IT Analyst Contracts in the City of London

IT Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 97 131
Rank change year-on-year -6 +34 -13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 16 29 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.91% 1.32% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.39% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 17
10th Percentile £207 £201 £232
25th Percentile £230 £409 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £613 £450
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +36.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £681 £675 £600
90th Percentile £882 £701 £713
Central London median daily rate £350 £550 £463
% change year-on-year -36.36% +18.92% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £22.50 -

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 1,634 2,090 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 95.13% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,486 2,357
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the City of London

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, IT Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (31.25%) Information Security
4 4 (25.00%) Law
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Azure
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
5 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
5 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (18.75%) ITIL
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (18.75%) Service Management
5 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
5 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
6 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
6 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 2 (12.50%) Banking

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) CMS
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
1 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Law
4 2 (12.50%) Back Office
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (12.50%) Equities
1 2 (12.50%) iPad
1 2 (12.50%) iPhone
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 2 (12.50%) Reference Data
2 1 (6.25%) BYOD
2 1 (6.25%) Hedge funds
2 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Information Security
2 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 2 (12.50%) ETRM
4 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) OO
4 2 (12.50%) Release Management
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) RUP
4 2 (12.50%) UML
4 2 (12.50%) Use Case
4 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) AirWatch
2 2 (12.50%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle
4 2 (12.50%) Apple
4 2 (12.50%) iManage
4 2 (12.50%) Intapp
4 2 (12.50%) OpenLink
4 2 (12.50%) Symantec
5 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
5 1 (6.25%) Zscaler