Statistics Contracts in the City of London

Statistics
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 114 143
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 +24
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Statistics 15 8 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.83% 0.39% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.42% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 9
10th Percentile £285 £388 £287
25th Percentile £513 £447 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -20.00% +27.66%
75th Percentile - £725 £838
90th Percentile £563 £800 £875
Central London median daily rate £550 £544 £750
% change year-on-year +1.15% -27.50% +27.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.93 - -
25th Percentile £31.81 - -
Median hourly rate £42.25 - -
75th Percentile £53.31 - -
90th Percentile £59.58 - -
Central London median hourly rate £42.25 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Statistics 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,703 1,900 2,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.24% 91.74% 90.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 1,251 1,976
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £422 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £790 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 15
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £19.79 £14.75
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.63 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -3.18% -36.40%
75th Percentile £53.50 £82.19 £47.41
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £62.45
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.67% -22.86% -17.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Statistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Statistics 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 Statistics.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Statistics in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Statistics 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 Statistics.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Statistics in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Statistics in the City of London

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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 3 (20.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (6.67%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) Amazon SageMaker
3 2 (13.33%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (13.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
1 4 (26.67%) Tableau
2 2 (13.33%) Apache Hive
2 2 (13.33%) Hadoop
2 2 (13.33%) MySQL
3 1 (6.67%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MLflow
General
1 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 4 (26.67%) Police
4 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Data Scientist
2 3 (20.00%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Science Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Gen AI Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) ICT Support
3 1 (6.67%) Junior
3 1 (6.67%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Junior Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Junior Data Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Lead Data Scientist
3 1 (6.67%) Python Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Scientist
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) TensorFlow
2 5 (33.33%) Pandas
2 5 (33.33%) scikit-learn
3 2 (13.33%) PySpark
4 1 (6.67%) NumPy
4 1 (6.67%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Credit Risk
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Multi-touch
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Data Science
2 11 (73.33%) Machine Learning
3 7 (46.67%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (46.67%) Computer Science
3 7 (46.67%) Mathematics
4 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (40.00%) Visualisation
5 5 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
5 5 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 5 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
5 5 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
6 4 (26.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (26.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 4 (26.67%) LLM
6 4 (26.67%) Regression Analysis
7 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 2 (13.33%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) Python
2 10 (66.67%) SQL
3 6 (40.00%) R
4 1 (6.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) Master's Degree
4 3 (20.00%) PhD
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) ISO 14001
2 1 (6.67%) NEBOSH
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft