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 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 20
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,575 1,493 1,441
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.75% 12.05% 8.25%
As % of the General category 14.70% 17.81% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 987 943 985
10th Percentile £350 £318 £320
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £708 £700
90th Percentile £739 £825 £838
England median daily rate £500 £525 £532
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.32% -0.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 37 45
10th Percentile £20.50 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.32 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +72.34% -29.52%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +27.50% +62.16% -53.75%

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 10,715 8,384 11,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.53% 67.68% 63.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,934 5,618 7,859
10th Percentile £350 £349 £336
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -1.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 145 233
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.60
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £18.13
Median hourly rate £35.25 £34.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £46.56 £50.75 £44.75
90th Percentile £67.40 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.58 £27.50 £30.14
% change year-on-year +11.20% -8.76% -6.25%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -10 203 £525 -4.55% 257
West London 0 65 £520 +30.00% 55
South London +2 35 £500 -14.24% 36
East London -7 10 £400 +11.11% 31
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 84 (5.33%) Confluence
2 28 (1.78%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (1.46%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.14%) Apache
6 12 (0.76%) CMS
7 11 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.51%) SAS
9 6 (0.38%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.19%) Camunda
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.063%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.063%) nginx
13 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.063%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 149 (9.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
4 46 (2.92%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.63%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.13%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
10 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.063%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 18 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 10 (0.63%) Aladdin
3 10 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 9 (0.57%) Shopify
5 8 (0.51%) Fidessa
5 8 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
6 7 (0.44%) Summit
7 6 (0.38%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
8 5 (0.32%) BASE24
8 5 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
9 4 (0.25%) Finacle
9 4 (0.25%) Findur
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 317 (20.13%) Azure
2 228 (14.48%) AWS
3 192 (12.19%) Power Platform
4 83 (5.27%) SaaS
5 78 (4.95%) GCP
6 72 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (3.62%) GitHub
8 56 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
9 44 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.54%) Amazon S3
11 39 (2.48%) Serverless
12 35 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
13 30 (1.90%) Snowflake
14 28 (1.78%) Entra ID
15 27 (1.71%) dbt
16 25 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 22 (1.40%) PaaS
19 21 (1.33%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.54%) Firewall
2 23 (1.46%) DNS
2 23 (1.46%) Network Security
3 20 (1.27%) VPN
4 17 (1.08%) DHCP
5 15 (0.95%) WAN
6 13 (0.83%) SAN
7 12 (0.76%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.70%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.57%) BGP
10 8 (0.51%) VLAN
10 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.44%) HTTP
12 6 (0.38%) 5G
12 6 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
12 6 (0.38%) Internet
12 6 (0.38%) LAN
12 6 (0.38%) NAS
12 6 (0.38%) SMS
12 6 (0.38%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (10.79%) Power BI
2 90 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (4.70%) SQL Server
3 74 (4.70%) Tableau
4 58 (3.68%) Metadata
5 47 (2.98%) Relational Database
6 35 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (2.10%) Data Lake
8 29 (1.84%) NoSQL
9 25 (1.59%) Big Data
10 24 (1.52%) BigQuery
10 24 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (1.33%) Snowflake Schema
12 17 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (1.08%) MongoDB
12 17 (1.08%) Power Query
13 15 (0.95%) RDBMS
13 15 (0.95%) Star Schema
14 13 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
14 13 (0.83%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 164 (10.41%) JIRA
2 65 (4.13%) Git
3 27 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.40%) Selenium
5 15 (0.95%) GitLab
6 13 (0.83%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.70%) MLflow
7 11 (0.70%) Postman
7 11 (0.70%) REST Assured
8 10 (0.63%) ERwin
9 9 (0.57%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.51%) JUnit
10 8 (0.51%) PowerDesigner
11 7 (0.44%) JMeter
11 7 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.38%) Appium
12 6 (0.38%) Chocolatey
12 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
13 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 692 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 617 (39.17%) Finance
3 229 (14.54%) Banking
4 133 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.65%) Marketing
6 77 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 72 (4.57%) Legal
8 66 (4.19%) Front Office
9 61 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
11 52 (3.30%) Investment Banking
12 44 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
13 40 (2.54%) Financial Institution
14 39 (2.48%) Retail
14 39 (2.48%) Telecoms
15 30 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (1.14%) Back Office
17 16 (1.02%) Publishing
18 13 (0.83%) Billing
18 13 (0.83%) Law
Job Titles
