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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 19
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,596 1,482 1,475
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.98% 11.90% 8.33%
As % of the General category 14.95% 17.59% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 932 1,005
10th Percentile £350 £313 £320
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £700
90th Percentile £738 £833 £838
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 47
10th Percentile £24.03 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £30.25 £26.29 £16.90
Median hourly rate £39.25 £40.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +72.34% -30.88%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £68.38 £65.00 £62.75
England median hourly rate £39.00 £27.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year +40.54% +50.00% -53.75%

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 10,678 8,426 11,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.05% 67.64% 63.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,914 5,680 7,979
10th Percentile £350 £341 £336
25th Percentile £425 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £572 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% -0.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £506 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.62% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 137 244
10th Percentile £18.33 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £34.06 £34.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% +20.35% -11.50%
75th Percentile £49.06 £51.18 £44.00
90th Percentile £69.94 £66.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year +10.91% -9.84% -6.15%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -10 220 £525 -4.55% 221
West London +1 62 £520 +30.00% 38
South London -3 34 £500 -14.24% 16
East London -3 11 £400 +11.04% 24
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 85 (5.33%) Confluence
2 29 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.13%) Apache
6 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.75%) CMS
8 8 (0.50%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
11 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.13%) Camunda
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.063%) Appian
13 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.063%) Traefik
Applications
1 156 (9.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (3.13%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.63%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.13%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.063%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 9 (0.56%) Shopify
7 7 (0.44%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
7 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.44%) Summit
8 6 (0.38%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.38%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
8 6 (0.38%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.31%) BASE24
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 322 (20.18%) Azure
2 228 (14.29%) AWS
3 194 (12.16%) Power Platform
4 84 (5.26%) GCP
5 81 (5.08%) SaaS
6 78 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
7 58 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
8 56 (3.51%) GitHub
9 42 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.51%) Serverless
11 39 (2.44%) Amazon S3
12 34 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (1.88%) Entra ID
13 30 (1.88%) Snowflake
14 29 (1.82%) dbt
15 28 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 22 (1.38%) PaaS
19 20 (1.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.63%) Firewall
2 26 (1.63%) Network Security
3 24 (1.50%) DNS
4 19 (1.19%) VPN
5 17 (1.07%) DHCP
6 15 (0.94%) WAN
7 14 (0.88%) SAN
8 11 (0.69%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.56%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.50%) Internet
10 8 (0.50%) VLAN
10 8 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.44%) BGP
11 7 (0.44%) HTTP
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.38%) IOS XR
12 6 (0.38%) LAN
12 6 (0.38%) NAS
12 6 (0.38%) OSPF
12 6 (0.38%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (10.90%) Power BI
2 88 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
3 73 (4.57%) SQL Server
4 69 (4.32%) Tableau
5 57 (3.57%) Metadata
6 43 (2.69%) Relational Database
7 33 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (1.88%) Data Lake
9 29 (1.82%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.63%) Big Data
11 24 (1.50%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
14 17 (1.07%) Power Query
15 16 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (0.94%) MongoDB
16 15 (0.94%) RDBMS
16 15 (0.94%) Star Schema
17 14 (0.88%) Oracle Database
17 14 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 168 (10.53%) JIRA
2 66 (4.14%) Git
3 23 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.32%) Selenium
5 17 (1.07%) GitLab
6 13 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.69%) MLflow
7 11 (0.69%) REST Assured
8 10 (0.63%) ERwin
8 10 (0.63%) Postman
9 8 (0.50%) Appium
9 8 (0.50%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.50%) JMeter
9 8 (0.50%) JUnit
9 8 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.44%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
11 6 (0.38%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 726 (45.49%) Social Skills
2 610 (38.22%) Finance
3 230 (14.41%) Banking
4 141 (8.83%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.58%) Marketing
6 82 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
7 70 (4.39%) Legal
8 63 (3.95%) Front Office
8 63 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
9 54 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (3.01%) Investment Banking
11 43 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.63%) Financial Institution
12 42 (2.63%) Retail
13 39 (2.44%) Telecoms
14 32 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (1.32%) Back Office
16 15 (0.94%) Law
16 15 (0.94%) Local Government
16 15 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 427 (26.75%) Analyst
2 227 (14.22%) Business Analyst
3 163 (10.21%) Senior
4 131 (8.21%) Developer
5 105 (6.58%) Lead
6 101 (6.33%) Architect
7 97 (6.08%) Data Engineer
8 85 (5.33%) Consultant
8 85 (5.33%) Data Analyst
9 53 (3.32%) Project Manager
10 52 (3.26%) Data Scientist
11 49 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
12 35 (2.19%) Senior Business Analyst
13 33 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
14 30 (1.88%) Financial Analyst
15 26 (1.63%) Product Manager
16 24 (1.50%) Quantitative Developer
16 24 (1.50%) Salesforce Analyst
16 24 (1.50%) Senior Manager
16 24 (1.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (4.26%) REST
2 52 (3.26%) .NET
3 49 (3.07%) Kafka
4 39 (2.44%) Pandas
5 37 (2.32%) Middleware
6 35 (2.19%) JSON
7 32 (2.01%) RESTful
8 31 (1.94%) scikit-learn
8 31 (1.94%) XML
9 27 (1.69%) HTML
9 27 (1.69%) PySpark
10 25 (1.57%) CSS
10 25 (1.57%) NumPy
10 25 (1.57%) SOAP
11 24 (1.50%) PyTorch
12 21 (1.32%) Node.js
12 21 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
13 20 (1.25%) React
14 19 (1.19%) OAuth
14 19 (1.19%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 154 (9.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 95 (5.95%) Product Ownership
3 64 (4.01%) Data Structures
4 60 (3.76%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.32%) Data Centre
8 36 (2.26%) Algorithms
9 35 (2.19%) Cloud Native
10 33 (2.07%) Derivative
11 32 (2.01%) Fixed Income
12 31 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
13 28 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
14 26 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 25 (1.57%) Equities
15 25 (1.57%) Virtual Team
16 23 (1.44%) Credit Risk
17 19 (1.19%) Market Risk
18 17 (1.07%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (5.33%) Windows
2 55 (3.45%) Linux
3 24 (1.50%) Unix
4 17 (1.07%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.88%) Android
5 14 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.25%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.063%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 759 (47.56%) Problem-Solving
2 454 (28.45%) Agile
3 321 (20.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 295 (18.48%) Analytics
5 278 (17.42%) Decision-Making
6 255 (15.98%) AI
7 254 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 250 (15.66%) Data Modelling
9 202 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
10 199 (12.47%) Validation
11 189 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 186 (11.65%) DevOps
13 175 (10.96%) CI/CD
14 165 (10.34%) Migration
15 158 (9.90%) Data Analysis
16 148 (9.27%) Roadmaps
17 145 (9.09%) Data Governance
18 141 (8.83%) Project Management
19 130 (8.15%) ETL
20 128 (8.02%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 437 (27.38%) SQL
2 354 (22.18%) Python
3 88 (5.51%) Java
4 82 (5.14%) C#
5 59 (3.70%) JavaScript
6 52 (3.26%) PowerShell
7 50 (3.13%) TypeScript
8 33 (2.07%) C++
9 31 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 29 (1.82%) R
11 28 (1.75%) Bash
12 23 (1.44%) PL/SQL
13 21 (1.32%) T-SQL
14 18 (1.13%) Scala
15 12 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.56%) C
16 9 (0.56%) VBA
17 7 (0.44%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.38%) COBOL
18 6 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 220 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 192 (12.03%) Degree
3 156 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 59 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.07%) Master's Degree
6 42 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 39 (2.44%) PMI Certification
8 32 (2.01%) CISSP
8 32 (2.01%) PMP
9 21 (1.32%) CISM
10 20 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.07%) ISTQB
12 16 (1.00%) CISA
13 15 (0.94%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.88%) CRISC
15 13 (0.81%) CCNP
16 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.63%) Azure Certification
18 9 (0.56%) ACCA
18 9 (0.56%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (12.97%) Data Quality
2 141 (8.83%) QA
3 76 (4.76%) GDPR
4 72 (4.51%) PMO
5 48 (3.01%) NIST
6 45 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 29 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 29 (1.82%) SLA
9 25 (1.57%) PCI DSS
10 23 (1.44%) GRC
11 22 (1.38%) COBIT
11 22 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.75%) IFRS
12 12 (0.75%) ISO 20022
13 11 (0.69%) MiFID
14 9 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 9 (0.56%) PSD2
14 9 (0.56%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.44%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 60 (3.76%) Docker
2 43 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Firmware
5 4 (0.25%) IAG
6 3 (0.19%) Squid
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) Postfix
8 1 (0.063%) HDFS
8 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.063%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.063%) RACF
8 1 (0.063%) Snort
8 1 (0.063%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.063%) vSphere
8 1 (0.063%) Xen
8 1 (0.063%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 63 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.44%) Terraform
3 20 (1.25%) Ansible
3 20 (1.25%) Grafana
3 20 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.75%) SCCM
5 10 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.50%) Kibana
6 8 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.19%) Control-M
9 3 (0.19%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.19%) SCOM
10 2 (0.13%) Istio
10 2 (0.13%) Nessus
10 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.063%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.063%) logstash
11 1 (0.063%) Suricata
Vendors
1 253 (15.85%) Microsoft
2 114 (7.14%) Oracle
3 90 (5.64%) SAP
4 81 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 68 (4.26%) Databricks
6 67 (4.20%) ServiceNow
7 63 (3.95%) Google
8 23 (1.44%) Adobe
8 23 (1.44%) Workday
9 21 (1.32%) Cisco
9 21 (1.32%) Splunk
10 20 (1.25%) Bloomberg
11 17 (1.07%) Informatica
11 17 (1.07%) Murex
11 17 (1.07%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.07%) VMware
12 15 (0.94%) Dynatrace
13 13 (0.81%) Atlassian
13 13 (0.81%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.75%) IBM