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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,666 1,507 1,426
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.71% 11.93% 8.08%
As % of the General category 14.44% 17.51% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,023 954 983
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% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £686 £688
90th Percentile £750 £813 £823
England median daily rate £500 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -1.19% -3.62% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 41
10th Percentile £19.11 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £38.11 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% +69.38% -44.44%
75th Percentile £50.62 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +66.67% -45.07%

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 11,534 8,607 11,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.32% 68.16% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,423 5,749 7,880
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £700
90th Percentile £788 £815 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £535
% change year-on-year - -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 159 236
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.75
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.48 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +14.40% -5.58%
75th Percentile £46.25 £51.22 £47.81
90th Percentile £72.00 £65.00 £67.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.97 £32.29
% change year-on-year +16.20% -13.38% +15.03%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -10 208 £538 -2.27% 110
West London +3 80 £516 +29.06% 36
South London -7 31 £475 -24.00% 7
East London -4 8 £400 -7.03% 17
North London - 1 - - 9
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 73 (4.38%) Confluence
2 32 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (1.86%) Apache Spark
4 26 (1.56%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.08%) Apache
6 14 (0.84%) CMS
6 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.42%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.24%) IIS
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Appian
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.060%) nginx
13 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.060%) Traefik
Applications
1 152 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.46%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.66%) 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 (0.060%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.060%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.84%) Aladdin
3 14 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.60%) Finacle
4 10 (0.60%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.54%) Fidessa
5 9 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
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%) iTrent
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%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 332 (19.93%) Azure
2 237 (14.23%) AWS
3 209 (12.55%) Power Platform
4 87 (5.22%) GCP
5 77 (4.62%) SaaS
6 70 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (3.66%) GitHub
9 40 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 35 (2.10%) Amazon S3
11 35 (2.10%) Serverless
11 35 (2.10%) Snowflake
12 30 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
13 27 (1.62%) dbt
13 27 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
15 24 (1.44%) PaaS
16 21 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 20 (1.20%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.46%) Firewall
2 25 (1.50%) DNS
3 24 (1.44%) Network Security
4 19 (1.14%) WAN
5 18 (1.08%) VPN
6 16 (0.96%) DHCP
6 16 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.90%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.78%) SAN
9 11 (0.66%) BGP
10 10 (0.60%) VLAN
11 9 (0.54%) 5G
11 9 (0.54%) OSPF
12 8 (0.48%) 4G
12 8 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.48%) HTTP
12 8 (0.48%) Internet
12 8 (0.48%) VXLAN
13 7 (0.42%) MPLS
13 7 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (11.10%) Power BI
2 95 (5.70%) Data Warehouse
3 82 (4.92%) SQL Server
4 76 (4.56%) Tableau
5 66 (3.96%) Relational Database
6 55 (3.30%) Metadata
7 40 (2.40%) Data Lake
7 40 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (1.92%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.56%) Big Data
10 24 (1.44%) MongoDB
11 23 (1.38%) RDBMS
12 22 (1.32%) BigQuery
13 21 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (1.20%) Oracle Database
15 19 (1.14%) Power Query
15 19 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
16 17 (1.02%) Star Schema
17 16 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
18 13 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 161 (9.66%) JIRA
2 64 (3.84%) Git
3 28 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.32%) Selenium
5 12 (0.72%) Postman
5 12 (0.72%) REST Assured
6 11 (0.66%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.66%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.66%) GitLab
7 10 (0.60%) ERwin
7 10 (0.60%) MLflow
8 9 (0.54%) JUnit
9 8 (0.48%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.42%) JMeter
10 7 (0.42%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.36%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
12 5 (0.30%) Mockito
General
1 769 (46.16%) Social Skills
2 655 (39.32%) Finance
3 239 (14.35%) Banking
4 136 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 90 (5.40%) Marketing
6 81 (4.86%) Front Office
6 81 (4.86%) Legal
7 73 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
8 67 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
9 60 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
10 53 (3.18%) Investment Banking
11 51 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
12 50 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 48 (2.88%) Telecoms
