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 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,008 1,785 2,110
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.38% 13.50% 11.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.17% 14.46% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,294 1,171 1,514
10th Percentile £300 £306 £311
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -4.03%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
England median daily rate £459 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -0.33% -3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 39 37
10th Percentile £18.80 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.73 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% -7.02% +14.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £33.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £44.90 £77.25
England median hourly rate £23.33 £22.53 £16.30
% change year-on-year +3.55% +38.22% -15.07%

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 17,973 12,345 16,552
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.40% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 8,337 11,853
10th Percentile £358 £332 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 187 310
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.20 £23.60 £20.31
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +16.86% -25.52%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.63 £46.05
90th Percentile £80.50 £64.25 £68.08
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.08 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.28% -29.81% -8.45%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -5 304 £500 -4.76% 164
West London +4 61 £388 -7.74% 29
South London +19 35 £463 -2.63% 12
East London -1 9 £375 -30.56% 27
North London -2 3 £289 -38.24% 13
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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.

1 453 (22.56%) Agile
2 446 (22.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 380 (18.92%) SQL
4 325 (16.19%) Business Analysis
5 297 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
6 278 (13.84%) User Stories
7 274 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 270 (13.45%) User Acceptance Testing
9 269 (13.40%) Requirements Gathering
10 256 (12.75%) Microsoft
11 250 (12.45%) Data Analysis
12 249 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
13 242 (12.05%) Validation
14 220 (10.96%) Power Platform
14 220 (10.96%) Workshop Facilitation
15 215 (10.71%) Power BI
16 208 (10.36%) Analytics
17 204 (10.16%) JIRA
18 203 (10.11%) Azure
19 202 (10.06%) Data Quality
20 198 (9.86%) Security Cleared
21 197 (9.81%) Data Modelling
22 195 (9.71%) Migration
23 194 (9.66%) Decision-Making
24 192 (9.56%) Acceptance Criteria
25 182 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
26 168 (8.37%) AI
27 160 (7.97%) SC Cleared
28 150 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
29 149 (7.42%) Python

