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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 18 20
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,909 1,466 1,415
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.44% 11.04% 8.77%
As % of the General category 15.30% 16.04% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,178 914 867
10th Percentile £338 £313 £320
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £750 £763 £766
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 28 22
10th Percentile £19.55 £17.73 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.12 £19.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £34.38 £34.04
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +1.00% -31.93%
75th Percentile £50.00 £48.06 £52.50
90th Percentile £62.85 £57.38 £64.00
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.38% +30.00% -44.44%

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 12,476 9,139 10,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.70% 68.84% 62.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,973 6,023 6,556
10th Percentile £350 £325 £331
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 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 173 117
10th Percentile £16.47 £17.02 £17.80
25th Percentile £20.85 £24.61 £25.75
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% -11.27% +23.48%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £64.55 £65.42
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +19.28% -32.93% +27.12%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -10 223 £538 -2.27% 508
West London +6 92 £553 +33.13% 155
South London -2 24 £544 -22.36% 32
East London +1 13 £463 +35.04% 30
North London +4 5 £525 - 1
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 91 (4.77%) Confluence
2 48 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.36%) CMS
6 24 (1.26%) Apache
7 20 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.42%) JBoss
9 8 (0.42%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.42%) SAS
9 8 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
9 8 (0.42%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.31%) IIS
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
11 5 (0.26%) Appian
12 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 180 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.78%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 18 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.37%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.26%) Trello
9 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.10%) Notion
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.052%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 27 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.89%) Aladdin
5 14 (0.73%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.52%) Finacle
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.42%) iTrent
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
8 8 (0.42%) Shopify
9 6 (0.31%) Magento
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
10 5 (0.26%) Summit
11 4 (0.21%) Loan IQ
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 381 (19.96%) Azure
2 270 (14.14%) AWS
3 248 (12.99%) Power Platform
4 109 (5.71%) GCP
5 87 (4.56%) GitHub
6 82 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (4.09%) SaaS
8 72 (3.77%) Snowflake
9 71 (3.72%) Entra ID
9 71 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
10 42 (2.20%) Serverless
11 41 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
12 40 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (2.10%) dbt
13 35 (1.83%) Amazon S3
14 31 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
15 30 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
16 28 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
17 26 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 24 (1.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.25%) Firewall
2 35 (1.83%) DNS
3 34 (1.78%) Network Security
3 34 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.73%) VPN
5 22 (1.15%) DHCP
6 17 (0.89%) WAN
7 16 (0.84%) SSL
8 15 (0.79%) BGP
9 13 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
10 12 (0.63%) 5G
10 12 (0.63%) VLAN
11 11 (0.58%) HTTP
11 11 (0.58%) Kerberos
11 11 (0.58%) MPLS
11 11 (0.58%) SAN
12 10 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.47%) Wireless
13 9 (0.47%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (11.37%) Power BI
2 108 (5.66%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (5.03%) SQL Server
4 81 (4.24%) Tableau
5 73 (3.82%) Relational Database
6 67 (3.51%) Metadata
7 64 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.94%) Data Lake
8 37 (1.94%) NoSQL
9 34 (1.78%) MongoDB
10 31 (1.62%) Oracle Database
11 27 (1.41%) Delta Lake
12 25 (1.31%) BigQuery
13 24 (1.26%) Power Query
14 23 (1.20%) Big Data
15 22 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 21 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
17 20 (1.05%) RDBMS
18 18 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
19 15 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 191 (10.01%) JIRA
2 117 (6.13%) Git
3 59 (3.09%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.89%) GitLab
5 26 (1.36%) Selenium
6 21 (1.10%) JMeter
7 16 (0.84%) Bitbucket
8 14 (0.73%) Postman
9 13 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.68%) LoadRunner
10 12 (0.63%) ERwin
10 12 (0.63%) Maven
11 11 (0.58%) Gradle
11 11 (0.58%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.52%) Gatling
13 9 (0.47%) JUnit
13 9 (0.47%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.42%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 981 (51.39%) Social Skills
2 772 (40.44%) Finance
3 295 (15.45%) Banking
4 171 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 100 (5.24%) Front Office
6 92 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 88 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
8 83 (4.35%) Marketing
9 81 (4.24%) Legal
10 76 (3.98%) Retail
11 74 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
