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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,564 1,368 1,504
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.16% 10.22% 8.15%
As % of the General category 15.87% 15.63% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 810 1,032
10th Percentile £341 £315 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £677
90th Percentile £750 £825 £849
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 51
10th Percentile £18.25 £24.32 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.87 £28.21 £16.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £39.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +68.09% -24.19%
75th Percentile £47.13 £65.00 £44.00
90th Percentile £56.10 £80.75 £53.25
England median hourly rate £30.05 £27.13 £21.00
% change year-on-year +10.79% +29.17% -40.00%

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 9,856 8,755 11,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.03% 65.40% 63.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,424 5,551 8,374
10th Percentile £350 £325 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £779 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 109 255
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.60 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £26.25 £19.00
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.11 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year -17.37% +28.23% -0.93%
75th Percentile £49.69 £55.25 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.47 £73.71
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.40 £25.71
% change year-on-year -24.34% +18.24% -11.34%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +1 230 £525 - 156
West London -12 30 £500 +33.33% 41
South London -5 29 £500 -14.24% 10
East London +3 9 £400 -37.55% 28
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 81 (5.18%) Confluence
2 30 (1.92%) Apache Spark
2 30 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.90%) Apache
6 12 (0.77%) CMS
7 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.26%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.064%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.064%) Appian
10 1 (0.064%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.064%) Traefik
Applications
1 168 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.69%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.58%) 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 (0.064%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.064%) Notion
10 1 (0.064%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.064%) Revit
10 1 (0.064%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.51%) SAP HR
4 8 (0.51%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
6 6 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.38%) Fidessa
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.38%) Shopify
7 5 (0.32%) BASE24
7 5 (0.32%) Endur
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 309 (19.76%) Azure
2 212 (13.55%) AWS
3 206 (13.17%) Power Platform
4 82 (5.24%) SaaS
5 81 (5.18%) GCP
6 67 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.75%) GitHub
8 43 (2.75%) IaaS
8 43 (2.75%) Serverless
9 42 (2.69%) Entra ID
10 41 (2.62%) Snowflake
11 35 (2.24%) Amazon S3
12 34 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
13 31 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
15 22 (1.41%) dbt
16 20 (1.28%) PaaS
17 19 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
17 19 (1.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.11%) Firewall
2 31 (1.98%) Network Security
3 28 (1.79%) DNS
4 23 (1.47%) VPN
5 16 (1.02%) WAN
6 14 (0.90%) DHCP
7 13 (0.83%) LAN
8 11 (0.70%) VLAN
9 10 (0.64%) Internet
10 9 (0.58%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.51%) SAN
11 8 (0.51%) SMS
11 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.45%) HTTP
12 7 (0.45%) SSL
12 7 (0.45%) VoIP
12 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.32%) CTI
13 5 (0.32%) DMZ
14 4 (0.26%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (12.08%) Power BI
2 85 (5.43%) Tableau
3 69 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (3.45%) SQL Server
5 42 (2.69%) Metadata
6 34 (2.17%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.79%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
9 23 (1.47%) NoSQL
10 22 (1.41%) Snowflake Schema
11 18 (1.15%) Big Data
11 18 (1.15%) BigQuery
11 18 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 17 (1.09%) MongoDB
12 17 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
13 16 (1.02%) DB2
14 13 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.77%) Looker
Development Applications
1 153 (9.78%) JIRA
2 64 (4.09%) Git
3 21 (1.34%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.09%) GitLab
4 17 (1.09%) Selenium
5 10 (0.64%) JUnit
6 9 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.58%) MLflow
7 8 (0.51%) Postman
7 8 (0.51%) REST Assured
8 6 (0.38%) Appium
8 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
9 5 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.32%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) sqlmap
General
1 799 (51.09%) Social Skills
2 560 (35.81%) Finance
3 210 (13.43%) Banking
4 127 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 99 (6.33%) Marketing
6 71 (4.54%) Legal
7 63 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
8 62 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
9 61 (3.90%) Investment Banking
10 51 (3.26%) Front Office
11 44 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
12 42 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.69%) Retail
13 39 (2.49%) Financial Institution
14 36 (2.30%) Telecoms
15 34 (2.17%) Back Office
15 34 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.53%) Publishing
17 22 (1.41%) Law
18 14 (0.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 425 (27.17%) Analyst
2 216 (13.81%) Business Analyst
3 181 (11.57%) Senior
4 151 (9.65%) Developer
5 118 (7.54%) Architect
