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 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 15 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,681 1,435 1,481
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.95% 11.28% 8.20%
As % of the General category 16.05% 16.87% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 896 1,010
10th Percentile £350 £313 £320
25th Percentile £415 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 51
10th Percentile £18.53 £22.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.31 £26.74 £16.80
Median hourly rate £36.50 £42.75 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +81.91% -26.38%
75th Percentile £47.50 £57.88 £39.88
90th Percentile £56.70 £80.75 £52.50
England median hourly rate £35.53 £29.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +22.50% +48.72% -44.29%

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 10,473 8,505 11,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.01% 66.88% 63.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,808 5,744 8,152
10th Percentile £350 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £700
90th Percentile £786 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 140 254
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.99 £15.65
25th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £18.39
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £49.69 £55.06 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.88 £77.59 £72.13
England median hourly rate £25.50 £30.00 £26.03
% change year-on-year -15.00% +15.25% -25.63%

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 29 March 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 29 March 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 29 March 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 -3 249 £525 -2.78% 251
West London -6 39 £500 +25.00% 50
South London -2 36 £500 -14.38% 12
East London +4 9 £400 -25.97% 26
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 84 (5.00%) Confluence
2 27 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.95%) Apache
5 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.77%) CMS
7 6 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.30%) SAS
9 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) Camunda
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.12%) IIS
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.059%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.059%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.059%) Traefik
Applications
1 171 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (2.68%) MS Visio
5 31 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
6 11 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.48%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.30%) Trello
9 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.059%) Notion
11 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
5 9 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (0.48%) Shopify
6 8 (0.48%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.42%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
7 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.36%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.36%) Summit
9 5 (0.30%) BASE24
9 5 (0.30%) Endur
9 5 (0.30%) Loan IQ
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 345 (20.52%) Azure
2 235 (13.98%) AWS
3 207 (12.31%) Power Platform
4 94 (5.59%) GCP
5 84 (5.00%) SaaS
6 77 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
8 54 (3.21%) GitHub
9 47 (2.80%) Serverless
10 43 (2.56%) IaaS
11 42 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (2.38%) Snowflake
13 38 (2.26%) Amazon S3
14 36 (2.14%) Entra ID
15 35 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
16 27 (1.61%) dbt
17 24 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
18 23 (1.37%) PaaS
19 21 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 21 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.56%) Firewall
2 32 (1.90%) Network Security
3 28 (1.67%) DNS
4 19 (1.13%) WAN
5 18 (1.07%) VPN
6 15 (0.89%) DHCP
7 14 (0.83%) SAN
8 13 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.65%) VLAN
10 10 (0.59%) HTTP
10 10 (0.59%) LAN
10 10 (0.59%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.48%) Internet
12 7 (0.42%) BGP
12 7 (0.42%) SMS
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (0.36%) IOS XR
13 6 (0.36%) NX-OS
13 6 (0.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (11.12%) Power BI
2 86 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
3 83 (4.94%) Tableau
4 64 (3.81%) SQL Server
5 56 (3.33%) Metadata
6 39 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 27 (1.61%) Data Lake
8 25 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
9 23 (1.37%) NoSQL
10 22 (1.31%) Big Data
10 22 (1.31%) BigQuery
10 22 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
12 16 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.89%) Star Schema
14 14 (0.83%) Power Query
15 13 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
15 13 (0.77%) Looker
Development Applications
1 168 (9.99%) JIRA
2 66 (3.93%) Git
3 24 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.13%) Selenium
5 14 (0.83%) GitLab
6 12 (0.71%) Cucumber
6 12 (0.71%) JUnit
6 12 (0.71%) MLflow
7 10 (0.59%) REST Assured
8 9 (0.54%) Postman
9 8 (0.48%) Appium
10 7 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
10 7 (0.42%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.36%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.36%) JMeter
11 6 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (0.30%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.30%) ERwin
12 5 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 819 (48.72%) Social Skills
2 619 (36.82%) Finance
3 229 (13.62%) Banking
4 149 (8.86%) Public Sector
5 108 (6.42%) Marketing
6 80 (4.76%) Legal
7 75 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
8 66 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
9 58 (3.45%) Front Office
10 55 (3.27%) Investment Banking
11 52 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (2.91%) Retail
13 47 (2.80%) Financial Institution
14 45 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
15 36 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 34 (2.02%) Telecoms
17 29 (1.73%) Back Office
18 28 (1.67%) Publishing
19 22 (1.31%) Law
20 17 (1.01%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 434 (25.82%) Analyst
