Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Analysis
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	73	38	49
Rank change year-on-year	-35	+11	+14
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis	73	98	87
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	3.57%	5.80%	4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.84%	6.16%	4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	55	70	55
10^th Percentile	£388	£360	£410
25^th Percentile	£440	£404	£466
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£565	£498	£538
Median % change year-on-year	+13.57%	-7.44%	-2.27%
75^th Percentile	£678	£694	£650
90^th Percentile	£775	£728	£703
Central London median daily rate	£565	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+13.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	3	1
10^th Percentile	-	£29.70	-
25^th Percentile	-	£34.50	£76.25
Median hourly rate	-	£45.00	£77.50
Median % change year-on-year	-	-41.94%	+24.00%
75^th Percentile	-	£55.63	£78.75
90^th Percentile	-	£60.50	-
Central London median hourly rate	-	£45.00	£59.50
% change year-on-year	-	-24.37%	-4.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Data Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the City of London.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,900	1,591	1,931
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London	92.86%	94.14%	91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,331	1,103	1,183
10^th Percentile	£375	£328	£375
25^th Percentile	£456	£419	£469
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-1.71%
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£758	£787
Central London median daily rate	£550	£550	£575
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	16	18	17
10^th Percentile	-	£16.90	£16.70
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£21.07	£23.13
Median hourly rate	£20.25	£27.75	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	-27.03%	-34.71%	+54.55%
75^th Percentile	£27.35	£44.63	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£52.25	£63.75	£137.50
Central London median hourly rate	£25.00	£27.75	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-9.91%	-20.71%	+27.27%

Data Analysis Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Analysis Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Analysis.

Data Analysis Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the City of London

Data Analysis Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Analysis.

Data Analysis Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Analysis also mentioned 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 citing Data Analysis.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	57.5%	42
2	Stakeholder Management	41.1%	30
3	Validation	34.2%	25
4	Agile	31.5%	23
5	Analytics	28.8%	21
5	Problem-Solving	28.8%	21
7	Data Modelling	27.4%	20
8	Stakeholder Engagement	24.7%	18
9	Microsoft	23.3%	17
9	Requirements Gathering	23.3%	17
11	Data Quality	21.9%	16
11	Migration	21.9%	16
11	Python	21.9%	16
11	Translating Business Requirements	21.9%	16
15	Decision-Making	20.5%	15
16	Data Governance	19.2%	14
16	QA	19.2%	14
16	User Stories	19.2%	14
19	Business Intelligence	17.8%	13
19	Data Mapping	17.8%	13
19	User Acceptance Testing	17.8%	13
22	Data Migration	16.4%	12
22	Data Validation	16.4%	12
24	AI	15.1%	11
24	Scenario Testing	15.1%	11
26	Azure	13.7%	10
26	Power BI	13.7%	10
26	Power Platform	13.7%	10
29	Machine Learning	12.3%	9
30	Databricks	11.0%	8

Data Analysis Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	41.1%	30
2	Validation	34.2%	25
3	Agile	31.5%	23
4	Analytics	28.8%	21
4	Problem-Solving	28.8%	21
6	Data Modelling	27.4%	20
7	Stakeholder Engagement	24.7%	18
8	Requirements Gathering	23.3%	17
9	Migration	21.9%	16
9	Translating Business Requirements	21.9%	16
11	Decision-Making	20.5%	15
12	Data Governance	19.2%	14
12	User Stories	19.2%	14
14	Business Intelligence	17.8%	13
14	Data Mapping	17.8%	13
14	User Acceptance Testing	17.8%	13
17	Data Migration	16.4%	12
17	Data Validation	16.4%	12
19	AI	15.1%	11
19	Scenario Testing	15.1%	11