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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 20
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,878 1,605 1,364
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.32% 11.74% 8.43%
As % of the General category 15.37% 17.11% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,031 900
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 31 23
10th Percentile £19.20 £11.96 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.52 £24.76 £22.03
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.48 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.11% -18.87% -10.99%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.08 £56.25 £65.03
England median hourly rate £37.75 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +16.15% +44.44% -48.70%

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 12,222 9,380 10,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.67% 68.60% 62.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,781 6,249 7,133
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
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 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 186 145
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.72 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.55 £30.90 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -12.95% +1.43%
75th Percentile £43.75 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.50 £63.50 £67.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +36.24%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -9 233 £538 -2.27% 314
West London +3 76 £520 +26.06% 62
South London +8 39 £513 -18.00% 22
East London -2 9 £400 +23.00% 36
North London 0 3 £450 - 4
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 80 (4.26%) Confluence
2 37 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 29 (1.54%) CMS
5 28 (1.49%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.06%) Apache
6 20 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.43%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
9 7 (0.37%) JBoss
9 7 (0.37%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.32%) SAS
11 5 (0.27%) Appian
11 5 (0.27%) IIS
12 4 (0.21%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.16%) Camunda
14 2 (0.11%) Anypoint
Applications
1 170 (9.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.18%) MS Visio
5 29 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.64%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.21%) CPLEX
8 4 (0.21%) Trello
9 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Notion
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.053%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 23 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.80%) Aladdin
5 11 (0.59%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.53%) Finacle
7 9 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.48%) Shopify
8 8 (0.43%) Loan IQ
8 8 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.37%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.27%) iTrent
10 5 (0.27%) Magento
10 5 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
11 4 (0.21%) Findur
11 4 (0.21%) HFM
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 372 (19.81%) Azure
2 261 (13.90%) AWS
3 229 (12.19%) Power Platform
4 98 (5.22%) GCP
5 81 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (4.10%) SaaS
7 67 (3.57%) GitHub
8 63 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
9 61 (3.25%) Entra ID
10 53 (2.82%) Snowflake
11 45 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 36 (1.92%) dbt
12 36 (1.92%) Serverless
13 32 (1.70%) Amazon S3
13 32 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
14 31 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
15 28 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 25 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
17 23 (1.22%) PaaS
18 20 (1.06%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.61%) Firewall
2 39 (2.08%) DNS
3 28 (1.49%) Network Security
4 27 (1.44%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.44%) VPN
5 24 (1.28%) DHCP
6 16 (0.85%) WAN
7 14 (0.75%) HTTP
7 14 (0.75%) VLAN
8 13 (0.69%) SAN
8 13 (0.69%) SSL
9 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.53%) BGP
10 10 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.43%) 4G
11 8 (0.43%) 5G
12 7 (0.37%) Ethernet VPN
12 7 (0.37%) Multicast
12 7 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
12 7 (0.37%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (11.08%) Power BI
2 110 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
3 100 (5.32%) SQL Server
4 79 (4.21%) Tableau
5 77 (4.10%) Relational Database
6 74 (3.94%) Metadata
7 50 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
8 39 (2.08%) Data Lake
9 34 (1.81%) NoSQL
10 31 (1.65%) Big Data
11 28 (1.49%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.28%) Oracle Database
12 24 (1.28%) RDBMS
13 23 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (1.06%) BigQuery
14 20 (1.06%) Power Query
15 19 (1.01%) Delta Lake
16 17 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
16 17 (0.91%) Star Schema
17 16 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 185 (9.85%) JIRA
2 80 (4.26%) Git
3 44 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.38%) Selenium
5 17 (0.91%) JMeter
6 16 (0.85%) GitLab
7 15 (0.80%) ERwin
8 12 (0.64%) JUnit
9 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.59%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.59%) Maven
10 10 (0.53%) Gatling
10 10 (0.53%) LoadRunner
10 10 (0.53%) Postman
10 10 (0.53%) REST Assured
11 9 (0.48%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.48%) ER Studio
11 9 (0.48%) Zephyr
12 8 (0.43%) Gradle
12 8 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 927 (49.36%) Social Skills
2 753 (40.10%) Finance
3 284 (15.12%) Banking
4 161 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 102 (5.43%) Marketing
6 95 (5.06%) Front Office
7 90 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
8 80 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
9 77 (4.10%) Legal
10 69 (3.67%) Retail
11 59 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
12 58 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
13 57 (3.04%) Investment Banking
14 53 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 49 (2.61%) Telecoms
16 42 (2.24%) Financial Institution
17 30 (1.60%) Local Government
