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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,594 1,483 1,624
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.21% 9.32% 8.32%
As % of the General category 16.50% 14.72% 12.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 969 898 1,096
10th Percentile £313 £313 £314
25th Percentile £404 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £666 £675
90th Percentile £771 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 27 37
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £21.15
25th Percentile £25.49 £22.80 £27.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.59 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.42% -38.20% +45.59%
75th Percentile £47.38 £59.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £63.00 £80.75 £65.04
England median hourly rate £33.94 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year +35.76% -25.93% -15.63%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,661 10,073 12,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.97% 63.29% 64.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,302 6,462 9,155
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £424 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 116 166
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.38 £18.42
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.19 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.87% +7.96% +4.48%
75th Percentile £46.25 £55.19 £58.44
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £75.63
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -20.63% -4.55% +28.35%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +4 261 £510 -10.72% 125
South London +3 26 £625 +11.86% 38
West London -6 23 £415 -2.35% 55
East London +3 9 £394 -10.51% 47
North London -2 1 - - 11
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 72 (4.52%) Confluence
2 43 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.88%) CMS
7 10 (0.63%) Apache
8 5 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.13%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.063%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.063%) Appian
Applications
1 149 (9.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.26%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.38%) ProjectWise
7 6 (0.38%) Trello
8 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Revit
10 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.063%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.063%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.063%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 21 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.75%) Endur
2 12 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 10 (0.63%) SAP HR
4 7 (0.44%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.44%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
5 6 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.31%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.25%) ION MarketView
7 4 (0.25%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.25%) Shopify
8 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 260 (16.31%) Azure
2 216 (13.55%) AWS
3 176 (11.04%) Power Platform
4 82 (5.14%) GCP
5 63 (3.95%) SaaS
6 56 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.57%) Entra ID
9 39 (2.45%) GitHub
10 38 (2.38%) IaaS
11 36 (2.26%) Snowflake
12 33 (2.07%) Amazon S3
13 32 (2.01%) Serverless
14 26 (1.63%) dbt
15 24 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
18 18 (1.13%) PowerApps
19 17 (1.07%) Google Analytics
20 16 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.57%) Firewall
2 32 (2.01%) Network Security
3 30 (1.88%) DNS
4 22 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 21 (1.32%) VPN
6 17 (1.07%) LAN
6 17 (1.07%) WAN
7 15 (0.94%) HTTP
8 11 (0.69%) SSL
9 10 (0.63%) DHCP
9 10 (0.63%) VoIP
10 9 (0.56%) Internet
10 9 (0.56%) VLAN
11 8 (0.50%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.38%) Wireless
13 5 (0.31%) BGP
13 5 (0.31%) CTI
13 5 (0.31%) SMTP
13 5 (0.31%) WLAN
14 4 (0.25%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (10.35%) Power BI
2 74 (4.64%) Tableau
3 66 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (3.32%) SQL Server
5 50 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 39 (2.45%) Metadata
7 36 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (1.82%) DB2
8 29 (1.82%) MongoDB
9 27 (1.69%) Big Data
10 26 (1.63%) Data Lake
10 26 (1.63%) NoSQL
11 22 (1.38%) Hadoop
12 19 (1.19%) BigQuery
13 16 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
13 16 (1.00%) Power Query
13 16 (1.00%) Star Schema
14 15 (0.94%) Looker
15 13 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 136 (8.53%) JIRA
2 67 (4.20%) Git
3 25 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.38%) JUnit
5 16 (1.00%) GitLab
6 11 (0.69%) Selenium
7 8 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.50%) Postman
8 6 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
9 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.31%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.31%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 5 (0.31%) webpack
10 4 (0.25%) Appium
10 4 (0.25%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.25%) sqlmap
10 4 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.25%) TestRail
General
1 871 (54.64%) Social Skills
2 579 (36.32%) Finance
3 223 (13.99%) Banking
4 128 (8.03%) Public Sector
5 97 (6.09%) Marketing
6 85 (5.33%) Investment Banking
7 69 (4.33%) Legal
8 55 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 54 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 54 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
10 50 (3.14%) Front Office
10 50 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (3.01%) Back Office
12 46 (2.89%) Financial Institution
12 46 (2.89%) Retail
13 42 (2.63%) Telecoms
14 24 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (1.44%) Publishing
16 20 (1.25%) Law
17 18 (1.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 429 (26.91%) Analyst
2 203 (12.74%) Business Analyst
3 189 (11.86%) Developer
