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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,921 1,529 1,417
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.51% 11.35% 8.69%
As % of the General category 15.45% 16.42% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,182 966 880
10th Percentile £340 £313 £314
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £667
90th Percentile £750 £773 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 30 23
10th Percentile £19.55 £16.05 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.00 £25.71 £21.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.38 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -1.79% -30.35%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.85 £60.38 £65.03
England median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% +44.44% -50.00%

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 12,432 9,314 10,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.54% 69.16% 62.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,935 6,144 6,716
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
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 £538
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 183 121
10th Percentile £16.76 £17.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £21.04 £24.64 £25.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% -7.14% +22.81%
75th Percentile £45.25 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £71.73 £65.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £31.16 £25.15 £38.50
% change year-on-year +23.88% -34.68% +29.41%

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 18 September 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 September 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 September 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 -11 226 £525 -4.55% 459
West London +7 91 £553 +33.53% 144
South London 0 28 £544 -22.36% 37
East London 0 14 £500 +45.99% 41
North London +4 5 £525 - 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 91 (4.74%) Confluence
2 49 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.35%) CMS
6 23 (1.20%) Apache
7 20 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.47%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.47%) SAS
10 8 (0.42%) JBoss
10 8 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.42%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.36%) IIS
12 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 5 (0.26%) Appian
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
14 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 186 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (1.93%) MS Visio
4 26 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.42%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.36%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.26%) Trello
9 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.10%) Notion
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.052%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 26 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.88%) Aladdin
5 14 (0.73%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.52%) Finacle
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.52%) Shopify
7 8 (0.42%) iTrent
7 8 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
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 Financials
9 5 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
9 5 (0.26%) Summit
10 4 (0.21%) Loan IQ
10 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 387 (20.15%) Azure
2 280 (14.58%) AWS
3 250 (13.01%) Power Platform
4 107 (5.57%) GCP
5 83 (4.32%) GitHub
5 83 (4.32%) SaaS
6 82 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
8 71 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 66 (3.44%) Snowflake
10 42 (2.19%) Serverless
11 40 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 40 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
12 37 (1.93%) dbt
13 36 (1.87%) Amazon S3
14 30 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
15 29 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
16 28 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
17 27 (1.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 23 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.39%) Firewall
2 39 (2.03%) DNS
3 34 (1.77%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.72%) VPN
5 32 (1.67%) Network Security
6 24 (1.25%) DHCP
7 17 (0.88%) WAN
8 16 (0.83%) SSL
9 14 (0.73%) BGP
10 13 (0.68%) HTTP
10 13 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
10 13 (0.68%) SAN
11 12 (0.62%) 5G
11 12 (0.62%) VLAN
12 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
12 11 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.52%) MPLS
14 9 (0.47%) Wireshark
15 8 (0.42%) Multicast
15 8 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (11.50%) Power BI
2 105 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
3 100 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 80 (4.16%) Tableau
5 74 (3.85%) Relational Database
6 69 (3.59%) Metadata
7 64 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.93%) NoSQL
9 35 (1.82%) Data Lake
10 31 (1.61%) MongoDB
11 29 (1.51%) Delta Lake
11 29 (1.51%) Oracle Database
12 26 (1.35%) Big Data
13 23 (1.20%) Power Query
14 22 (1.15%) BigQuery
14 22 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 21 (1.09%) RDBMS
16 20 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
17 19 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
18 16 (0.83%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 193 (10.05%) JIRA
2 109 (5.67%) Git
3 58 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.72%) GitLab
5 26 (1.35%) Selenium
6 21 (1.09%) JMeter
7 16 (0.83%) Bitbucket
8 14 (0.73%) Postman
9 13 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.68%) LoadRunner
10 12 (0.62%) ERwin
10 12 (0.62%) Maven
11 11 (0.57%) Gradle
11 11 (0.57%) SonarQube
12 10 (0.52%) Gatling
12 10 (0.52%) JUnit
13 9 (0.47%) REST Assured
13 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.42%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 984 (51.22%) Social Skills
2 774 (40.29%) Finance
3 294 (15.30%) Banking
4 164 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 102 (5.31%) Front Office
6 94 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
7 90 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
7 90 (4.69%) Marketing
8 80 (4.16%) Legal
9 77 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
9 77 (4.01%) Retail
10 61 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 58 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
