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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,628 1,496 1,439
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.58% 11.99% 8.10%
As % of the General category 14.28% 17.62% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 952 988
10th Percentile £350 £315 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £689 £688
90th Percentile £750 £813 £816
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 34 42
10th Percentile £19.14 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.57 £26.59 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £42.75 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +85.87% -42.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.23 £68.13 £64.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year - +66.67% -51.25%

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 11,404 8,490 11,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.10% 68.03% 62.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,310 5,682 7,923
10th Percentile £350 £333 £335
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £820 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 157 240
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.17 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.48 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +14.32% -1.92%
75th Percentile £44.31 £52.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.23 £66.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.97 £31.97
% change year-on-year +16.20% -12.51% +6.57%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -10 207 £550 - 105
West London +3 77 £516 +29.06% 38
South London +1 32 £488 -22.00% 9
East London -4 9 £400 -7.03% 23
North London - 1 - - 9
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 75 (4.61%) Confluence
2 31 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (1.84%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.04%) Apache
6 14 (0.86%) CMS
6 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.43%) SAS
8 6 (0.37%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.061%) Appian
13 1 (0.061%) nginx
13 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.061%) Traefik
13 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
Applications
1 153 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (2.46%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.61%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.061%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.74%) Aladdin
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.61%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
6 7 (0.43%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
7 6 (0.37%) Summit
8 5 (0.31%) Magento
8 5 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.31%) Shopify
9 4 (0.25%) HFM
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 331 (20.33%) Azure
2 230 (14.13%) AWS
3 205 (12.59%) Power Platform
4 86 (5.28%) GCP
5 75 (4.61%) SaaS
6 67 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (3.62%) GitHub
9 40 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (2.27%) Entra ID
11 35 (2.15%) Amazon S3
12 34 (2.09%) Serverless
13 33 (2.03%) Snowflake
14 29 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
15 27 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (1.60%) dbt
17 23 (1.41%) PaaS
18 21 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 20 (1.23%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.52%) Firewall
2 24 (1.47%) DNS
3 22 (1.35%) Network Security
4 19 (1.17%) VPN
5 18 (1.11%) WAN
6 17 (1.04%) DHCP
7 15 (0.92%) SD-WAN
7 15 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.80%) SAN
9 11 (0.68%) BGP
10 10 (0.61%) VLAN
11 9 (0.55%) OSPF
12 8 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
12 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 8 (0.49%) VXLAN
13 7 (0.43%) Internet
13 7 (0.43%) MPLS
13 7 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.37%) 5G
14 6 (0.37%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (11.12%) Power BI
2 92 (5.65%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (4.85%) SQL Server
4 78 (4.79%) Tableau
5 59 (3.62%) Relational Database
6 52 (3.19%) Metadata
7 38 (2.33%) Data Lake
8 37 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 31 (1.90%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.60%) Big Data
11 23 (1.41%) MongoDB
12 22 (1.35%) BigQuery
12 22 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 20 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
14 19 (1.17%) Power Query
14 19 (1.17%) RDBMS
15 17 (1.04%) Star Schema
16 16 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
16 16 (0.98%) Oracle Database
17 13 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 159 (9.77%) JIRA
2 60 (3.69%) Git
3 27 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.29%) Selenium
5 12 (0.74%) Postman
5 12 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 11 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 10 (0.61%) ERwin
7 10 (0.61%) GitLab
7 10 (0.61%) MLflow
8 8 (0.49%) JUnit
8 8 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.43%) JMeter
10 6 (0.37%) Chocolatey
10 6 (0.37%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.37%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 744 (45.70%) Social Skills
2 636 (39.07%) Finance
3 229 (14.07%) Banking
4 135 (8.29%) Public Sector
5 88 (5.41%) Marketing
6 81 (4.98%) Legal
7 73 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
8 72 (4.42%) Front Office
9 66 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
10 61 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (3.07%) Investment Banking
12 47 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 47 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (2.83%) Telecoms
14 45 (2.76%) Retail
15 39 (2.40%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.29%) Back Office
