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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 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 2,069 1,853 2,085
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.42% 13.70% 11.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.22% 14.69% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,334 1,216 1,494
10th Percentile £290 £306 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year - -3.24% -3.23%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
England median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 42 37
10th Percentile £21.67 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £26.00 £23.11 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.87% -24.36% +37.25%
75th Percentile £49.06 £33.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £55.93 £77.25
England median hourly rate £23.33 £22.78 £17.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% +34.00% -12.30%

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 18,447 12,616 16,468
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.29% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,135 8,524 11,753
10th Percentile £358 £332 £325
25th Percentile £440 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 194 294
10th Percentile £17.98 £18.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.33 £23.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.75 £27.83
Median % change year-on-year +22.83% +14.11% -28.65%
75th Percentile £62.13 £50.50 £46.77
90th Percentile £80.25 £63.75 £68.53
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -7 309 £500 -3.38% 123
West London +5 61 £388 -7.74% 32
South London +16 36 £463 +32.14% 5
East London -2 9 £375 -27.88% 21
North London -4 4 £400 -14.44% 10
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 468 (22.62%) Agile
2 465 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 386 (18.66%) SQL
4 344 (16.63%) Business Analysis
5 302 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
6 292 (14.11%) User Stories
7 286 (13.82%) Requirements Gathering
8 283 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 281 (13.58%) User Acceptance Testing
10 270 (13.05%) Microsoft
11 257 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
11 257 (12.42%) Data Analysis
12 252 (12.18%) Validation
13 230 (11.12%) Power Platform
14 229 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
15 224 (10.83%) Power BI
16 215 (10.39%) Analytics
17 209 (10.10%) Azure
17 209 (10.10%) JIRA
18 206 (9.96%) Data Quality
19 205 (9.91%) Migration
20 203 (9.81%) Decision-Making
21 201 (9.71%) Acceptance Criteria
21 201 (9.71%) Data Modelling
22 200 (9.67%) Security Cleared
23 189 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
24 171 (8.26%) AI
25 162 (7.83%) SC Cleared
26 155 (7.49%) Python
27 150 (7.25%) Continuous 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 (4.88%) Confluence
2 45 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 40 (1.93%) CMS
4 8 (0.39%) SAS
5 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.19%) Apache
6 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.14%) Kentico
7 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.097%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.097%) WordPress
9 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.048%) Appian
9 1 (0.048%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 189 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 74 (3.58%) MS Visio
3 57 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.39%) Revit
9 3 (0.14%) Notion
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.048%) SPSS
10 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.92%) Aladdin
3 18 (0.87%) Workday HCM
4 17 (0.82%) Loan IQ
4 17 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.43%) Actimize
7 8 (0.39%) Endur
7 8 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.34%) iTrent
8 7 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.34%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.29%) SAP CO
9 6 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.24%) Findur
10 5 (0.24%) HFM
10 5 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 230 (11.12%) Power Platform
2 209 (10.10%) Azure
3 106 (5.12%) AWS
4 72 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
5 52 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (2.32%) SaaS
7 44 (2.13%) Snowflake
8 38 (1.84%) Entra ID
8 38 (1.84%) GCP
9 27 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
12 16 (0.77%) Google Workspace
13 15 (0.72%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.68%) Amazon S3
14 14 (0.68%) Lucidchart
14 14 (0.68%) Serverless
15 13 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.87%) TCP/IP
2 16 (0.77%) VPN
3 14 (0.68%) Firewall
4 11 (0.53%) DNS
4 11 (0.53%) Network Security
5 9 (0.43%) DHCP
6 7 (0.34%) VoIP
7 6 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.24%) DMZ
8 5 (0.24%) Wireless
9 4 (0.19%) Internet
9 4 (0.19%) Intranet
10 3 (0.14%) HTTP
10 3 (0.14%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.14%) WAN
10 3 (0.14%) WinSCP
11 2 (0.097%) FTP
11 2 (0.097%) VLAN
11 2 (0.097%) Wireless Security
11 2 (0.097%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 224 (10.83%) Power BI
2 90 (4.35%) Tableau
3 52 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (2.37%) Metadata
5 36 (1.74%) Relational Database
6 18 (0.87%) Looker
7 17 (0.82%) BigQuery
7 17 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.77%) Power Query
9 11 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
10 10 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.48%) SQL Server
11 9 (0.43%) Big Data
12 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.24%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.19%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 209 (10.10%) JIRA
2 24 (1.16%) Postman
3 10 (0.48%) Selenium
4 8 (0.39%) Git
4 8 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.24%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.24%) GitLab
7 4 (0.19%) Appium
7 4 (0.19%) JUnit
8 3 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
8 3 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.14%) Toad
8 3 (0.14%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.097%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.097%) JMeter
