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

6 months to
19 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 1,933 1,529 1,417
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.49% 11.35% 8.69%
As % of the General category 15.41% 16.42% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 966 880
10th Percentile £340 £313 £314
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 £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 45 30 23
10th Percentile £19.72 £16.05 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.71 £21.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.38 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -1.79% -30.35%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.55 £60.38 £65.03
England median hourly rate £33.75 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% +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 12,540 9,314 10,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.59% 69.16% 62.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,018 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 258 183 121
10th Percentile £16.70 £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 £45.16 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.03 £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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -12 228 £525 -4.55% 475
West London +7 92 £553 +33.53% 145
South London 0 28 £544 -22.36% 38
East London 0 14 £500 +45.99% 45
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 92 (4.76%) Confluence
2 49 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (1.60%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.35%) CMS
6 23 (1.19%) Apache
7 20 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.47%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.47%) SAS
10 8 (0.41%) JBoss
10 8 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.41%) 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 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 66 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 37 (1.91%) MS Visio
4 26 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.41%) 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 27 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.88%) Aladdin
5 14 (0.72%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.52%) Finacle
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.52%) Shopify
7 8 (0.41%) iTrent
7 8 (0.41%) 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%) Front Arena
10 4 (0.21%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 389 (20.12%) Azure
2 282 (14.59%) AWS
3 251 (12.98%) Power Platform
4 109 (5.64%) GCP
5 85 (4.40%) GitHub
6 83 (4.29%) SaaS
7 82 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
8 73 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
9 71 (3.67%) Entra ID
10 68 (3.52%) Snowflake
11 44 (2.28%) Serverless
12 40 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
13 37 (1.91%) dbt
14 36 (1.86%) Amazon S3
15 30 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
15 30 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
16 29 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
17 27 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 23 (1.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.48%) Firewall
2 39 (2.02%) DNS
3 35 (1.81%) TCP/IP
4 34 (1.76%) Network Security
5 33 (1.71%) VPN
6 24 (1.24%) DHCP
7 17 (0.88%) WAN
8 16 (0.83%) SSL
9 15 (0.78%) BGP
10 13 (0.67%) HTTP
10 13 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
10 13 (0.67%) SAN
10 13 (0.67%) VLAN
11 12 (0.62%) 5G
12 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
12 11 (0.57%) MPLS
12 11 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.47%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.41%) Multicast
14 8 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (11.43%) Power BI
2 105 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
3 101 (5.23%) SQL Server
4 80 (4.14%) Tableau
5 74 (3.83%) Relational Database
6 70 (3.62%) Metadata
7 64 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.91%) NoSQL
9 35 (1.81%) Data Lake
10 33 (1.71%) MongoDB
11 29 (1.50%) Delta Lake
11 29 (1.50%) Oracle Database
12 26 (1.35%) Big Data
13 23 (1.19%) Power Query
14 22 (1.14%) BigQuery
14 22 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 21 (1.09%) RDBMS
16 20 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
17 19 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
18 16 (0.83%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 196 (10.14%) JIRA
2 110 (5.69%) Git
3 59 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.76%) GitLab
5 26 (1.35%) Selenium
6 21 (1.09%) JMeter
7 17 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 14 (0.72%) Postman
9 13 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.67%) 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 (0.41%) ER Studio
14 8 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 991 (51.27%) Social Skills
2 775 (40.09%) Finance
3 294 (15.21%) Banking
4 166 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 103 (5.33%) Front Office
6 94 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
7 91 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
8 90 (4.66%) Marketing
9 81 (4.19%) Legal
10 77 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
10 77 (3.98%) Retail
11 61 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 58 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
13 57 (2.95%) Investment Banking
14 55 (2.85%) Telecoms
15 50 (2.59%) Local Government
16 33 (1.71%) Financial Institution
17 32 (1.66%) Back Office
18 27 (1.40%) Manufacturing
19 20 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 480 (24.83%) Analyst
2 232 (12.00%) Senior
3 224 (11.59%) Business Analyst
