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 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,645 1,503 1,419
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.62% 11.98% 8.06%
As % of the General category 14.31% 17.58% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 954 976
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £813 £819
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 41
10th Percentile £19.11 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £38.11 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +69.38% -44.44%
75th Percentile £50.62 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% +66.67% -44.29%

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 11,499 8,549 10,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.23% 68.15% 62.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,389 5,710 7,842
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £820 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £535
% change year-on-year - -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 160 238
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.48 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +14.32% -5.51%
75th Percentile £45.25 £51.44 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.25 £65.06 £66.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.18 £31.97
% change year-on-year +15.33% -11.85% +14.26%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -8 204 £550 - 145
West London +3 79 £516 +29.06% 35
South London +3 32 £488 -22.00% 9
East London -5 8 £400 -7.03% 16
North London - 1 - - 10
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 75 (4.56%) Confluence
2 32 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (1.88%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.09%) Apache
6 14 (0.85%) CMS
6 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.43%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.30%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.24%) IIS
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.061%) Appian
13 1 (0.061%) nginx
13 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.061%) Traefik
Applications
1 152 (9.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 39 (2.37%) MS Visio
4 20 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.61%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.12%) Notion
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.061%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.73%) Aladdin
3 12 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.55%) Finacle
5 9 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
7 6 (0.36%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.36%) SimCorp Dimension
7 6 (0.36%) Summit
8 5 (0.30%) iTrent
8 5 (0.30%) Magento
8 5 (0.30%) Shopify
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 332 (20.18%) Azure
2 235 (14.29%) AWS
3 208 (12.64%) Power Platform
4 87 (5.29%) GCP
5 78 (4.74%) SaaS
6 69 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (3.71%) GitHub
8 60 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (2.25%) Entra ID
11 36 (2.19%) Amazon S3
12 35 (2.13%) Serverless
12 35 (2.13%) Snowflake
13 30 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (1.64%) dbt
14 27 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.40%) PaaS
17 21 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 20 (1.22%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.49%) Firewall
2 23 (1.40%) DNS
2 23 (1.40%) Network Security
3 18 (1.09%) WAN
4 17 (1.03%) VPN
5 16 (0.97%) DHCP
6 15 (0.91%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.79%) SAN
8 11 (0.67%) BGP
9 10 (0.61%) VLAN
10 9 (0.55%) OSPF
11 8 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
11 8 (0.49%) Internet
11 8 (0.49%) VXLAN
12 7 (0.43%) MPLS
12 7 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.36%) 5G
13 6 (0.36%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (11.19%) Power BI
2 94 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
3 82 (4.98%) SQL Server
4 78 (4.74%) Tableau
5 64 (3.89%) Relational Database
6 55 (3.34%) Metadata
7 40 (2.43%) Data Lake
8 39 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
9 32 (1.95%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.58%) Big Data
11 24 (1.46%) MongoDB
12 22 (1.34%) BigQuery
12 22 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (1.28%) RDBMS
14 20 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 19 (1.16%) Power Query
16 18 (1.09%) Oracle Database
17 17 (1.03%) Star Schema
18 16 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
19 13 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 160 (9.73%) JIRA
2 63 (3.83%) Git
3 28 (1.70%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.28%) Selenium
5 12 (0.73%) Postman
5 12 (0.73%) REST Assured
6 11 (0.67%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.67%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.67%) GitLab
7 10 (0.61%) ERwin
7 10 (0.61%) MLflow
8 9 (0.55%) JUnit
9 8 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.43%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.43%) JMeter
10 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.36%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
12 5 (0.30%) Maven
General
1 753 (45.78%) Social Skills
2 644 (39.15%) Finance
3 236 (14.35%) Banking
4 135 (8.21%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.41%) Marketing
6 81 (4.92%) Legal
7 76 (4.62%) Front Office
8 72 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
9 65 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
10 62 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
11 51 (3.10%) Investment Banking
12 49 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 48 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
14 46 (2.80%) Telecoms
15 45 (2.74%) Retail
16 38 (2.31%) Financial Institution
17 24 (1.46%) Back Office
18 21 (1.28%) Law
19 17 (1.03%) Local Government
19 17 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 428 (26.02%) Analyst
2 213 (12.95%) Business Analyst
3 156 (9.48%) Senior
4 147 (8.94%) Developer
5 113 (6.87%) Architect
6 111 (6.75%) Lead
