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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,836 1,619 1,359
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.18% 11.85% 8.18%
As % of the General category 15.12% 17.38% 13.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,033 902
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £750 £790 £787
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 26
10th Percentile £19.03 £11.96 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.52 £25.63 £17.56
Median hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £33.54
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +10.33% -23.66%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.00 £63.75 £65.02
England median hourly rate £38.72 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +19.14% +51.16% -46.25%

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 12,144 9,317 10,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.74% 68.20% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,737 6,205 7,368
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £445 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 177 166
10th Percentile £18.73 £15.84 £17.06
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.50 £22.09
Median hourly rate £30.75 £31.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% -8.82% -2.86%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £25.32 £38.12
% change year-on-year +34.26% -33.58% +26.86%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -11 231 £525 -4.55% 138
West London +3 80 £520 +29.84% 52
South London +1 38 £524 -16.20% 24
East London -3 8 £400 +16.64% 24
North London - 3 £450 - 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 75 (4.08%) Confluence
2 33 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 23 (1.25%) CMS
5 19 (1.03%) Apache
6 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.33%) SAS
9 5 (0.27%) IIS
10 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.22%) Appian
10 4 (0.22%) JBoss
10 4 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.16%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 160 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (2.12%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.65%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.22%) CPLEX
9 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.11%) Notion
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.11%) Trello
11 1 (0.054%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.87%) Aladdin
3 16 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.54%) Finacle
4 10 (0.54%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.49%) Fidessa
6 8 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.38%) Shopify
8 6 (0.33%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.27%) iTrent
9 5 (0.27%) Magento
9 5 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 367 (19.99%) Azure
2 262 (14.27%) AWS
3 224 (12.20%) Power Platform
4 98 (5.34%) GCP
5 75 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (4.08%) SaaS
6 66 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
7 64 (3.49%) GitHub
8 55 (3.00%) Entra ID
9 48 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
10 47 (2.56%) Snowflake
11 34 (1.85%) Amazon S3
11 34 (1.85%) Serverless
12 32 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
13 31 (1.69%) dbt
14 30 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
15 27 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 24 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
17 22 (1.20%) PaaS
18 20 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.56%) Firewall
2 34 (1.85%) DNS
3 27 (1.47%) Network Security
3 27 (1.47%) VPN
4 24 (1.31%) TCP/IP
5 22 (1.20%) DHCP
6 17 (0.93%) WAN
7 14 (0.76%) SAN
7 14 (0.76%) VLAN
8 13 (0.71%) HTTP
9 12 (0.65%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.60%) BGP
11 10 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.49%) 5G
12 9 (0.49%) SSL
13 8 (0.44%) 4G
13 8 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.44%) OSPF
13 8 (0.44%) VXLAN
14 7 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (11.00%) Power BI
2 108 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
3 100 (5.45%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.19%) Tableau
5 74 (4.03%) Relational Database
6 71 (3.87%) Metadata
7 48 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (2.23%) Data Lake
9 34 (1.85%) NoSQL
10 28 (1.53%) Big Data
11 27 (1.47%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.31%) BigQuery
12 24 (1.31%) RDBMS
13 23 (1.25%) Oracle Database
13 23 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (0.98%) Delta Lake
15 17 (0.93%) Power Query
15 17 (0.93%) Star Schema
16 16 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
16 16 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 176 (9.59%) JIRA
2 73 (3.98%) Git
3 37 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.20%) Selenium
5 15 (0.82%) ERwin
6 12 (0.65%) GitLab
7 11 (0.60%) JUnit
8 10 (0.54%) JMeter
8 10 (0.54%) Maven
9 9 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.49%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.49%) Postman
9 9 (0.49%) REST Assured
10 8 (0.44%) Chocolatey
10 8 (0.44%) ER Studio
10 8 (0.44%) MLflow
10 8 (0.44%) PowerDesigner
10 8 (0.44%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 887 (48.31%) Social Skills
2 727 (39.60%) Finance
3 270 (14.71%) Banking
4 157 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 95 (5.17%) Marketing
6 92 (5.01%) Front Office
7 86 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
8 85 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 76 (4.14%) Legal
10 58 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
10 58 (3.16%) Retail
11 57 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
12 56 (3.05%) Investment Banking
13 50 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 50 (2.72%) Telecoms
14 43 (2.34%) Financial Institution
15 30 (1.63%) Back Office
16 23 (1.25%) Local Government
17 21 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (1.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 476 (25.93%) Analyst
2 237 (12.91%) Business Analyst
3 195 (10.62%) Senior
