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 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,077 1,877 1,950
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.25% 13.73% 12.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.01% 14.77% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,308 1,250 1,420
10th Percentile £290 £306 £310
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year - -2.20% -4.26%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
England median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 41 34
10th Percentile £24.75 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £23.00 £21.44
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -31.03% +40.78%
75th Percentile £53.75 £33.40 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.75 £49.75 £93.63
England median hourly rate £25.50 £22.14 £18.32
% change year-on-year +15.18% +20.85% -3.58%

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 18,869 12,708 15,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 92.98% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,304 8,601 10,765
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 203 201
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.95 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.28% -16.11%
75th Percentile £58.92 £49.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.61 £25.30 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.35% -43.78% +5.88%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -10 309 £500 - 157
West London +6 61 £388 -7.74% 29
South London +14 35 £463 +105.56% 11
East London -4 10 £413 +47.32% 17
North London -2 5 £400 -14.44% 9
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 514 (24.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 471 (22.68%) Agile
3 416 (20.03%) SQL
4 358 (17.24%) Business Analysis
5 321 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
6 310 (14.93%) User Stories
7 300 (14.44%) Requirements Gathering
8 294 (14.16%) User Acceptance Testing
9 284 (13.67%) Microsoft
10 281 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 278 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
12 276 (13.29%) Data Analysis
13 262 (12.61%) Workshop Facilitation
14 251 (12.08%) Validation
15 250 (12.04%) Power Platform
16 235 (11.31%) Power BI
17 231 (11.12%) Analytics
18 217 (10.45%) Azure
19 216 (10.40%) Data Quality
20 212 (10.21%) Acceptance Criteria
20 212 (10.21%) Decision-Making
21 201 (9.68%) Data Modelling
22 199 (9.58%) Migration
23 194 (9.34%) JIRA
24 190 (9.15%) AI
25 188 (9.05%) Security Cleared
26 179 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
27 166 (7.99%) Python
28 158 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
29 156 (7.51%) 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 95 (4.57%) Confluence
2 57 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 40 (1.93%) CMS
4 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.34%) SAS
5 6 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.24%) Apache
6 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.14%) Kentico
9 2 (0.096%) Appian
9 2 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.096%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.096%) WordPress
10 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.048%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.048%) JBoss
10 1 (0.048%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.048%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 179 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.23%) MS Visio
3 46 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.77%) 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 15 (0.72%) Workday HCM
4 14 (0.67%) Aladdin
5 11 (0.53%) Endur
5 11 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.48%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.39%) iTrent
8 7 (0.34%) Actimize
8 7 (0.34%) HFM
8 7 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
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%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 250 (12.04%) Power Platform
2 217 (10.45%) Azure
3 114 (5.49%) AWS
4 86 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (2.46%) SaaS
7 50 (2.41%) Snowflake
8 48 (2.31%) Entra ID
9 39 (1.88%) GCP
10 37 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 23 (1.11%) OneDrive
13 22 (1.06%) Power Automate
14 20 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
15 17 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (0.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (0.72%) Amazon S3
17 15 (0.72%) PowerApps
18 14 (0.67%) Collibra
18 14 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.01%) TCP/IP
2 19 (0.91%) VPN
3 17 (0.82%) Firewall
4 15 (0.72%) DNS
4 15 (0.72%) Network Security
5 12 (0.58%) DHCP
6 9 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.39%) PSTN
7 8 (0.39%) VoIP
7 8 (0.39%) Wireless
8 5 (0.24%) DMZ
9 4 (0.19%) Internet
9 4 (0.19%) Intranet
9 4 (0.19%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.14%) HTTP
10 3 (0.14%) SSL
10 3 (0.14%) WAN
10 3 (0.14%) WinSCP
11 2 (0.096%) FTP
11 2 (0.096%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (11.31%) Power BI
2 97 (4.67%) Tableau
3 63 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (2.60%) Metadata
5 32 (1.54%) Relational Database
6 20 (0.96%) Looker
7 18 (0.87%) BigQuery
8 17 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.82%) Power Query
9 12 (0.58%) SQL Server
10 11 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
11 10 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.43%) Big Data
13 8 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.34%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
16 5 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
16 5 (0.24%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 194 (9.34%) JIRA
2 23 (1.11%) Postman
3 9 (0.43%) Git
4 8 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.34%) Selenium
6 6 (0.29%) Zephyr
7 5 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.24%) GitLab
7 5 (0.24%) TestRail
8 4 (0.19%) Appium
