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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 17 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,543 1,513 1,567
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.82% 9.91% 8.20%
As % of the General category 16.16% 15.45% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 942 911 1,046
10th Percentile £313 £319 £313
25th Percentile £402 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £650 £671 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 28 34
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.03
25th Percentile £25.49 £22.00 £21.75
Median hourly rate £34.74 £29.80 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.60% -33.79% +32.35%
75th Percentile £46.69 £53.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £52.98 £80.75 £63.88
England median hourly rate £34.27 £25.00 £32.02
% change year-on-year +37.08% -21.91% -17.91%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,550 9,790 12,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 66.95% 64.09% 64.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,228 6,244 8,895
10th Percentile £333 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £784 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 116 164
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.52
25th Percentile £19.88 £24.33 £21.44
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £44.37 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.04 £76.70 £75.88
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.41 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.48% -7.85% +29.31%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025. 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 -2 242 £500 -9.26% 118
South London -5 21 £600 +2.92% 41
West London -13 21 £425 +6.25% 47
East London +4 11 £394 -10.51% 48
North London -1 1 - - 10
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 71 (4.60%) Confluence
2 44 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.91%) CMS
7 8 (0.52%) Apache
8 5 (0.32%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.19%) IIS
10 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.065%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.065%) Appian
Applications
1 154 (9.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.59%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.39%) ProjectWise
7 6 (0.39%) Trello
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.13%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.065%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.065%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.065%) OmniGraffle
10 1 (0.065%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.78%) Endur
4 11 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
5 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
6 8 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.52%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
7 7 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.39%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.26%) Shopify
11 3 (0.19%) IntelliMatch
Cloud Services
1 260 (16.85%) Azure
2 212 (13.74%) AWS
3 175 (11.34%) Power Platform
4 79 (5.12%) GCP
5 70 (4.54%) SaaS
6 54 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.66%) Entra ID
8 41 (2.66%) GitHub
9 38 (2.46%) Snowflake
10 37 (2.40%) IaaS
11 33 (2.14%) Amazon S3
12 31 (2.01%) Serverless
13 28 (1.81%) dbt
14 26 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (1.17%) Google Analytics
17 18 (1.17%) PowerApps
18 17 (1.10%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.53%) Firewall
2 35 (2.27%) Network Security
3 32 (2.07%) DNS
4 22 (1.43%) VPN
5 15 (0.97%) LAN
5 15 (0.97%) WAN
6 13 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 12 (0.78%) HTTP
8 11 (0.71%) DHCP
8 11 (0.71%) SSL
9 9 (0.58%) VLAN
10 8 (0.52%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.45%) VoIP
12 6 (0.39%) BGP
12 6 (0.39%) Internet
13 5 (0.32%) CTI
13 5 (0.32%) DMZ
13 5 (0.32%) Wireless
13 5 (0.32%) WLAN
14 4 (0.26%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (10.56%) Power BI
2 76 (4.93%) Tableau
3 64 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (3.18%) SQL Server
5 45 (2.92%) Relational Database
6 41 (2.66%) Metadata
7 34 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (1.75%) Big Data
9 26 (1.69%) MongoDB
10 25 (1.62%) DB2
11 22 (1.43%) Data Lake
11 22 (1.43%) NoSQL
12 19 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (1.10%) BigQuery
14 15 (0.97%) Hadoop
14 15 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
14 15 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (0.91%) Looker
15 14 (0.91%) Power Query
15 14 (0.91%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 135 (8.75%) JIRA
2 65 (4.21%) Git
3 23 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.17%) GitLab
4 18 (1.17%) JUnit
5 10 (0.65%) Selenium
6 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.52%) Postman
7 6 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
7 6 (0.39%) JMeter
7 6 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.32%) Appium
8 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.32%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 5 (0.32%) webpack
9 4 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.26%) sqlmap
9 4 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 830 (53.79%) Social Skills
2 551 (35.71%) Finance
3 206 (13.35%) Banking
4 129 (8.36%) Public Sector
5 99 (6.42%) Marketing
6 72 (4.67%) Investment Banking
7 70 (4.54%) Legal
8 52 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 51 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (2.98%) Front Office
12 43 (2.79%) Back Office
12 43 (2.79%) Retail
13 41 (2.66%) Financial Institution
14 39 (2.53%) Telecoms
15 30 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 23 (1.49%) Publishing
17 20 (1.30%) Law
18 18 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 394 (25.53%) Analyst
2 189 (12.25%) Business Analyst
3 185 (11.99%) Senior
4 174 (11.28%) Developer
5 120 (7.78%) Architect
6 89 (5.77%) Lead
7 77 (4.99%) Data Analyst
8 74 (4.80%) Consultant
9 57 (3.69%) Data Engineer
10 52 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
11 49 (3.18%) Project Manager
12 46 (2.98%) Senior Developer
13 39 (2.53%) Java Developer
14 36 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (1.94%) Data Scientist
15 30 (1.94%) Python Developer
16 27 (1.75%) Security Analyst
16 27 (1.75%) Senior Business Analyst
16 27 (1.75%) Technical Analyst
17 24 (1.56%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (5.96%) REST
2 52 (3.37%) Kafka
3 50 (3.24%) JSON
4 34 (2.20%) HTML
4 34 (2.20%) Spring
5 33 (2.14%) .NET
6 32 (2.07%) React
7 28 (1.81%) RESTful
7 28 (1.81%) XML
8 26 (1.69%) CSS
9 24 (1.56%) Pandas
9 24 (1.56%) SOAP
10 23 (1.49%) Middleware
11 21 (1.36%) AngularJS
12 19 (1.23%) Node.js
12 19 (1.23%) OAuth
13 18 (1.17%) scikit-learn
14 17 (1.10%) NumPy
14 17 (1.10%) TensorFlow
15 16 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 164 (10.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 68 (4.41%) Product Ownership
2 68 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
3 64 (4.15%) Management Information System
4 54 (3.50%) Data Structures
5 53 (3.43%) Onboarding
6 38 (2.46%) Algorithms
7 32 (2.07%) Derivative
8 31 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.94%) PKI
10 28 (1.81%) Equities
11 25 (1.62%) Cloud Native
11 25 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
11 25 (1.62%) Security Posture
12 24 (1.56%) Fixed Income
12 24 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 22 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.36%) Reinsurance
15 18 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
15 18 (1.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 86 (5.57%) Linux
2 71 (4.60%) Windows
3 30 (1.94%) Unix
4 8 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.45%) Android
5 7 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.32%) VMS
8 4 (0.26%) Solaris
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.065%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.065%) VME
10 1 (0.065%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (54.50%) Problem-Solving
2 467 (30.27%) Agile
3 297 (19.25%) Analytics
4 277 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 255 (16.53%) Decision-Making
6 208 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 199 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
8 188 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (11.34%) Data Modelling
10 162 (10.50%) Data Analysis
11 156 (10.11%) CI/CD
12 152 (9.85%) DevOps
13 149 (9.66%) AI
14 143 (9.27%) Project Management
15 141 (9.14%) Migration
16 135 (8.75%) Validation
17 130 (8.43%) Roadmaps
18 128 (8.30%) Visualisation
19 123 (7.97%) Actionable Insight
20 120 (7.78%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 382 (24.76%) SQL
2 329 (21.32%) Python
3 104 (6.74%) Java
4 81 (5.25%) JavaScript
5 79 (5.12%) PowerShell
6 45 (2.92%) C#
7 42 (2.72%) Bash
8 33 (2.14%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.81%) C++
10 23 (1.49%) R
11 22 (1.43%) Shell Script
12 17 (1.10%) Go
13 14 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 13 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 11 (0.71%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.65%) VBA
17 9 (0.58%) Scala
18 8 (0.52%) Korn
19 6 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 238 (15.42%) Degree
2 233 (15.10%) Security Cleared
3 177 (11.47%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (2.72%) PMI Certification
6 41 (2.66%) Master's Degree
7 28 (1.81%) PMP
8 24 (1.56%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.36%) CISSP
10 18 (1.17%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.17%) CBAP
11 14 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.84%) CIMA
13 12 (0.78%) ACCA
13 12 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.78%) OSCP
14 11 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.71%) CCNP
14 11 (0.71%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (9.07%) Data Quality
2 119 (7.71%) QA
3 54 (3.50%) GDPR
4 49 (3.18%) Accessibility
5 35 (2.27%) PMO
6 21 (1.36%) NIST
7 20 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 14 (0.91%) SLA
9 12 (0.78%) WCAG
10 11 (0.71%) GRC
10 11 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 10 (0.65%) EMIR
11 10 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.58%) MiFID
13 8 (0.52%) COBIT
14 6 (0.39%) ISO 19650
15 5 (0.32%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.32%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 61 (3.95%) Docker
2 56 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.52%) zsh
5 7 (0.45%) HDFS
6 4 (0.26%) Firmware
6 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.19%) ProxySG
7 3 (0.19%) Squid
7 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.19%) vSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Snort
8 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.065%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.065%) IAG
9 1 (0.065%) KVM
9 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 72 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 55 (3.56%) Terraform
3 42 (2.72%) Ansible
4 18 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.97%) Grafana
6 13 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.84%) SCCM
7 11 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.52%) Nessus
9 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.32%) Nmap
9 5 (0.32%) SCOM
10 4 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.19%) Argo
11 3 (0.19%) BladeLogic
11 3 (0.19%) CA Spectrum
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.13%) Suricata
12 2 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 257 (16.66%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.64%) Oracle
3 75 (4.86%) SAP
4 67 (4.34%) Google
5 56 (3.63%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.31%) ServiceNow
7 50 (3.24%) Databricks
8 34 (2.20%) Splunk
9 26 (1.69%) Cisco
10 21 (1.36%) VMware
11 19 (1.23%) Bloomberg
12 17 (1.10%) Sybase
13 16 (1.04%) Adobe
13 16 (1.04%) MuleSoft
14 14 (0.91%) CyberArk
14 14 (0.91%) Juniper
14 14 (0.91%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.78%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.78%) Workday
16 11 (0.71%) Murex