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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,565 1,383 1,493
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.99% 10.42% 8.15%
As % of the General category 15.70% 15.89% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 966 826 1,025
10th Percentile £343 £316 £320
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £845
England median daily rate £500 £525 £532
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.36% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 50
10th Percentile £18.25 £23.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.03 £28.21 £16.80
Median hourly rate £35.25 £39.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.76% +71.74% -20.00%
75th Percentile £47.50 £65.00 £41.81
90th Percentile £56.70 £80.75 £53.30
England median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% +37.50% -41.18%

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 9,971 8,702 11,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.63% 65.59% 63.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,499 5,578 8,326
10th Percentile £350 £330 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 115 260
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.57 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.42 £27.85 £18.31
Median hourly rate £28.55 £39.00 £28.88
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% +35.06% -1.28%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.61 £72.84
England median hourly rate £23.54 £31.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.07% +19.23% -13.33%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 +2 235 £525 -0.76% 137
South London -9 27 £506 -13.16% 5
West London -15 27 £500 +33.33% 32
East London +9 8 £400 -32.23% 30
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 79 (5.05%) Confluence
2 29 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.73%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.89%) Apache
6 12 (0.77%) CMS
7 5 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.26%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.064%) Appian
10 1 (0.064%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.064%) Traefik
Applications
1 169 (10.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.56%) MS Visio
5 31 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.32%) Trello
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.064%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.064%) Notion
10 1 (0.064%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.064%) Revit
10 1 (0.064%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
4 8 (0.51%) SAP HR
5 7 (0.45%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 7 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 6 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 6 (0.38%) Shopify
7 5 (0.32%) BASE24
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.26%) Bloomberg AIM
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 315 (20.13%) Azure
2 214 (13.67%) AWS
3 205 (13.10%) Power Platform
4 83 (5.30%) SaaS
5 81 (5.18%) GCP
6 69 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
8 46 (2.94%) GitHub
9 44 (2.81%) Entra ID
9 44 (2.81%) IaaS
10 43 (2.75%) Serverless
11 41 (2.62%) Snowflake
12 34 (2.17%) Amazon S3
13 33 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
14 31 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (1.41%) dbt
17 21 (1.34%) PaaS
18 20 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
19 19 (1.21%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.11%) Firewall
2 28 (1.79%) Network Security
3 26 (1.66%) DNS
4 20 (1.28%) VPN
5 14 (0.89%) DHCP
5 14 (0.89%) WAN
6 11 (0.70%) LAN
6 11 (0.70%) VLAN
7 9 (0.58%) SAN
7 9 (0.58%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.51%) Internet
8 8 (0.51%) SMS
8 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.45%) HTTP
9 7 (0.45%) SSL
9 7 (0.45%) VoIP
10 5 (0.32%) CTI
10 5 (0.32%) DMZ
11 3 (0.19%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (11.88%) Power BI
2 81 (5.18%) Tableau
3 70 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (3.39%) SQL Server
5 42 (2.68%) Metadata
6 30 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 26 (1.66%) Data Lake
8 24 (1.53%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
11 19 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (1.15%) BigQuery
13 17 (1.09%) Big Data
13 17 (1.09%) MongoDB
13 17 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
14 15 (0.96%) DB2
15 14 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
17 12 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (0.77%) Looker
Development Applications
1 157 (10.03%) JIRA
2 61 (3.90%) Git
3 22 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.09%) GitLab
4 17 (1.09%) Selenium
5 12 (0.77%) JUnit
6 11 (0.70%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.64%) MLflow
8 9 (0.58%) Postman
9 8 (0.51%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.38%) Appium
10 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.38%) JMeter
11 5 (0.32%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.32%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.26%) sqlmap
General
1 802 (51.25%) Social Skills
2 561 (35.85%) Finance
3 209 (13.35%) Banking
4 129 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 101 (6.45%) Marketing
6 74 (4.73%) Legal
7 66 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
8 62 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
9 57 (3.64%) Investment Banking
10 52 (3.32%) Front Office
11 48 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
12 43 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (2.75%) Retail
13 39 (2.49%) Financial Institution
14 35 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 33 (2.11%) Telecoms
16 30 (1.92%) Back Office
17 24 (1.53%) Publishing
18 20 (1.28%) Law
19 15 (0.96%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 423 (27.03%) Analyst
2 217 (13.87%) Business Analyst
3 176 (11.25%) Senior
4 149 (9.52%) Developer
5 114 (7.28%) Architect
6 97 (6.20%) Lead
7 94 (6.01%) Data Analyst
8 85 (5.43%) Consultant
9 69 (4.41%) Data Engineer
10 63 (4.03%) Project Manager
11 55 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
