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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,626 1,479 1,417
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.70% 12.10% 8.07%
As % of the General category 14.50% 17.81% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 933 977
10th Percentile £350 £318 £313
25th Percentile £425 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £704 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 35 44
10th Percentile £19.16 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.59 £26.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +72.34% -41.61%
75th Percentile £51.25 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £67.50 £62.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.67% -55.54%

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 11,215 8,302 10,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.99% 67.90% 62.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,218 5,516 7,847
10th Percentile £350 £341 £335
25th Percentile £431 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £516 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -1.71% -1.57% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 151 240
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +12.81% +0.47%
75th Percentile £44.31 £50.75 £47.81
90th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £66.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.15 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.45% -10.63% +3.14%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -9 211 £525 -4.55% 211
West London +4 74 £520 +30.00% 44
South London +1 32 £488 -22.00% 18
East London -6 10 £400 -6.98% 28
North London - 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 77 (4.74%) Confluence
2 30 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.35%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.05%) Apache
6 14 (0.86%) CMS
7 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.37%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.25%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.062%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.062%) nginx
13 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.062%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.062%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 152 (9.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 41 (2.52%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.62%) 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 (0.062%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.68%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.43%) Shopify
7 7 (0.43%) Summit
8 6 (0.37%) Finacle
8 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.31%) BASE24
9 5 (0.31%) Magento
9 5 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
10 4 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 328 (20.17%) Azure
2 224 (13.78%) AWS
3 204 (12.55%) Power Platform
4 80 (4.92%) GCP
5 79 (4.86%) SaaS
6 66 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
7 60 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (3.63%) GitHub
9 43 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 38 (2.34%) Entra ID
11 35 (2.15%) Snowflake
12 34 (2.09%) Amazon S3
13 32 (1.97%) Serverless
14 31 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
15 28 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
16 26 (1.60%) dbt
17 25 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
18 24 (1.48%) PaaS
19 22 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 20 (1.23%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.46%) Firewall
2 23 (1.41%) DNS
3 21 (1.29%) VPN
4 20 (1.23%) Network Security
5 18 (1.11%) WAN
6 17 (1.05%) DHCP
7 15 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.80%) SAN
10 11 (0.68%) BGP
11 10 (0.62%) VLAN
12 9 (0.55%) OSPF
13 8 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.49%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.43%) HTTP
14 7 (0.43%) Internet
14 7 (0.43%) MPLS
15 6 (0.37%) LAN
15 6 (0.37%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (11.07%) Power BI
2 91 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (4.86%) Tableau
4 78 (4.80%) SQL Server
5 54 (3.32%) Relational Database
6 53 (3.26%) Metadata
7 36 (2.21%) Data Lake
7 36 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (1.66%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.54%) Big Data
10 23 (1.41%) BigQuery
10 23 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (1.29%) Power Query
12 20 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
13 19 (1.17%) MongoDB
14 18 (1.11%) RDBMS
15 17 (1.05%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (0.92%) Star Schema
17 13 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 162 (9.96%) JIRA
2 62 (3.81%) Git
3 23 (1.41%) Selenium
4 22 (1.35%) Jenkins
5 12 (0.74%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.68%) GitLab
6 11 (0.68%) MLflow
6 11 (0.68%) Postman
6 11 (0.68%) REST Assured
7 10 (0.62%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.62%) ERwin
8 8 (0.49%) JUnit
8 8 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.37%) Chocolatey
10 6 (0.37%) JMeter
10 6 (0.37%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 735 (45.20%) Social Skills
2 628 (38.62%) Finance
3 240 (14.76%) Banking
4 132 (8.12%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.66%) Marketing
6 79 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
7 78 (4.80%) Legal
8 71 (4.37%) Front Office
9 66 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
10 59 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
11 53 (3.26%) Investment Banking
12 46 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (2.77%) Telecoms
14 43 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 42 (2.58%) Retail
16 40 (2.46%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.29%) Back Office
18 15 (0.92%) Billing
18 15 (0.92%) Publishing
19 14 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 430 (26.45%) Analyst
