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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 20
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,879 1,601 1,361
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.32% 11.78% 8.37%
As % of the General category 15.38% 17.21% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,149 1,026 897
10th Percentile £350 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 31 21
10th Percentile £19.48 £11.96 £17.25
25th Percentile £27.14 £24.76 £26.56
Median hourly rate £39.00 £34.48 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.11% -18.87% -10.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.13 £53.75
90th Percentile £72.08 £58.75 £65.03
England median hourly rate £38.72 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +19.14% +44.44% -48.19%

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 12,217 9,302 10,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.60% 68.42% 62.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,786 6,198 7,176
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
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 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 182 142
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.71 £24.18
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £44.31 £50.31 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.23 £67.80
England median hourly rate £33.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +31.21% -34.02% +30.32%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -8 236 £550 - 306
West London +1 77 £520 +26.06% 64
South London +6 39 £513 -18.00% 20
East London -2 9 £400 +23.00% 34
North London 0 3 £450 - 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 84 (4.47%) Confluence
2 36 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
3 35 (1.86%) SharePoint
4 30 (1.60%) CMS
5 28 (1.49%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.06%) Apache
6 20 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.43%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.43%) Sitecore CMS
8 8 (0.43%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.32%) SAS
10 5 (0.27%) Appian
10 5 (0.27%) IIS
10 5 (0.27%) JBoss
11 4 (0.21%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.16%) Camunda
13 2 (0.11%) Mule
Applications
1 170 (9.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.67%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (2.24%) MS Visio
5 30 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
7 12 (0.64%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.21%) CPLEX
8 4 (0.21%) Trello
9 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.11%) Notion
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.053%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 22 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.80%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.53%) Finacle
5 10 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
6 9 (0.48%) Shopify
7 8 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 7 (0.37%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.37%) Loan IQ
9 5 (0.27%) iTrent
9 5 (0.27%) Magento
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
10 4 (0.21%) Findur
10 4 (0.21%) HFM
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.21%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 372 (19.80%) Azure
2 259 (13.78%) AWS
3 238 (12.67%) Power Platform
4 100 (5.32%) GCP
5 81 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (3.99%) SaaS
7 69 (3.67%) GitHub
8 65 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
9 60 (3.19%) Entra ID
10 53 (2.82%) Snowflake
11 47 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
12 37 (1.97%) Serverless
13 35 (1.86%) dbt
14 32 (1.70%) Amazon S3
14 32 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
15 30 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
16 28 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 26 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
18 23 (1.22%) PaaS
19 21 (1.12%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.55%) Firewall
2 39 (2.08%) DNS
3 28 (1.49%) VPN
4 27 (1.44%) Network Security
5 26 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 25 (1.33%) DHCP
7 16 (0.85%) WAN
8 15 (0.80%) VLAN
9 14 (0.75%) HTTP
10 13 (0.69%) SAN
10 13 (0.69%) SSL
11 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.53%) BGP
12 10 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.43%) 4G
13 8 (0.43%) 5G
14 7 (0.37%) MPLS
14 7 (0.37%) Multicast
14 7 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
14 7 (0.37%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (11.44%) Power BI
2 112 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
3 102 (5.43%) SQL Server
4 81 (4.31%) Tableau
5 77 (4.10%) Relational Database
6 75 (3.99%) Metadata
7 51 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
8 39 (2.08%) Data Lake
9 35 (1.86%) NoSQL
10 29 (1.54%) Big Data
10 29 (1.54%) MongoDB
11 25 (1.33%) Oracle Database
12 24 (1.28%) RDBMS
13 23 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (1.17%) BigQuery
15 19 (1.01%) Delta Lake
15 19 (1.01%) Power Query
16 17 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
16 17 (0.90%) Star Schema
17 16 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 189 (10.06%) JIRA
2 79 (4.20%) Git
3 41 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.28%) Selenium
5 16 (0.85%) ERwin
5 16 (0.85%) GitLab
6 14 (0.75%) JMeter
7 12 (0.64%) JUnit
8 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 11 (0.59%) Maven
9 10 (0.53%) REST Assured
10 9 (0.48%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.48%) ER Studio
10 9 (0.48%) Postman
10 9 (0.48%) Zephyr
11 8 (0.43%) Chocolatey
11 8 (0.43%) Gatling
11 8 (0.43%) Gradle
11 8 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
General
1 926 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 748 (39.81%) Finance
3 280 (14.90%) Banking
4 162 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 103 (5.48%) Marketing
6 94 (5.00%) Front Office
7 91 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
8 80 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
9 77 (4.10%) Legal
10 67 (3.57%) Retail
11 58 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
12 57 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
13 56 (2.98%) Investment Banking
14 52 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 47 (2.50%) Telecoms
16 43 (2.29%) Financial Institution
17 30 (1.60%) Local Government
18 27 (1.44%) Back Office
19 22 (1.17%) Publishing
20 19 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 480 (25.55%) Analyst
2 241 (12.83%) Business Analyst
3 212 (11.28%) Senior
4 170 (9.05%) Developer
5 130 (6.92%) Lead
6 128 (6.81%) Architect
7 109 (5.80%) Data Engineer
8 105 (5.59%) Data Analyst
9 86 (4.58%) Consultant
10 68 (3.62%) Data Scientist
11 62 (3.30%) Project Manager
12 51 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
13 44 (2.34%) Senior Developer
14 34 (1.81%) Senior Manager
15 30 (1.60%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (1.60%) Technical Business Analyst
16 29 (1.54%) Support Engineer
17 28 (1.49%) Financial Analyst
17 28 (1.49%) Technical Analyst
18 27 (1.44%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (5.75%) REST
2 69 (3.67%) .NET
3 49 (2.61%) Kafka
3 49 (2.61%) RESTful
4 47 (2.50%) JSON
5 41 (2.18%) XML
6 39 (2.08%) Pandas
6 39 (2.08%) SOAP
7 37 (1.97%) HTML
8 36 (1.92%) Web Services
9 34 (1.81%) CSS
10 32 (1.70%) PySpark
10 32 (1.70%) React
11 31 (1.65%) Middleware
12 27 (1.44%) scikit-learn
12 27 (1.44%) Spring
13 24 (1.28%) AngularJS
14 23 (1.22%) PyTorch
14 23 (1.22%) Spring Boot
15 22 (1.17%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 174 (9.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 133 (7.08%) Product Ownership
3 109 (5.80%) Onboarding
4 81 (4.31%) Data Structures
5 73 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (2.93%) Cloud Native
7 54 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
7 54 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 39 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 36 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 34 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (1.81%) Fixed Income
11 32 (1.70%) Derivative
12 31 (1.65%) Data Centre
13 30 (1.60%) Algorithms
14 28 (1.49%) AI Agents
15 27 (1.44%) Equities
16 24 (1.28%) CMDB
17 23 (1.22%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 127 (6.76%) Windows
2 101 (5.38%) Linux
3 34 (1.81%) Unix
4 23 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 15 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.64%) Android
9 7 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.32%) Solaris
11 5 (0.27%) AIX
12 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.11%) SUSE
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.053%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.053%) VMS
14 1 (0.053%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 928 (49.39%) Problem-Solving
2 570 (30.34%) Agile
3 533 (28.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 363 (19.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 362 (19.27%) Analytics
6 341 (18.15%) AI
7 331 (17.62%) Decision-Making
8 266 (14.16%) Data Modelling
9 260 (13.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 248 (13.20%) Business Intelligence
11 234 (12.45%) DevOps
12 233 (12.40%) Validation
13 208 (11.07%) CI/CD
14 203 (10.80%) Migration
15 179 (9.53%) Data Analysis
16 176 (9.37%) Data Pipeline
17 169 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing
18 163 (8.67%) Roadmaps
19 160 (8.52%) User Stories
20 157 (8.36%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 535 (28.47%) SQL
2 401 (21.34%) Python
3 121 (6.44%) Java
4 89 (4.74%) C#
5 86 (4.58%) JavaScript
6 74 (3.94%) PowerShell
7 47 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 34 (1.81%) Bash
9 33 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 32 (1.70%) R
11 31 (1.65%) C++
12 26 (1.38%) PL/SQL
12 26 (1.38%) T-SQL
13 15 (0.80%) Scala
14 10 (0.53%) Apex Code
14 10 (0.53%) VBA
15 9 (0.48%) Perl
15 9 (0.48%) Ruby
15 9 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 243 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 231 (12.29%) Degree
3 183 (9.74%) SC Cleared
4 74 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (2.13%) CISSP
6 34 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 28 (1.49%) PMP
9 27 (1.44%) CISM
10 26 (1.38%) PMI Certification
11 24 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.17%) Azure Certification
13 19 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.90%) DV Cleared
15 15 (0.80%) CRISC
15 15 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
16 14 (0.75%) CCNP
17 13 (0.69%) ACCA
17 13 (0.69%) CISA
18 12 (0.64%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (13.46%) Data Quality
2 142 (7.56%) QA
3 96 (5.11%) PMO
4 61 (3.25%) GDPR
5 51 (2.71%) SLA
6 48 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 48 (2.55%) NIST
7 35 (1.86%) Accessibility
8 30 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 25 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 23 (1.22%) COBIT
11 21 (1.12%) GRC
12 14 (0.75%) IFRS
13 12 (0.64%) ISO 20022
14 11 (0.59%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.37%) WCAG
17 6 (0.32%) GAAP
17 6 (0.32%) MiFID
System Software
1 77 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 68 (3.62%) Docker
3 16 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.48%) IAG
6 6 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.27%) Firmware
8 4 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.16%) Postfix
9 3 (0.16%) vSphere
10 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.11%) Squid
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.053%) NFS
11 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.053%) RACF
11 1 (0.053%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 67 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 62 (3.30%) Terraform
3 39 (2.08%) Ansible
4 32 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (1.28%) Grafana
6 16 (0.85%) SCCM
7 12 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 10 (0.53%) Control-M
10 9 (0.48%) Kibana
11 5 (0.27%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.21%) Puppet
12 4 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (0.21%) systemd
13 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.16%) RSA Archer
14 2 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
14 2 (0.11%) SCOM
14 2 (0.11%) Tivoli
14 2 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 307 (16.34%) Microsoft
2 157 (8.36%) Oracle
3 96 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 93 (4.95%) SAP
5 74 (3.94%) Google
6 67 (3.57%) Databricks
6 67 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 36 (1.92%) Splunk
8 31 (1.65%) Dynatrace
9 29 (1.54%) IBM
10 27 (1.44%) VMware
11 26 (1.38%) Cisco
12 24 (1.28%) Adobe
13 22 (1.17%) CyberArk
14 21 (1.12%) Workday
15 18 (0.96%) Alteryx
15 18 (0.96%) Informatica
16 16 (0.85%) Apple
16 16 (0.85%) Sitecore
17 15 (0.80%) Tenable