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

6 months to
15 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 1,981 1,449 1,420
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.66% 10.83% 8.83%
As % of the General category 15.57% 15.80% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,211 895 863
10th Percentile £338 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £651
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 31 23
10th Percentile £19.03 £18.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £24.81 £26.27 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 £34.48 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -1.49% -30.69%
75th Percentile £46.88 £55.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £57.35 £70.00 £74.01
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -42.77%

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 12,723 9,168 10,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.04% 68.53% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,125 6,040 6,487
10th Percentile £350 £331 £333
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.95%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £783 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 178 118
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.84 £17.85
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.50 £25.81
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.49 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -10.67% +2.17%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £67.09 £70.60 £72.38
England median hourly rate £28.40 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +13.24% -28.36% +16.67%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -10 229 £550 - 71
West London +8 90 £536 +29.22% 46
South London -4 28 £536 -17.54% 14
East London +2 13 £481 +33.68% 14
North London +1 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 97 (4.90%) Confluence
2 47 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 43 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (1.46%) CMS
5 26 (1.31%) Apache Spark
6 24 (1.21%) Apache
7 23 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 11 (0.56%) SAS
9 9 (0.45%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.40%) JBoss
10 8 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.40%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.30%) Appian
12 5 (0.25%) Apache Solr
12 5 (0.25%) IIS
13 4 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
14 3 (0.15%) nginx
14 3 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 192 (9.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 66 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 31 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (0.35%) CPLEX
8 6 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 5 (0.25%) Trello
10 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.15%) Productboard
11 2 (0.10%) Notion
12 1 (0.050%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.050%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.050%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (0.96%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.71%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.40%) Finacle
5 8 (0.40%) iTrent
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.30%) Magento
6 6 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.30%) Shopify
7 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.25%) SAP GRC
8 4 (0.20%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.20%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 401 (20.24%) Azure
2 270 (13.63%) AWS
3 257 (12.97%) Power Platform
4 112 (5.65%) GCP
5 99 (5.00%) GitHub
6 86 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (4.19%) Snowflake
8 76 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
9 74 (3.74%) Entra ID
9 74 (3.74%) SaaS
10 48 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (2.32%) Serverless
12 41 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
13 39 (1.97%) dbt
14 36 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
15 29 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (1.36%) Amazon S3
17 25 (1.26%) PowerApps
18 24 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 24 (1.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.07%) Firewall
2 38 (1.92%) Network Security
3 36 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 35 (1.77%) VPN
5 32 (1.62%) DNS
6 19 (0.96%) DHCP
7 16 (0.81%) BGP
7 16 (0.81%) SSL
7 16 (0.81%) VLAN
7 16 (0.81%) WAN
8 15 (0.76%) Radio Access Network
9 14 (0.71%) 5G
10 12 (0.61%) HTTP
10 12 (0.61%) MPLS
11 11 (0.56%) Kerberos
12 10 (0.50%) SAN
12 10 (0.50%) Wireshark
13 9 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
13 9 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (11.26%) Power BI
2 111 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
3 104 (5.25%) SQL Server
4 84 (4.24%) Tableau
5 78 (3.94%) Relational Database
6 67 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
7 65 (3.28%) Metadata
8 36 (1.82%) Data Lake
9 35 (1.77%) NoSQL
10 34 (1.72%) MongoDB
11 32 (1.62%) Oracle Database
12 27 (1.36%) Power Query
13 25 (1.26%) BigQuery
13 25 (1.26%) Delta Lake
14 21 (1.06%) Big Data
14 21 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
16 17 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
16 17 (0.86%) RDBMS
17 15 (0.76%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 199 (10.05%) JIRA
2 138 (6.97%) Git
3 64 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 44 (2.22%) GitLab
5 28 (1.41%) Selenium
6 20 (1.01%) JMeter
7 16 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.81%) Maven
8 15 (0.76%) Gradle
9 14 (0.71%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.71%) Postman
10 12 (0.61%) LoadRunner
11 11 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.50%) JUnit
12 10 (0.50%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.45%) Gatling
13 9 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.40%) Visual Studio
15 7 (0.35%) ERwin
15 7 (0.35%) Mockito
General
1 1,034 (52.20%) Social Skills
2 828 (41.80%) Finance
3 329 (16.61%) Banking
4 182 (9.19%) Public Sector
5 101 (5.10%) Front Office
6 97 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
7 93 (4.69%) Marketing
8 91 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
8 91 (4.59%) Legal
9 85 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
10 80 (4.04%) Retail
11 70 (3.53%) Investment Banking
12 63 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 62 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
14 55 (2.78%) Local Government
