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 £459, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 69 65
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 46 50 62
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.08% 2.87% 2.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 3.08% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 29 38
10th Percentile £298 £297 £359
25th Percentile £345 £375 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £475 £469
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +1.33% -18.48%
75th Percentile £633 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £715 £680
Central London median daily rate £418 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -12.11% - -14.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £34.63 £22.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.65 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +50.65% -
75th Percentile £29.50 £34.68 £24.00
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £34.65 £23.00
% change year-on-year -19.19% +50.65% -

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 2,085 1,622 2,125
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 92.95% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,417 1,029 1,516
10th Percentile £355 £350 £343
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.90 £24.66 £19.92
Median hourly rate £36.28 £34.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +54.00% -35.71%
75th Percentile £52.41 £56.25 £27.50
90th Percentile £62.36 £100.00 £44.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -15.77% +24.00% -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 April 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 April 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 17 (36.96%) Data Quality
1 17 (36.96%) SQL
2 15 (32.61%) Python
3 14 (30.43%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (28.26%) Data Governance
4 13 (28.26%) Power Platform
5 12 (26.09%) Data Modelling
5 12 (26.09%) Power BI
6 11 (23.91%) Data Analysis
7 10 (21.74%) Analytics
7 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
8 9 (19.57%) Visualisation
9 8 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (17.39%) Validation
10 7 (15.22%) Azure
10 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
11 6 (13.04%) AI
11 6 (13.04%) Migration
12 5 (10.87%) Data Migration
12 5 (10.87%) Databricks
12 5 (10.87%) Metadata
12 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
12 5 (10.87%) Tableau
13 4 (8.70%) Data Mapping
13 4 (8.70%) Data Transformation
13 4 (8.70%) Data Visualisation
13 4 (8.70%) QA

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 (2.17%) Confluence
1 1 (2.17%) SAS
1 1 (2.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.26%) Power Platform
2 7 (15.22%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (4.35%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.17%) Alation
4 1 (2.17%) Azure API Management
4 1 (2.17%) Collibra
4 1 (2.17%) FinancialForce
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) GitHub
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.09%) Power BI
2 5 (10.87%) Metadata
2 5 (10.87%) Tableau
3 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.17%) PowerCenter
3 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) GitLab
General
1 25 (54.35%) Finance
2 12 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
4 8 (17.39%) Banking
5 3 (6.52%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing
7 1 (2.17%) Back Office
7 1 (2.17%) Billing
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Front Office
7 1 (2.17%) Law
7 1 (2.17%) Legal
7 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) GeoJSON
1 1 (2.17%) Great Expectations
1 1 (2.17%) JSON
1 1 (2.17%) Next.js
1 1 (2.17%) Node.js
1 1 (2.17%) Playwright
1 1 (2.17%) PySpark
1 1 (2.17%) pytest
1 1 (2.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.17%) Derivative
3 1 (2.17%) Equities
3 1 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.17%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.17%) Replication
3 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (28.26%) Data Governance
3 12 (26.09%) Data Modelling
4 11 (23.91%) Data Analysis
5 10 (21.74%) Analytics
5 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (19.57%) Visualisation
7 8 (17.39%) Actionable Insight
7 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (17.39%) Validation
8 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
9 6 (13.04%) AI
9 6 (13.04%) Migration
10 5 (10.87%) Data Migration
11 4 (8.70%) Data Mapping
11 4 (8.70%) Data Transformation
11 4 (8.70%) Data Visualisation
12 3 (6.52%) Metadata Management
12 3 (6.52%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.96%) SQL
2 15 (32.61%) Python
3 2 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (4.35%) R
4 1 (2.17%) Java
4 1 (2.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) Degree
1 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.96%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.70%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Databricks
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.17%) Alteryx
2 1 (2.17%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (2.17%) Dataiku
2 1 (2.17%) Informatica
2 1 (2.17%) Murex
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle
2 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.17%) SAP
2 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.17%) Teradata