Trend Analysis Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Trend Analysis
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 121 137
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 +42
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.27% 0.097% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.11% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £464 - £619
25th Percentile £513 - £620
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £631
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.82%
75th Percentile £538 - £648
90th Percentile - - £653
Central London median daily rate £525 - £631
% change year-on-year - - +12.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Trend Analysis 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,666 1,894 2,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.40% 92.17% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,170 1,158 1,603
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -0.92%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.52 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £42.12 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £50.63 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -24.29% +27.27% -34.13%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Trend Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in the City of London

Trend Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Trend Analysis.

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

Trend Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Trend Analysis.

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

Trend Analysis
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) OpenShift
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (40.00%) SIAM Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Compliance Audit
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Runbook
1 4 (80.00%) SIAM
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft