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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,777 1,616 1,391
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.98% 11.87% 8.00%
As % of the General category 14.85% 17.42% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,085 1,025 933
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £800
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 36 36
10th Percentile £19.16 £11.96 £14.38
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.30 £17.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £37.81 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +64.16% -51.52%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £66.88 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £33.88 £19.75
% change year-on-year +4.78% +71.54% -50.63%

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 11,968 9,275 10,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.51% 68.14% 62.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,663 6,182 7,682
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year - -4.06% -4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £514 £534
% change year-on-year +2.14% -3.70% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 176 211
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £20.13
Median hourly rate £31.50 £33.45 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +5.47% -9.40%
75th Percentile £44.59 £50.86 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £33.06 £27.28 £33.93
% change year-on-year +21.19% -19.60% +11.10%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -8 232 £538 -2.27% 217
West London +3 79 £520 +30.00% 194
South London -2 34 £506 -19.00% 25
East London -4 9 £400 -7.09% 26
North London - 3 £450 - 6
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 (4.45%) Confluence
2 33 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 31 (1.74%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.13%) Apache
6 16 (0.90%) CMS
7 15 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.39%) SAS
8 7 (0.39%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.34%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.28%) IIS
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (0.23%) Appian
12 3 (0.17%) Camunda
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
14 1 (0.056%) HCL Notes
14 1 (0.056%) nginx
14 1 (0.056%) Traefik
14 1 (0.056%) WebLogic
Applications
1 161 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (2.48%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 17 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) Notion
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.056%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.056%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.90%) Aladdin
3 16 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.56%) Finacle
4 10 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.51%) Fidessa
5 9 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (0.45%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.34%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
8 6 (0.34%) Summit
9 5 (0.28%) iTrent
9 5 (0.28%) Magento
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.28%) Shopify
10 4 (0.23%) HFM
10 4 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 359 (20.20%) Azure
2 255 (14.35%) AWS
3 220 (12.38%) Power Platform
4 95 (5.35%) GCP
5 78 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (4.33%) SaaS
7 69 (3.88%) GitHub
7 69 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
8 49 (2.76%) Entra ID
9 42 (2.36%) Snowflake
10 41 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
11 33 (1.86%) Amazon S3
12 32 (1.80%) Serverless
13 31 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
14 29 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
14 29 (1.63%) dbt
15 26 (1.46%) PaaS
16 25 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 25 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
17 22 (1.24%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.53%) Firewall
2 27 (1.52%) DNS
3 26 (1.46%) Network Security
4 23 (1.29%) VPN
5 19 (1.07%) WAN
6 18 (1.01%) TCP/IP
7 16 (0.90%) DHCP
8 14 (0.79%) SAN
8 14 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.62%) BGP
9 11 (0.62%) VLAN
10 9 (0.51%) 5G
10 9 (0.51%) HTTP
10 9 (0.51%) OSPF
10 9 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.45%) 4G
11 8 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (0.45%) LAN
11 8 (0.45%) VXLAN
12 7 (0.39%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (11.03%) Power BI
2 100 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
3 93 (5.23%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.33%) Tableau
5 73 (4.11%) Relational Database
6 62 (3.49%) Metadata
7 45 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (2.25%) Data Lake
9 32 (1.80%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.46%) Big Data
10 26 (1.46%) MongoDB
11 24 (1.35%) RDBMS
12 23 (1.29%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.29%) Oracle Database
13 22 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (1.07%) Power Query
14 19 (1.07%) Star Schema
15 18 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
16 15 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
17 14 (0.79%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 170 (9.57%) JIRA
2 79 (4.45%) Git
3 34 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.41%) Selenium
5 14 (0.79%) REST Assured
6 13 (0.73%) Postman
7 12 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.68%) GitLab
8 11 (0.62%) ERwin
8 11 (0.62%) JUnit
9 10 (0.56%) Maven
10 9 (0.51%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.51%) JMeter
10 9 (0.51%) MLflow
11 8 (0.45%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
12 7 (0.39%) Chocolatey
12 7 (0.39%) Gradle
12 7 (0.39%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 836 (47.05%) Social Skills
2 707 (39.79%) Finance
3 258 (14.52%) Banking
4 147 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 88 (4.95%) Marketing
6 86 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
7 84 (4.73%) Front Office
8 77 (4.33%) Legal
8 77 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
9 61 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
11 54 (3.04%) Investment Banking
12 49 (2.76%) Retail
12 49 (2.76%) Telecoms
13 48 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 44 (2.48%) Financial Institution
15 29 (1.63%) Back Office
16 20 (1.13%) Law
16 20 (1.13%) Local Government
