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 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,869 1,631 2,379
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.24% 12.01% 12.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.22% 12.83% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,132 1,734
10th Percentile £313 £275 £273
25th Percentile £400 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £601 £618 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £700
England median daily rate £453 £475 £490
% change year-on-year -4.58% -2.96% +3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 31 28
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.27 £17.93
25th Percentile £24.03 £26.13 £19.19
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £34.01 £46.63 £40.00
90th Percentile £49.50 £80.75 £47.30
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.83 £17.50
% change year-on-year -27.51% +41.89% +2.70%

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 14,143 12,712 17,275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 93.62% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,424 8,189 12,471
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £780
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 140 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.98 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £34.14 £36.75 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +27.27% -16.91%
75th Percentile £59.72 £53.75 £49.28
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.88
England median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.03% - -9.09%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 0 287 £500 -4.76% 63
South London -9 35 £425 +6.25% 14
West London -21 23 £500 +66.67% 28
East London -1 20 £473 +5.00% 14
North London -2 2 £500 +3.90% 7
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 February 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.

1 454 (24.29%) Agile
2 420 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 384 (20.55%) SQL
4 326 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
5 296 (15.84%) Business Analysis
6 272 (14.55%) Requirements Gathering
7 263 (14.07%) Microsoft
8 249 (13.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 239 (12.79%) User Stories
10 215 (11.50%) Security Cleared
11 211 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
11 211 (11.29%) Data Analysis
12 210 (11.24%) Power Platform
13 203 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
14 202 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
15 198 (10.59%) Analytics
16 194 (10.38%) Power BI
17 192 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
18 189 (10.11%) Migration
19 187 (10.01%) SC Cleared
20 179 (9.58%) JIRA
21 177 (9.47%) Decision-Making
22 174 (9.31%) Validation
23 170 (9.10%) Azure
24 159 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
25 156 (8.35%) Data Quality
26 151 (8.08%) Data Modelling
27 138 (7.38%) Python
28 136 (7.28%) Degree
29 133 (7.12%) 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
1 101 (5.40%) Confluence
2 48 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.54%) CMS
4 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.43%) SAS
5 7 (0.37%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.32%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.32%) MQSeries
7 5 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.054%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.054%) Apache
10 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.054%) Kentico
10 1 (0.054%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.054%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.054%) WebLogic
Applications
1 192 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 81 (4.33%) MS Visio
4 71 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
5 25 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.21%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.054%) Sketch
9 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.28%) Endur
2 20 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.86%) Loan IQ
5 15 (0.80%) Aladdin
6 13 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
7 11 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
8 9 (0.48%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.37%) SAP HR
11 6 (0.32%) Fidessa
11 6 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
12 5 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
12 5 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 4 (0.21%) Actimize
13 4 (0.21%) ION MarketView
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 4 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 210 (11.24%) Power Platform
2 170 (9.10%) Azure
3 104 (5.56%) AWS
4 64 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (2.57%) GCP
6 47 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (2.03%) Snowflake
8 30 (1.61%) Entra ID
8 30 (1.61%) SaaS
9 27 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
10 22 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.02%) Power Automate
12 15 (0.80%) Google Workspace
12 15 (0.80%) PowerApps
13 13 (0.70%) Amazon S3
13 13 (0.70%) OneDrive
14 12 (0.64%) Lucidchart
15 9 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (0.48%) Miro
15 9 (0.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.96%) Firewall
2 16 (0.86%) VPN
3 14 (0.75%) DNS
4 13 (0.70%) Network Security
5 11 (0.59%) DHCP
6 10 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.37%) Internet
7 7 (0.37%) Skype
7 7 (0.37%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.32%) FIX Connectivity
8 6 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.27%) Broadband
9 5 (0.27%) DMZ
9 5 (0.27%) LAN
10 3 (0.16%) Softphone
10 3 (0.16%) VoIP
11 2 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
11 2 (0.11%) FTP
11 2 (0.11%) SSH
11 2 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (10.38%) Power BI
2 83 (4.44%) Tableau
3 45 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (1.82%) Metadata
5 28 (1.50%) BigQuery
6 27 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 17 (0.91%) Power Query
8 16 (0.86%) Looker
9 12 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
9 12 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.54%) Big Data
11 9 (0.48%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.43%) KNIME
13 7 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.27%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 179 (9.58%) JIRA
2 10 (0.54%) Selenium
3 9 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.43%) Git
5 7 (0.37%) Postman
6 6 (0.32%) MSI
7 4 (0.21%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.21%) Toad
8 3 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.16%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.16%) GitLab
8 3 (0.16%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.16%) TestRail
8 3 (0.16%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.11%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.11%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 705 (37.72%) Finance
2 672 (35.96%) Social Skills
3 419 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (14.39%) Banking
5 136 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 79 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 77 (4.12%) Front Office
8 76 (4.07%) Investment Banking
9 55 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (2.62%) Legal
11 47 (2.51%) Marketing
12 42 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
13 41 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (2.09%) Retail
15 37 (1.98%) Financial Institution
15 37 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 35 (1.87%) Back Office
17 34 (1.82%) Telecoms
18 23 (1.23%) Law
19 22 (1.18%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.61%) XML
2 22 (1.18%) REST
3 14 (0.75%) SOAP
4 13 (0.70%) Middleware
5 11 (0.59%) ADO
5 11 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
6 10 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.48%) JSON
7 9 (0.48%) Web Services
8 8 (0.43%) .NET
9 7 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (0.27%) HTML
10 5 (0.27%) Playwright
11 4 (0.21%) Kafka
11 4 (0.21%) Pandas
11 4 (0.21%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.21%) VML
11 4 (0.21%) YAML
12 3 (0.16%) NumPy
12 3 (0.16%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 94 (5.03%) Product Ownership
2 79 (4.23%) Onboarding
3 43 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 42 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
5 39 (2.09%) Derivative
6 35 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 33 (1.77%) Data Structures
7 33 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 31 (1.66%) Fixed Income
9 27 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.34%) PMI
10 25 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (1.07%) Credit Risk
12 20 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
13 19 (1.02%) Equities
14 18 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
14 18 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 16 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (0.80%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 80 (4.28%) Windows
2 24 (1.28%) Linux
3 21 (1.12%) Windows 10
4 19 (1.02%) Unix
5 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.70%) Android
7 9 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.43%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.054%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.054%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (24.29%) Agile
2 420 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 326 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
4 296 (15.84%) Business Analysis
5 272 (14.55%) Requirements Gathering
6 249 (13.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 239 (12.79%) User Stories
8 211 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
8 211 (11.29%) Data Analysis
9 203 (10.86%) Workshop Facilitation
10 202 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
11 198 (10.59%) Analytics
12 189 (10.11%) Migration
13 177 (9.47%) Decision-Making
14 174 (9.31%) Validation
15 159 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 151 (8.08%) Data Modelling
17 133 (7.12%) Process Improvement
18 130 (6.96%) Acceptance Criteria
19 120 (6.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 384 (20.55%) SQL
2 138 (7.38%) Python
3 33 (1.77%) PowerShell
4 25 (1.34%) Java
5 21 (1.12%) JavaScript
5 21 (1.12%) R
6 19 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
7 16 (0.86%) C#
8 14 (0.75%) VBA
9 13 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.48%) Bash
11 8 (0.43%) Korn
11 8 (0.43%) RPG
12 6 (0.32%) C++
13 4 (0.21%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.16%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.16%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.11%) Groovy
15 2 (0.11%) VC++
Qualifications
1 215 (11.50%) Security Cleared
2 187 (10.01%) SC Cleared
3 136 (7.28%) Degree
4 50 (2.68%) CBAP
5 34 (1.82%) PMI Certification
6 26 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 26 (1.39%) IIBA
7 16 (0.86%) CISSP
8 15 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 14 (0.75%) ISEB
9 14 (0.75%) PMP
10 13 (0.70%) CISM
10 13 (0.70%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.64%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.48%) CEH
13 9 (0.48%) CompTIA CySA+
13 9 (0.48%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.35%) Data Quality
2 113 (6.05%) QA
3 45 (2.41%) GDPR
4 44 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 42 (2.25%) PMO
6 34 (1.82%) GRC
7 33 (1.77%) NIST
8 28 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.28%) EMIR
10 22 (1.18%) MiFID
11 18 (0.96%) Accessibility
12 12 (0.64%) ISO 20022
12 12 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.64%) SLA
13 10 (0.54%) IFRS
14 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.48%) PSD2
15 8 (0.43%) GMP
15 8 (0.43%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.37%) Basel III
System Software
1 55 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.21%) Docker
4 3 (0.16%) Snort
4 3 (0.16%) Squid
5 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.054%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.054%) vSphere
6 1 (0.054%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.75%) HP SiteScope
2 14 (0.75%) SCOM
3 10 (0.54%) SCCM
4 8 (0.43%) Control-M
5 7 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.27%) Nessus
7 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.16%) Ansible
8 3 (0.16%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.16%) Nexpose
8 3 (0.16%) Suricata
9 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.11%) WSUS
10 1 (0.054%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.054%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.054%) EMC VPLEX
10 1 (0.054%) Terraform
10 1 (0.054%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 263 (14.07%) Microsoft
2 90 (4.82%) Oracle
3 83 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 73 (3.91%) SAP
5 69 (3.69%) ServiceNow
6 64 (3.42%) Splunk
7 32 (1.71%) Google
8 29 (1.55%) Murex
9 28 (1.50%) Bloomberg
10 25 (1.34%) Workday
11 24 (1.28%) Databricks
12 23 (1.23%) Adobe
13 22 (1.18%) Qualys
14 20 (1.07%) CrowdStrike
15 15 (0.80%) Carbon Black
16 14 (0.75%) Remedy
17 12 (0.64%) ION Trading
18 11 (0.59%) Charles River
18 11 (0.59%) Guidewire
18 11 (0.59%) Informatica