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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,834 1,612 1,352
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.20% 11.88% 8.19%
As % of the General category 15.16% 17.42% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,118 1,030 899
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £681
90th Percentile £750 £791 £782
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 26
10th Percentile £19.03 £11.96 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.52 £25.63 £17.56
Median hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £33.54
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +10.33% -23.54%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.00 £63.75 £65.02
England median hourly rate £38.72 £32.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year +19.14% +49.43% -42.38%

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 12,094 9,255 10,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.69% 68.22% 62.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,712 6,164 7,317
10th Percentile £350 £326 £338
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 178 163
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.94
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.90 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% -8.44% -3.57%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.69 £50.88
90th Percentile £64.00 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.32 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.24% -33.58% +26.96%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -10 232 £525 -4.55% 141
West London +2 79 £520 +29.84% 57
South London +1 38 £524 -16.20% 21
East London -3 9 £400 +16.72% 27
North London - 3 £450 - 2
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 (4.14%) Confluence
2 33 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 32 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.42%) CMS
6 19 (1.04%) Apache
7 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.38%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.33%) SAS
9 6 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
10 5 (0.27%) IIS
11 4 (0.22%) Appian
11 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.22%) JBoss
12 3 (0.16%) Camunda
13 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
13 2 (0.11%) Mule
Applications
1 158 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.65%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.22%) CPLEX
9 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.16%) Trello
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.11%) Notion
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.055%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.87%) Aladdin
3 16 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.55%) Finacle
4 10 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.49%) Fidessa
6 8 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (0.44%) Shopify
7 6 (0.33%) Loan IQ
8 5 (0.27%) iTrent
8 5 (0.27%) Magento
8 5 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
9 4 (0.22%) Findur
9 4 (0.22%) HFM
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 366 (19.96%) Azure
2 262 (14.29%) AWS
3 226 (12.32%) Power Platform
4 100 (5.45%) GCP
5 75 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (4.09%) SaaS
6 65 (3.54%) GitHub
6 65 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 55 (3.00%) Entra ID
8 49 (2.67%) Snowflake
9 46 (2.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 35 (1.91%) Amazon S3
10 35 (1.91%) Serverless
11 33 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
12 31 (1.69%) dbt
13 29 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 24 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (1.20%) PaaS
17 20 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.56%) Firewall
2 35 (1.91%) DNS
3 27 (1.47%) Network Security
4 26 (1.42%) VPN
5 24 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.25%) DHCP
7 17 (0.93%) WAN
8 14 (0.76%) SAN
8 14 (0.76%) VLAN
9 13 (0.71%) HTTP
10 12 (0.65%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.60%) BGP
12 10 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.49%) 5G
13 9 (0.49%) SSL
14 8 (0.44%) 4G
14 8 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
14 8 (0.44%) OSPF
14 8 (0.44%) VXLAN
15 7 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (11.12%) Power BI
2 109 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
3 99 (5.40%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.20%) Tableau
5 74 (4.03%) Relational Database
6 70 (3.82%) Metadata
7 49 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (2.24%) Data Lake
9 34 (1.85%) NoSQL
10 28 (1.53%) Big Data
11 27 (1.47%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.31%) BigQuery
13 23 (1.25%) Oracle Database
13 23 (1.25%) RDBMS
13 23 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.98%) Delta Lake
15 17 (0.93%) Power Query
15 17 (0.93%) Star Schema
16 16 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
16 16 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 177 (9.65%) JIRA
2 72 (3.93%) Git
3 38 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.20%) Selenium
5 15 (0.82%) ERwin
6 12 (0.65%) GitLab
7 11 (0.60%) JUnit
8 10 (0.55%) JMeter
8 10 (0.55%) Maven
9 9 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.49%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.49%) Postman
9 9 (0.49%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.44%) Chocolatey
10 8 (0.44%) ER Studio
10 8 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
10 8 (0.44%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.38%) Gradle
11 7 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 890 (48.53%) Social Skills
2 722 (39.37%) Finance
3 267 (14.56%) Banking
4 156 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 100 (5.45%) Marketing
6 93 (5.07%) Front Office
7 88 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
8 84 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 76 (4.14%) Legal
10 60 (3.27%) Retail
11 57 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
11 57 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
12 55 (3.00%) Investment Banking
13 52 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 48 (2.62%) Telecoms
15 41 (2.24%) Financial Institution