1 414 (26.29%) Analyst
2 208 (13.21%) Business Analyst
3 162 (10.29%) Senior
4 141 (8.95%) Developer
5 105 (6.67%) Lead
6 96 (6.10%) Architect
6 96 (6.10%) Data Engineer
7 89 (5.65%) Data Analyst
8 88 (5.59%) Consultant
9 51 (3.24%) Data Scientist
10 49 (3.11%) Project Manager
11 45 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
12 32 (2.03%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (1.97%) Senior Business Analyst
14 30 (1.90%) Financial Analyst
15 27 (1.71%) Senior Developer
16 24 (1.52%) Product Manager
16 24 (1.52%) Salesforce Analyst
16 24 (1.52%) Senior Manager
17 23 (1.46%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.13%) REST
2 51 (3.24%) .NET
3 50 (3.17%) Kafka
4 39 (2.48%) Pandas
5 38 (2.41%) Middleware
6 32 (2.03%) RESTful
7 29 (1.84%) HTML
7 29 (1.84%) JSON
8 28 (1.78%) scikit-learn
8 28 (1.78%) XML
9 27 (1.71%) CSS
9 27 (1.71%) PySpark
10 24 (1.52%) NumPy
10 24 (1.52%) SOAP
11 21 (1.33%) PyTorch
12 20 (1.27%) React
13 19 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
14 18 (1.14%) AngularJS
14 18 (1.14%) OAuth
14 18 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 150 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 94 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 63 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 59 (3.75%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
6 41 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
7 40 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 35 (2.22%) Algorithms
8 35 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
9 34 (2.16%) Cloud Native
10 33 (2.10%) Data Centre
11 32 (2.03%) Derivative
11 32 (2.03%) Fixed Income
12 30 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.90%) Equities
13 28 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 24 (1.52%) Virtual Team
15 21 (1.33%) Credit Risk
16 19 (1.21%) Security Posture
17 17 (1.08%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 81 (5.14%) Windows
2 56 (3.56%) Linux
3 26 (1.65%) Unix
4 14 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.70%) Android
7 8 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.19%) AIX
10 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.063%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 746 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 438 (27.81%) Agile
3 322 (20.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 290 (18.41%) Analytics
5 272 (17.27%) Decision-Making
6 256 (16.25%) AI
7 248 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 248 (15.75%) Data Modelling
8 195 (12.38%) Business Intelligence
8 195 (12.38%) Validation
9 182 (11.56%) DevOps
10 181 (11.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 169 (10.73%) CI/CD
12 165 (10.48%) Migration
13 162 (10.29%) Data Analysis
14 143 (9.08%) Roadmaps
15 140 (8.89%) Data Governance
16 134 (8.51%) ETL
17 133 (8.44%) Project Management
18 125 (7.94%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 437 (27.75%) SQL
2 351 (22.29%) Python
3 92 (5.84%) Java
4 83 (5.27%) C#
5 53 (3.37%) JavaScript
6 47 (2.98%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.79%) TypeScript
8 33 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.97%) C++
10 28 (1.78%) R
11 26 (1.65%) Bash
12 23 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 22 (1.40%) T-SQL
14 18 (1.14%) Scala
15 12 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.63%) C
17 7 (0.44%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.44%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.44%) VBA
18 6 (0.38%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 207 (13.14%) Security Cleared
2 198 (12.57%) Degree
3 142 (9.02%) SC Cleared
4 58 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (2.98%) Master's Degree
6 40 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (1.97%) CISSP
7 31 (1.97%) PMI Certification
8 29 (1.84%) PMP
9 20 (1.27%) CISM
10 19 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.08%) ISTQB
12 15 (0.95%) CISA
12 15 (0.95%) DV Cleared
13 14 (0.89%) CRISC
14 12 (0.76%) ACCA
14 12 (0.76%) CCNP
14 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.70%) Azure Certification
15 11 (0.70%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (13.40%) Data Quality
2 125 (7.94%) QA
3 75 (4.76%) GDPR
4 73 (4.63%) PMO
5 49 (3.11%) NIST
6 44 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.84%) SLA
8 28 (1.78%) Accessibility
8 28 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 23 (1.46%) GRC
9 23 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 22 (1.40%) COBIT
10 22 (1.40%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.89%) IFRS
12 12 (0.76%) ISO 20022
13 9 (0.57%) MiFID
13 9 (0.57%) Solvency II
14 6 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.38%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.38%) HL7
System Software
1 60 (3.81%) Docker
2 41 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.25%) Firmware
6 3 (0.19%) IAG
6 3 (0.19%) Postfix
6 3 (0.19%) Squid
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) NFS
7 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.063%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.063%) RACF
8 1 (0.063%) Snort
8 1 (0.063%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.063%) vSphere
8 1 (0.063%) Xen
8 1 (0.063%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 37 (2.35%) Terraform
3 21 (1.33%) Ansible
4 20 (1.27%) Grafana
5 19 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.76%) SCCM
7 10 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.51%) Kibana
9 7 (0.44%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.19%) Control-M
12 3 (0.19%) Nessus
12 3 (0.19%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.13%) SCOM
13 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.063%) HAProxy
14 1 (0.063%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.063%) vMotion
Vendors
1 246 (15.62%) Microsoft
2 113 (7.17%) Oracle
3 86 (5.46%) SAP
4 83 (5.27%) Salesforce
5 74 (4.70%) Databricks
6 64 (4.06%) ServiceNow
7 58 (3.68%) Google
8 21 (1.33%) Adobe
8 21 (1.33%) Splunk
8 21 (1.33%) Workday
9 20 (1.27%) Cisco
10 18 (1.14%) Bloomberg
10 18 (1.14%) Informatica
11 16 (1.02%) Dynatrace
11 16 (1.02%) Murex
12 15 (0.95%) VMware
13 14 (0.89%) Atlassian
13 14 (0.89%) Palo Alto
14 13 (0.83%) Tenable
15 12 (0.76%) OpenAI