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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,581 1,376 1,492
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.18% 10.20% 8.14%
As % of the General category 15.93% 15.60% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 816 1,022
10th Percentile £341 £317 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% - -6.58%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
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 £30.00 £27.13 £21.00
% change year-on-year +10.60% +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 9,927 8,819 11,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.90% 65.40% 63.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,477 5,594 8,308
10th Percentile £350 £326 £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 £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 112 254
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £27.19 £19.00
Median hourly rate £31.49 £39.00 £29.86
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +30.61% +1.22%
75th Percentile £49.69 £55.38 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.72 £73.72
England median hourly rate £23.00 £30.45 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.48% +17.12% -10.34%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +1 233 £525 - 150
South London -5 30 £500 -14.24% 7
West London -12 30 £500 +33.33% 39
East London +3 9 £400 -37.55% 27
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 82 (5.19%) Confluence
2 30 (1.90%) Apache Spark
2 30 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.89%) Apache
6 12 (0.76%) CMS
7 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.25%) 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 (0.063%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.063%) Appian
10 1 (0.063%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.063%) Traefik
Applications
1 168 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.66%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.57%) 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 (0.063%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.063%) Notion
10 1 (0.063%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.063%) Revit
10 1 (0.063%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (0.51%) SAP HR
5 8 (0.51%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.44%) Fidessa
6 7 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.38%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.38%) Shopify
8 5 (0.32%) BASE24
8 5 (0.32%) Endur
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.25%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 315 (19.92%) Azure
2 215 (13.60%) AWS
3 208 (13.16%) Power Platform
4 84 (5.31%) SaaS
5 81 (5.12%) GCP
6 69 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
7 64 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (2.85%) GitHub
9 44 (2.78%) Entra ID
10 43 (2.72%) IaaS
10 43 (2.72%) Serverless
11 42 (2.66%) Snowflake
12 36 (2.28%) Amazon S3
13 35 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (1.39%) dbt
17 20 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
17 20 (1.27%) PaaS
18 19 (1.20%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.15%) Firewall
2 32 (2.02%) Network Security
3 28 (1.77%) DNS
4 23 (1.45%) VPN
5 16 (1.01%) WAN
6 14 (0.89%) DHCP
7 13 (0.82%) LAN
8 11 (0.70%) VLAN
9 10 (0.63%) Internet
10 9 (0.57%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.51%) SAN
11 8 (0.51%) SMS
11 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
12 7 (0.44%) HTTP
12 7 (0.44%) SSL
12 7 (0.44%) VoIP
12 7 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.32%) CTI
13 5 (0.32%) DMZ
14 4 (0.25%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (12.02%) Power BI
2 85 (5.38%) Tableau
3 71 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (3.48%) SQL Server
5 42 (2.66%) Metadata
6 34 (2.15%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.83%) Data Lake
8 27 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
9 23 (1.45%) NoSQL
10 22 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
11 19 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (1.14%) Big Data
12 18 (1.14%) BigQuery
13 17 (1.08%) MongoDB
13 17 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
14 16 (1.01%) DB2
15 14 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
17 12 (0.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 155 (9.80%) JIRA
2 65 (4.11%) Git
3 22 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.08%) GitLab
4 17 (1.08%) Selenium
5 11 (0.70%) JUnit
6 10 (0.63%) MLflow
7 9 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 9 (0.57%) Postman
8 8 (0.51%) REST Assured
9 6 (0.38%) Appium
9 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.32%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.32%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.25%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 809 (51.17%) Social Skills
2 564 (35.67%) Finance
3 211 (13.35%) Banking
4 129 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 100 (6.33%) Marketing
6 71 (4.49%) Legal
7 65 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
8 63 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
9 61 (3.86%) Investment Banking
10 52 (3.29%) Front Office
11 45 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
11 45 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (2.72%) Retail
13 40 (2.53%) Financial Institution
14 36 (2.28%) Telecoms
15 34 (2.15%) Back Office
15 34 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.52%) Publishing
17 22 (1.39%) Law
18 14 (0.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 427 (27.01%) Analyst
2 218 (13.79%) Business Analyst
3 184 (11.64%) Senior
4 154 (9.74%) Developer
5 118 (7.46%) Architect
6 98 (6.20%) Data Analyst
7 95 (6.01%) Lead
8 84 (5.31%) Consultant
