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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,774 1,604 1,393
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.98% 11.86% 8.01%
As % of the General category 14.86% 17.40% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,083 1,016 934
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £542 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% -1.38% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £803 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 34 36
10th Percentile £19.16 £11.96 £14.38
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.27 £17.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £37.25 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year +4.70% +61.75% -51.52%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.19 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.82 £33.19 £19.75
% change year-on-year +7.92% +68.05% -47.68%

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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,935 9,216 10,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.44% 68.12% 62.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,630 6,140 7,687
10th Percentile £350 £330 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year - -3.93% -4.58%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £533
% change year-on-year +2.44% -3.85% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 177 211
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £20.13
Median hourly rate £32.00 £32.89 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +3.72% -9.40%
75th Percentile £45.06 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £26.75 £33.93
% change year-on-year +27.08% -21.16% +11.10%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend 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 15 July 2026.

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 15 July 2026.

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 15 July 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 -8 228 £525 -4.55% 214
West London +2 79 £520 +30.00% 41
South London +1 35 £513 -18.00% 22
East London -3 9 £400 -7.09% 27
North London - 3 £450 - 5
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
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 76 (4.28%) Confluence
2 33 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 31 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.13%) Apache
6 18 (1.01%) CMS
7 15 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.39%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.34%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.34%) SAS
10 5 (0.28%) IIS
11 4 (0.23%) Appian
12 3 (0.17%) Camunda
13 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
13 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.056%) nginx
Applications
1 158 (8.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (2.20%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) Notion
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.056%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.056%) Sketch
10 1 (0.056%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.85%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.56%) Finacle
5 10 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 9 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.39%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
9 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.34%) Shopify
10 5 (0.28%) iTrent
10 5 (0.28%) Magento
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.28%) SimCorp Dimension
10 5 (0.28%) Summit
11 4 (0.23%) HFM
11 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 362 (20.41%) Azure
2 252 (14.21%) AWS
3 217 (12.23%) Power Platform
4 95 (5.36%) GCP
5 80 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
6 74 (4.17%) SaaS
7 69 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
8 68 (3.83%) GitHub
9 50 (2.82%) Entra ID
10 42 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 42 (2.37%) Snowflake
11 34 (1.92%) Amazon S3
11 34 (1.92%) Serverless
12 32 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
13 30 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (1.69%) dbt
14 25 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 25 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
15 24 (1.35%) PaaS
16 22 (1.24%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.54%) Firewall
2 29 (1.63%) DNS
3 27 (1.52%) Network Security
4 23 (1.30%) VPN
5 20 (1.13%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.01%) WAN
7 17 (0.96%) DHCP
8 14 (0.79%) SAN
9 13 (0.73%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.68%) BGP
10 12 (0.68%) VLAN
11 10 (0.56%) HTTP
12 9 (0.51%) 5G
12 9 (0.51%) OSPF
12 9 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.45%) 4G
13 8 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.45%) LAN
13 8 (0.45%) VXLAN
14 7 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (10.94%) Power BI
2 101 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
3 93 (5.24%) SQL Server
4 74 (4.17%) Tableau
5 72 (4.06%) Relational Database
6 64 (3.61%) Metadata
7 45 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (2.25%) Data Lake
9 33 (1.86%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.47%) Big Data
10 26 (1.47%) MongoDB
11 24 (1.35%) RDBMS
12 23 (1.30%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.30%) Oracle Database
13 22 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (1.07%) Power Query
15 18 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
15 18 (1.01%) Star Schema
16 15 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
17 14 (0.79%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 169 (9.53%) JIRA
2 80 (4.51%) Git
3 35 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.41%) Selenium
5 14 (0.79%) REST Assured
6 13 (0.73%) Postman
7 12 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.68%) GitLab
8 11 (0.62%) ERwin
8 11 (0.62%) JUnit
9 10 (0.56%) Maven
10 9 (0.51%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.51%) JMeter
10 9 (0.51%) MLflow
11 8 (0.45%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (0.39%) Chocolatey
12 7 (0.39%) Gradle
12 7 (0.39%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 842 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 696 (39.23%) Finance
3 255 (14.37%) Banking
4 152 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 90 (5.07%) Marketing
6 84 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
7 82 (4.62%) Front Office
