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 £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 275 247 354
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.02% 13.91% 15.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.84% 15.00% 15.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 165 236
10th Percentile £313 £263 £347
25th Percentile £405 £400 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -5.45% +1.90%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £721 £725 £706
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £19.08 £25.98 -
25th Percentile £21.87 £27.96 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +4.00% -34.90%
75th Percentile £47.25 £34.21 £40.00
90th Percentile £57.90 £34.49 -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £23.00
% change year-on-year -10.18% +26.39% -52.08%

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 1,987 1,647 2,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.74% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,370 1,043 1,586
10th Percentile £350 £363 £340
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £687
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 23 8 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.00 £19.92
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% +41.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £49.83 £38.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £90.38 £49.35
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £26.41
% change year-on-year -15.77% +17.40% -24.56%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 - 1 £650 -
Analyst
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 22 March 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 67 (24.36%) Agile
2 61 (22.18%) Business Analysis
3 53 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (18.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (16.36%) SQL
7 42 (15.27%) Microsoft
8 41 (14.91%) Workshop Facilitation
9 39 (14.18%) User Acceptance Testing
9 39 (14.18%) User Stories
10 38 (13.82%) Data Analysis
11 37 (13.45%) Requirements Gathering
12 36 (13.09%) Security Cleared
13 35 (12.73%) JIRA
14 33 (12.00%) Power Platform
14 33 (12.00%) SC Cleared
15 32 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
15 32 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
16 31 (11.27%) Process Improvement
17 30 (10.91%) Power BI
18 28 (10.18%) QA
19 27 (9.82%) Analytics
19 27 (9.82%) Migration
20 26 (9.45%) Data Modelling
20 26 (9.45%) Project Delivery
21 25 (9.09%) Validation
22 24 (8.73%) Data Quality
22 24 (8.73%) Python
23 23 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
23 23 (8.36%) 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 22 (8.00%) Confluence
2 12 (4.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.73%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 32 (11.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (8.36%) MS Visio
3 19 (6.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.73%) Actimize
2 2 (0.73%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.73%) Loan IQ
2 2 (0.73%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.36%) Algo Collateral
3 1 (0.36%) Endur
3 1 (0.36%) Findur
3 1 (0.36%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.36%) iTrent
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.36%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.36%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 16 (5.82%) Azure
3 6 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (1.82%) AWS
4 5 (1.82%) GCP
4 5 (1.82%) SaaS
5 4 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.45%) Google Analytics
5 4 (1.45%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.09%) Miro
7 2 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.73%) Collibra
7 2 (0.73%) GitHub
7 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.73%) Slack
7 2 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.36%) FinancialForce
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.55%) Network Security
2 5 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.73%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.91%) Power BI
2 19 (6.91%) Tableau
3 7 (2.55%) Metadata
4 4 (1.45%) Looker
4 4 (1.45%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.09%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.09%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.36%) Big Data
6 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.36%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.36%) MySQL
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.36%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.36%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (12.73%) JIRA
2 2 (0.73%) Selenium
2 2 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.36%) Postman
3 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.36%) WinAutomation
General
1 112 (40.73%) Finance
2 94 (34.18%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (31.64%) Social Skills
4 52 (18.91%) Banking
5 25 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.82%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (5.45%) Investment Banking
8 13 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.64%) Legal
10 9 (3.27%) Law
11 8 (2.91%) Front Office
11 8 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.82%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.45%) Back Office
13 4 (1.45%) Publishing
14 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.09%) Retail
14 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.09%) .NET
2 2 (0.73%) JSON
2 2 (0.73%) Murex MxML
2 2 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.73%) Playwright
2 2 (0.73%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.73%) XML
3 1 (0.36%) GeoJSON
3 1 (0.36%) Middleware
3 1 (0.36%) Next.js
3 1 (0.36%) NumPy
3 1 (0.36%) Pandas
3 1 (0.36%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.82%) Product Ownership
2 15 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.27%) Derivative
4 8 (2.91%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.91%) Fixed Income
4 8 (2.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (2.91%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.82%) Equities
7 5 (1.82%) PMI
7 5 (1.82%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.45%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.45%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.09%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.09%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.45%) Unix
2 3 (1.09%) Windows
3 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.73%) Linux
3 2 (0.73%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.36%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (24.36%) Agile
2 61 (22.18%) Business Analysis
3 53 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (18.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (14.91%) Workshop Facilitation
7 39 (14.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 39 (14.18%) User Stories
8 38 (13.82%) Data Analysis
9 37 (13.45%) Requirements Gathering
10 32 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (11.27%) Process Improvement
12 27 (9.82%) Analytics
12 27 (9.82%) Migration
13 26 (9.45%) Data Modelling
13 26 (9.45%) Project Delivery
14 25 (9.09%) Validation
15 23 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (8.00%) Change Management
16 22 (8.00%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.36%) SQL
2 24 (8.73%) Python
3 3 (1.09%) Java
3 3 (1.09%) R
4 2 (0.73%) C#
4 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.73%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.36%) C++
5 1 (0.36%) Scala
5 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (13.09%) Security Cleared
2 33 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.27%) Degree
4 7 (2.55%) CBAP
5 6 (2.18%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.09%) CISSP
7 3 (1.09%) IIBA
7 3 (1.09%) ISEB
8 2 (0.73%) CFA
8 2 (0.73%) CISA
8 2 (0.73%) CISMP
8 2 (0.73%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.73%) CRISC
8 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.73%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.18%) QA
2 24 (8.73%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.91%) PMO
4 6 (2.18%) ISO 20022
4 6 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.82%) PSD2
6 4 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.45%) IFRS
6 4 (1.45%) NIST
7 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.09%) Basel III
7 3 (1.09%) GDPR
7 3 (1.09%) GRC
7 3 (1.09%) MiFID
8 2 (0.73%) COBIT
8 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.73%) EMIR
8 2 (0.73%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.36%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.36%) SCCM
2 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.00%) Salesforce
3 7 (2.55%) Oracle
4 6 (2.18%) Google
4 6 (2.18%) Murex
4 6 (2.18%) SAP
5 5 (1.82%) Databricks
5 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.82%) Workday
6 3 (1.09%) Intapp
7 2 (0.73%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.73%) Apple
7 2 (0.73%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.73%) Informatica
7 2 (0.73%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.73%) LogRhythm
7 2 (0.73%) Tenable
8 1 (0.36%) Charles River
8 1 (0.36%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.36%) Remedy