14 45 (2.70%) Retail
15 38 (2.28%) Financial Institution
16 27 (1.62%) Back Office
17 21 (1.26%) Law
18 18 (1.08%) Local Government
18 18 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 436 (26.17%) Analyst
2 221 (13.27%) Business Analyst
3 160 (9.60%) Senior
4 145 (8.70%) Developer
5 116 (6.96%) Architect
6 109 (6.54%) Lead
7 100 (6.00%) Data Engineer
8 96 (5.76%) Data Analyst
9 93 (5.58%) Consultant
10 61 (3.66%) Data Scientist
11 50 (3.00%) Project Manager
12 41 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (1.92%) Senior Developer
15 29 (1.74%) Financial Analyst
15 29 (1.74%) Senior Business Analyst
16 24 (1.44%) Product Owner
16 24 (1.44%) Support Engineer
16 24 (1.44%) Technical Analyst
17 23 (1.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (4.74%) REST
2 58 (3.48%) .NET
3 49 (2.94%) Kafka
4 39 (2.34%) Pandas
5 36 (2.16%) JSON
6 35 (2.10%) RESTful
6 35 (2.10%) XML
7 34 (2.04%) Middleware
8 31 (1.86%) SOAP
9 30 (1.80%) HTML
9 30 (1.80%) scikit-learn
10 28 (1.68%) CSS
11 26 (1.56%) PySpark
12 25 (1.50%) Web Services
13 23 (1.38%) NumPy
14 22 (1.32%) PyTorch
15 21 (1.26%) React
16 20 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
17 19 (1.14%) SAML
17 19 (1.14%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 99 (5.94%) Product Ownership
3 70 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 69 (4.14%) Data Structures
5 65 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 45 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 42 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 41 (2.46%) Management Information System
9 39 (2.34%) Algorithms
10 36 (2.16%) Data Centre
11 34 (2.04%) Fixed Income
12 32 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 31 (1.86%) Derivative
14 30 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
15 29 (1.74%) Equities
16 23 (1.38%) Security Posture
17 22 (1.32%) Virtual Team
18 21 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
19 20 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 100 (6.00%) Windows
2 67 (4.02%) Linux
3 33 (1.98%) Unix
4 15 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.54%) Android
8 6 (0.36%) Solaris
9 5 (0.30%) AIX
9 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (48.56%) Problem-Solving
2 445 (26.71%) Agile
3 394 (23.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 313 (18.79%) Analytics
5 304 (18.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 290 (17.41%) AI
7 284 (17.05%) Decision-Making
8 246 (14.77%) Data Modelling
9 221 (13.27%) Validation
10 208 (12.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 204 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
12 188 (11.28%) DevOps
13 179 (10.74%) CI/CD
13 179 (10.74%) Migration
14 175 (10.50%) Data Analysis
15 148 (8.88%) User Acceptance Testing
16 147 (8.82%) Data Pipeline
17 142 (8.52%) Data Science
17 142 (8.52%) Roadmaps
18 141 (8.46%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 484 (29.05%) SQL
2 381 (22.87%) Python
3 105 (6.30%) Java
4 87 (5.22%) C#
5 58 (3.48%) JavaScript
6 53 (3.18%) PowerShell
7 43 (2.58%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (1.80%) R
10 29 (1.74%) C++
11 24 (1.44%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.32%) T-SQL
13 21 (1.26%) Scala
14 20 (1.20%) Bash
15 9 (0.54%) VBA
16 8 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.42%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.42%) C
18 6 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 201 (12.06%) Degree
2 197 (11.82%) Security Cleared
3 139 (8.34%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (2.16%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.10%) CISSP
8 25 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.50%) PMP
9 23 (1.38%) CISM
10 20 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.96%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.90%) CISA
12 15 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.78%) CRISC
13 13 (0.78%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.78%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.72%) ACCA
15 11 (0.66%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (13.03%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.68%) QA
3 74 (4.44%) PMO
4 73 (4.38%) GDPR
5 48 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (2.82%) NIST
7 41 (2.46%) SLA
8 27 (1.62%) Accessibility
9 26 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 26 (1.56%) COBIT
10 24 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 21 (1.26%) GRC
12 20 (1.20%) PCI DSS
13 17 (1.02%) IFRS
14 13 (0.78%) ISO 20022
15 8 (0.48%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.42%) GAAP
17 6 (0.36%) GxP
17 6 (0.36%) NCSC
17 6 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 59 (3.54%) Docker
2 51 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.24%) Firmware
6 4 (0.24%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.060%) RACF
9 1 (0.060%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.060%) vSphere
9 1 (0.060%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.64%) Terraform
3 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.26%) Ansible
4 21 (1.26%) Grafana
5 11 (0.66%) SCCM
5 11 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.48%) Kibana
7 7 (0.42%) 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 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.060%) Nagios
12 1 (0.060%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.060%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 248 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 143 (8.58%) Oracle
3 92 (5.52%) SAP
4 81 (4.86%) Salesforce
5 77 (4.62%) ServiceNow
6 65 (3.90%) Databricks
7 61 (3.66%) Google
8 23 (1.38%) Splunk
8 23 (1.38%) Workday
9 21 (1.26%) Dynatrace
10 20 (1.20%) Informatica
11 19 (1.14%) IBM
12 18 (1.08%) Cisco
13 17 (1.02%) Adobe
14 16 (0.96%) Murex
14 16 (0.96%) VMware
15 15 (0.90%) Alteryx
16 14 (0.84%) Bloomberg
16 14 (0.84%) Tenable
17 13 (0.78%) Apple