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 £457, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 297 315 414
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 16.40% 14.58% 15.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.56% 15.66% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 205 277
10th Percentile £305 £275 £330
25th Percentile £363 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% -4.55% +1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £675
90th Percentile £670 £733 £725
Central London median daily rate £470 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -12.10% -2.73% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £26.52 £35.75 £35.75
25th Percentile £26.55 £42.50 £36.13
Median hourly rate £31.00 £55.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.64% +48.65% +21.31%
75th Percentile £49.19 £67.50 £37.63
90th Percentile £72.93 £74.25 £37.85
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% -2.78% +29.73%

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 1,691 2,012 2,450
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.11% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,245 1,741
10th Percentile £325 £359 £355
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £764 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +57.14% -42.35%
75th Percentile £52.19 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £64.30 £127.30 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.00% +40.08% -40.51%

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 5 December 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 5 December 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 82 (27.61%) Agile
2 60 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (17.51%) Microsoft
4 51 (17.17%) SQL
5 48 (16.16%) Business Analysis
5 48 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (15.15%) Data Analysis
6 45 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 41 (13.80%) User Acceptance Testing
8 39 (13.13%) User Stories
9 38 (12.79%) Migration
10 34 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
11 33 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
12 32 (10.77%) Degree
12 32 (10.77%) Security Cleared
13 31 (10.44%) JIRA
14 30 (10.10%) Data Modelling
15 29 (9.76%) Project Delivery
15 29 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
16 28 (9.43%) SC Cleared
17 27 (9.09%) Python
18 26 (8.75%) Acceptance Criteria
18 26 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
19 25 (8.42%) Decision-Making
20 24 (8.08%) Analytics
20 24 (8.08%) Power Platform
20 24 (8.08%) QA
21 23 (7.74%) Data Governance
21 23 (7.74%) Power BI
22 22 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement

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 19 (6.40%) Confluence
2 15 (5.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.67%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
4 1 (0.34%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 34 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (6.73%) MS Visio
3 18 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.34%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (3.03%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.67%) Endur
2 2 (0.67%) HFM
2 2 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) Algo Collateral
3 1 (0.34%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.34%) iTrent
3 1 (0.34%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.34%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (8.08%) Power Platform
2 16 (5.39%) Azure
3 8 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.02%) AWS
4 6 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.01%) Collibra
6 3 (1.01%) GCP
6 3 (1.01%) SaaS
6 3 (1.01%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.67%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.67%) Miro
7 2 (0.67%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.67%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.69%) Network Security
2 6 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.01%) Firewall
4 1 (0.34%) ATM
4 1 (0.34%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) SSH
4 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.74%) Power BI
2 16 (5.39%) Tableau
3 9 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.02%) Metadata
4 6 (2.02%) Star Schema
5 4 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.67%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.67%) Looker
7 2 (0.67%) MySQL
8 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.34%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.34%) Power Query
8 1 (0.34%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (10.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.67%) Git
2 2 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.34%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.34%) Postman
3 1 (0.34%) Selenium
3 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 130 (43.77%) Finance
2 92 (30.98%) Social Skills
3 80 (26.94%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (17.17%) Banking
5 22 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 17 (5.72%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (4.04%) Investment Banking
9 11 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.03%) Front Office
10 9 (3.03%) Legal
11 7 (2.36%) Back Office
11 7 (2.36%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.36%) Law
12 5 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.35%) Marketing
13 4 (1.35%) Retail
14 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.67%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.36%) XML
2 3 (1.01%) .NET
2 3 (1.01%) JSON
3 2 (0.67%) ADO
3 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.34%) CSS
4 1 (0.34%) DCOM
4 1 (0.34%) Flask
4 1 (0.34%) FpML
4 1 (0.34%) HTML
4 1 (0.34%) Middleware
4 1 (0.34%) OAuth
4 1 (0.34%) OpenID
4 1 (0.34%) Pandas
4 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.34%) XSD
4 1 (0.34%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.40%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (2.69%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.36%) Derivative
6 7 (2.36%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.02%) iPad
7 6 (2.02%) iPhone
8 5 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.68%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.35%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.35%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.35%) PMI
10 3 (1.01%) CMDB
10 3 (1.01%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.71%) Windows
2 6 (2.02%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.35%) Unix
4 2 (0.67%) Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Android
5 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.34%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (27.61%) Agile
2 60 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (16.16%) Business Analysis
3 48 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (15.15%) Data Analysis
4 45 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 41 (13.80%) User Acceptance Testing
6 39 (13.13%) User Stories
7 38 (12.79%) Migration
8 33 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 30 (10.10%) Data Modelling
10 29 (9.76%) Project Delivery
10 29 (9.76%) Requirements Gathering
11 26 (8.75%) Acceptance Criteria
11 26 (8.75%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (8.42%) Decision-Making
13 24 (8.08%) Analytics
14 23 (7.74%) Data Governance
15 22 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (7.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.17%) SQL
2 27 (9.09%) Python
3 4 (1.35%) C#
3 4 (1.35%) VBA
4 3 (1.01%) C++
4 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.01%) Java
5 2 (0.67%) Korn
5 2 (0.67%) R
5 2 (0.67%) RPG
6 1 (0.34%) C
6 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.34%) VC++
Qualifications
1 32 (10.77%) Degree
1 32 (10.77%) Security Cleared
2 28 (9.43%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.37%) CBAP
4 6 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.35%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.01%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (1.01%) IIBA
7 2 (0.67%) ACCA
7 2 (0.67%) CFA
7 2 (0.67%) CISMP
7 2 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.67%) GIAC
7 2 (0.67%) ISEB
7 2 (0.67%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.08%) QA
2 22 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.36%) GDPR
3 7 (2.36%) PMO
4 5 (1.68%) ISO 20022
4 5 (1.68%) PSD2
5 3 (1.01%) Basel III
5 3 (1.01%) EMIR
5 3 (1.01%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.01%) NIST
5 3 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.01%) SEPA
6 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.67%) GRC
6 2 (0.67%) MiFID
6 2 (0.67%) NCSC
6 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.34%) Ansible
2 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.04%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.03%) Oracle
4 6 (2.02%) SAP
5 5 (1.68%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.35%) Intapp
7 3 (1.01%) Google
7 3 (1.01%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.67%) Adobe
8 2 (0.67%) Apple
8 2 (0.67%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.67%) Databricks
8 2 (0.67%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.67%) HP
8 2 (0.67%) IBM
8 2 (0.67%) Informatica
8 2 (0.67%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.67%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.67%) Tagetik
9 1 (0.34%) Altiris