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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,629 1,477 1,422
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.64% 12.03% 8.04%
As % of the General category 14.39% 17.67% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 939 986
10th Percentile £350 £318 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
England median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 34 42
10th Percentile £19.12 £11.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £26.59 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £42.75 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +85.87% -43.21%
75th Percentile £52.49 £55.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.30 £68.13 £64.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +71.05% -56.68%

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 11,320 8,360 11,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.06% 68.09% 62.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,279 5,588 7,924
10th Percentile £350 £338 £332
25th Percentile £431 £428 £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 £520 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 149 239
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.90
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +14.39% +0.53%
75th Percentile £47.13 £51.25 £48.13
90th Percentile £69.25 £65.50 £66.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.17 £31.97
% change year-on-year +15.39% -11.90% +4.32%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -8 209 £525 -4.55% 222
West London +3 74 £516 +29.06% 48
South London +3 32 £488 -22.00% 12
East London -5 9 £400 -7.03% 29
North London - 1 - - 6
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 (4.60%) Confluence
2 30 (1.84%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 25 (1.53%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.04%) Apache
6 14 (0.86%) CMS
6 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.37%) SAS
8 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.25%) IIS
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.18%) Camunda
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.061%) Appian
12 1 (0.061%) nginx
12 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.061%) Traefik
Applications
1 153 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 50 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
4 42 (2.58%) MS Visio
5 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.61%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Notion
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.061%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.74%) Aladdin
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.55%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
6 7 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (0.37%) Finacle
7 6 (0.37%) Loan IQ
7 6 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 6 (0.37%) Shopify
7 6 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
7 6 (0.37%) Summit
8 5 (0.31%) Magento
9 4 (0.25%) HFM
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 333 (20.44%) Azure
2 227 (13.93%) AWS
3 206 (12.65%) Power Platform
4 83 (5.10%) GCP
5 78 (4.79%) SaaS
6 69 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
8 60 (3.68%) GitHub
9 42 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (2.27%) Entra ID
11 34 (2.09%) Amazon S3
11 34 (2.09%) Snowflake
12 33 (2.03%) Serverless
13 29 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
14 28 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
14 28 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (1.53%) dbt
16 24 (1.47%) PaaS
17 21 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 20 (1.23%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.58%) Firewall
2 24 (1.47%) DNS
3 22 (1.35%) Network Security
4 21 (1.29%) VPN
5 18 (1.10%) DHCP
5 18 (1.10%) WAN
6 15 (0.92%) SD-WAN
6 15 (0.92%) TCP/IP
7 13 (0.80%) SAN
8 11 (0.68%) BGP
9 10 (0.61%) VLAN
10 9 (0.55%) OSPF
11 8 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
11 8 (0.49%) VXLAN
11 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.43%) Internet
12 7 (0.43%) MPLS
13 6 (0.37%) 5G
13 6 (0.37%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (11.17%) Power BI
2 90 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.73%) Tableau
5 57 (3.50%) Relational Database
6 53 (3.25%) Metadata
7 38 (2.33%) Data Lake
8 37 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 29 (1.78%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.60%) Big Data
11 22 (1.35%) BigQuery
11 22 (1.35%) MongoDB
11 22 (1.35%) Power Query
11 22 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
13 18 (1.10%) RDBMS
14 17 (1.04%) Star Schema
15 16 (0.98%) Oracle Database
16 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 162 (9.94%) JIRA
2 61 (3.74%) Git
3 26 (1.60%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.35%) Selenium
5 12 (0.74%) REST Assured
6 11 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 11 (0.68%) Cypress.io
6 11 (0.68%) GitLab
6 11 (0.68%) MLflow
6 11 (0.68%) Postman
7 10 (0.61%) ERwin
8 8 (0.49%) JUnit
8 8 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.37%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.37%) JMeter
9 6 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.37%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 733 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 630 (38.67%) Finance
3 235 (14.43%) Banking
4 137 (8.41%) Public Sector
5 90 (5.52%) Marketing
6 78 (4.79%) Legal
7 76 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
8 70 (4.30%) Front Office
9 66 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
10 59 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
11 52 (3.19%) Investment Banking
12 45 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 45 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (2.76%) Telecoms
13 43 (2.64%) Retail
14 39 (2.39%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.29%) Back Office
16 19 (1.17%) Law
17 17 (1.04%) Publishing
18 16 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 435 (26.70%) Analyst