6 98 (6.27%) Data Analyst
7 94 (6.01%) Lead
8 81 (5.18%) Consultant
9 66 (4.22%) Data Engineer
10 57 (3.64%) Project Manager
11 54 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
12 40 (2.56%) Data Scientist
13 39 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
14 34 (2.17%) Senior Developer
15 33 (2.11%) Senior Business Analyst
16 30 (1.92%) Product Manager
17 26 (1.66%) Senior Manager
18 24 (1.53%) Operations Analyst
18 24 (1.53%) Python Developer
18 24 (1.53%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (5.69%) REST
2 52 (3.32%) JSON
3 45 (2.88%) Kafka
4 41 (2.62%) .NET
5 34 (2.17%) HTML
6 33 (2.11%) Middleware
6 33 (2.11%) Pandas
7 31 (1.98%) CSS
8 30 (1.92%) XML
9 28 (1.79%) RESTful
10 27 (1.73%) scikit-learn
11 26 (1.66%) SOAP
12 25 (1.60%) NumPy
13 24 (1.53%) React
14 22 (1.41%) Node.js
15 20 (1.28%) AngularJS
15 20 (1.28%) Spring
16 18 (1.15%) PyTorch
17 17 (1.09%) OAuth
17 17 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 152 (9.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 70 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (3.45%) Data Structures
5 49 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 47 (3.01%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.75%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.17%) Derivative
9 33 (2.11%) Fixed Income
10 31 (1.98%) Equities
11 30 (1.92%) PKI
12 28 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
12 28 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (1.66%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 22 (1.41%) Security Posture
16 21 (1.34%) Cloud Native
17 19 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
17 19 (1.21%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 72 (4.60%) Windows
2 63 (4.03%) Linux
3 26 (1.66%) Unix
4 12 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.70%) Android
5 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.45%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.26%) VMS
9 3 (0.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.064%) AIX
10 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.064%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 796 (50.90%) Problem-Solving
2 468 (29.92%) Agile
3 319 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 308 (19.69%) Analytics
5 268 (17.14%) Decision-Making
6 220 (14.07%) Business Intelligence
7 215 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 206 (13.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 195 (12.47%) Data Modelling
10 186 (11.89%) AI
11 164 (10.49%) Validation
12 163 (10.42%) CI/CD
13 161 (10.29%) Data Analysis
14 157 (10.04%) DevOps
15 149 (9.53%) Visualisation
16 145 (9.27%) Roadmaps
17 143 (9.14%) Actionable Insight
18 138 (8.82%) Migration
19 134 (8.57%) Project Management
20 129 (8.25%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 406 (25.96%) SQL
2 334 (21.36%) Python
3 80 (5.12%) PowerShell
4 74 (4.73%) Java
5 72 (4.60%) JavaScript
6 66 (4.22%) C#
7 39 (2.49%) TypeScript
8 38 (2.43%) Bash
9 27 (1.73%) C++
10 21 (1.34%) R
11 19 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 17 (1.09%) Shell Script
13 15 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.90%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (0.77%) Scala
16 8 (0.51%) C
17 7 (0.45%) Korn
17 7 (0.45%) VBA
18 6 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 236 (15.09%) Degree
2 233 (14.90%) Security Cleared
3 170 (10.87%) SC Cleared
4 64 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.96%) Master's Degree
6 45 (2.88%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.11%) PMP
8 26 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 21 (1.34%) CISSP
11 16 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.90%) AWS Certification
14 13 (0.83%) CIMA
14 13 (0.83%) OSCP
15 12 (0.77%) ACCA
15 12 (0.77%) ISTQB
16 11 (0.70%) CBAP
16 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.64%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (11.00%) Data Quality
2 134 (8.57%) QA
3 78 (4.99%) GDPR
4 48 (3.07%) PMO
5 46 (2.94%) Accessibility
6 30 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (1.73%) NIST
8 22 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 21 (1.34%) PCI DSS
10 20 (1.28%) GRC
10 20 (1.28%) SLA
11 16 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 15 (0.96%) COBIT
13 12 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 11 (0.70%) WCAG
15 10 (0.64%) EMIR
15 10 (0.64%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.64%) MiFID
15 10 (0.64%) Solvency II
16 8 (0.51%) PSD2
System Software
1 63 (4.03%) Docker
2 51 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.38%) zsh
5 5 (0.32%) HDFS
6 4 (0.26%) vSphere
7 3 (0.19%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.19%) Squid
7 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.064%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.064%) Firmware
9 1 (0.064%) IAG
9 1 (0.064%) NFS
9 1 (0.064%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.064%) Xen
9 1 (0.064%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.75%) Terraform
3 30 (1.92%) Ansible
4 18 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.83%) SCCM
6 8 (0.51%) Grafana
7 7 (0.45%) Nessus
8 5 (0.32%) Nmap
8 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.32%) SCOM
8 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.13%) Suricata
10 2 (0.13%) vRealize
11 1 (0.064%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.064%) Istio
11 1 (0.064%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 261 (16.69%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.50%) Oracle
3 84 (5.37%) Salesforce
4 81 (5.18%) SAP
5 69 (4.41%) Databricks
6 68 (4.35%) Google
7 51 (3.26%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.85%) Splunk
9 24 (1.53%) Cisco
10 23 (1.47%) Bloomberg
10 23 (1.47%) VMware
11 20 (1.28%) Adobe
12 18 (1.15%) Murex
13 17 (1.09%) Palo Alto
14 16 (1.02%) Workday
15 15 (0.96%) Remedy
16 14 (0.90%) Informatica
17 13 (0.83%) Juniper
18 11 (0.70%) IBM
18 11 (0.70%) Sybase