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 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 18 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,942 1,469 1,417
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.54% 10.96% 8.85%
As % of the General category 15.43% 16.00% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 905 865
10th Percentile £338 £313 £320
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £656
90th Percentile £750 £750 £759
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 32 23
10th Percentile £19.20 £18.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £25.12 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% -1.49% -29.29%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.55 £69.00 £74.01
England median hourly rate £28.41 £32.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -12.60% +27.45% -39.29%

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 12,588 9,181 9,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.84% 68.51% 62.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,029 6,037 6,496
10th Percentile £350 £327 £329
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 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 175 119
10th Percentile £15.88 £17.44 £17.90
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.61 £25.87
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% -11.27% +9.23%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £68.60 £68.23 £68.65
England median hourly rate £29.01 £25.15 £35.50
% change year-on-year +15.35% -29.15% +19.33%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -12 221 £550 - 455
West London +8 92 £553 +33.13% 92
South London -2 26 £537 -20.44% 26
East London -2 11 £525 +45.83% 25
North London +4 5 £525 - 2
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 96 (4.94%) Confluence
2 47 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 46 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.49%) Apache Spark
5 28 (1.44%) CMS
6 24 (1.24%) Apache
7 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.41%) JBoss
9 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.41%) SAS
9 8 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
9 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.26%) Appian
10 5 (0.26%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.15%) nginx
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 187 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.36%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.26%) Trello
9 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.15%) Productboard
10 2 (0.10%) Notion
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.051%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.051%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.051%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
3 21 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (0.98%) Aladdin
5 15 (0.77%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.46%) Finacle
7 8 (0.41%) iTrent
7 8 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.41%) Shopify
8 6 (0.31%) Magento
8 6 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
9 5 (0.26%) Summit
10 4 (0.21%) Front Arena
10 4 (0.21%) HFM
10 4 (0.21%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 394 (20.29%) Azure
2 276 (14.21%) AWS
3 252 (12.98%) Power Platform
4 114 (5.87%) GCP
5 93 (4.79%) GitHub
6 84 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
7 76 (3.91%) SaaS
8 75 (3.86%) Snowflake
9 73 (3.76%) Entra ID
10 71 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
11 45 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
12 43 (2.21%) Serverless
13 39 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 38 (1.96%) dbt
15 31 (1.60%) Amazon S3
15 31 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
16 27 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
17 26 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
18 25 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 23 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.06%) Firewall
2 36 (1.85%) TCP/IP
3 35 (1.80%) Network Security
4 34 (1.75%) VPN
5 33 (1.70%) DNS
6 20 (1.03%) DHCP
7 16 (0.82%) SSL
8 15 (0.77%) BGP
8 15 (0.77%) WAN
9 14 (0.72%) VLAN
10 13 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
11 12 (0.62%) 5G
11 12 (0.62%) HTTP
12 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
12 11 (0.57%) MPLS
12 11 (0.57%) SAN
13 9 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
13 9 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.46%) Wireless
13 9 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (11.38%) Power BI
2 107 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
3 100 (5.15%) SQL Server
4 79 (4.07%) Tableau
5 78 (4.02%) Relational Database
6 70 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
7 69 (3.55%) Metadata
8 39 (2.01%) NoSQL
9 37 (1.91%) Data Lake
9 37 (1.91%) MongoDB
10 33 (1.70%) Oracle Database
11 26 (1.34%) Delta Lake
12 25 (1.29%) BigQuery
12 25 (1.29%) Power Query
13 24 (1.24%) Big Data
14 23 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
15 22 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 19 (0.98%) RDBMS
17 16 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
18 15 (0.77%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 194 (9.99%) JIRA
2 129 (6.64%) Git
3 66 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.11%) GitLab
5 26 (1.34%) Selenium
6 21 (1.08%) JMeter
7 16 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 15 (0.77%) Maven
9 14 (0.72%) Gradle
10 13 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.67%) LoadRunner
10 13 (0.67%) Postman
11 11 (0.57%) ERwin
11 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.51%) Gatling
13 9 (0.46%) JUnit
13 9 (0.46%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.41%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 1,004 (51.70%) Social Skills
2 802 (41.30%) Finance
3 318 (16.37%) Banking
4 178 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 98 (5.05%) Front Office
6 94 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
7 87 (4.48%) Marketing
8 86 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
8 86 (4.43%) Legal
9 79 (4.07%) Retail
10 78 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
11 65 (3.35%) Investment Banking
12 62 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 62 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
13 54 (2.78%) Local Government
