Senior Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Data Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Data Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
22 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 117 136
Rank change year-on-year -6 +19 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Analyst 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.16% 0.097% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.10% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £619 £449 £539
25th Percentile £628 £484 £598
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £563 £695
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -19.06% +24.11%
75th Percentile £703 £634 -
90th Percentile £716 £666 -
Central London median daily rate £663 £563 £695
% change year-on-year +17.78% -19.06% +24.11%

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 1,709 1,912 2,368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 93.00% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,199 1,174 1,701
10th Percentile £329 £363 £350
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £675 £683 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £568
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.19% -1.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 14
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £31.00 £57.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +134.69% -30.00%
75th Percentile £43.33 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £55.25 £132.40 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -25.40% +40.08% -23.12%

Senior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Senior Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Senior Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Senior 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 Senior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau
3 1 (33.33%) Validation

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Senior Data Analyst jobs