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 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,940 1,556 1,378
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.54% 11.52% 8.47%
As % of the General category 15.55% 16.67% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,174 986 861
10th Percentile £338 £313 £314
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £775 £754
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 32 22
10th Percentile £19.89 £17.05 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £26.83 £19.25
Median hourly rate £35.75 £34.74 £37.29
Median % change year-on-year +2.91% -6.83% -25.43%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.38 £59.63 £65.03
England median hourly rate £35.55 £32.41 £22.00
% change year-on-year +9.71% +47.30% -51.11%

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 12,473 9,335 10,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.33% 69.13% 62.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,938 6,152 6,815
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -4.78% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 188 125
10th Percentile £16.76 £16.85 £17.70
25th Percentile £20.92 £24.65 £24.18
Median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% -7.14% +10.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.61
England median hourly rate £31.13 £25.15 £38.31
% change year-on-year +23.77% -34.35% +39.31%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -11 227 £525 -4.55% 293
West London +7 87 £520 +26.06% 131
South London +9 32 £537 -14.08% 24
East London +2 14 £500 +53.85% 38
North London +2 5 £525 - 4
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 (4.59%) Confluence
2 48 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 27 (1.39%) CMS
6 24 (1.24%) Apache
7 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.46%) SAS
10 8 (0.41%) JBoss
10 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.36%) IIS
12 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 5 (0.26%) Appian
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
14 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 187 (9.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
3 66 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (1.91%) MS Visio
5 27 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.36%) CPLEX
9 5 (0.26%) Trello
10 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.10%) Notion
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.052%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 26 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.77%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.67%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.52%) Finacle
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.52%) Shopify
7 8 (0.41%) iTrent
8 6 (0.31%) Magento
8 6 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.31%) Summit
9 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
10 4 (0.21%) HFM
10 4 (0.21%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 391 (20.15%) Azure
2 280 (14.43%) AWS
3 245 (12.63%) Power Platform
4 104 (5.36%) GCP
5 86 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
6 84 (4.33%) GitHub
7 83 (4.28%) SaaS
8 75 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
9 69 (3.56%) Entra ID
10 66 (3.40%) Snowflake
11 47 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
12 41 (2.11%) Serverless
13 40 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
14 39 (2.01%) dbt
15 32 (1.65%) Amazon S3
16 31 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 30 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
18 27 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
19 25 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
20 21 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.32%) Firewall
2 36 (1.86%) DNS
3 31 (1.60%) Network Security
3 31 (1.60%) TCP/IP
4 29 (1.49%) VPN
5 23 (1.19%) DHCP
6 18 (0.93%) WAN
7 16 (0.82%) SSL
8 14 (0.72%) BGP
9 13 (0.67%) HTTP
9 13 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
9 13 (0.67%) SAN
10 12 (0.62%) 5G
11 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 11 (0.57%) VLAN
11 11 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.52%) MPLS
13 9 (0.46%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.46%) Wireless
13 9 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (11.24%) Power BI
2 108 (5.57%) Data Warehouse
3 102 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.28%) Tableau
5 80 (4.12%) Relational Database
6 76 (3.92%) Metadata
7 63 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.91%) Data Lake
8 37 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.60%) MongoDB
10 29 (1.49%) Delta Lake
10 29 (1.49%) Oracle Database
11 28 (1.44%) Big Data
12 23 (1.19%) Power Query
12 23 (1.19%) RDBMS
13 22 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 21 (1.08%) BigQuery
15 17 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
16 16 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
17 15 (0.77%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 194 (10.00%) JIRA
2 107 (5.52%) Git
3 56 (2.89%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.55%) GitLab
4 30 (1.55%) Selenium
5 22 (1.13%) JMeter
6 15 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 15 (0.77%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.77%) Postman
7 14 (0.72%) LoadRunner
8 13 (0.67%) ERwin
9 12 (0.62%) Maven
10 11 (0.57%) Gradle
10 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
11 10 (0.52%) Gatling
11 10 (0.52%) JUnit
11 10 (0.52%) REST Assured
12 9 (0.46%) ER Studio
13 8 (0.41%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 999 (51.49%) Social Skills
2 773 (39.85%) Finance
3 293 (15.10%) Banking
4 172 (8.87%) Public Sector
5 102 (5.26%) Front Office
6 93 (4.79%) Marketing
7 91 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
8 87 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
9 78 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
9 78 (4.02%) Retail
10 75 (3.87%) Legal
11 64 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 60 (3.09%) Investment Banking
13 59 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
14 55 (2.84%) Telecoms
15 45 (2.32%) Local Government
16 36 (1.86%) Financial Institution
17 31 (1.60%) Back Office
18 26 (1.34%) Manufacturing
19 22 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 484 (24.95%) Analyst