7 100 (6.08%) Data Engineer
8 97 (5.90%) Data Analyst
9 90 (5.47%) Consultant
10 61 (3.71%) Data Scientist
11 50 (3.04%) Project Manager
12 40 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (1.95%) Senior Developer
15 29 (1.76%) Senior Business Analyst
16 28 (1.70%) Financial Analyst
17 23 (1.40%) Support Engineer
18 22 (1.34%) Product Owner
18 22 (1.34%) Technical Analyst
18 22 (1.34%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.62%) REST
2 58 (3.53%) .NET
3 48 (2.92%) Kafka
4 39 (2.37%) Pandas
5 36 (2.19%) JSON
6 35 (2.13%) RESTful
7 34 (2.07%) XML
8 33 (2.01%) Middleware
9 30 (1.82%) HTML
9 30 (1.82%) scikit-learn
10 29 (1.76%) SOAP
11 28 (1.70%) CSS
12 26 (1.58%) PySpark
13 24 (1.46%) Web Services
14 23 (1.40%) NumPy
15 22 (1.34%) PyTorch
16 21 (1.28%) React
17 20 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
18 19 (1.16%) SAML
18 19 (1.16%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 154 (9.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 99 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 69 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 66 (4.01%) Data Structures
5 64 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
6 44 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 43 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
8 42 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (2.37%) Algorithms
10 38 (2.31%) Management Information System
11 34 (2.07%) Data Centre
12 32 (1.95%) Fixed Income
13 31 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
13 31 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 30 (1.82%) Derivative
15 26 (1.58%) Equities
16 22 (1.34%) Security Posture
17 21 (1.28%) Virtual Team
18 20 (1.22%) Credit Risk
18 20 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 98 (5.96%) Windows
2 66 (4.01%) Linux
3 32 (1.95%) Unix
4 15 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.61%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.55%) Android
8 6 (0.36%) Solaris
9 5 (0.30%) AIX
9 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (48.57%) Problem-Solving
2 443 (26.93%) Agile
3 380 (23.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 310 (18.84%) Analytics
5 292 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 284 (17.26%) AI
7 283 (17.20%) Decision-Making
8 244 (14.83%) Data Modelling
9 211 (12.83%) Validation
10 204 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 202 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
12 184 (11.19%) DevOps
13 177 (10.76%) CI/CD
14 176 (10.70%) Migration
15 174 (10.58%) Data Analysis
16 147 (8.94%) Data Pipeline
17 142 (8.63%) User Acceptance Testing
18 141 (8.57%) Data Science
19 140 (8.51%) ETL
20 138 (8.39%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 477 (29.00%) SQL
2 379 (23.04%) Python
3 104 (6.32%) Java
4 89 (5.41%) C#
5 56 (3.40%) JavaScript
6 52 (3.16%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.67%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.88%) R
10 30 (1.82%) C++
11 24 (1.46%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.34%) T-SQL
13 21 (1.28%) Scala
14 19 (1.16%) Bash
15 9 (0.55%) VBA
16 8 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.43%) C
18 6 (0.36%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 202 (12.28%) Degree
2 195 (11.85%) Security Cleared
3 139 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 61 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (2.31%) Master's Degree
7 36 (2.19%) CISSP
8 27 (1.64%) PMP
9 26 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 25 (1.52%) CISM
11 20 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.97%) Azure Certification
12 16 (0.97%) CISA
13 15 (0.91%) CRISC
13 15 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
13 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.79%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.79%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.73%) ACCA
16 11 (0.67%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (13.13%) Data Quality
2 123 (7.48%) QA
3 75 (4.56%) GDPR
4 74 (4.50%) PMO
5 49 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (2.92%) NIST
7 41 (2.49%) SLA
8 27 (1.64%) Accessibility
8 27 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 27 (1.64%) COBIT
9 24 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 21 (1.28%) GRC
11 20 (1.22%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.03%) IFRS
13 13 (0.79%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.49%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.43%) GAAP
16 6 (0.36%) NCSC
16 6 (0.36%) PSD2
17 5 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 59 (3.59%) Docker
2 51 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.24%) Firmware
6 4 (0.24%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.061%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.061%) RACF
9 1 (0.061%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.061%) vSphere
9 1 (0.061%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (3.53%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.67%) Terraform
3 22 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.22%) Ansible
4 20 (1.22%) Grafana
5 11 (0.67%) SCCM
5 11 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.49%) Kibana
7 6 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.24%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.18%) Control-M
9 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.12%) Istio
10 2 (0.12%) Nessus
10 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.061%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.061%) Opsview
11 1 (0.061%) QRadar
11 1 (0.061%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 245 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 137 (8.33%) Oracle
3 89 (5.41%) SAP
4 80 (4.86%) Salesforce
5 73 (4.44%) ServiceNow
6 65 (3.95%) Databricks
7 61 (3.71%) Google
8 23 (1.40%) Workday
9 22 (1.34%) Splunk
10 21 (1.28%) Informatica
11 20 (1.22%) Dynatrace
12 19 (1.16%) IBM
13 18 (1.09%) Cisco
14 17 (1.03%) Adobe
15 16 (0.97%) VMware
16 15 (0.91%) Murex
17 14 (0.85%) Alteryx
17 14 (0.85%) Bloomberg
17 14 (0.85%) Tenable
18 13 (0.79%) Apple