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 4 October 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,025 1,857 1,925
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.99% 13.76% 11.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.73% 14.84% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,252 1,229 1,382
10th Percentile £300 £312 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £625
90th Percentile £688 £725 £717
England median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 42 27
10th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £28.65
25th Percentile £26.32 £23.08 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.08 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.59% -41.67% +65.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £34.14 £77.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £58.98 £119.50
England median hourly rate £28.13 £20.71 £21.37
% change year-on-year +35.84% -3.11% +12.47%

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 18,867 12,514 15,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 92.70% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,183 8,360 9,987
10th Percentile £363 £333 £340
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 £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 206 177
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £17.40
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £24.15
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.14 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% -22.91% -3.31%
75th Percentile £64.25 £50.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.32%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -12 293 £468 -1.63% 311
West London +8 55 £400 -5.88% 45
South London -16 11 £500 +17.65% 8
North London 0 6 £400 -20.00% 2
East London -9 6 £500 +162.56% 23
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 October 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.

1 613 (30.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 447 (22.07%) Agile
3 437 (21.58%) SQL
4 405 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 378 (18.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 342 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
7 327 (16.15%) User Stories
8 317 (15.65%) Microsoft
9 304 (15.01%) Workshop Facilitation
10 297 (14.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 297 (14.67%) User Acceptance Testing
11 286 (14.12%) Data Analysis
12 280 (13.83%) Validation
13 273 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
14 265 (13.09%) Analytics
15 250 (12.35%) Power Platform
16 244 (12.05%) AI
17 236 (11.65%) Data Quality
17 236 (11.65%) Decision-Making
18 233 (11.51%) Power BI
19 217 (10.72%) Acceptance Criteria
19 217 (10.72%) Azure
20 208 (10.27%) Migration
21 203 (10.02%) Data Modelling
22 190 (9.38%) JIRA
23 177 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
24 176 (8.69%) Security Cleared
25 169 (8.35%) Data Governance
26 167 (8.25%) Python
27 165 (8.15%) 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 99 (4.89%) Confluence
2 50 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.43%) CMS
4 10 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.15%) Kentico
7 3 (0.15%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.099%) Apache
8 2 (0.099%) Appian
8 2 (0.099%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.099%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.099%) WordPress
9 1 (0.049%) IIS
9 1 (0.049%) JBoss
9 1 (0.049%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.049%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 161 (7.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.52%) MS Visio
3 43 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 42 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (0.44%) AutoCAD
8 7 (0.35%) Revit
9 4 (0.20%) Notion
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.099%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.049%) SPSS
12 1 (0.049%) Trello
12 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
3 12 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
4 11 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.49%) Endur
6 9 (0.44%) Aladdin
6 9 (0.44%) iTrent
6 9 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.40%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.35%) HFM
9 6 (0.30%) Front Arena
9 6 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.30%) Summit
10 5 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.20%) Actimize
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
11 4 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.20%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 250 (12.35%) Power Platform
2 217 (10.72%) Azure
3 110 (5.43%) AWS
4 84 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (3.11%) SaaS
7 53 (2.62%) Entra ID
8 52 (2.57%) Snowflake
9 45 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
10 39 (1.93%) GCP
11 26 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
12 24 (1.19%) OneDrive
13 22 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (1.04%) Power Automate
15 20 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
16 16 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (0.74%) PowerApps
18 14 (0.69%) GitHub
18 14 (0.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 13 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.04%) TCP/IP
1 21 (1.04%) VPN
2 17 (0.84%) Network Security
3 16 (0.79%) DNS
4 13 (0.64%) DHCP
4 13 (0.64%) PSTN
4 13 (0.64%) VoIP
5 12 (0.59%) Firewall
6 10 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (0.40%) Wireless
8 7 (0.35%) IP Telephony
9 4 (0.20%) HTTP
9 4 (0.20%) Internet
9 4 (0.20%) Intranet
10 3 (0.15%) DMZ
10 3 (0.15%) WinSCP
11 2 (0.099%) 802.11
11 2 (0.099%) WAN
11 2 (0.099%) Wireless Security
11 2 (0.099%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (11.51%) Power BI
2 88 (4.35%) Tableau
3 64 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (2.67%) Metadata
5 27 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 23 (1.14%) Power Query
7 22 (1.09%) Looker
8 17 (0.84%) BigQuery
9 12 (0.59%) SQL Server
10 10 (0.49%) Big Data
10 10 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
10 10 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
11 9 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (0.40%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
13 6 (0.30%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.25%) Data Hub
14 5 (0.25%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.25%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 190 (9.38%) JIRA
