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 30 August 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,107 1,872 1,944
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.41% 13.90% 12.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.15% 14.95% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,300 1,248 1,411
10th Percentile £281 £305 £308
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.10%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £746 £725
England median daily rate £471 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 44 32
10th Percentile £25.00 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.74 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% -31.37% +47.06%
75th Percentile £56.56 £33.98 £61.25
90th Percentile £64.25 £59.25 £97.88
England median hourly rate £26.28 £22.14 £18.00
% change year-on-year +18.69% +23.00% -9.14%

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 18,896 12,518 15,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 92.97% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,217 8,426 10,484
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 208 192
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.41% -12.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £61.31 £50.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.60%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -12 295 £488 -2.50% 62
West London +8 62 £388 -6.00% 33
South London -6 21 £475 +11.76% 8
East London -5 10 £413 +116.86% 14
North London +1 6 £400 -28.41% 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 550 (26.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 471 (22.35%) Agile
3 424 (20.12%) SQL
4 387 (18.37%) Business Analysis
5 337 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
6 334 (15.85%) Requirements Gathering
7 327 (15.52%) User Stories
8 310 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
9 303 (14.38%) Microsoft
10 299 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 288 (13.67%) Data Analysis
12 281 (13.34%) Workshop Facilitation
13 280 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
14 272 (12.91%) Validation
15 255 (12.10%) Power Platform
16 247 (11.72%) Analytics
17 239 (11.34%) Power BI
18 226 (10.73%) Decision-Making
19 222 (10.54%) Data Quality
20 220 (10.44%) Azure
21 218 (10.35%) Acceptance Criteria
22 214 (10.16%) AI
23 198 (9.40%) Data Modelling
23 198 (9.40%) Migration
24 196 (9.30%) JIRA
25 182 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
26 180 (8.54%) Security Cleared
27 178 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
28 169 (8.02%) Python
29 167 (7.93%) 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
1 101 (4.79%) Confluence
2 60 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.80%) CMS
4 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.24%) SAS
7 4 (0.19%) Apache
7 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.14%) Kentico
8 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.095%) Appian
9 2 (0.095%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.095%) WordPress
10 1 (0.047%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.047%) JBoss
10 1 (0.047%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.047%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 182 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (2.99%) MS Visio
3 52 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.47%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.38%) Revit
9 4 (0.19%) Notion
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.047%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.047%) SPSS
11 1 (0.047%) Trello
11 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.66%) Aladdin
4 13 (0.62%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.52%) Endur
6 10 (0.47%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.38%) iTrent
7 8 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.33%) HFM
8 7 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.28%) Loan IQ
10 5 (0.24%) Actimize
10 5 (0.24%) Findur
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
11 4 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.19%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 255 (12.10%) Power Platform
2 220 (10.44%) Azure
3 114 (5.41%) AWS
4 90 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (2.85%) SaaS
7 53 (2.52%) Entra ID
8 48 (2.28%) Snowflake
9 39 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
10 37 (1.76%) GCP
11 23 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (1.09%) OneDrive
12 22 (1.04%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
13 20 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
14 18 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 16 (0.76%) Collibra
15 16 (0.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (0.71%) PowerApps
17 13 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.09%) TCP/IP
2 20 (0.95%) VPN
3 19 (0.90%) Network Security
4 18 (0.85%) Firewall
5 14 (0.66%) DNS
6 13 (0.62%) PSTN
7 11 (0.52%) DHCP
7 11 (0.52%) VoIP
8 10 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.43%) Wireless
10 7 (0.33%) IP Telephony
11 5 (0.24%) DMZ
11 5 (0.24%) HTTP
11 5 (0.24%) Internet
12 4 (0.19%) Intranet
12 4 (0.19%) WAN
13 3 (0.14%) LAN
13 3 (0.14%) SSL
13 3 (0.14%) WinSCP
14 2 (0.095%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (11.34%) Power BI
2 94 (4.46%) Tableau
3 62 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 56 (2.66%) Metadata
5 31 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.00%) Looker
7 20 (0.95%) Power Query
8 18 (0.85%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.81%) BigQuery
10 11 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
10 11 (0.52%) SQL Server
11 9 (0.43%) Big Data
12 8 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.33%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
15 5 (0.24%) Data Hub
15 5 (0.24%) Oracle Database
16 4 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 196 (9.30%) JIRA
2 23 (1.09%) Postman
3 13 (0.62%) Git
4 10 (0.47%) Selenium
5 8 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.28%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.24%) TestRail
