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 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,055 1,874 1,948
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.19% 13.91% 12.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.93% 14.96% 12.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,271 1,253 1,415
10th Percentile £281 £305 £307
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 £695 £750 £725
England median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 43 33
10th Percentile £25.00 £22.50 £20.50
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.17 £22.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.01 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.95% -33.31% +48.51%
75th Percentile £56.56 £31.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.25 £47.30 £95.75
England median hourly rate £25.75 £22.14 £17.50
% change year-on-year +16.31% +26.51% -11.66%

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 18,806 12,525 15,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 92.97% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,209 8,427 10,627
10th Percentile £363 £325 £347
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £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 359 209 194
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £29.07 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +34.16% -12.66% -11.24%
75th Percentile £60.50 £49.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.85% -43.73% +2.63%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 £494 -1.25% 148
West London +10 63 £375 -10.71% 35
South London +6 21 £475 +11.76% 9
East London -4 10 £413 +111.31% 24
North London -2 5 £400 -28.41% 11
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 526 (25.60%) Stakeholder Management
2 455 (22.14%) Agile
3 414 (20.15%) SQL
4 374 (18.20%) Business Analysis
5 325 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
6 316 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
7 312 (15.18%) User Stories
8 304 (14.79%) User Acceptance Testing
9 291 (14.16%) Microsoft
10 284 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 282 (13.72%) Data Analysis
12 273 (13.28%) Workshop Facilitation
13 268 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
14 259 (12.60%) Validation
15 242 (11.78%) Power Platform
16 241 (11.73%) Analytics
17 228 (11.09%) Power BI
18 213 (10.36%) Azure
18 213 (10.36%) Data Quality
18 213 (10.36%) Decision-Making
19 209 (10.17%) Acceptance Criteria
20 203 (9.88%) AI
21 196 (9.54%) Data Modelling
22 193 (9.39%) JIRA
23 191 (9.29%) Migration
24 176 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
25 168 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
26 163 (7.93%) Security Cleared
27 161 (7.83%) Data Governance
27 161 (7.83%) Python

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 98 (4.77%) Confluence
2 59 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 39 (1.90%) CMS
4 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.29%) SAS
6 5 (0.24%) Apache
6 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.15%) Kentico
9 2 (0.097%) Appian
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.097%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.097%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.097%) WordPress
10 1 (0.049%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.049%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.049%) JBoss
10 1 (0.049%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.049%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 176 (8.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.97%) MS Visio
3 53 (2.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.39%) Revit
9 4 (0.19%) Notion
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.049%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.049%) SPSS
11 1 (0.049%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.68%) Aladdin
4 13 (0.63%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.54%) Endur
6 10 (0.49%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.39%) iTrent
7 8 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.34%) HFM
8 7 (0.34%) Loan IQ
8 7 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.29%) Actimize
10 5 (0.24%) Findur
10 5 (0.24%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
11 4 (0.19%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.15%) Bloomberg TOMS
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 242 (11.78%) Power Platform
2 213 (10.36%) Azure
3 107 (5.21%) AWS
4 85 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (2.68%) SaaS
7 49 (2.38%) Entra ID
8 48 (2.34%) Snowflake
9 37 (1.80%) GCP
10 36 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
12 22 (1.07%) OneDrive
13 21 (1.02%) Power Automate
14 20 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
15 19 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
16 18 (0.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (0.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 14 (0.68%) Collibra
18 14 (0.68%) PowerApps
19 13 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.12%) TCP/IP
2 20 (0.97%) VPN
3 19 (0.92%) Firewall
4 17 (0.83%) Network Security
5 14 (0.68%) DNS
6 11 (0.54%) DHCP
7 10 (0.49%) PSTN
8 9 (0.44%) VoIP
8 9 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.44%) Wireless
9 5 (0.24%) DMZ
9 5 (0.24%) Internet
9 5 (0.24%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.15%) HTTP
10 3 (0.15%) Intranet
10 3 (0.15%) SSL
10 3 (0.15%) WinSCP
11 2 (0.097%) 802.11
11 2 (0.097%) FTP
11 2 (0.097%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (11.09%) Power BI
2 87 (4.23%) Tableau
3 62 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (2.63%) Metadata
5 31 (1.51%) Relational Database
6 19 (0.92%) Looker
7 18 (0.88%) Power Query
8 17 (0.83%) BigQuery
8 17 (0.83%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
10 10 (0.49%) SQL Server
11 9 (0.44%) Big Data
12 8 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.34%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
15 5 (0.24%) Data Hub
16 4 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
16 4 (0.19%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 193 (9.39%) JIRA
2 22 (1.07%) Postman
3 12 (0.58%) Git
4 9 (0.44%) Selenium
5 8 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.24%) TestRail
7 5 (0.24%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.19%) GitLab
