Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Analyst
England > London

The median Analyst daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 13 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,783 1,652 2,425
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.70% 11.87% 13.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.72% 12.69% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 1,180 1,770
10th Percentile £312 £275 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 26 27
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.27 £17.90
25th Percentile £24.01 £25.81 £19.13
Median hourly rate £25.79 £35.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.31% +48.94% -13.76%
75th Percentile £33.19 £57.75 £37.25
90th Percentile £48.18 £80.75 £48.15
England median hourly rate £18.57 £23.35 £18.00
% change year-on-year -20.47% +29.72% +5.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 12,993 13,016 16,941
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 93.50% 93.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,606 8,379 12,218
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 140 238
10th Percentile £17.88 £19.99 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.44 £23.80 £20.14
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -4.41%
75th Percentile £60.63 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.38% +24.04%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +2 302 £475 -9.52% 67
East London +6 27 £400 -8.57% 14
South London -10 27 £425 +30.77% 10
West London -18 22 £478 +75.23% 20
North London +2 3 £500 -9.09% 3
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 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 London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 434 (24.34%) Agile
2 382 (21.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 363 (20.36%) SQL
4 315 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
5 276 (15.48%) Business Analysis
6 254 (14.25%) Microsoft
7 238 (13.35%) Requirements Gathering
8 237 (13.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 219 (12.28%) Data Analysis
10 208 (11.67%) User Stories
11 206 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
12 200 (11.22%) Analytics
12 200 (11.22%) Power Platform
13 190 (10.66%) Workshop Facilitation
14 186 (10.43%) Power BI
15 185 (10.38%) Security Cleared
15 185 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
16 169 (9.48%) Decision-Making
16 169 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
17 168 (9.42%) Migration
18 159 (8.92%) SC Cleared
19 157 (8.81%) Azure
20 154 (8.64%) Validation
21 151 (8.47%) JIRA
21 151 (8.47%) Python
22 144 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
23 137 (7.68%) Degree
24 136 (7.63%) Data Modelling
24 136 (7.63%) Data Quality
25 133 (7.46%) Process Improvement

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 84 (4.71%) Confluence
2 49 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.56%) CMS
4 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.39%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.34%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.34%) MQSeries
6 6 (0.34%) SAS
7 5 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.056%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.056%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.056%) Kentico
11 1 (0.056%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.056%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.056%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.056%) WebSphere
Applications
1 169 (9.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 73 (4.09%) MS Visio
4 65 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.22%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.056%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.056%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.056%) Sketch
9 1 (0.056%) SPSS
9 1 (0.056%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (1.79%) Endur
2 23 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
5 10 (0.56%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 9 (0.50%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
8 7 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.39%) SAP HR
9 6 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 3 (0.17%) Algo Collateral
12 3 (0.17%) ION MarketView
12 3 (0.17%) NEC Housing
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 200 (11.22%) Power Platform
2 157 (8.81%) Azure
3 92 (5.16%) AWS
4 60 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (2.58%) GCP
6 41 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 32 (1.79%) Snowflake
9 26 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 25 (1.40%) SaaS
11 16 (0.90%) Power Automate
11 16 (0.90%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.73%) Collibra
12 13 (0.73%) Google Workspace
13 12 (0.67%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.62%) Lucidchart
14 11 (0.62%) Miro
15 9 (0.50%) Google Tag Manager
16 8 (0.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.12%) Firewall
2 15 (0.84%) VPN
3 14 (0.79%) DNS
3 14 (0.79%) Network Security
4 11 (0.62%) DHCP
4 11 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.39%) Internet
5 7 (0.39%) Skype
5 7 (0.39%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.34%) FIX Connectivity
6 6 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.28%) Broadband
7 5 (0.28%) DMZ
7 5 (0.28%) LAN
8 3 (0.17%) Softphone
9 2 (0.11%) FTP
9 2 (0.11%) HTTP
9 2 (0.11%) VoIP
9 2 (0.11%) WAN
9 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (10.43%) Power BI
2 85 (4.77%) Tableau
3 41 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (2.19%) Metadata
5 28 (1.57%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.35%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.01%) Power Query
8 14 (0.79%) Looker
9 12 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (0.62%) Big Data
11 10 (0.56%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.39%) KNIME
13 7 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.34%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 151 (8.47%) JIRA
2 10 (0.56%) Postman
3 9 (0.50%) Git
3 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.39%) Selenium
5 4 (0.22%) Charles Proxy
5 4 (0.22%) MSI
6 3 (0.17%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (0.17%) Fiddler
6 3 (0.17%) GitLab
