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 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,084 1,887 1,962
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.33% 13.75% 12.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.10% 14.79% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,313 1,256 1,419
10th Percentile £288 £309 £310
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.37%
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 39 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 £32.70 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.75 £58.40 £93.63
England median hourly rate £25.42 £22.14 £17.50
% change year-on-year +14.81% +26.51% -7.89%

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 18,770 12,756 15,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 92.95% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,276 8,635 10,898
10th Percentile £363 £325 £344
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 £653 £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 354 203 201
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.83 £22.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -9.28% -11.44%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.69 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -42.22% +4.65%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -6 311 £494 -1.25% 151
West London +6 59 £375 -10.71% 28
South London +16 35 £463 +105.56% 12
East London -1 10 £413 +14.58% 20
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 2 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.

1 503 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 470 (22.55%) Agile
3 408 (19.58%) SQL
4 357 (17.13%) Business Analysis
5 320 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
6 306 (14.68%) User Stories
7 297 (14.25%) Requirements Gathering
8 296 (14.20%) User Acceptance Testing
9 284 (13.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 281 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
11 278 (13.34%) Microsoft
12 269 (12.91%) Data Analysis
13 253 (12.14%) Validation
14 251 (12.04%) Workshop Facilitation
15 249 (11.95%) Power Platform
16 237 (11.37%) Power BI
17 233 (11.18%) Analytics
18 216 (10.36%) Azure
19 213 (10.22%) Data Quality
20 208 (9.98%) Acceptance Criteria
20 208 (9.98%) Decision-Making
21 205 (9.84%) Data Modelling
22 197 (9.45%) Migration
23 195 (9.36%) Security Cleared
24 194 (9.31%) JIRA
25 187 (8.97%) AI
26 174 (8.35%) Microsoft Excel
27 166 (7.97%) Python
28 162 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
29 156 (7.49%) SC Cleared

