Analyst Contracts in London

Analyst
England > London

The median Analyst daily rate in London is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,592 2,152 3,631
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 12.69% 12.07% 13.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.58% 12.94% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,090 1,540 2,660
10th Percentile £300 £300 £269
25th Percentile £400 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £638
90th Percentile £750 £719 £738
England median daily rate £475 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.32% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 46
10th Percentile £22.27 - £19.13
25th Percentile £24.50 £20.50 £21.06
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -8.00% +2.35%
75th Percentile £35.76 £36.39 £42.69
90th Percentile £52.78 £44.75 £64.38
England median hourly rate £22.14 £16.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +38.38% -17.95% +25.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 -3 290 £520 -0.95% 71
West London +3 27 £392 -21.60% 30
South London -3 20 £475 +5.56% 14
East London +11 11 £495 +7.61% 10
North London 0 10 £550 +76.00% 3
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 609 (38.25%) Finance
2 520 (32.66%) Social Skills
3 372 (23.37%) Agile
4 357 (22.42%) SQL
5 335 (21.04%) Analytical Skills
6 304 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
7 263 (16.52%) Business Analysis
8 249 (15.64%) Python
9 246 (15.45%) Banking
10 224 (14.07%) Data Analysis
11 216 (13.57%) Microsoft
12 203 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 191 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
14 183 (11.49%) Analytics
15 166 (10.43%) Requirements Gathering
16 164 (10.30%) Power Platform
17 157 (9.86%) Power BI
18 153 (9.61%) Degree
19 150 (9.42%) Migration
20 149 (9.36%) Asset Management
21 148 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
22 145 (9.11%) Project Management
23 144 (9.05%) Front Office
24 137 (8.61%) Azure
25 132 (8.29%) User Acceptance Testing
25 132 (8.29%) Security Cleared
26 125 (7.85%) Decision-Making
27 124 (7.79%) User Stories
28 118 (7.41%) JIRA
29 116 (7.29%) SC Cleared