17 20 (1.23%) Law
18 17 (1.04%) Local Government
18 17 (1.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 426 (26.17%) Analyst
2 212 (13.02%) Business Analyst
3 153 (9.40%) Senior
4 145 (8.91%) Developer
5 114 (7.00%) Lead
6 110 (6.76%) Architect
7 98 (6.02%) Data Analyst
8 96 (5.90%) Data Engineer
9 90 (5.53%) Consultant
10 58 (3.56%) Data Scientist
11 48 (2.95%) Project Manager
12 39 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (2.03%) Senior Developer
15 30 (1.84%) Financial Analyst
16 29 (1.78%) Senior Business Analyst
17 23 (1.41%) Support Engineer
17 23 (1.41%) Tester
18 21 (1.29%) Product Owner
18 21 (1.29%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.61%) REST
2 58 (3.56%) .NET
3 47 (2.89%) Kafka
4 38 (2.33%) Pandas
5 36 (2.21%) JSON
6 34 (2.09%) RESTful
6 34 (2.09%) XML
7 33 (2.03%) Middleware
8 29 (1.78%) HTML
8 29 (1.78%) scikit-learn
8 29 (1.78%) SOAP
9 28 (1.72%) CSS
10 26 (1.60%) PySpark
11 24 (1.47%) Web Services
12 22 (1.35%) NumPy
12 22 (1.35%) PyTorch
13 21 (1.29%) React
14 20 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
15 19 (1.17%) AngularJS
15 19 (1.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 152 (9.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 99 (6.08%) Product Ownership
3 66 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 64 (3.93%) Data Structures
4 64 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.64%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.40%) Algorithms
8 38 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 34 (2.09%) Data Centre
10 33 (2.03%) Fixed Income
11 31 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 30 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.84%) Derivative
13 27 (1.66%) Equities
14 21 (1.29%) Credit Risk
14 21 (1.29%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.29%) Virtual Team
15 19 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 97 (5.96%) Windows
2 66 (4.05%) Linux
3 32 (1.97%) Unix
4 15 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.61%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.55%) Android
8 6 (0.37%) Solaris
9 5 (0.31%) AIX
9 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.12%) SUSE
11 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (47.91%) Problem-Solving
2 434 (26.66%) Agile
3 375 (23.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 301 (18.49%) Analytics
5 287 (17.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 281 (17.26%) AI
7 276 (16.95%) Decision-Making
8 243 (14.93%) Data Modelling
9 204 (12.53%) Validation
10 202 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 199 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
12 180 (11.06%) DevOps
13 176 (10.81%) Migration
14 175 (10.75%) Data Analysis
15 172 (10.57%) CI/CD
16 142 (8.72%) Data Pipeline
17 140 (8.60%) User Acceptance Testing
18 136 (8.35%) ETL
18 136 (8.35%) Roadmaps
19 135 (8.29%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 467 (28.69%) SQL
2 373 (22.91%) Python
3 100 (6.14%) Java
4 89 (5.47%) C#
5 56 (3.44%) JavaScript
6 52 (3.19%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.70%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.90%) R
10 30 (1.84%) C++
11 24 (1.47%) PL/SQL
12 22 (1.35%) T-SQL
13 20 (1.23%) Scala
14 19 (1.17%) Bash
15 9 (0.55%) VBA
16 8 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.43%) C
18 6 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 197 (12.10%) Degree
2 193 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 136 (8.35%) SC Cleared
4 57 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.27%) CISSP
8 26 (1.60%) CISM
8 26 (1.60%) PMP
9 24 (1.47%) PMI Certification
10 20 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.98%) Azure Certification
11 16 (0.98%) CISA
11 16 (0.98%) CRISC
12 15 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.80%) ACCA
13 13 (0.80%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.80%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (12.96%) Data Quality
2 119 (7.31%) QA
3 75 (4.61%) GDPR
4 72 (4.42%) PMO
5 50 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (3.01%) NIST
7 39 (2.40%) SLA
8 28 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 27 (1.66%) COBIT
10 26 (1.60%) Accessibility
11 24 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 21 (1.29%) GRC
13 20 (1.23%) PCI DSS
14 17 (1.04%) IFRS
15 13 (0.80%) ISO 20022
16 9 (0.55%) Solvency II
17 7 (0.43%) GAAP
18 6 (0.37%) NCSC
18 6 (0.37%) PSD2
19 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 57 (3.50%) Docker
2 53 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.25%) Firmware
7 3 (0.18%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.061%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.061%) RACF
9 1 (0.061%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.061%) vSphere
9 1 (0.061%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (3.38%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.70%) Terraform
3 22 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.23%) Grafana
5 19 (1.17%) Ansible
6 12 (0.74%) SCCM
7 10 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.49%) Kibana
9 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.061%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.061%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.061%) Opsview
13 1 (0.061%) QRadar
Vendors
1 247 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 134 (8.23%) Oracle
3 91 (5.59%) SAP
4 82 (5.04%) Salesforce
5 72 (4.42%) ServiceNow
6 65 (3.99%) Databricks
7 62 (3.81%) Google
8 23 (1.41%) Workday
9 21 (1.29%) Splunk
10 20 (1.23%) Informatica
11 18 (1.11%) Cisco
11 18 (1.11%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.04%) Adobe
12 17 (1.04%) IBM
13 16 (0.98%) VMware
14 15 (0.92%) Murex
15 14 (0.86%) Bloomberg
15 14 (0.86%) Tenable
16 13 (0.80%) Alteryx
17 12 (0.74%) Apple