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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 41 62
Rank change year-on-year -19 +21 +22
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 72 84 72
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.52% 4.70% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 5.13% 3.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 44 49
10th Percentile £370 £419 £303
25th Percentile £469 £495 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +3.86% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £763 £725 £744
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £540
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 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 - -
90th Percentile £43.90 - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year +27.27% - -

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 1,810 1,636 2,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.51% 91.60% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,252 1,036 1,490
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +1.32% -5.42%
75th Percentile £663 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £19.11 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +30.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £46.29 £48.75 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.13 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £32.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -19.66% +16.86% -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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 1 £650 +9.98%
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 5 (6.94%) Confluence
2 3 (4.17%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.56%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (4.17%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.39%) Actimize
2 1 (1.39%) Loan IQ
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (1.39%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 18 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (13.89%) AWS
3 7 (9.72%) Azure
4 5 (6.94%) GitHub
5 3 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (4.17%) Amazon SageMaker
5 3 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.17%) GCP
5 3 (4.17%) IBM Watson
5 3 (4.17%) Serverless
6 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.78%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.78%) Collibra
6 2 (2.78%) Google Analytics
6 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.78%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (25.00%) Power BI
2 13 (18.06%) Tableau
3 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.78%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.39%) Big Data
5 1 (1.39%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.39%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.39%) Informix
5 1 (1.39%) Looker
5 1 (1.39%) Metadata
5 1 (1.39%) MySQL
5 1 (1.39%) Neo4j
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.39%) Star Schema
5 1 (1.39%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) JIRA
2 4 (5.56%) Git
3 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (51.39%) Finance
2 28 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 24 (33.33%) Banking
5 12 (16.67%) Front Office
6 11 (15.28%) Investment Banking
7 7 (9.72%) Legal
8 6 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (2.78%) Back Office
10 2 (2.78%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.78%) Retail
10 2 (2.78%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.39%) Advertising
11 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (51.39%) Analyst
2 22 (30.56%) Business Analyst
3 11 (15.28%) Data Analyst
4 8 (11.11%) Data Scientist
4 8 (11.11%) Senior
5 6 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (6.94%) Lead
7 4 (5.56%) Data Business Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Banking Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Consultant
8 3 (4.17%) Developer
8 3 (4.17%) Electronics Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) MiFID Business Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) SAP Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) SAP HR Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) SAP HR Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.72%) scikit-learn
2 4 (5.56%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (5.56%) Matplotlib
2 4 (5.56%) Middleware
2 4 (5.56%) PySpark
2 4 (5.56%) PyTorch
2 4 (5.56%) Seaborn
2 4 (5.56%) TensorFlow
3 3 (4.17%) JMS
3 3 (4.17%) Kafka
3 3 (4.17%) NumPy
3 3 (4.17%) Pandas
3 3 (4.17%) REST
4 1 (1.39%) .NET
4 1 (1.39%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.39%) CSS
4 1 (1.39%) HTML
4 1 (1.39%) NetworkX
4 1 (1.39%) RESTful
4 1 (1.39%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.89%) Algorithms
2 8 (11.11%) Equities
3 7 (9.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (6.94%) Derivative
4 5 (6.94%) Fixed Income
5 3 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.17%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.78%) Credit Risk
6 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.78%) Market Risk
6 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.39%) ASIC
7 1 (1.39%) Clustering
7 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.39%) DTCC
7 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.39%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.39%) Linux
1 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.39%) Unix
1 1 (1.39%) Windows
1 1 (1.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.56%) Analytics
2 19 (26.39%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (26.39%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (22.22%) Agile
3 16 (22.22%) Validation
4 14 (19.44%) AI
4 14 (19.44%) Visualisation
5 13 (18.06%) Data Modelling
6 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (15.28%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (13.89%) Business Analysis
8 10 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (13.89%) Process Improvement
9 9 (12.50%) Machine Learning
9 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 8 (11.11%) Use Case
11 7 (9.72%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 32 (44.44%) SQL
2 27 (37.50%) Python
3 3 (4.17%) Java
4 1 (1.39%) C#
4 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.39%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.39%) Scala
4 1 (1.39%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (6.94%) Degree
2 2 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.78%) CFA
2 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.78%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.44%) Data Quality
2 9 (12.50%) QA
3 4 (5.56%) MiFID
4 3 (4.17%) PMO
5 2 (2.78%) Basel III
5 2 (2.78%) EMIR
6 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.39%) GAAP
6 1 (1.39%) GDPR
6 1 (1.39%) IFRS
6 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Grafana
1 3 (4.17%) Terraform
2 1 (1.39%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.39%) Kibana
2 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.39%) logstash
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (9.72%) Databricks
1 7 (9.72%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) Google
3 4 (5.56%) Bloomberg
3 4 (5.56%) Oracle
4 3 (4.17%) AppDynamics
4 3 (4.17%) Charles River
4 3 (4.17%) Cognos
4 3 (4.17%) Foundry
4 3 (4.17%) IBM
4 3 (4.17%) Murex
4 3 (4.17%) Palantir
4 3 (4.17%) Sage
4 3 (4.17%) SAP
4 3 (4.17%) Splunk
5 2 (2.78%) Informatica
6 1 (1.39%) Apple
6 1 (1.39%) Ariba
6 1 (1.39%) Citrix
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce