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 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,711 1,552 1,414
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.87% 11.95% 8.03%
As % of the General category 14.70% 17.57% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 978 960
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.26%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £688
90th Percentile £750 £813 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.05% -4.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 40
10th Percentile £19.12 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £38.11 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +81.48% -51.65%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.30 £67.50 £56.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -3.08% +66.67% -48.34%

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 11,642 8,831 10,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.32% 68.01% 62.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,452 5,890 7,826
10th Percentile £350 £331 £336
25th Percentile £437 £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 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 165 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.05 £24.66 £18.79
Median hourly rate £32.25 £34.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% +12.73% -7.47%
75th Percentile £45.16 £51.18 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.88 £64.50 £67.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +18.18% -16.40% +9.65%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -10 219 £538 -2.27% 279
West London +1 80 £520 +30.00% 40
South London +4 30 £469 -25.00% 15
East London -7 9 £400 -7.09% 29
North London - 1 - - 9
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 73 (4.27%) Confluence
2 32 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
2 32 (1.87%) Apache Spark
3 30 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.11%) Apache
5 16 (0.94%) CMS
5 16 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.41%) SAS
6 7 (0.41%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.29%) IIS
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.18%) Appian
10 3 (0.18%) Camunda
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.058%) nginx
12 1 (0.058%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.058%) Traefik
12 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
Applications
1 151 (8.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.51%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.64%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.058%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.058%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.82%) Aladdin
3 14 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.58%) Finacle
5 9 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 9 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.35%) iTrent
6 6 (0.35%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
6 6 (0.35%) Summit
7 5 (0.29%) Magento
7 5 (0.29%) Shopify
8 4 (0.23%) HFM
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 344 (20.11%) Azure
2 240 (14.03%) AWS
3 215 (12.57%) Power Platform
4 88 (5.14%) GCP
5 76 (4.44%) SaaS
6 75 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (3.62%) GitHub
9 43 (2.51%) Entra ID
10 41 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 39 (2.28%) Snowflake
12 33 (1.93%) Amazon S3
12 33 (1.93%) Serverless
13 29 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
14 28 (1.64%) dbt
14 28 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (1.40%) PaaS
17 21 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 21 (1.23%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.45%) Firewall
2 26 (1.52%) DNS
2 26 (1.52%) Network Security
3 21 (1.23%) VPN
4 20 (1.17%) WAN
5 17 (0.99%) TCP/IP
6 16 (0.94%) DHCP
7 15 (0.88%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.76%) SAN
9 11 (0.64%) BGP
10 10 (0.58%) VLAN
11 9 (0.53%) 5G
11 9 (0.53%) Internet
11 9 (0.53%) OSPF
12 8 (0.47%) 4G
12 8 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.47%) HTTP
12 8 (0.47%) LAN
12 8 (0.47%) VXLAN
12 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (11.10%) Power BI
2 99 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
3 87 (5.08%) SQL Server
4 76 (4.44%) Tableau
5 68 (3.97%) Relational Database
6 58 (3.39%) Metadata
7 41 (2.40%) Data Lake
7 41 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (1.93%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.52%) Big Data
9 26 (1.52%) MongoDB
10 24 (1.40%) RDBMS
11 23 (1.34%) Oracle Database
12 22 (1.29%) BigQuery
13 21 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (1.11%) Power Query
15 18 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
15 18 (1.05%) Star Schema
16 15 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 163 (9.53%) JIRA
2 72 (4.21%) Git
3 33 (1.93%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.40%) Selenium
5 14 (0.82%) REST Assured
6 13 (0.76%) Postman
7 12 (0.70%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.70%) GitLab
8 11 (0.64%) ERwin
9 10 (0.58%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.58%) JUnit
9 10 (0.58%) MLflow
10 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.41%) JMeter
11 7 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.41%) WebDriver
12 6 (0.35%) Chocolatey
12 6 (0.35%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 797 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 680 (39.74%) Finance
3 248 (14.49%) Banking
4 139 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 87 (5.08%) Marketing
6 83 (4.85%) Front Office
7 79 (4.62%) Legal
8 78 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
9 72 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
10 59 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (3.21%) Investment Banking
12 54 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
13 48 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 48 (2.81%) Telecoms
14 46 (2.69%) Retail
15 40 (2.34%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.58%) Back Office
17 21 (1.23%) Law
18 18 (1.05%) Local Government
18 18 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 447 (26.13%) Analyst
