Data Analysis Contracts in the City of London

Data Analysis
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 57 86
Rank change year-on-year +22 +29 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 95 72 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.61% 3.34% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.00% 3.68% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 39 56
10th Percentile £404 £340 £369
25th Percentile £463 £365 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -18.37% +16.67%
75th Percentile £725 £588 £700
90th Percentile £728 £690 £750
Central London median daily rate £575 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.63 - -
Median hourly rate £34.65 - -
75th Percentile £34.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £42.08 - -

All Process and 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 1,584 1,957 3,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.62% 90.77% 91.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,368 2,127
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £454 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +4.80%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 23
10th Percentile £18.15 £19.92 £14.45
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.06
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -25.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £41.48 £40.00 £53.25
90th Percentile £59.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +1.85% -20.54% -13.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the City of London

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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 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the City of London

Data Analysis
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 6 (6.32%) Confluence
2 1 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.05%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (22.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Aladdin
1 3 (3.16%) Workday HCM
2 2 (2.11%) OpenText MBPM
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (1.05%) Actimize
3 1 (1.05%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Maximo
3 1 (1.05%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.05%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.74%) Power Platform
2 10 (10.53%) Azure
3 5 (5.26%) AWS
4 4 (4.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.11%) GCP
6 2 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.11%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.05%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (1.05%) Apigee
7 1 (1.05%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.05%) Boomi
7 1 (1.05%) Collibra
7 1 (1.05%) GitHub
7 1 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.05%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 14 (14.74%) Power BI
3 9 (9.47%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (9.47%) Tableau
4 6 (6.32%) NoSQL
5 4 (4.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (3.16%) Big Data
6 3 (3.16%) Data Lake
6 3 (3.16%) Oracle Database
6 3 (3.16%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (2.11%) Power Query
7 2 (2.11%) Star Schema
8 1 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.05%) BigQuery
8 1 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (1.05%) KDB
8 1 (1.05%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (1.05%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.05%) Git
2 1 (1.05%) SonarQube
General
1 50 (52.63%) Finance
2 37 (38.95%) Social Skills
3 22 (23.16%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (16.84%) Banking
5 11 (11.58%) Front Office
6 8 (8.42%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (6.32%) Financial Institution
8 5 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.16%) Investment Banking
10 3 (3.16%) Legal
10 3 (3.16%) Public Sector
11 2 (2.11%) Back Office
11 2 (2.11%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.11%) Marketing
11 2 (2.11%) Retail
12 1 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.05%) Military
12 1 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (61.05%) Analyst
2 33 (34.74%) Business Analyst
3 24 (25.26%) Data Analyst
4 16 (16.84%) Developer
5 12 (12.63%) Data Business Analyst
6 10 (10.53%) Lead
6 10 (10.53%) Senior
7 9 (9.47%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (7.37%) Consultant
9 6 (6.32%) Lead Consultant
10 5 (5.26%) Applications Developer
10 5 (5.26%) Lead Business Analyst
10 5 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
11 4 (4.21%) .NET Developer
11 4 (4.21%) Architect
11 4 (4.21%) Automation Developer
11 4 (4.21%) Business Consultant
11 4 (4.21%) C# .NET Developer
11 4 (4.21%) C# Developer
11 4 (4.21%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.68%) .NET
2 3 (3.16%) WPF
3 1 (1.05%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.05%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.05%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.05%) FpML
3 1 (1.05%) Node.js
3 1 (1.05%) pytest
3 1 (1.05%) React
3 1 (1.05%) RESTful
3 1 (1.05%) Swagger
3 1 (1.05%) WinForms
3 1 (1.05%) XML
3 1 (1.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.37%) Data Structures
2 4 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (4.21%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.16%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.16%) Reference Data
3 3 (3.16%) Reinsurance
4 2 (2.11%) Derivative
4 2 (2.11%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.11%) Pricing Data
4 2 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.05%) Data Fabric
5 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.05%) Equities
5 1 (1.05%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (1.05%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.05%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.26%) Windows
2 2 (2.11%) Linux
3 1 (1.05%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.37%) Agile
2 22 (23.16%) Business Analysis
2 22 (23.16%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (23.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (18.95%) Decision-Making
4 17 (17.89%) Data Modelling
5 16 (16.84%) Project Management
6 15 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (14.74%) Requirements Gathering
8 12 (12.63%) Analytics
8 12 (12.63%) Process Improvement
8 12 (12.63%) Scrum
8 12 (12.63%) Visualisation
9 11 (11.58%) Change Management
9 11 (11.58%) User Stories
10 10 (10.53%) Project Delivery
11 9 (9.47%) Asset Management
11 9 (9.47%) DevOps
11 9 (9.47%) Portfolio Management
11 9 (9.47%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (60.00%) SQL
2 21 (22.11%) Python
3 11 (11.58%) C#
4 4 (4.21%) VBA
5 3 (3.16%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.16%) R
6 2 (2.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.11%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.11%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.05%) C++
7 1 (1.05%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (11.58%) Degree
2 7 (7.37%) SC Cleared
2 7 (7.37%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.21%) CBAP
4 2 (2.11%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.11%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.05%) ACCA
5 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.05%) CFA
5 1 (1.05%) CIMA
5 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.05%) IIBA
5 1 (1.05%) PMP
5 1 (1.05%) RIBA
5 1 (1.05%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.47%) Data Quality
1 9 (9.47%) MiFID
2 8 (8.42%) EMIR
2 8 (8.42%) QA
3 5 (5.26%) GDPR
4 4 (4.21%) PMO
5 3 (3.16%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.05%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (1.05%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) Ansible
1 1 (1.05%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.05%) Rancher
1 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.79%) Oracle
3 4 (4.21%) SAP
4 3 (3.16%) Bloomberg
4 3 (3.16%) Charles River
4 3 (3.16%) Google
4 3 (3.16%) Workday
5 2 (2.11%) Databricks
5 2 (2.11%) FIS
5 2 (2.11%) OpenText
5 2 (2.11%) SimCorp
5 2 (2.11%) Trayport
5 2 (2.11%) UiPath
6 1 (1.05%) Aderant
6 1 (1.05%) Advent
6 1 (1.05%) Dataiku
6 1 (1.05%) dotdigital
6 1 (1.05%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.05%) Progress
6 1 (1.05%) ServiceNow