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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,880 1,582 1,362
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.34% 11.67% 8.39%
As % of the General category 15.38% 16.97% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,144 1,013 898
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 30 23
10th Percentile £19.03 £11.96 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.88 £24.63 £22.03
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.48 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.11% -18.87% -10.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £57.00 £65.03
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +44.44% -48.70%

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 12,225 9,323 10,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.74% 68.76% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,792 6,206 7,121
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £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 236 187 146
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.11 £24.50 £23.90
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -15.74% +1.73%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.45 £67.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -7 229 £525 -4.55% 229
West London +4 77 £520 +26.06% 74
South London +7 33 £535 -14.40% 27
East London -2 11 £413 +26.92% 44
North London 0 3 £450 - 4
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 85 (4.52%) Confluence
2 41 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 36 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (1.49%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.49%) CMS
5 20 (1.06%) Apache
5 20 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.37%) JBoss
8 7 (0.37%) SAS
8 7 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.27%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.27%) Appian
10 5 (0.27%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.16%) Camunda
Applications
1 165 (8.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 27 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.64%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.27%) CPLEX
9 4 (0.21%) Trello
10 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.11%) Notion
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.053%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 23 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.74%) Aladdin
5 11 (0.59%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.53%) Finacle
7 9 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.48%) Shopify
8 8 (0.43%) Loan IQ
8 8 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.32%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.27%) iTrent
10 5 (0.27%) Magento
10 5 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.21%) Findur
11 4 (0.21%) HFM
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 376 (20.00%) Azure
2 257 (13.67%) AWS
3 220 (11.70%) Power Platform
4 97 (5.16%) GCP
5 81 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.15%) SaaS
7 71 (3.78%) GitHub
8 64 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
9 62 (3.30%) Entra ID
10 57 (3.03%) Snowflake
11 45 (2.39%) Azure Data Factory
12 36 (1.91%) dbt
13 34 (1.81%) Serverless
14 32 (1.70%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (1.60%) Amazon S3
15 30 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
16 26 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 25 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
18 23 (1.22%) PaaS
19 20 (1.06%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.71%) Firewall
2 39 (2.07%) DNS
3 29 (1.54%) Network Security
3 29 (1.54%) VPN
4 27 (1.44%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.28%) DHCP
6 17 (0.90%) WAN
7 15 (0.80%) HTTP
7 15 (0.80%) SSL
8 13 (0.69%) SAN
8 13 (0.69%) VLAN
9 12 (0.64%) BGP
9 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.43%) 4G
11 8 (0.43%) 5G
11 8 (0.43%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (0.43%) MPLS
11 8 (0.43%) VXLAN
12 7 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (10.64%) Power BI
2 103 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
3 98 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 78 (4.15%) Relational Database
4 78 (4.15%) Tableau
5 75 (3.99%) Metadata
6 53 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (2.02%) Data Lake
8 35 (1.86%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.65%) Big Data
10 28 (1.49%) Oracle Database
11 27 (1.44%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.28%) RDBMS
13 20 (1.06%) Power Query
14 19 (1.01%) Delta Lake
14 19 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
16 17 (0.90%) BigQuery
16 17 (0.90%) Star Schema
17 15 (0.80%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 190 (10.11%) JIRA
2 79 (4.20%) Git
3 45 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.44%) Selenium
5 22 (1.17%) JMeter
6 17 (0.90%) GitLab
7 14 (0.74%) ERwin
7 14 (0.74%) LoadRunner
7 14 (0.74%) Postman
8 13 (0.69%) JUnit
9 12 (0.64%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.64%) Maven
10 11 (0.59%) SonarQube
11 10 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.53%) Gatling
11 10 (0.53%) REST Assured
12 9 (0.48%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.48%) ER Studio
12 9 (0.48%) Gradle
12 9 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 937 (49.84%) Social Skills
2 743 (39.52%) Finance
3 286 (15.21%) Banking
4 155 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 101 (5.37%) Marketing
6 98 (5.21%) Front Office
7 91 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
8 85 (4.52%) Documentation Skills
9 76 (4.04%) Legal
10 72 (3.83%) Retail
11 61 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
12 58 (3.09%) Investment Banking
13 57 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
14 53 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 52 (2.77%) Telecoms
16 41 (2.18%) Financial Institution
17 30 (1.60%) Local Government
18 27 (1.44%) Back Office
19 20 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
19 20 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 463 (24.63%) Analyst
2 239 (12.71%) Business Analyst
3 212 (11.28%) Senior
4 173 (9.20%) Developer
5 134 (7.13%) Lead
6 129 (6.86%) Architect
7 103 (5.48%) Data Engineer
8 97 (5.16%) Data Analyst
