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 £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 76 77
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 35 52 66
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.94% 2.42% 2.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% 2.60% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 48
10th Percentile £257 £325 £345
25th Percentile £286 £403 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £460 £556
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% -17.30% +8.01%
75th Percentile £617 £604 £683
90th Percentile £681 £695 £721
Central London median daily rate £405 £463 £556
% change year-on-year -12.43% -16.85% +5.95%
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% -26.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,685 2,000 2,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.11% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,181 1,236 1,753
10th Percentile £325 £359 £355
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £768 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £23.25 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +95.92% -42.35%
75th Percentile £52.19 £107.13 £44.56
90th Percentile £64.30 £129.85 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.00% +40.08% -40.51%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025, 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 19 (54.29%) Data Analysis
2 18 (51.43%) SQL
3 15 (42.86%) Data Quality
4 14 (40.00%) Data Governance
4 14 (40.00%) Python
5 13 (37.14%) Analytics
6 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (31.43%) Actionable Insight
7 11 (31.43%) Data Modelling
7 11 (31.43%) Decision-Making
7 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
8 10 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
9 9 (25.71%) Visualisation
10 8 (22.86%) Power BI
10 8 (22.86%) Power Platform
11 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 5 (14.29%) Data Collection
13 5 (14.29%) ETL
13 5 (14.29%) Tableau
14 4 (11.43%) Data Cleansing
14 4 (11.43%) Data Transformation
14 4 (11.43%) Data Visualisation
14 4 (11.43%) Degree
14 4 (11.43%) GDPR
14 4 (11.43%) Metadata
14 4 (11.43%) Migration
14 4 (11.43%) Relational Database
14 4 (11.43%) Storytelling

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 (2.86%) SAS
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.86%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.86%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.71%) Collibra
2 2 (5.71%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.86%) Alation
3 1 (2.86%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.86%) Power BI
2 5 (14.29%) Tableau
3 4 (11.43%) Metadata
3 4 (11.43%) Relational Database
4 2 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.86%) MySQL
5 1 (2.86%) PowerCenter
5 1 (2.86%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 17 (48.57%) Finance
2 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 11 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Banking
5 2 (5.71%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.71%) Marketing
5 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.86%) Front Office
6 1 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Data Analysis
2 14 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 13 (37.14%) Analytics
4 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (31.43%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (31.43%) Data Modelling
5 11 (31.43%) Decision-Making
6 10 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (25.71%) Visualisation
8 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (14.29%) Data Collection
10 5 (14.29%) ETL
11 4 (11.43%) Data Cleansing
11 4 (11.43%) Data Transformation
11 4 (11.43%) Data Visualisation
11 4 (11.43%) Migration
11 4 (11.43%) Storytelling
11 4 (11.43%) Task Automation
11 4 (11.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) SQL
2 14 (40.00%) Python
3 3 (8.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (5.71%) R
5 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (42.86%) Data Quality
2 4 (11.43%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.86%) MiFID
3 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) Informatica
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle
2 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.86%) Teradata