Data Analytics Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Analytics
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 94 93
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 33 24 33
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.54% 1.39% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.50% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 27
10th Percentile £355 £409 £435
25th Percentile £369 £466 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £538 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% -14.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £664 £683
90th Percentile £634 £707 £708
Central London median daily rate £525 £538 £625
% change year-on-year -2.33% -14.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Data Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,884 1,595 2,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.87% 92.20% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,028 1,472
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £669 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.46 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +24.00% -45.65%
75th Percentile £45.08 £34.68 £40.92
90th Percentile £58.53 £51.75 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
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 2 (6.06%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 3 (9.09%) AWS
3 3 (9.09%) Snowflake
4 2 (6.06%) Azure AI
4 2 (6.06%) Copilot Studio
4 2 (6.06%) GCP
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.03%) Collibra
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Power BI
2 5 (15.15%) Big Data
2 5 (15.15%) Tableau
3 3 (9.09%) Looker
3 3 (9.09%) Mixpanel
3 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 2 (6.06%) MySQL
4 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
5 1 (3.03%) Hadoop
5 1 (3.03%) Informix
5 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
2 7 (21.21%) Banking
3 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Front Office
6 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Business Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) DBA
3 4 (12.12%) Senior DBA
3 4 (12.12%) Senior SQL DBA
3 4 (12.12%) SQL DBA
4 3 (9.09%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Data Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Data Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Information Assurance Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Data Governance Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Migration Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) JSON
1 1 (3.03%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (3.03%) PySpark
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.03%) CMDB
2 1 (3.03%) Derivative
2 1 (3.03%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (3.03%) Equities
2 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
2 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
1 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Analytics
2 8 (24.24%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (24.24%) Machine Learning
3 7 (21.21%) Agile
3 7 (21.21%) AI
3 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (21.21%) Data Analysis
3 7 (21.21%) Visualisation
4 6 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 5 (15.15%) Data Governance
5 5 (15.15%) Data Science
5 5 (15.15%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (15.15%) Validation
6 4 (12.12%) Big Data Analytics
6 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (12.12%) Migration
6 4 (12.12%) Predictive Modelling
6 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (42.42%) SQL
2 10 (30.30%) Python
3 4 (12.12%) R
4 1 (3.03%) C++
4 1 (3.03%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) GIAC
2 3 (9.09%) ISACA
2 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) ACCA
4 1 (3.03%) CFA
4 1 (3.03%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.12%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.03%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Databricks
2 3 (9.09%) Amplitude
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) Foundry
3 2 (6.06%) Informatica
3 2 (6.06%) OpenAI
3 2 (6.06%) Talend
4 1 (3.03%) Apple
4 1 (3.03%) Denodo
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow