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 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,582 1,389 1,478
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.15% 10.26% 8.11%
As % of the General category 15.90% 15.66% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 978 827 1,014
10th Percentile £343 £314 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £846
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 50
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.32 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.87 £28.21 £16.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £39.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +71.74% -20.69%
75th Percentile £47.13 £65.00 £41.81
90th Percentile £56.10 £80.75 £53.30
England median hourly rate £30.15 £27.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.15% +35.63% -42.86%

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 9,950 8,872 11,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.83% 65.51% 63.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,483 5,652 8,254
10th Percentile £350 £325 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 112 253
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £27.19 £19.00
Median hourly rate £31.49 £39.00 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +31.22% +4.28%
75th Percentile £49.38 £55.38 £49.08
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.72 £73.73
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.47% +17.12% -10.34%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +2 235 £525 - 156
West London -14 29 £500 +33.33% 38
South London -7 28 £506 -13.16% 8
East London +3 9 £400 -37.55% 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 82 (5.18%) Confluence
2 30 (1.90%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.83%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.88%) Apache
7 12 (0.76%) CMS
8 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.25%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.13%) Camunda
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.063%) Appian
11 1 (0.063%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.063%) Traefik
Applications
1 167 (10.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (3.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.59%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Trello
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.063%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.063%) Notion
10 1 (0.063%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.063%) Revit
10 1 (0.063%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.51%) SAP HR
5 7 (0.44%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.44%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.38%) Shopify
7 5 (0.32%) BASE24
7 5 (0.32%) Endur
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
Cloud Services
1 314 (19.85%) Azure
2 215 (13.59%) AWS
3 210 (13.27%) Power Platform
4 84 (5.31%) SaaS
5 81 (5.12%) GCP
6 69 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (2.84%) GitHub
9 43 (2.72%) Entra ID
9 43 (2.72%) IaaS
9 43 (2.72%) Serverless
10 42 (2.65%) Snowflake
11 36 (2.28%) Amazon S3
12 35 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 31 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (1.45%) dbt
16 20 (1.26%) Amazon ECS
16 20 (1.26%) PaaS
17 19 (1.20%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.15%) Firewall
2 31 (1.96%) Network Security
3 28 (1.77%) DNS
4 23 (1.45%) VPN
5 16 (1.01%) WAN
6 14 (0.88%) DHCP
7 13 (0.82%) LAN
8 11 (0.70%) VLAN
9 9 (0.57%) Internet
9 9 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 8 (0.51%) SAN
10 8 (0.51%) SMS
10 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.44%) HTTP
11 7 (0.44%) SSL
11 7 (0.44%) VoIP
11 7 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.32%) CTI
12 5 (0.32%) DMZ
13 4 (0.25%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (12.07%) Power BI
2 85 (5.37%) Tableau
3 72 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (3.48%) SQL Server
5 42 (2.65%) Metadata
6 34 (2.15%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.83%) Data Lake
8 27 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
9 22 (1.39%) NoSQL
9 22 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
10 20 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.07%) Big Data
11 17 (1.07%) BigQuery
11 17 (1.07%) MongoDB
11 17 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
12 16 (1.01%) DB2
13 14 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.76%) Looker
Development Applications
1 157 (9.92%) JIRA
2 66 (4.17%) Git
3 22 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.07%) GitLab
4 17 (1.07%) Selenium
5 13 (0.82%) JUnit
6 11 (0.70%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.63%) MLflow
8 9 (0.57%) Postman
9 8 (0.51%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.38%) Appium
10 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.38%) JMeter
11 5 (0.32%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.32%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.25%) sqlmap
General
1 812 (51.33%) Social Skills
2 566 (35.78%) Finance
3 213 (13.46%) Banking
4 132 (8.34%) Public Sector
5 100 (6.32%) Marketing
6 71 (4.49%) Legal
7 65 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
8 62 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
9 61 (3.86%) Investment Banking
10 52 (3.29%) Front Office
11 45 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
12 44 (2.78%) Retail
13 40 (2.53%) Financial Institution
14 36 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 34 (2.15%) Back Office
15 34 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.52%) Publishing
17 21 (1.33%) Law
18 15 (0.95%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 426 (26.93%) Analyst
2 219 (13.84%) Business Analyst
3 184 (11.63%) Senior
4 154 (9.73%) Developer
5 117 (7.40%) Architect
6 97 (6.13%) Data Analyst
6 97 (6.13%) Lead
7 84 (5.31%) Consultant
8 70 (4.42%) Data Engineer