2 232 (13.80%) Business Analyst
3 182 (10.83%) Senior
4 155 (9.22%) Developer
5 128 (7.61%) Architect
6 111 (6.60%) Lead
7 96 (5.71%) Consultant
8 93 (5.53%) Data Analyst
9 86 (5.12%) Data Engineer
10 63 (3.75%) Project Manager
11 58 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
12 51 (3.03%) Data Scientist
13 42 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
14 37 (2.20%) Senior Business Analyst
15 30 (1.78%) Product Manager
16 29 (1.73%) Senior Developer
17 27 (1.61%) Security Analyst
18 26 (1.55%) Senior Manager
19 24 (1.43%) Quantitative Developer
20 23 (1.37%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (5.83%) REST
2 53 (3.15%) JSON
3 49 (2.91%) Kafka
4 44 (2.62%) .NET
5 41 (2.44%) Pandas
6 39 (2.32%) Middleware
7 36 (2.14%) scikit-learn
8 33 (1.96%) XML
9 30 (1.78%) NumPy
10 29 (1.73%) RESTful
10 29 (1.73%) SOAP
11 24 (1.43%) HTML
11 24 (1.43%) PyTorch
12 23 (1.37%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.37%) CSS
12 23 (1.37%) Node.js
13 22 (1.31%) TensorFlow
14 21 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
14 21 (1.25%) React
14 21 (1.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 158 (9.40%) Analytical Mindset
2 84 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 83 (4.94%) Product Ownership
4 64 (3.81%) Data Structures
5 56 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 41 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 38 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
9 37 (2.20%) Fixed Income
10 35 (2.08%) Data Centre
10 35 (2.08%) Derivative
11 32 (1.90%) Cloud Native
12 31 (1.84%) Equities
13 29 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 28 (1.67%) PKI
15 27 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
16 25 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
17 22 (1.31%) Security Posture
17 22 (1.31%) Virtual Team
18 20 (1.19%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 80 (4.76%) Windows
2 51 (3.03%) Linux
3 27 (1.61%) Unix
4 15 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.65%) Android
7 7 (0.42%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.12%) VMS
10 1 (0.059%) AIX
10 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Solaris
10 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (49.61%) Problem-Solving
2 505 (30.04%) Agile
3 338 (20.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 333 (19.81%) Analytics
5 282 (16.78%) Decision-Making
6 256 (15.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 243 (14.46%) AI
8 241 (14.34%) Data Modelling
9 219 (13.03%) Business Intelligence
10 213 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 184 (10.95%) DevOps
11 184 (10.95%) Validation
12 177 (10.53%) CI/CD
13 167 (9.93%) Migration
14 166 (9.88%) Data Analysis
15 155 (9.22%) Roadmaps
16 154 (9.16%) Visualisation
17 152 (9.04%) Project Management
18 151 (8.98%) Data Governance
19 143 (8.51%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 445 (26.47%) SQL
2 366 (21.77%) Python
3 90 (5.35%) Java
4 80 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 73 (4.34%) C#
6 55 (3.27%) JavaScript
7 40 (2.38%) TypeScript
8 31 (1.84%) Bash
8 31 (1.84%) C++
9 27 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 26 (1.55%) R
11 18 (1.07%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.07%) T-SQL
12 14 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (0.77%) Scala
14 9 (0.54%) C
14 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.54%) VBA
15 8 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 256 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 229 (13.62%) Degree
3 186 (11.06%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 46 (2.74%) PMI Certification
7 38 (2.26%) PMP
8 33 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (1.73%) CISSP
10 21 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (1.19%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.07%) CISM
13 15 (0.89%) Azure Certification
13 15 (0.89%) CISA
13 15 (0.89%) ISTQB
13 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (0.83%) CCNP
15 13 (0.77%) ACCA
15 13 (0.77%) CIMA
15 13 (0.77%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (12.08%) Data Quality
2 144 (8.57%) QA
3 85 (5.06%) GDPR
4 63 (3.75%) PMO
5 44 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.62%) NIST
6 41 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 27 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 27 (1.61%) GRC
8 26 (1.55%) SLA
9 25 (1.49%) PCI DSS
10 23 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 20 (1.19%) COBIT
12 12 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 11 (0.65%) MiFID
14 10 (0.59%) ISO 20022
14 10 (0.59%) Solvency II
15 9 (0.54%) IFRS
15 9 (0.54%) PSD2
15 9 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (3.75%) Docker
2 47 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.30%) Firmware
5 4 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.18%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.12%) HDFS
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Snort
7 2 (0.12%) Squid
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.059%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.059%) Postfix
8 1 (0.059%) RACF
8 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.059%) Xen
8 1 (0.059%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.62%) Terraform
3 29 (1.73%) Ansible
4 24 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.83%) SCCM
6 11 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.59%) Grafana
8 6 (0.36%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.24%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.18%) Nessus
10 3 (0.18%) SCOM
11 2 (0.12%) Control-M
11 2 (0.12%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.12%) Suricata
11 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.059%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.059%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.059%) vMotion
Vendors
1 265 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 100 (5.95%) Oracle
3 95 (5.65%) Salesforce
4 90 (5.35%) SAP
5 77 (4.58%) Google
6 71 (4.22%) ServiceNow
7 66 (3.93%) Databricks
8 26 (1.55%) Bloomberg
8 26 (1.55%) Splunk
9 23 (1.37%) Adobe
9 23 (1.37%) Cisco
10 22 (1.31%) VMware
10 22 (1.31%) Workday
11 21 (1.25%) Informatica
12 19 (1.13%) Murex
13 16 (0.95%) Palo Alto
14 14 (0.83%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.71%) IBM
15 12 (0.71%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.71%) Tenable