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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,585 1,446 1,673
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.20% 9.14% 8.34%
As % of the General category 16.41% 14.53% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 876 1,135
10th Percentile £313 £310 £319
25th Percentile £405 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £675
90th Percentile £768 £775 £800
England median daily rate £497 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -5.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 25 39
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £21.20
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.00 £29.36
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -40.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £47.50 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £80.75 £65.83
England median hourly rate £33.88 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year +35.52% -25.93% -15.63%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,659 9,953 13,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.24% 62.94% 65.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,312 6,384 9,439
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £696 £700
90th Percentile £780 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 116 172
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.38 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.81 £21.44
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.79 £35.98
Median % change year-on-year -29.87% +5.02% +9.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £55.19 £59.06
90th Percentile £70.80 £78.58 £74.88
England median hourly rate £24.48 £31.56 £32.50
% change year-on-year -22.45% -2.89% +26.41%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 +4 259 £510 -11.30% 603
South London 0 27 £625 +11.86% 40
West London -5 24 £420 +1.82% 61
East London +4 10 £400 -9.09% 52
North London -2 1 - - 11
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 69 (4.35%) Confluence
2 41 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.02%) Apache Spark
4 24 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (0.88%) CMS
7 10 (0.63%) Apache
8 5 (0.32%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) Camunda
11 2 (0.13%) IIS
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.063%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.063%) Appian
12 1 (0.063%) JBoss
Applications
1 145 (9.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (2.15%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.38%) ProjectWise
8 4 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.25%) Trello
9 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.13%) Notion
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.13%) Revit
10 1 (0.063%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.063%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.063%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.063%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 21 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.76%) Endur
3 11 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.63%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
6 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.44%) Workday HCM
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.32%) NetSuite
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.25%) ION MarketView
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.25%) SAP MDG
11 3 (0.19%) Aladdin
11 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
11 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 260 (16.40%) Azure
2 217 (13.69%) AWS
3 175 (11.04%) Power Platform
4 82 (5.17%) GCP
5 61 (3.85%) SaaS
6 56 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 38 (2.40%) GitHub
9 38 (2.40%) IaaS
10 36 (2.27%) Snowflake
11 32 (2.02%) Amazon S3
12 30 (1.89%) Serverless
13 25 (1.58%) dbt
14 22 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (1.14%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
18 15 (0.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.78%) Firewall
2 32 (2.02%) Network Security
3 31 (1.96%) DNS
4 23 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 21 (1.32%) VPN
6 18 (1.14%) WAN
7 17 (1.07%) LAN
8 15 (0.95%) HTTP
9 11 (0.69%) Internet
9 11 (0.69%) SSL
10 10 (0.63%) DHCP
10 10 (0.63%) VoIP
11 9 (0.57%) VLAN
12 8 (0.50%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.38%) Wireless
14 5 (0.32%) BGP
14 5 (0.32%) CTI
14 5 (0.32%) SMTP
14 5 (0.32%) SSH
14 5 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (10.35%) Power BI
2 75 (4.73%) Tableau
3 63 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (3.34%) SQL Server
5 51 (3.22%) Relational Database
6 38 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (2.33%) Metadata
8 29 (1.83%) DB2
8 29 (1.83%) MongoDB
9 27 (1.70%) Big Data
10 26 (1.64%) Data Lake
10 26 (1.64%) NoSQL
11 22 (1.39%) Hadoop
12 20 (1.26%) BigQuery
13 17 (1.07%) Power Query
14 16 (1.01%) Looker
14 16 (1.01%) Star Schema
15 15 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
16 13 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 132 (8.33%) JIRA
2 74 (4.67%) Git
3 27 (1.70%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.64%) JUnit
5 12 (0.76%) GitLab
5 12 (0.76%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) Postman
7 8 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.44%) Maven
9 6 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
9 6 (0.38%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.38%) TestRail
10 5 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.32%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.32%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.32%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.32%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.32%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.32%) webpack
10 5 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 867 (54.70%) Social Skills
2 571 (36.03%) Finance
3 226 (14.26%) Banking
4 125 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 97 (6.12%) Marketing
6 88 (5.55%) Investment Banking
7 69 (4.35%) Legal
8 55 (3.47%) Front Office
9 54 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
10 53 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
11 52 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (3.03%) Back Office
14 47 (2.97%) Financial Institution