2 231 (11.91%) Senior
3 229 (11.80%) Business Analyst
4 172 (8.87%) Developer
5 135 (6.96%) Architect
6 132 (6.80%) Lead
7 107 (5.52%) Data Engineer
8 102 (5.26%) Data Analyst
9 74 (3.81%) Consultant
10 62 (3.20%) Data Scientist
11 53 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
12 52 (2.68%) Project Manager
13 49 (2.53%) Senior Developer
14 33 (1.70%) Senior Manager
15 32 (1.65%) Solutions Architect
15 32 (1.65%) Support Engineer
16 31 (1.60%) Java Developer
16 31 (1.60%) Technical Analyst
17 30 (1.55%) Technical Business Analyst
18 29 (1.49%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (6.03%) REST
2 92 (4.74%) .NET
3 74 (3.81%) Terraform
4 61 (3.14%) Kafka
5 57 (2.94%) RESTful
6 46 (2.37%) JSON
7 44 (2.27%) Web Services
7 44 (2.27%) XML
8 43 (2.22%) Middleware
9 42 (2.16%) HTML
9 42 (2.16%) SOAP
10 40 (2.06%) PySpark
11 35 (1.80%) CSS
12 34 (1.75%) React
13 33 (1.70%) Spring
14 30 (1.55%) Pandas
15 28 (1.44%) Spring Boot
16 23 (1.19%) AngularJS
17 21 (1.08%) OAuth
17 21 (1.08%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 156 (8.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 141 (7.27%) Product Ownership
3 119 (6.13%) Onboarding
4 87 (4.48%) Cloud Native
5 79 (4.07%) Data Structures
6 67 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 65 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
8 61 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
9 56 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
11 34 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
12 33 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 32 (1.65%) AI Agents
14 30 (1.55%) Derivative
14 30 (1.55%) Fixed Income
15 29 (1.49%) Algorithms
15 29 (1.49%) Equities
16 25 (1.29%) Reference Data
17 24 (1.24%) Data Centre
18 21 (1.08%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 129 (6.65%) Linux
2 122 (6.29%) Windows
3 48 (2.47%) Unix
4 23 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.88%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.88%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.72%) Android
9 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.31%) Solaris
11 5 (0.26%) AIX
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.10%) SUSE
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.052%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.052%) VMS
14 1 (0.052%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,010 (52.06%) Problem-Solving
2 648 (33.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 579 (29.85%) Agile
4 397 (20.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 383 (19.74%) Analytics
6 373 (19.23%) AI
7 364 (18.76%) Decision-Making
8 284 (14.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 256 (13.20%) DevOps
10 251 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
10 251 (12.94%) CI/CD
10 251 (12.94%) Validation
11 243 (12.53%) Data Modelling
12 220 (11.34%) Migration
13 194 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
14 187 (9.64%) Data Analysis
15 180 (9.28%) Data Pipeline
16 179 (9.23%) Roadmaps
17 162 (8.35%) User Stories
17 162 (8.35%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 564 (29.07%) SQL
2 442 (22.78%) Python
3 131 (6.75%) Java
4 105 (5.41%) C#
5 97 (5.00%) JavaScript
6 74 (3.81%) PowerShell
7 48 (2.47%) TypeScript
8 47 (2.42%) Bash
9 36 (1.86%) R
10 33 (1.70%) C++
10 33 (1.70%) PL/SQL
11 29 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 27 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 19 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 17 (0.88%) Scala
15 15 (0.77%) Korn
15 15 (0.77%) Perl
16 10 (0.52%) Go
17 8 (0.41%) C
17 8 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 271 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 243 (12.53%) Degree
3 215 (11.08%) SC Cleared
4 65 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (1.86%) CISSP
7 30 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.55%) PMP
8 29 (1.49%) PMI Certification
9 25 (1.29%) Azure Certification
10 23 (1.19%) CISM
11 22 (1.13%) DV Cleared
12 21 (1.08%) ACCA
13 20 (1.03%) CIMA
14 19 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
15 18 (0.93%) ISTQB
16 17 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
17 14 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 14 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 159 (8.20%) QA
3 89 (4.59%) PMO
4 55 (2.84%) GDPR
5 49 (2.53%) SLA
6 43 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 37 (1.91%) NIST
8 31 (1.60%) Accessibility
9 27 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 26 (1.34%) GRC
11 19 (0.98%) COBIT
12 18 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 17 (0.88%) IFRS
14 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
15 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
16 6 (0.31%) P3O
16 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 86 (4.43%) Docker
2 75 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.46%) IAG
6 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.15%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.10%) Firmware
9 2 (0.10%) Postfix
9 2 (0.10%) Squid
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.052%) NFS
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 88 (4.54%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.27%) Ansible
3 32 (1.65%) Grafana
4 31 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.82%) SCCM
6 15 (0.77%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.67%) Control-M
8 12 (0.62%) Kibana
9 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.36%) Puppet
10 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 5 (0.26%) Istio
12 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.21%) systemd
13 3 (0.15%) Cilium
13 3 (0.15%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.10%) Argo
14 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 337 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 169 (8.71%) Oracle
3 103 (5.31%) SAP
4 95 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 88 (4.54%) Databricks
6 74 (3.81%) Google
7 64 (3.30%) Salesforce
8 52 (2.68%) Splunk
9 35 (1.80%) IBM
10 33 (1.70%) Dynatrace
11 32 (1.65%) Cisco
12 29 (1.49%) VMware
13 25 (1.29%) Adobe
14 21 (1.08%) CyberArk
15 20 (1.03%) Alteryx
16 19 (0.98%) Informatica
16 19 (0.98%) Workday
17 16 (0.82%) Sitecore
18 15 (0.77%) Red Hat
19 13 (0.67%) Apple