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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 21
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,624 1,496 1,436
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.58% 12.04% 8.09%
As % of the General category 14.28% 17.69% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 951 991
10th Percentile £350 £318 £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 £692 £688
90th Percentile £750 £813 £825
England median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 34 42
10th Percentile £19.16 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.88 £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 £51.25 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £68.13 £64.00
England median hourly rate £33.75 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% +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 11,372 8,458 11,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.05% 68.08% 62.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,294 5,660 7,925
10th Percentile £350 £336 £334
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 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 157 240
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.29 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.81 £34.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +12.73% -1.92%
75th Percentile £45.22 £51.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £69.88 £65.23 £66.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £31.97
% change year-on-year +16.07% -12.42% +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 18 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 18 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 18 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 - 115
West London +3 76 £520 +30.00% 45
South London +1 32 £488 -22.00% 9
East London -4 9 £400 -7.03% 26
North London - 1 - - 8
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 (4.62%) Confluence
2 31 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.48%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.05%) 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 (0.062%) Appian
13 1 (0.062%) nginx
13 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.062%) Traefik
13 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
Applications
1 153 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (2.46%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.62%) 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 (0.062%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.74%) Aladdin
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
5 7 (0.43%) Finacle
6 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
6 6 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.37%) Shopify
6 6 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
6 6 (0.37%) Summit
7 5 (0.31%) Magento
7 5 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.25%) HFM
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 331 (20.38%) Azure
2 231 (14.22%) AWS
3 204 (12.56%) Power Platform
4 86 (5.30%) GCP
5 75 (4.62%) SaaS
6 67 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (3.63%) GitHub
9 40 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (2.28%) Entra ID
11 35 (2.16%) Amazon S3
12 34 (2.09%) Serverless
12 34 (2.09%) Snowflake
13 29 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
14 28 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (1.60%) dbt
17 23 (1.42%) PaaS
18 21 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 20 (1.23%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.52%) Firewall
2 24 (1.48%) DNS
3 22 (1.35%) Network Security
4 19 (1.17%) VPN
5 18 (1.11%) WAN
6 17 (1.05%) DHCP
7 15 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.86%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.74%) SAN
10 11 (0.68%) BGP
11 10 (0.62%) VLAN
12 9 (0.55%) OSPF
13 8 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (0.49%) HTTP
13 8 (0.49%) VXLAN
14 7 (0.43%) Internet
14 7 (0.43%) MPLS
14 7 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (0.37%) 5G
15 6 (0.37%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (11.08%) Power BI
2 91 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (4.80%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.74%) Tableau
5 59 (3.63%) Relational Database
6 53 (3.26%) Metadata
7 38 (2.34%) Data Lake
8 37 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
9 31 (1.91%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.60%) Big Data
11 23 (1.42%) BigQuery
11 23 (1.42%) MongoDB
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 (1.05%) Oracle Database
15 17 (1.05%) Star Schema
16 16 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 159 (9.79%) 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
6 11 (0.68%) GitLab
7 10 (0.62%) ERwin
7 10 (0.62%) 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
1 743 (45.75%) Social Skills
2 630 (38.79%) Finance
3 228 (14.04%) Banking
4 136 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.48%) Marketing
6 81 (4.99%) Legal
7 74 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
8 70 (4.31%) Front Office
9 67 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
10 61 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.96%) Investment Banking
12 47 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 46 (2.83%) Telecoms
14 45 (2.77%) Retail
15 39 (2.40%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.29%) Back Office
17 19 (1.17%) Law
18 17 (1.05%) Local Government
