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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,943 1,681 2,124
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.21% 13.44% 11.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.99% 14.39% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,264 1,111 1,529
10th Percentile £288 £308 £308
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £589 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
England median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 36
10th Percentile £18.60 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £24.95 £24.00 £21.06
Median hourly rate £31.75 £27.55 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.25% +3.96% +7.07%
75th Percentile £39.94 £33.81 £49.94
90th Percentile £65.25 £49.63 £75.63
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +1.63% +35.83% -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 17,683 11,685 16,639
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.44% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,667 7,929 11,939
10th Percentile £358 £338 £325
25th Percentile £436 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 171 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.20 £15.97
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.00 £20.07
Median hourly rate £41.00 £32.89 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year +24.66% +18.93% -25.26%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.97 £46.05
90th Percentile £81.00 £65.00 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +57.09% -26.58% -12.22%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -6 301 £500 -4.76% 63
West London -2 59 £400 -4.76% 29
South London +14 36 £463 -2.63% 15
East London +1 11 £400 -25.93% 15
North London -1 2 £178 -67.43% 10
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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.

1 443 (22.80%) Agile
2 414 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 354 (18.22%) SQL
4 309 (15.90%) Business Analysis
5 293 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
6 281 (14.46%) User Stories
7 259 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
8 255 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 253 (13.02%) Requirements Gathering
10 244 (12.56%) Microsoft
11 239 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
12 231 (11.89%) Data Analysis
13 229 (11.79%) Validation
14 214 (11.01%) Workshop Facilitation
15 212 (10.91%) Power Platform
16 209 (10.76%) Power BI
17 202 (10.40%) JIRA
18 198 (10.19%) Azure
19 196 (10.09%) Analytics
20 195 (10.04%) Data Quality
20 195 (10.04%) Security Cleared
21 193 (9.93%) Acceptance Criteria
22 185 (9.52%) Data Modelling
22 185 (9.52%) Decision-Making
23 184 (9.47%) Microsoft Excel
23 184 (9.47%) Migration
24 168 (8.65%) SC Cleared
25 146 (7.51%) Python
26 145 (7.46%) AI
26 145 (7.46%) 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 90 (4.63%) Confluence
2 35 (1.80%) CMS
3 34 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.41%) SAS
5 6 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.21%) Apache
7 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.15%) Kentico
9 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.10%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.10%) WordPress
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.051%) Appian
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 184 (9.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.55%) MS Visio
3 56 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
5 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.46%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.41%) Revit
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.10%) Notion
11 1 (0.051%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.051%) SPSS
11 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.08%) Aladdin
2 19 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.98%) Loan IQ
3 16 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 15 (0.77%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.57%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.36%) Actimize
6 7 (0.36%) Endur
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.26%) Findur
8 5 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.26%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.21%) iTrent
9 4 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 212 (10.91%) Power Platform
2 198 (10.19%) Azure
3 103 (5.30%) AWS
4 64 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (2.21%) SaaS
7 41 (2.11%) Snowflake
8 30 (1.54%) GCP
9 24 (1.24%) Entra ID
10 21 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.03%) Google Workspace
12 16 (0.82%) Amazon S3
13 15 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (0.72%) Lucidchart
14 14 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 14 (0.72%) Serverless
15 13 (0.67%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.82%) VPN
2 15 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 14 (0.72%) Firewall
4 11 (0.57%) Network Security
5 8 (0.41%) DMZ
6 7 (0.36%) DHCP
6 7 (0.36%) DNS
6 7 (0.36%) VoIP
7 6 (0.31%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.15%) Internet
9 3 (0.15%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.15%) WAN
9 3 (0.15%) Wireless
10 2 (0.10%) FTP
10 2 (0.10%) Intranet
10 2 (0.10%) LAN
10 2 (0.10%) PSTN
10 2 (0.10%) VLAN
10 2 (0.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (10.76%) Power BI
2 93 (4.79%) Tableau
3 45 (2.32%) Metadata
4 43 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.65%) Relational Database
6 17 (0.87%) Power Query
7 16 (0.82%) BigQuery
8 15 (0.77%) Data Lake
8 15 (0.77%) Looker
9 14 (0.72%) Big Data
10 10 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
10 10 (0.51%) SQL Server
11 6 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.26%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.21%) KNIME
13 4 (0.21%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.21%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.21%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 202 (10.40%) JIRA
2 23 (1.18%) Postman
3 7 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.36%) Selenium
4 6 (0.31%) MSI
5 5 (0.26%) Git
6 4 (0.21%) Appium
6 4 (0.21%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.21%) GitLab
6 4 (0.21%) JUnit
