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 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,070 1,872 1,948
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.25% 13.80% 12.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.00% 14.85% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,296 1,246 1,416
10th Percentile £289 £306 £312
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -4.03%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £694 £750 £725
England median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 41 35
10th Percentile £24.49 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £26.45 £23.00 £21.63
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -28.57% +35.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £32.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £65.25 £49.75 £91.50
England median hourly rate £25.50 £22.14 £17.64
% change year-on-year +15.18% +25.55% -9.61%

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 18,816 12,608 15,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 92.96% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,240 8,489 10,694
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 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 208 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.07 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +29.00% -12.66% -11.24%
75th Percentile £58.75 £49.81 £54.06
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.23 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.48% -43.94% +8.04%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 -10 305 £500 - 168
West London +8 61 £375 -10.71% 34
South London +16 27 £463 +105.56% 15
East London -4 10 £413 +47.32% 27
North London -1 5 £400 -28.41% 10
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 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.

1 525 (25.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 469 (22.66%) Agile
3 408 (19.71%) SQL
4 373 (18.02%) Business Analysis
5 321 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
6 316 (15.27%) User Stories
7 310 (14.98%) Requirements Gathering
8 302 (14.59%) User Acceptance Testing
9 291 (14.06%) Microsoft
10 285 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 278 (13.43%) Data Analysis
12 273 (13.19%) Workshop Facilitation
13 272 (13.14%) Business Intelligence
14 258 (12.46%) Validation
15 246 (11.88%) Power Platform
16 232 (11.21%) Analytics
17 231 (11.16%) Power BI
18 217 (10.48%) Azure
19 209 (10.10%) Data Quality
19 209 (10.10%) Decision-Making
20 208 (10.05%) Acceptance Criteria
21 200 (9.66%) AI
21 200 (9.66%) Migration
22 198 (9.57%) JIRA
23 196 (9.47%) Data Modelling
24 179 (8.65%) Security Cleared
25 173 (8.36%) Microsoft Excel
26 165 (7.97%) Python
27 161 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
28 160 (7.73%) 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 99 (4.78%) Confluence
2 58 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 40 (1.93%) CMS
4 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.34%) SAS
6 6 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.24%) Apache
7 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.14%) Kentico
10 2 (0.097%) Appian
10 2 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.097%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.097%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.097%) WordPress
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.048%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.048%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.048%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 173 (8.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.04%) MS Visio
3 50 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.48%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.39%) Revit
9 4 (0.19%) Notion
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.048%) SPSS
10 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 13 (0.63%) Aladdin
5 11 (0.53%) Endur
5 11 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.43%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.39%) iTrent
7 8 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.34%) Actimize
8 7 (0.34%) HFM
8 7 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.24%) Findur
9 5 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.24%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.19%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 246 (11.88%) Power Platform
2 217 (10.48%) Azure
3 108 (5.22%) AWS
4 88 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (2.56%) SaaS
7 49 (2.37%) Entra ID
8 47 (2.27%) Snowflake
9 37 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 35 (1.69%) GCP
11 25 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (1.11%) OneDrive
13 21 (1.01%) Power Automate
14 20 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
15 19 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 14 (0.68%) Collibra
17 14 (0.68%) PowerApps
18 13 (0.63%) Google Workspace
19 12 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.11%) TCP/IP
2 20 (0.97%) VPN
3 18 (0.87%) Firewall
4 17 (0.82%) Network Security
5 15 (0.72%) DNS
6 12 (0.58%) DHCP
7 10 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.43%) PSTN
8 9 (0.43%) VoIP
8 9 (0.43%) Wireless
9 5 (0.24%) DMZ
9 5 (0.24%) IP Telephony
10 4 (0.19%) Internet
11 3 (0.14%) HTTP
11 3 (0.14%) Intranet
11 3 (0.14%) SSL
11 3 (0.14%) WAN
11 3 (0.14%) WinSCP
12 2 (0.097%) LAN
12 2 (0.097%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (11.16%) Power BI
2 92 (4.44%) Tableau
3 61 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (2.56%) Metadata
5 31 (1.50%) Relational Database
6 20 (0.97%) Looker
7 18 (0.87%) Power Query
8 17 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.68%) BigQuery
10 11 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
11 10 (0.48%) SQL Server
12 8 (0.39%) Big Data
12 8 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.34%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
15 5 (0.24%) Data Hub
15 5 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 198 (9.57%) JIRA
2 22 (1.06%) Postman
3 10 (0.48%) Git
4 8 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.34%) Selenium
6 6 (0.29%) TestRail
6 6 (0.29%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.24%) GitLab
