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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 20
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,586 1,452 1,441
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.67% 12.02% 8.26%
As % of the General category 14.49% 17.73% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 922 987
10th Percentile £350 £315 £320
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £706 £700
90th Percentile £750 £825 £838
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 33 44
10th Percentile £20.33 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.32 £16.95
Median hourly rate £39.00 £38.11 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +65.70% -33.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £66.53 £58.25 £53.13
England median hourly rate £37.50 £31.42 £18.50
% change year-on-year +19.34% +69.85% -54.04%

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 10,945 8,191 10,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.81% 67.79% 62.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,069 5,483 7,850
10th Percentile £350 £344 £335
25th Percentile £431 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £706 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 143 238
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.42 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.35 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +7.16% -7.76%
75th Percentile £44.75 £50.63 £46.05
90th Percentile £66.15 £63.65 £65.01
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.22% -9.17% -6.25%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -10 200 £525 -4.55% 248
West London +1 70 £520 +30.00% 28
South London +1 34 £500 -14.24% 9
East London -6 10 £400 -6.98% 20
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 79 (4.98%) Confluence
2 30 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (1.70%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.07%) Apache
6 13 (0.82%) CMS
7 11 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.44%) SAS
9 6 (0.38%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.25%) IIS
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.19%) Camunda
12 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.063%) Appian
14 1 (0.063%) nginx
14 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.063%) Oracle Application Server
14 1 (0.063%) Traefik
Applications
1 154 (9.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 48 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.90%) MS Visio
5 21 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.63%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.063%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.69%) Aladdin
3 11 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (0.50%) Shopify
7 7 (0.44%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.44%) Summit
8 6 (0.38%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.32%) BASE24
9 5 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
10 4 (0.25%) Findur
10 4 (0.25%) HFM
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 327 (20.62%) Azure
2 226 (14.25%) AWS
3 199 (12.55%) Power Platform
4 83 (5.23%) SaaS
5 78 (4.92%) GCP
6 67 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (3.59%) GitHub
7 57 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 38 (2.40%) Snowflake
10 37 (2.33%) Amazon S3
11 35 (2.21%) Serverless
12 31 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
12 31 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
12 31 (1.95%) Entra ID
13 30 (1.89%) dbt
14 25 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (1.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 22 (1.39%) Collibra
16 22 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.59%) Firewall
2 24 (1.51%) DNS
3 22 (1.39%) Network Security
4 20 (1.26%) VPN
5 17 (1.07%) DHCP
6 16 (1.01%) WAN
7 13 (0.82%) SAN
7 13 (0.82%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.69%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.63%) BGP
10 8 (0.50%) VLAN
10 8 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (0.44%) HTTP
11 7 (0.44%) OSPF
11 7 (0.44%) VXLAN
12 6 (0.38%) 5G
12 6 (0.38%) Internet
12 6 (0.38%) LAN
12 6 (0.38%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (10.97%) Power BI
2 93 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (4.98%) Tableau
4 78 (4.92%) SQL Server
5 56 (3.53%) Metadata
6 49 (3.09%) Relational Database
7 36 (2.27%) Data Lake
8 35 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.77%) NoSQL
10 25 (1.58%) Big Data
11 24 (1.51%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 22 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
13 21 (1.32%) Power Query
14 19 (1.20%) MongoDB
15 15 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (0.95%) RDBMS
15 15 (0.95%) Star Schema
16 14 (0.88%) Oracle Database
17 13 (0.82%) Looker
Development Applications
1 158 (9.96%) JIRA
2 62 (3.91%) Git
3 23 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.32%) Selenium
5 12 (0.76%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.69%) MLflow
6 11 (0.69%) Postman
6 11 (0.69%) REST Assured
7 10 (0.63%) ERwin
7 10 (0.63%) GitLab
8 9 (0.57%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.50%) JUnit
9 8 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.44%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.38%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.38%) JMeter
11 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.32%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
12 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 698 (44.01%) Social Skills
2 621 (39.16%) Finance
3 237 (14.94%) Banking
4 130 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.80%) Marketing
6 76 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
7 75 (4.73%) Legal
8 69 (4.35%) Front Office
9 60 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
10 56 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (3.47%) Investment Banking
12 45 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (2.65%) Retail
14 40 (2.52%) Financial Institution
15 39 (2.46%) Telecoms
16 34 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 18 (1.13%) Back Office
18 15 (0.95%) Publishing
19 13 (0.82%) Billing
