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 £464, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 76 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 -18 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 37 42 78
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.93% 2.29% 3.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 2.47% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 27 54
10th Percentile £277 £330 £366
25th Percentile £319 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £458 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.37% -16.82% -
75th Percentile £633 £550 £675
90th Percentile £684 £688 £696
Central London median daily rate £464 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +0.27% -15.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

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 1,804 1,703 2,244
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.96% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,237 1,024 1,613
10th Percentile £350 £354 £344
25th Percentile £431 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -5.65% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 21
10th Percentile £20.10 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.14 £26.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.50 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.19% +60.42% -26.15%
75th Percentile £49.83 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% +1.96%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 (48.65%) SQL
2 15 (40.54%) Data Quality
3 14 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (35.14%) Data Analysis
4 13 (35.14%) Data Governance
4 13 (35.14%) Python
5 12 (32.43%) Power BI
5 12 (32.43%) Power Platform
6 11 (29.73%) Actionable Insight
6 11 (29.73%) Data Modelling
6 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (27.03%) Analytics
8 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Excel
8 9 (24.32%) Visualisation
9 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
9 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (18.92%) Validation
11 5 (13.51%) Data Transformation
11 5 (13.51%) Data Visualisation
11 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
11 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (13.51%) Tableau
12 4 (10.81%) Data Engineering
12 4 (10.81%) ETL
13 3 (8.11%) Agile
13 3 (8.11%) AI
13 3 (8.11%) Business Analysis
13 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
13 3 (8.11%) Dashboard Development
13 3 (8.11%) Data Analytics

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 (2.70%) SAS
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.70%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (32.43%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.11%) Snowflake
3 2 (5.41%) Azure
4 1 (2.70%) Alation
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.70%) Collibra
4 1 (2.70%) FinancialForce
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) Power BI
2 5 (13.51%) Tableau
3 3 (8.11%) Metadata
4 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (2.70%) PowerCenter
5 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.70%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (2.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 20 (54.05%) Finance
2 15 (40.54%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Banking
5 2 (5.41%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.41%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Front Office
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.41%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (35.14%) Data Analysis
2 13 (35.14%) Data Governance
3 11 (29.73%) Actionable Insight
3 11 (29.73%) Data Modelling
3 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (27.03%) Analytics
5 9 (24.32%) Visualisation
6 8 (21.62%) Decision-Making
6 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (18.92%) Validation
8 5 (13.51%) Data Transformation
8 5 (13.51%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (10.81%) Data Engineering
9 4 (10.81%) ETL
10 3 (8.11%) Agile
10 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (8.11%) Data Collection
10 3 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 18 (48.65%) SQL
2 13 (35.14%) Python
3 2 (5.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (5.41%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (40.54%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.41%) GDPR
2 2 (5.41%) QA
3 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Databricks
3 1 (2.70%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.70%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (2.70%) Dataiku
3 1 (2.70%) Informatica
3 1 (2.70%) Murex
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.70%) Teradata