8 4 (0.19%) Appium
8 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.19%) JUnit
9 3 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.097%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.097%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.097%) JMeter
10 2 (0.097%) Snyk
10 2 (0.097%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 831 (40.14%) Finance
2 660 (31.88%) Social Skills
3 466 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 296 (14.30%) Banking
5 119 (5.75%) Public Sector
6 117 (5.65%) Front Office
7 109 (5.27%) Documentation Skills
8 97 (4.69%) Retail
9 94 (4.54%) Marketing
10 88 (4.25%) Legal
11 77 (3.72%) Investment Banking
12 56 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 44 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
15 37 (1.79%) Financial Institution
16 34 (1.64%) Local Government
17 29 (1.40%) Back Office
18 23 (1.11%) Manufacturing
19 21 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
19 21 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 26 (1.26%) JSON
3 17 (0.82%) Middleware
3 17 (0.82%) XML
4 13 (0.63%) Pandas
5 11 (0.53%) Kafka
6 10 (0.48%) REST
6 10 (0.48%) SailPoint
7 9 (0.43%) .NET
8 8 (0.39%) ADO
8 8 (0.39%) Playwright
9 7 (0.34%) NumPy
9 7 (0.34%) PySpark
10 6 (0.29%) YAML
11 4 (0.19%) FIDO
11 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.19%) VML
11 4 (0.19%) WebAuthn
12 3 (0.14%) LAMP
12 3 (0.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (6.71%) Product Ownership
2 107 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 63 (3.04%) Derivative
4 49 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 48 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 45 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 42 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 39 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 38 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
10 37 (1.79%) Fixed Income
11 25 (1.21%) Hedge funds
12 23 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
12 23 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (1.01%) Credit Risk
13 21 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.97%) CMDB
15 19 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (0.92%) Market Risk
16 18 (0.87%) Reference Data
16 18 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 78 (3.77%) Windows
2 17 (0.82%) Windows 10
3 15 (0.72%) Android
3 15 (0.72%) Linux
3 15 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 13 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.29%) Unix
5 6 (0.29%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (25.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 469 (22.66%) Agile
3 373 (18.02%) Business Analysis
4 321 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
5 316 (15.27%) User Stories
6 310 (14.98%) Requirements Gathering
7 302 (14.59%) User Acceptance Testing
8 285 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 278 (13.43%) Data Analysis
10 273 (13.19%) Workshop Facilitation
11 272 (13.14%) Business Intelligence
12 258 (12.46%) Validation
13 232 (11.21%) Analytics
14 209 (10.10%) Decision-Making
15 208 (10.05%) Acceptance Criteria
16 200 (9.66%) AI
16 200 (9.66%) Migration
17 196 (9.47%) Data Modelling
18 161 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
19 160 (7.73%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 408 (19.71%) SQL
2 165 (7.97%) Python
3 32 (1.55%) PowerShell
4 28 (1.35%) Java
5 22 (1.06%) R
6 18 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (0.68%) VBA
8 13 (0.63%) Korn
9 11 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (0.34%) Scala
11 6 (0.29%) C#
12 5 (0.24%) C
12 5 (0.24%) C++
12 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.14%) Perl
13 3 (0.14%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.14%) VBScript
14 2 (0.097%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.097%) PHP
Qualifications
1 179 (8.65%) Security Cleared
2 147 (7.10%) Degree
3 143 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 31 (1.50%) DV Cleared
5 29 (1.40%) CISSP
6 22 (1.06%) IIBA
6 22 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 15 (0.72%) CBAP
7 15 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (0.68%) PMP
9 13 (0.63%) ACCA
9 13 (0.63%) CIMA
9 13 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 13 (0.63%) FFIEC
10 12 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.53%) CISM
11 11 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.53%) GIAC
12 10 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (10.10%) Data Quality
2 108 (5.22%) QA
3 62 (3.00%) PMO
4 57 (2.75%) NIST
5 43 (2.08%) GDPR
6 42 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.40%) SLA
8 23 (1.11%) COBIT
9 20 (0.97%) IFRS
10 18 (0.87%) GRC
11 17 (0.82%) Accessibility
12 16 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 14 (0.68%) EMIR
13 14 (0.68%) ISO 20022
13 14 (0.68%) MiFID
14 12 (0.58%) GAAP
15 11 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (0.43%) SEPA
17 7 (0.34%) PSD2
18 6 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.19%) Docker
5 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.048%) RACF
6 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.048%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.82%) SCCM
3 13 (0.63%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.34%) Terraform
5 6 (0.29%) WSUS
6 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.14%) Nessus
7 3 (0.14%) QRadar
8 2 (0.097%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.097%) Nexpose
8 2 (0.097%) Puppet
9 1 (0.048%) CASB
9 1 (0.048%) Control-M
9 1 (0.048%) Grafana
9 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.048%) Kibana
9 1 (0.048%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.048%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.048%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 291 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.51%) Salesforce
3 113 (5.46%) SAP
4 96 (4.64%) ServiceNow
5 84 (4.06%) Oracle
6 67 (3.24%) Databricks
7 37 (1.79%) Google
8 32 (1.55%) Murex
9 31 (1.50%) Workday
10 30 (1.45%) Bloomberg
11 22 (1.06%) Adobe
12 18 (0.87%) Alteryx
13 17 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
13 17 (0.82%) CyberArk
14 16 (0.77%) Citrix
14 16 (0.77%) Splunk
15 12 (0.58%) IBM
15 12 (0.58%) ION Trading
16 11 (0.53%) Reuters
16 11 (0.53%) Sage