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 96 (4.78%) Confluence
2 42 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.89%) CMS
4 8 (0.40%) SAS
5 5 (0.25%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.20%) Apache
6 4 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.15%) Kentico
7 3 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.100%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.100%) WordPress
9 1 (0.050%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.050%) Appian
9 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 182 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (3.69%) MS Visio
3 53 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.50%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.40%) Revit
9 3 (0.15%) Notion
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.050%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.050%) SPSS
10 1 (0.050%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.95%) Aladdin
2 19 (0.95%) Loan IQ
3 18 (0.90%) Workday HCM
4 15 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.45%) Actimize
7 8 (0.40%) Endur
8 6 (0.30%) iTrent
8 6 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.30%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.25%) Findur
9 5 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 5 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.25%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.25%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.20%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 220 (10.96%) Power Platform
2 203 (10.11%) Azure
3 104 (5.18%) AWS
4 66 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (2.34%) SaaS
7 42 (2.09%) Snowflake
8 37 (1.84%) GCP
9 33 (1.64%) Entra ID
10 24 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (0.85%) Google Workspace
14 14 (0.70%) Amazon S3
14 14 (0.70%) Lucidchart
14 14 (0.70%) Serverless
15 13 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.75%) TCP/IP
1 15 (0.75%) VPN
2 14 (0.70%) Firewall
3 11 (0.55%) Network Security
4 8 (0.40%) DHCP
4 8 (0.40%) DNS
5 7 (0.35%) VoIP
6 6 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.25%) DMZ
8 4 (0.20%) Internet
8 4 (0.20%) Wireless
9 3 (0.15%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.15%) WAN
10 2 (0.100%) FTP
10 2 (0.100%) Intranet
10 2 (0.100%) LAN
10 2 (0.100%) PSTN
10 2 (0.100%) WinSCP
10 2 (0.100%) Wireless Security
10 2 (0.100%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (10.71%) Power BI
2 88 (4.38%) Tableau
3 51 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (2.39%) Metadata
5 35 (1.74%) Relational Database
6 17 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 17 (0.85%) Looker
7 16 (0.80%) BigQuery
8 15 (0.75%) Power Query
9 11 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
10 10 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.45%) Big Data
11 9 (0.45%) SQL Server
12 6 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.25%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.20%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.20%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 204 (10.16%) JIRA
2 24 (1.20%) Postman
3 10 (0.50%) Selenium
4 8 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.35%) Git
6 6 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.25%) GitLab
8 4 (0.20%) Appium
8 4 (0.20%) JUnit
9 3 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
9 3 (0.15%) MSI
9 3 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.15%) Toad
9 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.100%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.100%) JMeter
10 2 (0.100%) Snyk
10 2 (0.100%) TestRail
General
1 805 (40.09%) Finance
2 629 (31.32%) Social Skills
3 452 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 284 (14.14%) Banking
5 128 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 115 (5.73%) Front Office
7 91 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
8 84 (4.18%) Investment Banking
9 82 (4.08%) Marketing
10 74 (3.69%) Legal
11 73 (3.64%) Retail
12 58 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 40 (1.99%) Financial Institution
16 33 (1.64%) Back Office
17 31 (1.54%) Local Government
18 22 (1.10%) Manufacturing
19 21 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
20 17 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (1.10%) XML
3 19 (0.95%) JSON
4 17 (0.85%) Middleware
5 15 (0.75%) Pandas
6 10 (0.50%) ADO
6 10 (0.50%) REST
7 9 (0.45%) .NET
7 9 (0.45%) Kafka
8 8 (0.40%) NumPy
9 7 (0.35%) SailPoint
9 7 (0.35%) YAML
10 6 (0.30%) Playwright
10 6 (0.30%) PySpark
10 6 (0.30%) SOAP
10 6 (0.30%) VML
11 3 (0.15%) GeoJSON
11 3 (0.15%) OAuth
11 3 (0.15%) Web Services
12 2 (0.100%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 115 (5.73%) Product Ownership
2 75 (3.74%) Onboarding
3 66 (3.29%) Derivative
4 52 (2.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 48 (2.39%) Fixed Income
6 47 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 44 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
8 40 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (1.94%) Data Structures
10 37 (1.84%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.34%) Credit Risk
11 27 (1.34%) Hedge funds
12 22 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (1.00%) Market Risk
13 20 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (0.90%) CMDB
15 17 (0.85%) Reinsurance
15 17 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
16 16 (0.80%) Security Posture
17 15 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 67 (3.34%) Windows
2 17 (0.85%) Android
3 15 (0.75%) Apple iOS
3 15 (0.75%) Mac OS
4 14 (0.70%) Linux
5 12 (0.60%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.45%) Unix
7 7 (0.35%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.100%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (22.56%) Agile
2 446 (22.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 325 (16.19%) Business Analysis
4 297 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
5 278 (13.84%) User Stories
6 274 (13.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 270 (13.45%) User Acceptance Testing
8 269 (13.40%) Requirements Gathering
9 250 (12.45%) Data Analysis
10 249 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
11 242 (12.05%) Validation
12 220 (10.96%) Workshop Facilitation
13 208 (10.36%) Analytics
14 197 (9.81%) Data Modelling
15 195 (9.71%) Migration
16 194 (9.66%) Decision-Making
17 192 (9.56%) Acceptance Criteria
18 168 (8.37%) AI
19 150 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
20 143 (7.12%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 380 (18.92%) SQL
2 149 (7.42%) Python
3 28 (1.39%) Java
4 24 (1.20%) PowerShell
5 19 (0.95%) R
6 15 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (0.75%) VBA
7 12 (0.60%) PL/SQL
8 10 (0.50%) Korn
9 6 (0.30%) C#
10 5 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.25%) Scala
10 5 (0.25%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.20%) C
11 4 (0.20%) C++
11 4 (0.20%) Groovy
11 4 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.15%) Bash
12 3 (0.15%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.100%) Perl
Qualifications
1 198 (9.86%) Security Cleared
2 160 (7.97%) SC Cleared
3 133 (6.62%) Degree
4 25 (1.25%) CISSP
5 21 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 20 (1.00%) CBAP
6 20 (1.00%) IIBA
7 18 (0.90%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (0.50%) ACCA
10 10 (0.50%) CISM
10 10 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 9 (0.45%) CIMA
11 9 (0.45%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.40%) CISA
12 8 (0.40%) FFIEC
13 7 (0.35%) GIAC
13 7 (0.35%) ISEB
13 7 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (10.06%) Data Quality
2 108 (5.38%) QA
3 57 (2.84%) PMO
4 47 (2.34%) NIST
5 43 (2.14%) GDPR
5 43 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.34%) SLA
7 24 (1.20%) IFRS
8 22 (1.10%) GRC
9 18 (0.90%) Accessibility
10 17 (0.85%) GAAP
11 15 (0.75%) COBIT
11 15 (0.75%) EMIR
11 15 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.60%) ISO 20022
13 11 (0.55%) MiFID
14 10 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.30%) COREP
15 6 (0.30%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.25%) FINREP
System Software
1 36 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.25%) Docker
3 5 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.050%) RACF
5 1 (0.050%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.050%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.050%) vSphere
5 1 (0.050%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.65%) SCCM
3 11 (0.55%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.30%) Terraform
4 6 (0.30%) WSUS
5 3 (0.15%) Control-M
5 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.15%) Nessus
5 3 (0.15%) QRadar
5 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.100%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.100%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.100%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.100%) Puppet
7 1 (0.050%) CASB
7 1 (0.050%) Grafana
7 1 (0.050%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.050%) Kibana
7 1 (0.050%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.050%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 256 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 118 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 107 (5.33%) SAP
4 92 (4.58%) ServiceNow
5 90 (4.48%) Oracle
6 62 (3.09%) Databricks
7 38 (1.89%) Workday
8 36 (1.79%) Google
9 35 (1.74%) Murex
10 34 (1.69%) Bloomberg
11 20 (1.00%) Citrix
11 20 (1.00%) Splunk
12 18 (0.90%) Adobe
12 18 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
13 17 (0.85%) ION Trading
14 16 (0.80%) Alteryx
15 14 (0.70%) Reuters
16 12 (0.60%) MuleSoft
16 12 (0.60%) Qualys
17 11 (0.55%) CyberArk