14 48 (2.47%) Telecoms
15 39 (2.01%) Financial Institution
16 38 (1.96%) Back Office
17 29 (1.49%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 483 (24.87%) Analyst
2 233 (12.00%) Senior
3 220 (11.33%) Business Analyst
4 184 (9.47%) Developer
5 130 (6.69%) Lead
6 117 (6.02%) Architect
7 101 (5.20%) Data Analyst
8 99 (5.10%) Data Engineer
9 85 (4.38%) Consultant
10 59 (3.04%) Data Scientist
11 51 (2.63%) Project Manager
12 50 (2.57%) Senior Developer
13 49 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
14 33 (1.70%) Technical Analyst
15 31 (1.60%) Java Developer
16 30 (1.54%) Senior Manager
16 30 (1.54%) Support Engineer
17 29 (1.49%) IT Support
17 29 (1.49%) Technical Business Analyst
18 28 (1.44%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (6.33%) REST
2 96 (4.94%) .NET
3 88 (4.53%) Terraform
4 67 (3.45%) Kafka
5 63 (3.24%) RESTful
6 49 (2.52%) Web Services
7 43 (2.21%) HTML
7 43 (2.21%) JSON
7 43 (2.21%) Middleware
7 43 (2.21%) SOAP
7 43 (2.21%) XML
8 38 (1.96%) PySpark
8 38 (1.96%) Spring
9 35 (1.80%) React
10 34 (1.75%) CSS
11 33 (1.70%) Spring Boot
12 22 (1.13%) .NET Core
12 22 (1.13%) AngularJS
12 22 (1.13%) Pandas
13 21 (1.08%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 146 (7.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 142 (7.31%) Product Ownership
3 120 (6.18%) Onboarding
4 83 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 74 (3.81%) Data Structures
6 73 (3.76%) Management Information System
7 68 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
8 52 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
11 40 (2.06%) AI Agents
12 39 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
13 33 (1.70%) Derivative
14 30 (1.54%) Algorithms
14 30 (1.54%) Fixed Income
15 27 (1.39%) Equities
16 26 (1.34%) Credit Risk
16 26 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 25 (1.29%) Reference Data
18 22 (1.13%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 136 (7.00%) Linux
2 126 (6.49%) Windows
3 54 (2.78%) Unix
4 25 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.18%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.82%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.72%) Android
9 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.31%) Solaris
11 5 (0.26%) AIX
12 3 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.10%) SUSE
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.051%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.051%) VMS
14 1 (0.051%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,020 (52.52%) Problem-Solving
2 707 (36.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 559 (28.78%) Agile
4 416 (21.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 386 (19.88%) AI
5 386 (19.88%) Analytics
6 362 (18.64%) Decision-Making
7 280 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 277 (14.26%) CI/CD
9 268 (13.80%) Validation
10 260 (13.39%) DevOps
11 259 (13.34%) Business Intelligence
12 238 (12.26%) Data Modelling
13 227 (11.69%) Migration
14 197 (10.14%) Roadmaps
14 197 (10.14%) User Acceptance Testing
15 186 (9.58%) Data Analysis
16 179 (9.22%) Requirements Gathering
17 178 (9.17%) Business Analysis
18 177 (9.11%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 571 (29.40%) SQL
2 428 (22.04%) Python
3 125 (6.44%) Java
4 108 (5.56%) C#
5 101 (5.20%) JavaScript
6 75 (3.86%) PowerShell
7 57 (2.94%) Bash
8 40 (2.06%) TypeScript
9 31 (1.60%) PL/SQL
9 31 (1.60%) R
10 29 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 28 (1.44%) C++
11 28 (1.44%) T-SQL
12 27 (1.39%) Shell Script
13 16 (0.82%) Korn
13 16 (0.82%) Perl
14 15 (0.77%) Scala
15 13 (0.67%) Go
16 9 (0.46%) Groovy
17 8 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 270 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 257 (13.23%) Degree
3 217 (11.17%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.91%) PMI Certification
7 36 (1.85%) PMP
8 34 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 33 (1.70%) CISSP
10 27 (1.39%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.29%) ACCA
11 25 (1.29%) CIMA
12 22 (1.13%) CISM
12 22 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 20 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
15 18 (0.93%) AWS Certification
16 17 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 16 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
18 15 (0.77%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (13.29%) Data Quality
2 153 (7.88%) QA
3 76 (3.91%) PMO
4 58 (2.99%) GDPR
5 46 (2.37%) SLA
6 43 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 33 (1.70%) NIST
9 29 (1.49%) GRC
10 28 (1.44%) Accessibility
11 18 (0.93%) IFRS
12 15 (0.77%) COBIT
13 14 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.67%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.41%) Basel III
16 8 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
17 6 (0.31%) P3O
17 6 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 98 (5.05%) Docker
2 81 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.36%) IAG
5 7 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.26%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) vSphere
9 3 (0.15%) NFS
9 3 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.10%) Postfix
10 2 (0.10%) Squid
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.051%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.051%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 95 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.27%) Ansible
3 35 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (1.75%) Grafana
5 18 (0.93%) Kibana
6 17 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.82%) SCCM
8 14 (0.72%) Control-M
9 8 (0.41%) Puppet
10 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 5 (0.26%) Istio
11 5 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.21%) Argo
12 4 (0.21%) systemd
13 3 (0.15%) Cilium
13 3 (0.15%) SnapMirror
14 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
14 2 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 358 (18.43%) Microsoft
2 165 (8.50%) Oracle
3 97 (4.99%) Databricks
4 94 (4.84%) SAP
5 93 (4.79%) ServiceNow
6 75 (3.86%) Google
7 63 (3.24%) Salesforce
8 54 (2.78%) Splunk
9 36 (1.85%) IBM
10 35 (1.80%) Cisco
11 31 (1.60%) Dynatrace
12 30 (1.54%) VMware
13 23 (1.18%) CyberArk
14 20 (1.03%) Adobe
15 18 (0.93%) Workday
16 17 (0.88%) Alteryx
16 17 (0.88%) Red Hat
17 15 (0.77%) Informatica
17 15 (0.77%) UiPath
18 14 (0.72%) Murex