3 189 (11.86%) Senior
4 128 (8.03%) Architect
5 96 (6.02%) Lead
6 79 (4.96%) Data Analyst
7 72 (4.52%) Consultant
8 58 (3.64%) Data Engineer
9 55 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
10 52 (3.26%) Senior Developer
11 48 (3.01%) Project Manager
12 46 (2.89%) Java Developer
13 38 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (2.07%) Python Developer
15 32 (2.01%) Technical Analyst
16 29 (1.82%) Security Analyst
17 27 (1.69%) Data Scientist
18 26 (1.63%) Senior Business Analyst
19 23 (1.44%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (6.52%) REST
2 55 (3.45%) Kafka
3 51 (3.20%) JSON
4 44 (2.76%) .NET
5 38 (2.38%) HTML
5 38 (2.38%) Spring
6 37 (2.32%) React
7 30 (1.88%) CSS
7 30 (1.88%) RESTful
8 29 (1.82%) XML
9 27 (1.69%) AngularJS
10 25 (1.57%) SOAP
11 23 (1.44%) Middleware
12 22 (1.38%) Pandas
13 19 (1.19%) OAuth
13 19 (1.19%) Web Services
14 18 (1.13%) PySpark
15 17 (1.07%) JMS
15 17 (1.07%) scikit-learn
16 16 (1.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 150 (9.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 73 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
4 66 (4.14%) Management Information System
5 59 (3.70%) Data Structures
6 53 (3.32%) Onboarding
7 46 (2.89%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.13%) Derivative
9 32 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 29 (1.82%) Fixed Income
10 29 (1.82%) PKI
11 28 (1.76%) Equities
12 27 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
13 25 (1.57%) Cloud Native
14 24 (1.51%) Reinsurance
14 24 (1.51%) Security Posture
15 22 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
16 21 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
17 17 (1.07%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 93 (5.83%) Linux
2 80 (5.02%) Windows
3 34 (2.13%) Unix
4 9 (0.56%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.44%) Android
7 6 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.31%) VMS
9 4 (0.25%) Solaris
10 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.13%) AIX
11 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.063%) VME
12 1 (0.063%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 877 (55.02%) Problem-Solving
2 486 (30.49%) Agile
3 291 (18.26%) Analytics
4 285 (17.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 251 (15.75%) Decision-Making
6 201 (12.61%) Business Intelligence
7 200 (12.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 187 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 178 (11.17%) Data Modelling
10 171 (10.73%) Data Analysis
11 161 (10.10%) CI/CD
12 159 (9.97%) DevOps
13 147 (9.22%) Migration
14 146 (9.16%) Project Management
15 143 (8.97%) AI
16 134 (8.41%) Validation
17 131 (8.22%) Computer Science
17 131 (8.22%) Scrum
18 130 (8.16%) Visualisation
19 129 (8.09%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 398 (24.97%) SQL
2 348 (21.83%) Python
3 127 (7.97%) Java
4 90 (5.65%) JavaScript
5 75 (4.71%) PowerShell
6 51 (3.20%) C#
7 43 (2.70%) Bash
8 37 (2.32%) TypeScript
9 30 (1.88%) C++
10 25 (1.57%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.32%) R
12 17 (1.07%) Go
13 15 (0.94%) VBA
14 14 (0.88%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 12 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.69%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.63%) Scala
18 7 (0.44%) Korn
19 6 (0.38%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 245 (15.37%) Degree
2 228 (14.30%) Security Cleared
3 176 (11.04%) SC Cleared
4 76 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.51%) Master's Degree
5 40 (2.51%) PMI Certification
6 28 (1.76%) PMP
7 22 (1.38%) CISSP
7 22 (1.38%) DV Cleared
8 19 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 15 (0.94%) CBAP
9 15 (0.94%) CIMA
9 15 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.88%) ACCA
10 14 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (0.82%) OSCP
12 12 (0.75%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.69%) CCNP
14 10 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (8.91%) Data Quality
2 118 (7.40%) QA
3 52 (3.26%) GDPR
4 47 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 30 (1.88%) PMO
6 19 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.19%) NIST
7 16 (1.00%) SLA
8 11 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.69%) WCAG
9 10 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (0.63%) GRC
9 10 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.56%) COBIT
10 9 (0.56%) EMIR
11 7 (0.44%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.44%) MiFID
12 6 (0.38%) ISO 19650
12 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 61 (3.83%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.51%) Docker
3 13 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.56%) zsh
5 7 (0.44%) HDFS
6 5 (0.31%) Firmware
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.19%) Squid
8 3 (0.19%) vSphere
9 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.13%) Snort
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.063%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.063%) IAG
10 1 (0.063%) KVM
10 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.58%) Terraform
3 43 (2.70%) Ansible
4 17 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.00%) Grafana
6 14 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.75%) SCCM
7 12 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.50%) Nessus
9 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
9 5 (0.31%) Nmap
10 4 (0.25%) BladeLogic
10 4 (0.25%) SCOM
11 3 (0.19%) Argo
11 3 (0.19%) CA Spectrum
12 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.13%) Suricata
Vendors
1 256 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.83%) Oracle
3 78 (4.89%) SAP
4 66 (4.14%) Google
5 57 (3.58%) ServiceNow
6 53 (3.32%) Salesforce
7 45 (2.82%) Databricks
8 37 (2.32%) Splunk
9 31 (1.94%) Cisco
10 22 (1.38%) VMware
11 20 (1.25%) Sybase
12 18 (1.13%) Bloomberg
13 16 (1.00%) Adobe
14 15 (0.94%) MuleSoft
14 15 (0.94%) Workday
15 14 (0.88%) Juniper
15 14 (0.88%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.82%) Murex
17 12 (0.75%) Alteryx
17 12 (0.75%) CyberArk