7 3 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
7 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.15%) TestRail
7 3 (0.15%) Toad
7 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.10%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Snyk
9 1 (0.051%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.051%) SpecFlow
General
1 768 (39.53%) Finance
2 608 (31.29%) Social Skills
3 426 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (14.05%) Banking
5 125 (6.43%) Public Sector
6 110 (5.66%) Front Office
7 89 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
8 85 (4.37%) Investment Banking
9 74 (3.81%) Marketing
10 68 (3.50%) Legal
11 66 (3.40%) Retail
12 57 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
13 56 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
14 43 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 38 (1.96%) Financial Institution
16 34 (1.75%) Back Office
17 25 (1.29%) Local Government
18 23 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
19 19 (0.98%) Manufacturing
20 17 (0.87%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (1.03%) XML
3 16 (0.82%) Middleware
4 15 (0.77%) Pandas
5 13 (0.67%) JSON
6 11 (0.57%) REST
7 9 (0.46%) .NET
7 9 (0.46%) ADO
8 8 (0.41%) FIX Protocol
8 8 (0.41%) NumPy
8 8 (0.41%) VML
9 6 (0.31%) Kafka
9 6 (0.31%) PySpark
9 6 (0.31%) SailPoint
9 6 (0.31%) SOAP
10 4 (0.21%) Playwright
10 4 (0.21%) Web Services
10 4 (0.21%) YAML
11 3 (0.15%) GeoJSON
12 2 (0.10%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 119 (6.12%) Product Ownership
2 75 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 58 (2.99%) Derivative
4 46 (2.37%) Fixed Income
5 45 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 43 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
7 42 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 37 (1.90%) Data Structures
8 37 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
9 36 (1.85%) Management Information System
10 27 (1.39%) Hedge funds
11 24 (1.24%) Credit Risk
12 22 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (0.93%) CMDB
15 18 (0.93%) Market Risk
16 16 (0.82%) Reinsurance
16 16 (0.82%) Security Posture
17 15 (0.77%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 69 (3.55%) Windows
2 20 (1.03%) Android
3 18 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 15 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.72%) Unix
6 13 (0.67%) Linux
6 13 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (22.80%) Agile
2 414 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 309 (15.90%) Business Analysis
4 293 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
5 281 (14.46%) User Stories
6 259 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
7 255 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 253 (13.02%) Requirements Gathering
9 239 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
10 231 (11.89%) Data Analysis
11 229 (11.79%) Validation
12 214 (11.01%) Workshop Facilitation
13 196 (10.09%) Analytics
14 193 (9.93%) Acceptance Criteria
15 185 (9.52%) Data Modelling
15 185 (9.52%) Decision-Making
16 184 (9.47%) Migration
17 145 (7.46%) AI
17 145 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
18 135 (6.95%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 354 (18.22%) SQL
2 146 (7.51%) Python
3 24 (1.24%) Java
3 24 (1.24%) R
4 22 (1.13%) PowerShell
5 18 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (0.67%) VBA
7 10 (0.51%) Korn
7 10 (0.51%) PL/SQL
8 7 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.26%) C#
9 5 (0.26%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.21%) Bash
10 4 (0.21%) Groovy
11 3 (0.15%) C
11 3 (0.15%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.10%) C++
12 2 (0.10%) Perl
12 2 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 195 (10.04%) Security Cleared
2 168 (8.65%) SC Cleared
3 133 (6.85%) Degree
4 27 (1.39%) CBAP
5 23 (1.18%) IIBA
6 22 (1.13%) CISSP
7 20 (1.03%) PMI Certification
8 18 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.67%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (0.57%) ACCA
11 11 (0.57%) CISM
11 11 (0.57%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.51%) CIMA
12 10 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (0.51%) ISTQB
13 9 (0.46%) CISA
13 9 (0.46%) GIAC
14 8 (0.41%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (0.41%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (10.04%) Data Quality
2 110 (5.66%) QA
3 57 (2.93%) PMO
4 42 (2.16%) GDPR
5 40 (2.06%) NIST
6 39 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 26 (1.34%) SLA
8 24 (1.24%) IFRS
9 22 (1.13%) GRC
10 17 (0.87%) Accessibility
10 17 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
10 17 (0.87%) COBIT
10 17 (0.87%) GAAP
11 15 (0.77%) EMIR
11 15 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
13 10 (0.51%) MiFID
14 7 (0.36%) PSD2
15 6 (0.31%) COREP
15 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.21%) Docker
5 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.051%) RACF
6 1 (0.051%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.051%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.051%) vSphere
6 1 (0.051%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (0.67%) SCCM
2 8 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.31%) Terraform
3 6 (0.31%) WSUS
4 4 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.15%) Control-M
5 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.15%) Nessus
5 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.10%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.10%) Puppet
6 2 (0.10%) QRadar
7 1 (0.051%) Grafana
7 1 (0.051%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.051%) Kibana
7 1 (0.051%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.051%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.051%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 244 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 120 (6.18%) Salesforce
3 100 (5.15%) SAP
4 92 (4.73%) ServiceNow
5 89 (4.58%) Oracle
6 58 (2.99%) Databricks
7 37 (1.90%) Workday
8 33 (1.70%) Bloomberg
8 33 (1.70%) Google
9 28 (1.44%) Murex
10 20 (1.03%) Citrix
11 19 (0.98%) Adobe
11 19 (0.98%) Splunk
12 18 (0.93%) ION Trading
13 16 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
14 15 (0.77%) Reuters
15 13 (0.67%) MuleSoft
16 12 (0.62%) Charles River
17 11 (0.57%) Qualys
18 10 (0.51%) Alteryx