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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,670 1,518 1,421
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.73% 11.96% 8.07%
As % of the General category 14.47% 17.53% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 958 979
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% - -2.47%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £688
90th Percentile £750 £813 £803
England median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.20% -4.57% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 39
10th Percentile £19.11 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £38.11 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +69.38% -46.11%
75th Percentile £50.62 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £67.50 £57.00
England median hourly rate £33.75 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% +66.67% -48.34%

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 11,541 8,658 11,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.36% 68.19% 62.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,420 5,781 7,870
10th Percentile £350 £331 £331
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £814 £825
England median daily rate £522 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.46% -2.83% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 163 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.79
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +12.73% -5.51%
75th Percentile £45.75 £50.97 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.75 £65.81
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -16.67% +17.19%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -10 210 £550 - 108
West London +3 79 £516 +29.06% 41
South London +1 31 £475 -24.00% 11
East London -4 8 £400 -7.03% 17
North London - 1 - - 9
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 72 (4.31%) Confluence
2 32 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (1.86%) Apache Spark
4 27 (1.62%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.08%) Apache
6 14 (0.84%) CMS
6 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.42%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.30%) IIS
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Appian
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.060%) nginx
13 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.060%) Traefik
Applications
1 152 (9.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.46%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.66%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 14 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.60%) Finacle
4 10 (0.60%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.54%) Fidessa
5 9 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.36%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.36%) SimCorp Dimension
6 6 (0.36%) Summit
7 5 (0.30%) iTrent
7 5 (0.30%) Magento
7 5 (0.30%) Shopify
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 333 (19.94%) Azure
2 235 (14.07%) AWS
3 209 (12.51%) Power Platform
4 87 (5.21%) GCP
5 76 (4.55%) SaaS
6 71 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
8 60 (3.59%) GitHub
9 41 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 35 (2.10%) Snowflake
12 34 (2.04%) Amazon S3
12 34 (2.04%) Serverless
13 29 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
14 27 (1.62%) dbt
15 26 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
15 26 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
16 24 (1.44%) PaaS
17 21 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 20 (1.20%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.46%) Firewall
2 25 (1.50%) DNS
3 24 (1.44%) Network Security
4 19 (1.14%) WAN
5 18 (1.08%) VPN
6 16 (0.96%) DHCP
6 16 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.90%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.78%) SAN
9 11 (0.66%) BGP
10 10 (0.60%) VLAN
11 9 (0.54%) 5G
11 9 (0.54%) Internet
11 9 (0.54%) OSPF
12 8 (0.48%) 4G
12 8 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.48%) HTTP
12 8 (0.48%) VXLAN
13 7 (0.42%) MPLS
13 7 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (11.08%) Power BI
2 95 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (4.97%) SQL Server
4 76 (4.55%) Tableau
5 67 (4.01%) Relational Database
6 55 (3.29%) Metadata
7 40 (2.40%) Data Lake
7 40 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (1.92%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.56%) Big Data
10 24 (1.44%) MongoDB
10 24 (1.44%) RDBMS
11 22 (1.32%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (1.26%) Oracle Database
13 20 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
14 19 (1.14%) Power Query
15 18 (1.08%) Star Schema
16 15 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 159 (9.52%) JIRA
2 64 (3.83%) Git
3 29 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.38%) Selenium
5 13 (0.78%) REST Assured
6 12 (0.72%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.72%) Postman
7 11 (0.66%) GitLab
8 10 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.60%) ERwin
8 10 (0.60%) MLflow
9 9 (0.54%) JUnit
10 8 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.42%) JMeter
11 7 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.36%) Chocolatey
12 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.30%) Maven
13 5 (0.30%) Mockito
General
1 771 (46.17%) Social Skills
2 660 (39.52%) Finance
3 241 (14.43%) Banking
4 136 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 88 (5.27%) Marketing
6 81 (4.85%) Front Office
6 81 (4.85%) Legal
7 72 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
8 67 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
9 60 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (3.17%) Investment Banking
11 51 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
12 49 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 48 (2.87%) Telecoms