12 40 (2.56%) Data Scientist
13 39 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (2.11%) Senior Developer
15 31 (1.98%) Senior Business Analyst
16 30 (1.92%) Product Manager
17 26 (1.66%) Senior Manager
18 24 (1.53%) Technical Analyst
18 24 (1.53%) Tester
19 23 (1.47%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (5.69%) REST
2 51 (3.26%) JSON
3 49 (3.13%) Kafka
4 42 (2.68%) .NET
5 35 (2.24%) Middleware
6 33 (2.11%) Pandas
7 31 (1.98%) RESTful
8 30 (1.92%) HTML
9 29 (1.85%) CSS
9 29 (1.85%) XML
10 27 (1.73%) scikit-learn
10 27 (1.73%) SOAP
11 24 (1.53%) NumPy
11 24 (1.53%) React
12 23 (1.47%) Node.js
13 19 (1.21%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.21%) OAuth
13 19 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
13 19 (1.21%) PyTorch
13 19 (1.21%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 152 (9.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 73 (4.66%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
4 56 (3.58%) Data Structures
5 47 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 47 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.75%) Algorithms
7 37 (2.36%) Derivative
8 36 (2.30%) Fixed Income
9 32 (2.04%) Equities
10 31 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.92%) PKI
12 29 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
13 28 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 27 (1.73%) Security Posture
15 24 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
16 22 (1.41%) Data Centre
17 21 (1.34%) Cloud Native
18 19 (1.21%) Mobile App
18 19 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (4.60%) Windows
2 57 (3.64%) Linux
3 24 (1.53%) Unix
4 12 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.70%) Android
5 11 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.32%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.26%) VMS
9 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.064%) AIX
11 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.064%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 787 (50.29%) Problem-Solving
2 470 (30.03%) Agile
3 322 (20.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 307 (19.62%) Analytics
5 270 (17.25%) Decision-Making
6 221 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 215 (13.74%) Business Intelligence
8 205 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 194 (12.40%) Data Modelling
10 190 (12.14%) AI
11 172 (10.99%) Validation
12 163 (10.42%) DevOps
13 161 (10.29%) CI/CD
14 159 (10.16%) Data Analysis
15 147 (9.39%) Roadmaps
16 146 (9.33%) Visualisation
17 145 (9.27%) Actionable Insight
18 143 (9.14%) Migration
19 136 (8.69%) Project Management
20 132 (8.43%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 401 (25.62%) SQL
2 334 (21.34%) Python
3 78 (4.98%) PowerShell
4 76 (4.86%) Java
5 71 (4.54%) JavaScript
6 66 (4.22%) C#
7 38 (2.43%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.24%) Bash
9 27 (1.73%) C++
10 23 (1.47%) R
11 19 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 15 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.89%) Shell Script
14 13 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (0.77%) Scala
16 8 (0.51%) C
17 7 (0.45%) VBA
18 6 (0.38%) Bicep
19 5 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 233 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.70%) Degree
3 170 (10.86%) SC Cleared
4 63 (4.03%) Master's Degree
5 62 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (3.00%) PMI Certification
7 35 (2.24%) PMP
8 26 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.53%) CISSP
10 22 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.89%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.83%) AWS Certification
13 13 (0.83%) CIMA
14 12 (0.77%) ACCA
14 12 (0.77%) CISM
14 12 (0.77%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.70%) CBAP
15 11 (0.70%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (11.25%) Data Quality
2 134 (8.56%) QA
3 81 (5.18%) GDPR
4 50 (3.19%) PMO
5 45 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 31 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.85%) NIST
8 24 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 24 (1.53%) PCI DSS
9 21 (1.34%) GRC
10 20 (1.28%) SLA
11 17 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 16 (1.02%) COBIT
13 12 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 11 (0.70%) MiFID
14 11 (0.70%) WCAG
15 10 (0.64%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.64%) Solvency II
16 9 (0.58%) EMIR
17 8 (0.51%) PSD2
System Software
1 65 (4.15%) Docker
2 50 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.32%) HDFS
4 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.26%) zsh
6 3 (0.19%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 2 (0.13%) Snort
7 2 (0.13%) Squid
8 1 (0.064%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.064%) Firmware
8 1 (0.064%) IAG
8 1 (0.064%) NFS
8 1 (0.064%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.064%) Xen
8 1 (0.064%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.75%) Terraform
3 27 (1.73%) Ansible
4 18 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.83%) SCCM
6 10 (0.64%) Grafana
7 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.45%) Nessus
9 5 (0.32%) Nmap
9 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.19%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.19%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.19%) SCOM
11 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.13%) Suricata
12 1 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.064%) CEMLI
12 1 (0.064%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.064%) IBM Guardium
12 1 (0.064%) Istio
Vendors
1 260 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.69%) Oracle
3 86 (5.50%) Salesforce
4 83 (5.30%) SAP
5 69 (4.41%) Databricks
6 67 (4.28%) Google
7 55 (3.51%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.79%) Splunk
9 26 (1.66%) Bloomberg
10 23 (1.47%) Cisco
10 23 (1.47%) VMware
11 20 (1.28%) Murex
12 19 (1.21%) Adobe
13 17 (1.09%) Workday
14 15 (0.96%) Informatica
14 15 (0.96%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.77%) Juniper
15 12 (0.77%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.70%) Remedy
16 11 (0.70%) Tenable