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 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,564 1,487 1,616
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.06% 9.56% 8.26%
As % of the General category 16.32% 14.99% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 946 896 1,083
10th Percentile £313 £313 £316
25th Percentile £402 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £675
90th Percentile £751 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.86% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 35
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £21.10
25th Percentile £27.25 £22.00 £29.36
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.80 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% -39.81% +45.59%
75th Percentile £47.00 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £80.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.48 £25.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year +37.92% -22.65% -19.20%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,581 9,920 12,694
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.74% 63.76% 64.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,263 6,363 9,157
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 112 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.43
25th Percentile £20.08 £24.94 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.40 £37.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.94% +6.14% -
75th Percentile £45.19 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.63 £76.75
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.69 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.79% -7.02% +28.35%

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 +4 250 £500 -11.11% 157
South London -2 24 £600 +3.63% 45
West London -10 21 £420 +1.82% 75
East London +1 9 £394 -10.51% 52
North London -1 1 - - 16
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 74 (4.73%) Confluence
2 42 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 26 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.90%) CMS
7 10 (0.64%) Apache
8 5 (0.32%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.064%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.064%) Appian
Applications
1 145 (9.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (2.30%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.38%) ProjectWise
7 6 (0.38%) Trello
8 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Notion
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.064%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.064%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.064%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.064%) OmniGraffle
9 1 (0.064%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.77%) Endur
2 12 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
4 9 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.51%) SAP HR
6 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
7 6 (0.38%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.26%) ION MarketView
10 3 (0.19%) IntelliMatch
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 257 (16.43%) Azure
2 221 (14.13%) AWS
3 173 (11.06%) Power Platform
4 80 (5.12%) GCP
5 65 (4.16%) SaaS
6 53 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
7 52 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (2.49%) Entra ID
8 39 (2.49%) GitHub
9 38 (2.43%) Snowflake
10 37 (2.37%) IaaS
11 34 (2.17%) Amazon S3
12 31 (1.98%) Serverless
13 26 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
13 26 (1.66%) dbt
14 21 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (1.15%) Google Analytics
17 17 (1.09%) PowerApps
18 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.56%) Firewall
2 34 (2.17%) Network Security
3 32 (2.05%) DNS
4 22 (1.41%) VPN
5 19 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.09%) LAN
6 17 (1.09%) WAN
7 15 (0.96%) HTTP
8 12 (0.77%) SSL
9 11 (0.70%) DHCP
10 10 (0.64%) VoIP
11 9 (0.58%) Internet
11 9 (0.58%) VLAN
12 8 (0.51%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.38%) BGP
14 5 (0.32%) CTI
14 5 (0.32%) DMZ
14 5 (0.32%) SMTP
14 5 (0.32%) Wireless
14 5 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (10.42%) Power BI
2 75 (4.80%) Tableau
3 65 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (3.07%) Relational Database
4 48 (3.07%) SQL Server
5 40 (2.56%) Metadata
6 34 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (1.79%) DB2
7 28 (1.79%) MongoDB
8 27 (1.73%) Big Data
9 25 (1.60%) Data Lake
10 23 (1.47%) NoSQL
11 22 (1.41%) Hadoop
12 16 (1.02%) BigQuery
12 16 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
12 16 (1.02%) Star Schema
13 14 (0.90%) Power Query
13 14 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.77%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 136 (8.70%) JIRA
2 64 (4.09%) Git
3 25 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.34%) JUnit
5 16 (1.02%) GitLab
6 11 (0.70%) Selenium
7 8 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.51%) Postman
8 6 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
9 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.32%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.32%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 5 (0.32%) webpack
10 4 (0.26%) Appium
10 4 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.26%) sqlmap
10 4 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 854 (54.60%) Social Skills
2 560 (35.81%) Finance
3 208 (13.30%) Banking
4 127 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 96 (6.14%) Marketing
6 78 (4.99%) Investment Banking
7 68 (4.35%) Legal
8 54 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 53 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 53 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
10 52 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
11 47 (3.01%) Back Office
11 47 (3.01%) Front Office
12 43 (2.75%) Financial Institution
13 42 (2.69%) Retail
14 41 (2.62%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.53%) Publishing
17 20 (1.28%) Law
18 18 (1.15%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 415 (26.53%) Analyst
2 197 (12.60%) Business Analyst
3 186 (11.89%) Senior