2 226 (13.21%) Business Analyst
3 165 (9.64%) Senior
4 151 (8.83%) Developer
5 121 (7.07%) Architect
6 110 (6.43%) Lead
7 101 (5.90%) Data Engineer
8 95 (5.55%) Data Analyst
9 93 (5.44%) Consultant
10 63 (3.68%) Data Scientist
11 54 (3.16%) Project Manager
12 42 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.05%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.93%) Senior Developer
15 29 (1.69%) Financial Analyst
16 27 (1.58%) Senior Business Analyst
16 27 (1.58%) Support Engineer
17 26 (1.52%) Technical Analyst
17 26 (1.52%) Technical Business Analyst
18 25 (1.46%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (5.38%) REST
2 64 (3.74%) .NET
3 50 (2.92%) Kafka
4 40 (2.34%) JSON
4 40 (2.34%) Pandas
5 39 (2.28%) XML
6 37 (2.16%) RESTful
7 36 (2.10%) Middleware
8 35 (2.05%) SOAP
9 31 (1.81%) scikit-learn
10 30 (1.75%) HTML
11 29 (1.69%) Web Services
12 27 (1.58%) CSS
13 26 (1.52%) PySpark
14 24 (1.40%) NumPy
15 22 (1.29%) PyTorch
15 22 (1.29%) React
16 21 (1.23%) Spring
17 20 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
17 20 (1.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.47%) Analytical Mindset
2 101 (5.90%) Product Ownership
3 78 (4.56%) Onboarding
4 73 (4.27%) Data Structures
5 68 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
6 46 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 46 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
7 43 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.28%) Algorithms
8 39 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 38 (2.22%) Data Centre
10 36 (2.10%) Fixed Income
11 34 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 33 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
13 32 (1.87%) Derivative
14 30 (1.75%) Equities
15 23 (1.34%) Security Posture
16 21 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
16 21 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 21 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 110 (6.43%) Windows
2 74 (4.32%) Linux
3 35 (2.05%) Unix
4 19 (1.11%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.70%) Android
5 12 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.35%) Solaris
7 5 (0.29%) AIX
8 2 (0.12%) SUSE
9 1 (0.058%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 829 (48.45%) Problem-Solving
2 463 (27.06%) Agile
3 417 (24.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 317 (18.53%) Analytics
4 317 (18.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 300 (17.53%) AI
6 288 (16.83%) Decision-Making
7 252 (14.73%) Data Modelling
8 223 (13.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 222 (12.97%) Validation
10 211 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
11 200 (11.69%) DevOps
12 189 (11.05%) CI/CD
13 188 (10.99%) Migration
14 181 (10.58%) Data Analysis
15 151 (8.83%) Data Pipeline
15 151 (8.83%) User Acceptance Testing
16 145 (8.47%) Roadmaps
17 144 (8.42%) ETL
18 143 (8.36%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 495 (28.93%) SQL
2 383 (22.38%) Python
3 107 (6.25%) Java
4 88 (5.14%) C#
5 62 (3.62%) JavaScript
6 58 (3.39%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.57%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.81%) C++
10 29 (1.69%) R
11 27 (1.58%) PL/SQL
12 25 (1.46%) T-SQL
13 23 (1.34%) Bash
14 22 (1.29%) Scala
15 10 (0.58%) Apex Code
15 10 (0.58%) C
16 9 (0.53%) VBA
17 8 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (0.47%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 203 (11.86%) Degree
2 202 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 142 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 34 (1.99%) CISSP
8 26 (1.52%) PMP
9 25 (1.46%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (1.23%) CISM
11 17 (0.99%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.88%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (0.82%) CISA
14 12 (0.70%) ACCA
14 12 (0.70%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.64%) CCNP
15 11 (0.64%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (12.80%) Data Quality
2 136 (7.95%) QA
3 80 (4.68%) PMO
4 74 (4.32%) GDPR
5 50 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (2.75%) NIST
7 43 (2.51%) SLA
8 28 (1.64%) Accessibility
9 25 (1.46%) COBIT
10 24 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 20 (1.17%) GRC
11 20 (1.17%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.99%) IFRS
13 13 (0.76%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.47%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.41%) GAAP
16 6 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.35%) GxP
16 6 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 61 (3.57%) Docker
2 57 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.29%) IAG
7 4 (0.23%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Postfix
8 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.12%) NFS
9 2 (0.12%) Squid
10 1 (0.058%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.058%) RACF
10 1 (0.058%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.058%) vSphere
10 1 (0.058%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (3.51%) Kubernetes
2 47 (2.75%) Terraform
3 26 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.34%) Ansible
5 21 (1.23%) Grafana
6 11 (0.64%) SCCM
6 11 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.47%) Kibana
8 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.35%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.29%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.23%) Control-M
12 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.12%) Istio
13 2 (0.12%) Nessus
13 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.058%) Nagios
14 1 (0.058%) SCOM
14 1 (0.058%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.058%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 258 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 148 (8.65%) Oracle
3 94 (5.49%) SAP
4 83 (4.85%) ServiceNow
5 79 (4.62%) Salesforce
6 65 (3.80%) Databricks
7 61 (3.57%) Google
8 27 (1.58%) Splunk
9 24 (1.40%) Workday
10 22 (1.29%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.29%) IBM
11 20 (1.17%) Informatica
12 19 (1.11%) Cisco
13 18 (1.05%) Alteryx
14 17 (0.99%) Adobe
14 17 (0.99%) Murex
15 16 (0.94%) Apple
15 16 (0.94%) VMware
16 15 (0.88%) Bloomberg
17 14 (0.82%) Tenable