9 68 (4.30%) Data Engineer
10 60 (3.80%) Project Manager
11 54 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
12 41 (2.59%) Data Scientist
13 39 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (2.21%) Senior Developer
15 33 (2.09%) Senior Business Analyst
16 30 (1.90%) Product Manager
17 26 (1.64%) Senior Manager
18 24 (1.52%) Operations Analyst
18 24 (1.52%) Python Developer
18 24 (1.52%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.76%) REST
2 52 (3.29%) JSON
3 46 (2.91%) Kafka
4 41 (2.59%) .NET
5 35 (2.21%) Middleware
6 34 (2.15%) HTML
7 33 (2.09%) Pandas
8 31 (1.96%) CSS
9 30 (1.90%) RESTful
9 30 (1.90%) XML
10 27 (1.71%) scikit-learn
10 27 (1.71%) SOAP
11 25 (1.58%) NumPy
12 24 (1.52%) React
13 23 (1.45%) Node.js
14 21 (1.33%) AngularJS
14 21 (1.33%) Spring
15 18 (1.14%) OAuth
15 18 (1.14%) PyTorch
15 18 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 153 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 71 (4.49%) Product Ownership
3 68 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (3.42%) Data Structures
5 49 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 47 (2.97%) Onboarding
7 44 (2.78%) Algorithms
8 34 (2.15%) Derivative
9 33 (2.09%) Fixed Income
10 32 (2.02%) Equities
11 30 (1.90%) PKI
12 28 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
12 28 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (1.64%) Data Centre
14 25 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
14 25 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 23 (1.45%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.39%) Cloud Native
17 19 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
17 19 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 72 (4.55%) Windows
2 64 (4.05%) Linux
3 26 (1.64%) Unix
4 12 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.70%) Android
5 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.25%) VMS
9 3 (0.19%) Solaris
10 1 (0.063%) AIX
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.063%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 802 (50.73%) Problem-Solving
2 475 (30.04%) Agile
3 323 (20.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 310 (19.61%) Analytics
5 270 (17.08%) Decision-Making
6 222 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
7 217 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 210 (13.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 196 (12.40%) Data Modelling
10 191 (12.08%) AI
11 165 (10.44%) Validation
12 164 (10.37%) CI/CD
13 162 (10.25%) Data Analysis
13 162 (10.25%) DevOps
14 151 (9.55%) Visualisation
15 145 (9.17%) Roadmaps
16 144 (9.11%) Actionable Insight
17 141 (8.92%) Migration
18 139 (8.79%) Project Management
19 130 (8.22%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 412 (26.06%) SQL
2 337 (21.32%) Python
3 80 (5.06%) PowerShell
4 77 (4.87%) Java
5 73 (4.62%) JavaScript
6 67 (4.24%) C#
7 40 (2.53%) TypeScript
8 38 (2.40%) Bash
9 27 (1.71%) C++
10 22 (1.39%) R
11 20 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 17 (1.08%) Shell Script
13 15 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.76%) Scala
15 8 (0.51%) C
16 7 (0.44%) Korn
16 7 (0.44%) VBA
17 6 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 239 (15.12%) Degree
2 234 (14.80%) Security Cleared
3 171 (10.82%) SC Cleared
4 66 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.92%) Master's Degree
6 45 (2.85%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.09%) PMP
8 26 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 22 (1.39%) CISSP
11 16 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 13 (0.82%) CIMA
14 13 (0.82%) OSCP
15 12 (0.76%) ACCA
15 12 (0.76%) ISTQB
16 11 (0.70%) CBAP
16 11 (0.70%) CISM
16 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (10.94%) Data Quality
2 135 (8.54%) QA
3 80 (5.06%) GDPR
4 49 (3.10%) PMO
5 47 (2.97%) Accessibility
6 31 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.83%) NIST
8 23 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 22 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 21 (1.33%) GRC
11 20 (1.27%) SLA
12 17 (1.08%) COBIT
13 16 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 12 (0.76%) WCAG
15 10 (0.63%) EMIR
15 10 (0.63%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.63%) MiFID
15 10 (0.63%) Solvency II
16 8 (0.51%) PSD2
System Software
1 64 (4.05%) Docker
2 53 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.38%) zsh
5 5 (0.32%) HDFS
6 4 (0.25%) vSphere
7 3 (0.19%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.19%) Squid
7 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.063%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.063%) Firmware
9 1 (0.063%) IAG
9 1 (0.063%) KVM
9 1 (0.063%) NFS
9 1 (0.063%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 63 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.78%) Terraform
3 31 (1.96%) Ansible
4 18 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.82%) SCCM
6 10 (0.63%) Grafana
7 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.44%) Nessus
9 5 (0.32%) Nmap
9 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.32%) SCOM
10 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.13%) Suricata
11 2 (0.13%) vRealize
12 1 (0.063%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.063%) Istio
12 1 (0.063%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.063%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 264 (16.70%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.50%) Oracle
3 85 (5.38%) Salesforce
4 82 (5.19%) SAP
5 70 (4.43%) Databricks
6 68 (4.30%) Google
7 51 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 30 (1.90%) Splunk
9 24 (1.52%) Bloomberg
9 24 (1.52%) Cisco
10 23 (1.45%) VMware
11 20 (1.27%) Adobe
12 18 (1.14%) Murex
13 17 (1.08%) Palo Alto
14 16 (1.01%) Workday
15 15 (0.95%) Remedy
16 14 (0.89%) Informatica
17 13 (0.82%) Juniper
18 12 (0.76%) IBM
18 12 (0.76%) OpenAI