2 218 (13.38%) Business Analyst
3 155 (9.52%) Senior
4 142 (8.72%) Developer
5 114 (7.00%) Lead
6 106 (6.51%) Architect
7 100 (6.14%) Data Analyst
8 95 (5.83%) Data Engineer
9 90 (5.52%) Consultant
10 58 (3.56%) Data Scientist
11 46 (2.82%) Project Manager
12 39 (2.39%) Senior Analyst
13 36 (2.21%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (1.96%) Senior Developer
15 30 (1.84%) Financial Analyst
16 29 (1.78%) Senior Business Analyst
17 23 (1.41%) Technical Analyst
18 22 (1.35%) Senior Manager
18 22 (1.35%) Support Engineer
18 22 (1.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.67%) REST
2 58 (3.56%) .NET
3 47 (2.89%) Kafka
4 38 (2.33%) Pandas
5 36 (2.21%) JSON
6 34 (2.09%) Middleware
6 34 (2.09%) RESTful
6 34 (2.09%) XML
7 30 (1.84%) HTML
8 29 (1.78%) SOAP
9 28 (1.72%) CSS
9 28 (1.72%) scikit-learn
10 26 (1.60%) PySpark
11 24 (1.47%) Web Services
12 21 (1.29%) NumPy
12 21 (1.29%) PyTorch
12 21 (1.29%) React
13 19 (1.17%) SAML
14 18 (1.10%) OAuth
14 18 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 147 (9.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 99 (6.08%) Product Ownership
3 65 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 63 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
5 61 (3.74%) Data Structures
6 45 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
7 43 (2.64%) Cloud Native
7 43 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
8 39 (2.39%) Algorithms
8 39 (2.39%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.03%) Data Centre
9 33 (2.03%) Fixed Income
10 32 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 30 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
11 30 (1.84%) Derivative
12 28 (1.72%) Equities
13 24 (1.47%) Virtual Team
14 22 (1.35%) Credit Risk
15 19 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.77%) Windows
2 64 (3.93%) Linux
3 31 (1.90%) Unix
4 15 (0.92%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.61%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.55%) Android
8 5 (0.31%) Solaris
9 4 (0.25%) AIX
9 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.061%) SUSE
10 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
2 430 (26.40%) Agile
3 371 (22.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 300 (18.42%) Analytics
5 284 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 281 (17.25%) AI
7 277 (17.00%) Decision-Making
8 246 (15.10%) Data Modelling
9 202 (12.40%) Validation
10 200 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
11 199 (12.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 181 (11.11%) DevOps
13 177 (10.87%) Data Analysis
14 175 (10.74%) Migration
15 166 (10.19%) CI/CD
16 142 (8.72%) User Acceptance Testing
17 137 (8.41%) Data Pipeline
18 136 (8.35%) Roadmaps
19 135 (8.29%) User Stories
19 135 (8.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 462 (28.36%) SQL
2 376 (23.08%) Python
3 99 (6.08%) Java
4 89 (5.46%) C#
5 54 (3.31%) JavaScript
6 53 (3.25%) PowerShell
7 43 (2.64%) TypeScript
8 36 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 31 (1.90%) C++
10 30 (1.84%) R
11 26 (1.60%) PL/SQL
12 21 (1.29%) T-SQL
13 20 (1.23%) Bash
13 20 (1.23%) Scala
14 9 (0.55%) VBA
15 8 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.43%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.43%) C
16 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 197 (12.09%) Degree
1 197 (12.09%) Security Cleared
2 137 (8.41%) SC Cleared
3 59 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 40 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 40 (2.46%) Master's Degree
5 36 (2.21%) CISSP
6 27 (1.66%) PMP
7 26 (1.60%) PMI Certification
8 25 (1.53%) CISM
9 20 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 16 (0.98%) CISA
11 15 (0.92%) CRISC
11 15 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
11 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.80%) ACCA
12 13 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 13 (0.80%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (13.01%) Data Quality
2 121 (7.43%) QA
3 75 (4.60%) GDPR
4 74 (4.54%) PMO
5 51 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 49 (3.01%) NIST
7 39 (2.39%) SLA
8 27 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 27 (1.66%) COBIT
9 25 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 24 (1.47%) Accessibility
11 22 (1.35%) GRC
12 20 (1.23%) PCI DSS
13 17 (1.04%) IFRS
14 14 (0.86%) ISO 20022
15 8 (0.49%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.43%) GAAP
16 7 (0.43%) MiFID
17 6 (0.37%) NCSC
17 6 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 56 (3.44%) Docker
2 52 (3.19%) 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 (0.18%) IAG
7 3 (0.18%) Postfix
8 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.12%) NFS
8 2 (0.12%) Squid
8 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.061%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.061%) RACF
9 1 (0.061%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.061%) vSphere
9 1 (0.061%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (3.38%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.70%) Terraform
3 23 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.29%) Ansible
5 20 (1.23%) Grafana
6 12 (0.74%) SCCM
7 10 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.49%) Kibana
9 6 (0.37%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.25%) HP ALM
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Nessus
12 2 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.12%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.061%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.061%) SCOM
13 1 (0.061%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 251 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.04%) Oracle
3 93 (5.71%) SAP
4 84 (5.16%) Salesforce
5 74 (4.54%) ServiceNow
6 69 (4.24%) Databricks
7 62 (3.81%) Google
8 23 (1.41%) Workday
9 21 (1.29%) Splunk
10 20 (1.23%) Informatica
11 19 (1.17%) Adobe
11 19 (1.17%) Cisco
12 18 (1.10%) Dynatrace
13 17 (1.04%) IBM
14 15 (0.92%) Bloomberg
14 15 (0.92%) Murex
14 15 (0.92%) VMware
15 14 (0.86%) Tenable
16 13 (0.80%) Alteryx
17 12 (0.74%) Apple