17 19 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 462 (26.00%) Analyst
2 231 (13.00%) Business Analyst
3 177 (9.96%) Senior
4 159 (8.95%) Developer
5 125 (7.03%) Architect
6 120 (6.75%) Lead
7 110 (6.19%) Data Engineer
8 100 (5.63%) Data Analyst
9 90 (5.06%) Consultant
10 66 (3.71%) Data Scientist
11 58 (3.26%) Project Manager
12 40 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (2.03%) Senior Developer
14 33 (1.86%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (1.69%) Financial Analyst
16 28 (1.58%) Product Owner
17 27 (1.52%) Senior Manager
17 27 (1.52%) Support Engineer
18 26 (1.46%) Technical Business Analyst
19 25 (1.41%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.57%) REST
2 64 (3.60%) .NET
3 49 (2.76%) Kafka
4 44 (2.48%) JSON
5 43 (2.42%) RESTful
5 43 (2.42%) XML
6 41 (2.31%) Pandas
7 37 (2.08%) SOAP
8 35 (1.97%) HTML
8 35 (1.97%) Middleware
9 31 (1.74%) Web Services
10 30 (1.69%) CSS
10 30 (1.69%) scikit-learn
11 25 (1.41%) PySpark
11 25 (1.41%) Spring
12 24 (1.35%) NumPy
13 23 (1.29%) PyTorch
13 23 (1.29%) React
13 23 (1.29%) Spring Boot
14 21 (1.18%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 112 (6.30%) Product Ownership
3 87 (4.90%) Onboarding
4 75 (4.22%) Data Structures
5 71 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 48 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 44 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
8 42 (2.36%) Management Information System
9 40 (2.25%) Algorithms
10 36 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 36 (2.03%) Fixed Income
11 34 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 33 (1.86%) Derivative
13 32 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
14 29 (1.63%) Equities
15 24 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
15 24 (1.35%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.24%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 110 (6.19%) Windows
2 74 (4.16%) Linux
3 34 (1.91%) Unix
4 21 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 15 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 14 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.73%) Android
8 12 (0.68%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.34%) Solaris
10 5 (0.28%) AIX
11 2 (0.11%) SUSE
11 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.056%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 861 (48.45%) Problem-Solving
2 489 (27.52%) Agile
3 445 (25.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 331 (18.63%) Analytics
5 329 (18.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 309 (17.39%) AI
7 302 (16.99%) Decision-Making
8 263 (14.80%) Data Modelling
9 233 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 232 (13.06%) Validation
11 221 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
12 207 (11.65%) DevOps
13 205 (11.54%) CI/CD
14 195 (10.97%) Migration
15 185 (10.41%) Data Analysis
16 164 (9.23%) Data Pipeline
17 156 (8.78%) User Acceptance Testing
18 152 (8.55%) Roadmaps
19 147 (8.27%) ETL
20 146 (8.22%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 513 (28.87%) SQL
2 394 (22.17%) Python
3 117 (6.58%) Java
4 85 (4.78%) C#
5 68 (3.83%) JavaScript
6 61 (3.43%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.48%) TypeScript
8 35 (1.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 30 (1.69%) C++
10 29 (1.63%) R
11 27 (1.52%) PL/SQL
12 26 (1.46%) T-SQL
13 25 (1.41%) Bash
14 22 (1.24%) Scala
15 11 (0.62%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.56%) C
16 10 (0.56%) VBA
17 9 (0.51%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.45%) Ruby
18 8 (0.45%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 220 (12.38%) Degree
2 217 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 159 (8.95%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 36 (2.03%) CISSP
8 27 (1.52%) PMP
9 26 (1.46%) PMI Certification
10 23 (1.29%) CISM
11 21 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.01%) Azure Certification
13 14 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (0.73%) CISA
14 13 (0.73%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.68%) ACCA
15 12 (0.68%) ISTQB
16 11 (0.62%) CCNP
16 11 (0.62%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (13.00%) Data Quality
2 137 (7.71%) QA
3 88 (4.95%) PMO
4 70 (3.94%) GDPR
5 47 (2.64%) NIST
6 45 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 45 (2.53%) SLA
7 33 (1.86%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 23 (1.29%) COBIT
10 22 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 18 (1.01%) GRC
11 18 (1.01%) PCI DSS
12 17 (0.96%) IFRS
13 13 (0.73%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.45%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.39%) GAAP
16 6 (0.34%) GxP
17 5 (0.28%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.28%) MiFID
System Software
1 67 (3.77%) Docker
2 61 (3.43%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.34%) IAG
5 6 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.23%) Firmware
7 3 (0.17%) Postfix
8 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.11%) NFS
8 2 (0.11%) Squid
8 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.056%) RACF
9 1 (0.056%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.056%) vSphere
9 1 (0.056%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.04%) Terraform
3 26 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (1.29%) Ansible
5 22 (1.24%) Grafana
6 11 (0.62%) SCCM
6 11 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.45%) Kibana
8 7 (0.39%) Control-M
8 7 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.28%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.17%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.11%) Istio
11 2 (0.11%) Nessus
11 2 (0.11%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.056%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.056%) SCOM
12 1 (0.056%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.056%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 275 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 159 (8.95%) Oracle
3 94 (5.29%) SAP
4 86 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 77 (4.33%) Salesforce
6 64 (3.60%) Databricks
7 62 (3.49%) Google
8 31 (1.74%) Splunk
9 26 (1.46%) Workday
10 24 (1.35%) Dynatrace
11 23 (1.29%) IBM
12 20 (1.13%) Cisco
12 20 (1.13%) Informatica
13 19 (1.07%) Alteryx
13 19 (1.07%) CyberArk
14 18 (1.01%) VMware
15 17 (0.96%) Adobe
15 17 (0.96%) Apple
16 15 (0.84%) Bloomberg
16 15 (0.84%) Murex