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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 15 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,666 1,495 1,493
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.59% 11.77% 8.34%
As % of the General category 15.70% 17.44% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 933 1,026
10th Percentile £350 £309 £323
25th Percentile £419 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £834 £838
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 36 51
10th Percentile £24.03 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £25.88 £16.80
Median hourly rate £39.00 £39.31 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% +67.26% -26.38%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £39.88
90th Percentile £56.00 £71.25 £55.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £28.08 £18.50
% change year-on-year +33.57% +51.76% -47.14%

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 10,611 8,571 11,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.11% 67.49% 63.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,914 5,809 8,082
10th Percentile £348 £336 £331
25th Percentile £425 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 137 253
10th Percentile £18.37 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £18.79
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +15.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £29.52 £28.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +2.68% -17.65%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -6 243 £525 -4.55% 263
West London -6 50 £506 +26.56% 56
South London -3 33 £500 -14.38% 17
East London +3 11 £400 -11.11% 30
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 86 (5.16%) Confluence
2 30 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
4 27 (1.62%) SharePoint
5 15 (0.90%) Apache
5 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.84%) CMS
7 7 (0.42%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) IIS
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.12%) Camunda
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.060%) Appian
12 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.060%) Traefik
Applications
1 163 (9.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 52 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
4 49 (2.94%) MS Visio
5 29 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.60%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
3 10 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 10 (0.60%) Shopify
4 8 (0.48%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.42%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.42%) Summit
6 6 (0.36%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.30%) BASE24
7 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 335 (20.11%) Azure
2 239 (14.35%) AWS
3 201 (12.06%) Power Platform
4 92 (5.52%) GCP
5 89 (5.34%) SaaS
6 76 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
7 60 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
8 53 (3.18%) GitHub
9 48 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 47 (2.82%) Serverless
11 42 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 42 (2.52%) IaaS
12 41 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
13 37 (2.22%) Snowflake
14 34 (2.04%) Entra ID
15 29 (1.74%) dbt
16 28 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
17 24 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 24 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 23 (1.38%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.58%) Firewall
2 29 (1.74%) Network Security
3 26 (1.56%) DNS
4 18 (1.08%) VPN
5 17 (1.02%) DHCP
5 17 (1.02%) WAN
6 15 (0.90%) SAN
7 11 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.60%) HTTP
9 9 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.54%) VLAN
9 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.48%) Internet
10 8 (0.48%) LAN
11 7 (0.42%) BGP
12 6 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.36%) IOS XR
12 6 (0.36%) NAS
12 6 (0.36%) OSPF
12 6 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (10.92%) Power BI
2 85 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (4.62%) Tableau
4 66 (3.96%) SQL Server
5 59 (3.54%) Metadata
6 36 (2.16%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.74%) Data Lake
8 28 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
10 25 (1.50%) Big Data
11 24 (1.44%) BigQuery
12 20 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.02%) Power Query
14 16 (0.96%) Star Schema
15 15 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (0.84%) RDBMS
17 13 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 167 (10.02%) JIRA
2 62 (3.72%) Git
3 26 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.26%) Selenium
5 14 (0.84%) GitLab
6 12 (0.72%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.66%) JUnit
7 11 (0.66%) MLflow
8 10 (0.60%) ERwin
8 10 (0.60%) Postman
8 10 (0.60%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.48%) Appium
9 8 (0.48%) JMeter
9 8 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
10 7 (0.42%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.36%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.36%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.36%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 763 (45.80%) Social Skills
2 619 (37.15%) Finance
3 230 (13.81%) Banking
4 146 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 101 (6.06%) Marketing
6 85 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
7 77 (4.62%) Legal
8 67 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
9 65 (3.90%) Front Office
10 51 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
11 50 (3.00%) Investment Banking
12 48 (2.88%) Retail
13 46 (2.76%) Financial Institution
14 39 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 38 (2.28%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.56%) Back Office
17 19 (1.14%) Publishing
18 18 (1.08%) Law
19 14 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 421 (25.27%) Analyst
2 233 (13.99%) Business Analyst
3 169 (10.14%) Senior
4 142 (8.52%) Developer
5 125 (7.50%) Architect
