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 £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 66 87
Rank change year-on-year -25 +21 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 33 57 58
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.90% 2.69% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 2.88% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 43 44
10th Percentile £269 £320 £317
25th Percentile £300 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £641 £661
90th Percentile £723 £688 £723
Central London median daily rate £438 £494 £550
% change year-on-year -11.39% -10.23% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.40
25th Percentile £26.50 - £25.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £38.00
75th Percentile £29.50 - £53.38
90th Percentile - - £62.60
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 1,630 1,976 2,636
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.34% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,210 1,849
10th Percentile £326 £363 £356
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £775 £776 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 15
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.50 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +51.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -5.41% -10.30%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 20 (60.61%) Data Analysis
1 20 (60.61%) SQL
2 14 (42.42%) Data Quality
2 14 (42.42%) Python
3 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 10 (30.30%) Analytics
5 10 (30.30%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (30.30%) Data Modelling
6 8 (24.24%) Actionable Insight
6 8 (24.24%) Data Governance
6 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
6 8 (24.24%) Visualisation
7 7 (21.21%) Power BI
7 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
7 7 (21.21%) Tableau
8 6 (18.18%) Migration
8 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (15.15%) Storytelling
9 5 (15.15%) Validation
10 4 (12.12%) Business Analysis
10 4 (12.12%) Data Cleansing
10 4 (12.12%) Data Collection
10 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
10 4 (12.12%) ETL
10 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
11 3 (9.09%) Agile
11 3 (9.09%) 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 (3.03%) Confluence
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
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
1 1 (3.03%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Collibra
2 2 (6.06%) GCP
2 2 (6.06%) Snowflake
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Power BI
1 7 (21.21%) Tableau
2 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (12.12%) Relational Database
4 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
5 2 (6.06%) Star Schema
6 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
6 1 (3.03%) Metadata
6 1 (3.03%) MySQL
6 1 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) ER Studio
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
2 11 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.06%) Legal
4 2 (6.06%) Marketing
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Front Office
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Kafka
1 1 (3.03%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.06%) Pricing Data
1 2 (6.06%) Reinsurance
1 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) Data Analysis
2 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 10 (30.30%) Analytics
3 10 (30.30%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (30.30%) Data Modelling
4 8 (24.24%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (24.24%) Data Governance
4 8 (24.24%) Visualisation
5 6 (18.18%) Migration
5 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (15.15%) Storytelling
6 5 (15.15%) Validation
7 4 (12.12%) Business Analysis
7 4 (12.12%) Data Cleansing
7 4 (12.12%) Data Collection
7 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
7 4 (12.12%) ETL
8 3 (9.09%) Agile
8 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) SQL
2 14 (42.42%) Python
3 3 (9.09%) VBA
4 2 (6.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (3.03%) Java
5 1 (3.03%) R
5 1 (3.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (42.42%) Data Quality
2 3 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (3.03%) MiFID
3 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Google
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.03%) Workday