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 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,984 1,452 1,416
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.67% 10.84% 8.86%
As % of the General category 15.59% 15.82% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 897 861
10th Percentile £338 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £514
% change year-on-year - -2.68% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 32 23
10th Percentile £19.03 £18.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.12 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 £34.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -1.49% -30.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £69.00 £74.01
England median hourly rate £28.40 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.63% +30.00% -42.77%

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 12,725 9,178 10,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.05% 68.52% 62.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,130 6,045 6,454
10th Percentile £350 £331 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £574
Median % change year-on-year - -4.18% -3.12%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £780 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 179 116
10th Percentile £15.55 £17.88 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £24.50 £25.62
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% -10.03% +1.45%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.40 £73.13
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -10 226 £550 - 322
West London +8 92 £553 +33.13% 60
South London -5 28 £536 -17.54% 19
East London +1 12 £500 +38.89% 18
North London +2 5 £525 - 2
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 97 (4.89%) Confluence
2 48 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 47 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 29 (1.46%) CMS
5 24 (1.21%) Apache
6 23 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 9 (0.45%) SAS
9 8 (0.40%) JBoss
9 8 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
9 8 (0.40%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.25%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.25%) Appian
10 5 (0.25%) IIS
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.15%) nginx
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 192 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 31 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.35%) CPLEX
8 6 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.25%) Trello
10 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.15%) Productboard
11 2 (0.10%) Notion
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.050%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.050%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (0.96%) Aladdin
4 15 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.40%) Finacle
5 8 (0.40%) iTrent
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.35%) Shopify
7 6 (0.30%) Magento
7 6 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
8 5 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.25%) SAP GRC
9 4 (0.20%) HFM
9 4 (0.20%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
9 4 (0.20%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 403 (20.31%) Azure
2 274 (13.81%) AWS
3 257 (12.95%) Power Platform
4 111 (5.59%) GCP
5 98 (4.94%) GitHub
6 86 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (4.18%) Snowflake
8 76 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
9 74 (3.73%) SaaS
10 73 (3.68%) Entra ID
11 47 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
11 47 (2.37%) Serverless
12 40 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
13 39 (1.97%) dbt
14 36 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 31 (1.56%) Amazon S3
16 29 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
17 27 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
18 25 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 25 (1.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.02%) Firewall
2 37 (1.86%) Network Security
3 36 (1.81%) TCP/IP
4 35 (1.76%) VPN
5 32 (1.61%) DNS
6 19 (0.96%) DHCP
7 16 (0.81%) BGP
7 16 (0.81%) SSL
7 16 (0.81%) WAN
8 15 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
8 15 (0.76%) VLAN
9 14 (0.71%) 5G
10 12 (0.60%) HTTP
10 12 (0.60%) MPLS
11 11 (0.55%) Kerberos
12 10 (0.50%) SAN
12 10 (0.50%) Wireshark
13 9 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
13 9 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (11.24%) Power BI
2 110 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
3 106 (5.34%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.18%) Tableau
5 78 (3.93%) Relational Database
6 71 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
7 67 (3.38%) Metadata
8 39 (1.97%) NoSQL
9 38 (1.92%) MongoDB
10 35 (1.76%) Data Lake
11 33 (1.66%) Oracle Database
12 27 (1.36%) Power Query
13 25 (1.26%) BigQuery
13 25 (1.26%) Delta Lake
14 24 (1.21%) Big Data
15 23 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
15 23 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 17 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
16 17 (0.86%) RDBMS
17 15 (0.76%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 198 (9.98%) JIRA
2 137 (6.91%) Git
3 67 (3.38%) Jenkins
4 43 (2.17%) GitLab
5 28 (1.41%) Selenium
6 20 (1.01%) JMeter
7 16 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.81%) Maven
8 15 (0.76%) Gradle
9 14 (0.71%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.71%) Postman
10 12 (0.60%) LoadRunner
11 11 (0.55%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.50%) JUnit
12 10 (0.50%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.45%) ERwin
13 9 (0.45%) Gatling
13 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.40%) Visual Studio
15 7 (0.35%) Mockito
General
1 1,032 (52.02%) Social Skills
2 828 (41.73%) Finance
3 330 (16.63%) Banking
4 179 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 100 (5.04%) Front Office
6 97 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
7 93 (4.69%) Marketing
8 92 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
8 92 (4.64%) Legal
9 84 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
10 82 (4.13%) Retail
11 70 (3.53%) Investment Banking
12 63 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 63 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
13 57 (2.87%) Local Government
14 49 (2.47%) Telecoms
15 41 (2.07%) Financial Institution
16 39 (1.97%) Back Office
