Analyst Contracts in London

Analyst
England > London

The median Analyst daily rate in London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,164 3,589 5,171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 12.14% 13.42% 13.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.02% 14.09% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,552 2,636 3,797
10th Percentile £307 £269 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £725 £740 £675
England median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 43 65
10th Percentile £20.45 £18.90 £14.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.72 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.67% +5.92%
75th Percentile £35.31 £41.50 £33.00
90th Percentile £45.63 £64.75 £41.20
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.39 £15.50
% change year-on-year -17.46% +25.06% -4.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,617 25,468 37,159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,021 18,449 27,170
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 290 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.21
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +0.71% +10.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.20 £67.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +1 355 £525 - 105
West London -3 36 £500 +11.11% 17
South London +7 32 £450 +5.88% 15
East London -12 15 £460 +101.31% 14
North London +2 6 £369 -22.37% 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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.

1 781 (36.09%) Finance
2 577 (26.66%) Social Skills
3 392 (18.11%) Agile
4 366 (16.91%) Banking
5 364 (16.82%) SQL
6 329 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
7 267 (12.34%) Microsoft
8 263 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
9 239 (11.04%) Business Analysis
10 217 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
11 194 (8.96%) Data Analysis
12 190 (8.78%) Python
13 189 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
14 184 (8.50%) Azure
15 181 (8.36%) Degree
16 173 (7.99%) Analytics
17 172 (7.95%) Windows
17 172 (7.95%) Power Platform
18 169 (7.81%) Migration
18 169 (7.81%) User Stories
19 166 (7.67%) Power BI
20 158 (7.30%) Requirements Gathering
21 151 (6.98%) Asset Management
22 148 (6.84%) Front Office
23 145 (6.70%) Change Management
24 140 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
25 136 (6.28%) Data Modelling
26 133 (6.15%) Project Management
27 131 (6.05%) Security Cleared
28 128 (5.91%) Public Sector