6 108 (6.48%) Lead
7 94 (5.64%) Data Engineer
8 89 (5.34%) Consultant
9 88 (5.28%) Data Analyst
10 58 (3.48%) Data Scientist
11 57 (3.42%) Project Manager
12 52 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
13 39 (2.34%) Senior Business Analyst
14 37 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (1.62%) Product Manager
16 26 (1.56%) Financial Analyst
17 25 (1.50%) Quantitative Developer
18 24 (1.44%) Salesforce Analyst
18 24 (1.44%) Senior Developer
19 23 (1.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (5.28%) REST
2 52 (3.12%) JSON
3 48 (2.88%) Kafka
4 45 (2.70%) .NET
5 41 (2.46%) Pandas
6 38 (2.28%) Middleware
7 35 (2.10%) scikit-learn
8 34 (2.04%) RESTful
9 30 (1.80%) XML
10 28 (1.68%) NumPy
11 27 (1.62%) HTML
12 26 (1.56%) CSS
12 26 (1.56%) SOAP
13 24 (1.44%) Node.js
13 24 (1.44%) PyTorch
14 23 (1.38%) PySpark
15 21 (1.26%) OAuth
16 20 (1.20%) AngularJS
16 20 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
16 20 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 151 (9.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 93 (5.58%) Product Ownership
3 83 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (3.84%) Data Structures
5 61 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.40%) Algorithms
7 39 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 36 (2.16%) Derivative
9 36 (2.16%) Fixed Income
10 35 (2.10%) Data Centre
11 33 (1.98%) Cloud Native
12 29 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 27 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 27 (1.62%) Equities
13 27 (1.62%) PKI
14 26 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
15 23 (1.38%) Virtual Team
16 21 (1.26%) Credit Risk
17 19 (1.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.68%) Windows
2 56 (3.36%) Linux
3 28 (1.68%) Unix
4 14 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.66%) Android
7 8 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.060%) VMS
11 1 (0.060%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 798 (47.90%) Problem-Solving
2 492 (29.53%) Agile
3 337 (20.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 320 (19.21%) Analytics
5 282 (16.93%) Decision-Making
6 257 (15.43%) AI
7 249 (14.95%) Data Modelling
8 247 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 211 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
10 202 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 193 (11.58%) Validation
12 183 (10.98%) DevOps
13 176 (10.56%) CI/CD
14 173 (10.38%) Migration
15 159 (9.54%) Data Analysis
16 153 (9.18%) Roadmaps
17 151 (9.06%) Data Governance
17 151 (9.06%) Project Management
18 138 (8.28%) Visualisation
19 136 (8.16%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 444 (26.65%) SQL
2 363 (21.79%) Python
3 95 (5.70%) Java
4 75 (4.50%) C#
5 72 (4.32%) PowerShell
6 58 (3.48%) JavaScript
7 46 (2.76%) TypeScript
8 31 (1.86%) C++
9 30 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (1.80%) R
10 28 (1.68%) Bash
11 21 (1.26%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.14%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.08%) Scala
14 11 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.54%) C
16 8 (0.48%) VBA
17 7 (0.42%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.30%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 249 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 212 (12.73%) Degree
3 185 (11.10%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (3.36%) Master's Degree
6 42 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 40 (2.40%) PMI Certification
8 31 (1.86%) CISSP
8 31 (1.86%) PMP
9 20 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (1.14%) CISM
11 16 (0.96%) CISA
11 16 (0.96%) ISTQB
12 15 (0.90%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.90%) DV Cleared
13 14 (0.84%) CRISC
13 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.78%) CCNP
15 10 (0.60%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.54%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (12.24%) Data Quality
2 142 (8.52%) QA
3 79 (4.74%) GDPR
4 69 (4.14%) PMO
5 44 (2.64%) NIST
6 41 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 35 (2.10%) Accessibility
8 29 (1.74%) SLA
9 28 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (1.44%) GRC
10 24 (1.44%) PCI DSS
11 21 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 20 (1.20%) COBIT
13 11 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.66%) ISO 20022
14 10 (0.60%) MiFID
15 9 (0.54%) IFRS
15 9 (0.54%) PSD2
15 9 (0.54%) Solvency II
16 8 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (3.66%) Docker
2 43 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.30%) Firmware
5 4 (0.24%) IAG
5 4 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.18%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.18%) Squid
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) HDFS
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Postfix
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.060%) RACF
8 1 (0.060%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.060%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.76%) Terraform
3 23 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.32%) Ansible
5 19 (1.14%) Grafana
6 13 (0.78%) SCCM
7 10 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.42%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.42%) Kibana
8 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.18%) SCOM
11 2 (0.12%) Control-M
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.060%) CEMLI
12 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 263 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.36%) Oracle
3 92 (5.52%) Salesforce
4 89 (5.34%) SAP
5 77 (4.62%) Google
6 68 (4.08%) Databricks
7 64 (3.84%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.50%) Adobe
8 25 (1.50%) Bloomberg
9 23 (1.38%) Workday
10 21 (1.26%) Cisco
10 21 (1.26%) Splunk
11 20 (1.20%) VMware
12 19 (1.14%) Informatica
13 18 (1.08%) Murex
14 16 (0.96%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.84%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.84%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.78%) Atlassian
17 12 (0.72%) IBM