8 77 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
9 76 (4.28%) Legal
10 58 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
12 54 (3.04%) Investment Banking
13 50 (2.82%) Retail
14 48 (2.71%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 43 (2.42%) Financial Institution
17 29 (1.63%) Back Office
18 21 (1.18%) Local Government
19 20 (1.13%) Law
19 20 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 455 (25.65%) Analyst
2 227 (12.80%) Business Analyst
3 178 (10.03%) Senior
4 159 (8.96%) Developer
5 125 (7.05%) Architect
6 123 (6.93%) Lead
7 107 (6.03%) Data Engineer
8 98 (5.52%) Data Analyst
9 89 (5.02%) Consultant
10 67 (3.78%) Data Scientist
11 59 (3.33%) Project Manager
12 41 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (2.03%) Senior Developer
14 33 (1.86%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (1.63%) Financial Analyst
16 28 (1.58%) Product Owner
16 28 (1.58%) Senior Manager
16 28 (1.58%) Support Engineer
17 26 (1.47%) Technical Business Analyst
18 25 (1.41%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.58%) REST
2 64 (3.61%) .NET
3 48 (2.71%) Kafka
4 44 (2.48%) JSON
5 43 (2.42%) RESTful
6 42 (2.37%) XML
7 41 (2.31%) Pandas
8 37 (2.09%) SOAP
9 35 (1.97%) HTML
10 34 (1.92%) Middleware
11 32 (1.80%) Web Services
12 30 (1.69%) CSS
13 29 (1.63%) scikit-learn
14 25 (1.41%) React
14 25 (1.41%) Spring
15 24 (1.35%) NumPy
15 24 (1.35%) PySpark
16 23 (1.30%) Spring Boot
17 22 (1.24%) AngularJS
17 22 (1.24%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 159 (8.96%) Analytical Mindset
2 111 (6.26%) Product Ownership
3 87 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 75 (4.23%) Data Structures
5 70 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
7 49 (2.76%) Cloud Native
8 43 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
8 43 (2.42%) Management Information System
9 38 (2.14%) Algorithms
10 37 (2.09%) Fixed Income
11 35 (1.97%) Data Centre
12 34 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
13 33 (1.86%) Derivative
14 32 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 28 (1.58%) Equities
16 26 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
17 23 (1.30%) AI Agents
18 22 (1.24%) Security Posture
18 22 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (6.14%) Windows
2 77 (4.34%) Linux
3 34 (1.92%) Unix
4 19 (1.07%) Mac OS
5 15 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.68%) Android
8 11 (0.62%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.34%) Solaris
10 5 (0.28%) AIX
11 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.11%) SUSE
13 1 (0.056%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 865 (48.76%) Problem-Solving
2 493 (27.79%) Agile
3 449 (25.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 333 (18.77%) Analytics
5 331 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 315 (17.76%) AI
7 305 (17.19%) Decision-Making
8 260 (14.66%) Data Modelling
9 234 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 229 (12.91%) Validation
11 220 (12.40%) Business Intelligence
12 212 (11.95%) DevOps
13 209 (11.78%) CI/CD
14 196 (11.05%) Migration
15 180 (10.15%) Data Analysis
16 165 (9.30%) Data Pipeline
17 157 (8.85%) User Acceptance Testing
18 155 (8.74%) Roadmaps
19 151 (8.51%) ETL
20 147 (8.29%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 505 (28.47%) SQL
2 394 (22.21%) Python
3 116 (6.54%) Java
4 86 (4.85%) C#
5 72 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 62 (3.49%) PowerShell
7 46 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 33 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 29 (1.63%) C++
10 28 (1.58%) R
11 27 (1.52%) PL/SQL
12 26 (1.47%) T-SQL
13 25 (1.41%) Bash
14 22 (1.24%) Scala
15 11 (0.62%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.56%) VBA
17 9 (0.51%) C
18 8 (0.45%) Ruby
18 8 (0.45%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 218 (12.29%) Degree
2 214 (12.06%) Security Cleared
3 157 (8.85%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (1.97%) CISSP
6 35 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.52%) PMP
8 25 (1.41%) PMI Certification
9 23 (1.30%) CISM
10 21 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.73%) CISA
14 13 (0.73%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.68%) ACCA
15 12 (0.68%) CCNP
15 12 (0.68%) ISTQB
16 11 (0.62%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 230 (12.97%) Data Quality
2 137 (7.72%) QA
3 88 (4.96%) PMO
4 69 (3.89%) GDPR
5 45 (2.54%) SLA
6 44 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 44 (2.48%) NIST
7 34 (1.92%) Accessibility
8 25 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 23 (1.30%) COBIT
10 21 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 17 (0.96%) GRC
11 17 (0.96%) IFRS
12 14 (0.79%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.68%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.45%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.39%) GAAP
16 6 (0.34%) GxP
17 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
17 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 67 (3.78%) Docker
2 62 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.39%) IAG
5 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.23%) Firmware
7 3 (0.17%) Postfix
8 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.11%) NFS
8 2 (0.11%) Squid
8 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.056%) RACF
9 1 (0.056%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.056%) vSphere
9 1 (0.056%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.04%) Terraform
3 27 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (1.47%) Ansible
5 21 (1.18%) Grafana
6 11 (0.62%) SCCM
6 11 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.45%) Kibana
8 7 (0.39%) Control-M
8 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.11%) Istio
12 2 (0.11%) Nessus
12 2 (0.11%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.056%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.056%) Nagios
13 1 (0.056%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.056%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 274 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 160 (9.02%) Oracle
3 97 (5.47%) SAP
4 85 (4.79%) ServiceNow
5 77 (4.34%) Salesforce
6 63 (3.55%) Google
7 61 (3.44%) Databricks
8 30 (1.69%) Splunk
9 25 (1.41%) Workday
10 24 (1.35%) Dynatrace
10 24 (1.35%) IBM
11 21 (1.18%) Cisco
11 21 (1.18%) Informatica
12 19 (1.07%) Adobe
12 19 (1.07%) Alteryx
12 19 (1.07%) CyberArk
12 19 (1.07%) VMware
13 17 (0.96%) Apple
14 15 (0.85%) Tenable
15 14 (0.79%) Murex