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 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 12 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,821 1,669 2,403
As % of all contract jobs in London 12.61% 11.90% 13.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.63% 12.72% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,224 1,181 1,750
10th Percentile £311 £275 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 26 26
10th Percentile £21.00 £22.27 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.67 £25.81 £19.56
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +44.33% -10.19%
75th Percentile £32.62 £57.75 £37.63
90th Percentile £47.95 £80.75 £49.00
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.35 £17.74
% change year-on-year -22.91% +31.66% +4.20%

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 13,358 13,119 16,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.56% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,859 8,445 12,227
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.43% -4.62%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 143 257
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.55 £23.80 £19.25
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +11.11% -7.35%
75th Percentile £62.63 £52.25 £53.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.35 £68.80
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £41.91
% change year-on-year -21.43% -16.48% +19.73%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +2 306 £475 -10.38% 66
South London -9 28 £425 +30.77% 14
East London +6 27 £400 -11.11% 14
West London -19 21 £455 +66.97% 19
North London 0 3 £500 -9.09% 3
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 January 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.

1 443 (24.33%) Agile
2 402 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 365 (20.04%) SQL
4 313 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
5 285 (15.65%) Business Analysis
6 253 (13.89%) Microsoft
6 253 (13.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 243 (13.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 220 (12.08%) Data Analysis
9 216 (11.86%) User Stories
10 210 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
11 202 (11.09%) Power Platform
11 202 (11.09%) Workshop Facilitation
12 196 (10.76%) Analytics
13 195 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
14 193 (10.60%) Security Cleared
15 188 (10.32%) Power BI
16 176 (9.67%) Migration
17 173 (9.50%) Decision-Making
18 171 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
19 170 (9.34%) SC Cleared
20 165 (9.06%) Validation
21 163 (8.95%) JIRA
22 160 (8.79%) Azure
23 150 (8.24%) Python
24 149 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
25 140 (7.69%) Data Quality
26 139 (7.63%) Degree
27 138 (7.58%) Data Modelling
28 135 (7.41%) Process 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 91 (5.00%) Confluence
2 50 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.55%) CMS
4 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.44%) SAS
5 7 (0.38%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.33%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.33%) MQSeries
7 5 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.22%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.055%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.055%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.055%) Kentico
11 1 (0.055%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.055%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.055%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.055%) WebSphere
Applications
1 171 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (4.23%) MS Visio
3 72 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 67 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.22%) Notion
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.055%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.055%) Sketch
9 1 (0.055%) SPSS
9 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 32 (1.76%) Endur
2 24 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.71%) Aladdin
4 13 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
5 10 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
6 9 (0.49%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.44%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.38%) SAP HR
8 7 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 4 (0.22%) Fidessa
11 4 (0.22%) ION MarketView
11 4 (0.22%) Markit EDM
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 202 (11.09%) Power Platform
2 160 (8.79%) Azure
3 93 (5.11%) AWS
4 63 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (2.47%) GCP
6 42 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 33 (1.81%) Snowflake
8 26 (1.43%) Entra ID
8 26 (1.43%) SaaS
9 25 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (0.93%) Power Automate
11 14 (0.77%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.71%) Google Workspace
13 12 (0.66%) OneDrive
14 11 (0.60%) Lucidchart
15 9 (0.49%) Google Tag Manager
16 8 (0.44%) Collibra
16 8 (0.44%) Miro
16 8 (0.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.10%) Firewall
2 15 (0.82%) VPN
3 14 (0.77%) DNS
3 14 (0.77%) Network Security
4 11 (0.60%) DHCP
4 11 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.38%) Internet
5 7 (0.38%) Skype
5 7 (0.38%) Unified Communications
6 6 (0.33%) FIX Connectivity
6 6 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.27%) Broadband
7 5 (0.27%) DMZ
7 5 (0.27%) LAN
8 3 (0.16%) Softphone
9 2 (0.11%) FTP
9 2 (0.11%) HTTP
9 2 (0.11%) VoIP
9 2 (0.11%) WAN
9 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (10.32%) Power BI
2 84 (4.61%) Tableau
3 41 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (1.92%) Metadata
5 28 (1.54%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.26%) BigQuery
7 17 (0.93%) Power Query
8 15 (0.82%) Looker
9 12 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (0.60%) Big Data
10 11 (0.60%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.44%) Oracle Database
12 7 (0.38%) KNIME
12 7 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.33%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.27%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 163 (8.95%) JIRA
2 10 (0.55%) Postman
3 9 (0.49%) Git
3 9 (0.49%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.38%) Selenium
5 5 (0.27%) MSI
6 4 (0.22%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.16%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.16%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.16%) GitLab