9 3 (0.15%) Appium
9 3 (0.15%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.097%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.097%) Gemini Tracker
10 2 (0.097%) JMeter
10 2 (0.097%) JUnit
10 2 (0.097%) Snyk
10 2 (0.097%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 823 (40.05%) Finance
2 659 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 465 (22.63%) Analytical Skills
4 301 (14.65%) Banking
5 118 (5.74%) Front Office
6 112 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
7 111 (5.40%) Public Sector
8 101 (4.91%) Retail
9 96 (4.67%) Marketing
10 93 (4.53%) Legal
11 78 (3.80%) Investment Banking
12 57 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 45 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
15 38 (1.85%) Financial Institution
16 35 (1.70%) Local Government
17 32 (1.56%) Back Office
18 23 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (1.12%) Law
18 23 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (1.22%) JSON
3 17 (0.83%) Middleware
3 17 (0.83%) XML
4 10 (0.49%) Pandas
5 9 (0.44%) .NET
5 9 (0.44%) Kafka
5 9 (0.44%) REST
5 9 (0.44%) SailPoint
6 8 (0.39%) ADO
6 8 (0.39%) Playwright
6 8 (0.39%) PySpark
7 6 (0.29%) Terraform
7 6 (0.29%) YAML
8 5 (0.24%) NumPy
9 4 (0.19%) FIDO
9 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.19%) VML
9 4 (0.19%) WebAuthn
10 3 (0.15%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 143 (6.96%) Product Ownership
2 112 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 63 (3.07%) Derivative
4 51 (2.48%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 43 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
7 42 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 39 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 37 (1.80%) Fixed Income
9 37 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
10 23 (1.12%) Hedge funds
11 21 (1.02%) Credit Risk
12 20 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 20 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
13 19 (0.92%) CMDB
13 19 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (0.92%) Market Risk
14 18 (0.88%) Reference Data
14 18 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 76 (3.70%) Windows
2 17 (0.83%) Linux
3 16 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 15 (0.73%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.58%) Android
6 11 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.29%) Unix
7 6 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.049%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (25.60%) Stakeholder Management
2 455 (22.14%) Agile
3 374 (18.20%) Business Analysis
4 325 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
5 316 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 312 (15.18%) User Stories
7 304 (14.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 284 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 282 (13.72%) Data Analysis
10 273 (13.28%) Workshop Facilitation
11 268 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
12 259 (12.60%) Validation
13 241 (11.73%) Analytics
14 213 (10.36%) Decision-Making
15 209 (10.17%) Acceptance Criteria
16 203 (9.88%) AI
17 196 (9.54%) Data Modelling
18 191 (9.29%) Migration
19 168 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
20 161 (7.83%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 414 (20.15%) SQL
2 161 (7.83%) Python
3 31 (1.51%) PowerShell
4 25 (1.22%) Java
4 25 (1.22%) R
5 18 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (0.63%) Korn
6 13 (0.63%) VBA
7 12 (0.58%) PL/SQL
8 8 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (0.34%) C#
9 7 (0.34%) C++
9 7 (0.34%) Scala
10 5 (0.24%) C
10 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.15%) Perl
11 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.15%) VBScript
12 2 (0.097%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.097%) PHP
Qualifications
1 163 (7.93%) Security Cleared
2 153 (7.45%) Degree
3 130 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 31 (1.51%) DV Cleared
5 27 (1.31%) CISSP
6 22 (1.07%) PMI Certification
7 21 (1.02%) IIBA
8 16 (0.78%) ACCA
8 16 (0.78%) CBAP
8 16 (0.78%) CIMA
9 15 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.68%) PMP
11 13 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
11 13 (0.63%) FFIEC
12 12 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.49%) GIAC
15 9 (0.44%) CISM
15 9 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (10.36%) Data Quality
2 107 (5.21%) QA
3 62 (3.02%) PMO
4 57 (2.77%) NIST
5 40 (1.95%) GDPR
5 40 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.51%) SLA
7 25 (1.22%) COBIT
8 22 (1.07%) IFRS
9 18 (0.88%) GRC
10 16 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 15 (0.73%) EMIR
11 15 (0.73%) MiFID
12 14 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.63%) ISO 20022
14 11 (0.54%) GAAP
15 10 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.39%) SEPA
17 7 (0.34%) PSD2
18 6 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (2.58%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.19%) Docker
5 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.049%) RACF
6 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.049%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (0.88%) SCCM
3 11 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 6 (0.29%) WSUS
5 3 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.15%) Nessus
5 3 (0.15%) QRadar
5 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.097%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.097%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.097%) Puppet
7 1 (0.049%) CASB
7 1 (0.049%) Control-M
7 1 (0.049%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.049%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.049%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.049%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 291 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 112 (5.45%) Salesforce
3 108 (5.26%) SAP
4 95 (4.62%) ServiceNow
5 80 (3.89%) Oracle
6 66 (3.21%) Databricks
7 37 (1.80%) Google
8 32 (1.56%) Murex
9 30 (1.46%) Bloomberg
10 28 (1.36%) Workday
11 20 (0.97%) Alteryx
12 19 (0.92%) Adobe
13 18 (0.88%) CyberArk
14 17 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
15 16 (0.78%) Citrix
15 16 (0.78%) Splunk
16 12 (0.58%) IBM
16 12 (0.58%) ION Trading
17 11 (0.54%) Cisco
17 11 (0.54%) Guidewire