16 30 (1.64%) Back Office
17 23 (1.25%) Local Government
18 21 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
18 21 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 473 (25.79%) Analyst
2 234 (12.76%) Business Analyst
3 194 (10.58%) Senior
4 167 (9.11%) Developer
5 129 (7.03%) Architect
6 126 (6.87%) Lead
7 108 (5.89%) Data Engineer
8 107 (5.83%) Data Analyst
9 86 (4.69%) Consultant
10 71 (3.87%) Data Scientist
11 61 (3.33%) Project Manager
12 47 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
13 39 (2.13%) Senior Developer
14 31 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (1.64%) Technical Business Analyst
16 29 (1.58%) Senior Manager
16 29 (1.58%) Technical Analyst
17 28 (1.53%) Financial Analyst
18 27 (1.47%) Product Owner
18 27 (1.47%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (5.73%) REST
2 65 (3.54%) .NET
3 50 (2.73%) Kafka
4 48 (2.62%) JSON
5 45 (2.45%) RESTful
6 43 (2.34%) XML
7 42 (2.29%) SOAP
8 39 (2.13%) HTML
8 39 (2.13%) Pandas
9 38 (2.07%) Web Services
10 35 (1.91%) CSS
11 33 (1.80%) Middleware
12 29 (1.58%) PySpark
13 27 (1.47%) React
13 27 (1.47%) scikit-learn
13 27 (1.47%) Spring
14 24 (1.31%) AngularJS
14 24 (1.31%) Spring Boot
15 23 (1.25%) PyTorch
16 22 (1.20%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 162 (8.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 129 (7.03%) Product Ownership
3 98 (5.34%) Onboarding
4 82 (4.47%) Data Structures
5 73 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.73%) Management Information System
8 49 (2.67%) Cloud Native
9 42 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
10 36 (1.96%) Fixed Income
11 35 (1.91%) Algorithms
12 34 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 33 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
14 32 (1.74%) Data Centre
15 29 (1.58%) Equities
16 28 (1.53%) Derivative
17 25 (1.36%) AI Agents
18 24 (1.31%) CMDB
18 24 (1.31%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 120 (6.54%) Windows
2 90 (4.91%) Linux
3 32 (1.74%) Unix
4 20 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.98%) Mac OS
6 13 (0.71%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.60%) Android
8 11 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.33%) Solaris
9 6 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.27%) AIX
11 2 (0.11%) SUSE
12 1 (0.055%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.055%) VMS
12 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 886 (48.31%) Problem-Solving
2 536 (29.23%) Agile
3 499 (27.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 355 (19.36%) Analytics
5 349 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 327 (17.83%) AI
7 324 (17.67%) Decision-Making
8 269 (14.67%) Data Modelling
9 247 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 237 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
11 236 (12.87%) Validation
12 217 (11.83%) DevOps
13 203 (11.07%) Migration
14 201 (10.96%) CI/CD
15 178 (9.71%) Data Analysis
16 171 (9.32%) Data Pipeline
17 164 (8.94%) Roadmaps
17 164 (8.94%) User Acceptance Testing
18 155 (8.45%) Data Governance
19 154 (8.40%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 521 (28.41%) SQL
2 401 (21.86%) Python
3 114 (6.22%) Java
4 85 (4.63%) C#
5 79 (4.31%) JavaScript
6 68 (3.71%) PowerShell
7 41 (2.24%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.74%) Bash
9 31 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.69%) R
10 29 (1.58%) C++
11 26 (1.42%) T-SQL
12 25 (1.36%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.82%) Scala
14 11 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 10 (0.55%) VBA
16 9 (0.49%) Ruby
17 8 (0.44%) C
17 8 (0.44%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 230 (12.54%) Security Cleared
2 225 (12.27%) Degree
3 170 (9.27%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (1.96%) CISSP
6 34 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (1.80%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.47%) PMP
9 25 (1.36%) PMI Certification
10 23 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.25%) CISM
11 20 (1.09%) Azure Certification
12 16 (0.87%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
14 14 (0.76%) CCNP
14 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.71%) CISA
16 12 (0.65%) ACCA
17 11 (0.60%) CEH
17 11 (0.60%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (13.52%) Data Quality
2 133 (7.25%) QA
3 89 (4.85%) PMO
4 66 (3.60%) GDPR
5 48 (2.62%) SLA
6 44 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (2.29%) NIST
8 35 (1.91%) Accessibility
9 28 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 22 (1.20%) COBIT
12 20 (1.09%) GRC
13 16 (0.87%) IFRS
14 12 (0.65%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.60%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.33%) GAAP
16 6 (0.33%) GxP
17 5 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 72 (3.93%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.60%) Docker
3 14 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.49%) IAG
6 6 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.11%) NFS
9 2 (0.11%) Squid
9 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.055%) RACF
10 1 (0.055%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.055%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.11%) Terraform
3 34 (1.85%) Ansible
4 31 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (1.31%) Grafana
6 14 (0.76%) SCCM
7 11 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.49%) Control-M
9 9 (0.49%) Kibana
10 5 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.16%) Puppet
11 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.16%) RSA Archer
11 3 (0.16%) systemd
12 2 (0.11%) Istio
12 2 (0.11%) Nessus
12 2 (0.11%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.055%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 289 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 154 (8.40%) Oracle
3 97 (5.29%) SAP
4 92 (5.02%) ServiceNow
5 73 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 71 (3.87%) Google
7 69 (3.76%) Databricks
8 35 (1.91%) Splunk
9 29 (1.58%) Dynatrace
10 26 (1.42%) Cisco
10 26 (1.42%) IBM
10 26 (1.42%) VMware
11 24 (1.31%) Workday
12 22 (1.20%) CyberArk
13 21 (1.15%) Adobe
14 19 (1.04%) Informatica
15 18 (0.98%) Alteryx
16 17 (0.93%) Apple
17 15 (0.82%) Tenable
18 14 (0.76%) Sitecore