15 45 (2.84%) Retail
16 42 (2.65%) Telecoms
17 24 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 21 (1.32%) Publishing
19 19 (1.20%) Law
20 17 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 425 (26.81%) Analyst
2 203 (12.81%) Business Analyst
3 192 (12.11%) Developer
4 181 (11.42%) Senior
5 127 (8.01%) Architect
6 99 (6.25%) Lead
7 78 (4.92%) Data Analyst
8 70 (4.42%) Consultant
9 59 (3.72%) Data Engineer
10 51 (3.22%) Java Developer
10 51 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
10 51 (3.22%) Senior Developer
11 44 (2.78%) Project Manager
12 37 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
13 33 (2.08%) Python Developer
14 32 (2.02%) Technical Analyst
15 27 (1.70%) Data Scientist
15 27 (1.70%) Security Analyst
16 25 (1.58%) Senior Business Analyst
17 23 (1.45%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (6.81%) REST
2 54 (3.41%) Kafka
3 51 (3.22%) JSON
4 45 (2.84%) .NET
5 38 (2.40%) HTML
5 38 (2.40%) Spring
6 37 (2.33%) React
7 32 (2.02%) RESTful
8 30 (1.89%) CSS
9 29 (1.83%) AngularJS
10 28 (1.77%) SOAP
10 28 (1.77%) XML
11 22 (1.39%) Pandas
11 22 (1.39%) Web Services
12 21 (1.32%) OAuth
13 20 (1.26%) Middleware
14 17 (1.07%) JMS
14 17 (1.07%) SAML
14 17 (1.07%) scikit-learn
14 17 (1.07%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 148 (9.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 72 (4.54%) Product Ownership
2 72 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
3 65 (4.10%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.60%) Data Structures
5 52 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 48 (3.03%) Algorithms
7 35 (2.21%) Derivative
8 34 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 32 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.83%) Fixed Income
10 29 (1.83%) PKI
11 28 (1.77%) Equities
12 27 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
13 25 (1.58%) Cloud Native
13 25 (1.58%) Reinsurance
13 25 (1.58%) Security Posture
14 21 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
14 21 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (1.07%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 97 (6.12%) Linux
2 81 (5.11%) Windows
3 40 (2.52%) Unix
4 9 (0.57%) Windows 10
4 9 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) VMS
7 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.25%) Solaris
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.063%) VME
10 1 (0.063%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 867 (54.70%) Problem-Solving
2 470 (29.65%) Agile
3 291 (18.36%) Analytics
4 277 (17.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 246 (15.52%) Decision-Making
6 198 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 197 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
8 189 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 174 (10.98%) Data Analysis
10 173 (10.91%) Data Modelling
11 163 (10.28%) CI/CD
12 162 (10.22%) DevOps
13 143 (9.02%) Project Management
14 142 (8.96%) Migration
15 140 (8.83%) AI
16 133 (8.39%) Visualisation
17 129 (8.14%) Computer Science
18 128 (8.08%) Actionable Insight
19 125 (7.89%) Scrum
20 124 (7.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 392 (24.73%) SQL
2 348 (21.96%) Python
3 135 (8.52%) Java
4 94 (5.93%) JavaScript
5 76 (4.79%) PowerShell
6 53 (3.34%) C#
7 45 (2.84%) Bash
8 36 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 30 (1.89%) C++
10 29 (1.83%) Shell Script
11 21 (1.32%) R
12 17 (1.07%) Go
13 16 (1.01%) VBA
14 13 (0.82%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 11 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.69%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.63%) Scala
18 7 (0.44%) Korn
19 6 (0.38%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 239 (15.08%) Degree
2 223 (14.07%) Security Cleared
3 172 (10.85%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.46%) PMI Certification
6 37 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.70%) PMP
8 23 (1.45%) CISSP
8 23 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.88%) CBAP
11 14 (0.88%) CIMA
11 14 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (0.82%) ACCA
12 13 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.82%) OSCP
13 12 (0.76%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.69%) CCNP
14 11 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (8.77%) Data Quality
2 116 (7.32%) QA
3 51 (3.22%) GDPR
4 46 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 28 (1.77%) PMO
6 20 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.26%) NIST
7 16 (1.01%) SLA
8 12 (0.76%) WCAG
9 10 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 10 (0.63%) GRC
9 10 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.57%) COBIT
10 9 (0.57%) EMIR
11 7 (0.44%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.44%) MiFID
12 6 (0.38%) ISO 19650
12 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 63 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.53%) Docker
3 13 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.57%) zsh
5 7 (0.44%) HDFS
6 5 (0.32%) Firmware
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.19%) vSphere
9 2 (0.13%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.13%) Squid
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.063%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.063%) IAG
10 1 (0.063%) KVM
10 1 (0.063%) Postfix
10 1 (0.063%) Snort
10 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.66%) Terraform
3 44 (2.78%) Ansible
4 18 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.07%) Grafana
6 15 (0.95%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.76%) SCCM
9 7 (0.44%) Nessus
10 6 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
11 5 (0.32%) HP ALM
11 5 (0.32%) Nmap
12 4 (0.25%) BladeLogic
12 4 (0.25%) SCOM
13 3 (0.19%) Argo
13 3 (0.19%) CA Spectrum
13 3 (0.19%) QRadar
14 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
14 2 (0.13%) Packer
14 2 (0.13%) vRealize
Vendors
1 249 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 93 (5.87%) Oracle
3 76 (4.79%) SAP
4 64 (4.04%) Google
5 60 (3.79%) ServiceNow
6 52 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 45 (2.84%) Databricks
8 35 (2.21%) Splunk
9 31 (1.96%) Cisco
10 22 (1.39%) VMware
11 20 (1.26%) Sybase
12 18 (1.14%) Bloomberg
13 16 (1.01%) Adobe
14 15 (0.95%) Workday
15 14 (0.88%) Juniper
15 14 (0.88%) MuleSoft
16 13 (0.82%) Murex
16 13 (0.82%) Palo Alto
17 12 (0.76%) Alteryx
17 12 (0.76%) CyberArk