Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in London

Analytical Skills
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 20 22
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,521 1,392 1,814
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 11.32% 8.62% 8.27%
As % of the General category 16.37% 13.87% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 865 1,251
10th Percentile £313 £316 £338
25th Percentile £406 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.64%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £685
90th Percentile £775 £750 £800
England median daily rate £500 £520 £535
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 35
10th Percentile £16.05 £17.25 £21.75
25th Percentile £25.71 £19.25 £35.88
Median hourly rate £34.38 £37.29 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.80% -25.43% +11.11%
75th Percentile £53.13 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £60.38 £65.03 £67.29
England median hourly rate £32.31 £22.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year +45.21% -50.56% +28.57%

All General Skills
London

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,290 10,037 14,131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 69.16% 62.15% 64.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,130 6,673 10,323
10th Percentile £325 £330 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £703
90th Percentile £790 £825 £810
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 121 175
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.00 £17.99
25th Percentile £24.64 £24.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £49.63 £53.75 £54.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.68% +40.00% +10.93%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in London

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in London

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in London

Analytical Skills
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 Analytical Skills within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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 +1 261 £550 -4.35% 433
West London +3 30 £414 -2.65% 72
South London -3 19 £675 +20.00% 41
East London +5 15 £325 -26.14% 51
North London -6 1 - - 17
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
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 60 (3.94%) Confluence
2 36 (2.37%) Apache Spark
3 30 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.25%) Apache
5 18 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.46%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.33%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.20%) GemFire
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.20%) Oracle Coherence
10 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.066%) Appian
12 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 117 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (2.10%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.46%) Trello
8 6 (0.39%) ProjectWise
9 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
11 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.13%) Revit
12 1 (0.066%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.066%) EViews
12 1 (0.066%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (0.066%) GNU Octave
12 1 (0.066%) Navisworks
12 1 (0.066%) Notion
12 1 (0.066%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 33 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.72%) FLEXCUBE
2 11 (0.72%) Oracle BPM
3 9 (0.59%) Endur
3 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.33%) Shopify
5 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.26%) ION Anvil
6 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 230 (15.12%) Azure
2 209 (13.74%) AWS
3 147 (9.66%) Power Platform
4 73 (4.80%) GCP
5 50 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (3.09%) GitHub
6 47 (3.09%) SaaS
7 40 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (2.56%) Amazon S3
9 34 (2.24%) Serverless
10 28 (1.84%) Snowflake
11 27 (1.78%) dbt
11 27 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (1.71%) Entra ID
13 23 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
13 23 (1.51%) PowerApps
14 20 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.70%) Firewall
2 26 (1.71%) DNS
2 26 (1.71%) TCP/IP
3 21 (1.38%) VPN
4 19 (1.25%) Network Security
5 15 (0.99%) HTTP
5 15 (0.99%) LAN
6 13 (0.85%) Internet
7 12 (0.79%) WAN
8 11 (0.72%) SSH
9 9 (0.59%) DHCP
10 8 (0.53%) BGP
10 8 (0.53%) VLAN
10 8 (0.53%) Wireless
11 7 (0.46%) EIGRP
11 7 (0.46%) OSPF
11 7 (0.46%) SSL
11 7 (0.46%) VoIP
12 5 (0.33%) SMTP
12 5 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (8.81%) Power BI
2 71 (4.67%) Tableau
3 61 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 52 (3.42%) Relational Database
6 37 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (1.91%) Big Data
7 29 (1.91%) Metadata
7 29 (1.91%) MongoDB
8 27 (1.78%) DB2
9 26 (1.71%) NoSQL
10 25 (1.64%) BigQuery
11 23 (1.51%) Data Lake
11 23 (1.51%) Hadoop
12 22 (1.45%) Looker
13 19 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
14 18 (1.18%) Apache Hive
14 18 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (1.12%) Power Query
16 16 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 126 (8.28%) JIRA
2 96 (6.31%) Git
3 45 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 33 (2.17%) JUnit
5 16 (1.05%) Selenium
6 14 (0.92%) Bitbucket
7 12 (0.79%) Postman
8 11 (0.72%) GitLab
8 11 (0.72%) TeamCity
9 7 (0.46%) LoadRunner
9 7 (0.46%) webpack
10 6 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
10 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.39%) Gatling
10 6 (0.39%) IntelliJ
10 6 (0.39%) JMeter
10 6 (0.39%) Maven
10 6 (0.39%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.39%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.33%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 862 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 592 (38.92%) Finance
3 247 (16.24%) Banking
4 127 (8.35%) Public Sector
5 115 (7.56%) Investment Banking
6 87 (5.72%) Marketing
7 73 (4.80%) Front Office
8 60 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
9 57 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (3.62%) Legal
11 53 (3.48%) Financial Institution
12 49 (3.22%) Telecoms
13 48 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (2.83%) Retail
15 39 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
16 37 (2.43%) Back Office
