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 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,821 1,647 2,428
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.49% 11.84% 13.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.48% 12.65% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 1,160 1,775
10th Percentile £306 £265 £263
25th Percentile £400 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
England median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 29 24
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.27 £18.15
25th Percentile £23.67 £26.00 £19.19
Median hourly rate £25.47 £34.00 £25.40
Median % change year-on-year -25.09% +33.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £32.62 £44.50 £38.69
90th Percentile £47.95 £80.75 £50.70
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.50 £17.86
% change year-on-year -26.53% +37.18% +5.06%

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 13,508 13,021 17,202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 93.60% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,980 8,360 12,427
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £785
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 140 293
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.68 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.55 £24.09 £18.93
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +20.69% -10.77%
75th Percentile £63.10 £51.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.95
England median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -15.30% -7.28% +7.86%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +3 294 £500 -4.76% 67
South London -10 28 £425 +21.43% 18
East London +4 27 £400 -11.11% 12
West London -17 21 £455 +66.97% 21
North London +2 3 £500 -9.09% 4
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 January 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 (24.93%) Agile
2 413 (22.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 365 (20.04%) SQL
4 314 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
5 298 (16.36%) Business Analysis
6 261 (14.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 258 (14.17%) Microsoft
8 243 (13.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 226 (12.41%) User Stories
10 215 (11.81%) Data Analysis
11 209 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
12 205 (11.26%) Power Platform
12 205 (11.26%) Workshop Facilitation
13 198 (10.87%) User Acceptance Testing
14 195 (10.71%) Analytics
15 194 (10.65%) Security Cleared
16 190 (10.43%) Power BI
17 180 (9.88%) Migration
18 179 (9.83%) Microsoft Excel
19 172 (9.45%) JIRA
20 170 (9.34%) SC Cleared
21 169 (9.28%) Decision-Making
22 160 (8.79%) Azure
22 160 (8.79%) Validation
23 151 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
24 145 (7.96%) Python
25 139 (7.63%) Data Modelling
26 137 (7.52%) Data Quality
27 136 (7.47%) Process Improvement
28 135 (7.41%) Degree

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 93 (5.11%) Confluence
2 50 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.60%) CMS
4 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.44%) 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 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.055%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.055%) Kentico
11 1 (0.055%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.055%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.055%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.055%) WebSphere
Applications
1 179 (9.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 79 (4.34%) MS Visio
4 66 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
5 24 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.44%) 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 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.055%) Sketch
9 1 (0.055%) SPSS
9 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (1.48%) Endur
2 22 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.71%) Aladdin
4 13 (0.71%) Loan IQ
4 13 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
5 10 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.38%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 5 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.22%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.22%) ION MarketView
9 4 (0.22%) Markit EDM
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 205 (11.26%) Power Platform
2 160 (8.79%) Azure
3 93 (5.11%) AWS
4 64 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (2.36%) GCP
7 35 (1.92%) Snowflake
8 31 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 27 (1.48%) SaaS
10 26 (1.43%) Entra ID
11 24 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.71%) Google Workspace
13 13 (0.71%) PowerApps
14 12 (0.66%) Lucidchart
14 12 (0.66%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.55%) Miro
16 9 (0.49%) Google Tag Manager
17 8 (0.44%) Amazon S3
17 8 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.04%) Firewall
2 14 (0.77%) DNS
2 14 (0.77%) VPN
3 13 (0.71%) Network Security
4 11 (0.60%) DHCP
4 11 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.38%) Internet
5 7 (0.38%) Skype
5 7 (0.38%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.33%) FIX Connectivity
6 6 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.27%) Broadband
7 5 (0.27%) DMZ
7 5 (0.27%) LAN
8 3 (0.16%) Softphone
9 2 (0.11%) FTP
9 2 (0.11%) HTTP
9 2 (0.11%) VoIP
9 2 (0.11%) WAN
9 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (10.43%) Power BI
2 82 (4.50%) Tableau
3 41 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (1.87%) Metadata
5 27 (1.48%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.26%) BigQuery
7 16 (0.88%) Power Query
8 15 (0.82%) Looker
9 12 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (0.60%) Big Data
11 9 (0.49%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.44%) KNIME
13 7 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 5 (0.27%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.27%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 172 (9.45%) JIRA
2 10 (0.55%) Postman
3 9 (0.49%) Git
3 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.38%) Selenium
5 6 (0.33%) MSI
6 4 (0.22%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
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%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.11%) ERwin
8 2 (0.11%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.11%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.11%) Toad
