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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 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 1,970 1,721 2,116
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.28% 13.51% 12.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.07% 14.45% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,133 1,525
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
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 £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £723
England median daily rate £456 £458 £475
% change year-on-year -0.55% -3.58% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 37 35
10th Percentile £18.40 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £25.75 £24.00 £20.88
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £42.88 £33.75 £46.25
90th Percentile £65.75 £48.05 £75.75
England median hourly rate £23.00 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +3.88% +35.83% -16.41%

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 17,802 11,909 16,485
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 93.51% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,738 8,058 11,829
10th Percentile £359 £336 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 182 314
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.53 £20.22
Median hourly rate £40.48 £32.70 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +18.89% -25.68%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.50 £44.50
90th Percentile £81.13 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +57.89% -27.94% -9.83%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -6 302 £500 -4.76% 68
West London +1 60 £400 -4.76% 30
South London +17 35 £463 -2.63% 11
East London 0 10 £400 -25.93% 15
North London -2 3 £289 -38.24% 14
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 453 (22.99%) Agile
2 430 (21.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 369 (18.73%) SQL
4 313 (15.89%) Business Analysis
5 297 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
6 281 (14.26%) User Stories
7 264 (13.40%) User Acceptance Testing
8 262 (13.30%) Requirements Gathering
9 260 (13.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 247 (12.54%) Microsoft
11 244 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
12 237 (12.03%) Data Analysis
13 236 (11.98%) Validation
14 218 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
15 214 (10.86%) Power Platform
16 211 (10.71%) Power BI
17 208 (10.56%) JIRA
18 201 (10.20%) Analytics
19 198 (10.05%) Azure
20 197 (10.00%) Data Quality
21 194 (9.85%) Acceptance Criteria
22 191 (9.70%) Security Cleared
23 190 (9.64%) Data Modelling
24 188 (9.54%) Decision-Making
24 188 (9.54%) Migration
25 181 (9.19%) Microsoft Excel
26 162 (8.22%) SC Cleared
27 158 (8.02%) AI
28 148 (7.51%) Python
29 145 (7.36%) 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 96 (4.87%) Confluence
2 38 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.78%) CMS
4 8 (0.41%) SAS
5 5 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.25%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.20%) Apache
6 4 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Kentico
7 3 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.10%) WordPress
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.051%) Appian
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 181 (9.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (3.65%) MS Visio
3 56 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 48 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
5 24 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.51%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.41%) Revit
9 3 (0.15%) Notion
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.051%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.051%) SPSS
10 1 (0.051%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (1.02%) Aladdin
2 19 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.96%) Loan IQ
3 17 (0.86%) Workday HCM
4 15 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.41%) Actimize
6 8 (0.41%) Endur
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.25%) Findur
8 5 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 5 (0.25%) iTrent
8 5 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.25%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.25%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.20%) Fidessa
9 4 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 214 (10.86%) Power Platform
2 198 (10.05%) Azure
3 103 (5.23%) AWS
4 64 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (2.28%) SaaS
7 43 (2.18%) Snowflake
8 35 (1.78%) GCP
9 27 (1.37%) Entra ID
10 22 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 21 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (0.91%) Google Workspace
13 16 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
14 15 (0.76%) Amazon S3
15 14 (0.71%) Lucidchart
15 14 (0.71%) Serverless
16 13 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 12 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.76%) Firewall
1 15 (0.76%) TCP/IP
1 15 (0.76%) VPN
2 10 (0.51%) Network Security
3 7 (0.36%) VoIP
4 6 (0.30%) DHCP
4 6 (0.30%) DMZ
4 6 (0.30%) DNS
5 5 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.20%) Internet
7 3 (0.15%) FIX Connectivity
7 3 (0.15%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.15%) WAN
7 3 (0.15%) Wireless
8 2 (0.10%) 802.11
8 2 (0.10%) FTP
8 2 (0.10%) Intranet
8 2 (0.10%) WinSCP
8 2 (0.10%) Wireless Security
8 2 (0.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (10.71%) Power BI
2 91 (4.62%) Tableau
3 50 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (2.34%) Metadata
5 34 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 17 (0.86%) BigQuery
6 17 (0.86%) Data Lake
7 16 (0.81%) Looker
7 16 (0.81%) Power Query
8 11 (0.56%) Big Data
9 10 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
9 10 (0.51%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.25%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.20%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.20%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 208 (10.56%) JIRA
2 24 (1.22%) Postman
3 9 (0.46%) Selenium