20 12 (0.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 417 (26.29%) Analyst
2 213 (13.43%) Business Analyst
3 156 (9.84%) Senior
4 139 (8.76%) Developer
5 108 (6.81%) Lead
6 100 (6.31%) Data Engineer
7 99 (6.24%) Architect
8 95 (5.99%) Data Analyst
9 90 (5.67%) Consultant
10 55 (3.47%) Data Scientist
11 47 (2.96%) Project Manager
12 43 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
13 33 (2.08%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (2.02%) Senior Business Analyst
15 31 (1.95%) Financial Analyst
16 27 (1.70%) Senior Developer
17 23 (1.45%) Salesforce Analyst
18 22 (1.39%) Product Manager
18 22 (1.39%) Senior Manager
18 22 (1.39%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.22%) REST
2 54 (3.40%) .NET
3 45 (2.84%) Kafka
4 38 (2.40%) Pandas
5 34 (2.14%) Middleware
6 31 (1.95%) RESTful
7 30 (1.89%) HTML
7 30 (1.89%) JSON
8 28 (1.77%) CSS
8 28 (1.77%) XML
9 27 (1.70%) scikit-learn
10 25 (1.58%) PySpark
11 23 (1.45%) SOAP
12 22 (1.39%) NumPy
13 21 (1.32%) PyTorch
14 20 (1.26%) React
15 19 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
15 19 (1.20%) SAML
16 18 (1.13%) OAuth
16 18 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 149 (9.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 95 (5.99%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 58 (3.66%) Data Structures
4 58 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
6 38 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 36 (2.27%) Algorithms
7 36 (2.27%) Cloud Native
8 34 (2.14%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.08%) Derivative
9 33 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
9 33 (2.08%) Fixed Income
10 30 (1.89%) Equities
11 29 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 28 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
13 24 (1.51%) Virtual Team
14 22 (1.39%) Credit Risk
15 19 (1.20%) Security Posture
16 16 (1.01%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 82 (5.17%) Windows
2 57 (3.59%) Linux
3 28 (1.77%) Unix
4 12 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.57%) Android
6 8 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.32%) Solaris
9 4 (0.25%) AIX
10 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.063%) SUSE
11 1 (0.063%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (47.41%) Problem-Solving
2 432 (27.24%) Agile
3 332 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 306 (19.29%) Analytics
5 272 (17.15%) Decision-Making
6 264 (16.65%) AI
7 257 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 247 (15.57%) Data Modelling
9 196 (12.36%) Business Intelligence
10 194 (12.23%) Validation
11 190 (11.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 178 (11.22%) DevOps
13 168 (10.59%) Data Analysis
13 168 (10.59%) Migration
14 162 (10.21%) CI/CD
15 140 (8.83%) Data Governance
16 136 (8.58%) ETL
16 136 (8.58%) Roadmaps
17 135 (8.51%) Visualisation
18 130 (8.20%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 448 (28.25%) SQL
2 359 (22.64%) Python
3 91 (5.74%) Java
4 85 (5.36%) C#
5 53 (3.34%) JavaScript
6 48 (3.03%) PowerShell
7 42 (2.65%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 32 (2.02%) C++
10 30 (1.89%) R
11 24 (1.51%) Bash
12 22 (1.39%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.39%) T-SQL
13 19 (1.20%) Scala
14 10 (0.63%) C
14 10 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.44%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.44%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.44%) VBA
16 6 (0.38%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 199 (12.55%) Security Cleared
2 192 (12.11%) Degree
3 136 (8.58%) SC Cleared
4 57 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 40 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (2.14%) CISSP
8 29 (1.83%) PMI Certification
9 27 (1.70%) PMP
10 23 (1.45%) CISM
11 18 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.01%) CISA
13 15 (0.95%) ISTQB
14 14 (0.88%) CRISC
14 14 (0.88%) DV Cleared
15 13 (0.82%) ACCA
16 12 (0.76%) CIMA
17 11 (0.69%) CCNP
17 11 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (13.62%) Data Quality
2 120 (7.57%) QA
3 78 (4.92%) GDPR
4 71 (4.48%) PMO
5 50 (3.15%) NIST
6 49 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 33 (2.08%) SLA
8 27 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 25 (1.58%) Accessibility
9 25 (1.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 24 (1.51%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.45%) COBIT
11 23 (1.45%) GRC
12 16 (1.01%) IFRS
13 12 (0.76%) ISO 20022
14 9 (0.57%) MiFID
14 9 (0.57%) Solvency II
15 6 (0.38%) GAAP
15 6 (0.38%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 53 (3.34%) Docker
2 42 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Firmware
5 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) IAG
6 3 (0.19%) Postfix
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
7 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.063%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.063%) RACF
8 1 (0.063%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.063%) vSphere
8 1 (0.063%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (3.40%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.52%) Terraform
3 20 (1.26%) Ansible
3 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (1.20%) Grafana
5 13 (0.82%) SCCM
6 11 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.50%) Kibana
8 7 (0.44%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.19%) Control-M
11 3 (0.19%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.13%) Istio
12 2 (0.13%) Nessus
12 2 (0.13%) SCOM
12 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.063%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.063%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.063%) vMotion
Vendors
1 239 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 116 (7.31%) Oracle
3 85 (5.36%) SAP
4 84 (5.30%) Salesforce
5 74 (4.67%) Databricks
6 69 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 58 (3.66%) Google
8 21 (1.32%) Adobe
8 21 (1.32%) Workday
9 20 (1.26%) Informatica
10 18 (1.13%) Cisco
11 17 (1.07%) Bloomberg
11 17 (1.07%) Dynatrace
11 17 (1.07%) Splunk
12 16 (1.01%) Murex
12 16 (1.01%) VMware
13 13 (0.82%) Alteryx
13 13 (0.82%) Tenable
14 12 (0.76%) IBM
14 12 (0.76%) Palo Alto