8 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.19%) JUnit
9 3 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
9 3 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.096%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.096%) JMeter
10 2 (0.096%) Snyk
10 2 (0.096%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 834 (40.15%) Finance
2 661 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 483 (23.25%) Analytical Skills
4 298 (14.35%) Banking
5 130 (6.26%) Public Sector
6 116 (5.58%) Front Office
7 104 (5.01%) Documentation Skills
8 96 (4.62%) Retail
9 90 (4.33%) Marketing
10 84 (4.04%) Legal
11 80 (3.85%) Investment Banking
12 55 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 46 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.88%) Financial Institution
16 33 (1.59%) Local Government
17 32 (1.54%) Back Office
18 22 (1.06%) Manufacturing
19 20 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
20 19 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 27 (1.30%) JSON
3 17 (0.82%) XML
4 16 (0.77%) Middleware
5 14 (0.67%) Pandas
6 11 (0.53%) Kafka
6 11 (0.53%) REST
7 10 (0.48%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.39%) .NET
8 8 (0.39%) NumPy
9 7 (0.34%) ADO
10 6 (0.29%) Playwright
10 6 (0.29%) PySpark
10 6 (0.29%) YAML
11 5 (0.24%) SOAP
12 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.19%) VML
13 3 (0.14%) FIDO
13 3 (0.14%) LAMP
13 3 (0.14%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.55%) Product Ownership
2 104 (5.01%) Onboarding
3 64 (3.08%) Derivative
4 49 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
5 44 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 42 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
6 42 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 41 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 37 (1.78%) Fixed Income
10 26 (1.25%) Hedge funds
11 24 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
12 23 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (0.96%) Credit Risk
14 19 (0.91%) CMDB
14 19 (0.91%) Market Risk
14 19 (0.91%) Reference Data
15 18 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 79 (3.80%) Windows
2 17 (0.82%) Windows 10
3 16 (0.77%) Linux
4 15 (0.72%) Android
4 15 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.34%) Unix
6 7 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (24.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 471 (22.68%) Agile
3 358 (17.24%) Business Analysis
4 321 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
5 310 (14.93%) User Stories
6 300 (14.44%) Requirements Gathering
7 294 (14.16%) User Acceptance Testing
8 281 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 278 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
10 276 (13.29%) Data Analysis
11 262 (12.61%) Workshop Facilitation
12 251 (12.08%) Validation
13 231 (11.12%) Analytics
14 212 (10.21%) Acceptance Criteria
14 212 (10.21%) Decision-Making
15 201 (9.68%) Data Modelling
16 199 (9.58%) Migration
17 190 (9.15%) AI
18 158 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
19 156 (7.51%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 416 (20.03%) SQL
2 166 (7.99%) Python
3 30 (1.44%) Java
4 27 (1.30%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.16%) R
6 19 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 16 (0.77%) VBA
8 11 (0.53%) PL/SQL
9 10 (0.48%) Korn
10 7 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (0.34%) Scala
11 6 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.24%) C
12 5 (0.24%) C#
12 5 (0.24%) C++
13 4 (0.19%) Groovy
14 3 (0.14%) Perl
14 3 (0.14%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.096%) PHP
15 2 (0.096%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 188 (9.05%) Security Cleared
2 151 (7.27%) SC Cleared
3 141 (6.79%) Degree
4 31 (1.49%) DV Cleared
5 29 (1.40%) CISSP
6 20 (0.96%) PMI Certification
7 18 (0.87%) IIBA
8 15 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (0.67%) CBAP
10 13 (0.63%) ACCA
10 13 (0.63%) CIMA
10 13 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
10 13 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.58%) FFIEC
11 12 (0.58%) PMP
12 11 (0.53%) CISM
12 11 (0.53%) GIAC
13 10 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (10.40%) Data Quality
2 105 (5.06%) QA
3 63 (3.03%) PMO
4 54 (2.60%) NIST
5 44 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (2.07%) GDPR
7 30 (1.44%) SLA
8 21 (1.01%) COBIT
8 21 (1.01%) IFRS
9 19 (0.91%) GRC
10 17 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 16 (0.77%) Accessibility
12 15 (0.72%) EMIR
12 15 (0.72%) MiFID
13 14 (0.67%) ISO 20022
14 13 (0.63%) GAAP
15 11 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.39%) SEPA
17 6 (0.29%) PSD2
17 6 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 54 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.39%) 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 23 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (0.77%) SCCM
3 13 (0.63%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.29%) Terraform
4 6 (0.29%) WSUS
5 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.14%) Nessus
6 3 (0.14%) QRadar
7 2 (0.096%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.096%) Nexpose
7 2 (0.096%) Puppet
8 1 (0.048%) CASB
8 1 (0.048%) Control-M
8 1 (0.048%) Grafana
8 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.048%) Kibana
8 1 (0.048%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.048%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.048%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 284 (13.67%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.49%) SAP
3 112 (5.39%) Salesforce
4 93 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 88 (4.24%) Oracle
6 67 (3.23%) Databricks
7 38 (1.83%) Google
8 33 (1.59%) Murex
9 32 (1.54%) Workday
10 31 (1.49%) Bloomberg
11 21 (1.01%) Adobe
12 19 (0.91%) Splunk
13 18 (0.87%) Citrix
13 18 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
14 17 (0.82%) Alteryx
15 16 (0.77%) CyberArk
16 14 (0.67%) ION Trading
17 11 (0.53%) Guidewire
17 11 (0.53%) Reuters
17 11 (0.53%) Sage