17 27 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 22 (1.45%) Military
19 16 (1.05%) Manufacturing
20 14 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 401 (26.36%) Analyst
2 209 (13.74%) Developer
3 185 (12.16%) Business Analyst
4 158 (10.39%) Senior
5 101 (6.64%) Architect
6 92 (6.05%) Lead
7 76 (5.00%) Consultant
8 68 (4.47%) Data Analyst
9 67 (4.40%) Java Developer
10 66 (4.34%) Data Engineer
11 46 (3.02%) Senior Developer
12 39 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (2.37%) Project Manager
14 31 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (1.78%) Senior Business Analyst
16 25 (1.64%) Senior Java Developer
17 23 (1.51%) SQL Developer
17 23 (1.51%) Technical Analyst
18 22 (1.45%) .NET Developer
18 22 (1.45%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.01%) REST
2 55 (3.62%) Kafka
3 54 (3.55%) .NET
4 37 (2.43%) HTML
5 36 (2.37%) AngularJS
6 34 (2.24%) React
7 32 (2.10%) Spring
8 30 (1.97%) CSS
9 23 (1.51%) JSON
10 22 (1.45%) PySpark
11 20 (1.31%) Web Services
11 20 (1.31%) XML
12 18 (1.18%) JMS
12 18 (1.18%) RESTful
13 17 (1.12%) ASP.NET
14 16 (1.05%) HTML5
14 16 (1.05%) TensorFlow
15 15 (0.99%) Middleware
15 15 (0.99%) Pandas
16 13 (0.85%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 73 (4.80%) Management Information System
3 65 (4.27%) Product Ownership
4 59 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.68%) Algorithms
6 55 (3.62%) Data Structures
7 44 (2.89%) Onboarding
8 38 (2.50%) Equities
8 38 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 35 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
10 28 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (1.64%) Market Risk
12 23 (1.51%) Reinsurance
13 22 (1.45%) Derivative
13 22 (1.45%) Fixed Income
14 21 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.38%) Virtual Team
15 20 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
15 20 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
15 20 (1.31%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 103 (6.77%) Linux
2 76 (5.00%) Windows
3 39 (2.56%) Unix
4 12 (0.79%) Windows 10
4 12 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.39%) Android
5 6 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.20%) Solaris
7 3 (0.20%) VMS
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.066%) AIX
9 1 (0.066%) CatOS
9 1 (0.066%) VME
9 1 (0.066%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.066%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 853 (56.08%) Problem-Solving
2 419 (27.55%) Agile
3 239 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 220 (14.46%) Analytics
5 196 (12.89%) Decision-Making
6 178 (11.70%) DevOps
7 172 (11.31%) Data Analysis
8 168 (11.05%) CI/CD
9 162 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 158 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
11 149 (9.80%) Computer Science
12 148 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 146 (9.60%) Data Modelling
14 145 (9.53%) Project Management
15 130 (8.55%) Risk Management
16 125 (8.22%) Migration
16 125 (8.22%) Scrum
17 122 (8.02%) Actionable Insight
18 108 (7.10%) Artificial Intelligence
19 107 (7.03%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 377 (24.79%) SQL
2 332 (21.83%) Python
3 187 (12.29%) Java
4 97 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 64 (4.21%) C#
6 44 (2.89%) TypeScript
7 42 (2.76%) Bash
8 36 (2.37%) Shell Script
9 35 (2.30%) C++
10 31 (2.04%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.51%) PL/SQL
12 20 (1.31%) R
13 19 (1.25%) Scala
14 18 (1.18%) Go
15 17 (1.12%) VBA
16 11 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 10 (0.66%) C
18 9 (0.59%) DAML
18 9 (0.59%) T-SQL
19 8 (0.53%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 261 (17.16%) Degree
2 184 (12.10%) Security Cleared
3 142 (9.34%) SC Cleared
4 82 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 28 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 22 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 22 (1.45%) PMP
8 19 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 17 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
10 15 (0.99%) Azure Certification
10 15 (0.99%) CISSP
11 14 (0.92%) CBAP
12 12 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.72%) CISM
13 11 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.66%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 99 (6.51%) QA
3 34 (2.24%) GDPR
4 29 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 27 (1.78%) PMO
6 22 (1.45%) NIST
7 20 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (1.18%) SLA
9 9 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.59%) WCAG
10 8 (0.53%) COBIT
10 8 (0.53%) GRC
11 7 (0.46%) EMIR
12 6 (0.39%) ISO 19650
12 6 (0.39%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.33%) SEPA
14 4 (0.26%) Basel III
14 4 (0.26%) MiFID
15 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 19770
15 3 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.50%) Docker
3 8 (0.53%) zsh
4 7 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.33%) Firmware
6 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.20%) GridGain
7 3 (0.20%) HDFS
8 2 (0.13%) vSphere
9 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.066%) KVM
9 1 (0.066%) NFS
9 1 (0.066%) Postfix
9 1 (0.066%) Squid
9 1 (0.066%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 55 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 52 (3.42%) Terraform
3 33 (2.17%) Ansible
4 16 (1.05%) Grafana
5 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.92%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.79%) SCCM
7 12 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.33%) Nessus
10 4 (0.26%) CA Spectrum
10 4 (0.26%) Nmap
10 4 (0.26%) QRadar
11 3 (0.20%) Argo
11 3 (0.20%) BladeLogic
11 3 (0.20%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.13%) CASB
12 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 226 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 111 (7.30%) Oracle
3 73 (4.80%) SAP
4 58 (3.81%) Google
5 49 (3.22%) ServiceNow
6 46 (3.02%) Databricks
7 39 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 29 (1.91%) Cisco
9 24 (1.58%) Splunk
10 19 (1.25%) Sybase
11 18 (1.18%) Workday
12 17 (1.12%) Adobe
13 16 (1.05%) VMware
14 14 (0.92%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.79%) Bloomberg
15 12 (0.79%) IBM
16 11 (0.72%) CyberArk
16 11 (0.72%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.72%) Murex
17 10 (0.66%) Dynatrace