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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,906 1,555 1,373
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.51% 11.71% 8.45%
As % of the General category 15.60% 16.98% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 1,001 875
10th Percentile £350 £313 £319
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £653 £650 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £760
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 24
10th Percentile £19.72 £18.15 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £26.59 £22.75
Median hourly rate £36.00 £34.74 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -17.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.30 £58.88 £65.02
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year +10.77% +49.43% -51.67%

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 12,215 9,158 10,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.97% 68.98% 62.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,774 6,076 6,923
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 186 137
10th Percentile £18.50 £16.17 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% -11.64% +14.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.25 £65.42
England median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.47% -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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -11 221 £550 - 316
West London +4 82 £553 +33.53% 148
South London +1 34 £550 -12.00% 28
East London +2 13 £463 +42.31% 31
North London +4 4 £500 - 3
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 (4.56%) Confluence
2 47 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 42 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.63%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.36%) CMS
6 22 (1.15%) Apache
7 21 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.47%) SAS
10 8 (0.42%) JBoss
10 8 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.42%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.37%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.31%) IIS
13 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
13 5 (0.26%) Appian
14 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 4 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
15 3 (0.16%) Camunda
Applications
1 181 (9.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.37%) CPLEX
9 4 (0.21%) Trello
10 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.10%) Notion
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.052%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 25 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.79%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.52%) Finacle
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.47%) Shopify
8 8 (0.42%) iTrent
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.26%) Magento
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
10 5 (0.26%) Summit
11 4 (0.21%) Findur
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 387 (20.30%) Azure
2 274 (14.38%) AWS
3 235 (12.33%) Power Platform
4 101 (5.30%) GCP
5 85 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.09%) SaaS
7 77 (4.04%) GitHub
8 70 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
9 68 (3.57%) Entra ID
10 66 (3.46%) Snowflake
11 46 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
12 41 (2.15%) Serverless
13 39 (2.05%) dbt
14 35 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (1.57%) Amazon S3
15 30 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
16 29 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 26 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
18 21 (1.10%) PaaS
19 20 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.36%) Firewall
2 36 (1.89%) DNS
3 31 (1.63%) Network Security
4 30 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.47%) VPN
6 23 (1.21%) DHCP
7 18 (0.94%) WAN
8 17 (0.89%) SSL
9 14 (0.73%) BGP
9 14 (0.73%) HTTP
10 13 (0.68%) SAN
11 11 (0.58%) Kerberos
11 11 (0.58%) VLAN
12 10 (0.52%) MPLS
12 10 (0.52%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.47%) 5G
13 9 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
14 8 (0.42%) Multicast
14 8 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (11.12%) Power BI
2 109 (5.72%) Data Warehouse
3 101 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 82 (4.30%) Relational Database
4 82 (4.30%) Tableau
5 76 (3.99%) Metadata
6 63 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (1.89%) NoSQL
8 34 (1.78%) Data Lake
9 31 (1.63%) Big Data
10 28 (1.47%) MongoDB
10 28 (1.47%) Oracle Database
11 26 (1.36%) Delta Lake
12 23 (1.21%) Power Query
12 23 (1.21%) RDBMS
13 22 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 21 (1.10%) BigQuery
15 17 (0.89%) Snowflake Schema
16 16 (0.84%) Hadoop
16 16 (0.84%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 188 (9.86%) JIRA
2 99 (5.19%) Git
3 54 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.57%) Selenium
5 22 (1.15%) GitLab
5 22 (1.15%) JMeter
6 16 (0.84%) Postman
7 15 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 14 (0.73%) Bitbucket
8 14 (0.73%) LoadRunner
9 13 (0.68%) ERwin
10 12 (0.63%) Maven
11 11 (0.58%) JUnit
11 11 (0.58%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.52%) Gatling
12 10 (0.52%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.47%) ER Studio
13 9 (0.47%) Gradle
14 8 (0.42%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 978 (51.31%) Social Skills
2 749 (39.30%) Finance
3 284 (14.90%) Banking
4 161 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 101 (5.30%) Front Office
6 93 (4.88%) Marketing
7 87 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
8 85 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
9 74 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
9 74 (3.88%) Retail
10 73 (3.83%) Legal
11 62 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 59 (3.10%) Investment Banking
13 57 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
13 57 (2.99%) Telecoms
14 42 (2.20%) Local Government
15 39 (2.05%) Financial Institution
16 28 (1.47%) Back Office
17 21 (1.10%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 478 (25.08%) Analyst