6 3 (0.17%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.17%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.11%) ERwin
7 2 (0.11%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.11%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 656 (36.79%) Finance
2 639 (35.84%) Social Skills
3 392 (21.99%) Analytical Skills
4 252 (14.13%) Banking
5 129 (7.23%) Public Sector
6 74 (4.15%) Front Office
7 72 (4.04%) Investment Banking
8 71 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
10 51 (2.86%) Marketing
11 49 (2.75%) Legal
12 45 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (2.36%) Back Office
14 41 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 38 (2.13%) Retail
16 37 (2.08%) Financial Institution
17 35 (1.96%) Telecoms
18 32 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
19 24 (1.35%) Local Government
20 21 (1.18%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.79%) XML
2 20 (1.12%) REST
3 13 (0.73%) SOAP
4 11 (0.62%) Middleware
5 10 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
6 9 (0.50%) ADO
6 9 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.45%) JSON
8 7 (0.39%) .NET
8 7 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (0.39%) HTML
9 6 (0.34%) Web Services
10 4 (0.22%) LangChain
10 4 (0.22%) Pandas
10 4 (0.22%) Playwright
10 4 (0.22%) RESTful
10 4 (0.22%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.22%) Swagger
11 3 (0.17%) Kafka
11 3 (0.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 97 (5.44%) Product Ownership
2 86 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 40 (2.24%) Derivative
4 40 (2.24%) Management Information System
5 39 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
6 30 (1.68%) Data Structures
7 28 (1.57%) Fixed Income
7 28 (1.57%) PMI
8 26 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 26 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
12 19 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
12 19 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 17 (0.95%) Credit Risk
13 17 (0.95%) Equities
14 16 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (0.84%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.37%) Windows
2 22 (1.23%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.18%) Linux
4 18 (1.01%) Unix
5 12 (0.67%) Android
5 12 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.34%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.056%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (24.34%) Agile
2 382 (21.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 315 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
4 276 (15.48%) Business Analysis
5 238 (13.35%) Requirements Gathering
6 237 (13.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 219 (12.28%) Data Analysis
8 208 (11.67%) User Stories
9 206 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
10 200 (11.22%) Analytics
11 190 (10.66%) Workshop Facilitation
12 185 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
13 169 (9.48%) Decision-Making
14 168 (9.42%) Migration
15 154 (8.64%) Validation
16 144 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
17 136 (7.63%) Data Modelling
18 133 (7.46%) Process Improvement
19 114 (6.39%) Visualisation
20 111 (6.23%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 363 (20.36%) SQL
2 151 (8.47%) Python
3 33 (1.85%) PowerShell
4 25 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
5 23 (1.29%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.23%) R
7 21 (1.18%) Java
8 19 (1.07%) C#
9 14 (0.79%) VBA
10 12 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (0.62%) C++
12 8 (0.45%) RPG
13 7 (0.39%) Bash
14 6 (0.34%) Korn
15 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.17%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.11%) Perl
16 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.11%) VC++
17 1 (0.056%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 185 (10.38%) Security Cleared
2 159 (8.92%) SC Cleared
3 137 (7.68%) Degree
4 49 (2.75%) CBAP
5 37 (2.08%) PMI Certification
6 26 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.07%) CISSP
9 17 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 16 (0.90%) IIBA
10 16 (0.90%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.79%) CISM
11 14 (0.79%) PMP
12 12 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (0.67%) ISEB
13 10 (0.56%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (0.50%) CEH
14 9 (0.50%) GIAC
14 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (7.63%) Data Quality
2 107 (6.00%) QA
3 47 (2.64%) GDPR
4 41 (2.30%) PMO
5 40 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.74%) GRC
7 30 (1.68%) NIST
8 26 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.35%) EMIR
9 24 (1.35%) MiFID
10 15 (0.84%) Accessibility
11 13 (0.73%) ISO 20022
11 13 (0.73%) SLA
12 11 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.56%) PSD2
14 9 (0.50%) SEPA
15 8 (0.45%) IFRS
15 8 (0.45%) NCSC
15 8 (0.45%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.39%) Basel III
System Software
1 54 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.22%) Docker
3 4 (0.22%) Snort
3 4 (0.22%) Squid
4 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.056%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (0.79%) HP SiteScope
1 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (0.79%) SCOM
2 12 (0.67%) SCCM
3 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.34%) Control-M
4 6 (0.34%) Nessus
5 4 (0.22%) Ansible
5 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.22%) Nexpose
5 4 (0.22%) Suricata
6 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.11%) BladeLogic
7 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.11%) WSUS
8 1 (0.056%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.056%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.056%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.056%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 254 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.82%) Oracle
3 81 (4.54%) Salesforce
4 73 (4.09%) SAP
5 65 (3.65%) ServiceNow
5 65 (3.65%) Splunk
6 35 (1.96%) Google
7 27 (1.51%) Bloomberg
8 23 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
8 23 (1.29%) Qualys
9 22 (1.23%) Adobe
9 22 (1.23%) Murex
10 21 (1.18%) Workday
11 20 (1.12%) Carbon Black
12 18 (1.01%) Databricks
13 13 (0.73%) Remedy
14 12 (0.67%) Alteryx
14 12 (0.67%) ION Trading
14 12 (0.67%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.67%) OpenLink