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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,617 1,477 1,428
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.68% 12.06% 8.08%
As % of the General category 14.47% 17.76% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 934 985
10th Percentile £350 £318 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £706 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 35 44
10th Percentile £19.16 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.59 £26.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +72.34% -41.61%
75th Percentile £51.25 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £67.50 £62.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.67% -55.54%

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 11,172 8,318 11,071
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 59.97% 67.94% 62.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,182 5,545 7,910
10th Percentile £350 £338 £335
25th Percentile £431 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £519 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -1.23% -1.66% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 150 240
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +12.81% +0.47%
75th Percentile £44.31 £50.75 £47.81
90th Percentile £68.00 £65.25 £66.20
England median hourly rate £32.23 £27.85 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.71% -11.59% +2.78%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -8 211 £525 -4.55% 200
West London +3 74 £520 +30.00% 33
South London +1 32 £488 -22.00% 12
East London -3 10 £400 -6.98% 26
North London - 1 - - 5
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 75 (4.64%) Confluence
2 30 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.05%) Apache
6 14 (0.87%) CMS
7 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.37%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.25%) IIS
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.19%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
13 1 (0.062%) Appian
13 1 (0.062%) nginx
13 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.062%) Traefik
13 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
Applications
1 152 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 53 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
4 42 (2.60%) MS Visio
5 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.62%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.68%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
7 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.37%) Finacle
8 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
8 6 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.37%) Shopify
8 6 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
8 6 (0.37%) Summit
9 5 (0.31%) Magento
10 4 (0.25%) Findur
10 4 (0.25%) HFM
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 328 (20.28%) Azure
2 225 (13.91%) AWS
3 203 (12.55%) Power Platform
4 81 (5.01%) GCP
5 78 (4.82%) SaaS
6 66 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (3.65%) GitHub
7 59 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
8 41 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 34 (2.10%) Amazon S3
10 34 (2.10%) Snowflake
11 32 (1.98%) Serverless
12 30 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
14 25 (1.55%) dbt
14 25 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (1.48%) PaaS
16 20 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 20 (1.24%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.47%) Firewall
2 24 (1.48%) DNS
3 21 (1.30%) Network Security
3 21 (1.30%) VPN
4 18 (1.11%) DHCP
4 18 (1.11%) WAN
5 15 (0.93%) SD-WAN
5 15 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.80%) SAN
7 11 (0.68%) BGP
8 10 (0.62%) VLAN
9 9 (0.56%) OSPF
10 8 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
10 8 (0.49%) VXLAN
10 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.43%) HTTP
11 7 (0.43%) Internet
11 7 (0.43%) MPLS
12 6 (0.37%) LAN
12 6 (0.37%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (11.13%) Power BI
2 88 (5.44%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (4.89%) SQL Server
4 78 (4.82%) Tableau
5 56 (3.46%) Relational Database
6 53 (3.28%) Metadata
7 37 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (2.23%) Data Lake
9 29 (1.79%) NoSQL
10 25 (1.55%) Big Data
11 22 (1.36%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (1.30%) MongoDB
12 21 (1.30%) Power Query
13 19 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
14 18 (1.11%) RDBMS
15 16 (0.99%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (0.93%) Star Schema
17 13 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 160 (9.89%) JIRA
2 62 (3.83%) Git
3 23 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.36%) Selenium
5 11 (0.68%) Cucumber
5 11 (0.68%) Cypress.io
5 11 (0.68%) MLflow
5 11 (0.68%) Postman
5 11 (0.68%) REST Assured
6 10 (0.62%) ERwin
6 10 (0.62%) GitLab
7 8 (0.49%) JUnit
7 8 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
8 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.37%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.37%) JMeter
9 6 (0.37%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 728 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 623 (38.53%) Finance
3 235 (14.53%) Banking
4 132 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.69%) Marketing
6 78 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
7 77 (4.76%) Legal
8 71 (4.39%) Front Office
9 66 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
10 58 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
11 53 (3.28%) Investment Banking
12 46 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
13 45 (2.78%) Telecoms
14 44 (2.72%) Retail
15 42 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 39 (2.41%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.30%) Back Office
18 16 (0.99%) Publishing
19 15 (0.93%) Billing
19 15 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 430 (26.59%) Analyst
