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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,652 1,495 1,493
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.39% 11.80% 8.38%
As % of the General category 15.48% 17.48% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 939 1,022
10th Percentile £350 £313 £321
25th Percentile £420 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £716 £700
90th Percentile £760 £834 £849
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 37 48
10th Percentile £24.03 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £32.50 £26.25 £16.80
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +76.09% -31.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £37.94
90th Percentile £65.60 £70.00 £56.88
England median hourly rate £37.50 £28.58 £18.50
% change year-on-year +31.23% +54.46% -50.34%

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 10,670 8,553 11,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.66% 67.48% 63.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,949 5,797 8,037
10th Percentile £344 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £710 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 141 246
10th Percentile £18.48 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.59 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £34.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +21.05% -12.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £65.38
England median hourly rate £30.50 £28.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.23% -6.07% -11.76%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -6 237 £525 -4.55% 130
West London -3 51 £513 +28.13% 52
South London +3 35 £500 -14.24% 13
East London 0 11 £400 -11.11% 25
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 87 (5.27%) Confluence
2 31 (1.88%) Apache Spark
3 29 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.51%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.03%) Apache
6 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.79%) CMS
8 9 (0.54%) SAS
9 5 (0.30%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.18%) IIS
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.061%) JBoss
13 1 (0.061%) nginx
13 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 157 (9.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 48 (2.91%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.61%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.061%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
4 10 (0.61%) Shopify
5 9 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.48%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.42%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
7 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.42%) Summit
8 6 (0.36%) Aladdin
9 5 (0.30%) BASE24
9 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 335 (20.28%) Azure
2 235 (14.23%) AWS
3 197 (11.92%) Power Platform
4 91 (5.51%) GCP
5 90 (5.45%) SaaS
6 78 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
8 55 (3.33%) GitHub
9 44 (2.66%) Amazon S3
9 44 (2.66%) Serverless
10 43 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
11 38 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
12 37 (2.24%) IaaS
13 36 (2.18%) Entra ID
13 36 (2.18%) Snowflake
14 30 (1.82%) dbt
15 28 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
16 26 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 24 (1.45%) PaaS
18 21 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.48%) Firewall
2 26 (1.57%) DNS
2 26 (1.57%) Network Security
3 18 (1.09%) VPN
4 17 (1.03%) DHCP
5 15 (0.91%) SAN
5 15 (0.91%) WAN
6 11 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.48%) HTTP
7 8 (0.48%) Internet
7 8 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.48%) VLAN
7 8 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.42%) BGP
9 6 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
9 6 (0.36%) LAN
9 6 (0.36%) NAS
9 6 (0.36%) OSPF
9 6 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (10.65%) Power BI
2 90 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
3 73 (4.42%) Tableau
4 69 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 57 (3.45%) Metadata
6 36 (2.18%) Relational Database
7 31 (1.88%) Data Lake
8 29 (1.76%) NoSQL
9 28 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (1.63%) Big Data
11 24 (1.45%) BigQuery
11 24 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
12 22 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 17 (1.03%) Power Query
14 16 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
14 16 (0.97%) Star Schema
15 14 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 14 (0.85%) MongoDB
15 14 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
16 13 (0.79%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 174 (10.53%) JIRA
2 65 (3.93%) Git
3 25 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.33%) Selenium
5 14 (0.85%) GitLab
6 12 (0.73%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.67%) MLflow
8 10 (0.61%) ERwin
8 10 (0.61%) Postman
8 10 (0.61%) REST Assured
9 8 (0.48%) Appium
9 8 (0.48%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.48%) JMeter
9 8 (0.48%) JUnit
9 8 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
11 6 (0.36%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.36%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.36%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 751 (45.46%) Social Skills
2 618 (37.41%) Finance
3 228 (13.80%) Banking
4 143 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.81%) Marketing
6 86 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
7 72 (4.36%) Legal
8 65 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
9 64 (3.87%) Front Office
10 52 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.91%) Investment Banking
12 46 (2.78%) Financial Institution
12 46 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (2.78%) Retail
13 40 (2.42%) Telecoms
14 39 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (1.39%) Back Office
16 16 (0.97%) Law
16 16 (0.97%) Publishing
17 15 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 420 (25.42%) Analyst
2 227 (13.74%) Business Analyst
3 161 (9.75%) Senior
4 138 (8.35%) Developer
5 121 (7.32%) Architect
6 106 (6.42%) Lead
7 98 (5.93%) Data Engineer
8 88 (5.33%) Consultant
9 86 (5.21%) Data Analyst