18 27 (1.44%) Back Office
19 21 (1.12%) Publishing
20 20 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 472 (25.13%) Analyst
2 240 (12.78%) Business Analyst
3 211 (11.24%) Senior
4 171 (9.11%) Developer
5 132 (7.03%) Lead
6 127 (6.76%) Architect
7 108 (5.75%) Data Engineer
8 100 (5.32%) Data Analyst
9 87 (4.63%) Consultant
10 67 (3.57%) Data Scientist
11 61 (3.25%) Project Manager
12 51 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
13 44 (2.34%) Senior Developer
14 33 (1.76%) Senior Manager
15 31 (1.65%) Technical Business Analyst
16 30 (1.60%) Financial Analyst
16 30 (1.60%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (1.60%) Support Engineer
17 29 (1.54%) Java Developer
17 29 (1.54%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (5.75%) REST
2 70 (3.73%) .NET
3 53 (2.82%) Kafka
4 51 (2.72%) RESTful
5 47 (2.50%) JSON
6 41 (2.18%) XML
7 39 (2.08%) SOAP
8 38 (2.02%) Pandas
9 36 (1.92%) HTML
9 36 (1.92%) Web Services
10 34 (1.81%) Middleware
11 33 (1.76%) CSS
12 32 (1.70%) PySpark
13 31 (1.65%) React
14 29 (1.54%) Spring
15 26 (1.38%) scikit-learn
16 23 (1.22%) AngularJS
16 23 (1.22%) Spring Boot
17 22 (1.17%) NumPy
17 22 (1.17%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 172 (9.16%) Analytical Mindset
2 132 (7.03%) Product Ownership
3 108 (5.75%) Onboarding
4 78 (4.15%) Data Structures
5 69 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (2.93%) Cloud Native
7 54 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
7 54 (2.88%) Management Information System
8 38 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
10 36 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 34 (1.81%) Fixed Income
12 33 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
13 30 (1.60%) Data Centre
13 30 (1.60%) Derivative
14 29 (1.54%) Algorithms
15 28 (1.49%) AI Agents
16 27 (1.44%) Equities
17 25 (1.33%) CMDB
18 24 (1.28%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 126 (6.71%) Windows
2 107 (5.70%) Linux
3 37 (1.97%) Unix
4 23 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.91%) Mac OS
6 16 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (0.80%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.53%) Android
10 7 (0.37%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.32%) Solaris
12 5 (0.27%) AIX
13 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.11%) SUSE
14 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.053%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.053%) VMS
15 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 931 (49.57%) Problem-Solving
2 567 (30.19%) Agile
3 538 (28.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 365 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 359 (19.12%) Analytics
6 338 (18.00%) AI
7 329 (17.52%) Decision-Making
8 264 (14.06%) Data Modelling
9 256 (13.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 239 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
11 234 (12.46%) DevOps
12 233 (12.41%) Validation
13 211 (11.24%) CI/CD
14 208 (11.08%) Migration
15 178 (9.48%) Data Analysis
16 175 (9.32%) Data Pipeline
17 171 (9.11%) User Acceptance Testing
18 163 (8.68%) Roadmaps
19 161 (8.57%) User Stories
20 153 (8.15%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 531 (28.27%) SQL
2 402 (21.41%) Python
3 126 (6.71%) Java
4 91 (4.85%) C#
5 88 (4.69%) JavaScript
6 76 (4.05%) PowerShell
7 47 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 37 (1.97%) Bash
9 32 (1.70%) C++
9 32 (1.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 31 (1.65%) R
11 28 (1.49%) PL/SQL
12 26 (1.38%) T-SQL
13 15 (0.80%) Scala
14 10 (0.53%) Apex Code
14 10 (0.53%) VBA
15 9 (0.48%) Perl
15 9 (0.48%) Ruby
15 9 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 245 (13.05%) Security Cleared
2 237 (12.62%) Degree
3 186 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 76 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.18%) CISSP
6 33 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 31 (1.65%) Master's Degree
8 28 (1.49%) PMP
9 27 (1.44%) CISM
10 26 (1.38%) PMI Certification
11 24 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.17%) Azure Certification
13 19 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.91%) DV Cleared
15 15 (0.80%) ACCA
15 15 (0.80%) CRISC
15 15 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.75%) CCNP
16 14 (0.75%) CIMA
17 13 (0.69%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (12.99%) Data Quality
2 143 (7.61%) QA
3 96 (5.11%) PMO
4 60 (3.19%) GDPR
5 50 (2.66%) SLA
6 49 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (2.61%) NIST
7 34 (1.81%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 25 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 23 (1.22%) COBIT
11 22 (1.17%) GRC
12 16 (0.85%) IFRS
13 11 (0.59%) ISO 20022
13 11 (0.59%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.37%) WCAG
16 6 (0.32%) GAAP
16 6 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 77 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 71 (3.78%) Docker
3 19 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.48%) IAG
6 6 (0.32%) Firmware
6 6 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.16%) Postfix
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.11%) Squid
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.053%) NFS
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.053%) RACF
Systems Management
1 69 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 62 (3.30%) Terraform
3 39 (2.08%) Ansible
4 32 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (1.44%) Grafana
6 16 (0.85%) SCCM
7 13 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.59%) Kibana
10 10 (0.53%) Control-M
11 6 (0.32%) Puppet
11 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (0.27%) HP ALM
13 4 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (0.21%) systemd
14 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.16%) RSA Archer
15 2 (0.11%) Istio
15 2 (0.11%) Nessus
15 2 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 309 (16.45%) Microsoft
2 157 (8.36%) Oracle
3 99 (5.27%) ServiceNow
4 96 (5.11%) SAP
5 73 (3.89%) Google
6 68 (3.62%) Databricks
7 66 (3.51%) Salesforce
8 37 (1.97%) Splunk
9 31 (1.65%) Dynatrace
10 30 (1.60%) IBM
11 29 (1.54%) VMware
12 28 (1.49%) Cisco
13 23 (1.22%) Adobe
14 22 (1.17%) CyberArk
15 21 (1.12%) Workday
16 18 (0.96%) Alteryx
16 18 (0.96%) Informatica
17 17 (0.91%) Apple
18 16 (0.85%) Sitecore
19 13 (0.69%) Zscaler