12 57 (2.97%) Investment Banking
13 54 (2.81%) Telecoms
14 49 (2.55%) Local Government
15 33 (1.72%) Financial Institution
16 32 (1.67%) Back Office
17 26 (1.35%) Manufacturing
18 20 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 477 (24.83%) Analyst
2 230 (11.97%) Senior
3 222 (11.56%) Business Analyst
4 178 (9.27%) Developer
5 130 (6.77%) Lead
6 128 (6.66%) Architect
7 100 (5.21%) Data Analyst
7 100 (5.21%) Data Engineer
8 71 (3.70%) Consultant
9 59 (3.07%) Data Scientist
10 51 (2.65%) Project Manager
10 51 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
11 49 (2.55%) Senior Developer
12 33 (1.72%) Senior Manager
13 32 (1.67%) Technical Analyst
14 31 (1.61%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (1.61%) Technical Business Analyst
15 30 (1.56%) Financial Analyst
15 30 (1.56%) Java Developer
15 30 (1.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (6.14%) REST
2 94 (4.89%) .NET
3 78 (4.06%) Terraform
4 64 (3.33%) Kafka
5 57 (2.97%) RESTful
6 48 (2.50%) Web Services
7 45 (2.34%) SOAP
8 44 (2.29%) JSON
9 43 (2.24%) Middleware
10 42 (2.19%) HTML
10 42 (2.19%) XML
11 40 (2.08%) PySpark
12 36 (1.87%) React
13 35 (1.82%) CSS
14 33 (1.72%) Spring
15 28 (1.46%) Spring Boot
16 23 (1.20%) OAuth
16 23 (1.20%) Pandas
17 22 (1.15%) AngularJS
18 21 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 143 (7.44%) Product Ownership
3 119 (6.19%) Onboarding
4 80 (4.16%) Cloud Native
5 76 (3.96%) Data Structures
6 69 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 59 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
7 59 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
8 56 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
9 38 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 35 (1.82%) AI Agents
11 32 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
12 31 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 30 (1.56%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.51%) Derivative
14 29 (1.51%) Equities
15 26 (1.35%) Fixed Income
16 23 (1.20%) Data Centre
16 23 (1.20%) Reference Data
17 21 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 131 (6.82%) Linux
2 127 (6.61%) Windows
3 50 (2.60%) Unix
4 24 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.73%) Android
9 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.31%) Solaris
11 5 (0.26%) AIX
12 3 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.10%) SUSE
13 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.052%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.052%) VMS
14 1 (0.052%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 996 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
2 662 (34.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 560 (29.15%) Agile
4 401 (20.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 383 (19.94%) Analytics
6 375 (19.52%) AI
7 358 (18.64%) Decision-Making
8 277 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 265 (13.79%) Validation
10 256 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
11 254 (13.22%) DevOps
12 249 (12.96%) CI/CD
13 240 (12.49%) Data Modelling
14 222 (11.56%) Migration
15 190 (9.89%) User Acceptance Testing
16 181 (9.42%) Data Analysis
17 179 (9.32%) Roadmaps
18 178 (9.27%) Data Pipeline
19 161 (8.38%) Business Analysis
19 161 (8.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 553 (28.79%) SQL
2 433 (22.54%) Python
3 125 (6.51%) Java
4 109 (5.67%) C#
5 99 (5.15%) JavaScript
6 75 (3.90%) PowerShell
7 49 (2.55%) Bash
7 49 (2.55%) TypeScript
8 35 (1.82%) R
9 31 (1.61%) C++
9 31 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 27 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 27 (1.41%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.20%) Shell Script
12 17 (0.88%) Scala
13 16 (0.83%) Korn
14 15 (0.78%) Perl
15 11 (0.57%) Go
16 9 (0.47%) VBA
17 8 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 261 (13.59%) Security Cleared
2 243 (12.65%) Degree
3 207 (10.78%) SC Cleared
4 63 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.93%) CISSP
7 34 (1.77%) PMP
8 33 (1.72%) PMI Certification
9 30 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.30%) CISM
12 23 (1.20%) ACCA
13 22 (1.15%) CIMA
13 22 (1.15%) DV Cleared
14 20 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (0.88%) ISTQB
16 16 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
17 15 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 14 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (12.96%) Data Quality
2 155 (8.07%) QA
3 84 (4.37%) PMO
4 52 (2.71%) GDPR
5 50 (2.60%) SLA
6 46 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 39 (2.03%) NIST
8 29 (1.51%) Accessibility
9 27 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 26 (1.35%) GRC
11 19 (0.99%) IFRS
12 18 (0.94%) COBIT
13 17 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
15 11 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
16 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.36%) Basel III
17 7 (0.36%) NCSC
18 6 (0.31%) ISO 15022
18 6 (0.31%) P3O
System Software
1 85 (4.42%) Docker
2 78 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.47%) IAG
6 7 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.31%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.26%) Firmware
9 4 (0.21%) NFS
10 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.16%) vSphere
11 2 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 2 (0.10%) Postfix
11 2 (0.10%) Squid
11 2 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.052%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.052%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 89 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.24%) Ansible
3 33 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 31 (1.61%) Grafana
5 16 (0.83%) SCCM
6 14 (0.73%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.68%) Control-M
7 13 (0.68%) Kibana
8 7 (0.36%) Puppet
8 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.26%) Istio
10 4 (0.21%) systemd
11 3 (0.16%) Cilium
11 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.16%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.10%) Argo
Vendors
1 345 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 163 (8.49%) Oracle
3 98 (5.10%) SAP
4 95 (4.95%) ServiceNow
5 90 (4.69%) Databricks
6 75 (3.90%) Google
7 65 (3.38%) Salesforce
8 51 (2.65%) Splunk
9 35 (1.82%) IBM
10 33 (1.72%) Cisco
10 33 (1.72%) Dynatrace
11 31 (1.61%) VMware
12 24 (1.25%) Adobe
13 21 (1.09%) CyberArk
14 19 (0.99%) Alteryx
15 18 (0.94%) Workday
16 17 (0.88%) Informatica
17 16 (0.83%) Red Hat
17 16 (0.83%) Sitecore
18 14 (0.73%) Zscaler