17 27 (1.36%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 496 (25.00%) Analyst
2 243 (12.25%) Senior
3 228 (11.49%) Business Analyst
4 191 (9.63%) Developer
5 137 (6.91%) Lead
6 117 (5.90%) Architect
7 103 (5.19%) Data Analyst
8 100 (5.04%) Data Engineer
9 92 (4.64%) Consultant
10 57 (2.87%) Data Scientist
10 57 (2.87%) Project Manager
11 52 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
11 52 (2.62%) Senior Developer
12 34 (1.71%) Senior Manager
12 34 (1.71%) Technical Analyst
13 31 (1.56%) Java Developer
13 31 (1.56%) Support Engineer
14 30 (1.51%) Technical Business Analyst
15 29 (1.46%) IT Support
16 28 (1.41%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (6.50%) REST
2 103 (5.19%) .NET
3 92 (4.64%) Terraform
4 68 (3.43%) Kafka
5 64 (3.23%) RESTful
6 51 (2.57%) Web Services
7 46 (2.32%) Middleware
8 44 (2.22%) SOAP
9 43 (2.17%) HTML
10 42 (2.12%) JSON
11 41 (2.07%) XML
12 39 (1.97%) PySpark
12 39 (1.97%) Spring
13 35 (1.76%) React
13 35 (1.76%) Spring Boot
14 34 (1.71%) CSS
15 24 (1.21%) Pandas
16 23 (1.16%) .NET Core
16 23 (1.16%) AngularJS
17 22 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 148 (7.46%) Product Ownership
2 145 (7.31%) Analytical Mindset
3 122 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 84 (4.23%) Cloud Native
5 76 (3.83%) Data Structures
5 76 (3.83%) Management Information System
6 71 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
7 54 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
8 51 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
9 47 (2.37%) AI Agents
10 42 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
11 41 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
12 34 (1.71%) Derivative
13 32 (1.61%) Fixed Income
14 29 (1.46%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.46%) Equities
14 29 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 26 (1.31%) Reference Data
16 25 (1.26%) Credit Risk
17 22 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 136 (6.85%) Linux
2 126 (6.35%) Windows
3 52 (2.62%) Unix
4 25 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (1.21%) Windows 10
6 23 (1.16%) Windows Server
7 17 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.86%) macOS
8 14 (0.71%) Android
9 7 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.20%) Solaris
11 3 (0.15%) AIX
11 3 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.10%) SUSE
12 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.050%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.050%) VMS
13 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,048 (52.82%) Problem-Solving
2 739 (37.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 568 (28.63%) Agile
4 423 (21.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 402 (20.26%) AI
6 388 (19.56%) Analytics
7 360 (18.15%) Decision-Making
8 292 (14.72%) CI/CD
9 284 (14.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 273 (13.76%) DevOps
11 271 (13.66%) Validation
12 265 (13.36%) Business Intelligence
13 239 (12.05%) Data Modelling
14 231 (11.64%) Migration
15 204 (10.28%) Roadmaps
16 202 (10.18%) User Acceptance Testing
17 194 (9.78%) Data Analysis
18 187 (9.43%) Business Analysis
19 186 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
20 177 (8.92%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 577 (29.08%) SQL
2 435 (21.93%) Python
3 122 (6.15%) Java
4 110 (5.54%) C#
5 103 (5.19%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.88%) PowerShell
7 57 (2.87%) Bash
8 39 (1.97%) TypeScript
9 31 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.56%) PL/SQL
9 31 (1.56%) R
10 28 (1.41%) Shell Script
10 28 (1.41%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.36%) C++
12 16 (0.81%) Korn
12 16 (0.81%) Perl
13 13 (0.66%) Go
13 13 (0.66%) Scala
14 9 (0.45%) Groovy
15 8 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 273 (13.76%) Security Cleared
2 263 (13.26%) Degree
3 223 (11.24%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.86%) PMI Certification
7 36 (1.81%) PMP
8 34 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.61%) CISSP
10 27 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 26 (1.31%) ACCA
11 26 (1.31%) CIMA
12 23 (1.16%) DV Cleared
13 22 (1.11%) CISM
13 22 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (1.01%) AWS Certification
15 19 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 16 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
18 15 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (13.21%) Data Quality
2 158 (7.96%) QA
3 75 (3.78%) PMO
4 59 (2.97%) GDPR
5 45 (2.27%) SLA
6 42 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 35 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
8 32 (1.61%) NIST
9 30 (1.51%) Accessibility
10 29 (1.46%) GRC
11 20 (1.01%) IFRS
12 14 (0.71%) COBIT
13 13 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.60%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.40%) Basel III
16 8 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.30%) GAAP
17 6 (0.30%) P3O
17 6 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (5.14%) Docker
2 82 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.30%) IAG
7 5 (0.25%) Firmware
7 5 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.20%) vSphere
9 3 (0.15%) NFS
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.10%) Postfix
10 2 (0.10%) Squid
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.050%) Ceph
11 1 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.050%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.050%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.32%) Ansible
3 35 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (1.66%) Grafana
5 16 (0.81%) Kibana
5 16 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.81%) SCCM
6 15 (0.76%) Control-M
7 8 (0.40%) Puppet
8 7 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.25%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.20%) Argo
10 4 (0.20%) Istio
10 4 (0.20%) systemd
11 3 (0.15%) Cilium
11 3 (0.15%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.10%) logstash
12 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 377 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 172 (8.67%) Oracle
3 100 (5.04%) Databricks
4 96 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 91 (4.59%) SAP
6 75 (3.78%) Google
7 66 (3.33%) Salesforce
8 55 (2.77%) Splunk
9 37 (1.86%) IBM
10 35 (1.76%) Cisco
11 31 (1.56%) Dynatrace
12 29 (1.46%) VMware
13 25 (1.26%) CyberArk
14 21 (1.06%) Adobe
15 18 (0.91%) UiPath
16 17 (0.86%) Alteryx
16 17 (0.86%) Red Hat
16 17 (0.86%) Workday
17 16 (0.81%) Murex
18 15 (0.76%) Informatica