2 217 (13.42%) Business Analyst
3 153 (9.46%) Senior
4 141 (8.72%) Developer
5 112 (6.93%) Lead
6 103 (6.37%) Architect
7 96 (5.94%) Data Analyst
8 95 (5.88%) Data Engineer
9 91 (5.63%) Consultant
10 58 (3.59%) Data Scientist
11 45 (2.78%) Project Manager
12 41 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
13 33 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (1.92%) Senior Business Analyst
15 30 (1.86%) Financial Analyst
15 30 (1.86%) Senior Developer
16 22 (1.36%) Salesforce Analyst
16 22 (1.36%) Senior Manager
16 22 (1.36%) Technical Analyst
16 22 (1.36%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.70%) REST
2 58 (3.59%) .NET
3 45 (2.78%) Kafka
4 38 (2.35%) Pandas
5 34 (2.10%) JSON
5 34 (2.10%) XML
6 33 (2.04%) Middleware
7 32 (1.98%) RESTful
8 30 (1.86%) HTML
9 29 (1.79%) SOAP
10 28 (1.73%) CSS
11 26 (1.61%) scikit-learn
12 25 (1.55%) PySpark
13 24 (1.48%) Web Services
14 21 (1.30%) NumPy
14 21 (1.30%) React
15 20 (1.24%) PyTorch
15 20 (1.24%) SAML
16 19 (1.18%) OAuth
17 18 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 148 (9.15%) Analytical Mindset
2 98 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 63 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 61 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.46%) Data Structures
6 45 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
7 40 (2.47%) Cloud Native
8 38 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
9 36 (2.23%) Management Information System
10 35 (2.16%) Algorithms
11 33 (2.04%) Data Centre
11 33 (2.04%) Fixed Income
11 33 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 30 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
12 30 (1.86%) Derivative
13 28 (1.73%) Equities
14 24 (1.48%) Virtual Team
15 22 (1.36%) Credit Risk
16 19 (1.18%) Security Posture
17 17 (1.05%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 90 (5.57%) Windows
2 61 (3.77%) Linux
3 31 (1.92%) Unix
4 14 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.62%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.56%) Android
8 5 (0.31%) Solaris
9 4 (0.25%) AIX
9 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.062%) SUSE
10 1 (0.062%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (47.43%) Problem-Solving
2 427 (26.41%) Agile
3 363 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 298 (18.43%) Analytics
5 278 (17.19%) AI
6 277 (17.13%) Decision-Making
7 276 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 243 (15.03%) Data Modelling
9 200 (12.37%) Validation
10 198 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 197 (12.18%) Business Intelligence
12 177 (10.95%) Data Analysis
13 176 (10.88%) DevOps
14 169 (10.45%) Migration
15 163 (10.08%) CI/CD
16 141 (8.72%) User Acceptance Testing
17 135 (8.35%) User Stories
18 134 (8.29%) Data Pipeline
18 134 (8.29%) Visualisation
19 133 (8.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 456 (28.20%) SQL
2 369 (22.82%) Python
3 97 (6.00%) Java
4 88 (5.44%) C#
5 54 (3.34%) JavaScript
6 50 (3.09%) PowerShell
7 43 (2.66%) TypeScript
8 34 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 29 (1.79%) C++
9 29 (1.79%) R
10 26 (1.61%) PL/SQL
11 21 (1.30%) Bash
11 21 (1.30%) T-SQL
12 20 (1.24%) Scala
13 9 (0.56%) C
14 8 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.49%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.49%) VBA
15 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 195 (12.06%) Degree
2 193 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 133 (8.23%) SC Cleared
4 58 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 39 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.16%) CISSP
8 28 (1.73%) PMP
9 27 (1.67%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.48%) CISM
11 20 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.99%) CISA
13 15 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 15 (0.93%) CRISC
14 14 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (0.80%) ACCA
15 13 (0.80%) DV Cleared
15 13 (0.80%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (13.05%) Data Quality
2 121 (7.48%) QA
3 75 (4.64%) GDPR
3 75 (4.64%) PMO
4 50 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 49 (3.03%) NIST
6 38 (2.35%) SLA
7 27 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
8 26 (1.61%) COBIT
9 25 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 24 (1.48%) Accessibility
11 22 (1.36%) GRC
12 20 (1.24%) PCI DSS
13 17 (1.05%) IFRS
14 14 (0.87%) ISO 20022
15 8 (0.49%) MiFID
15 8 (0.49%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.43%) GAAP
17 6 (0.37%) NCSC
17 6 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 54 (3.34%) Docker
2 50 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.25%) Firmware
7 3 (0.19%) IAG
7 3 (0.19%) Postfix
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.062%) RACF
9 1 (0.062%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.062%) vSphere
9 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (3.22%) Kubernetes
2 42 (2.60%) Terraform
3 22 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.24%) Ansible
5 19 (1.18%) Grafana
6 12 (0.74%) SCCM
7 11 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.49%) Kibana
9 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.19%) Control-M
12 3 (0.19%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.12%) Istio
13 2 (0.12%) Nessus
13 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 1 (0.062%) HAProxy
14 1 (0.062%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.062%) QRadar
14 1 (0.062%) vMotion
Vendors
1 246 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 132 (8.16%) Oracle
3 93 (5.75%) SAP
4 86 (5.32%) Salesforce
5 70 (4.33%) ServiceNow
6 69 (4.27%) Databricks
7 62 (3.83%) Google
8 23 (1.42%) Workday
9 20 (1.24%) Informatica
10 19 (1.18%) Adobe
10 19 (1.18%) Cisco
10 19 (1.18%) Dynatrace
10 19 (1.18%) Splunk
11 17 (1.05%) IBM
12 16 (0.99%) Bloomberg
13 15 (0.93%) Murex
13 15 (0.93%) VMware
14 14 (0.87%) Tenable
15 13 (0.80%) Alteryx
16 11 (0.68%) Palo Alto