2 229 (12.01%) Business Analyst
3 223 (11.70%) Senior
4 174 (9.13%) Developer
5 140 (7.35%) Architect
6 135 (7.08%) Lead
7 105 (5.51%) Data Engineer
8 101 (5.30%) Data Analyst
9 76 (3.99%) Consultant
10 62 (3.25%) Data Scientist
11 54 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
12 51 (2.68%) Project Manager
13 48 (2.52%) Senior Developer
14 34 (1.78%) Solutions Architect
15 32 (1.68%) Senior Manager
15 32 (1.68%) Support Engineer
16 31 (1.63%) Technical Analyst
17 30 (1.57%) Financial Analyst
17 30 (1.57%) Technical Business Analyst
18 29 (1.52%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (6.19%) REST
2 87 (4.56%) .NET
3 67 (3.52%) Terraform
4 58 (3.04%) Kafka
5 55 (2.89%) RESTful
6 46 (2.41%) JSON
7 45 (2.36%) Middleware
8 44 (2.31%) XML
9 43 (2.26%) Web Services
10 42 (2.20%) SOAP
11 41 (2.15%) PySpark
12 40 (2.10%) HTML
13 33 (1.73%) CSS
13 33 (1.73%) React
14 32 (1.68%) Spring
15 30 (1.57%) Pandas
16 27 (1.42%) Spring Boot
17 24 (1.26%) AngularJS
18 22 (1.15%) OAuth
19 21 (1.10%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 162 (8.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 141 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 119 (6.24%) Onboarding
4 79 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 79 (4.14%) Data Structures
5 64 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (3.31%) Management Information System
7 60 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
8 50 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 33 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
12 31 (1.63%) AI Agents
13 30 (1.57%) Derivative
14 29 (1.52%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.52%) Fixed Income
15 28 (1.47%) Equities
16 27 (1.42%) Data Centre
17 26 (1.36%) Reference Data
18 23 (1.21%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 129 (6.77%) Linux
2 123 (6.45%) Windows
3 48 (2.52%) Unix
4 23 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (1.05%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.89%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.73%) Android
9 7 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.31%) Solaris
11 5 (0.26%) AIX
12 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.10%) SUSE
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.052%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.052%) VMS
14 1 (0.052%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 990 (51.94%) Problem-Solving
2 611 (32.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 573 (30.06%) Agile
4 388 (20.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 377 (19.78%) Analytics
6 360 (18.89%) AI
7 348 (18.26%) Decision-Making
8 277 (14.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 252 (13.22%) Data Modelling
10 247 (12.96%) Business Intelligence
11 243 (12.75%) CI/CD
11 243 (12.75%) Validation
12 242 (12.70%) DevOps
13 217 (11.39%) Migration
14 192 (10.07%) User Acceptance Testing
15 186 (9.76%) Data Analysis
16 174 (9.13%) Data Pipeline
17 171 (8.97%) Roadmaps
18 166 (8.71%) User Stories
19 161 (8.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 549 (28.80%) SQL
2 438 (22.98%) Python
3 131 (6.87%) Java
4 102 (5.35%) C#
5 95 (4.98%) JavaScript
6 76 (3.99%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.57%) TypeScript
8 44 (2.31%) Bash
9 35 (1.84%) R
10 34 (1.78%) C++
11 31 (1.63%) PL/SQL
12 28 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 27 (1.42%) T-SQL
14 17 (0.89%) Scala
15 16 (0.84%) Perl
15 16 (0.84%) Shell Script
16 13 (0.68%) Korn
17 9 (0.47%) Go
17 9 (0.47%) Ruby
18 8 (0.42%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 265 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 243 (12.75%) Degree
3 209 (10.97%) SC Cleared
4 71 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (1.99%) CISSP
6 37 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.36%) PMP
9 25 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 25 (1.31%) CISM
9 25 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 21 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (1.05%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.00%) ACCA
13 18 (0.94%) CIMA
13 18 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.89%) ISTQB
14 17 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (0.68%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (13.01%) Data Quality
2 150 (7.87%) QA
3 86 (4.51%) PMO
4 55 (2.89%) GDPR
5 52 (2.73%) SLA
6 47 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 43 (2.26%) NIST
8 31 (1.63%) Accessibility
9 27 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 27 (1.42%) GRC
10 20 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 19 (1.00%) COBIT
12 17 (0.89%) IFRS
13 12 (0.63%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
15 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.31%) WCAG
16 5 (0.26%) GAAP
System Software
1 80 (4.20%) Docker
2 76 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.47%) IAG
6 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.10%) Firmware
9 2 (0.10%) Postfix
9 2 (0.10%) Squid
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.052%) NFS
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.052%) RACF
Systems Management
1 80 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.36%) Ansible
3 34 (1.78%) Grafana
4 31 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.84%) SCCM
7 14 (0.73%) Control-M
8 12 (0.63%) Kibana
9 8 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.37%) Puppet
10 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 5 (0.26%) Istio
12 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.21%) systemd
13 3 (0.16%) Cilium
13 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.10%) RSA Archer
14 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 328 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 168 (8.81%) Oracle
3 101 (5.30%) SAP
4 96 (5.04%) ServiceNow
5 85 (4.46%) Databricks
6 74 (3.88%) Google
7 65 (3.41%) Salesforce
8 48 (2.52%) Splunk
9 35 (1.84%) IBM
10 32 (1.68%) Cisco
10 32 (1.68%) Dynatrace
11 29 (1.52%) VMware
12 25 (1.31%) Adobe
13 22 (1.15%) CyberArk
14 20 (1.05%) Alteryx
14 20 (1.05%) Informatica
14 20 (1.05%) Workday
15 16 (0.84%) Sitecore
16 15 (0.79%) Apple
16 15 (0.79%) Red Hat