4 163 (8.88%) Developer
5 128 (6.97%) Architect
5 128 (6.97%) Lead
6 108 (5.88%) Data Engineer
7 106 (5.77%) Data Analyst
8 86 (4.68%) Consultant
9 71 (3.87%) Data Scientist
10 62 (3.38%) Project Manager
11 47 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
12 39 (2.12%) Senior Developer
13 31 (1.69%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (1.69%) Technical Business Analyst
14 30 (1.63%) Senior Manager
15 29 (1.58%) Financial Analyst
15 29 (1.58%) Technical Analyst
16 28 (1.53%) Product Owner
17 27 (1.47%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (5.61%) REST
2 65 (3.54%) .NET
3 49 (2.67%) Kafka
4 47 (2.56%) JSON
5 45 (2.45%) RESTful
6 43 (2.34%) XML
7 41 (2.23%) SOAP
8 39 (2.12%) Pandas
8 39 (2.12%) Web Services
9 37 (2.02%) HTML
10 33 (1.80%) CSS
11 32 (1.74%) Middleware
12 29 (1.58%) PySpark
13 27 (1.47%) scikit-learn
13 27 (1.47%) Spring
14 26 (1.42%) React
15 24 (1.31%) AngularJS
15 24 (1.31%) Spring Boot
16 22 (1.20%) NumPy
16 22 (1.20%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 164 (8.93%) Analytical Mindset
2 130 (7.08%) Product Ownership
3 98 (5.34%) Onboarding
4 82 (4.47%) Data Structures
5 72 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
7 50 (2.72%) Management Information System
8 49 (2.67%) Cloud Native
9 42 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
10 37 (2.02%) Fixed Income
11 36 (1.96%) Algorithms
12 33 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
12 33 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
12 33 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 32 (1.74%) Data Centre
14 30 (1.63%) Derivative
15 28 (1.53%) Equities
16 25 (1.36%) AI Agents
16 25 (1.36%) Reference Data
17 23 (1.25%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 119 (6.48%) Windows
2 90 (4.90%) Linux
3 35 (1.91%) Unix
4 19 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.98%) Mac OS
6 14 (0.76%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.65%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.60%) Android
8 11 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.33%) Solaris
9 6 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.27%) AIX
11 2 (0.11%) SUSE
12 1 (0.054%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.054%) VMS
12 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 885 (48.20%) Problem-Solving
2 533 (29.03%) Agile
3 497 (27.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 350 (19.06%) Analytics
5 349 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 328 (17.86%) AI
7 322 (17.54%) Decision-Making
8 270 (14.71%) Data Modelling
9 247 (13.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 238 (12.96%) Validation
11 234 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
12 215 (11.71%) DevOps
13 202 (11.00%) CI/CD
13 202 (11.00%) Migration
14 182 (9.91%) Data Analysis
15 171 (9.31%) Data Pipeline
16 167 (9.10%) User Acceptance Testing
17 162 (8.82%) Roadmaps
18 157 (8.55%) Data Governance
19 156 (8.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 525 (28.59%) SQL
2 402 (21.90%) Python
3 114 (6.21%) Java
4 83 (4.52%) C#
5 77 (4.19%) JavaScript
6 66 (3.59%) PowerShell
7 40 (2.18%) TypeScript
8 31 (1.69%) Bash
8 31 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (1.63%) R
10 28 (1.53%) C++
11 27 (1.47%) PL/SQL
12 26 (1.42%) T-SQL
13 15 (0.82%) Scala
14 11 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 10 (0.54%) Shell Script
15 10 (0.54%) VBA
16 9 (0.49%) Ruby
17 8 (0.44%) C
17 8 (0.44%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 228 (12.42%) Security Cleared
2 224 (12.20%) Degree
3 167 (9.10%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (1.96%) CISSP
6 33 (1.80%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.47%) PMP
8 25 (1.36%) PMI Certification
9 23 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (1.25%) CISM
10 20 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 16 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (0.76%) CCNP
13 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.71%) CISA
15 12 (0.65%) ACCA
16 11 (0.60%) CIMA
16 11 (0.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (13.45%) Data Quality
2 132 (7.19%) QA
3 89 (4.85%) PMO
4 67 (3.65%) GDPR
5 47 (2.56%) SLA
6 46 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 43 (2.34%) NIST
8 35 (1.91%) Accessibility
9 28 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 23 (1.25%) COBIT
12 20 (1.09%) GRC
13 16 (0.87%) IFRS
14 12 (0.65%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.60%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.33%) GAAP
16 6 (0.33%) GxP
16 6 (0.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 72 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 66 (3.59%) Docker
3 14 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.49%) IAG
6 7 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
9 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) NFS
9 2 (0.11%) Squid
9 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.11%) vSphere
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.054%) RACF
10 1 (0.054%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.054%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 68 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.00%) Terraform
3 33 (1.80%) Ansible
4 30 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (1.31%) Grafana
6 13 (0.71%) SCCM
7 11 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.49%) Kibana
10 8 (0.44%) Control-M
11 5 (0.27%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.16%) Puppet
12 3 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.16%) RSA Archer
12 3 (0.16%) systemd
13 2 (0.11%) Istio
13 2 (0.11%) Nessus
13 2 (0.11%) Tivoli
14 1 (0.054%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 288 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 160 (8.71%) Oracle
3 99 (5.39%) SAP
4 93 (5.07%) ServiceNow
5 73 (3.98%) Salesforce
6 69 (3.76%) Google
7 68 (3.70%) Databricks
8 34 (1.85%) Splunk
9 29 (1.58%) Dynatrace
10 26 (1.42%) Cisco
10 26 (1.42%) IBM
10 26 (1.42%) VMware
11 25 (1.36%) Workday
12 22 (1.20%) CyberArk
13 21 (1.14%) Informatica
14 19 (1.03%) Adobe
15 18 (0.98%) Alteryx
16 17 (0.93%) Apple
17 16 (0.87%) Tenable
18 14 (0.76%) Bloomberg