4 179 (11.45%) Developer
5 122 (7.80%) Architect
6 92 (5.88%) Lead
7 76 (4.86%) Data Analyst
8 72 (4.60%) Consultant
9 61 (3.90%) Data Engineer
10 54 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
11 48 (3.07%) Project Manager
11 48 (3.07%) Senior Developer
12 44 (2.81%) Java Developer
13 37 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (2.05%) Technical Analyst
15 30 (1.92%) Python Developer
16 29 (1.85%) Security Analyst
17 28 (1.79%) Data Scientist
18 24 (1.53%) Product Manager
18 24 (1.53%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.46%) REST
2 54 (3.45%) Kafka
3 50 (3.20%) JSON
4 38 (2.43%) .NET
5 37 (2.37%) HTML
5 37 (2.37%) Spring
6 36 (2.30%) React
7 29 (1.85%) CSS
7 29 (1.85%) XML
8 28 (1.79%) RESTful
9 27 (1.73%) AngularJS
10 25 (1.60%) SOAP
11 24 (1.53%) Pandas
12 20 (1.28%) OAuth
13 19 (1.21%) Middleware
14 18 (1.15%) NumPy
14 18 (1.15%) PySpark
14 18 (1.15%) scikit-learn
15 16 (1.02%) Node.js
15 16 (1.02%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 155 (9.91%) Analytical Mindset
2 74 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (4.09%) Management Information System
5 55 (3.52%) Data Structures
6 53 (3.39%) Onboarding
7 44 (2.81%) Algorithms
8 33 (2.11%) Derivative
9 32 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.85%) PKI
11 28 (1.79%) Equities
12 27 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.73%) Fixed Income
13 26 (1.66%) Cloud Native
13 26 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 25 (1.60%) Security Posture
15 22 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
15 22 (1.41%) Reinsurance
16 19 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
17 18 (1.15%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 89 (5.69%) Linux
2 74 (4.73%) Windows
3 31 (1.98%) Unix
4 9 (0.58%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.45%) Android
5 7 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.32%) VMS
8 4 (0.26%) Solaris
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.064%) VME
10 1 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (54.67%) Problem-Solving
2 469 (29.99%) Agile
3 293 (18.73%) Analytics
4 281 (17.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 244 (15.60%) Decision-Making
6 203 (12.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 198 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
8 185 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 174 (11.13%) Data Modelling
10 163 (10.42%) Data Analysis
11 156 (9.97%) CI/CD
12 151 (9.65%) DevOps
13 147 (9.40%) Project Management
14 145 (9.27%) AI
14 145 (9.27%) Migration
15 135 (8.63%) Validation
16 129 (8.25%) Visualisation
17 127 (8.12%) Scrum
18 126 (8.06%) Roadmaps
19 124 (7.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 378 (24.17%) SQL
2 347 (22.19%) Python
3 121 (7.74%) Java
4 87 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 77 (4.92%) PowerShell
6 45 (2.88%) C#
7 42 (2.69%) Bash
8 36 (2.30%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.79%) C++
10 23 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 22 (1.41%) R
12 17 (1.09%) Go
13 13 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 12 (0.77%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.70%) VBA
16 10 (0.64%) Scala
17 9 (0.58%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.45%) Korn
19 6 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 242 (15.47%) Degree
2 227 (14.51%) Security Cleared
3 176 (11.25%) SC Cleared
4 73 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.62%) Master's Degree
6 40 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 28 (1.79%) PMP
8 24 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 22 (1.41%) CISSP
10 18 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.02%) CBAP
12 14 (0.90%) CIMA
12 14 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.83%) ACCA
13 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 12 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.77%) OSCP
15 11 (0.70%) CCNP
16 10 (0.64%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 118 (7.54%) QA
3 54 (3.45%) GDPR
4 45 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 31 (1.98%) PMO
6 20 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.28%) NIST
7 16 (1.02%) SLA
8 11 (0.70%) WCAG
9 10 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (0.64%) GRC
9 10 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.58%) COBIT
10 9 (0.58%) EMIR
11 8 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.45%) ISO 20022
12 7 (0.45%) MiFID
13 6 (0.38%) ISO 19650
14 5 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 60 (3.84%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.71%) Docker
3 13 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.51%) zsh
5 7 (0.45%) HDFS
6 4 (0.26%) Firmware
6 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.19%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.19%) Squid
7 3 (0.19%) vSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Snort
8 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.064%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.064%) IAG
9 1 (0.064%) KVM
9 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.64%) Terraform
3 43 (2.75%) Ansible
4 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.02%) Grafana
6 14 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.77%) SCCM
7 12 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.51%) Nessus
9 6 (0.38%) HP ALM
10 5 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
10 5 (0.32%) Nmap
10 5 (0.32%) SCOM
11 4 (0.26%) BladeLogic
12 3 (0.19%) Argo
12 3 (0.19%) CA Spectrum
13 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
13 2 (0.13%) Suricata
Vendors
1 255 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.69%) Oracle
3 74 (4.73%) SAP
4 65 (4.16%) Google
5 57 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 54 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 47 (3.01%) Databricks
8 37 (2.37%) Splunk
9 30 (1.92%) Cisco
10 21 (1.34%) VMware
11 19 (1.21%) Sybase
12 18 (1.15%) Bloomberg
13 16 (1.02%) Adobe
14 15 (0.96%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.83%) CyberArk
15 13 (0.83%) Juniper
15 13 (0.83%) Palo Alto
16 12 (0.77%) Alteryx
16 12 (0.77%) Workday
17 11 (0.70%) IBM