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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,689 1,532 1,405
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.77% 11.94% 8.04%
As % of the General category 14.54% 17.55% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,031 965 955
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.17%
75th Percentile £638 £680 £688
90th Percentile £750 £813 £800
England median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 40
10th Percentile £19.12 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £38.11 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +81.48% -51.16%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.30 £67.50 £56.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -3.08% +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 11,613 8,731 10,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.29% 68.07% 62.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,449 5,819 7,767
10th Percentile £350 £331 £336
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £519 £535
% change year-on-year +1.16% -2.99% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 165 234
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.39
Median hourly rate £33.12 £34.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +12.73% -7.20%
75th Percentile £45.25 £51.18 £48.44
90th Percentile £68.50 £64.50 £67.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £32.70
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.90% +8.99%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -10 215 £538 -2.27% 98
West London +2 79 £520 +30.00% 37
South London +3 31 £475 -24.00% 13
East London -6 8 £400 -7.03% 19
North London - 1 - - 8
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 70 (4.14%) Confluence
2 33 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 27 (1.60%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.12%) Apache
6 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (0.83%) CMS
8 7 (0.41%) SAS
8 7 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.36%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.30%) IIS
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.18%) Camunda
13 2 (0.12%) Appian
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.059%) nginx
14 1 (0.059%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.059%) Traefik
14 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 150 (8.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (3.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.43%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.65%) 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 (0.059%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.83%) Aladdin
3 14 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.59%) Finacle
5 9 (0.53%) Fidessa
5 9 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.36%) iTrent
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%) Magento
7 5 (0.30%) Shopify
8 4 (0.24%) HFM
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 337 (19.95%) Azure
2 240 (14.21%) AWS
3 211 (12.49%) Power Platform
4 88 (5.21%) GCP
5 78 (4.62%) SaaS
6 72 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
7 64 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (3.49%) GitHub
9 41 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 38 (2.25%) Entra ID
11 37 (2.19%) Snowflake
12 34 (2.01%) Amazon S3
13 33 (1.95%) Serverless
14 29 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
15 28 (1.66%) dbt
16 27 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
17 26 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
18 24 (1.42%) PaaS
19 21 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 20 (1.18%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.49%) Firewall
2 26 (1.54%) DNS
2 26 (1.54%) Network Security
3 20 (1.18%) WAN
4 19 (1.12%) VPN
5 17 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 16 (0.95%) DHCP
7 15 (0.89%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.77%) SAN
9 11 (0.65%) BGP
10 10 (0.59%) VLAN
11 9 (0.53%) 5G
11 9 (0.53%) Internet
11 9 (0.53%) OSPF
12 8 (0.47%) 4G
12 8 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.47%) HTTP
12 8 (0.47%) LAN
12 8 (0.47%) VXLAN
13 7 (0.41%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (11.07%) Power BI
2 97 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
3 85 (5.03%) SQL Server
4 75 (4.44%) Tableau
5 69 (4.09%) Relational Database
6 56 (3.32%) Metadata
7 41 (2.43%) Data Lake
7 41 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (2.01%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.54%) Big Data
9 26 (1.54%) MongoDB
10 24 (1.42%) RDBMS
11 22 (1.30%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (1.24%) Oracle Database
13 20 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
14 19 (1.12%) Power Query
15 18 (1.07%) Star Schema
16 15 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 159 (9.41%) JIRA
2 66 (3.91%) Git
3 31 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.42%) Selenium
5 14 (0.83%) REST Assured
6 13 (0.77%) Postman
7 12 (0.71%) Cypress.io
8 11 (0.65%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.65%) GitLab
9 10 (0.59%) ERwin
9 10 (0.59%) JUnit
9 10 (0.59%) MLflow
10 8 (0.47%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.41%) JMeter
11 7 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.41%) WebDriver
12 6 (0.36%) Maven
12 6 (0.36%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 783 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 668 (39.55%) Finance
3 244 (14.45%) Banking
4 137 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 88 (5.21%) Marketing
6 82 (4.85%) Front Office
7 81 (4.80%) Legal
8 74 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
9 69 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
10 60 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
11 54 (3.20%) Investment Banking
12 50 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
13 49 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 48 (2.84%) Telecoms
15 46 (2.72%) Retail
