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

6 months to
10 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 1,934 1,566 1,367
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.52% 11.60% 8.46%
As % of the General category 15.53% 16.80% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 990 855
10th Percentile £338 £313 £316
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £775 £752
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 32 22
10th Percentile £19.72 £17.05 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £26.83 £19.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £34.74 £37.29
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -6.83% -25.06%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.30 £59.63 £65.03
England median hourly rate £35.82 £32.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +10.22% +47.73% -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 12,455 9,324 10,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.30% 69.05% 62.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,925 6,144 6,763
10th Percentile £350 £325 £332
25th Percentile £450 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -5.22% -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 245 186 125
10th Percentile £16.93 £16.75 £17.70
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.70 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% -6.59% +9.65%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.36 £65.00 £65.61
England median hourly rate £31.31 £25.15 £38.68
% change year-on-year +24.48% -34.97% +40.64%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -10 225 £525 -4.55% 311
West London +7 87 £520 +26.06% 121
South London +4 32 £537 -14.08% 22
East London +2 14 £500 +53.85% 39
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 87 (4.50%) Confluence
2 48 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 43 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.34%) CMS
6 23 (1.19%) Apache
7 21 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.47%) 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 (0.16%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 185 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 37 (1.91%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.52%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.36%) CPLEX
9 5 (0.26%) Trello
10 3 (0.16%) 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 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.72%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.67%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.52%) Finacle
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.47%) Shopify
8 8 (0.41%) iTrent
9 6 (0.31%) Magento
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.31%) Summit
10 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
11 4 (0.21%) Findur
11 4 (0.21%) HFM
11 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 390 (20.17%) Azure
2 280 (14.48%) AWS
3 245 (12.67%) Power Platform
4 101 (5.22%) GCP
5 86 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (4.19%) SaaS
7 80 (4.14%) GitHub
8 75 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
9 69 (3.57%) Entra ID
10 66 (3.41%) Snowflake
11 47 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 42 (2.17%) Serverless
13 40 (2.07%) dbt
14 37 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
15 32 (1.65%) Amazon S3
16 31 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
16 31 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 26 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
18 24 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
19 21 (1.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.33%) Firewall
2 36 (1.86%) DNS
3 31 (1.60%) Network Security
3 31 (1.60%) TCP/IP
4 29 (1.50%) VPN
5 23 (1.19%) DHCP
6 18 (0.93%) WAN
7 16 (0.83%) SSL
8 14 (0.72%) BGP
9 13 (0.67%) HTTP
9 13 (0.67%) SAN
10 12 (0.62%) Radio Access Network
11 11 (0.57%) 5G
11 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 11 (0.57%) VLAN
11 11 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.52%) MPLS
13 9 (0.47%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.47%) Wireless
14 8 (0.41%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (11.27%) Power BI
2 108 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
3 102 (5.27%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.29%) Tableau
5 80 (4.14%) Relational Database
6 77 (3.98%) Metadata
7 64 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 36 (1.86%) Data Lake
10 31 (1.60%) MongoDB
11 29 (1.50%) Oracle Database
12 28 (1.45%) Big Data
12 28 (1.45%) Delta Lake
13 23 (1.19%) Power Query
13 23 (1.19%) RDBMS
14 22 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 21 (1.09%) BigQuery
16 17 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
17 16 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
18 15 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 192 (9.93%) JIRA
2 104 (5.38%) Git
3 52 (2.69%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.60%) Selenium
5 25 (1.29%) GitLab
6 22 (1.14%) JMeter
7 15 (0.78%) Bitbucket
7 15 (0.78%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.78%) Postman
8 14 (0.72%) LoadRunner
9 13 (0.67%) ERwin
10 12 (0.62%) Maven
11 11 (0.57%) Gradle
11 11 (0.57%) JUnit
11 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.52%) Gatling
12 10 (0.52%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.47%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.41%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 997 (51.55%) Social Skills
2 770 (39.81%) Finance
3 294 (15.20%) Banking
4 169 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 102 (5.27%) Front Office
6 94 (4.86%) Marketing
7 90 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
8 86 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
