Market Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Market Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Market Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 117 127
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Market Analyst 2 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.097% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.10% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £476 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - £385
Median % change year-on-year - - -39.61%
75th Percentile £489 - £430
90th Percentile - - £501
Central London median daily rate £483 - £385
% change year-on-year - - -39.61%

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 1,719 1,915 2,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 92.96% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,176 1,684
10th Percentile £328 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.77% -1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 13
10th Percentile £19.94 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.96 £22.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £57.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.30% +130.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £41.85 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £51.25 £132.40 £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -24.44%

Market Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Market Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Market Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Market Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Market Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Market Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Market Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Market Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Market Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

Market Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Market 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 Market Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (50.00%) Basel III
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CFA
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops

Market 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Equities
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (50.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CFA
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Basel III
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft