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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,938 1,460 1,419
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.59% 10.90% 8.80%
As % of the General category 15.50% 15.89% 14.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,182 900 866
10th Percentile £338 £313 £320
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £655
90th Percentile £750 £750 £758
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 23
10th Percentile £19.03 £18.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £26.27 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% -1.49% -30.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £70.00 £74.01
England median hourly rate £28.40 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.63% +30.00% -40.48%

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 12,507 9,186 10,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.88% 68.58% 62.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,970 6,041 6,540
10th Percentile £350 £329 £330
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £780 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 174 120
10th Percentile £15.88 £18.06 £17.48
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.65 £25.62
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.75 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.08% -9.93% +8.46%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.60 £68.67 £68.33
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.31% -28.14% +16.67%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -13 217 £550 - 494
West London +8 92 £553 +33.13% 93
South London 0 27 £536 -20.59% 25
East London +2 12 £500 +38.89% 25
North London +4 5 £525 - 1
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 98 (5.06%) Confluence
2 46 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.44%) CMS
5 24 (1.24%) Apache
6 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.41%) JBoss
8 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.41%) SAS
8 8 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
8 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.26%) Appian
9 5 (0.26%) IIS
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 185 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
3 64 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.36%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.26%) Trello
9 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.15%) Productboard
10 2 (0.10%) Notion
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.052%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.052%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
3 21 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.98%) Aladdin
5 15 (0.77%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.46%) Finacle
7 8 (0.41%) iTrent
7 8 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.36%) Shopify
9 6 (0.31%) Magento
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
11 4 (0.21%) Front Arena
11 4 (0.21%) HFM
11 4 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.21%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 397 (20.49%) Azure
2 275 (14.19%) AWS
3 255 (13.16%) Power Platform
4 114 (5.88%) GCP
5 94 (4.85%) GitHub
6 85 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (3.97%) Snowflake
8 74 (3.82%) SaaS
9 72 (3.72%) Entra ID
10 71 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
11 46 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
12 44 (2.27%) Serverless
13 39 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 38 (1.96%) dbt
15 32 (1.65%) Amazon S3
15 32 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
16 27 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
16 27 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
17 25 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 23 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.06%) Firewall
2 36 (1.86%) Network Security
3 35 (1.81%) TCP/IP
4 34 (1.75%) VPN
5 32 (1.65%) DNS
6 19 (0.98%) DHCP
7 16 (0.83%) SSL
8 15 (0.77%) BGP
8 15 (0.77%) Radio Access Network
8 15 (0.77%) WAN
9 14 (0.72%) 5G
9 14 (0.72%) VLAN
10 12 (0.62%) HTTP
11 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 11 (0.57%) MPLS
12 10 (0.52%) SAN
12 10 (0.52%) Wireshark
13 9 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
13 9 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (11.51%) Power BI
2 110 (5.68%) Data Warehouse
3 101 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 80 (4.13%) Tableau
5 78 (4.02%) Relational Database
6 71 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
7 70 (3.61%) Metadata
8 40 (2.06%) NoSQL
9 37 (1.91%) MongoDB
10 36 (1.86%) Data Lake
11 33 (1.70%) Oracle Database
12 26 (1.34%) Power Query
13 25 (1.29%) Big Data
13 25 (1.29%) BigQuery
13 25 (1.29%) Delta Lake
14 23 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
15 22 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 18 (0.93%) RDBMS
17 17 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
18 15 (0.77%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 194 (10.01%) JIRA
2 131 (6.76%) Git
3 67 (3.46%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.12%) GitLab
5 27 (1.39%) Selenium
6 21 (1.08%) JMeter
7 16 (0.83%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.83%) Maven
8 15 (0.77%) Gradle
9 14 (0.72%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.67%) LoadRunner
10 13 (0.67%) Postman
11 11 (0.57%) ERwin
11 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.52%) Gatling
12 10 (0.52%) JUnit
13 9 (0.46%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.41%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,005 (51.86%) Social Skills
2 803 (41.43%) Finance
3 317 (16.36%) Banking
4 178 (9.18%) Public Sector
5 97 (5.01%) Front Office
6 94 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
7 88 (4.54%) Documentation Skills
8 86 (4.44%) Marketing
9 85 (4.39%) Legal
10 77 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
10 77 (3.97%) Retail
11 64 (3.30%) Investment Banking
12 63 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 62 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
14 54 (2.79%) Local Government
15 50 (2.58%) Telecoms
16 38 (1.96%) Back Office
16 38 (1.96%) Financial Institution
17 28 (1.44%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 481 (24.82%) Analyst
2 234 (12.07%) Senior
3 218 (11.25%) Business Analyst
4 186 (9.60%) Developer
5 131 (6.76%) Lead
6 116 (5.99%) Architect
7 100 (5.16%) Data Analyst
8 99 (5.11%) Data Engineer
9 87 (4.49%) Consultant
10 59 (3.04%) Data Scientist
11 51 (2.63%) Project Manager
11 51 (2.63%) Senior Developer
12 49 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
13 32 (1.65%) Java Developer
13 32 (1.65%) Technical Analyst
14 30 (1.55%) Support Engineer
15 29 (1.50%) IT Support
15 29 (1.50%) Senior Manager
16 28 (1.44%) Data Architect
16 28 (1.44%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (6.45%) REST
2 97 (5.01%) .NET
3 87 (4.49%) Terraform
4 68 (3.51%) Kafka
5 65 (3.35%) RESTful
6 50 (2.58%) Web Services
7 44 (2.27%) HTML
7 44 (2.27%) Middleware
7 44 (2.27%) SOAP
8 43 (2.22%) JSON
9 42 (2.17%) XML
10 39 (2.01%) Spring
11 38 (1.96%) PySpark
12 36 (1.86%) React
13 35 (1.81%) CSS
14 34 (1.75%) Spring Boot
15 23 (1.19%) .NET Core
15 23 (1.19%) AngularJS
16 22 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
16 22 (1.14%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 144 (7.43%) Product Ownership
3 119 (6.14%) Onboarding
4 84 (4.33%) Cloud Native
5 75 (3.87%) Data Structures
6 73 (3.77%) Management Information System
7 69 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
11 41 (2.12%) AI Agents
12 39 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
13 32 (1.65%) Derivative
14 30 (1.55%) Algorithms
14 30 (1.55%) Fixed Income
15 27 (1.39%) Equities
16 26 (1.34%) Credit Risk
16 26 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 25 (1.29%) Reference Data
18 22 (1.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 136 (7.02%) Linux
2 126 (6.50%) Windows
3 54 (2.79%) Unix
4 25 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.19%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.83%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.72%) Android
8 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.21%) Solaris
10 3 (0.15%) AIX
10 3 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.10%) SUSE
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.052%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.052%) VMS
12 1 (0.052%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,018 (52.53%) Problem-Solving
2 708 (36.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 563 (29.05%) Agile
4 417 (21.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 389 (20.07%) AI
6 385 (19.87%) Analytics
7 359 (18.52%) Decision-Making
8 281 (14.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 278 (14.34%) CI/CD
10 269 (13.88%) Validation
11 261 (13.47%) Business Intelligence
11 261 (13.47%) DevOps
12 238 (12.28%) Data Modelling
13 226 (11.66%) Migration
14 197 (10.17%) Roadmaps
15 196 (10.11%) User Acceptance Testing
16 187 (9.65%) Data Analysis
17 178 (9.18%) Business Analysis
17 178 (9.18%) Data Pipeline
17 178 (9.18%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 572 (29.51%) SQL
2 427 (22.03%) Python
3 126 (6.50%) Java
4 107 (5.52%) C#
5 103 (5.31%) JavaScript
6 76 (3.92%) PowerShell
7 58 (2.99%) Bash
8 41 (2.12%) TypeScript
9 32 (1.65%) PL/SQL
10 30 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 30 (1.55%) R
11 28 (1.44%) T-SQL
12 27 (1.39%) C++
12 27 (1.39%) Shell Script
13 16 (0.83%) Korn
13 16 (0.83%) Perl
14 15 (0.77%) Scala
15 13 (0.67%) Go
16 9 (0.46%) Groovy
17 8 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 269 (13.88%) Security Cleared
2 259 (13.36%) Degree
3 217 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.91%) PMI Certification
7 36 (1.86%) PMP
8 34 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 33 (1.70%) CISSP
10 27 (1.39%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.29%) ACCA
11 25 (1.29%) CIMA
12 23 (1.19%) DV Cleared
13 22 (1.14%) CISM
14 20 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
15 19 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
16 18 (0.93%) AWS Certification
17 17 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 16 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
19 15 (0.77%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (13.42%) Data Quality
2 154 (7.95%) QA
3 74 (3.82%) PMO
4 58 (2.99%) GDPR
5 45 (2.32%) SLA
6 43 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 33 (1.70%) NIST
9 29 (1.50%) Accessibility
10 28 (1.44%) GRC
11 18 (0.93%) IFRS
12 15 (0.77%) COBIT
13 14 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.41%) Basel III
16 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
17 6 (0.31%) NCSC
17 6 (0.31%) P3O
System Software
1 100 (5.16%) Docker
2 81 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.36%) IAG
5 7 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.26%) Firmware
6 5 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.21%) vSphere
8 3 (0.15%) NFS
8 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.10%) Postfix
9 2 (0.10%) Squid
9 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.052%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 96 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.27%) Ansible
3 35 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (1.75%) Grafana
5 18 (0.93%) Kibana
6 17 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.83%) SCCM
8 15 (0.77%) Control-M
9 8 (0.41%) 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
11 5 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.21%) Argo
12 4 (0.21%) systemd
13 3 (0.15%) Cilium
13 3 (0.15%) SnapMirror
14 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
14 2 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 361 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 167 (8.62%) Oracle
3 98 (5.06%) Databricks
4 94 (4.85%) ServiceNow
5 91 (4.70%) SAP
6 74 (3.82%) Google
7 62 (3.20%) Salesforce
8 55 (2.84%) Splunk
9 37 (1.91%) IBM
10 34 (1.75%) Cisco
11 31 (1.60%) Dynatrace
12 29 (1.50%) VMware
13 24 (1.24%) CyberArk
14 19 (0.98%) Adobe
15 17 (0.88%) Alteryx
15 17 (0.88%) Red Hat
15 17 (0.88%) Workday
16 15 (0.77%) Informatica
16 15 (0.77%) Murex
16 15 (0.77%) UiPath