9 2 (0.097%) Snyk
9 2 (0.097%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.097%) TestRail
General
1 825 (39.87%) Finance
2 647 (31.27%) Social Skills
3 462 (22.33%) Analytical Skills
4 290 (14.02%) Banking
5 138 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 115 (5.56%) Front Office
7 95 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
8 84 (4.06%) Investment Banking
8 84 (4.06%) Marketing
9 79 (3.82%) Retail
10 74 (3.58%) Legal
11 58 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
13 44 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 39 (1.88%) Financial Institution
15 35 (1.69%) Back Office
16 33 (1.59%) Local Government
17 22 (1.06%) Manufacturing
18 20 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
19 17 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (1.06%) JSON
2 22 (1.06%) XML
3 16 (0.77%) Middleware
4 15 (0.72%) Pandas
5 10 (0.48%) ADO
5 10 (0.48%) REST
6 9 (0.43%) .NET
6 9 (0.43%) Kafka
7 8 (0.39%) NumPy
8 7 (0.34%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.29%) Playwright
9 6 (0.29%) PySpark
9 6 (0.29%) SOAP
9 6 (0.29%) YAML
10 5 (0.24%) VML
11 3 (0.14%) GeoJSON
11 3 (0.14%) OAuth
11 3 (0.14%) Web Services
12 2 (0.097%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 120 (5.80%) Product Ownership
2 86 (4.16%) Onboarding
3 64 (3.09%) Derivative
4 52 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 47 (2.27%) Fixed Income
6 46 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 45 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
8 44 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
9 40 (1.93%) Data Structures
10 39 (1.88%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.30%) Credit Risk
11 27 (1.30%) Hedge funds
12 23 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (1.01%) Market Risk
13 21 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (0.92%) CMDB
15 18 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 17 (0.82%) Reinsurance
17 16 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 71 (3.43%) Windows
2 17 (0.82%) Android
3 16 (0.77%) Mac OS
4 15 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.68%) Linux
6 12 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.43%) Unix
8 8 (0.39%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (22.62%) Agile
2 465 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 344 (16.63%) Business Analysis
4 302 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
5 292 (14.11%) User Stories
6 286 (13.82%) Requirements Gathering
7 283 (13.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 281 (13.58%) User Acceptance Testing
9 257 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
9 257 (12.42%) Data Analysis
10 252 (12.18%) Validation
11 229 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
12 215 (10.39%) Analytics
13 205 (9.91%) Migration
14 203 (9.81%) Decision-Making
15 201 (9.71%) Acceptance Criteria
15 201 (9.71%) Data Modelling
16 171 (8.26%) AI
17 150 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
18 147 (7.10%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 386 (18.66%) SQL
2 155 (7.49%) Python
3 28 (1.35%) Java
4 25 (1.21%) PowerShell
5 20 (0.97%) R
6 18 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 15 (0.72%) VBA
8 12 (0.58%) PL/SQL
9 10 (0.48%) Korn
10 7 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.29%) C#
12 5 (0.24%) C
12 5 (0.24%) Scala
12 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.19%) C++
13 4 (0.19%) Groovy
13 4 (0.19%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.14%) Bash
14 3 (0.14%) JavaScript
15 2 (0.097%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 200 (9.67%) Security Cleared
2 162 (7.83%) SC Cleared
3 135 (6.52%) Degree
4 25 (1.21%) CISSP
5 23 (1.11%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.06%) CBAP
7 21 (1.01%) IIBA
8 18 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (0.77%) PMI Certification
10 12 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (0.48%) ACCA
11 10 (0.48%) CIMA
11 10 (0.48%) CISM
11 10 (0.48%) CompTIA CySA+
11 10 (0.48%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.43%) GIAC
13 8 (0.39%) CISA
13 8 (0.39%) FFIEC
13 8 (0.39%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (9.96%) Data Quality
2 107 (5.17%) QA
3 60 (2.90%) PMO
4 51 (2.46%) NIST
5 44 (2.13%) GDPR
5 44 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.35%) SLA
7 23 (1.11%) GRC
8 22 (1.06%) IFRS
9 20 (0.97%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.77%) EMIR
11 15 (0.72%) COBIT
11 15 (0.72%) GAAP
11 15 (0.72%) ISO 20022
11 15 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.58%) MiFID
13 9 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.39%) SEPA
15 6 (0.29%) COREP
15 6 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.24%) Docker
3 5 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.048%) RACF
5 1 (0.048%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.048%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.048%) vSphere
5 1 (0.048%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.63%) SCCM
3 11 (0.53%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.29%) Terraform
4 6 (0.29%) WSUS
5 3 (0.14%) Control-M
5 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.14%) Nessus
5 3 (0.14%) QRadar
5 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.097%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.097%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.097%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.097%) Puppet
7 1 (0.048%) CASB
7 1 (0.048%) Grafana
7 1 (0.048%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.048%) Kibana
7 1 (0.048%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.048%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 270 (13.05%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.51%) Salesforce
3 111 (5.36%) SAP
4 94 (4.54%) ServiceNow
5 93 (4.49%) Oracle
6 64 (3.09%) Databricks
7 39 (1.88%) Workday
8 37 (1.79%) Google
9 33 (1.59%) Bloomberg
9 33 (1.59%) Murex
10 20 (0.97%) Citrix
10 20 (0.97%) Splunk
11 19 (0.92%) Adobe
11 19 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
12 17 (0.82%) ION Trading
13 16 (0.77%) Alteryx
14 14 (0.68%) Reuters
15 13 (0.63%) CyberArk
16 12 (0.58%) MuleSoft
16 12 (0.58%) Qualys