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 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,841 1,649 2,403
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.37% 12.08% 12.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.35% 12.91% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 1,143 1,755
10th Percentile £313 £275 £270
25th Percentile £400 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £604 £622 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
England median daily rate £456 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -4.11% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 29
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.27 £17.95
25th Percentile £24.01 £26.06 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.79 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.31% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £31.49 £47.69 £40.00
90th Percentile £46.08 £80.75 £46.45
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.59 £17.64
% change year-on-year -26.78% +39.37% +3.76%

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 13,786 12,776 17,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 93.62% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,187 8,172 12,584
10th Percentile £350 £332 £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 £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 141 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.55 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +31.58% -12.31%
75th Percentile £61.69 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.75 £65.45
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -3.19%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 0 285 £500 -4.76% 125
South London -13 28 £425 +13.33% 18
West London -18 22 £500 +83.49% 18
East London -1 21 £450 - 11
North London -1 2 £500 -9.09% 4
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 453 (24.61%) Agile
2 417 (22.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 363 (19.72%) SQL
4 323 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
5 296 (16.08%) Business Analysis
6 267 (14.50%) Requirements Gathering
7 261 (14.18%) Microsoft
8 253 (13.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 237 (12.87%) User Stories
10 206 (11.19%) Data Analysis
10 206 (11.19%) User Acceptance Testing
11 204 (11.08%) Workshop Facilitation
12 203 (11.03%) Security Cleared
13 202 (10.97%) Business Intelligence
14 201 (10.92%) Power Platform
15 196 (10.65%) Analytics
16 186 (10.10%) Migration
16 186 (10.10%) Power BI
17 181 (9.83%) Microsoft Excel
18 179 (9.72%) JIRA
19 176 (9.56%) SC Cleared
20 170 (9.23%) Azure
21 169 (9.18%) Decision-Making
21 169 (9.18%) Validation
22 153 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
23 146 (7.93%) Data Quality
24 144 (7.82%) Data Modelling
25 138 (7.50%) Degree
25 138 (7.50%) Python
26 133 (7.22%) 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 99 (5.38%) Confluence
2 47 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.54%) CMS
4 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.43%) SAS
5 7 (0.38%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.33%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.33%) 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
1 181 (9.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (4.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 79 (4.29%) MS Visio
4 66 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
5 26 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.43%) 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 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.054%) Sketch
9 1 (0.054%) SPSS
9 1 (0.054%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (1.36%) Endur
2 22 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.81%) Loan IQ
5 14 (0.76%) Aladdin
6 13 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
7 11 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
8 9 (0.49%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.38%) SAP HR
11 6 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
12 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
12 5 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
12 5 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
13 4 (0.22%) Actimize
13 4 (0.22%) ION MarketView
13 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
13 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
13 4 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
14 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 201 (10.92%) Power Platform
2 170 (9.23%) Azure
3 96 (5.21%) AWS
4 65 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (2.44%) GCP
7 36 (1.96%) Snowflake
8 30 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 29 (1.58%) SaaS
10 28 (1.52%) Entra ID
11 23 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (0.92%) Power Automate
13 14 (0.76%) Google Workspace
14 13 (0.71%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.65%) OneDrive
16 11 (0.60%) Lucidchart
17 9 (0.49%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.49%) Miro
18 8 (0.43%) Google Tag Manager
18 8 (0.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.03%) Firewall
2 16 (0.87%) VPN
3 14 (0.76%) DNS
4 13 (0.71%) Network Security
5 11 (0.60%) DHCP
6 10 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.38%) Internet
7 7 (0.38%) Skype
7 7 (0.38%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.33%) FIX Connectivity
8 6 (0.33%) 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%) FTP
11 2 (0.11%) HTTP
11 2 (0.11%) WAN
11 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (10.10%) Power BI
2 79 (4.29%) Tableau
3 44 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (1.79%) Metadata
5 25 (1.36%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.30%) BigQuery
7 17 (0.92%) Power Query
8 16 (0.87%) Looker
9 12 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
10 11 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (0.49%) Big Data
11 9 (0.49%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.49%) KNIME
11 9 (0.49%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.27%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.27%) NoSQL
14 5 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 179 (9.72%) JIRA
2 10 (0.54%) Selenium
3 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.49%) Postman
4 8 (0.43%) Git
5 6 (0.33%) MSI
6 4 (0.22%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.16%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.16%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.16%) GitLab
