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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,623 1,492 1,483
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.12% 11.87% 8.38%
As % of the General category 15.15% 17.57% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 941 1,010
10th Percentile £350 £313 £320
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £719 £699
90th Percentile £750 £834 £839
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 45
10th Percentile £24.03 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £32.00 £26.29 £16.80
Median hourly rate £39.25 £40.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +80.00% -33.82%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £68.38 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £39.00 £28.58 £18.35
% change year-on-year +36.48% +55.72% -54.13%

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 10,710 8,490 11,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.16% 67.55% 63.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,963 5,734 7,967
10th Percentile £346 £340 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £813
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 137 244
10th Percentile £18.37 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +20.35% -11.50%
75th Percentile £49.38 £51.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £64.86
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +10.91% -8.82% -7.20%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -8 229 £525 -4.55% 265
West London -1 60 £520 +30.00% 43
South London +1 34 £500 -14.24% 16
East London +1 12 £400 -11.11% 27
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 89 (5.48%) Confluence
2 30 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.54%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.11%) Apache
6 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.68%) CMS
8 9 (0.55%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
11 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.062%) Appian
13 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.062%) Traefik
Applications
1 159 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (3.08%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.62%) Shopify
5 9 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
7 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.43%) Summit
8 6 (0.37%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.31%) BASE24
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 329 (20.27%) Azure
2 226 (13.92%) AWS
3 199 (12.26%) Power Platform
4 90 (5.55%) GCP
5 87 (5.36%) SaaS
6 78 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
8 55 (3.39%) GitHub
9 42 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.46%) Serverless
11 39 (2.40%) Amazon S3
12 34 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (2.09%) Entra ID
13 31 (1.91%) Snowflake
14 29 (1.79%) dbt
15 27 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
16 24 (1.48%) IaaS
17 23 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 23 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
18 22 (1.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.59%) Firewall
2 26 (1.60%) Network Security
3 25 (1.54%) DNS
4 19 (1.17%) VPN
5 18 (1.11%) DHCP
6 15 (0.92%) SAN
6 15 (0.92%) WAN
7 11 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.49%) Internet
8 8 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.49%) VLAN
8 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.43%) BGP
9 7 (0.43%) HTTP
10 6 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.37%) IOS XR
10 6 (0.37%) LAN
10 6 (0.37%) NAS
10 6 (0.37%) OSPF
10 6 (0.37%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (10.97%) Power BI
2 88 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (4.37%) SQL Server
3 71 (4.37%) Tableau
4 58 (3.57%) Metadata
5 42 (2.59%) Relational Database
6 31 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (1.85%) Data Lake
8 28 (1.73%) NoSQL
9 27 (1.66%) Big Data
10 24 (1.48%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
11 22 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (1.05%) Power Query
13 16 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
14 15 (0.92%) MongoDB
14 15 (0.92%) RDBMS
14 15 (0.92%) Star Schema
15 14 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
16 13 (0.80%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 175 (10.78%) JIRA
2 66 (4.07%) Git
3 23 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.29%) Selenium
5 16 (0.99%) GitLab
6 13 (0.80%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.68%) MLflow
7 11 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 10 (0.62%) ERwin
8 10 (0.62%) Postman
9 8 (0.49%) Appium
9 8 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.49%) JMeter
9 8 (0.49%) JUnit
9 8 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
11 6 (0.37%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.37%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 739 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 615 (37.89%) Finance
3 233 (14.36%) Banking
4 142 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 94 (5.79%) Marketing
6 85 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
7 71 (4.37%) Legal
8 65 (4.00%) Front Office
9 62 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
10 56 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.96%) Investment Banking
12 44 (2.71%) Financial Institution
12 44 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (2.59%) Retail
14 39 (2.40%) Telecoms
15 32 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 23 (1.42%) Back Office
17 16 (0.99%) Law
17 16 (0.99%) Publishing
18 15 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 431 (26.56%) Analyst
2 231 (14.23%) Business Analyst
3 167 (10.29%) Senior
4 130 (8.01%) Developer
5 108 (6.65%) Lead
6 107 (6.59%) Architect
7 97 (5.98%) Data Engineer
8 88 (5.42%) Data Analyst
9 85 (5.24%) Consultant
10 58 (3.57%) Data Scientist
11 56 (3.45%) Project Manager
12 52 (3.20%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.16%) Senior Business Analyst
