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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,483 1,404 1,507
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.21% 10.18% 8.15%
As % of the General category 15.76% 15.67% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 909 842 1,025
10th Percentile £325 £319 £313
25th Percentile £413 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £813 £808
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 28 47
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.00 £15.46
25th Percentile £24.38 £25.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £34.64 £36.25 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +54.26% -11.06%
75th Percentile £47.00 £57.69 £47.50
90th Percentile £56.10 £80.75 £59.75
England median hourly rate £30.13 £26.12 £21.50
% change year-on-year +15.33% +21.50% -41.89%

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 9,408 8,960 11,807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.79% 64.97% 63.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,143 5,662 8,442
10th Percentile £345 £326 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £695
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £528 £545
% change year-on-year -5.21% -3.21% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 112 233
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.08 £16.04
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.94 £19.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +22.81% +8.89%
75th Percentile £47.50 £51.50 £50.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.40 £73.73
England median hourly rate £23.00 £29.12 £26.00
% change year-on-year -21.00% +11.98% +1.13%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -3 218 £524 -0.29% 162
West London -12 22 £500 +25.00% 57
South London -4 21 £513 -12.24% 55
East London +3 9 £400 -38.01% 35
North London +3 1 - - 4
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 76 (5.12%) Confluence
2 35 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.96%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.94%) CMS
6 13 (0.88%) Apache
7 4 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.27%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.13%) Luigi
9 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.067%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.067%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 152 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.70%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.34%) ProjectWise
7 5 (0.34%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.067%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.067%) Notion
10 1 (0.067%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.067%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
5 9 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.54%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
8 6 (0.40%) Shopify
9 5 (0.34%) BASE24
9 5 (0.34%) Endur
9 5 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.34%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 281 (18.95%) Azure
2 188 (12.68%) AWS
3 182 (12.27%) Power Platform
4 78 (5.26%) SaaS
5 71 (4.79%) GCP
6 65 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (2.90%) GitHub
9 40 (2.70%) Entra ID
9 40 (2.70%) IaaS
10 39 (2.63%) Snowflake
11 34 (2.29%) Amazon S3
12 33 (2.23%) Serverless
13 28 (1.89%) dbt
14 26 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
15 25 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
16 24 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
18 18 (1.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.09%) Network Security
2 28 (1.89%) Firewall
3 25 (1.69%) DNS
4 17 (1.15%) VPN
5 15 (1.01%) WAN
6 12 (0.81%) LAN
7 10 (0.67%) HTTP
8 9 (0.61%) DHCP
8 9 (0.61%) Internet
8 9 (0.61%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.61%) SSL
9 8 (0.54%) SMS
9 8 (0.54%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.47%) VLAN
10 7 (0.47%) VoIP
11 5 (0.34%) CTI
11 5 (0.34%) DMZ
12 4 (0.27%) SAN
12 4 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (11.33%) Power BI
2 74 (4.99%) Tableau
3 62 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (3.03%) SQL Server
5 36 (2.43%) Metadata
5 36 (2.43%) Relational Database
6 26 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
7 22 (1.48%) Big Data
7 22 (1.48%) NoSQL
8 21 (1.42%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
10 18 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
11 17 (1.15%) DB2
11 17 (1.15%) MongoDB
12 16 (1.08%) Star Schema
13 15 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.88%) BigQuery
14 13 (0.88%) Looker
15 12 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.81%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 146 (9.84%) JIRA
2 62 (4.18%) Git
3 19 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.21%) GitLab
5 17 (1.15%) Selenium
6 12 (0.81%) JUnit
7 8 (0.54%) Postman
8 7 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.47%) REST Assured
9 6 (0.40%) Appium
9 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.40%) JMeter
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.34%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.34%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.34%) MLflow
10 5 (0.34%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.34%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.27%) sqlmap
11 4 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 768 (51.79%) Social Skills
2 517 (34.86%) Finance
3 199 (13.42%) Banking
4 116 (7.82%) Public Sector
5 94 (6.34%) Marketing
6 66 (4.45%) Legal
7 61 (4.11%) Investment Banking
8 60 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
9 55 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
10 46 (3.10%) Front Office
11 42 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
12 41 (2.76%) Retail
13 40 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.36%) Telecoms
15 33 (2.23%) Financial Institution
15 33 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 30 (2.02%) Back Office
17 20 (1.35%) Publishing
18 18 (1.21%) Law
