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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,945 1,559 1,361
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.57% 11.63% 8.47%
As % of the General category 15.64% 16.83% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 986 851
10th Percentile £339 £313 £314
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £775 £754
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 32 22
10th Percentile £19.72 £17.05 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £26.83 £19.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £34.74 £37.29
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -6.83% -25.06%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.30 £59.63 £65.03
England median hourly rate £35.69 £32.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +9.80% +47.73% -51.11%

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 12,439 9,263 10,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.18% 69.11% 62.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,916 6,106 6,745
10th Percentile £350 £325 £333
25th Percentile £450 £424 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -5.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 186 122
10th Percentile £17.20 £16.75 £17.55
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.70 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% -4.89% +7.69%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.24 £65.00 £65.90
England median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £39.59
% change year-on-year +25.25% -36.47% +42.72%

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 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 9 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 9 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 -10 226 £525 -4.55% 320
West London +7 87 £520 +26.06% 121
South London +7 34 £550 -12.00% 28
East London +3 14 £500 +53.85% 35
North London +2 5 £525 - 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 87 (4.47%) Confluence
2 48 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.34%) CMS
6 23 (1.18%) Apache
7 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.46%) SAS
10 8 (0.41%) JBoss
10 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.36%) IIS
12 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 5 (0.26%) Appian
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
14 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
14 3 (0.15%) Camunda
Applications
1 185 (9.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 38 (1.95%) MS Visio
5 26 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.51%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.36%) CPLEX
9 5 (0.26%) Trello
10 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.10%) Notion
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.051%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 27 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.72%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.67%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.51%) Finacle
6 10 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.46%) Shopify
8 8 (0.41%) iTrent
9 6 (0.31%) Magento
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.31%) Summit
10 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
11 4 (0.21%) HFM
11 4 (0.21%) Loan IQ
11 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 393 (20.21%) Azure
2 283 (14.55%) AWS
3 242 (12.44%) Power Platform
4 104 (5.35%) GCP
5 87 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (4.11%) GitHub
6 80 (4.11%) SaaS
7 74 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
8 69 (3.55%) Entra ID
9 67 (3.44%) Snowflake
10 47 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
11 43 (2.21%) Serverless
12 41 (2.11%) dbt
13 37 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
14 32 (1.65%) Amazon S3
14 32 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
15 31 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 26 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
17 23 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
18 21 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.31%) Firewall
2 36 (1.85%) DNS
3 32 (1.65%) Network Security
4 31 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.49%) VPN
6 23 (1.18%) DHCP
7 18 (0.93%) WAN
8 17 (0.87%) SSL
9 14 (0.72%) HTTP
10 13 (0.67%) BGP
10 13 (0.67%) SAN
11 12 (0.62%) Radio Access Network
12 11 (0.57%) 5G
12 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
12 11 (0.57%) VLAN
12 11 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.46%) MPLS
13 9 (0.46%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.46%) Wireless
14 8 (0.41%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (11.11%) Power BI
2 109 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
3 103 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 81 (4.16%) Tableau
5 80 (4.11%) Relational Database
6 77 (3.96%) Metadata
7 65 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.90%) NoSQL
9 36 (1.85%) Data Lake
10 30 (1.54%) Big Data
10 30 (1.54%) MongoDB
11 28 (1.44%) Delta Lake
11 28 (1.44%) Oracle Database
12 23 (1.18%) Power Query
12 23 (1.18%) RDBMS
13 22 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 21 (1.08%) BigQuery
15 17 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
16 16 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
17 15 (0.77%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 193 (9.92%) JIRA
2 104 (5.35%) Git
3 54 (2.78%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.59%) Selenium
5 26 (1.34%) GitLab
6 22 (1.13%) JMeter
7 16 (0.82%) Postman
8 15 (0.77%) Bitbucket
8 15 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.72%) LoadRunner
10 13 (0.67%) ERwin
11 12 (0.62%) Maven
12 11 (0.57%) JUnit
12 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.51%) Gatling
13 10 (0.51%) Gradle
13 10 (0.51%) REST Assured
14 9 (0.46%) ER Studio
15 8 (0.41%) TeamCity
15 8 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 1,002 (51.52%) Social Skills
2 770 (39.59%) Finance
3 294 (15.12%) Banking
4 169 (8.69%) Public Sector
5 103 (5.30%) Front Office
6 94 (4.83%) Marketing
7 90 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
8 87 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
9 77 (3.96%) Influencing Skills
10 76 (3.91%) Legal
10 76 (3.91%) Retail
11 63 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 60 (3.08%) Investment Banking
13 59 (3.03%) Telecoms
