4 5 (1.87%) AWS
4 5 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.87%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.49%) GCP
5 4 (1.49%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.12%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.75%) GitHub
7 2 (0.75%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.75%) Miro
7 2 (0.75%) Slack
7 2 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.37%) prismic.io
8 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.99%) Network Security
2 5 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.75%) DMZ
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.45%) Power BI
2 17 (6.34%) Tableau
3 5 (1.87%) Metadata
4 4 (1.49%) Looker
4 4 (1.49%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.49%) Star Schema
5 3 (1.12%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.37%) Big Data
6 1 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.37%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.37%) MySQL
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.37%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.37%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 30 (11.19%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Selenium
2 2 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.37%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.37%) Postman
3 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.37%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.37%) WinAutomation
General
1 113 (42.16%) Finance
2 87 (32.46%) Social Skills
3 85 (31.72%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (19.40%) Banking
5 21 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.60%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.60%) Investment Banking
7 12 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.10%) Front Office
8 11 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (3.36%) Legal
9 9 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.99%) Law
11 5 (1.87%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.12%) Back Office
13 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.12%) Retail
13 3 (1.12%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.75%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.12%) .NET
2 2 (0.75%) JSON
2 2 (0.75%) Murex MxML
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.75%) Playwright
2 2 (0.75%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.75%) XML
3 1 (0.37%) GeoJSON
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) Next.js
3 1 (0.37%) NumPy
3 1 (0.37%) Pandas
3 1 (0.37%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.22%) Onboarding
1 14 (5.22%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (2.99%) Derivative
2 8 (2.99%) Fixed Income
3 7 (2.61%) Virtual Team
4 6 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.87%) PMI
5 5 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.49%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.49%) Equities
7 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.12%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.75%) CMDB
8 2 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.87%) Windows
2 3 (1.12%) Unix
3 2 (0.75%) Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.63%) Agile
2 53 (19.78%) Business Analysis
3 49 (18.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 46 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (13.81%) Requirements Gathering
6 35 (13.06%) Data Analysis
6 35 (13.06%) User Acceptance Testing
6 35 (13.06%) User Stories
7 32 (11.94%) Workshop Facilitation
8 31 (11.57%) Process Improvement
9 30 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (10.45%) Project Delivery
11 27 (10.07%) Data Modelling
11 27 (10.07%) Migration
12 25 (9.33%) Validation
13 24 (8.96%) Analytics
14 22 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (7.84%) Decision-Making
16 20 (7.46%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.16%) SQL
2 25 (9.33%) Python
3 3 (1.12%) Java
3 3 (1.12%) R
4 2 (0.75%) C#
4 2 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.75%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.37%) C++
5 1 (0.37%) Korn
5 1 (0.37%) RPG
5 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (11.57%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.45%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.21%) Degree
4 8 (2.99%) CBAP
5 6 (2.24%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.49%) IIBA
7 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.12%) ISEB
8 2 (0.75%) CFA
8 2 (0.75%) CISMP
8 2 (0.75%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.75%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.75%) PMP
9 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.37%) ISACA
9 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.33%) QA
2 21 (7.84%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.99%) ISO 20022
3 8 (2.99%) PMO
4 7 (2.61%) PSD2
5 4 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.49%) GDPR
5 4 (1.49%) IFRS
5 4 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.12%) Basel III
6 3 (1.12%) GRC
6 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.12%) MiFID
7 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.75%) EMIR
7 2 (0.75%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.75%) NCSC
7 2 (0.75%) NIST
7 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.37%) Ansible
2 1 (0.37%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.37%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.37%) SCCM
2 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.10%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.24%) Databricks
3 6 (2.24%) Murex
3 6 (2.24%) Oracle
3 6 (2.24%) SAP
3 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow
4 5 (1.87%) Google
5 3 (1.12%) Intapp
5 3 (1.12%) ION Trading
5 3 (1.12%) Workday
6 2 (0.75%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.75%) Informatica
6 2 (0.75%) LogRhythm
6 2 (0.75%) Tenable
7 1 (0.37%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.37%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.37%) iManage
7 1 (0.37%) Sonatype
7 1 (0.37%) Xceptor