Analytical Skills Contracts in the City of London

Analytical Skills
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 16 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 214 185 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 12.18% 8.42% 7.18%
As % of the General category 17.15% 12.66% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 130 168
10th Percentile £358 £349 £323
25th Percentile £478 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £680 £683 £733
90th Percentile £786 £775 £841
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.00 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.08 - £36.25
75th Percentile £37.62 - £53.00
90th Percentile £53.30 - £53.45
Central London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.28 £36.25
% change year-on-year -42.06% +19.39% -40.33%

All General Skills
City of London

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,248 1,461 2,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.03% 66.50% 62.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 1,040 1,595
10th Percentile £332 £340 £363
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £691 £738
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £556 £600
% change year-on-year +3.37% -7.29% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 13
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.13 £15.10
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +14.29% -53.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £96.38 £32.05 £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -23.08%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the City of London

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the City of London

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the City of London

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the City of London

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the City of London

Analytical Skills
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 Analytical Skills within the City of London region over the 6 months to 2 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
London Bridge - 2 £425 -
Moorgate 0 1 £300 -27.27% 1
Analytical Skills
Central London

Analytical Skills
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 (7.48%) Apache Spark
2 9 (4.21%) Apache
3 6 (2.80%) Confluence
4 5 (2.34%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.34%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.87%) Drupal
6 3 (1.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.47%) SAS
7 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (12.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (2.34%) Trello
6 1 (0.47%) EViews
6 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.40%) SAP CO
2 3 (1.40%) SAP FI
2 3 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.93%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.93%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.47%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Maximo
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.47%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.02%) Azure
2 29 (13.55%) AWS
3 21 (9.81%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.80%) GCP
6 3 (1.40%) Asana
6 3 (1.40%) Attraqt
6 3 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.40%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.40%) Storyblok
7 2 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.93%) Collibra
7 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.93%) Fivetran
7 2 (0.93%) OCI
7 2 (0.93%) SaaS
7 2 (0.93%) Serverless
7 2 (0.93%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.87%) Firewall
1 4 (1.87%) SSH
2 2 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (0.93%) Network Security
2 2 (0.93%) VoIP
3 1 (0.47%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.47%) DHCP
3 1 (0.47%) DNS
3 1 (0.47%) HTTP
3 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.47%) LAN
3 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.41%) Power BI
2 11 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (5.14%) Hadoop
2 11 (5.14%) Tableau
3 10 (4.67%) Apache Hive
4 8 (3.74%) Big Data
4 8 (3.74%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.34%) Metadata
5 5 (2.34%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.87%) Delta Lake
6 4 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.40%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.93%) DB2
8 2 (0.93%) MySQL
8 2 (0.93%) Parquet
9 1 (0.47%) MS Access
9 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (9.35%) JIRA
2 16 (7.48%) Git
3 10 (4.67%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.27%) Bitbucket Server
4 7 (3.27%) JUnit
5 4 (1.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.87%) Gradle
5 4 (1.87%) IntelliJ
5 4 (1.87%) Maven
5 4 (1.87%) RStudio
5 4 (1.87%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.93%) ChangeMan
6 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.93%) GitLab
6 2 (0.93%) Selenium
7 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.47%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 123 (57.48%) Social Skills
2 98 (45.79%) Finance
3 45 (21.03%) Banking
4 23 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 18 (8.41%) Front Office