16 39 (2.31%) Financial Institution
17 27 (1.60%) Back Office
18 21 (1.24%) Law
19 18 (1.07%) Local Government
19 18 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 442 (26.17%) Analyst
2 223 (13.20%) Business Analyst
3 162 (9.59%) Senior
4 151 (8.94%) Developer
5 121 (7.16%) Architect
6 109 (6.45%) Lead
7 100 (5.92%) Data Engineer
8 95 (5.62%) Data Analyst
9 92 (5.45%) Consultant
10 61 (3.61%) Data Scientist
11 52 (3.08%) Project Manager
12 41 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (1.95%) Senior Developer
15 29 (1.72%) Financial Analyst
16 27 (1.60%) Senior Business Analyst
17 25 (1.48%) Support Engineer
17 25 (1.48%) Technical Analyst
17 25 (1.48%) Technical Business Analyst
18 24 (1.42%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.09%) REST
2 62 (3.67%) .NET
3 50 (2.96%) Kafka
4 39 (2.31%) JSON
4 39 (2.31%) Pandas
4 39 (2.31%) XML
5 37 (2.19%) Middleware
6 36 (2.13%) RESTful
7 35 (2.07%) SOAP
8 30 (1.78%) HTML
8 30 (1.78%) scikit-learn
9 28 (1.66%) Web Services
10 27 (1.60%) CSS
11 26 (1.54%) PySpark
12 23 (1.36%) NumPy
13 22 (1.30%) PyTorch
13 22 (1.30%) React
14 21 (1.24%) Spring
15 20 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
15 20 (1.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 101 (5.98%) Product Ownership
3 72 (4.26%) Data Structures
3 72 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 65 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 46 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
6 45 (2.66%) Cloud Native
7 43 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
8 40 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 39 (2.31%) Algorithms
10 36 (2.13%) Data Centre
11 35 (2.07%) Fixed Income
12 33 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 31 (1.84%) Derivative
14 30 (1.78%) Equities
15 29 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
16 23 (1.36%) Security Posture
17 22 (1.30%) Virtual Team
18 21 (1.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
19 20 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 103 (6.10%) Windows
2 72 (4.26%) Linux
3 35 (2.07%) Unix
4 16 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.59%) Android
6 10 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.36%) Solaris
8 5 (0.30%) AIX
9 2 (0.12%) SUSE
10 1 (0.059%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 823 (48.73%) Problem-Solving
2 457 (27.06%) Agile
3 402 (23.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 313 (18.53%) Analytics
5 304 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 299 (17.70%) AI
7 286 (16.93%) Decision-Making
8 248 (14.68%) Data Modelling
9 222 (13.14%) Validation
10 210 (12.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 207 (12.26%) Business Intelligence
12 193 (11.43%) DevOps
13 185 (10.95%) Migration
14 183 (10.83%) CI/CD
15 177 (10.48%) Data Analysis
16 148 (8.76%) Data Pipeline
17 146 (8.64%) Roadmaps
17 146 (8.64%) User Acceptance Testing
18 143 (8.47%) Data Science
18 143 (8.47%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 488 (28.89%) SQL
2 382 (22.62%) Python
3 108 (6.39%) Java
4 90 (5.33%) C#
5 61 (3.61%) JavaScript
6 54 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 45 (2.66%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 32 (1.89%) C++
10 30 (1.78%) R
11 26 (1.54%) PL/SQL
12 23 (1.36%) T-SQL
13 22 (1.30%) Scala
14 20 (1.18%) Bash
15 9 (0.53%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.53%) C
15 9 (0.53%) VBA
16 8 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.47%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 209 (12.37%) Degree
2 198 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 140 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (2.19%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.07%) CISSP
8 27 (1.60%) PMI Certification
8 27 (1.60%) PMP
9 23 (1.36%) CISM
10 21 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.95%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.89%) CISA
12 15 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 14 (0.83%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.77%) CRISC
14 13 (0.77%) ISTQB
15 12 (0.71%) ACCA
16 11 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (12.97%) Data Quality
2 132 (7.82%) QA
3 78 (4.62%) PMO
4 76 (4.50%) GDPR
5 48 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (2.78%) NIST
7 41 (2.43%) SLA
8 28 (1.66%) Accessibility
9 26 (1.54%) COBIT
10 25 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 24 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 21 (1.24%) GRC
13 20 (1.18%) PCI DSS
14 17 (1.01%) IFRS
15 13 (0.77%) ISO 20022
16 8 (0.47%) Solvency II
17 7 (0.41%) GAAP
18 6 (0.36%) GxP
18 6 (0.36%) NCSC
19 5 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 61 (3.61%) Docker
2 52 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.30%) IAG
7 4 (0.24%) Firmware
8 3 (0.18%) Postfix
8 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.12%) NFS
9 2 (0.12%) Squid
10 1 (0.059%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.059%) RACF
10 1 (0.059%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.059%) vSphere
10 1 (0.059%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.61%) Terraform
3 23 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.24%) Ansible
4 21 (1.24%) Grafana
5 11 (0.65%) SCCM
5 11 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.47%) Kibana
7 7 (0.41%) 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 (0.059%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.059%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.059%) Opsview
12 1 (0.059%) QRadar
Vendors
1 252 (14.92%) Microsoft
2 146 (8.64%) Oracle
3 94 (5.57%) SAP
4 79 (4.68%) Salesforce
5 78 (4.62%) ServiceNow
6 64 (3.79%) Databricks
7 60 (3.55%) Google
8 24 (1.42%) Splunk
9 23 (1.36%) Workday
10 22 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 21 (1.24%) IBM
11 21 (1.24%) Informatica
12 19 (1.12%) Cisco
13 17 (1.01%) Adobe
13 17 (1.01%) Alteryx
14 16 (0.95%) Murex
14 16 (0.95%) VMware
15 14 (0.83%) Apple
15 14 (0.83%) Bloomberg
15 14 (0.83%) Tenable