Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £428, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 82 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 -21 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 33 41 75
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.82% 2.18% 3.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 2.35% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 52
10th Percentile £267 £330 £351
25th Percentile £319 £409 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £633 £531 £680
90th Percentile £684 £688 £717
Central London median daily rate £428 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £38.00
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -7.89% -47.59%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,707 1,747 2,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 93.02% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 1,071 1,634
10th Percentile £340 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £574
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.22% -0.22%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £788
Central London median daily rate £535 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.96% +2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 15
10th Percentile £19.94 £13.73 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.21 £22.00 £20.09
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +47.92% -31.43%
75th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £42.38
90th Percentile £51.25 £137.50 £63.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -28.57%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the City of London

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Data Analyst contract job roles required 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 featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (54.55%) SQL
2 16 (48.48%) Data Analysis
3 13 (39.39%) Data Governance
3 13 (39.39%) Python
4 12 (36.36%) Analytics
5 11 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (33.33%) Data Quality
6 10 (30.30%) Data Modelling
6 10 (30.30%) Decision-Making
6 10 (30.30%) Power BI
6 10 (30.30%) Power Platform
6 10 (30.30%) Visualisation
7 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (18.18%) Tableau
10 5 (15.15%) Data Collection
10 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
10 5 (15.15%) ETL
10 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
10 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (12.12%) Data Transformation
11 4 (12.12%) GDPR
11 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
11 4 (12.12%) Storytelling
12 3 (9.09%) Agile
12 3 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
12 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (9.09%) Data Extraction

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (3.03%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.03%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.03%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Snowflake
3 1 (3.03%) Alation
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.03%) Collibra
3 1 (3.03%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (30.30%) Power BI
2 6 (18.18%) Tableau
3 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
4 3 (9.09%) Metadata
5 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (3.03%) MySQL
6 1 (3.03%) PowerCenter
6 1 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
6 1 (3.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 13 (39.39%) Finance
2 11 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Marketing
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Front Office
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Data Analysis
2 13 (39.39%) Data Governance
3 12 (36.36%) Analytics
4 11 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
4 11 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (30.30%) Data Modelling
5 10 (30.30%) Decision-Making
5 10 (30.30%) Visualisation
6 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (15.15%) Data Collection
8 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (15.15%) ETL
8 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (12.12%) Data Transformation
9 4 (12.12%) Storytelling
10 3 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
10 3 (9.09%) Data Extraction
10 3 (9.09%) Data Integration
10 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) SQL
2 13 (39.39%) Python
3 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (6.06%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.12%) GDPR
3 1 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (3.03%) MiFID
3 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Databricks
2 1 (3.03%) Informatica
2 1 (3.03%) Murex
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.03%) Teradata