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 requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 43 62
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 +26
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 67 82 70
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.03% 4.70% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 5.08% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 39 38
10th Percentile £379 £412 £340
25th Percentile £475 £500 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year - +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £678 £688 £673
90th Percentile £784 £725 £729
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £539
% change year-on-year -2.22% +4.41% -6.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £19.08 - -
25th Percentile £21.87 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
75th Percentile £38.50 £28.34 -
90th Percentile £43.90 £32.14 -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.86 -
% change year-on-year -12.12% - -

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,917 1,613 2,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.82% 92.49% 89.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,316 1,037 1,435
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 11
10th Percentile - £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £32.07 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% +24.00% -38.27%
75th Percentile £52.16 £48.75 £40.92
90th Percentile £59.72 £71.00 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £31.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -14.34% +11.47% -20.54%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 10 April 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.

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

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in the City of London

Data Analysis
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 Data Analysis within the City of London region over the 6 months to 10 April 2026. 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 - 1 £650 -
Data Analysis
Central London

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (8.96%) Confluence
2 3 (4.48%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (4.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.97%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.99%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (4.48%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.49%) Actimize
2 1 (1.49%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (1.49%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.49%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.87%) Power Platform
2 9 (13.43%) AWS
3 7 (10.45%) Azure
4 4 (5.97%) GitHub
5 3 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (4.48%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (4.48%) Amazon SageMaker
5 3 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.48%) GCP
5 3 (4.48%) IBM Watson
5 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.48%) Serverless
6 2 (2.99%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.99%) Collibra
6 2 (2.99%) Google Analytics
6 2 (2.99%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.49%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.87%) Power BI
2 13 (19.40%) Tableau
3 3 (4.48%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.99%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.49%) Big Data
5 1 (1.49%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.49%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.49%) Looker
5 1 (1.49%) Metadata
5 1 (1.49%) Neo4j
5 1 (1.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.49%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) JIRA
2 3 (4.48%) Git
General
1 32 (47.76%) Finance
2 28 (41.79%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (37.31%) Social Skills
4 23 (34.33%) Banking
5 13 (19.40%) Front Office
6 10 (14.93%) Investment Banking
7 7 (10.45%) Legal
8 6 (8.96%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (4.48%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (4.48%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.99%) Back Office
10 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.99%) Retail
10 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.49%) Advertising
11 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.49%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (52.24%) Analyst
2 22 (32.84%) Business Analyst
3 11 (16.42%) Data Analyst
4 8 (11.94%) Data Scientist
4 8 (11.94%) Senior
5 6 (8.96%) Lead
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Risk Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (4.48%) Banking Analyst
7 3 (4.48%) Consultant
7 3 (4.48%) Electronics Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) Data Consultant
8 2 (2.99%) Developer
8 2 (2.99%) MiFID Business Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) SAP Business Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) SAP HR Business Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.45%) scikit-learn
2 4 (5.97%) Matplotlib
2 4 (5.97%) PySpark
2 4 (5.97%) PyTorch
2 4 (5.97%) Seaborn
2 4 (5.97%) TensorFlow
3 3 (4.48%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (4.48%) JMS
3 3 (4.48%) Kafka
3 3 (4.48%) Middleware
3 3 (4.48%) NumPy
3 3 (4.48%) Pandas
3 3 (4.48%) REST
4 1 (1.49%) .NET
4 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.49%) CSS
4 1 (1.49%) GraphX
4 1 (1.49%) HTML
4 1 (1.49%) NetworkX
4 1 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Algorithms
2 8 (11.94%) Equities
3 7 (10.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (8.96%) Derivative
5 5 (7.46%) Fixed Income
6 4 (5.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.48%) Credit Risk
7 3 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (4.48%) Market Risk
7 3 (4.48%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.49%) Clustering
9 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.49%) DTCC
9 1 (1.49%) Reference Data
9 1 (1.49%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.99%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.49%) Unix
2 1 (1.49%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) Analytics
2 20 (29.85%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (22.39%) Validation
5 14 (20.90%) Agile
5 14 (20.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (20.90%) Visualisation
6 13 (19.40%) AI
7 12 (17.91%) Data Modelling
8 11 (16.42%) Business Analysis
9 9 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (13.43%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (11.94%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (11.94%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (11.94%) Roadmaps
10 8 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (11.94%) Use Case
11 7 (10.45%) Data Science
11 7 (10.45%) Machine Learning
11 7 (10.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 31 (46.27%) SQL
2 25 (37.31%) Python
3 3 (4.48%) Java
4 1 (1.49%) C#
4 1 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.49%) Scala
4 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (5.97%) Degree
2 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.99%) CFA
2 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.40%) Data Quality
2 8 (11.94%) QA
3 3 (4.48%) Basel III
3 3 (4.48%) MiFID
4 2 (2.99%) PMO
5 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.49%) EMIR
5 1 (1.49%) GAAP
5 1 (1.49%) GDPR
5 1 (1.49%) IFRS
5 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Grafana
1 3 (4.48%) Terraform
2 1 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (10.45%) Databricks
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) Google
3 4 (5.97%) Bloomberg
3 4 (5.97%) SAP
4 3 (4.48%) AppDynamics
4 3 (4.48%) Charles River
4 3 (4.48%) Cognos
4 3 (4.48%) Foundry
4 3 (4.48%) IBM
4 3 (4.48%) Murex
4 3 (4.48%) Oracle
4 3 (4.48%) Palantir
4 3 (4.48%) Sage
4 3 (4.48%) Splunk
5 1 (1.49%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.49%) Apple
5 1 (1.49%) Ariba
5 1 (1.49%) Citrix
5 1 (1.49%) Informatica