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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,892 1,902 2,952
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 14.07% 11.68% 13.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.18% 12.42% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,247 1,375 2,223
10th Percentile £306 £300 £285
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +1.92%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £648
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 29 29
10th Percentile £22.50 £21.85 £17.70
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.80 £41.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.83% +59.62% +15.56%
75th Percentile £33.88 £65.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £56.93 £109.75 £56.35
England median hourly rate £22.05 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +16.05% - +11.50%

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 12,462 15,317 20,545
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.03% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,353 10,248 14,977
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 181 229
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -6.27% +14.89%
75th Percentile £51.13 £56.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +3 375 £500 -3.85% 322
East London +6 22 £190 -58.65% 31
South London -6 21 £425 +70.00% 36
West London -10 19 £425 - 51
North London -2 5 £559 +27.71% 12
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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.

1 764 (40.38%) Finance
2 688 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 473 (25.00%) Agile
4 433 (22.89%) SQL
5 401 (21.19%) Analytical Skills
6 330 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
7 308 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 302 (15.96%) Data Analysis
9 301 (15.91%) Microsoft
10 292 (15.43%) Business Analysis
11 270 (14.27%) Banking
12 245 (12.95%) Python
13 214 (11.31%) Requirements Gathering
14 211 (11.15%) Analytics
15 206 (10.89%) User Acceptance Testing
15 206 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
16 184 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 174 (9.20%) User Stories
18 173 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
19 171 (9.04%) Power Platform
20 164 (8.67%) Power BI
21 160 (8.46%) Decision-Making
22 155 (8.19%) Degree
23 152 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
24 148 (7.82%) Migration
25 143 (7.56%) Azure
26 139 (7.35%) Validation
27 137 (7.24%) Process Improvement
28 136 (7.19%) Visualisation
29 135 (7.14%) Front Office