14 58 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
15 44 (2.26%) Local Government
16 38 (1.95%) Financial Institution
17 31 (1.59%) Back Office
18 24 (1.23%) Manufacturing
19 22 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 482 (24.78%) Analyst
2 230 (11.83%) Business Analyst
3 228 (11.72%) Senior
4 172 (8.84%) Developer
5 137 (7.04%) Architect
5 137 (7.04%) Lead
6 106 (5.45%) Data Engineer
7 100 (5.14%) Data Analyst
8 77 (3.96%) Consultant
9 64 (3.29%) Data Scientist
10 53 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
11 52 (2.67%) Project Manager
12 48 (2.47%) Senior Developer
13 34 (1.75%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (1.65%) Senior Manager
14 32 (1.65%) Support Engineer
15 31 (1.59%) Technical Analyst
16 30 (1.54%) Java Developer
16 30 (1.54%) Technical Business Analyst
17 29 (1.49%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (6.07%) REST
2 90 (4.63%) .NET
3 70 (3.60%) Terraform
4 60 (3.08%) Kafka
5 56 (2.88%) RESTful
6 46 (2.37%) JSON
7 45 (2.31%) Middleware
8 44 (2.26%) XML
9 43 (2.21%) Web Services
10 42 (2.16%) PySpark
10 42 (2.16%) SOAP
11 41 (2.11%) HTML
12 34 (1.75%) CSS
12 34 (1.75%) React
13 33 (1.70%) Spring
14 30 (1.54%) Pandas
15 28 (1.44%) Spring Boot
16 24 (1.23%) AngularJS
17 21 (1.08%) OAuth
17 21 (1.08%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 159 (8.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 144 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 121 (6.22%) Onboarding
4 85 (4.37%) Cloud Native
5 78 (4.01%) Data Structures
6 67 (3.44%) Management Information System
7 65 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
8 60 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
9 55 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
10 39 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
11 35 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 34 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
13 32 (1.65%) AI Agents
14 30 (1.54%) Derivative
15 29 (1.49%) Algorithms
15 29 (1.49%) Fixed Income
16 28 (1.44%) Equities
17 26 (1.34%) Data Centre
18 25 (1.29%) Reference Data
19 24 (1.23%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 131 (6.74%) Linux
2 126 (6.48%) Windows
3 49 (2.52%) Unix
4 24 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (1.03%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.87%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.72%) Android
9 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.31%) Solaris
11 5 (0.26%) AIX
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.10%) SUSE
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.051%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.051%) VMS
14 1 (0.051%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,011 (51.98%) Problem-Solving
2 636 (32.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 583 (29.97%) Agile
4 402 (20.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 382 (19.64%) Analytics
6 373 (19.18%) AI
7 361 (18.56%) Decision-Making
8 282 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 251 (12.90%) DevOps
10 250 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
10 250 (12.85%) Validation
11 249 (12.80%) CI/CD
11 249 (12.80%) Data Modelling
12 218 (11.21%) Migration
13 193 (9.92%) User Acceptance Testing
14 189 (9.72%) Data Analysis
15 178 (9.15%) Data Pipeline
16 176 (9.05%) Roadmaps
17 168 (8.64%) User Stories
18 166 (8.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 561 (28.84%) SQL
2 446 (22.93%) Python
3 132 (6.79%) Java
4 103 (5.30%) C#
5 96 (4.94%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.96%) PowerShell
7 48 (2.47%) Bash
7 48 (2.47%) TypeScript
8 35 (1.80%) R
9 34 (1.75%) C++
10 33 (1.70%) PL/SQL
11 29 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 27 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 18 (0.93%) Shell Script
14 17 (0.87%) Scala
15 15 (0.77%) Perl
16 14 (0.72%) Korn
17 9 (0.46%) Go
17 9 (0.46%) Ruby
18 8 (0.41%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 275 (14.14%) Security Cleared
2 248 (12.75%) Degree
3 218 (11.21%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.90%) CISSP
7 30 (1.54%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.54%) PMP
8 29 (1.49%) PMI Certification
9 26 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.23%) CISM
11 20 (1.03%) ACCA
11 20 (1.03%) DV Cleared
12 19 (0.98%) CIMA
12 19 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (0.93%) ISTQB
13 18 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (0.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (13.01%) Data Quality
2 158 (8.12%) QA
3 87 (4.47%) PMO
4 56 (2.88%) GDPR
5 52 (2.67%) SLA
6 47 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (2.16%) NIST
8 32 (1.65%) Accessibility
9 28 (1.44%) GRC
10 27 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 19 (0.98%) COBIT
11 19 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 17 (0.87%) IFRS
13 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
15 6 (0.31%) P3O
15 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 83 (4.27%) Docker
2 77 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.46%) IAG
6 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.15%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.10%) Firmware
9 2 (0.10%) Postfix
9 2 (0.10%) Squid
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.051%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.051%) NFS
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 84 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.26%) Ansible
3 34 (1.75%) Grafana
4 31 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.82%) SCCM
7 14 (0.72%) Control-M
8 12 (0.62%) Kibana
9 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.36%) Puppet
10 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 5 (0.26%) Istio
12 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.21%) systemd
13 3 (0.15%) Cilium
13 3 (0.15%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.10%) Argo
14 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 338 (17.38%) Microsoft
2 169 (8.69%) Oracle
3 102 (5.24%) SAP
4 100 (5.14%) ServiceNow
5 86 (4.42%) Databricks
6 74 (3.80%) Google
7 65 (3.34%) Salesforce
8 51 (2.62%) Splunk
9 36 (1.85%) IBM
10 33 (1.70%) Dynatrace
11 31 (1.59%) Cisco
12 29 (1.49%) VMware
13 25 (1.29%) Adobe
14 22 (1.13%) CyberArk
15 20 (1.03%) Alteryx
15 20 (1.03%) Informatica
15 20 (1.03%) Workday
16 16 (0.82%) Sitecore
17 15 (0.77%) Apple
17 15 (0.77%) Red Hat