Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 324 424 612
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 15.25% 14.44% 13.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.22% 15.31% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 289 425
10th Percentile £263 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £720 £766 £734
Central London median daily rate £523 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 7
10th Percentile £32.85 £21.35 £18.50
25th Percentile £49.13 £35.00 £21.75
Median hourly rate £77.50 £36.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +115.28% +18.03% +8.93%
75th Percentile £113.75 £38.00 £39.25
90th Percentile £134.75 £56.45 £56.55
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -2.78% +29.73% -7.50%

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 1,998 2,770 4,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 94.35% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,248 1,916 2,928
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £596 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% +3.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £788
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £565
% change year-on-year - +1.77% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 58
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.69 £15.60
25th Percentile £22.84 £17.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £48.00 £36.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.10% +51.96%
75th Percentile £112.00 £46.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £137.50 £65.50 £77.53
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -1.41% -8.39% +53.47%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Analyst 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 24 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst 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 24 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the City of London

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 24 September 2024, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 129 (39.81%) Finance
2 82 (25.31%) Agile
3 81 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 67 (20.68%) SQL
5 57 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
6 56 (17.28%) Business Analysis
7 45 (13.89%) Microsoft
8 44 (13.58%) Banking
9 43 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (11.73%) User Acceptance Testing
11 37 (11.42%) Data Analysis
12 32 (9.88%) Migration
13 31 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (9.57%) Python
13 31 (9.57%) Public Sector
14 29 (8.95%) QA
14 29 (8.95%) Degree
14 29 (8.95%) User Stories
15 26 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
16 25 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (7.72%) Analytics
16 25 (7.72%) Decision-Making
17 24 (7.41%) Acceptance Criteria
17 24 (7.41%) Power Platform
17 24 (7.41%) Data Quality
18 23 (7.10%) Validation
18 23 (7.10%) Product Ownership
19 22 (6.79%) Workshop Facilitation
19 22 (6.79%) Power BI
19 22 (6.79%) Windows

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.32%) Confluence
2 9 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.62%) Camunda
4 2 (0.62%) SAS
5 1 (0.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (8.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.47%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.85%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.62%) Endur
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.31%) Aligne
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.31%) iTrent
4 1 (0.31%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.31%) RiskWrite
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.31%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.31%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 20 (6.17%) Azure
3 14 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (2.47%) WhatsApp
5 7 (2.16%) AWS
6 6 (1.85%) GCP
6 6 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.23%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.93%) Collibra
9 3 (0.93%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.93%) Miro
9 3 (0.93%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.62%) Figma
10 2 (0.62%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (0.62%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.54%) Firewall
2 3 (0.93%) Internet
3 2 (0.62%) DHCP
3 2 (0.62%) DNS
3 2 (0.62%) Network Security
3 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.62%) VPN
3 2 (0.62%) WebEx
4 1 (0.31%) Intranet
4 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.79%) Power BI
2 15 (4.63%) Tableau
3 12 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.85%) BigQuery
5 6 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.93%) Big Data
6 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.93%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.62%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.62%) MS Access
7 2 (0.62%) NonStop SQL
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.62%) QlikView
7 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.17%) JIRA
2 10 (3.09%) Postman
3 4 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (0.93%) CircleCI
4 3 (0.93%) Git
4 3 (0.93%) Selenium
5 2 (0.62%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.62%) GitLab
5 2 (0.62%) JMeter
5 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.31%) Appium
6 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.31%) RStudio
6 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 129 (39.81%) Finance
2 81 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 57 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (13.58%) Banking
5 31 (9.57%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.17%) Back Office
7 17 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.09%) Front Office
8 10 (3.09%) Investment Banking
8 10 (3.09%) Retail
9 9 (2.78%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.47%) Marketing
11 7 (2.16%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.23%) Legal
12 4 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.93%) International Banking
13 3 (0.93%) Law
13 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.16%) .NET
1 7 (2.16%) XML
2 3 (0.93%) FpML
2 3 (0.93%) JSON
2 3 (0.93%) Swagger
3 2 (0.62%) .NET Framework
3 2 (0.62%) Blazor
3 2 (0.62%) HTML
3 2 (0.62%) LDAP
3 2 (0.62%) Middleware
3 2 (0.62%) PySpark
3 2 (0.62%) REST
3 2 (0.62%) RESTful
3 2 (0.62%) Web Services
4 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.31%) J2EE
4 1 (0.31%) SAP XI
4 1 (0.31%) WSDL
4 1 (0.31%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.10%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.63%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 8 (2.47%) Derivative
5 7 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.54%) iPhone
7 5 (1.54%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.23%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.62%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.62%) Equities
10 2 (0.62%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.62%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.62%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.79%) Windows
2 8 (2.47%) Linux
3 7 (2.16%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.54%) Android
4 5 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (25.31%) Agile
2 56 (17.28%) Business Analysis
3 43 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (11.73%) User Acceptance Testing
5 37 (11.42%) Data Analysis
6 32 (9.88%) Migration
7 31 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (8.95%) User Stories
9 25 (7.72%) Analytics
9 25 (7.72%) Decision-Making
9 25 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (7.41%) Acceptance Criteria
11 23 (7.10%) Validation
12 22 (6.79%) Workshop Facilitation
13 21 (6.48%) Data Modelling
13 21 (6.48%) Requirements Gathering
14 20 (6.17%) ITIL
15 18 (5.56%) Project Management
15 18 (5.56%) Test Automation
16 17 (5.25%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 67 (20.68%) SQL
2 31 (9.57%) Python
3 8 (2.47%) C#
4 7 (2.16%) VBA
5 5 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.54%) Kotlin
6 4 (1.23%) Java
6 4 (1.23%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.23%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.23%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.93%) R
8 2 (0.62%) Bash
8 2 (0.62%) Perl
8 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.31%) ABAP
9 1 (0.31%) Cypher
9 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.31%) Scala
9 1 (0.31%) VB
9 1 (0.31%) VC++
Qualifications
1 29 (8.95%) Degree
2 17 (5.25%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.40%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.54%) CISSP
5 4 (1.23%) CISA
5 4 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.93%) CISM
6 3 (0.93%) CRISC
6 3 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.93%) IIBA
6 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.62%) GCIA
7 2 (0.62%) GCIH
7 2 (0.62%) GIAC
7 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.62%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.62%) PMP
7 2 (0.62%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.95%) QA
2 24 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.40%) PMO
4 9 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.85%) GDPR
6 5 (1.54%) EMIR
6 5 (1.54%) GRC
7 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.93%) SLA
8 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.62%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.62%) MiFID
8 2 (0.62%) NIST
8 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.31%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.93%) Docker
2 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (1.23%) SCCM
2 2 (0.62%) Control-M
2 2 (0.62%) CSIRT
2 2 (0.62%) Nessus
2 2 (0.62%) QRadar
2 2 (0.62%) Terraform
3 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.31%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.79%) SAP
3 15 (4.63%) Oracle
4 8 (2.47%) Citrix
4 8 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.85%) Murex
5 6 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.54%) Apple
6 5 (1.54%) Bloomberg
6 5 (1.54%) Google
6 5 (1.54%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.23%) Orchard
8 3 (0.93%) Alteryx
8 3 (0.93%) Calypso
8 3 (0.93%) Cisco
8 3 (0.93%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.62%) Adobe
9 2 (0.62%) Ariba
9 2 (0.62%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.62%) Interwoven