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 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 17 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,528 1,507 1,523
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.58% 10.15% 8.20%
As % of the General category 15.98% 15.75% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 940 905 1,017
10th Percentile £315 £319 £313
25th Percentile £403 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 33
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £16.35
25th Percentile £24.38 £22.00 £21.75
Median hourly rate £34.64 £30.59 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year +13.22% -30.26% +29.00%
75th Percentile £47.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £56.10 £80.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.00 £26.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +30.77% -13.33% -24.05%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,561 9,567 11,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.18% 64.42% 64.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,214 6,093 8,619
10th Percentile £345 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £672 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 117 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £17.15
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £20.63
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +2.94% +1.49%
75th Percentile £44.94 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.07 £78.40 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% -9.09% +32.00%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 -1 238 £500 -9.09% 337
West London -14 23 £500 +33.33% 37
South London -6 19 £556 -4.59% 59
East London 0 9 £394 -10.51% 19
North London 0 1 - - 5
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 (4.78%) Confluence
2 40 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.92%) CMS
7 7 (0.46%) Apache
8 5 (0.33%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.065%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.065%) Appian
Applications
1 159 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.62%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.39%) ProjectWise
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.13%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.065%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.065%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.065%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.065%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
5 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
6 8 (0.52%) Endur
6 8 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.52%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.33%) Shopify
9 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
9 5 (0.33%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 260 (17.02%) Azure
2 198 (12.96%) AWS
3 178 (11.65%) Power Platform
4 79 (5.17%) GCP
5 73 (4.78%) SaaS
6 53 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
7 51 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (2.55%) Entra ID
9 38 (2.49%) Snowflake
10 36 (2.36%) GitHub
10 36 (2.36%) IaaS
11 33 (2.16%) Amazon S3
12 29 (1.90%) Serverless
13 27 (1.77%) dbt
14 24 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
15 23 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (1.31%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (1.11%) Google Analytics
18 17 (1.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.36%) Firewall
2 34 (2.23%) Network Security
3 30 (1.96%) DNS
4 22 (1.44%) VPN
5 15 (0.98%) LAN
5 15 (0.98%) WAN
6 12 (0.79%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.72%) DHCP
7 11 (0.72%) HTTP
7 11 (0.72%) SSL
8 8 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.52%) VLAN
9 7 (0.46%) VoIP
10 6 (0.39%) Internet
11 5 (0.33%) BGP
11 5 (0.33%) CTI
11 5 (0.33%) DMZ
11 5 (0.33%) SMS
11 5 (0.33%) Wireless
12 4 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (10.93%) Power BI
2 79 (5.17%) Tableau
3 65 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (3.21%) SQL Server
5 41 (2.68%) Metadata
6 39 (2.55%) Relational Database
7 30 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.70%) Big Data
9 23 (1.51%) MongoDB
10 22 (1.44%) Data Lake
10 22 (1.44%) DB2
10 22 (1.44%) NoSQL
11 19 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
12 18 (1.18%) BigQuery
13 16 (1.05%) Power Query
13 16 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
13 16 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (0.98%) Hadoop
15 14 (0.92%) Looker
15 14 (0.92%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 137 (8.97%) JIRA
2 58 (3.80%) Git
3 20 (1.31%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.18%) GitLab
5 15 (0.98%) JUnit
6 10 (0.65%) Selenium
7 7 (0.46%) Postman
8 6 (0.39%) Appium
8 6 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (0.33%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.33%) JMeter
9 5 (0.33%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.33%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 4 (0.26%) sqlmap
10 4 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.20%) LSMW
General
1 809 (52.95%) Social Skills
2 548 (35.86%) Finance
3 206 (13.48%) Banking
4 130 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 97 (6.35%) Marketing
6 70 (4.58%) Investment Banking
7 68 (4.45%) Legal
8 56 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
9 51 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
10 48 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
11 43 (2.81%) Front Office
11 43 (2.81%) Retail
12 41 (2.68%) Back Office
13 38 (2.49%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.29%) Telecoms
15 30 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 21 (1.37%) Publishing
17 18 (1.18%) Law
18 17 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 404 (26.44%) Analyst
2 198 (12.96%) Business Analyst
3 179 (11.71%) Senior
4 159 (10.41%) Developer
5 114 (7.46%) Architect
6 97 (6.35%) Lead
7 83 (5.43%) Data Analyst
8 75 (4.91%) Consultant
9 55 (3.60%) Data Engineer
10 53 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