2 16 (0.79%) Postman
3 13 (0.64%) Git
4 10 (0.49%) Selenium
5 7 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.30%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.25%) TestRail
8 4 (0.20%) GitLab
8 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.20%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.15%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.099%) Appium
10 2 (0.099%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.099%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.099%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.099%) MSI
10 2 (0.099%) Snyk
10 2 (0.099%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.099%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 809 (39.95%) Finance
2 676 (33.38%) Social Skills
3 481 (23.75%) Analytical Skills
4 308 (15.21%) Banking
5 138 (6.81%) Public Sector
6 108 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
6 108 (5.33%) Retail
7 105 (5.19%) Front Office
8 101 (4.99%) Legal
9 83 (4.10%) Marketing
10 74 (3.65%) Investment Banking
11 51 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 41 (2.02%) Local Government
14 37 (1.83%) Financial Institution
15 33 (1.63%) Back Office
16 32 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
17 28 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
18 24 (1.19%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.23%) JSON
3 17 (0.84%) XML
4 16 (0.79%) Middleware
5 10 (0.49%) Playwright
6 9 (0.44%) Kafka
6 9 (0.44%) Pandas
7 8 (0.40%) .NET
7 8 (0.40%) ADO
7 8 (0.40%) REST
7 8 (0.40%) SailPoint
8 7 (0.35%) WebAuthn
9 6 (0.30%) FIDO
9 6 (0.30%) PySpark
9 6 (0.30%) Terraform
9 6 (0.30%) YAML
10 4 (0.20%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.20%) NumPy
11 3 (0.15%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 137 (6.77%) Product Ownership
2 119 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 68 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 57 (2.81%) Derivative
5 54 (2.67%) Data Structures
6 44 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 37 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 35 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
10 30 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
11 28 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (1.28%) Fixed Income
13 21 (1.04%) Reference Data
13 21 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (0.94%) Credit Risk
14 19 (0.94%) Taxonomies
15 18 (0.89%) Market Risk
15 18 (0.89%) Security Posture
16 17 (0.84%) CMDB
16 17 (0.84%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 79 (3.90%) Windows
2 19 (0.94%) Linux
2 19 (0.94%) Mac OS
3 17 (0.84%) Windows 10
4 12 (0.59%) Android
5 11 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.25%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (30.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 447 (22.07%) Agile
3 405 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 378 (18.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 342 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
6 327 (16.15%) User Stories
7 304 (15.01%) Workshop Facilitation
8 297 (14.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 297 (14.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 286 (14.12%) Data Analysis
10 280 (13.83%) Validation
11 273 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
12 265 (13.09%) Analytics
13 244 (12.05%) AI
14 236 (11.65%) Decision-Making
15 217 (10.72%) Acceptance Criteria
16 208 (10.27%) Migration
17 203 (10.02%) Data Modelling
18 177 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
19 169 (8.35%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 437 (21.58%) SQL
2 167 (8.25%) Python
3 34 (1.68%) R
4 30 (1.48%) Java
4 30 (1.48%) PowerShell
5 22 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 21 (1.04%) Korn
7 16 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 12 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (0.49%) C#
10 9 (0.44%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.40%) C++
12 7 (0.35%) Scala
12 7 (0.35%) VBA
13 6 (0.30%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.25%) Bash
14 5 (0.25%) C
15 3 (0.15%) JavaScript
15 3 (0.15%) VBScript
16 2 (0.099%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 176 (8.69%) Security Cleared
2 163 (8.05%) Degree
3 141 (6.96%) SC Cleared
4 28 (1.38%) CISSP
4 28 (1.38%) DV Cleared
5 23 (1.14%) PMI Certification
6 21 (1.04%) CBAP
7 20 (0.99%) ACCA
8 19 (0.94%) CIMA
9 18 (0.89%) IIBA
10 17 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.74%) PMP
12 13 (0.64%) CompTIA CySA+
12 13 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.59%) CISM
14 11 (0.54%) FFIEC
15 10 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.49%) GIAC
16 9 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (11.65%) Data Quality
2 111 (5.48%) QA
3 54 (2.67%) NIST
4 51 (2.52%) PMO
5 44 (2.17%) GDPR
6 39 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 25 (1.23%) GRC
8 24 (1.19%) SLA
9 21 (1.04%) IFRS
10 19 (0.94%) COBIT
11 17 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.74%) Accessibility
12 15 (0.74%) ISO 20022
13 14 (0.69%) MiFID
14 13 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 12 (0.59%) EMIR
16 8 (0.40%) Basel III
17 7 (0.35%) ISO 15022
17 7 (0.35%) SEPA
18 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 54 (2.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 9 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.15%) Docker
4 2 (0.099%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.049%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 24 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.84%) SCCM
3 11 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.15%) QRadar
6 3 (0.15%) WSUS
7 2 (0.099%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.099%) Nessus
7 2 (0.099%) Nexpose
7 2 (0.099%) Puppet
8 1 (0.049%) CASB
8 1 (0.049%) EnCase
8 1 (0.049%) FTK
8 1 (0.049%) Grafana
8 1 (0.049%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.049%) Kibana
Vendors
1 317 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 99 (4.89%) SAP
3 93 (4.59%) ServiceNow
4 90 (4.44%) Salesforce
5 84 (4.15%) Oracle
6 64 (3.16%) Databricks
7 39 (1.93%) Google
8 35 (1.73%) Murex
9 28 (1.38%) Bloomberg
10 23 (1.14%) Alteryx
11 22 (1.09%) Splunk
12 21 (1.04%) Adobe
12 21 (1.04%) Workday
13 19 (0.94%) CyberArk
14 15 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
14 15 (0.74%) IBM
15 14 (0.69%) Cisco
16 12 (0.59%) Citrix
17 11 (0.54%) Guidewire
17 11 (0.54%) ION Trading