7 3 (0.16%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.16%) TestRail
7 3 (0.16%) Toad
7 3 (0.16%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.11%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.11%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.11%) SoapUI
General
1 689 (37.43%) Finance
2 659 (35.80%) Social Skills
3 399 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
4 262 (14.23%) Banking
5 131 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 79 (4.29%) Front Office
7 75 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
7 75 (4.07%) Investment Banking
8 53 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 48 (2.61%) Marketing
10 47 (2.55%) Legal
11 41 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
12 40 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (2.01%) Retail
14 35 (1.90%) Financial Institution
15 34 (1.85%) Back Office
15 34 (1.85%) Telecoms
16 23 (1.25%) Law
17 21 (1.14%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.58%) XML
2 21 (1.14%) REST
3 13 (0.71%) Middleware
3 13 (0.71%) SOAP
4 11 (0.60%) ADO
4 11 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
5 10 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (0.49%) .NET
7 8 (0.43%) JSON
7 8 (0.43%) Web Services
8 7 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (0.38%) HTML
9 5 (0.27%) Playwright
10 4 (0.22%) Kafka
10 4 (0.22%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.22%) VML
10 4 (0.22%) YAML
11 3 (0.16%) CSS
11 3 (0.16%) Pandas
11 3 (0.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 100 (5.43%) Product Ownership
2 81 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 45 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 44 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
5 42 (2.28%) Derivative
6 36 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 34 (1.85%) Fixed Income
8 31 (1.68%) Data Structures
8 31 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 27 (1.47%) PMI
10 24 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.14%) Credit Risk
11 21 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
11 21 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.09%) Equities
12 20 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 19 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
14 16 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
15 15 (0.81%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.24%) Windows
2 22 (1.20%) Linux
3 20 (1.09%) Windows 10
4 18 (0.98%) Unix
5 14 (0.76%) Android
5 14 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.38%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.054%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.054%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (24.61%) Agile
2 417 (22.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 323 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
4 296 (16.08%) Business Analysis
5 267 (14.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 253 (13.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 237 (12.87%) User Stories
8 206 (11.19%) Data Analysis
8 206 (11.19%) User Acceptance Testing
9 204 (11.08%) Workshop Facilitation
10 202 (10.97%) Business Intelligence
11 196 (10.65%) Analytics
12 186 (10.10%) Migration
13 169 (9.18%) Decision-Making
13 169 (9.18%) Validation
14 153 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 144 (7.82%) Data Modelling
16 133 (7.22%) Process Improvement
17 123 (6.68%) Project Delivery
18 122 (6.63%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 363 (19.72%) SQL
2 138 (7.50%) Python
3 34 (1.85%) PowerShell
4 23 (1.25%) Java
4 23 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 21 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 20 (1.09%) R
7 16 (0.87%) C#
8 14 (0.76%) VBA
9 12 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (0.43%) Bash
10 8 (0.43%) Korn
10 8 (0.43%) RPG
11 6 (0.33%) C++
12 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.16%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.11%) VC++
15 1 (0.054%) Perl
15 1 (0.054%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.054%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 203 (11.03%) Security Cleared
2 176 (9.56%) SC Cleared
3 138 (7.50%) Degree
4 54 (2.93%) CBAP
5 36 (1.96%) PMI Certification
6 25 (1.36%) IIBA
7 24 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (0.98%) CISSP
8 18 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (0.81%) ISEB
9 15 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 14 (0.76%) PMP
11 13 (0.71%) CISM
11 13 (0.71%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (0.65%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (0.49%) CEH
14 9 (0.49%) CompTIA CySA+
14 9 (0.49%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (7.93%) Data Quality
2 116 (6.30%) QA
3 45 (2.44%) GDPR
4 43 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (2.06%) PMO
6 34 (1.85%) GRC
7 32 (1.74%) NIST
8 27 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 23 (1.25%) EMIR
10 21 (1.14%) MiFID
11 18 (0.98%) Accessibility
12 14 (0.76%) ISO 20022
13 11 (0.60%) PSD2
13 11 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.60%) SLA
14 10 (0.54%) IFRS
15 9 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 8 (0.43%) GMP
16 8 (0.43%) NCSC
16 8 (0.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 54 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (0.27%) Docker
4 4 (0.22%) Snort
4 4 (0.22%) Squid
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.054%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.054%) vSphere
6 1 (0.054%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.76%) HP SiteScope
2 14 (0.76%) SCOM
3 11 (0.60%) SCCM
4 8 (0.43%) Control-M
5 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.33%) Nessus
7 4 (0.22%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.22%) Nexpose
7 4 (0.22%) Suricata
8 3 (0.16%) Ansible
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
1 261 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 85 (4.62%) Salesforce
3 84 (4.56%) Oracle
4 74 (4.02%) SAP
4 74 (4.02%) ServiceNow
5 63 (3.42%) Splunk
6 31 (1.68%) Google
7 26 (1.41%) Bloomberg
7 26 (1.41%) Workday
8 24 (1.30%) Murex
9 23 (1.25%) Adobe
9 23 (1.25%) Databricks
9 23 (1.25%) Qualys
10 21 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
11 17 (0.92%) Carbon Black
12 14 (0.76%) Remedy
13 12 (0.65%) Zscaler
14 11 (0.60%) Guidewire
14 11 (0.60%) Informatica
14 11 (0.60%) MuleSoft