2 218 (13.41%) Business Analyst
3 154 (9.47%) Senior
4 144 (8.86%) Developer
5 111 (6.83%) Lead
6 104 (6.40%) Architect
7 97 (5.97%) Data Analyst
7 97 (5.97%) Data Engineer
8 90 (5.54%) Consultant
9 60 (3.69%) Data Scientist
10 46 (2.83%) Project Manager
11 41 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (1.91%) Senior Business Analyst
13 31 (1.91%) Senior Developer
14 30 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
15 23 (1.41%) Senior Manager
16 22 (1.35%) Salesforce Analyst
16 22 (1.35%) Tester
17 21 (1.29%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (4.49%) REST
2 57 (3.51%) .NET
3 45 (2.77%) Kafka
4 38 (2.34%) Pandas
5 36 (2.21%) Middleware
6 33 (2.03%) JSON
6 33 (2.03%) XML
7 31 (1.91%) RESTful
8 30 (1.85%) HTML
9 28 (1.72%) CSS
10 27 (1.66%) SOAP
11 26 (1.60%) scikit-learn
12 25 (1.54%) PySpark
13 24 (1.48%) Web Services
14 21 (1.29%) NumPy
14 21 (1.29%) React
15 20 (1.23%) PyTorch
15 20 (1.23%) SAML
16 19 (1.17%) OAuth
16 19 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 152 (9.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 98 (6.03%) Product Ownership
3 64 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 62 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.44%) Data Structures
6 43 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (2.40%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 35 (2.15%) Algorithms
10 33 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 33 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 32 (1.97%) Fixed Income
12 30 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.85%) Derivative
13 27 (1.66%) Equities
14 24 (1.48%) Virtual Team
15 22 (1.35%) Credit Risk
16 19 (1.17%) Security Posture
17 17 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 89 (5.47%) Windows
2 61 (3.75%) Linux
3 31 (1.91%) Unix
4 14 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.55%) Android
6 9 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.31%) Solaris
8 4 (0.25%) AIX
8 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.062%) SUSE
9 1 (0.062%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (47.66%) Problem-Solving
2 434 (26.69%) Agile
3 363 (22.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 301 (18.51%) Analytics
5 280 (17.22%) AI
6 278 (17.10%) Decision-Making
7 276 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 245 (15.07%) Data Modelling
9 199 (12.24%) Validation
10 198 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
10 198 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 180 (11.07%) Data Analysis
12 176 (10.82%) DevOps
13 168 (10.33%) Migration
14 164 (10.09%) CI/CD
15 141 (8.67%) User Acceptance Testing
16 136 (8.36%) Data Governance
17 135 (8.30%) Data Pipeline
17 135 (8.30%) User Stories
17 135 (8.30%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 462 (28.41%) SQL
2 371 (22.82%) Python
3 95 (5.84%) Java
4 86 (5.29%) C#
5 54 (3.32%) JavaScript
6 49 (3.01%) PowerShell
7 42 (2.58%) TypeScript
8 34 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (1.85%) C++
9 30 (1.85%) R
10 27 (1.66%) PL/SQL
11 22 (1.35%) Bash
11 22 (1.35%) T-SQL
12 20 (1.23%) Scala
13 12 (0.74%) C
14 8 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.49%) VBA
15 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.37%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 197 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 195 (11.99%) Degree
3 135 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 57 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 39 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.15%) CISSP
8 28 (1.72%) PMI Certification
8 28 (1.72%) PMP
9 24 (1.48%) CISM
10 20 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.98%) CISA
12 15 (0.92%) CRISC
13 14 (0.86%) ISTQB
13 14 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (0.80%) ACCA
14 13 (0.80%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.74%) CIMA
15 12 (0.74%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 123 (7.56%) QA
3 74 (4.55%) GDPR
3 74 (4.55%) PMO
4 50 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (3.01%) NIST
6 38 (2.34%) SLA
7 27 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 26 (1.60%) COBIT
9 25 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 23 (1.41%) Accessibility
10 23 (1.41%) GRC
11 22 (1.35%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.05%) IFRS
13 13 (0.80%) ISO 20022
14 9 (0.55%) MiFID
15 8 (0.49%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.43%) GAAP
17 6 (0.37%) NCSC
17 6 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 53 (3.26%) Docker
2 50 (3.08%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Firmware
6 3 (0.18%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Squid
7 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.062%) RACF
8 1 (0.062%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.062%) vSphere
8 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.52%) Terraform
3 23 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.23%) Ansible
5 19 (1.17%) Grafana
6 14 (0.86%) SCCM
7 11 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.49%) Kibana
9 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.18%) Control-M
12 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.12%) Istio
13 2 (0.12%) Nessus
13 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.062%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.062%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.062%) SCOM
14 1 (0.062%) vMotion
Vendors
1 251 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 132 (8.12%) Oracle
3 92 (5.66%) SAP
4 86 (5.29%) Salesforce
5 72 (4.43%) ServiceNow
6 71 (4.37%) Databricks
7 63 (3.87%) Google
8 23 (1.41%) Workday
9 20 (1.23%) Adobe
10 19 (1.17%) Cisco
10 19 (1.17%) Informatica
11 18 (1.11%) Dynatrace
11 18 (1.11%) Splunk
12 17 (1.05%) Bloomberg
13 16 (0.98%) IBM
13 16 (0.98%) Murex
14 15 (0.92%) VMware
15 14 (0.86%) Tenable
16 13 (0.80%) Alteryx
17 11 (0.68%) Palo Alto