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 74 (4.65%) Confluence
2 51 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.94%) SAS
4 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.75%) CMS
6 6 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.31%) Apache
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.19%) Drupal
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.13%) IIS
9 2 (0.13%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.063%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.063%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.063%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.063%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.063%) WebSphere
Applications
1 148 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 58 (3.64%) MS Visio
4 54 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.19%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) Notepad++
9 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.063%) EViews
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 44 (2.76%) Aladdin
2 26 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (1.38%) Endur
4 19 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 14 (0.88%) thinkFolio
6 10 (0.63%) Loan IQ
7 7 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.31%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.25%) CA PPM
9 4 (0.25%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.25%) Misys Midas
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.25%) Shopify
9 4 (0.25%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.19%) Exchequer
10 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 164 (10.30%) Power Platform
2 137 (8.61%) Azure
3 62 (3.89%) AWS
4 58 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (1.82%) GCP
6 27 (1.70%) SaaS
7 23 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (1.32%) Snowflake
9 15 (0.94%) Entra ID
10 13 (0.82%) OneDrive
11 11 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (0.69%) dbt
11 11 (0.69%) GitHub
11 11 (0.69%) Lucidchart
12 10 (0.63%) Collibra
12 10 (0.63%) OCI
13 9 (0.57%) Google Workspace
14 8 (0.50%) Amazon S3
14 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.51%) Firewall
2 14 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 13 (0.82%) DNS
3 13 (0.82%) Network Security
4 10 (0.63%) DHCP
4 10 (0.63%) VPN
5 9 (0.57%) HTTP
6 7 (0.44%) LAN
6 7 (0.44%) SMTP
7 6 (0.38%) NAS
7 6 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.25%) WAN
9 4 (0.25%) WebEx
10 3 (0.19%) Internet
10 3 (0.19%) Intranet
10 3 (0.19%) VoWiFi
10 3 (0.19%) Wireless
10 3 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (9.86%) Power BI
2 78 (4.90%) Tableau
3 55 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 51 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (1.70%) Data Lake
6 17 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (0.94%) Metadata
8 14 (0.88%) Power Query
8 14 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 13 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (0.69%) MS Access
11 10 (0.63%) Data Mining
11 10 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.57%) Big Data
12 9 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.44%) Looker
15 6 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (0.38%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 118 (7.41%) JIRA
2 16 (1.01%) Git
3 13 (0.82%) JMeter
4 11 (0.69%) Postman
4 11 (0.69%) Selenium
5 9 (0.57%) LoadRunner
6 8 (0.50%) QARun
6 8 (0.50%) WinRunner
7 6 (0.38%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.38%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.31%) HP UFT
9 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.25%) MagicDraw
9 4 (0.25%) TestComplete
9 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.25%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.19%) JUnit
10 3 (0.19%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.13%) Ant
11 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
General
1 609 (38.25%) Finance
2 520 (32.66%) Social Skills
3 335 (21.04%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (15.45%) Banking
5 144 (9.05%) Front Office
6 73 (4.59%) Public Sector
7 70 (4.40%) Investment Banking
8 66 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
9 57 (3.58%) Retail
10 47 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 43 (2.70%) Marketing
12 36 (2.26%) Back Office
12 36 (2.26%) Legal
13 29 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (1.76%) Local Government
15 27 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
16 24 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
17 22 (1.38%) Law
18 21 (1.32%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.07%) XML
2 16 (1.01%) FIX Protocol
3 12 (0.75%) Kafka
3 12 (0.75%) SailPoint
4 10 (0.63%) Web Services
5 9 (0.57%) .NET
5 9 (0.57%) ADO
5 9 (0.57%) FpML
6 8 (0.50%) JSON
7 6 (0.38%) Middleware
8 5 (0.31%) Playwright
8 5 (0.31%) PySpark
8 5 (0.31%) REST
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.19%) Plotly
9 3 (0.19%) React
9 3 (0.19%) SOAP
9 3 (0.19%) VML
10 2 (0.13%) CSS
10 2 (0.13%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.03%) Derivative
2 95 (5.97%) Fixed Income
3 75 (4.71%) Hedge funds
4 70 (4.40%) Product Ownership
5 69 (4.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 60 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 58 (3.64%) Equities
8 46 (2.89%) Management Information System
9 32 (2.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 24 (1.51%) Data Structures
11 23 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.19%) Reference Data
12 19 (1.19%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 17 (1.07%) Market Risk
14 17 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
15 14 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.82%) Credit Risk
16 13 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 101 (6.34%) Windows
2 39 (2.45%) Apple iOS
3 36 (2.26%) Unix
4 27 (1.70%) Linux
5 21 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.26%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.50%) Android
9 5 (0.31%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.19%) CentOS
10 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Rocky
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.063%) Debian
12 1 (0.063%) Fedora
12 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.063%) Solaris
12 1 (0.063%) SUSE
12 1 (0.063%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.063%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (23.37%) Agile
2 304 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
3 263 (16.52%) Business Analysis
4 224 (14.07%) Data Analysis
5 203 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 191 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 183 (11.49%) Analytics
8 166 (10.43%) Requirements Gathering
9 150 (9.42%) Migration
10 149 (9.36%) Asset Management
11 145 (9.11%) Project Management
12 132 (8.29%) User Acceptance Testing
13 125 (7.85%) Decision-Making
14 124 (7.79%) User Stories
15 108 (6.78%) Data Modelling
16 105 (6.60%) Process Improvement
17 101 (6.34%) Visualisation
18 100 (6.28%) Risk Management
19 98 (6.16%) Workshop Facilitation
20 97 (6.09%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 357 (22.42%) SQL
2 249 (15.64%) Python
3 34 (2.14%) Java
4 30 (1.88%) PowerShell
5 28 (1.76%) R
6 25 (1.57%) VBA
7 20 (1.26%) Bash
8 14 (0.88%) PL/SQL
9 12 (0.75%) VB
10 11 (0.69%) C#
10 11 (0.69%) JavaScript
11 9 (0.57%) C++
12 8 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.31%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.19%) C
15 3 (0.19%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.19%) Perl
15 3 (0.19%) RPG
16 1 (0.063%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 153 (9.61%) Degree
2 132 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 20 (1.26%) CISSP
5 19 (1.19%) CBAP
5 19 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
5 19 (1.19%) Master's Degree
6 13 (0.82%) DV Cleared
7 11 (0.69%) CISM
7 11 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.69%) PMI Certification
8 9 (0.57%) CISA
8 9 (0.57%) GCIH
9 8 (0.50%) ACCA
9 8 (0.50%) CEH
10 7 (0.44%) CFA
10 7 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.44%) GCIA
10 7 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.78%) QA
2 81 (5.09%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.02%) GDPR
4 47 (2.95%) PMO
5 25 (1.57%) SLA
6 22 (1.38%) NIST
7 19 (1.19%) MiFID
8 17 (1.07%) EMIR
9 15 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 14 (0.88%) Accessibility
10 14 (0.88%) SEPA
11 12 (0.75%) GRC
11 12 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.57%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.50%) Dodd-Frank
15 7 (0.44%) HIPAA
15 7 (0.44%) SOC 2
16 6 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 6 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 64 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.063%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.063%) Docker
4 1 (0.063%) HDFS
4 1 (0.063%) IAG
4 1 (0.063%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.38%) SCCM
3 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
4 3 (0.19%) Cisco UCCX
4 3 (0.19%) RSA Archer
4 3 (0.19%) Rundeck
4 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.13%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.13%) Control-M
5 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.13%) Grafana
5 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.13%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 2 (0.13%) Terraform
6 1 (0.063%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.063%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.063%) QRadar
6 1 (0.063%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 216 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.59%) Oracle
3 72 (4.52%) SAP
4 52 (3.27%) Salesforce
5 47 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 37 (2.32%) BISAM
7 29 (1.82%) Google
8 23 (1.44%) Databricks
9 21 (1.32%) Bloomberg
10 20 (1.26%) Charles River
11 16 (1.01%) Calypso
11 16 (1.01%) Splunk
11 16 (1.01%) Workday
12 15 (0.94%) SimCorp
13 14 (0.88%) Adobe
13 14 (0.88%) Citrix
13 14 (0.88%) OpenLink
14 13 (0.82%) Alteryx
14 13 (0.82%) Informatica
15 12 (0.75%) Murex