9 77 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
10 76 (3.93%) Retail
11 75 (3.88%) Legal
12 63 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 60 (3.10%) Investment Banking
14 59 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
15 55 (2.84%) Telecoms
16 44 (2.28%) Local Government
17 37 (1.91%) Financial Institution
18 31 (1.60%) Back Office
19 24 (1.24%) Manufacturing
20 22 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 483 (24.97%) Analyst
2 230 (11.89%) Business Analyst
3 229 (11.84%) Senior
4 173 (8.95%) Developer
5 134 (6.93%) Architect
5 134 (6.93%) Lead
6 105 (5.43%) Data Engineer
7 101 (5.22%) Data Analyst
8 73 (3.77%) Consultant
9 63 (3.26%) Data Scientist
10 53 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
11 51 (2.64%) Project Manager
12 49 (2.53%) Senior Developer
13 33 (1.71%) Senior Manager
14 32 (1.65%) Support Engineer
15 31 (1.60%) Java Developer
15 31 (1.60%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (1.60%) Technical Analyst
16 30 (1.55%) Technical Business Analyst
17 29 (1.50%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (6.05%) REST
2 92 (4.76%) .NET
3 71 (3.67%) Terraform
4 61 (3.15%) Kafka
5 56 (2.90%) RESTful
6 46 (2.38%) JSON
7 44 (2.28%) Web Services
7 44 (2.28%) XML
8 43 (2.22%) Middleware
9 42 (2.17%) SOAP
10 41 (2.12%) HTML
11 40 (2.07%) PySpark
12 34 (1.76%) CSS
12 34 (1.76%) React
12 34 (1.76%) Spring
13 30 (1.55%) Pandas
14 29 (1.50%) Spring Boot
15 23 (1.19%) AngularJS
16 21 (1.09%) OAuth
16 21 (1.09%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 157 (8.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 141 (7.29%) Product Ownership
3 119 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 84 (4.34%) Cloud Native
5 78 (4.03%) Data Structures
6 67 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 67 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
7 60 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
8 56 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 34 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.65%) AI Agents
12 30 (1.55%) Derivative
13 29 (1.50%) Algorithms
13 29 (1.50%) Fixed Income
14 28 (1.45%) Equities
15 25 (1.29%) Reference Data
16 24 (1.24%) Data Centre
17 22 (1.14%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 129 (6.67%) Linux
2 124 (6.41%) Windows
3 48 (2.48%) Unix
4 23 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.14%) 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 (0.16%) 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 1,006 (52.02%) Problem-Solving
2 639 (33.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 577 (29.83%) Agile
4 398 (20.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 384 (19.86%) Analytics
6 371 (19.18%) AI
7 363 (18.77%) Decision-Making
8 282 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 252 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
9 252 (13.03%) DevOps
10 250 (12.93%) Validation
11 248 (12.82%) CI/CD
12 245 (12.67%) Data Modelling
13 216 (11.17%) Migration
14 194 (10.03%) User Acceptance Testing
15 189 (9.77%) Data Analysis
16 177 (9.15%) Data Pipeline
17 175 (9.05%) Roadmaps
18 163 (8.43%) User Stories
19 161 (8.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 561 (29.01%) SQL
2 442 (22.85%) Python
3 131 (6.77%) Java
4 105 (5.43%) C#
5 96 (4.96%) JavaScript
6 75 (3.88%) PowerShell
7 48 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 47 (2.43%) Bash
9 36 (1.86%) R
10 33 (1.71%) C++
10 33 (1.71%) PL/SQL
11 29 (1.50%) T-SQL
12 27 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 19 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 17 (0.88%) Scala
15 15 (0.78%) Perl
16 14 (0.72%) Korn
17 9 (0.47%) Go
17 9 (0.47%) Ruby
18 8 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 273 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 242 (12.51%) Degree
3 217 (11.22%) SC Cleared
4 65 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (1.96%) CISSP
7 30 (1.55%) PMP
8 29 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 29 (1.50%) PMI Certification
9 25 (1.29%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.24%) CISM
11 20 (1.03%) ACCA
11 20 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (1.03%) DV Cleared
12 19 (0.98%) CIMA
13 18 (0.93%) ISTQB
13 18 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (0.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (13.03%) Data Quality
2 159 (8.22%) QA
3 87 (4.50%) PMO
4 54 (2.79%) GDPR
5 49 (2.53%) SLA
6 44 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 40 (2.07%) NIST
8 31 (1.60%) Accessibility
9 28 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 28 (1.45%) GRC
10 19 (0.98%) COBIT
11 18 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 17 (0.88%) IFRS
13 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
15 6 (0.31%) P3O
15 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 82 (4.24%) Docker
2 75 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.47%) IAG
6 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) 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 84 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.28%) Ansible
3 32 (1.65%) Grafana
4 31 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.83%) SCCM
6 15 (0.78%) 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 (0.16%) Cilium
13 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.10%) Argo
14 2 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 337 (17.43%) Microsoft
2 169 (8.74%) Oracle
3 101 (5.22%) SAP
4 96 (4.96%) ServiceNow
5 86 (4.45%) Databricks
6 71 (3.67%) Google
7 64 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 52 (2.69%) Splunk
9 36 (1.86%) IBM
10 33 (1.71%) Dynatrace
11 32 (1.65%) Cisco
12 29 (1.50%) VMware
13 25 (1.29%) Adobe
14 21 (1.09%) CyberArk
15 20 (1.03%) Alteryx
16 19 (0.98%) Informatica
16 19 (0.98%) Workday
17 16 (0.83%) Sitecore
18 15 (0.78%) Red Hat
19 14 (0.72%) Apple