15 49 (2.47%) Telecoms
16 41 (2.07%) Financial Institution
17 39 (1.97%) Back Office
18 27 (1.36%) Manufacturing
19 22 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 498 (25.14%) Analyst
2 245 (12.37%) Senior
3 229 (11.56%) Business Analyst
4 191 (9.64%) Developer
5 137 (6.92%) Lead
6 116 (5.86%) Architect
7 105 (5.30%) Data Analyst
8 96 (4.85%) Data Engineer
9 92 (4.64%) Consultant
10 57 (2.88%) Project Manager
11 56 (2.83%) Data Scientist
12 53 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
13 52 (2.62%) Senior Developer
14 35 (1.77%) Senior Manager
15 34 (1.72%) Technical Analyst
16 31 (1.56%) Java Developer
16 31 (1.56%) Support Engineer
17 30 (1.51%) Technical Business Analyst
18 29 (1.46%) IT Support
19 28 (1.41%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (6.51%) REST
2 103 (5.20%) .NET
3 89 (4.49%) Terraform
4 67 (3.38%) Kafka
5 61 (3.08%) RESTful
6 51 (2.57%) Web Services
7 45 (2.27%) Middleware
8 44 (2.22%) SOAP
9 42 (2.12%) JSON
10 41 (2.07%) XML
11 39 (1.97%) HTML
11 39 (1.97%) PySpark
11 39 (1.97%) Spring
12 35 (1.77%) React
12 35 (1.77%) Spring Boot
13 30 (1.51%) CSS
14 24 (1.21%) Pandas
15 23 (1.16%) .NET Core
15 23 (1.16%) AngularJS
16 22 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 147 (7.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 145 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 121 (6.11%) Onboarding
4 84 (4.24%) Cloud Native
5 77 (3.89%) Data Structures
6 76 (3.84%) Management Information System
7 71 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
8 53 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
9 51 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
10 48 (2.42%) AI Agents
11 42 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
12 40 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
13 34 (1.72%) Derivative
14 32 (1.62%) Fixed Income
15 29 (1.46%) Algorithms
15 29 (1.46%) Equities
15 29 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 26 (1.31%) Reference Data
17 25 (1.26%) Credit Risk
18 22 (1.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 133 (6.71%) Linux
2 125 (6.31%) Windows
3 49 (2.47%) Unix
4 25 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (1.21%) Windows 10
6 22 (1.11%) Windows Server
7 17 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.86%) macOS
8 14 (0.71%) Android
9 7 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.20%) Solaris
11 3 (0.15%) AIX
11 3 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.10%) SUSE
12 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.050%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.050%) VMS
13 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,045 (52.75%) Problem-Solving
2 745 (37.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 564 (28.47%) Agile
4 424 (21.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 404 (20.39%) AI
6 388 (19.59%) Analytics
7 363 (18.32%) Decision-Making
8 288 (14.54%) CI/CD
9 285 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 273 (13.78%) Validation
11 272 (13.73%) DevOps
12 267 (13.48%) Business Intelligence
13 237 (11.96%) Data Modelling
14 231 (11.66%) Migration
15 203 (10.25%) Roadmaps
16 202 (10.20%) User Acceptance Testing
17 194 (9.79%) Data Analysis
18 189 (9.54%) Business Analysis
19 184 (9.29%) Requirements Gathering
20 177 (8.93%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 579 (29.23%) SQL
2 435 (21.96%) Python
3 119 (6.01%) Java
4 110 (5.55%) C#
5 99 (5.00%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.89%) PowerShell
7 57 (2.88%) Bash
8 39 (1.97%) TypeScript
9 33 (1.67%) R
10 31 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 30 (1.51%) PL/SQL
12 28 (1.41%) Shell Script
13 27 (1.36%) C++
13 27 (1.36%) T-SQL
14 16 (0.81%) Perl
15 15 (0.76%) Korn
16 14 (0.71%) Go
17 9 (0.45%) Groovy
17 9 (0.45%) Scala
18 8 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 278 (14.03%) Security Cleared
2 265 (13.38%) Degree
3 229 (11.56%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (1.82%) PMI Certification
7 35 (1.77%) PMP
8 34 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.62%) CISSP
10 27 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.26%) ACCA
11 25 (1.26%) CIMA
11 25 (1.26%) DV Cleared
12 22 (1.11%) CISM
12 22 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.01%) AWS Certification
14 19 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
17 15 (0.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 265 (13.38%) Data Quality
2 159 (8.03%) QA
3 74 (3.74%) PMO
4 57 (2.88%) GDPR
5 45 (2.27%) SLA
6 42 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 36 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 32 (1.62%) NIST
9 30 (1.51%) Accessibility
10 29 (1.46%) GRC
11 19 (0.96%) IFRS
12 14 (0.71%) COBIT
13 13 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.61%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
16 8 (0.40%) Basel III
16 8 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.30%) ISO 15022
17 6 (0.30%) P3O
17 6 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (5.00%) Docker
2 83 (4.19%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.30%) IAG
7 5 (0.25%) Firmware
7 5 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.20%) vSphere
9 3 (0.15%) NFS
10 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.10%) Postfix
10 2 (0.10%) Squid
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.050%) Ceph
11 1 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.050%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 102 (5.15%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.32%) Ansible
3 35 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (1.46%) Grafana
5 16 (0.81%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.81%) SCCM
6 15 (0.76%) Control-M
7 12 (0.61%) Kibana
8 8 (0.40%) Puppet
9 7 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.25%) HP Fortify
10 5 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.20%) Argo
11 4 (0.20%) Istio
11 4 (0.20%) systemd
12 3 (0.15%) Cilium
12 3 (0.15%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.10%) logstash
13 2 (0.10%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 376 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 170 (8.58%) Oracle
3 99 (5.00%) Databricks
4 96 (4.85%) ServiceNow
5 89 (4.49%) SAP
6 76 (3.84%) Google
7 65 (3.28%) Salesforce
8 52 (2.62%) Splunk
9 37 (1.87%) IBM
10 35 (1.77%) Cisco
11 31 (1.56%) Dynatrace
12 30 (1.51%) VMware
13 26 (1.31%) CyberArk
14 20 (1.01%) Adobe
15 18 (0.91%) UiPath
16 17 (0.86%) Alteryx
16 17 (0.86%) Red Hat
16 17 (0.86%) Workday
17 16 (0.81%) Murex
18 15 (0.76%) Informatica