14 45 (2.69%) Retail
15 38 (2.28%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.62%) Back Office
17 21 (1.26%) Law
18 18 (1.08%) Local Government
18 18 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 437 (26.17%) Analyst
2 222 (13.29%) Business Analyst
3 161 (9.64%) Senior
4 149 (8.92%) Developer
5 117 (7.01%) Architect
6 110 (6.59%) Lead
7 99 (5.93%) Data Engineer
8 95 (5.69%) Data Analyst
9 92 (5.51%) Consultant
10 61 (3.65%) Data Scientist
11 51 (3.05%) Project Manager
12 41 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.98%) Senior Developer
15 29 (1.74%) Financial Analyst
15 29 (1.74%) Senior Business Analyst
16 24 (1.44%) Product Owner
16 24 (1.44%) Support Engineer
17 23 (1.38%) Technical Analyst
17 23 (1.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (4.85%) REST
2 62 (3.71%) .NET
3 48 (2.87%) Kafka
4 39 (2.34%) Pandas
5 38 (2.28%) XML
6 37 (2.22%) JSON
7 35 (2.10%) Middleware
7 35 (2.10%) RESTful
8 33 (1.98%) SOAP
9 30 (1.80%) HTML
9 30 (1.80%) scikit-learn
10 28 (1.68%) Web Services
11 27 (1.62%) CSS
12 26 (1.56%) PySpark
13 23 (1.38%) NumPy
14 22 (1.32%) PyTorch
15 21 (1.26%) React
16 20 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
17 19 (1.14%) AngularJS
17 19 (1.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 101 (6.05%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.19%) Onboarding
4 69 (4.13%) Data Structures
5 65 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (2.69%) Cloud Native
6 45 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
7 42 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
8 40 (2.40%) Management Information System
9 39 (2.34%) Algorithms
10 36 (2.16%) Data Centre
11 34 (2.04%) Fixed Income
12 33 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 31 (1.86%) Derivative
14 30 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
14 30 (1.80%) Equities
15 23 (1.38%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.32%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 20 (1.20%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 100 (5.99%) Windows
2 70 (4.19%) Linux
3 35 (2.10%) Unix
4 15 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.54%) Android
8 6 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.36%) Solaris
9 5 (0.30%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 808 (48.38%) Problem-Solving
2 448 (26.83%) Agile
3 394 (23.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 312 (18.68%) Analytics
5 303 (18.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 292 (17.49%) AI
7 285 (17.07%) Decision-Making
8 247 (14.79%) Data Modelling
9 220 (13.17%) Validation
10 209 (12.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 205 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
12 191 (11.44%) DevOps
13 181 (10.84%) CI/CD
14 180 (10.78%) Migration
15 174 (10.42%) Data Analysis
16 147 (8.80%) Data Pipeline
17 145 (8.68%) User Acceptance Testing
18 144 (8.62%) Roadmaps
19 142 (8.50%) Data Science
20 141 (8.44%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 489 (29.28%) SQL
2 381 (22.81%) Python
3 105 (6.29%) Java
4 91 (5.45%) C#
5 60 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 53 (3.17%) PowerShell
7 43 (2.57%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.86%) C++
10 30 (1.80%) R
11 26 (1.56%) PL/SQL
12 23 (1.38%) T-SQL
13 21 (1.26%) Scala
14 20 (1.20%) Bash
15 9 (0.54%) C
15 9 (0.54%) VBA
16 8 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 8 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.42%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 204 (12.22%) Degree
2 197 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 139 (8.32%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (2.16%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.10%) CISSP
8 26 (1.56%) PMI Certification
8 26 (1.56%) PMP
9 23 (1.38%) CISM
10 20 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.96%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.90%) CISA
12 15 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (0.84%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.78%) CRISC
14 13 (0.78%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.72%) ACCA
16 11 (0.66%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (13.05%) Data Quality
2 132 (7.90%) QA
3 75 (4.49%) PMO
4 73 (4.37%) GDPR
5 48 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (2.81%) NIST
7 41 (2.46%) SLA
8 28 (1.68%) Accessibility
9 26 (1.56%) COBIT
10 25 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
11 24 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 21 (1.26%) GRC
13 20 (1.20%) PCI DSS
14 17 (1.02%) IFRS
15 13 (0.78%) ISO 20022
16 8 (0.48%) Solvency II
17 7 (0.42%) GAAP
18 6 (0.36%) GxP
18 6 (0.36%) NCSC
19 5 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 58 (3.47%) Docker
2 51 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.24%) Firmware
6 4 (0.24%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.060%) RACF
9 1 (0.060%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.060%) vSphere
9 1 (0.060%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.63%) Terraform
3 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.26%) Ansible
4 21 (1.26%) Grafana
5 11 (0.66%) SCCM
5 11 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.48%) Kibana
7 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.18%) Control-M
10 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.060%) QRadar
12 1 (0.060%) SCOM
12 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 249 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 145 (8.68%) Oracle
3 91 (5.45%) SAP
4 80 (4.79%) Salesforce
5 77 (4.61%) ServiceNow
6 64 (3.83%) Databricks
7 61 (3.65%) Google
8 23 (1.38%) Splunk
8 23 (1.38%) Workday
9 21 (1.26%) Dynatrace
10 20 (1.20%) IBM
10 20 (1.20%) Informatica
11 18 (1.08%) Cisco
12 17 (1.02%) Adobe
13 16 (0.96%) Murex
13 16 (0.96%) VMware
14 15 (0.90%) Alteryx
15 14 (0.84%) Bloomberg
15 14 (0.84%) Tenable
16 13 (0.78%) Apple