4 179 (9.26%) Developer
5 130 (6.73%) Lead
6 128 (6.62%) Architect
7 100 (5.17%) Data Analyst
7 100 (5.17%) Data Engineer
8 71 (3.67%) Consultant
9 59 (3.05%) Data Scientist
10 52 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
11 51 (2.64%) Project Manager
12 49 (2.53%) Senior Developer
13 33 (1.71%) Senior Manager
14 32 (1.66%) Technical Analyst
15 31 (1.60%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (1.60%) Technical Business Analyst
16 30 (1.55%) Financial Analyst
16 30 (1.55%) Java Developer
16 30 (1.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (6.10%) REST
2 95 (4.91%) .NET
3 81 (4.19%) Terraform
4 64 (3.31%) Kafka
5 57 (2.95%) RESTful
6 48 (2.48%) Web Services
7 45 (2.33%) SOAP
8 44 (2.28%) JSON
9 43 (2.22%) Middleware
10 42 (2.17%) HTML
10 42 (2.17%) XML
11 40 (2.07%) PySpark
12 36 (1.86%) React
13 35 (1.81%) CSS
14 33 (1.71%) Spring
15 28 (1.45%) Spring Boot
16 23 (1.19%) OAuth
16 23 (1.19%) Pandas
17 22 (1.14%) AngularJS
18 21 (1.09%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 154 (7.97%) Analytical Mindset
2 143 (7.40%) Product Ownership
3 120 (6.21%) Onboarding
4 80 (4.14%) Cloud Native
5 76 (3.93%) Data Structures
6 69 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 59 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 59 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 56 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
9 40 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
10 35 (1.81%) AI Agents
11 33 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
12 31 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 30 (1.55%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.50%) Derivative
14 29 (1.50%) Equities
15 26 (1.35%) Fixed Income
16 23 (1.19%) Data Centre
16 23 (1.19%) Reference Data
17 22 (1.14%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 132 (6.83%) Linux
2 128 (6.62%) Windows
3 50 (2.59%) Unix
4 24 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.83%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.72%) Android
8 7 (0.36%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.31%) Solaris
10 5 (0.26%) AIX
11 3 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.10%) SUSE
12 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.052%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.052%) VMS
13 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,006 (52.04%) Problem-Solving
2 668 (34.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 562 (29.07%) Agile
4 403 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 383 (19.81%) Analytics
6 378 (19.56%) AI
7 358 (18.52%) Decision-Making
8 279 (14.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 265 (13.71%) Validation
10 256 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
11 255 (13.19%) DevOps
12 253 (13.09%) CI/CD
13 241 (12.47%) Data Modelling
14 223 (11.54%) Migration
15 191 (9.88%) User Acceptance Testing
16 181 (9.36%) Data Analysis
17 179 (9.26%) Roadmaps
18 178 (9.21%) Data Pipeline
19 163 (8.43%) Business Analysis
20 162 (8.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 554 (28.66%) SQL
2 436 (22.56%) Python
3 126 (6.52%) Java
4 110 (5.69%) C#
5 99 (5.12%) JavaScript
6 76 (3.93%) PowerShell
7 50 (2.59%) Bash
8 49 (2.53%) TypeScript
9 35 (1.81%) R
10 31 (1.60%) C++
10 31 (1.60%) PL/SQL
11 28 (1.45%) T-SQL
12 27 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 23 (1.19%) Shell Script
14 17 (0.88%) Scala
15 16 (0.83%) Korn
15 16 (0.83%) Perl
16 12 (0.62%) Go
17 9 (0.47%) VBA
18 8 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 262 (13.55%) Security Cleared
2 245 (12.67%) Degree
3 208 (10.76%) SC Cleared
4 63 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (1.91%) CISSP
7 34 (1.76%) PMP
8 33 (1.71%) PMI Certification
9 30 (1.55%) Master's Degree
10 27 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.29%) CISM
12 23 (1.19%) ACCA
13 22 (1.14%) CIMA
13 22 (1.14%) DV Cleared
14 21 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
15 20 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
16 17 (0.88%) ISTQB
17 16 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
18 15 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 14 (0.72%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (12.93%) Data Quality
2 156 (8.07%) QA
3 84 (4.35%) PMO
4 55 (2.85%) GDPR
5 50 (2.59%) SLA
6 47 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 40 (2.07%) NIST
8 29 (1.50%) Accessibility
9 27 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 26 (1.35%) GRC
11 19 (0.98%) IFRS
12 18 (0.93%) COBIT
13 17 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 12 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
14 12 (0.62%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 8 (0.41%) NCSC
17 7 (0.36%) Basel III
18 6 (0.31%) P3O
18 6 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 88 (4.55%) Docker
2 78 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.29%) 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 92 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.28%) Ansible
3 33 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (1.66%) Grafana
5 16 (0.83%) SCCM
6 15 (0.78%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.67%) Control-M
7 13 (0.67%) 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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 348 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 163 (8.43%) Oracle
3 99 (5.12%) SAP
4 95 (4.91%) ServiceNow
5 93 (4.81%) Databricks
6 76 (3.93%) Google
7 65 (3.36%) Salesforce
8 52 (2.69%) Splunk
9 35 (1.81%) IBM
10 34 (1.76%) Cisco
10 34 (1.76%) Dynatrace
11 31 (1.60%) VMware
12 24 (1.24%) Adobe
13 21 (1.09%) CyberArk
14 19 (0.98%) Alteryx
15 18 (0.93%) Workday
16 17 (0.88%) Informatica
17 16 (0.83%) Red Hat
17 16 (0.83%) Sitecore
18 14 (0.72%) Zscaler