7 5 (0.24%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.19%) GitLab
9 3 (0.14%) Appium
9 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.095%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.095%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.095%) JUnit
10 2 (0.095%) Snyk
10 2 (0.095%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.095%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.095%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 841 (39.91%) Finance
2 683 (32.42%) Social Skills
3 479 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 309 (14.67%) Banking
5 119 (5.65%) Public Sector
6 118 (5.60%) Front Office
7 111 (5.27%) Documentation Skills
8 101 (4.79%) Retail
9 96 (4.56%) Marketing
10 92 (4.37%) Legal
11 80 (3.80%) Investment Banking
12 57 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 43 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (1.90%) Financial Institution
16 37 (1.76%) Local Government
17 33 (1.57%) Back Office
18 25 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
18 25 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
19 24 (1.14%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.28%) JSON
1 27 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (0.90%) XML
3 18 (0.85%) Middleware
4 11 (0.52%) Pandas
5 10 (0.47%) .NET
6 9 (0.43%) ADO
6 9 (0.43%) Kafka
6 9 (0.43%) Playwright
6 9 (0.43%) SailPoint
7 8 (0.38%) PySpark
7 8 (0.38%) REST
8 6 (0.28%) NumPy
8 6 (0.28%) Terraform
8 6 (0.28%) YAML
9 5 (0.24%) FIDO
9 5 (0.24%) WebAuthn
10 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.19%) VML
11 3 (0.14%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 145 (6.88%) Product Ownership
2 116 (5.51%) Onboarding
3 63 (2.99%) Derivative
4 56 (2.66%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 45 (2.14%) Data Structures
7 43 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
8 41 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 38 (1.80%) Fixed Income
10 37 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
12 22 (1.04%) Credit Risk
12 22 (1.04%) Hedge funds
13 21 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.95%) CMDB
15 19 (0.90%) Market Risk
15 19 (0.90%) Reference Data
15 19 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
16 18 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 79 (3.75%) Windows
2 17 (0.81%) Linux
2 17 (0.81%) Mac OS
3 15 (0.71%) Windows 10
4 12 (0.57%) Android
5 10 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.28%) Unix
6 6 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (26.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 471 (22.35%) Agile
3 387 (18.37%) Business Analysis
4 337 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
5 334 (15.85%) Requirements Gathering
6 327 (15.52%) User Stories
7 310 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
8 299 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 288 (13.67%) Data Analysis
10 281 (13.34%) Workshop Facilitation
11 280 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
12 272 (12.91%) Validation
13 247 (11.72%) Analytics
14 226 (10.73%) Decision-Making
15 218 (10.35%) Acceptance Criteria
16 214 (10.16%) AI
17 198 (9.40%) Data Modelling
17 198 (9.40%) Migration
18 178 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
19 167 (7.93%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 424 (20.12%) SQL
2 169 (8.02%) Python
3 33 (1.57%) PowerShell
4 29 (1.38%) R
5 28 (1.33%) Java
6 20 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (0.66%) Korn
8 13 (0.62%) PL/SQL
8 13 (0.62%) VBA
9 11 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (0.43%) C#
11 8 (0.38%) C++
12 7 (0.33%) Scala
12 7 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.28%) C
14 4 (0.19%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.14%) JavaScript
15 3 (0.14%) VBScript
16 2 (0.095%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.095%) Perl
Qualifications
1 180 (8.54%) Security Cleared
2 162 (7.69%) Degree
3 146 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 31 (1.47%) DV Cleared
5 30 (1.42%) CISSP
6 22 (1.04%) PMI Certification
7 21 (1.00%) IIBA
8 16 (0.76%) ACCA
8 16 (0.76%) CBAP
8 16 (0.76%) CIMA
8 16 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (0.66%) PMP
10 13 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
11 12 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (0.52%) CISM
12 11 (0.52%) FFIEC
12 11 (0.52%) GIAC
13 9 (0.43%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (10.54%) Data Quality
2 118 (5.60%) QA
3 62 (2.94%) PMO
4 57 (2.71%) NIST
5 42 (1.99%) GDPR
6 40 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.47%) SLA
8 23 (1.09%) COBIT
9 21 (1.00%) GRC
9 21 (1.00%) IFRS
10 16 (0.76%) Accessibility
11 15 (0.71%) EMIR
11 15 (0.71%) MiFID
11 15 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.57%) ISO 20022
13 10 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.47%) GAAP
14 7 (0.33%) Basel III
15 6 (0.28%) PSD2
15 6 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 55 (2.61%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.19%) Docker
5 2 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.047%) RACF
Systems Management
1 23 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (0.85%) SCCM
3 12 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.28%) WSUS
5 3 (0.14%) Nessus
5 3 (0.14%) QRadar
5 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.095%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.095%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.095%) Puppet
7 1 (0.047%) CASB
7 1 (0.047%) Control-M
7 1 (0.047%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.047%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 303 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 113 (5.36%) Salesforce
3 110 (5.22%) SAP
4 99 (4.70%) ServiceNow
5 82 (3.89%) Oracle
6 67 (3.18%) Databricks
7 34 (1.61%) Google
8 33 (1.57%) Murex
9 29 (1.38%) Bloomberg
10 28 (1.33%) Workday
11 23 (1.09%) Splunk
12 20 (0.95%) Adobe
12 20 (0.95%) Alteryx
13 18 (0.85%) CyberArk
14 17 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
15 15 (0.71%) Citrix
16 13 (0.62%) IBM
17 12 (0.57%) Cisco
17 12 (0.57%) ION Trading
18 11 (0.52%) Guidewire