Project Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Project Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Project Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 119 152
Rank change year-on-year +5 +33 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Project Analyst 5 8 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.28% 0.36% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.38% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £510 - £393
25th Percentile £525 £775 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £525
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +52.38% -4.59%
75th Percentile £663 £825 £578
90th Percentile £730 - £603
Central London median daily rate £588 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -6.00% +19.05% -4.55%

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 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
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 £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £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 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

Project Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Analyst in the City of London

Project Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Project Analyst in the City of London

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Analyst in the City of London

Project Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Analyst in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project 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 Project Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Derivative
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Front Office
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Finance

Project 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Management
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL