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 6 September 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,085 1,874 1,918
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.33% 14.00% 11.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.07% 15.08% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,290 1,242 1,392
10th Percentile £290 £306 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.28%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £694 £738 £725
England median daily rate £473 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 43 30
10th Percentile £24.75 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.17 £25.06
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -36.33% +58.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.75 £57.95 £104.88
England median hourly rate £26.37 £22.07 £18.66
% change year-on-year +19.46% +18.27% -5.81%

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 18,839 12,430 15,196
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 92.85% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,177 8,331 10,372
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £684
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 207 187
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.73
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.56
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.87% -12.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.38 £55.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.34 £73.13
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £46.87
% change year-on-year +73.20% -46.34% +6.85%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -13 290 £470 -6.00% 163
West London +11 60 £400 -4.76% 27
South London -6 19 £488 +14.71% 11
East London -6 10 £413 +116.86% 16
North London -1 6 £400 -28.41% 3
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 September 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.

1 553 (26.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 467 (22.40%) Agile
3 432 (20.72%) SQL
4 386 (18.51%) Business Analysis
5 343 (16.45%) Requirements Gathering
6 339 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
7 325 (15.59%) User Stories
8 299 (14.34%) Microsoft
9 297 (14.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 297 (14.24%) User Acceptance Testing
10 283 (13.57%) Workshop Facilitation
11 281 (13.48%) Data Analysis
12 271 (13.00%) Validation
13 267 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
14 247 (11.85%) Analytics
15 246 (11.80%) Power Platform
16 230 (11.03%) Power BI
17 228 (10.94%) Decision-Making
18 223 (10.70%) Data Quality
19 220 (10.55%) Azure
20 219 (10.50%) AI
21 211 (10.12%) Acceptance Criteria
22 196 (9.40%) Data Modelling
23 191 (9.16%) Migration
24 189 (9.06%) JIRA
25 179 (8.59%) Security Cleared
26 177 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
27 176 (8.44%) Python
28 171 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
29 165 (7.91%) Data Governance

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 97 (4.65%) Confluence
2 54 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 36 (1.73%) CMS
4 9 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.24%) SAS
6 4 (0.19%) Apache
6 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.14%) Kentico
7 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.096%) Appian
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.096%) WordPress
9 1 (0.048%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.048%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.048%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.048%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 171 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.78%) MS Visio
3 48 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.38%) Revit
9 4 (0.19%) Notion
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.048%) SPSS
11 1 (0.048%) Trello
11 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.62%) Aladdin
4 12 (0.58%) Endur
4 12 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 12 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 11 (0.53%) Workday HCM
6 10 (0.48%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.43%) iTrent
8 8 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.34%) HFM
9 7 (0.34%) Summit
10 6 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (0.24%) Actimize
11 5 (0.24%) Findur
11 5 (0.24%) Front Arena
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
12 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 246 (11.80%) Power Platform
2 220 (10.55%) Azure
3 115 (5.52%) AWS
4 87 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (2.83%) SaaS
7 54 (2.59%) Entra ID
8 45 (2.16%) Snowflake
9 40 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (1.82%) GCP
11 22 (1.06%) OneDrive
12 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
12 21 (1.01%) Power Automate
13 19 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (0.91%) SuccessFactors
14 18 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 16 (0.77%) Collibra
15 16 (0.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (0.72%) PowerApps
17 14 (0.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.10%) TCP/IP
2 20 (0.96%) VPN
3 16 (0.77%) Firewall
3 16 (0.77%) Network Security
4 14 (0.67%) DNS
5 13 (0.62%) PSTN
6 11 (0.53%) DHCP
6 11 (0.53%) VoIP
7 10 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.38%) Wireless
9 7 (0.34%) IP Telephony
10 5 (0.24%) DMZ
10 5 (0.24%) HTTP
10 5 (0.24%) Internet
11 4 (0.19%) Intranet
12 3 (0.14%) SSL
12 3 (0.14%) WinSCP
13 2 (0.096%) WAN
13 2 (0.096%) Wireless Security
13 2 (0.096%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (11.03%) Power BI
2 89 (4.27%) Tableau
3 61 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 57 (2.73%) Metadata
5 28 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 20 (0.96%) Looker
6 20 (0.96%) Power Query
7 18 (0.86%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 11 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
9 11 (0.53%) SQL Server
10 10 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
11 9 (0.43%) Big Data
12 8 (0.38%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
15 5 (0.24%) Data Hub
15 5 (0.24%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 189 (9.06%) JIRA
2 21 (1.01%) Postman
3 14 (0.67%) Git
4 10 (0.48%) Selenium
5 8 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.34%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.24%) GitLab
7 5 (0.24%) TestRail
7 5 (0.24%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.14%) Appium
8 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.096%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.096%) JMeter
9 2 (0.096%) JUnit
9 2 (0.096%) Snyk
9 2 (0.096%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 843 (40.43%) Finance
2 678 (32.52%) Social Skills
3 478 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
4 309 (14.82%) Banking
5 119 (5.71%) Front Office
5 119 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 109 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
7 101 (4.84%) Retail
8 93 (4.46%) Legal
9 92 (4.41%) Marketing
10 80 (3.84%) Investment Banking
11 54 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 54 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (1.82%) Financial Institution
13 37 (1.77%) Local Government
13 37 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (1.63%) Back Office
15 27 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
17 22 (1.06%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 27 (1.29%) JSON
3 19 (0.91%) XML
4 18 (0.86%) Middleware
5 12 (0.58%) Pandas
6 10 (0.48%) .NET
7 9 (0.43%) ADO
7 9 (0.43%) Kafka
7 9 (0.43%) Playwright
7 9 (0.43%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.38%) PySpark
8 8 (0.38%) REST
9 7 (0.34%) NumPy
10 6 (0.29%) FIDO
10 6 (0.29%) Terraform
10 6 (0.29%) WebAuthn
10 6 (0.29%) YAML
11 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.19%) VML
12 3 (0.14%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 142 (6.81%) Product Ownership
2 119 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 67 (3.21%) Derivative
4 56 (2.69%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.21%) Data Structures
6 44 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 43 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 40 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
9 39 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (1.82%) Fixed Income
11 27 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
12 26 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 22 (1.06%) Credit Risk
13 22 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.96%) CMDB
14 20 (0.96%) Hedge funds
14 20 (0.96%) Market Risk
15 19 (0.91%) Reference Data
15 19 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
16 17 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 76 (3.65%) Windows
2 17 (0.82%) Linux
3 16 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 15 (0.72%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.58%) Android
6 10 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.29%) Unix
8 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (26.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 467 (22.40%) Agile
3 386 (18.51%) Business Analysis
4 343 (16.45%) Requirements Gathering
5 339 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
6 325 (15.59%) User Stories
7 297 (14.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 297 (14.24%) User Acceptance Testing
8 283 (13.57%) Workshop Facilitation
9 281 (13.48%) Data Analysis
10 271 (13.00%) Validation
11 267 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
12 247 (11.85%) Analytics
13 228 (10.94%) Decision-Making
14 219 (10.50%) AI
15 211 (10.12%) Acceptance Criteria
16 196 (9.40%) Data Modelling
17 191 (9.16%) Migration
18 177 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
19 165 (7.91%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 432 (20.72%) SQL
2 176 (8.44%) Python
3 34 (1.63%) PowerShell
4 31 (1.49%) Java
5 29 (1.39%) R
6 20 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 16 (0.77%) Korn
8 15 (0.72%) PL/SQL
9 12 (0.58%) VBA
10 10 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 9 (0.43%) C#
11 9 (0.43%) C++
12 7 (0.34%) Scala
13 6 (0.29%) C
14 5 (0.24%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.19%) Bash
15 4 (0.19%) JavaScript
16 3 (0.14%) VBScript
17 2 (0.096%) Perl
Qualifications
1 179 (8.59%) Security Cleared
2 159 (7.63%) Degree
3 145 (6.95%) SC Cleared
4 31 (1.49%) CISSP
4 31 (1.49%) DV Cleared
5 22 (1.06%) PMI Certification
6 21 (1.01%) IIBA
7 17 (0.82%) ACCA
7 17 (0.82%) CIMA
8 16 (0.77%) CBAP
8 16 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.67%) PMP
11 13 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
12 12 (0.58%) CISM
12 12 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.53%) FFIEC
13 11 (0.53%) GIAC
14 9 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (10.70%) Data Quality
2 119 (5.71%) QA
3 60 (2.88%) PMO
4 56 (2.69%) NIST
5 43 (2.06%) GDPR
6 41 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (1.34%) SLA
8 23 (1.10%) COBIT
8 23 (1.10%) GRC
9 21 (1.01%) IFRS
10 16 (0.77%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.72%) MiFID
12 14 (0.67%) EMIR
13 13 (0.62%) ISO 20022
14 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.43%) GAAP
16 7 (0.34%) Basel III
17 6 (0.29%) ITGC
17 6 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 54 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
2 9 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.19%) Docker
4 2 (0.096%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (0.86%) SCCM
3 12 (0.58%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.29%) WSUS
5 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.14%) Nessus
6 3 (0.14%) QRadar
7 2 (0.096%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.096%) Nexpose
7 2 (0.096%) Puppet
8 1 (0.048%) CASB
8 1 (0.048%) Control-M
8 1 (0.048%) Grafana
8 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.048%) Kibana
8 1 (0.048%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 299 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 108 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 106 (5.08%) SAP
4 97 (4.65%) ServiceNow
5 85 (4.08%) Oracle
6 65 (3.12%) Databricks
7 36 (1.73%) Murex
8 35 (1.68%) Google
9 28 (1.34%) Bloomberg
10 25 (1.20%) Workday
11 23 (1.10%) Splunk
12 21 (1.01%) Alteryx
13 20 (0.96%) Adobe
14 18 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
14 18 (0.86%) CyberArk
15 15 (0.72%) Citrix
16 14 (0.67%) IBM
17 12 (0.58%) ION Trading
18 11 (0.53%) Cisco
19 10 (0.48%) OpenLink