6 16 (7.48%) Investment Banking
7 15 (7.01%) Retail
8 14 (6.54%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.27%) Legal
9 7 (3.27%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.27%) Retail Banking
10 6 (2.80%) Law
10 6 (2.80%) Police
11 5 (2.34%) Corporate Banking
11 5 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.87%) Back Office
12 4 (1.87%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (29.44%) Analyst
2 35 (16.36%) Business Analyst
3 32 (14.95%) Developer
4 24 (11.21%) Senior
5 17 (7.94%) Data Analyst
6 15 (7.01%) Data Engineer
7 14 (6.54%) Java Developer
8 11 (5.14%) Project Manager
8 11 (5.14%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (4.67%) Lead
10 9 (4.21%) Consultant
11 7 (3.27%) Data Scientist
11 7 (3.27%) Senior Business Analyst
12 6 (2.80%) Architect
13 5 (2.34%) AWS Engineer
13 5 (2.34%) C# Developer
13 5 (2.34%) C++ Developer
13 5 (2.34%) Change Manager
13 5 (2.34%) Data Business Analyst
13 5 (2.34%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.01%) PySpark
2 8 (3.74%) TensorFlow
3 6 (2.80%) REST
4 5 (2.34%) .NET
4 5 (2.34%) Kafka
4 5 (2.34%) Spark Streaming
5 4 (1.87%) JMS
5 4 (1.87%) JPA
5 4 (1.87%) JSON
5 4 (1.87%) pydantic
5 4 (1.87%) RESTful
5 4 (1.87%) Spring
5 4 (1.87%) YAML
6 3 (1.40%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.40%) Pandas
6 3 (1.40%) scikit-learn
6 3 (1.40%) Smart Contracts
6 3 (1.40%) SOAP
6 3 (1.40%) Web Services
7 2 (0.93%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (7.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (4.67%) Algorithms
3 10 (4.67%) Fixed Income
3 10 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.21%) Equities
4 9 (4.21%) Market Risk
5 8 (3.74%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.74%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.80%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.34%) Credit Risk
9 4 (1.87%) Derivative
9 4 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.87%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.87%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.40%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.74%) Linux
2 6 (2.80%) Unix
2 6 (2.80%) Windows
3 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.47%) Android
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (57.01%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (19.16%) Agile
3 35 (16.36%) Decision-Making
3 35 (16.36%) Project Management
4 33 (15.42%) Analytics
5 26 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (11.21%) CI/CD
6 24 (11.21%) DevOps
7 23 (10.75%) Collaborative Working
7 23 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (10.75%) Risk Management
8 22 (10.28%) Data Management
9 21 (9.81%) Artificial Intelligence
9 21 (9.81%) Data Analysis
9 21 (9.81%) Data Science
10 20 (9.35%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (8.88%) Data Modelling
11 19 (8.88%) Data Pipeline
12 18 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (7.94%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 54 (25.23%) Python
2 47 (21.96%) SQL
3 18 (8.41%) Java
4 8 (3.74%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.80%) Bash
5 6 (2.80%) C#
5 6 (2.80%) C++
5 6 (2.80%) R
5 6 (2.80%) Scala
6 3 (1.40%) C
6 3 (1.40%) DAML
7 2 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.93%) REXX
7 2 (0.93%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.47%) ABAP
8 1 (0.47%) Ada
8 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.47%) Swift
8 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (17.29%) Degree
2 26 (12.15%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.54%) Master's Degree
5 10 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.74%) PMI Certification
7 7 (3.27%) PMP
8 5 (2.34%) PhD
9 4 (1.87%) CFA
10 2 (0.93%) ACCA
10 2 (0.93%) CCNP
10 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.93%) MBA
11 1 (0.47%) CEH
11 1 (0.47%) CISM
11 1 (0.47%) CISSP
11 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.07%) GDPR
3 12 (5.61%) QA
4 6 (2.80%) MiFID
5 5 (2.34%) PMO
6 4 (1.87%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.40%) EMIR
7 3 (1.40%) NIST
8 2 (0.93%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.93%) SEPA
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) GAAP
9 1 (0.47%) GxP
9 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.47%) SLA
9 1 (0.47%) UCITS
System Software
1 6 (2.80%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) OpenAM
2 1 (0.47%) OpenDJ
2 1 (0.47%) OpenIDM
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.27%) Terraform
3 3 (1.40%) Ansible
4 2 (0.93%) CASB
5 1 (0.47%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 24 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.14%) Oracle
3 10 (4.67%) SAP
4 9 (4.21%) Cisco
5 6 (2.80%) Google
5 6 (2.80%) Splunk
6 5 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.87%) Databricks
7 4 (1.87%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.40%) Logitech
8 3 (1.40%) TOWER Software
9 2 (0.93%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.93%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.93%) IBM
9 2 (0.93%) Informatica
9 2 (0.93%) ION Trading
9 2 (0.93%) Micro Focus
9 2 (0.93%) Remedy