Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025.

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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 271 317 499
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 15.51% 14.66% 14.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.66% 15.42% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 215 325
10th Percentile £263 £329 £240
25th Percentile £391 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £542
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -0.74% +3.14%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £756
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £25.66 - £13.23
25th Percentile £27.15 £21.25 £14.69
Median hourly rate £29.66 £23.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.93% -9.80% +4.08%
75th Percentile £32.17 £40.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £33.67 - £70.00
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +26.39% -9.80% +4.08%

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 1,627 2,056 3,332
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 95.05% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,017 1,448 2,269
10th Percentile £350 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% +5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £819
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% -34.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £47.50 £28.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £89.13 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £28.61 £26.41 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.35% -24.56% -9.09%

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 17 May 2025.

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
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 17 May 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
Moorgate - 1 £300 -
Analyst
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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.

1 118 (43.54%) Finance
2 100 (36.90%) Social Skills
3 66 (24.35%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (23.25%) SQL
5 55 (20.30%) Data Analysis
6 53 (19.56%) Agile
7 52 (19.19%) Banking
8 50 (18.45%) Business Analysis
9 48 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
10 44 (16.24%) Microsoft
11 37 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 35 (12.92%) Microsoft Excel
13 34 (12.55%) Python
14 33 (12.18%) User Acceptance Testing
15 32 (11.81%) Azure
16 30 (11.07%) Degree
17 29 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
18 28 (10.33%) Project Management
18 28 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
19 26 (9.59%) Power Platform
19 26 (9.59%) Decision-Making
19 26 (9.59%) User Stories
20 25 (9.23%) Analytics
21 24 (8.86%) Migration
22 23 (8.49%) Front Office
22 23 (8.49%) Asset Management
22 23 (8.49%) Power BI
23 22 (8.12%) Windows
24 21 (7.75%) Data Modelling
24 21 (7.75%) Process Improvement

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 16 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.69%) Confluence
3 4 (1.48%) CMS
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.11%) SAS
5 2 (0.74%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (12.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.38%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.58%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (2.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.37%) EViews
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.48%) Aladdin
2 4 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.11%) CA PPM
3 3 (1.11%) ION Anvil
3 3 (1.11%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.74%) Actimize
4 2 (0.74%) Endur
4 2 (0.74%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.74%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.74%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.37%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.37%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.81%) Azure
2 26 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 16 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.58%) Snowflake
5 6 (2.21%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.21%) GCP
5 6 (2.21%) SaaS
6 5 (1.85%) AWS
7 4 (1.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.48%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.11%) Collibra
8 3 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.74%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (0.74%) dbt
9 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.74%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.37%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.48%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.11%) DNS
2 3 (1.11%) Firewall
2 3 (1.11%) LAN
3 2 (0.74%) DHCP
3 2 (0.74%) HTTP
3 2 (0.74%) Intranet
3 2 (0.74%) NAS
3 2 (0.74%) VPN
3 2 (0.74%) WAN
3 2 (0.74%) WebEx
4 1 (0.37%) Multicast
4 1 (0.37%) Network Security
4 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.49%) Power BI
2 15 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.54%) Tableau
3 9 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.85%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.11%) Big Data
7 3 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (1.11%) Metadata
7 3 (1.11%) Power Query
7 3 (1.11%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.74%) MySQL
8 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.37%) QlikView
9 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 19 (7.01%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) Git
2 2 (0.74%) JMeter
2 2 (0.74%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.37%) Appium
3 1 (0.37%) eggPlant
3 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.37%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.37%) Postman
3 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 118 (43.54%) Finance
2 100 (36.90%) Social Skills
3 66 (24.35%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (19.19%) Banking
5 23 (8.49%) Front Office
6 20 (7.38%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.54%) Back Office
8 11 (4.06%) Financial Institution
8 11 (4.06%) Investment Banking
9 10 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.69%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.69%) Retail
10 9 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.58%) Legal
13 5 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.48%) International Banking
14 4 (1.48%) Marketing
15 3 (1.11%) Arabic Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.85%) Kafka
1 5 (1.85%) XML
2 4 (1.48%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (1.48%) FpML
3 3 (1.11%) ADO
4 2 (0.74%) JSON
4 2 (0.74%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.74%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.37%) .NET
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.37%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.37%) REST
5 1 (0.37%) Swagger
5 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (4.80%) Fixed Income
3 12 (4.43%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.06%) Equities
5 9 (3.32%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 6 (2.21%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.21%) Derivative
7 6 (2.21%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.48%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.11%) iPad
10 3 (1.11%) iPhone
10 3 (1.11%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.11%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.74%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.12%) Windows
2 9 (3.32%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.21%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.85%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.85%) Linux
5 3 (1.11%) Android
5 3 (1.11%) Unix
6 2 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (20.30%) Data Analysis
2 53 (19.56%) Agile
3 50 (18.45%) Business Analysis
4 48 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (12.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 29 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
8 28 (10.33%) Project Management
8 28 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
9 26 (9.59%) Decision-Making
9 26 (9.59%) User Stories
10 25 (9.23%) Analytics
11 24 (8.86%) Migration
12 23 (8.49%) Asset Management
13 21 (7.75%) Data Modelling
13 21 (7.75%) Process Improvement
13 21 (7.75%) Visualisation
13 21 (7.75%) Workshop Facilitation
14 18 (6.64%) Acceptance Criteria
15 17 (6.27%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (23.25%) SQL
2 34 (12.55%) Python
3 10 (3.69%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.85%) VBA
5 4 (1.48%) Java
5 4 (1.48%) R
6 2 (0.74%) C
6 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.37%) Bash
7 1 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) Ruby
7 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (11.07%) Degree
2 14 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.80%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.85%) CFA
5 4 (1.48%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.48%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.11%) CBAP
6 3 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.74%) ACCA
7 2 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.74%) MBA
7 2 (0.74%) PMP
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.37%) CISM
8 1 (0.37%) CRISC
8 1 (0.37%) IIBA
8 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.37%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.06%) Data Quality
1 11 (4.06%) QA
2 7 (2.58%) EMIR
2 7 (2.58%) MiFID
3 6 (2.21%) GDPR
4 5 (1.85%) PMO
4 5 (1.85%) SEPA
5 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.11%) SLA
6 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.74%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.37%) GAAP
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) IFRS
7 1 (0.37%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.37%) PERC
7 1 (0.37%) UCITS
System Software
1 18 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.85%) SCCM
2 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.74%) AirWatch
3 2 (0.74%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (0.74%) Terraform
4 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 44 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.64%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.17%) SAP
4 13 (4.80%) Oracle
5 11 (4.06%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.32%) Bloomberg
7 8 (2.95%) Citrix
8 7 (2.58%) Google
9 5 (1.85%) Workday
10 4 (1.48%) ION Trading
10 4 (1.48%) Reuters
11 3 (1.11%) Broadcom
11 3 (1.11%) Refinitiv
11 3 (1.11%) VMware
12 2 (0.74%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.74%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.74%) iManage
12 2 (0.74%) Intapp
12 2 (0.74%) SimCorp
12 2 (0.74%) Trayport