9 60 (3.79%) Project Manager
10 54 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
11 41 (2.59%) Data Scientist
12 39 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
13 35 (2.21%) Senior Developer
14 33 (2.09%) Senior Business Analyst
15 30 (1.90%) Product Manager
16 26 (1.64%) Senior Manager
17 24 (1.52%) Python Developer
17 24 (1.52%) Security Analyst
18 23 (1.45%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.75%) REST
2 52 (3.29%) JSON
3 48 (3.03%) Kafka
4 41 (2.59%) .NET
5 35 (2.21%) Middleware
6 33 (2.09%) HTML
6 33 (2.09%) Pandas
7 30 (1.90%) CSS
7 30 (1.90%) RESTful
7 30 (1.90%) XML
8 27 (1.71%) scikit-learn
8 27 (1.71%) SOAP
9 25 (1.58%) NumPy
10 23 (1.45%) React
11 22 (1.39%) Node.js
12 21 (1.33%) AngularJS
12 21 (1.33%) Spring
13 19 (1.20%) PyTorch
14 18 (1.14%) OAuth
14 18 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 153 (9.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 71 (4.49%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 55 (3.48%) Data Structures
5 49 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 48 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.72%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.15%) Derivative
9 33 (2.09%) Fixed Income
10 32 (2.02%) Equities
11 30 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.90%) PKI
12 28 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
13 25 (1.58%) Data Centre
13 25 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
13 25 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 23 (1.45%) Security Posture
15 22 (1.39%) Cloud Native
16 19 (1.20%) Mobile App
17 18 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 72 (4.55%) Windows
2 64 (4.05%) Linux
3 26 (1.64%) Unix
4 12 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.70%) Android
5 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.25%) VMS
9 3 (0.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.063%) AIX
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.063%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 800 (50.57%) Problem-Solving
2 477 (30.15%) Agile
3 322 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 312 (19.72%) Analytics
5 271 (17.13%) Decision-Making
6 222 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
7 219 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 213 (13.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 196 (12.39%) Data Modelling
10 193 (12.20%) AI
11 172 (10.87%) Validation
12 164 (10.37%) CI/CD
13 162 (10.24%) DevOps
14 161 (10.18%) Data Analysis
15 151 (9.54%) Visualisation
16 147 (9.29%) Roadmaps
17 143 (9.04%) Actionable Insight
18 141 (8.91%) Migration
19 138 (8.72%) Project Management
20 131 (8.28%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 414 (26.17%) SQL
2 338 (21.37%) Python
3 79 (4.99%) Java
3 79 (4.99%) PowerShell
4 72 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 67 (4.24%) C#
6 39 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 38 (2.40%) Bash
8 27 (1.71%) C++
9 22 (1.39%) R
10 20 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 17 (1.07%) Shell Script
12 15 (0.95%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.95%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.76%) Scala
14 8 (0.51%) C
15 7 (0.44%) Korn
15 7 (0.44%) VBA
16 6 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 237 (14.98%) Degree
2 234 (14.79%) Security Cleared
3 170 (10.75%) SC Cleared
4 66 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.92%) Master's Degree
6 45 (2.84%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.09%) PMP
8 26 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 22 (1.39%) CISSP
11 16 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.88%) AWS Certification
14 13 (0.82%) CIMA
15 12 (0.76%) ACCA
15 12 (0.76%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.76%) OSCP
16 11 (0.70%) CBAP
16 11 (0.70%) CISM
16 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (11.00%) Data Quality
2 137 (8.66%) QA
3 81 (5.12%) GDPR
4 49 (3.10%) PMO
5 47 (2.97%) Accessibility
6 31 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (1.90%) NIST
8 23 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 23 (1.45%) PCI DSS
9 21 (1.33%) GRC
10 19 (1.20%) SLA
11 17 (1.07%) COBIT
12 16 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 12 (0.76%) WCAG
14 10 (0.63%) EMIR
14 10 (0.63%) ISO 20022
14 10 (0.63%) MiFID
14 10 (0.63%) Solvency II
15 8 (0.51%) PSD2
System Software
1 64 (4.05%) Docker
2 51 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.38%) zsh
5 5 (0.32%) HDFS
6 4 (0.25%) vSphere
7 3 (0.19%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.19%) Squid
7 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.063%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.063%) Firmware
9 1 (0.063%) KVM
9 1 (0.063%) NFS
9 1 (0.063%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.063%) Xen
9 1 (0.063%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.78%) Terraform
3 31 (1.96%) Ansible
4 17 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.76%) SCCM
6 10 (0.63%) Grafana
7 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.44%) Nessus
9 5 (0.32%) Nmap
9 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.25%) SCOM
11 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.13%) Suricata
12 2 (0.13%) vRealize
13 1 (0.063%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.063%) Istio
13 1 (0.063%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.063%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 261 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.56%) Oracle
3 85 (5.37%) Salesforce
4 82 (5.18%) SAP
5 71 (4.49%) Databricks
6 67 (4.24%) Google
7 52 (3.29%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.83%) Splunk
9 24 (1.52%) Bloomberg
9 24 (1.52%) Cisco
10 23 (1.45%) VMware
11 20 (1.26%) Adobe
12 18 (1.14%) Murex
13 16 (1.01%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.95%) Informatica
14 15 (0.95%) Workday
15 13 (0.82%) Juniper
15 13 (0.82%) Remedy
16 12 (0.76%) IBM
16 12 (0.76%) OpenAI