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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 18 20
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,943 1,467 1,423
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.62% 10.92% 8.79%
As % of the General category 15.53% 15.93% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,187 904 868
10th Percentile £338 £313 £320
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £657
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 23
10th Percentile £19.03 £18.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £24.91 £25.12 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 £34.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -1.49% -30.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £61.35 £69.00 £74.01
England median hourly rate £28.40 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.63% +30.00% -40.48%

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 12,513 9,208 10,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.92% 68.54% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,975 6,052 6,560
10th Percentile £350 £330 £331
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £779 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.03% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 178 121
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.84 £17.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £24.50 £25.23
Median hourly rate £28.47 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% -10.03% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.18 £66.90 £68.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -14 218 £550 - 489
West London +9 91 £553 +33.13% 89
South London -3 27 £536 -20.59% 26
East London +2 12 £500 +38.89% 25
North London +4 5 £525 - 1
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 97 (4.99%) Confluence
2 47 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 46 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.39%) CMS
6 24 (1.24%) Apache
7 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.41%) JBoss
9 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.41%) SAS
9 8 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
9 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.26%) Appian
10 5 (0.26%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.15%) nginx
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 188 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.36%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.26%) Trello
9 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.15%) Productboard
10 2 (0.10%) Notion
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.051%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.051%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.051%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (0.98%) Aladdin
4 15 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.46%) Finacle
6 8 (0.41%) iTrent
6 8 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.36%) Shopify
8 6 (0.31%) Magento
8 6 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
10 4 (0.21%) Front Arena
10 4 (0.21%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 398 (20.48%) Azure
2 271 (13.95%) AWS
3 253 (13.02%) Power Platform
4 111 (5.71%) GCP
5 94 (4.84%) GitHub
6 85 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (4.01%) Snowflake
8 73 (3.76%) Entra ID
8 73 (3.76%) SaaS
9 72 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
10 46 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
11 44 (2.26%) Serverless
12 40 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 38 (1.96%) dbt
14 32 (1.65%) Amazon S3
15 31 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
16 28 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
17 27 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
18 24 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 23 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.06%) Firewall
2 36 (1.85%) Network Security
2 36 (1.85%) TCP/IP
3 35 (1.80%) VPN
4 32 (1.65%) DNS
5 19 (0.98%) DHCP
6 16 (0.82%) BGP
6 16 (0.82%) SSL
7 15 (0.77%) Radio Access Network
7 15 (0.77%) VLAN
7 15 (0.77%) WAN
8 14 (0.72%) 5G
9 12 (0.62%) HTTP
9 12 (0.62%) MPLS
10 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 10 (0.51%) SAN
11 10 (0.51%) Wireshark
12 9 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
12 9 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (11.37%) Power BI
2 109 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
3 104 (5.35%) SQL Server
4 82 (4.22%) Tableau
5 77 (3.96%) Relational Database
6 70 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
7 68 (3.50%) Metadata
8 40 (2.06%) NoSQL
9 37 (1.90%) MongoDB
10 36 (1.85%) Data Lake
11 34 (1.75%) Oracle Database
12 26 (1.34%) Power Query
13 25 (1.29%) Big Data
13 25 (1.29%) Delta Lake
14 23 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (1.18%) BigQuery
14 23 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
15 17 (0.87%) RDBMS
16 15 (0.77%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 194 (9.98%) JIRA
2 133 (6.85%) Git
3 66 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.11%) GitLab
5 27 (1.39%) Selenium
6 21 (1.08%) JMeter
7 16 (0.82%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.82%) Maven
8 15 (0.77%) Gradle
9 14 (0.72%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.67%) LoadRunner
10 13 (0.67%) Postman
11 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.51%) Gatling
12 10 (0.51%) JUnit
13 9 (0.46%) ERwin
13 9 (0.46%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.41%) Visual Studio
15 7 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 1,009 (51.93%) Social Skills
2 805 (41.43%) Finance
3 323 (16.62%) Banking
4 179 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 98 (5.04%) Front Office
6 95 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
7 90 (4.63%) Marketing
8 89 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 87 (4.48%) Legal
10 79 (4.07%) Retail
11 77 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
12 65 (3.35%) Investment Banking
13 63 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 62 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
15 56 (2.88%) Local Government
16 49 (2.52%) Telecoms
17 40 (2.06%) Financial Institution
18 39 (2.01%) Back Office
19 28 (1.44%) Manufacturing