10 59 (3.57%) Data Scientist
11 58 (3.51%) Project Manager
12 52 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
13 37 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (2.18%) Senior Business Analyst
15 25 (1.51%) Financial Analyst
15 25 (1.51%) Product Manager
15 25 (1.51%) Quantitative Developer
16 24 (1.45%) Salesforce Analyst
17 23 (1.39%) Tester
18 21 (1.27%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.02%) REST
2 50 (3.03%) JSON
3 48 (2.91%) .NET
4 46 (2.78%) Kafka
5 39 (2.36%) Pandas
6 37 (2.24%) Middleware
7 33 (2.00%) scikit-learn
8 31 (1.88%) RESTful
9 30 (1.82%) XML
10 27 (1.63%) HTML
10 27 (1.63%) SOAP
11 26 (1.57%) CSS
11 26 (1.57%) NumPy
12 25 (1.51%) PyTorch
13 24 (1.45%) Node.js
13 24 (1.45%) OAuth
14 23 (1.39%) PySpark
15 20 (1.21%) SAML
15 20 (1.21%) TensorFlow
16 19 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 156 (9.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 95 (5.75%) Product Ownership
3 78 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 65 (3.93%) Data Structures
5 60 (3.63%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (2.36%) Algorithms
8 38 (2.30%) Management Information System
9 37 (2.24%) Derivative
10 35 (2.12%) Data Centre
10 35 (2.12%) Fixed Income
11 33 (2.00%) Cloud Native
12 29 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
12 29 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 27 (1.63%) Equities
14 26 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
15 23 (1.39%) Credit Risk
15 23 (1.39%) PKI
15 23 (1.39%) Virtual Team
16 19 (1.15%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 82 (4.96%) Windows
2 56 (3.39%) Linux
3 26 (1.57%) Unix
4 14 (0.85%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.67%) Android
7 8 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.42%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.18%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.061%) VMS
11 1 (0.061%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (47.88%) Problem-Solving
2 480 (29.06%) Agile
3 334 (20.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 318 (19.25%) Analytics
5 280 (16.95%) Decision-Making
6 261 (15.80%) AI
7 248 (15.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 248 (15.01%) Data Modelling
8 205 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
9 201 (12.17%) Validation
10 195 (11.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 186 (11.26%) DevOps
12 176 (10.65%) CI/CD
13 171 (10.35%) Migration
14 154 (9.32%) Data Analysis
14 154 (9.32%) Roadmaps
15 149 (9.02%) Data Governance
16 148 (8.96%) Project Management
17 132 (7.99%) Actionable Insight
17 132 (7.99%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 439 (26.57%) SQL
2 368 (22.28%) Python
3 94 (5.69%) Java
4 74 (4.48%) C#
5 70 (4.24%) PowerShell
6 57 (3.45%) JavaScript
7 47 (2.85%) TypeScript
8 31 (1.88%) C++
8 31 (1.88%) R
9 30 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 28 (1.69%) Bash
11 21 (1.27%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.15%) T-SQL
13 18 (1.09%) Scala
14 12 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.54%) C
16 8 (0.48%) VBA
17 7 (0.42%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
19 5 (0.30%) Go
Qualifications
1 239 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 210 (12.71%) Degree
3 177 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 65 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (3.39%) Master's Degree
6 42 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 40 (2.42%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.00%) CISSP
9 32 (1.94%) PMP
10 21 (1.27%) CISM
11 19 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.09%) ISTQB
13 16 (0.97%) CISA
14 14 (0.85%) Azure Certification
14 14 (0.85%) CRISC
14 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (0.73%) CCNP
15 12 (0.73%) DV Cleared
16 10 (0.61%) AWS Certification
17 8 (0.48%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (12.23%) Data Quality
2 146 (8.84%) QA
3 81 (4.90%) GDPR
4 69 (4.18%) PMO
5 44 (2.66%) NIST
6 41 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 31 (1.88%) Accessibility
8 29 (1.76%) SLA
9 27 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
10 24 (1.45%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.39%) GRC
12 22 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 20 (1.21%) COBIT
14 11 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 11 (0.67%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.61%) MiFID
16 9 (0.54%) IFRS
16 9 (0.54%) PSD2
16 9 (0.54%) Solvency II
17 7 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (3.75%) Docker
2 46 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.30%) Firmware
5 4 (0.24%) IAG
5 4 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.18%) Squid
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) HDFS
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Postfix
7 2 (0.12%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.061%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.061%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.061%) RACF
8 1 (0.061%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.061%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.91%) Terraform
3 23 (1.39%) Ansible
3 23 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.21%) Grafana
5 13 (0.79%) SCCM
6 10 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.48%) Kibana
7 8 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.42%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.18%) SCOM
11 2 (0.12%) Control-M
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.061%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.061%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.061%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 261 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.42%) Oracle
3 94 (5.69%) SAP
4 90 (5.45%) Salesforce
5 75 (4.54%) Google
6 69 (4.18%) Databricks
7 67 (4.06%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.51%) Adobe
8 25 (1.51%) Workday
9 24 (1.45%) Bloomberg
10 22 (1.33%) Cisco
10 22 (1.33%) Splunk
11 19 (1.15%) Informatica
11 19 (1.15%) VMware
12 18 (1.09%) Murex
13 16 (0.97%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.91%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.85%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.79%) Atlassian
17 12 (0.73%) HP