18 17 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 426 (26.23%) Analyst
2 212 (13.05%) Business Analyst
3 154 (9.48%) Senior
4 143 (8.81%) Developer
5 113 (6.96%) Lead
6 109 (6.71%) Architect
7 99 (6.10%) Data Analyst
8 96 (5.91%) Data Engineer
9 90 (5.54%) Consultant
10 58 (3.57%) Data Scientist
11 48 (2.96%) Project Manager
12 39 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
14 33 (2.03%) Senior Developer
15 30 (1.85%) Financial Analyst
16 29 (1.79%) Senior Business Analyst
17 23 (1.42%) Tester
18 22 (1.35%) Support Engineer
18 22 (1.35%) Technical Analyst
19 21 (1.29%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (4.62%) REST
2 58 (3.57%) .NET
3 47 (2.89%) Kafka
4 38 (2.34%) Pandas
5 36 (2.22%) JSON
6 34 (2.09%) RESTful
6 34 (2.09%) XML
7 33 (2.03%) Middleware
8 29 (1.79%) HTML
8 29 (1.79%) scikit-learn
8 29 (1.79%) SOAP
9 28 (1.72%) CSS
10 26 (1.60%) PySpark
11 24 (1.48%) 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%) SAML
16 18 (1.11%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 151 (9.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 99 (6.10%) Product Ownership
3 65 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 64 (3.94%) Data Structures
4 64 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.65%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (2.40%) Algorithms
8 38 (2.34%) Management Information System
9 34 (2.09%) Data Centre
10 33 (2.03%) Fixed Income
11 31 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 30 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.85%) Derivative
13 27 (1.66%) Equities
14 22 (1.35%) Virtual Team
15 21 (1.29%) Credit Risk
15 21 (1.29%) Security Posture
16 20 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 96 (5.91%) Windows
2 65 (4.00%) Linux
3 31 (1.91%) Unix
4 14 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.55%) Android
7 9 (0.55%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.31%) Solaris
9 4 (0.25%) AIX
9 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.062%) SUSE
10 1 (0.062%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 777 (47.84%) Problem-Solving
2 431 (26.54%) Agile
3 376 (23.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 303 (18.66%) Analytics
5 286 (17.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 280 (17.24%) AI
7 278 (17.12%) Decision-Making
8 244 (15.02%) Data Modelling
9 203 (12.50%) Validation
10 201 (12.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 199 (12.25%) Business Intelligence
12 179 (11.02%) DevOps
13 178 (10.96%) Data Analysis
14 175 (10.78%) Migration
15 170 (10.47%) CI/CD
16 142 (8.74%) Data Pipeline
16 142 (8.74%) User Acceptance Testing
17 136 (8.37%) ETL
18 135 (8.31%) Data Science
19 134 (8.25%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 467 (28.76%) SQL
2 374 (23.03%) Python
3 100 (6.16%) Java
4 89 (5.48%) C#
5 56 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 52 (3.20%) PowerShell
7 44 (2.71%) TypeScript
8 35 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.91%) R
10 30 (1.85%) C++
11 25 (1.54%) PL/SQL
12 21 (1.29%) T-SQL
13 20 (1.23%) Scala
14 19 (1.17%) Bash
15 9 (0.55%) VBA
16 8 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
17 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
17 7 (0.43%) C
17 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
18 5 (0.31%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 196 (12.07%) Degree
2 193 (11.88%) Security Cleared
3 136 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 57 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 38 (2.34%) Master's Degree
6 37 (2.28%) CISSP
7 26 (1.60%) CISM
7 26 (1.60%) PMP
8 24 (1.48%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (0.99%) Azure Certification
10 16 (0.99%) CISA
10 16 (0.99%) CRISC
11 15 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.80%) ACCA
12 13 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 13 (0.80%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (13.05%) Data Quality
2 119 (7.33%) QA
3 75 (4.62%) GDPR
4 73 (4.50%) PMO
5 50 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (3.02%) NIST
7 39 (2.40%) SLA
8 28 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 27 (1.66%) COBIT
10 26 (1.60%) Accessibility
11 24 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 21 (1.29%) GRC
13 20 (1.23%) PCI DSS
14 17 (1.05%) 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 (3.51%) Docker
2 52 (3.20%) 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 (0.062%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.062%) RACF
9 1 (0.062%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.062%) vSphere
9 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.71%) Terraform
3 22 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.23%) Grafana
5 19 (1.17%) Ansible
6 12 (0.74%) SCCM
7 10 (0.62%) 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 (0.062%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.062%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.062%) QRadar
13 1 (0.062%) vMotion
Vendors
1 247 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 135 (8.31%) Oracle
3 93 (5.73%) SAP
4 82 (5.05%) Salesforce
5 72 (4.43%) ServiceNow
6 65 (4.00%) Databricks
7 61 (3.76%) Google
8 23 (1.42%) Workday
9 21 (1.29%) Splunk
10 20 (1.23%) Informatica
11 18 (1.11%) Adobe
11 18 (1.11%) Cisco
11 18 (1.11%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.05%) IBM
13 16 (0.99%) VMware
14 14 (0.86%) Bloomberg
14 14 (0.86%) Murex
14 14 (0.86%) Tenable
15 13 (0.80%) Alteryx
16 11 (0.68%) Apple