12 60 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 59 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
14 55 (2.88%) Investment Banking
15 52 (2.72%) Local Government
16 51 (2.67%) Telecoms
17 35 (1.83%) Back Office
18 34 (1.78%) Financial Institution
19 28 (1.47%) Manufacturing
20 20 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 476 (24.93%) Analyst
2 229 (12.00%) Senior
3 222 (11.63%) Business Analyst
4 173 (9.06%) Developer
5 127 (6.65%) Lead
6 122 (6.39%) Architect
7 101 (5.29%) Data Analyst
8 97 (5.08%) Data Engineer
9 76 (3.98%) Consultant
10 57 (2.99%) Data Scientist
11 51 (2.67%) Project Manager
11 51 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
12 48 (2.51%) Senior Developer
13 32 (1.68%) Technical Analyst
14 30 (1.57%) Senior Manager
14 30 (1.57%) Technical Business Analyst
15 29 (1.52%) Financial Analyst
15 29 (1.52%) Support Engineer
16 28 (1.47%) IT Support
17 27 (1.41%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (5.97%) REST
2 94 (4.92%) .NET
3 84 (4.40%) Terraform
4 64 (3.35%) Kafka
5 58 (3.04%) RESTful
6 48 (2.51%) Web Services
7 45 (2.36%) SOAP
8 42 (2.20%) JSON
8 42 (2.20%) Middleware
8 42 (2.20%) XML
9 41 (2.15%) PySpark
10 39 (2.04%) HTML
11 33 (1.73%) React
12 32 (1.68%) CSS
12 32 (1.68%) Spring
13 28 (1.47%) Spring Boot
14 22 (1.15%) OAuth
14 22 (1.15%) Pandas
15 21 (1.10%) .NET Core
15 21 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 146 (7.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 142 (7.44%) Product Ownership
3 118 (6.18%) Onboarding
4 81 (4.24%) Cloud Native
5 72 (3.77%) Data Structures
6 69 (3.61%) Management Information System
7 63 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
11 35 (1.83%) AI Agents
12 32 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
13 30 (1.57%) Derivative
14 28 (1.47%) Fixed Income
14 28 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 27 (1.41%) Algorithms
16 26 (1.36%) Equities
17 23 (1.20%) Credit Risk
17 23 (1.20%) Reference Data
18 21 (1.10%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 134 (7.02%) Linux
2 127 (6.65%) Windows
3 52 (2.72%) Unix
4 25 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 22 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.84%) 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%) Data ONTAP
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
Processes & Methodologies
1 997 (52.23%) Problem-Solving
2 684 (35.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 545 (28.55%) Agile
4 394 (20.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 378 (19.80%) Analytics
6 374 (19.59%) AI
7 353 (18.49%) Decision-Making
8 274 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 264 (13.83%) Validation
10 258 (13.51%) CI/CD
11 254 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
12 253 (13.25%) DevOps
13 237 (12.41%) Data Modelling
14 225 (11.79%) Migration
15 192 (10.06%) User Acceptance Testing
16 184 (9.64%) Roadmaps
17 177 (9.27%) Data Analysis
18 173 (9.06%) Data Pipeline
19 164 (8.59%) Business Analysis
19 164 (8.59%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 556 (29.13%) SQL
2 421 (22.05%) Python
3 120 (6.29%) Java
4 106 (5.55%) C#
5 95 (4.98%) JavaScript
6 74 (3.88%) PowerShell
7 53 (2.78%) Bash
8 44 (2.30%) TypeScript
9 33 (1.73%) R
10 31 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 30 (1.57%) C++
12 27 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 27 (1.41%) T-SQL
13 24 (1.26%) Shell Script
14 16 (0.84%) Korn
14 16 (0.84%) Perl
15 15 (0.79%) Scala
16 13 (0.68%) Go
17 8 (0.42%) C
18 6 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 267 (13.99%) Security Cleared
2 247 (12.94%) Degree
3 213 (11.16%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (1.89%) PMI Certification
7 34 (1.78%) PMP
8 33 (1.73%) CISSP
9 31 (1.62%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.15%) ACCA
11 22 (1.15%) CIMA
11 22 (1.15%) CISM
11 22 (1.15%) DV Cleared
12 20 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 16 (0.84%) ISTQB
15 16 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
16 15 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (13.15%) Data Quality
2 149 (7.81%) QA
3 77 (4.03%) PMO
4 54 (2.83%) GDPR
5 48 (2.51%) SLA
6 41 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (1.78%) NIST
8 31 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 28 (1.47%) Accessibility
10 27 (1.41%) GRC
11 18 (0.94%) IFRS
12 15 (0.79%) COBIT
13 14 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.68%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.42%) Basel III
16 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
17 6 (0.31%) P3O
17 6 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 89 (4.66%) Docker
2 80 (4.19%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.37%) IAG
5 7 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.26%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) vSphere
9 3 (0.16%) NFS
9 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.10%) Postfix
10 2 (0.10%) Squid
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (4.77%) Kubernetes
2 42 (2.20%) Ansible
3 34 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (1.73%) Grafana
5 16 (0.84%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.84%) SCCM
6 14 (0.73%) Kibana
7 13 (0.68%) Control-M
8 7 (0.37%) Puppet
8 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.26%) Istio
9 5 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.21%) systemd
11 3 (0.16%) Argo
11 3 (0.16%) Cilium
11 3 (0.16%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.10%) HP ALM
12 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 354 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 165 (8.64%) Oracle
3 94 (4.92%) SAP
4 92 (4.82%) Databricks
5 91 (4.77%) ServiceNow
6 74 (3.88%) Google
7 61 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 54 (2.83%) Splunk
9 36 (1.89%) IBM
10 35 (1.83%) Cisco
11 32 (1.68%) Dynatrace
12 30 (1.57%) VMware
13 23 (1.20%) CyberArk
14 19 (1.00%) Adobe
15 17 (0.89%) Alteryx
15 17 (0.89%) Red Hat
15 17 (0.89%) Workday
16 15 (0.79%) Informatica
17 14 (0.73%) Sitecore
17 14 (0.73%) Zscaler