7 3 (0.16%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.16%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.11%) ERwin
8 2 (0.11%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.11%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.11%) Toad
General
1 666 (36.57%) Finance
2 655 (35.97%) Social Skills
3 394 (21.64%) Analytical Skills
4 250 (13.73%) Banking
5 131 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 76 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 75 (4.12%) Front Office
8 70 (3.84%) Investment Banking
9 54 (2.97%) Marketing
9 54 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (2.53%) Legal
11 44 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (2.36%) Back Office
13 42 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 40 (2.20%) Retail
15 36 (1.98%) Financial Institution
15 36 (1.98%) Telecoms
16 34 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
17 25 (1.37%) Local Government
18 22 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.59%) XML
2 20 (1.10%) REST
3 13 (0.71%) SOAP
4 12 (0.66%) Middleware
5 10 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
6 9 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.44%) .NET
7 8 (0.44%) ADO
8 7 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (0.38%) HTML
8 7 (0.38%) JSON
9 6 (0.33%) Web Services
10 5 (0.27%) Playwright
10 5 (0.27%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.22%) LangChain
11 4 (0.22%) RESTful
11 4 (0.22%) VML
12 3 (0.16%) CSS
12 3 (0.16%) Kafka
12 3 (0.16%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 97 (5.33%) Product Ownership
2 84 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 52 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 40 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
4 40 (2.20%) Derivative
5 38 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 30 (1.65%) Fixed Income
7 28 (1.54%) Data Structures
7 28 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 28 (1.54%) PMI
8 27 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
9 24 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.15%) Credit Risk
11 21 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
12 19 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
13 18 (0.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 17 (0.93%) Equities
15 16 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
16 15 (0.82%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.28%) Windows
2 22 (1.21%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.15%) Linux
4 18 (0.99%) Unix
5 12 (0.66%) Android
5 12 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.11%) VMS
8 1 (0.055%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (24.33%) Agile
2 402 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 313 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
4 285 (15.65%) Business Analysis
5 253 (13.89%) Requirements Gathering
6 243 (13.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 220 (12.08%) Data Analysis
8 216 (11.86%) User Stories
9 210 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
10 202 (11.09%) Workshop Facilitation
11 196 (10.76%) Analytics
12 195 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
13 176 (9.67%) Migration
14 173 (9.50%) Decision-Making
15 165 (9.06%) Validation
16 149 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 138 (7.58%) Data Modelling
18 135 (7.41%) Process Improvement
19 115 (6.32%) Visualisation
20 110 (6.04%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 365 (20.04%) SQL
2 150 (8.24%) Python
3 33 (1.81%) PowerShell
4 25 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
5 23 (1.26%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.21%) Java
6 22 (1.21%) R
7 18 (0.99%) C#
8 15 (0.82%) VBA
9 13 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (0.60%) C++
11 8 (0.44%) RPG
12 7 (0.38%) Bash
12 7 (0.38%) Korn
13 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.16%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.11%) Perl
14 2 (0.11%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.11%) VC++
15 1 (0.055%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 193 (10.60%) Security Cleared
2 170 (9.34%) SC Cleared
3 139 (7.63%) Degree
4 49 (2.69%) CBAP
5 37 (2.03%) PMI Certification
6 26 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.10%) IIBA
9 19 (1.04%) CISSP
10 16 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.82%) ISEB
12 14 (0.77%) CISM
12 14 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 14 (0.77%) PMP
13 12 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.49%) Azure Certification
15 9 (0.49%) CEH
15 9 (0.49%) CompTIA CySA+
15 9 (0.49%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 114 (6.26%) QA
3 47 (2.58%) GDPR
4 41 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (2.25%) PMO
5 32 (1.76%) GRC
6 30 (1.65%) NIST
7 26 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
8 24 (1.32%) EMIR
8 24 (1.32%) MiFID
9 18 (0.99%) Accessibility
10 12 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 12 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (0.60%) SLA
12 10 (0.55%) IFRS
12 10 (0.55%) PSD2
13 8 (0.44%) NCSC
13 8 (0.44%) PCI DSS
14 7 (0.38%) Basel III
14 7 (0.38%) SEPA
System Software
1 55 (3.02%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.22%) Docker
3 4 (0.22%) Snort
3 4 (0.22%) Squid
4 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.055%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.77%) HP SiteScope
2 14 (0.77%) SCOM
3 12 (0.66%) SCCM
4 7 (0.38%) Control-M
4 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.33%) Nessus
6 4 (0.22%) Ansible
6 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.22%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.22%) Nexpose
6 4 (0.22%) Suricata
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.11%) BladeLogic
8 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.11%) WSUS
9 1 (0.055%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.055%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.055%) Terraform
9 1 (0.055%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 253 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 86 (4.72%) Oracle
3 83 (4.56%) Salesforce
4 72 (3.95%) SAP
5 67 (3.68%) ServiceNow
6 65 (3.57%) Splunk
7 34 (1.87%) Google
8 28 (1.54%) Bloomberg
9 24 (1.32%) Murex
9 24 (1.32%) Qualys
10 23 (1.26%) Adobe
10 23 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
11 21 (1.15%) Workday
12 20 (1.10%) Carbon Black
13 18 (0.99%) Databricks
14 14 (0.77%) Remedy
15 13 (0.71%) ION Trading
16 12 (0.66%) MuleSoft
16 12 (0.66%) OpenLink
16 12 (0.66%) Zscaler