19 17 (1.15%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 383 (25.83%) Analyst
2 198 (13.35%) Business Analyst
3 174 (11.73%) Senior
4 159 (10.72%) Developer
5 110 (7.42%) Architect
6 98 (6.61%) Lead
7 79 (5.33%) Data Analyst
8 76 (5.12%) Consultant
9 58 (3.91%) Data Engineer
10 52 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
11 47 (3.17%) Project Manager
12 36 (2.43%) Senior Developer
13 35 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (2.09%) Data Scientist
14 31 (2.09%) Senior Business Analyst
15 28 (1.89%) Product Manager
16 26 (1.75%) Technical Analyst
17 25 (1.69%) Java Developer
17 25 (1.69%) Python Developer
18 24 (1.62%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.87%) REST
2 46 (3.10%) Kafka
3 44 (2.97%) JSON
4 37 (2.49%) .NET
5 35 (2.36%) HTML
6 28 (1.89%) Middleware
6 28 (1.89%) RESTful
7 27 (1.82%) CSS
8 25 (1.69%) React
9 24 (1.62%) Pandas
9 24 (1.62%) SOAP
9 24 (1.62%) Spring
10 22 (1.48%) XML
11 20 (1.35%) Node.js
11 20 (1.35%) scikit-learn
12 18 (1.21%) NumPy
13 16 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
13 16 (1.08%) PyTorch
14 15 (1.01%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 153 (10.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 71 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 56 (3.78%) Management Information System
5 47 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 45 (3.03%) Data Structures
7 34 (2.29%) Algorithms
8 30 (2.02%) Derivative
8 30 (2.02%) Equities
8 30 (2.02%) Fixed Income
8 30 (2.02%) PKI
9 29 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
9 29 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 23 (1.55%) Cloud Native
11 23 (1.55%) Data Centre
11 23 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.28%) PMI
13 18 (1.21%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 66 (4.45%) Linux
2 65 (4.38%) Windows
3 24 (1.62%) Unix
4 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 9 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.54%) Android
7 7 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.27%) VMS
10 3 (0.20%) Solaris
11 1 (0.067%) AIX
11 1 (0.067%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.067%) VME
11 1 (0.067%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 798 (53.81%) Problem-Solving
2 453 (30.55%) Agile
3 297 (20.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 289 (19.49%) Analytics
5 252 (16.99%) Decision-Making
6 203 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 200 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 197 (13.28%) Business Intelligence
9 168 (11.33%) Data Modelling
10 166 (11.19%) AI
11 155 (10.45%) Data Analysis
12 153 (10.32%) Validation
13 149 (10.05%) CI/CD
14 148 (9.98%) DevOps
15 138 (9.31%) Roadmaps
16 135 (9.10%) Visualisation
17 134 (9.04%) Project Management
18 131 (8.83%) Actionable Insight
19 125 (8.43%) Migration
20 117 (7.89%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 375 (25.29%) SQL
2 316 (21.31%) Python
3 81 (5.46%) Java
4 79 (5.33%) PowerShell
5 75 (5.06%) JavaScript
6 61 (4.11%) C#
7 36 (2.43%) TypeScript
8 34 (2.29%) Bash
9 27 (1.82%) C++
10 22 (1.48%) R
11 18 (1.21%) Shell Script
12 15 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 14 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.94%) Scala
14 13 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.47%) C
16 7 (0.47%) Go
16 7 (0.47%) Korn
16 7 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 228 (15.37%) Security Cleared
2 225 (15.17%) Degree
3 170 (11.46%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (3.71%) Master's Degree
6 48 (3.24%) PMI Certification
7 32 (2.16%) PMP
8 21 (1.42%) CISSP
8 21 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 18 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.94%) CBAP
12 13 (0.88%) CIMA
12 13 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.88%) OSCP
13 12 (0.81%) ACCA
13 12 (0.81%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.67%) CISM
15 10 (0.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (9.17%) Data Quality
2 123 (8.29%) QA
3 69 (4.65%) GDPR
4 46 (3.10%) Accessibility
5 37 (2.49%) PMO
6 26 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 23 (1.55%) NIST
8 19 (1.28%) PCI DSS
9 17 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (1.08%) GRC
11 15 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 14 (0.94%) SLA
13 11 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.74%) WCAG
14 10 (0.67%) COBIT
14 10 (0.67%) EMIR
14 10 (0.67%) MiFID
15 8 (0.54%) ISO 20022
16 7 (0.47%) ISO 8583
16 7 (0.47%) PSD2
System Software
1 61 (4.11%) Docker
2 49 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.47%) HDFS
5 6 (0.40%) zsh
6 3 (0.20%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.20%) Squid
6 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.20%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Snort
8 1 (0.067%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.067%) Firmware
8 1 (0.067%) IAG
8 1 (0.067%) KVM
8 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 63 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.90%) Terraform
3 33 (2.23%) Ansible
4 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.74%) SCCM
6 10 (0.67%) Grafana
7 7 (0.47%) Nessus
7 7 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.34%) Nmap
9 5 (0.34%) SCOM
10 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.20%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.13%) Argo
11 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.13%) Suricata
11 2 (0.13%) vRealize
12 1 (0.067%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.067%) IBM Guardium
12 1 (0.067%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 245 (16.52%) Microsoft
2 81 (5.46%) Oracle
3 76 (5.12%) SAP
4 74 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 63 (4.25%) Google
6 57 (3.84%) Databricks
7 55 (3.71%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.89%) Splunk
9 22 (1.48%) Cisco
10 19 (1.28%) Adobe
11 18 (1.21%) Bloomberg
11 18 (1.21%) VMware
12 16 (1.08%) Palo Alto
13 15 (1.01%) Remedy
14 14 (0.94%) Murex
15 12 (0.81%) Juniper
15 12 (0.81%) Sybase
16 11 (0.74%) IBM
16 11 (0.74%) Informatica
16 11 (0.74%) MuleSoft