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 53 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.80%) Confluence
3 23 (1.06%) CMS
4 16 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.46%) MTS
6 7 (0.32%) SAS
6 7 (0.32%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.18%) Apache
8 4 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.092%) Camunda
10 1 (0.046%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.046%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.046%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.046%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.046%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 140 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 115 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
3 77 (3.56%) MS Visio
4 56 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 27 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.092%) Trello
9 1 (0.046%) OmniGraffle
9 1 (0.046%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 46 (2.13%) Endur
2 21 (0.97%) Aladdin
3 20 (0.92%) Aligne
4 11 (0.51%) Loan IQ
4 11 (0.51%) NEC Housing
4 11 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (0.46%) EuroRunner
5 10 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 10 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 9 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.23%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 5 (0.23%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 184 (8.50%) Azure
2 172 (7.95%) Power Platform
3 104 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (3.88%) AWS
5 34 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (1.52%) SaaS
7 26 (1.20%) Entra ID
8 25 (1.16%) Google Analytics
9 24 (1.11%) Google Workspace
10 23 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (0.74%) Collibra
12 14 (0.65%) OCI
12 14 (0.65%) PowerApps
13 13 (0.60%) Snowflake
14 12 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.55%) GCP
14 12 (0.55%) Power Automate
15 10 (0.46%) WhatsApp
16 9 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.20%) Firewall
2 16 (0.74%) VPN
2 16 (0.74%) Wireless
3 14 (0.65%) DNS
4 13 (0.60%) Internet
5 9 (0.42%) DHCP
5 9 (0.42%) Network Security
6 7 (0.32%) Skype
7 6 (0.28%) FIX Connectivity
7 6 (0.28%) Intranet
7 6 (0.28%) WAN
8 5 (0.23%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.18%) IPv4
9 4 (0.18%) LAN
9 4 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.14%) MPLS
10 3 (0.14%) NAS
10 3 (0.14%) RTP
10 3 (0.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (7.67%) Power BI
2 58 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (2.63%) Tableau
4 51 (2.36%) SQL Server
5 30 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.02%) Metadata
7 18 (0.83%) Big Data
8 15 (0.69%) Looker
9 14 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.65%) Oracle Database
9 14 (0.65%) SAP HANA
10 13 (0.60%) Data Mining
10 13 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.42%) NoSQL
12 9 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 85 (3.93%) JIRA
2 25 (1.16%) Postman
3 23 (1.06%) Selenium
4 20 (0.92%) Visual Studio
5 16 (0.74%) WebDriver
6 14 (0.65%) SpecFlow
7 10 (0.46%) Eclipse
7 10 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.46%) SoapUI
8 9 (0.42%) Git
9 8 (0.37%) Subversion
10 7 (0.32%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.32%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.23%) Appium
11 5 (0.23%) JMeter
11 5 (0.23%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.14%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.14%) Rational Performance Tester
13 2 (0.092%) TestComplete
General
1 781 (36.09%) Finance
2 577 (26.66%) Social Skills
3 366 (16.91%) Banking
4 329 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
5 148 (6.84%) Front Office
6 128 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 118 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 110 (5.08%) Investment Banking
9 94 (4.34%) Back Office
10 80 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
11 59 (2.73%) Retail
12 54 (2.50%) Marketing
13 51 (2.36%) Legal
14 43 (1.99%) Local Government
15 38 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
16 34 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
17 29 (1.34%) Telecoms
18 28 (1.29%) Financial Institution
19 21 (0.97%) Billing
20 20 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (1.62%) XML
2 28 (1.29%) .NET
3 16 (0.74%) Middleware
3 16 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
5 14 (0.65%) JSON
6 12 (0.55%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.55%) AngularJS
7 11 (0.51%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.37%) ADO
8 8 (0.37%) SOAP
9 7 (0.32%) HTML
9 7 (0.32%) IDoc
10 6 (0.28%) PySpark
10 6 (0.28%) SAP PI
11 5 (0.23%) RESTful
11 5 (0.23%) Web Services
12 4 (0.18%) SAML
12 4 (0.18%) SAP XI
12 4 (0.18%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (4.62%) Derivative
2 99 (4.57%) Product Ownership
3 71 (3.28%) Hedge funds
4 67 (3.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 59 (2.73%) Equities
6 57 (2.63%) Fixed Income
6 57 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 43 (1.99%) Onboarding
8 36 (1.66%) Reinsurance
8 36 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 27 (1.25%) Mobile App
10 25 (1.16%) Market Risk
11 24 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
12 23 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
15 19 (0.88%) Credit Risk
16 15 (0.69%) Data Centre
16 15 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
17 14 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 172 (7.95%) Windows
2 51 (2.36%) Windows 10
3 43 (1.99%) Linux
4 35 (1.62%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.02%) Android
6 21 (0.97%) Unix
7 19 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.65%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.37%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.14%) VMS
12 1 (0.046%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.046%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (18.11%) Agile
2 263 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
3 239 (11.04%) Business Analysis
4 217 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 194 (8.96%) Data Analysis
6 189 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
7 173 (7.99%) Analytics
8 169 (7.81%) Migration
8 169 (7.81%) User Stories
9 158 (7.30%) Requirements Gathering
10 151 (6.98%) Asset Management
11 145 (6.70%) Change Management
12 136 (6.28%) Data Modelling
13 133 (6.15%) Project Management
14 126 (5.82%) User Acceptance Testing
15 125 (5.78%) Risk Management
16 116 (5.36%) ITIL
17 110 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
18 105 (4.85%) GAP Analysis
19 101 (4.67%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 364 (16.82%) SQL
2 190 (8.78%) Python
3 82 (3.79%) C#
4 55 (2.54%) PowerShell
5 45 (2.08%) Java
6 27 (1.25%) C++
7 20 (0.92%) VBA
8 18 (0.83%) R
9 15 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 13 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 11 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.46%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.42%) ABAP
13 9 (0.42%) JavaScript
14 8 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.28%) C
15 6 (0.28%) Perl
16 5 (0.23%) Bash
16 5 (0.23%) VBScript
16 5 (0.23%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 181 (8.36%) Degree
2 131 (6.05%) Security Cleared
3 112 (5.18%) SC Cleared
4 37 (1.71%) CISSP
5 26 (1.20%) CISM
6 20 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 14 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
9 13 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.55%) CISA
11 10 (0.46%) CBAP
12 9 (0.42%) CRISC
13 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.28%) CEH
15 6 (0.28%) GSEC
15 6 (0.28%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.28%) OSCP
15 6 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 100 (4.62%) QA
3 56 (2.59%) PMO
4 40 (1.85%) SLA
5 34 (1.57%) NIST
6 27 (1.25%) GDPR
6 27 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (0.97%) EMIR
8 20 (0.92%) MiFID
9 16 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 16 (0.74%) SEPA
10 14 (0.65%) GRC
11 10 (0.46%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.32%) ISO 20022
13 7 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.28%) GAAP
15 5 (0.23%) ISO 22301
15 5 (0.23%) NCSC
16 4 (0.18%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 96 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.32%) Firmware
3 5 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.14%) Docker
5 3 (0.14%) vSphere
6 2 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.092%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (0.69%) ITRS Geneos
2 13 (0.60%) SCCM
3 9 (0.42%) Ansible
4 8 (0.37%) Grafana
4 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.32%) BladeLogic
5 7 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.23%) Control-M
6 5 (0.23%) WSUS
7 4 (0.18%) Nessus
7 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.14%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.14%) QRadar
9 2 (0.092%) CASB
9 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.092%) Nmap
9 2 (0.092%) Terraform
10 1 (0.046%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.046%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 267 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 116 (5.36%) Oracle
3 96 (4.44%) SAP
4 67 (3.10%) ServiceNow
5 48 (2.22%) Bloomberg
6 44 (2.03%) Google
6 44 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 35 (1.62%) Citrix
8 20 (0.92%) OpenLink
8 20 (0.92%) Refinitiv
9 17 (0.79%) Apple
9 17 (0.79%) Databricks
9 17 (0.79%) IBM
10 16 (0.74%) Alteryx
11 15 (0.69%) Adobe
11 15 (0.69%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.65%) Murex
12 14 (0.65%) Splunk
13 12 (0.55%) BISAM
13 12 (0.55%) NEC