9 85 (4.52%) Consultant
10 66 (3.51%) Data Scientist
11 62 (3.30%) Project Manager
12 50 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
13 44 (2.34%) Senior Developer
14 34 (1.81%) Senior Manager
15 31 (1.65%) Java Developer
15 31 (1.65%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (1.65%) Technical Business Analyst
16 30 (1.60%) Support Engineer
16 30 (1.60%) Technical Analyst
17 29 (1.54%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (5.90%) REST
2 77 (4.10%) .NET
3 60 (3.19%) Kafka
4 54 (2.87%) RESTful
5 46 (2.45%) JSON
6 44 (2.34%) XML
7 43 (2.29%) SOAP
8 41 (2.18%) Web Services
9 39 (2.07%) HTML
10 37 (1.97%) Middleware
11 34 (1.81%) Pandas
12 33 (1.76%) CSS
12 33 (1.76%) PySpark
12 33 (1.76%) Spring
13 32 (1.70%) React
14 26 (1.38%) Spring Boot
15 23 (1.22%) AngularJS
16 22 (1.17%) PyTorch
16 22 (1.17%) scikit-learn
17 21 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 175 (9.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 134 (7.13%) Product Ownership
3 109 (5.80%) Onboarding
4 76 (4.04%) Data Structures
5 66 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (3.35%) Cloud Native
7 56 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
8 55 (2.93%) Management Information System
9 42 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
10 38 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 38 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
11 36 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
12 32 (1.70%) Data Centre
12 32 (1.70%) Fixed Income
13 31 (1.65%) Derivative
14 29 (1.54%) AI Agents
15 28 (1.49%) Algorithms
16 27 (1.44%) Equities
17 25 (1.33%) CMDB
18 24 (1.28%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 128 (6.81%) Windows
2 118 (6.28%) Linux
3 44 (2.34%) Unix
4 24 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (0.80%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.74%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.53%) Android
10 7 (0.37%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.32%) Solaris
12 5 (0.27%) AIX
13 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.11%) SUSE
14 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.053%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.053%) VMS
15 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 944 (50.21%) Problem-Solving
2 566 (30.11%) Agile
3 554 (29.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 366 (19.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 356 (18.94%) Analytics
6 338 (17.98%) AI
7 318 (16.91%) Decision-Making
8 252 (13.40%) Data Modelling
8 252 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 239 (12.71%) Validation
10 237 (12.61%) DevOps
11 229 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
12 214 (11.38%) CI/CD
13 212 (11.28%) Migration
14 181 (9.63%) Data Analysis
15 174 (9.26%) User Acceptance Testing
16 169 (8.99%) Data Pipeline
17 165 (8.78%) Roadmaps
18 163 (8.67%) User Stories
19 155 (8.24%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 525 (27.93%) SQL
2 408 (21.70%) Python
3 135 (7.18%) Java
4 92 (4.89%) C#
4 92 (4.89%) JavaScript
5 77 (4.10%) PowerShell
6 47 (2.50%) TypeScript
7 40 (2.13%) Bash
8 35 (1.86%) C++
9 30 (1.60%) R
10 29 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 28 (1.49%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.17%) T-SQL
13 15 (0.80%) Scala
14 11 (0.59%) Perl
14 11 (0.59%) Shell Script
15 10 (0.53%) VBA
16 9 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.48%) Go
16 9 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 248 (13.19%) Security Cleared
2 236 (12.55%) Degree
3 188 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 78 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.13%) CISSP
6 34 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (1.49%) CISM
7 28 (1.49%) PMP
8 27 (1.44%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 25 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.17%) Azure Certification
12 20 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.01%) DV Cleared
14 16 (0.85%) ISTQB
15 15 (0.80%) ACCA
15 15 (0.80%) CCNP
15 15 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.74%) CIMA
17 13 (0.69%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (12.55%) Data Quality
2 140 (7.45%) QA
3 88 (4.68%) PMO
4 59 (3.14%) GDPR
5 48 (2.55%) SLA
6 47 (2.50%) NIST
7 46 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (1.81%) Accessibility
9 29 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 25 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 21 (1.12%) COBIT
12 19 (1.01%) GRC
13 16 (0.85%) IFRS
14 11 (0.59%) ISO 20022
15 9 (0.48%) PCI DSS
16 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.37%) WCAG
18 6 (0.32%) GAAP
18 6 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 79 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 71 (3.78%) Docker
3 20 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.48%) IAG
6 6 (0.32%) Firmware
6 6 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
8 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.11%) Squid
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.053%) NFS
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.053%) RACF
Systems Management
1 74 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.46%) Terraform
3 43 (2.29%) Ansible
4 33 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 31 (1.65%) Grafana
6 16 (0.85%) SCCM
7 15 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.74%) Control-M
8 14 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.64%) Kibana
10 6 (0.32%) Puppet
10 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.27%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.27%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.21%) Istio
12 4 (0.21%) systemd
13 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.16%) RSA Archer
14 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 306 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 162 (8.62%) Oracle
3 101 (5.37%) ServiceNow
4 99 (5.27%) SAP
5 70 (3.72%) Google
6 68 (3.62%) Databricks
7 62 (3.30%) Salesforce
8 39 (2.07%) Splunk
9 34 (1.81%) IBM
10 31 (1.65%) Cisco
10 31 (1.65%) Dynatrace
11 30 (1.60%) VMware
12 23 (1.22%) Adobe
13 22 (1.17%) CyberArk
14 21 (1.12%) Workday
15 18 (0.96%) Alteryx
15 18 (0.96%) Informatica
16 17 (0.90%) Apple
17 16 (0.85%) Sitecore
18 13 (0.69%) Red Hat