11 50 (3.27%) Project Manager
12 39 (2.55%) Senior Developer
13 34 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (2.09%) Data Scientist
15 31 (2.03%) Java Developer
16 29 (1.90%) Technical Analyst
17 28 (1.83%) Python Developer
17 28 (1.83%) Senior Business Analyst
18 26 (1.70%) Security Analyst
19 25 (1.64%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.89%) REST
2 49 (3.21%) Kafka
3 46 (3.01%) JSON
4 33 (2.16%) HTML
5 32 (2.09%) .NET
6 27 (1.77%) Spring
7 26 (1.70%) XML
8 25 (1.64%) CSS
8 25 (1.64%) Pandas
8 25 (1.64%) React
8 25 (1.64%) RESTful
9 23 (1.51%) Middleware
9 23 (1.51%) SOAP
10 19 (1.24%) scikit-learn
11 18 (1.18%) Node.js
11 18 (1.18%) TensorFlow
12 17 (1.11%) NumPy
13 16 (1.05%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
13 16 (1.05%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 161 (10.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 70 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
4 65 (4.25%) Management Information System
5 51 (3.34%) Data Structures
6 50 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 36 (2.36%) Algorithms
8 32 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.96%) Derivative
9 30 (1.96%) Equities
9 30 (1.96%) PKI
10 26 (1.70%) Cloud Native
10 26 (1.70%) Fixed Income
11 25 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
12 24 (1.57%) Security Posture
13 23 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 18 (1.18%) Data Centre
15 18 (1.18%) PMI
15 18 (1.18%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 74 (4.84%) Linux
2 69 (4.52%) Windows
3 24 (1.57%) Unix
4 8 (0.52%) Mac OS
4 8 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.39%) Android
6 6 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.26%) Solaris
8 4 (0.26%) VMS
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.065%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.065%) VME
10 1 (0.065%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (53.66%) Problem-Solving
2 461 (30.17%) Agile
3 299 (19.57%) Analytics
4 291 (19.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 263 (17.21%) Decision-Making
6 211 (13.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 202 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
8 186 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (11.45%) Data Modelling
10 170 (11.13%) Data Analysis
11 154 (10.08%) AI
12 146 (9.55%) Project Management
13 142 (9.29%) Validation
14 140 (9.16%) Migration
15 136 (8.90%) CI/CD
15 136 (8.90%) DevOps
16 135 (8.84%) Roadmaps
17 133 (8.70%) Visualisation
18 129 (8.44%) Actionable Insight
19 122 (7.98%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 373 (24.41%) SQL
2 322 (21.07%) Python
3 90 (5.89%) Java
4 76 (4.97%) JavaScript
4 76 (4.97%) PowerShell
5 47 (3.08%) C#
6 36 (2.36%) Bash
7 30 (1.96%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.57%) C++
8 24 (1.57%) R
9 20 (1.31%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 14 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
10 14 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.79%) Go
12 10 (0.65%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.52%) Korn
13 8 (0.52%) Scala
14 7 (0.46%) VBA
15 6 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 235 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 230 (15.05%) Degree
3 175 (11.45%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 46 (3.01%) PMI Certification
6 31 (2.03%) PMP
7 23 (1.51%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.37%) CISSP
9 16 (1.05%) Azure Certification
9 16 (1.05%) CBAP
10 14 (0.92%) CIMA
10 14 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.85%) ACCA
11 13 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (0.79%) AWS Certification
13 11 (0.72%) CCNP
13 11 (0.72%) CISM
13 11 (0.72%) CSPO
13 11 (0.72%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (9.49%) Data Quality
2 115 (7.53%) QA
3 57 (3.73%) GDPR
4 46 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 38 (2.49%) PMO
6 23 (1.51%) NIST
7 20 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (0.85%) SLA
9 12 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (0.79%) WCAG
10 11 (0.72%) EMIR
10 11 (0.72%) GRC
10 11 (0.72%) MiFID
11 10 (0.65%) COBIT
11 10 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.46%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.39%) ISO 19650
14 6 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 59 (3.86%) Docker
2 52 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.52%) zsh
5 7 (0.46%) HDFS
6 3 (0.20%) Firmware
6 3 (0.20%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.20%) Squid
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.20%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Snort
7 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.065%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.065%) IAG
8 1 (0.065%) KVM
8 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 66 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.81%) Terraform
3 38 (2.49%) Ansible
4 17 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.92%) SCCM
6 10 (0.65%) Grafana
7 8 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.46%) Nessus
9 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.33%) Nmap
10 5 (0.33%) SCOM
11 3 (0.20%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.20%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.13%) Argo
12 2 (0.13%) CA Spectrum
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.13%) Suricata
12 2 (0.13%) vRealize
12 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 262 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 82 (5.37%) Oracle
3 77 (5.04%) SAP
4 67 (4.38%) Google
5 61 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 55 (3.60%) Databricks
7 50 (3.27%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.83%) Splunk
9 26 (1.70%) Cisco
10 20 (1.31%) VMware
11 19 (1.24%) Bloomberg
12 17 (1.11%) Adobe
13 16 (1.05%) MuleSoft
14 15 (0.98%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.92%) Juniper
15 14 (0.92%) Sybase
16 13 (0.85%) Remedy
17 11 (0.72%) CyberArk
17 11 (0.72%) IBM
17 11 (0.72%) Murex