20 20 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 485 (24.96%) Analyst
2 233 (11.99%) Senior
3 220 (11.32%) Business Analyst
4 188 (9.68%) Developer
5 131 (6.74%) Lead
6 116 (5.97%) Architect
7 101 (5.20%) Data Engineer
8 100 (5.15%) Data Analyst
9 87 (4.48%) Consultant
10 59 (3.04%) Data Scientist
11 51 (2.62%) Senior Developer
12 50 (2.57%) Project Manager
13 49 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
14 32 (1.65%) Technical Analyst
15 31 (1.60%) Java Developer
16 30 (1.54%) Support Engineer
17 29 (1.49%) IT Support
17 29 (1.49%) Senior Manager
18 28 (1.44%) Data Architect
18 28 (1.44%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (6.54%) REST
2 100 (5.15%) .NET
3 87 (4.48%) Terraform
4 67 (3.45%) Kafka
5 64 (3.29%) RESTful
6 52 (2.68%) Web Services
7 44 (2.26%) HTML
7 44 (2.26%) Middleware
7 44 (2.26%) SOAP
8 42 (2.16%) JSON
8 42 (2.16%) XML
9 39 (2.01%) PySpark
10 38 (1.96%) Spring
11 36 (1.85%) React
12 35 (1.80%) CSS
13 34 (1.75%) Spring Boot
14 23 (1.18%) .NET Core
14 23 (1.18%) AngularJS
15 22 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
15 22 (1.13%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 147 (7.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 144 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 121 (6.23%) Onboarding
4 82 (4.22%) Cloud Native
5 74 (3.81%) Data Structures
5 74 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 69 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
7 55 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
8 50 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
10 40 (2.06%) AI Agents
11 39 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
12 32 (1.65%) Derivative
13 30 (1.54%) Algorithms
13 30 (1.54%) Fixed Income
14 27 (1.39%) Equities
14 27 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 26 (1.34%) Credit Risk
15 26 (1.34%) Reference Data
16 22 (1.13%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 134 (6.90%) Linux
2 126 (6.48%) Windows
3 53 (2.73%) Unix
4 25 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.82%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.72%) Android
8 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.21%) Solaris
10 3 (0.15%) AIX
10 3 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.10%) SUSE
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.051%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.051%) VMS
12 1 (0.051%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,021 (52.55%) Problem-Solving
2 714 (36.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 565 (29.08%) Agile
4 416 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 388 (19.97%) AI
6 384 (19.76%) Analytics
7 356 (18.32%) Decision-Making
8 283 (14.57%) CI/CD
9 281 (14.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 269 (13.84%) Validation
11 266 (13.69%) DevOps
12 258 (13.28%) Business Intelligence
13 237 (12.20%) Data Modelling
14 226 (11.63%) Migration
15 200 (10.29%) User Acceptance Testing
16 198 (10.19%) Roadmaps
17 190 (9.78%) Data Analysis
18 181 (9.32%) Business Analysis
19 179 (9.21%) Requirements Gathering
20 177 (9.11%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 569 (29.28%) SQL
2 427 (21.98%) Python
3 124 (6.38%) Java
4 109 (5.61%) C#
5 103 (5.30%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.96%) PowerShell
7 57 (2.93%) Bash
8 41 (2.11%) TypeScript
9 31 (1.60%) PL/SQL
10 30 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 30 (1.54%) R
11 28 (1.44%) T-SQL
12 27 (1.39%) C++
12 27 (1.39%) Shell Script
13 16 (0.82%) Korn
13 16 (0.82%) Perl
14 15 (0.77%) Scala
15 13 (0.67%) Go
16 9 (0.46%) Groovy
17 8 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 267 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 261 (13.43%) Degree
3 217 (11.17%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.90%) PMI Certification
7 36 (1.85%) PMP
8 34 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 33 (1.70%) CISSP
10 27 (1.39%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.29%) ACCA
11 25 (1.29%) CIMA
12 23 (1.18%) DV Cleared
13 22 (1.13%) CISM
14 20 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
16 18 (0.93%) AWS Certification
17 17 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 16 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
19 15 (0.77%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (13.43%) Data Quality
2 154 (7.93%) QA
3 74 (3.81%) PMO
4 58 (2.99%) GDPR
5 45 (2.32%) SLA
6 43 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 33 (1.70%) NIST
9 30 (1.54%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.44%) GRC
11 18 (0.93%) IFRS
12 15 (0.77%) COBIT
13 14 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.41%) Basel III
16 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
17 6 (0.31%) P3O
17 6 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (5.10%) Docker
2 82 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.31%) IAG
7 5 (0.26%) Firmware
7 5 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.21%) vSphere
9 3 (0.15%) NFS
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.10%) Postfix
10 2 (0.10%) Squid
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.051%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.051%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 95 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.32%) Ansible
3 35 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (1.70%) Grafana
5 17 (0.87%) Kibana
6 16 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.82%) SCCM
7 15 (0.77%) Control-M
8 8 (0.41%) Puppet
9 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
10 5 (0.26%) Istio
10 5 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.21%) Argo
11 4 (0.21%) systemd
12 3 (0.15%) Cilium
12 3 (0.15%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
13 2 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 365 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 170 (8.75%) Oracle
3 98 (5.04%) Databricks
4 94 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 89 (4.58%) SAP
6 76 (3.91%) Google
7 64 (3.29%) Salesforce
8 56 (2.88%) Splunk
9 37 (1.90%) IBM
10 35 (1.80%) Cisco
11 31 (1.60%) Dynatrace
12 29 (1.49%) VMware
13 25 (1.29%) CyberArk
14 19 (0.98%) Adobe
15 17 (0.87%) Alteryx
15 17 (0.87%) Red Hat
15 17 (0.87%) UiPath
15 17 (0.87%) Workday
16 15 (0.77%) Informatica
16 15 (0.77%) Murex