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 77 (4.07%) Confluence
2 58 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.48%) CMS
5 7 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
5 7 (0.37%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 6 (0.32%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.32%) SAS
7 5 (0.26%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.21%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.11%) Apache
11 1 (0.053%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.053%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.053%) IIS
11 1 (0.053%) JBoss
11 1 (0.053%) Smallworld
Applications
1 173 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 95 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
3 67 (3.54%) MS Visio
4 63 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Inventor
8 2 (0.11%) GNU Octave
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.053%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.053%) EViews
9 1 (0.053%) Revit
Business Applications
1 37 (1.96%) Aladdin
2 36 (1.90%) Endur
3 23 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 16 (0.85%) thinkFolio
6 10 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
6 10 (0.53%) Unit4 Business World
7 9 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.42%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.37%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.32%) Loan IQ
10 6 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
10 6 (0.32%) Temenos T24
11 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
12 4 (0.21%) CA PPM
12 4 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
12 4 (0.21%) ION Anvil
12 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
12 4 (0.21%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 171 (9.04%) Power Platform
2 143 (7.56%) Azure
3 72 (3.81%) AWS
4 51 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (2.17%) GCP
6 39 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (1.80%) Snowflake
9 28 (1.48%) SaaS
10 24 (1.27%) Entra ID
11 19 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (0.79%) Lucidchart
12 15 (0.79%) OneDrive
13 14 (0.74%) dbt
14 13 (0.69%) Collibra
14 13 (0.69%) PowerApps
15 12 (0.63%) Miro
16 10 (0.53%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.48%) Google Analytics
18 8 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.53%) Firewall
2 16 (0.85%) DNS
3 14 (0.74%) DHCP
3 14 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.48%) Network Security
5 8 (0.42%) Unified Communications
6 7 (0.37%) LAN
6 7 (0.37%) Skype
6 7 (0.37%) VPN
7 6 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (0.32%) VLAN
8 5 (0.26%) Internet
8 5 (0.26%) IP Telephony
8 5 (0.26%) NAS
9 3 (0.16%) HTTP
9 3 (0.16%) SSH
9 3 (0.16%) VoIP
9 3 (0.16%) WAN
9 3 (0.16%) WebEx
9 3 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (8.67%) Power BI
2 102 (5.39%) Tableau
3 55 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (1.43%) BigQuery
4 27 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 26 (1.37%) Metadata
6 23 (1.22%) Power Query
7 22 (1.16%) Looker
8 21 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.00%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.63%) Big Data
11 11 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 11 (0.58%) Star Schema
12 10 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (0.37%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.37%) GIS
14 6 (0.32%) MS Access
14 6 (0.32%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 134 (7.08%) JIRA
2 16 (0.85%) Git
3 15 (0.79%) Postman
4 14 (0.74%) Selenium
5 8 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.37%) Zephyr
7 6 (0.32%) REST Assured
7 6 (0.32%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.26%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.26%) HP UFT
8 5 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.21%) Appium
9 4 (0.21%) JMeter
9 4 (0.21%) TestComplete
10 3 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.16%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.16%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.11%) Ant
11 2 (0.11%) JUnit
11 2 (0.11%) NUnit
General
1 764 (40.38%) Finance
2 688 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 401 (21.19%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (14.27%) Banking
5 135 (7.14%) Front Office
6 89 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 82 (4.33%) Investment Banking
8 71 (3.75%) Back Office
9 62 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 62 (3.28%) Retail
10 57 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
10 57 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 56 (2.96%) Legal
12 48 (2.54%) Marketing
13 44 (2.33%) Financial Institution
14 38 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
15 35 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.53%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.32%) Local Government
17 25 (1.32%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.74%) XML
2 13 (0.69%) JSON
2 13 (0.69%) SailPoint
3 11 (0.58%) Playwright
4 9 (0.48%) .NET
5 8 (0.42%) ADO
5 8 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (0.42%) REST
5 8 (0.42%) SOAP
5 8 (0.42%) Swagger
6 7 (0.37%) Kafka
7 6 (0.32%) Pandas
7 6 (0.32%) Web Services
8 5 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.26%) FpML
8 5 (0.26%) LangChain
8 5 (0.26%) PySpark
9 4 (0.21%) DCOM
9 4 (0.21%) OAuth
10 3 (0.16%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 87 (4.60%) Product Ownership
2 74 (3.91%) Derivative
3 69 (3.65%) Onboarding
4 66 (3.49%) Fixed Income
5 63 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 48 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 42 (2.22%) Reinsurance
8 37 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 36 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
10 32 (1.69%) Hedge funds
11 31 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
13 29 (1.53%) Data Structures
13 29 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 26 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
15 24 (1.27%) Market Risk
16 21 (1.11%) Equities
17 19 (1.00%) Security Posture
18 18 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
19 16 (0.85%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 88 (4.65%) Windows
2 28 (1.48%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.11%) Linux
4 17 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.58%) Android
5 11 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.58%) Unix
6 6 (0.32%) Windows 7
6 6 (0.32%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.11%) VMS
8 1 (0.053%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.053%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (25.00%) Agile
2 330 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
3 308 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 302 (15.96%) Data Analysis
5 292 (15.43%) Business Analysis
6 214 (11.31%) Requirements Gathering
7 211 (11.15%) Analytics
8 206 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
8 206 (10.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 184 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 174 (9.20%) User Stories
11 160 (8.46%) Decision-Making
12 152 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
13 148 (7.82%) Migration
14 139 (7.35%) Validation
15 137 (7.24%) Process Improvement
16 136 (7.19%) Visualisation
17 130 (6.87%) Data Modelling
18 128 (6.77%) Risk Management
19 116 (6.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 433 (22.89%) SQL
2 245 (12.95%) Python
3 40 (2.11%) PowerShell
4 28 (1.48%) VBA
5 23 (1.22%) C#
5 23 (1.22%) Java
6 18 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 18 (0.95%) R
7 15 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 14 (0.74%) C++
9 13 (0.69%) Bash
10 11 (0.58%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.32%) RPG
12 5 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.21%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.11%) Korn
14 2 (0.11%) Perl
14 2 (0.11%) Scala
14 2 (0.11%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.11%) VC++
Qualifications
1 155 (8.19%) Degree
2 129 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 109 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 27 (1.43%) CBAP
4 27 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.22%) Master's Degree
6 19 (1.00%) PMI Certification
7 16 (0.85%) CISSP
8 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (0.69%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.58%) ACCA
11 11 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (0.53%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.53%) CEH
12 10 (0.53%) CIMA
12 10 (0.53%) CISM
13 9 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (0.48%) GIAC
14 7 (0.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (5.66%) QA
2 102 (5.39%) Data Quality
3 48 (2.54%) GDPR
4 35 (1.85%) PMO
5 32 (1.69%) MiFID
6 30 (1.59%) EMIR
7 27 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 23 (1.22%) NIST
9 22 (1.16%) SEPA
10 21 (1.11%) GRC
11 16 (0.85%) ISO 20022
12 15 (0.79%) Accessibility
13 14 (0.74%) SLA
14 9 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.37%) IFRS
17 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
17 6 (0.32%) Dodd-Frank
17 6 (0.32%) Solvency II
18 5 (0.26%) Basel III
System Software
1 80 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.26%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 4 (0.21%) Docker
4 3 (0.16%) Snort
4 3 (0.16%) Squid
5 1 (0.053%) Firmware
5 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.053%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.053%) Xen
5 1 (0.053%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (0.74%) HP SiteScope
1 14 (0.74%) SCOM
2 9 (0.48%) SCCM
3 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.26%) Nessus
4 5 (0.26%) Tivoli
5 4 (0.21%) Control-M
6 3 (0.16%) Ansible
6 3 (0.16%) BladeLogic
6 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (0.16%) Nexpose
6 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.16%) Suricata
7 2 (0.11%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.11%) Terraform
8 1 (0.053%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.053%) QRadar
Vendors
1 301 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 92 (4.86%) Oracle
3 69 (3.65%) SAP
4 63 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 55 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 43 (2.27%) Google
7 42 (2.22%) Splunk
8 30 (1.59%) Workday
9 26 (1.37%) Murex
10 25 (1.32%) BISAM
11 24 (1.27%) Charles River
12 23 (1.22%) OpenLink
13 22 (1.16%) Bloomberg
14 20 (1.06%) Databricks
15 19 (1.00%) Calypso
16 18 (0.95%) Alteryx
17 17 (0.90%) SimCorp
18 15 (0.79%) Adobe
18 15 (0.79%) ION Trading
19 14 (0.74%) Reuters