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 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	67	33	46
Rank change year-on-year	-34	+13	+17
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis	74	102	86
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London	3.53%	6.08%	4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.84%	6.43%	4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	55	73	54
10^th Percentile	£393	£363	£408
25^th Percentile	£446	£404	£464
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£565	£525	£544
Median % change year-on-year	+7.62%	-3.45%	-2.64%
75^th Percentile	£678	£700	£650
90^th Percentile	£775	£725	£705
Central London median daily rate	£565	£525	£531
% change year-on-year	+7.62%	-1.18%	-3.41%
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 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,929	1,587	1,921
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London	92.12%	94.58%	91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,342	1,096	1,177
10^th Percentile	£375	£325	£363
25^th Percentile	£455	£420	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-2.13%
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£769	£785
Central London median daily rate	£550	£550	£575
% change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted	17	18	17
10^th Percentile	-	£16.90	£16.70
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£21.07	£23.13
Median hourly rate	£21.00	£27.75	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	-24.32%	-34.71%	+54.55%
75^th Percentile	£26.13	£44.63	£112.00
90^th Percentile	£50.40	£63.75	£137.50
Central London median hourly rate	£24.50	£28.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-12.50%	-20.00%	+30.84%

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 26 October 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 26 October 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	56.8%	42
2	Stakeholder Management	41.9%	31
3	Validation	35.1%	26
4	Agile	32.4%	24
5	Analytics	29.7%	22
5	Data Modelling	29.7%	22
7	Problem-Solving	27.0%	20
8	Stakeholder Engagement	24.3%	18
9	Data Quality	23.0%	17
9	Microsoft	23.0%	17
9	Requirements Gathering	23.0%	17
12	Migration	21.6%	16
12	Python	21.6%	16
12	QA	21.6%	16
12	Translating Business Requirements	21.6%	16
16	Data Governance	20.3%	15
16	Decision-Making	20.3%	15
16	User Stories	20.3%	15
19	Business Intelligence	18.9%	14
19	Data Mapping	18.9%	14
21	Data Validation	17.6%	13
21	User Acceptance Testing	17.6%	13
23	Azure	16.2%	12
23	Data Migration	16.2%	12
25	AI	14.9%	11
25	Power BI	14.9%	11
25	Power Platform	14.9%	11
25	Scenario Testing	14.9%	11
29	Databricks	12.2%	9
29	Machine Learning	12.2%	9

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	41.9%	31
2	Validation	35.1%	26
3	Agile	32.4%	24
4	Analytics	29.7%	22
4	Data Modelling	29.7%	22
6	Problem-Solving	27.0%	20
7	Stakeholder Engagement	24.3%	18
8	Requirements Gathering	23.0%	17
9	Migration	21.6%	16
9	Translating Business Requirements	21.6%	16
11	Data Governance	20.3%	15
11	Decision-Making	20.3%	15
11	User Stories	20.3%	15
14	Business Intelligence	18.9%	14
14	Data Mapping	18.9%	14
16	Data Validation	17.6%	13
16	User Acceptance Testing	17.6%	13
18	Data Migration	16.2%	12
19	AI	14.9%	11
19	Scenario Testing	14.9%	11