13 35 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
14 30 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
15 25 (1.54%) Product Manager
16 24 (1.48%) Quantitative Developer
16 24 (1.48%) Salesforce Analyst
17 23 (1.42%) Senior Manager
17 23 (1.42%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.44%) REST
2 51 (3.14%) .NET
3 48 (2.96%) Kafka
4 40 (2.46%) JSON
4 40 (2.46%) Pandas
5 38 (2.34%) Middleware
6 32 (1.97%) scikit-learn
6 32 (1.97%) XML
7 30 (1.85%) RESTful
8 27 (1.66%) HTML
9 26 (1.60%) NumPy
9 26 (1.60%) PySpark
9 26 (1.60%) SOAP
10 25 (1.54%) CSS
11 24 (1.48%) PyTorch
12 21 (1.29%) Node.js
12 21 (1.29%) OAuth
13 20 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
13 20 (1.23%) SAML
14 19 (1.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 157 (9.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 97 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 65 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (3.94%) Data Structures
5 61 (3.76%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 36 (2.22%) Algorithms
8 36 (2.22%) Data Centre
9 34 (2.09%) Cloud Native
9 34 (2.09%) Fixed Income
10 33 (2.03%) Derivative
11 29 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
12 27 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.66%) Equities
12 27 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (1.42%) Credit Risk
13 23 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 19 (1.17%) Market Risk
14 19 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 84 (5.18%) Windows
2 55 (3.39%) Linux
3 25 (1.54%) Unix
4 16 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.86%) Android
6 13 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.37%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.062%) VMS
11 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 771 (47.50%) Problem-Solving
2 462 (28.47%) Agile
3 324 (19.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 306 (18.85%) Analytics
5 279 (17.19%) Decision-Making
6 264 (16.27%) AI
7 254 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 248 (15.28%) Data Modelling
9 207 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
10 200 (12.32%) Validation
11 195 (12.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 186 (11.46%) DevOps
13 174 (10.72%) CI/CD
14 168 (10.35%) Migration
15 159 (9.80%) Data Analysis
16 152 (9.37%) Roadmaps
17 149 (9.18%) Data Governance
18 144 (8.87%) Project Management
19 132 (8.13%) Visualisation
20 129 (7.95%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 442 (27.23%) SQL
2 363 (22.37%) Python
3 90 (5.55%) Java
4 78 (4.81%) C#
5 60 (3.70%) PowerShell
6 58 (3.57%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.02%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.97%) C++
9 31 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 30 (1.85%) R
11 28 (1.73%) Bash
12 22 (1.36%) PL/SQL
13 20 (1.23%) T-SQL
14 17 (1.05%) Scala
15 12 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.55%) C
16 9 (0.55%) VBA
17 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.37%) COBOL
18 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 223 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 202 (12.45%) Degree
3 158 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 61 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (3.08%) Master's Degree
6 42 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 40 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.03%) CISSP
8 33 (2.03%) PMP
9 21 (1.29%) CISM
10 20 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.05%) ISTQB
12 16 (0.99%) CISA
13 15 (0.92%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.86%) CRISC
14 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.80%) CCNP
16 11 (0.68%) Azure Certification
17 8 (0.49%) ACCA
17 8 (0.49%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (12.75%) Data Quality
2 144 (8.87%) QA
3 77 (4.74%) GDPR
4 70 (4.31%) PMO
5 47 (2.90%) NIST
6 43 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.91%) Accessibility
8 29 (1.79%) SLA
9 28 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
10 25 (1.54%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.42%) GRC
12 22 (1.36%) COBIT
12 22 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.68%) IFRS
13 11 (0.68%) ISO 20022
13 11 (0.68%) MiFID
14 10 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.55%) PSD2
15 9 (0.55%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.43%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 59 (3.64%) Docker
2 45 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.31%) Firmware
5 4 (0.25%) IAG
5 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.18%) Squid
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) HDFS
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Postfix
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.062%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.062%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.062%) RACF
8 1 (0.062%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (3.82%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.46%) Terraform
3 23 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.23%) Grafana
5 19 (1.17%) Ansible
6 12 (0.74%) SCCM
7 10 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.49%) Kibana
8 8 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.37%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.18%) SCOM
11 2 (0.12%) Control-M
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.062%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.062%) Suricata
12 1 (0.062%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 258 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.84%) Oracle
3 91 (5.61%) SAP
4 87 (5.36%) Salesforce
5 72 (4.44%) Google
6 68 (4.19%) ServiceNow
7 67 (4.13%) Databricks
8 25 (1.54%) Adobe
9 23 (1.42%) Workday
10 22 (1.36%) Cisco
11 21 (1.29%) Splunk
12 20 (1.23%) Bloomberg
13 19 (1.17%) Informatica
14 18 (1.11%) Murex
15 17 (1.05%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.05%) VMware
16 15 (0.92%) Dynatrace
17 13 (0.80%) Atlassian
17 13 (0.80%) IBM
17 13 (0.80%) OpenAI