4 8 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.36%) Git
6 6 (0.30%) MSI
7 5 (0.25%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.20%) Appium
8 4 (0.20%) GitLab
8 4 (0.20%) JUnit
9 3 (0.15%) Gemini Tracker
9 3 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.15%) TestRail
9 3 (0.15%) Toad
9 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.10%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.10%) Snyk
10 2 (0.10%) SoapUI
General
1 783 (39.75%) Finance
2 618 (31.37%) Social Skills
3 440 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (14.21%) Banking
5 123 (6.24%) Public Sector
6 113 (5.74%) Front Office
7 88 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
8 86 (4.37%) Investment Banking
9 78 (3.96%) Marketing
10 73 (3.71%) Legal
10 73 (3.71%) Retail
11 58 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
12 55 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 38 (1.93%) Financial Institution
15 34 (1.73%) Back Office
16 26 (1.32%) Local Government
17 23 (1.17%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
19 17 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 23 (1.17%) XML
3 18 (0.91%) JSON
3 18 (0.91%) Middleware
4 15 (0.76%) Pandas
5 11 (0.56%) REST
6 10 (0.51%) ADO
7 9 (0.46%) .NET
8 8 (0.41%) Kafka
8 8 (0.41%) NumPy
9 7 (0.36%) VML
10 6 (0.30%) PySpark
10 6 (0.30%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.30%) SOAP
10 6 (0.30%) YAML
11 5 (0.25%) Playwright
12 4 (0.20%) FIX Protocol
13 3 (0.15%) GeoJSON
13 3 (0.15%) Web Services
14 2 (0.10%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 118 (5.99%) Product Ownership
2 73 (3.71%) Onboarding
3 60 (3.05%) Derivative
4 48 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 46 (2.34%) Fixed Income
6 43 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
6 43 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 39 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (1.93%) Data Structures
9 37 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 27 (1.37%) Hedge funds
11 24 (1.22%) Credit Risk
12 22 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (0.96%) Market Risk
15 18 (0.91%) CMDB
15 18 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
16 17 (0.86%) Security Posture
17 16 (0.81%) Reinsurance
18 15 (0.76%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 66 (3.35%) Windows
2 18 (0.91%) Android
3 16 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 14 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.66%) Linux
6 11 (0.56%) Unix
6 11 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (22.99%) Agile
2 430 (21.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 313 (15.89%) Business Analysis
4 297 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
5 281 (14.26%) User Stories
6 264 (13.40%) User Acceptance Testing
7 262 (13.30%) Requirements Gathering
8 260 (13.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 244 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
10 237 (12.03%) Data Analysis
11 236 (11.98%) Validation
12 218 (11.07%) Workshop Facilitation
13 201 (10.20%) Analytics
14 194 (9.85%) Acceptance Criteria
15 190 (9.64%) Data Modelling
16 188 (9.54%) Decision-Making
16 188 (9.54%) Migration
17 158 (8.02%) AI
18 145 (7.36%) Continuous Improvement
19 138 (7.01%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 369 (18.73%) SQL
2 148 (7.51%) Python
3 27 (1.37%) Java
4 24 (1.22%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.12%) R
6 16 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (0.66%) VBA
8 11 (0.56%) PL/SQL
9 10 (0.51%) Korn
10 6 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.25%) C#
11 5 (0.25%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.20%) C
12 4 (0.20%) Groovy
12 4 (0.20%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.20%) Scala
13 3 (0.15%) Bash
13 3 (0.15%) C++
13 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.10%) Perl
Qualifications
1 191 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 162 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 131 (6.65%) Degree
4 24 (1.22%) CBAP
5 22 (1.12%) CISSP
6 21 (1.07%) IIBA
7 20 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 11 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (0.51%) ACCA
11 10 (0.51%) CISM
11 10 (0.51%) ISTQB
11 10 (0.51%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.46%) CIMA
12 9 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.41%) CISA
13 8 (0.41%) GIAC
14 7 (0.36%) CRISC
14 7 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 109 (5.53%) QA
3 57 (2.89%) PMO
4 42 (2.13%) GDPR
4 42 (2.13%) NIST
5 39 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (1.37%) SLA
7 24 (1.22%) IFRS
8 22 (1.12%) GRC
9 17 (0.86%) Accessibility
9 17 (0.86%) GAAP
10 16 (0.81%) COBIT
11 15 (0.76%) EMIR
11 15 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.66%) ISO 20022
13 10 (0.51%) MiFID
14 6 (0.30%) COREP
14 6 (0.30%) PSD2
14 6 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (1.73%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.20%) 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 14 (0.71%) SCCM
2 12 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.30%) Terraform
4 6 (0.30%) WSUS
5 3 (0.15%) Control-M
5 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.15%) Nessus
5 3 (0.15%) QRadar
5 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.10%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.10%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.10%) Puppet
7 1 (0.051%) CASB
7 1 (0.051%) Grafana
7 1 (0.051%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.051%) Kibana
7 1 (0.051%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.051%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 247 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 122 (6.19%) Salesforce
3 103 (5.23%) SAP
4 93 (4.72%) ServiceNow
5 90 (4.57%) Oracle
6 60 (3.05%) Databricks
7 38 (1.93%) Workday
8 34 (1.73%) Bloomberg
9 33 (1.68%) Google
10 31 (1.57%) Murex
11 20 (1.02%) Citrix
11 20 (1.02%) Splunk
12 18 (0.91%) Adobe
12 18 (0.91%) ION Trading
13 16 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
14 15 (0.76%) Reuters
15 13 (0.66%) Alteryx
15 13 (0.66%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.56%) Qualys
17 10 (0.51%) Tenable