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 (4.61%) Confluence
2 54 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 40 (1.92%) CMS
4 6 (0.29%) Apache
4 6 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.29%) SAS
5 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.14%) Kentico
7 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.096%) WordPress
9 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.048%) Appian
9 1 (0.048%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.048%) JBoss
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.048%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 174 (8.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.17%) MS Visio
3 44 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.48%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.38%) Revit
8 4 (0.19%) Notion
8 4 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.048%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.048%) SPSS
9 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.86%) Workday HCM
3 14 (0.67%) Aladdin
4 11 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.48%) Endur
5 10 (0.48%) Loan IQ
6 8 (0.38%) Actimize
6 8 (0.38%) iTrent
6 8 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.34%) HFM
7 7 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.24%) Findur
9 5 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 5 (0.24%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.24%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 249 (11.95%) Power Platform
2 216 (10.36%) Azure
3 113 (5.42%) AWS
4 83 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (2.50%) Snowflake
7 49 (2.35%) SaaS
8 46 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 42 (2.02%) GCP
10 35 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 21 (1.01%) OneDrive
13 20 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
14 19 (0.91%) Power Automate
15 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
16 15 (0.72%) Amazon S3
16 15 (0.72%) Google Workspace
16 15 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 14 (0.67%) PowerApps
17 14 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.96%) TCP/IP
2 18 (0.86%) VPN
3 15 (0.72%) Firewall
4 14 (0.67%) DNS
5 13 (0.62%) Network Security
6 11 (0.53%) DHCP
7 8 (0.38%) VoIP
7 8 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.34%) Wireless
9 5 (0.24%) DMZ
9 5 (0.24%) PSTN
10 4 (0.19%) Internet
10 4 (0.19%) Intranet
11 3 (0.14%) HTTP
11 3 (0.14%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.14%) SSL
11 3 (0.14%) WAN
11 3 (0.14%) WinSCP
12 2 (0.096%) SSH
12 2 (0.096%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (11.37%) Power BI
2 96 (4.61%) Tableau
3 62 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (2.59%) Metadata
5 33 (1.58%) Relational Database
6 20 (0.96%) BigQuery
6 20 (0.96%) Looker
7 18 (0.86%) Data Lake
7 18 (0.86%) Power Query
8 12 (0.58%) SQL Server
9 11 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
10 10 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.43%) Big Data
12 8 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.29%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.24%) Data Hub
15 5 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 194 (9.31%) JIRA
2 24 (1.15%) Postman
3 9 (0.43%) Git
3 9 (0.43%) Selenium
4 8 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.29%) TestRail
5 6 (0.29%) Zephyr
6 5 (0.24%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.24%) GitLab
7 4 (0.19%) Appium
7 4 (0.19%) JUnit
8 3 (0.14%) Gemini Tracker
8 3 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.096%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.096%) JMeter
9 2 (0.096%) Snyk
9 2 (0.096%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.096%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 838 (40.21%) Finance
2 658 (31.57%) Social Skills
3 485 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
4 295 (14.16%) Banking
5 139 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 116 (5.57%) Front Office
7 100 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
8 93 (4.46%) Retail
9 89 (4.27%) Marketing
10 84 (4.03%) Legal
11 80 (3.84%) Investment Banking
12 55 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
13 48 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 44 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
15 41 (1.97%) Financial Institution
16 33 (1.58%) Back Office
16 33 (1.58%) Local Government
17 21 (1.01%) Manufacturing
18 20 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.30%) JSON
1 27 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (0.86%) XML
3 15 (0.72%) Middleware
4 14 (0.67%) Pandas
5 12 (0.58%) Kafka
6 11 (0.53%) REST
7 10 (0.48%) SailPoint
8 9 (0.43%) .NET
9 8 (0.38%) ADO
9 8 (0.38%) NumPy
10 6 (0.29%) Playwright
10 6 (0.29%) YAML
11 5 (0.24%) PySpark
11 5 (0.24%) SOAP
12 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.19%) VML
13 3 (0.14%) Apache Avro
13 3 (0.14%) LAMP
13 3 (0.14%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 134 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 101 (4.85%) Onboarding
3 63 (3.02%) Derivative
4 49 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 45 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 42 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 41 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (1.87%) Data Structures
10 38 (1.82%) Fixed Income
11 26 (1.25%) Hedge funds
12 24 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
12 24 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
13 23 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
14 20 (0.96%) Credit Risk
15 18 (0.86%) CMDB
15 18 (0.86%) Market Risk
15 18 (0.86%) Reference Data
15 18 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (0.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (3.69%) Windows
2 16 (0.77%) Android
3 15 (0.72%) Linux
3 15 (0.72%) Mac OS
3 15 (0.72%) Windows 10
4 14 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.34%) Unix
5 7 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 470 (22.55%) Agile
3 357 (17.13%) Business Analysis
4 320 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
5 306 (14.68%) User Stories
6 297 (14.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 296 (14.20%) User Acceptance Testing
8 284 (13.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 281 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
10 269 (12.91%) Data Analysis
11 253 (12.14%) Validation
12 251 (12.04%) Workshop Facilitation
13 233 (11.18%) Analytics
14 208 (9.98%) Acceptance Criteria
14 208 (9.98%) Decision-Making
15 205 (9.84%) Data Modelling
16 197 (9.45%) Migration
17 187 (8.97%) AI
18 162 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
19 152 (7.29%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 408 (19.58%) SQL
2 166 (7.97%) Python
3 30 (1.44%) Java
4 26 (1.25%) PowerShell
5 24 (1.15%) R
6 20 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 17 (0.82%) 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%) C#
11 6 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.24%) C
12 5 (0.24%) C++
13 4 (0.19%) Groovy
14 3 (0.14%) JavaScript
14 3 (0.14%) Perl
14 3 (0.14%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.096%) PHP
Qualifications
1 195 (9.36%) Security Cleared
2 156 (7.49%) SC Cleared
3 140 (6.72%) Degree
4 31 (1.49%) DV Cleared
5 28 (1.34%) CISSP
6 20 (0.96%) PMI Certification
7 17 (0.82%) IIBA
8 15 (0.72%) CBAP
8 15 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
10 13 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.58%) FFIEC
11 12 (0.58%) PMP
12 11 (0.53%) ACCA
12 11 (0.53%) CIMA
12 11 (0.53%) CISM
13 10 (0.48%) GIAC
14 9 (0.43%) CEH
14 9 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (10.22%) Data Quality
2 109 (5.23%) QA
3 62 (2.98%) PMO
4 56 (2.69%) NIST
5 45 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (2.06%) GDPR
7 30 (1.44%) SLA
8 21 (1.01%) COBIT
8 21 (1.01%) GRC
9 19 (0.91%) IFRS
10 16 (0.77%) Accessibility
10 16 (0.77%) EMIR
10 16 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (0.72%) MiFID
12 14 (0.67%) ISO 20022
13 13 (0.62%) GAAP
14 11 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.38%) SEPA
16 6 (0.29%) PSD2
16 6 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.19%) Docker
5 2 (0.096%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.048%) RACF
6 1 (0.048%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.048%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (0.72%) SCCM
3 13 (0.62%) 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 ALM
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%) Kibana
8 1 (0.048%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.048%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.048%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 278 (13.34%) Microsoft
2 115 (5.52%) SAP
3 111 (5.33%) Salesforce
4 89 (4.27%) Oracle
4 89 (4.27%) ServiceNow
5 71 (3.41%) Databricks
6 40 (1.92%) Google
7 36 (1.73%) Workday
8 32 (1.54%) Murex
9 31 (1.49%) Bloomberg
10 20 (0.96%) Adobe
11 19 (0.91%) Splunk
12 18 (0.86%) Citrix
12 18 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
13 17 (0.82%) Alteryx
14 16 (0.77%) CyberArk
15 15 (0.72%) ION Trading
16 13 (0.62%) Reuters
17 11 (0.53%) IBM
17 11 (0.53%) Sage