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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,617 1,497 1,483
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.08% 11.91% 8.38%
As % of the General category 15.11% 17.62% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,017 946 1,010
10th Percentile £350 £313 £320
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £699
90th Percentile £739 £829 £839
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 35 45
10th Percentile £24.03 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £32.00 £26.29 £16.80
Median hourly rate £39.25 £40.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +80.00% -33.82%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £68.38 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £39.00 £28.58 £18.35
% change year-on-year +36.48% +55.72% -54.13%

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 10,699 8,498 11,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.08% 67.61% 63.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,938 5,739 7,968
10th Percentile £349 £340 £335
25th Percentile £425 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £813
England median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 137 244
10th Percentile £18.41 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +20.35% -11.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £51.18 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £64.86
England median hourly rate £30.50 £27.64 £30.16
% change year-on-year +10.35% -8.36% -6.63%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -7 226 £525 -4.55% 215
West London +1 60 £520 +30.00% 42
South London 0 34 £500 -14.24% 15
East London -1 12 £400 +11.11% 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 89 (5.50%) Confluence
2 30 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.11%) Apache
6 14 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.80%) CMS
8 9 (0.56%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
11 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.062%) Appian
13 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.062%) Traefik
Applications
1 160 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 51 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (3.09%) MS Visio
5 28 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (0.62%) Shopify
6 9 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
7 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.43%) Summit
8 6 (0.37%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
8 6 (0.37%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.31%) BASE24
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 328 (20.28%) Azure
2 227 (14.04%) AWS
3 198 (12.24%) Power Platform
4 89 (5.50%) GCP
5 87 (5.38%) SaaS
6 78 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
8 55 (3.40%) GitHub
9 42 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 41 (2.54%) Serverless
11 40 (2.47%) Amazon S3
12 35 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
13 31 (1.92%) Entra ID
13 31 (1.92%) Snowflake
14 29 (1.79%) dbt
15 28 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 23 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.42%) IaaS
17 22 (1.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.60%) Firewall
2 26 (1.61%) Network Security
3 25 (1.55%) DNS
4 19 (1.18%) VPN
5 18 (1.11%) DHCP
6 15 (0.93%) WAN
7 14 (0.87%) SAN
8 11 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 8 (0.49%) Internet
9 8 (0.49%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.49%) VLAN
9 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.43%) BGP
10 7 (0.43%) HTTP
11 6 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (0.37%) Ethernet VPN
11 6 (0.37%) LAN
11 6 (0.37%) NAS
11 6 (0.37%) OSPF
11 6 (0.37%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (10.88%) Power BI
2 88 (5.44%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (4.45%) SQL Server
4 70 (4.33%) Tableau
5 57 (3.53%) Metadata
6 43 (2.66%) Relational Database
7 31 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (1.86%) Data Lake
9 28 (1.73%) NoSQL
10 27 (1.67%) Big Data
11 24 (1.48%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
14 17 (1.05%) Power Query
15 16 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (0.93%) MongoDB
16 15 (0.93%) RDBMS
16 15 (0.93%) Star Schema
17 14 (0.87%) Oracle Database
17 14 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 174 (10.76%) JIRA
2 66 (4.08%) Git
3 23 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.30%) Selenium
5 16 (0.99%) GitLab
6 13 (0.80%) Cucumber
7 11 (0.68%) MLflow
7 11 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 10 (0.62%) ERwin
8 10 (0.62%) Postman
9 8 (0.49%) Appium
9 8 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.49%) JMeter
9 8 (0.49%) JUnit
9 8 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
11 6 (0.37%) Chocolatey
11 6 (0.37%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.31%) TeamCity
General
1 738 (45.64%) Social Skills
2 618 (38.22%) Finance
3 235 (14.53%) Banking
4 142 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 93 (5.75%) Marketing
6 85 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 69 (4.27%) Legal
8 63 (3.90%) Front Office
8 63 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
9 58 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (2.97%) Investment Banking
11 43 (2.66%) Financial Institution
11 43 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
11 43 (2.66%) Retail
12 39 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 32 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (1.36%) Back Office
15 16 (0.99%) Law
15 16 (0.99%) Publishing
16 15 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 432 (26.72%) Analyst
2 230 (14.22%) Business Analyst
3 165 (10.20%) Senior
4 131 (8.10%) Developer
5 105 (6.49%) Lead
6 104 (6.43%) Architect
7 97 (6.00%) Data Engineer
8 86 (5.32%) Data Analyst
9 84 (5.19%) Consultant
10 57 (3.53%) Data Scientist
11 55 (3.40%) Project Manager
12 51 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (2.16%) Senior Business Analyst
14 34 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (1.92%) Financial Analyst
16 26 (1.61%) Product Manager
17 24 (1.48%) Quantitative Developer
17 24 (1.48%) Salesforce Analyst
17 24 (1.48%) Tester
18 23 (1.42%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.33%) REST
2 51 (3.15%) .NET
3 49 (3.03%) Kafka
4 39 (2.41%) Pandas
5 38 (2.35%) JSON
5 38 (2.35%) Middleware
6 31 (1.92%) scikit-learn
6 31 (1.92%) XML
7 30 (1.86%) RESTful
8 27 (1.67%) HTML
9 26 (1.61%) PySpark
10 25 (1.55%) CSS
10 25 (1.55%) NumPy
10 25 (1.55%) SOAP
11 24 (1.48%) PyTorch
12 21 (1.30%) Node.js
12 21 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
13 19 (1.18%) OAuth
13 19 (1.18%) SAML
13 19 (1.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 157 (9.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 98 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 65 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (3.96%) Data Structures
5 62 (3.83%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 36 (2.23%) Algorithms
8 36 (2.23%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.04%) Cloud Native
9 33 (2.04%) Derivative
9 33 (2.04%) Fixed Income
10 29 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 28 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
12 26 (1.61%) Equities
12 26 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (1.42%) Credit Risk
13 23 (1.42%) Virtual Team
14 19 (1.18%) Market Risk
15 17 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (5.26%) Windows
2 55 (3.40%) Linux
3 25 (1.55%) Unix
4 16 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.87%) Android
6 13 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.37%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.19%) AIX
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.062%) VMS
11 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 765 (47.31%) Problem-Solving
2 467 (28.88%) Agile
3 324 (20.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 305 (18.86%) Analytics
5 281 (17.38%) Decision-Making
6 263 (16.26%) AI
7 255 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 249 (15.40%) Data Modelling
9 205 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
10 199 (12.31%) Validation
11 195 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 186 (11.50%) DevOps
13 173 (10.70%) CI/CD
14 166 (10.27%) Migration
15 158 (9.77%) Data Analysis
16 149 (9.21%) Roadmaps
17 146 (9.03%) Project Management
18 145 (8.97%) Data Governance
19 130 (8.04%) ETL
19 130 (8.04%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 442 (27.33%) SQL
2 361 (22.33%) Python
3 90 (5.57%) Java
4 79 (4.89%) C#
5 58 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 55 (3.40%) PowerShell
7 49 (3.03%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.98%) C++
9 31 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 29 (1.79%) R
11 28 (1.73%) Bash
12 23 (1.42%) PL/SQL
13 21 (1.30%) T-SQL
14 17 (1.05%) Scala
15 12 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.56%) C
16 9 (0.56%) VBA
17 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.37%) COBOL
18 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 222 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 201 (12.43%) Degree
3 158 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 60 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (3.03%) Master's Degree
6 42 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 40 (2.47%) PMI Certification
8 33 (2.04%) PMP
9 32 (1.98%) CISSP
10 21 (1.30%) CISM
11 20 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.05%) ISTQB
13 16 (0.99%) CISA
14 15 (0.93%) DV Cleared
15 14 (0.87%) CRISC
16 13 (0.80%) CCNP
16 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (0.68%) Azure Certification
18 9 (0.56%) ACCA
18 9 (0.56%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (12.74%) Data Quality
2 144 (8.91%) QA
3 77 (4.76%) GDPR
4 72 (4.45%) PMO
5 48 (2.97%) NIST
6 45 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (1.86%) Accessibility
8 29 (1.79%) SLA
9 28 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
10 25 (1.55%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.42%) GRC
11 23 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 22 (1.36%) COBIT
13 12 (0.74%) IFRS
14 11 (0.68%) ISO 20022
14 11 (0.68%) MiFID
15 9 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.56%) PSD2
15 9 (0.56%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.43%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 59 (3.65%) Docker
2 44 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.31%) Firmware
5 4 (0.25%) IAG
5 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.19%) Squid
6 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.12%) HDFS
7 2 (0.12%) NFS
7 2 (0.12%) Postfix
7 2 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.062%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.062%) RACF
8 1 (0.062%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.062%) Xen
8 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.47%) Terraform
3 22 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.24%) Grafana
5 19 (1.18%) Ansible
6 12 (0.74%) SCCM
7 10 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.49%) Kibana
8 8 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.37%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.19%) Control-M
10 3 (0.19%) RSA Archer
10 3 (0.19%) SCOM
11 2 (0.12%) Istio
11 2 (0.12%) Nessus
11 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.062%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.062%) logstash
12 1 (0.062%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 256 (15.83%) Microsoft
2 114 (7.05%) Oracle
3 91 (5.63%) SAP
4 87 (5.38%) Salesforce
5 71 (4.39%) Google
6 69 (4.27%) Databricks
7 68 (4.21%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.48%) Adobe
9 23 (1.42%) Workday
10 21 (1.30%) Cisco
10 21 (1.30%) Splunk
11 20 (1.24%) Bloomberg
12 17 (1.05%) Informatica
12 17 (1.05%) Murex
12 17 (1.05%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.05%) VMware
13 15 (0.93%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.80%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.80%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.74%) IBM