General
1 661 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 656 (36.02%) Finance
3 385 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
4 248 (13.62%) Banking
5 126 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 75 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
6 75 (4.12%) Front Office
7 72 (3.95%) Investment Banking
8 55 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
9 52 (2.86%) Marketing
10 45 (2.47%) Legal
11 41 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 41 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (2.25%) Retail
12 39 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.09%) Telecoms
14 34 (1.87%) Back Office
14 34 (1.87%) Financial Institution
15 23 (1.26%) Local Government
15 23 (1.26%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.43%) XML
2 20 (1.10%) REST
3 13 (0.71%) Middleware
3 13 (0.71%) SOAP
4 10 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
5 9 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
6 8 (0.44%) .NET
6 8 (0.44%) ADO
7 7 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
7 7 (0.38%) HTML
7 7 (0.38%) JSON
8 6 (0.33%) Web Services
9 5 (0.27%) Playwright
9 5 (0.27%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.22%) LangChain
10 4 (0.22%) RESTful
10 4 (0.22%) VML
11 3 (0.16%) CSS
11 3 (0.16%) XSLT
11 3 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (5.44%) Product Ownership
2 82 (4.50%) Onboarding
3 49 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 42 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
5 40 (2.20%) Derivative
6 39 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.65%) Data Structures
7 30 (1.65%) Fixed Income
8 29 (1.59%) PMI
9 28 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 25 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.26%) Credit Risk
12 23 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
14 19 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
14 19 (1.04%) Equities
15 18 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 16 (0.88%) Reinsurance
16 16 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 75 (4.12%) Windows
2 21 (1.15%) Linux
2 21 (1.15%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.04%) Unix
4 12 (0.66%) Android
4 12 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.38%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.11%) VMS
8 1 (0.055%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.055%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (24.93%) Agile
2 413 (22.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 314 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 298 (16.36%) Business Analysis
5 261 (14.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 243 (13.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 226 (12.41%) User Stories
8 215 (11.81%) Data Analysis
9 209 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
10 205 (11.26%) Workshop Facilitation
11 198 (10.87%) User Acceptance Testing
12 195 (10.71%) Analytics
13 180 (9.88%) Migration
14 169 (9.28%) Decision-Making
15 160 (8.79%) Validation
16 151 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 139 (7.63%) Data Modelling
18 136 (7.47%) Process Improvement
19 123 (6.75%) Project Delivery
20 118 (6.48%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 365 (20.04%) SQL
2 145 (7.96%) Python
3 32 (1.76%) PowerShell
4 23 (1.26%) JavaScript
5 22 (1.21%) Java
5 22 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
5 22 (1.21%) R
6 15 (0.82%) C#
6 15 (0.82%) VBA
7 12 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (0.44%) RPG
9 7 (0.38%) Bash
9 7 (0.38%) Korn
10 6 (0.33%) C++
11 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.16%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.11%) Perl
12 2 (0.11%) VC++
13 1 (0.055%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.055%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 194 (10.65%) Security Cleared
2 170 (9.34%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.41%) Degree
4 54 (2.97%) CBAP
5 38 (2.09%) PMI Certification
6 24 (1.32%) IIBA
7 23 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (0.99%) CISSP
10 15 (0.82%) ISEB
10 15 (0.82%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.77%) DV Cleared
11 14 (0.77%) PMP
12 13 (0.71%) CISM
13 12 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.49%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.49%) CEH
15 9 (0.49%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (0.49%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (7.52%) Data Quality
2 113 (6.21%) QA
3 45 (2.47%) GDPR
4 41 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (2.25%) PMO
5 31 (1.70%) GRC
6 30 (1.65%) NIST
7 26 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
8 22 (1.21%) EMIR
9 21 (1.15%) MiFID
10 19 (1.04%) Accessibility
11 12 (0.66%) ISO 20022
11 12 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.66%) SLA
12 11 (0.60%) IFRS
13 10 (0.55%) PSD2
14 8 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 8 (0.44%) GMP
14 8 (0.44%) NCSC
14 8 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.27%) Docker
2 5 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.22%) Snort
3 4 (0.22%) Squid
4 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.055%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.77%) HP SiteScope
2 14 (0.77%) SCOM
3 12 (0.66%) SCCM
4 7 (0.38%) Control-M
4 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) Nessus
6 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.22%) Nexpose
6 4 (0.22%) Suricata
7 3 (0.16%) Ansible
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.11%) WSUS
9 1 (0.055%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.055%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.055%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.055%) Terraform
9 1 (0.055%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 258 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 85 (4.67%) Salesforce
3 81 (4.45%) Oracle
4 71 (3.90%) SAP
5 70 (3.84%) ServiceNow
6 62 (3.40%) Splunk
7 31 (1.70%) Google
8 24 (1.32%) Bloomberg
9 23 (1.26%) Adobe
9 23 (1.26%) Murex
10 22 (1.21%) Qualys
10 22 (1.21%) Workday
11 20 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
12 17 (0.93%) Carbon Black
12 17 (0.93%) Databricks
13 14 (0.77%) Remedy
14 13 (0.71%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.66%) Zscaler
16 11 (0.60%) IBM
17 10 (0.55%) Informatica