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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 1,904 1,568 1,371
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.48% 11.71% 8.44%
As % of the General category 15.56% 17.00% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,009 873
10th Percentile £350 £313 £319
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £656 £650 £669
90th Percentile £761 £775 £761
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 24
10th Percentile £19.72 £18.15 £17.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £26.59 £22.75
Median hourly rate £36.00 £34.74 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -17.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.30 £58.88 £65.02
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year +10.77% +49.43% -51.67%

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 12,238 9,225 10,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.95% 68.92% 62.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,791 6,124 6,922
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £423 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 186 137
10th Percentile £18.50 £16.17 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £24.18
Median hourly rate £28.40 £32.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% -11.64% +14.35%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.50 £51.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.25 £65.42
England median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.94% -34.02% +38.62%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -10 219 £550 - 379
West London +4 81 £536 +30.00% 156
South London -1 34 £550 -12.00% 25
East London +1 13 £463 +42.31% 35
North London +3 4 £500 - 3
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 85 (4.46%) Confluence
2 47 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.10%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (1.47%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.37%) CMS
6 21 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 19 (1.00%) Apache
8 10 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.47%) SAS
10 8 (0.42%) JBoss
10 8 (0.42%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.42%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.37%) Jupyter
12 6 (0.32%) IIS
13 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
13 5 (0.26%) Appian
14 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 4 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
15 3 (0.16%) Camunda
Applications
1 181 (9.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 65 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.10%) MS Visio
5 25 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 11 (0.58%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.37%) CPLEX
9 4 (0.21%) Trello
10 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.11%) Notion
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.053%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 26 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.79%) Aladdin
5 13 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.53%) Finacle
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.47%) Shopify
8 8 (0.42%) iTrent
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.26%) Magento
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.26%) SAP GRC
10 5 (0.26%) Summit
11 4 (0.21%) Findur
11 4 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 385 (20.22%) Azure
2 270 (14.18%) AWS
3 234 (12.29%) Power Platform
4 100 (5.25%) GCP
5 84 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (4.10%) SaaS
7 76 (3.99%) GitHub
8 69 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
9 67 (3.52%) Entra ID
10 62 (3.26%) Snowflake
11 44 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
12 41 (2.15%) Serverless
13 40 (2.10%) dbt
14 35 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
16 29 (1.52%) Amazon S3
17 28 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 26 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
19 21 (1.10%) PaaS
20 19 (1.00%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.42%) Firewall
2 37 (1.94%) DNS
3 32 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 30 (1.58%) Network Security
5 28 (1.47%) VPN
6 21 (1.10%) DHCP
7 19 (1.00%) WAN
8 16 (0.84%) HTTP
9 15 (0.79%) SSL
10 14 (0.74%) BGP
11 13 (0.68%) SAN
12 11 (0.58%) 5G
12 11 (0.58%) Kerberos
12 11 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
12 11 (0.58%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.58%) VLAN
13 10 (0.53%) MPLS
13 10 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (0.47%) 4G
15 8 (0.42%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (11.08%) Power BI
2 108 (5.67%) Data Warehouse
3 100 (5.25%) SQL Server
4 81 (4.25%) Tableau
5 80 (4.20%) Relational Database
6 76 (3.99%) Metadata
7 58 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (1.79%) Data Lake
8 34 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 31 (1.63%) Big Data
10 28 (1.47%) Oracle Database
11 26 (1.37%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.26%) Delta Lake
13 23 (1.21%) Power Query
13 23 (1.21%) RDBMS
14 22 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 19 (1.00%) BigQuery
16 18 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
17 16 (0.84%) Hadoop
17 16 (0.84%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 186 (9.77%) JIRA
2 92 (4.83%) Git
3 52 (2.73%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.58%) Selenium
5 22 (1.16%) JMeter
6 21 (1.10%) GitLab
7 16 (0.84%) Postman
8 15 (0.79%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.74%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.74%) LoadRunner
10 13 (0.68%) ERwin
11 10 (0.53%) Gatling
11 10 (0.53%) Maven
11 10 (0.53%) REST Assured
12 9 (0.47%) ER Studio
12 9 (0.47%) Gradle
12 9 (0.47%) JUnit
12 9 (0.47%) SonarQube
13 8 (0.42%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 975 (51.21%) Social Skills
2 756 (39.71%) Finance
3 283 (14.86%) Banking
4 156 (8.19%) Public Sector
5 101 (5.30%) Front Office
6 94 (4.94%) Marketing
7 88 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
8 84 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
9 74 (3.89%) Legal
9 74 (3.89%) Retail
10 71 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
11 61 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 58 (3.05%) Investment Banking
12 58 (3.05%) Telecoms
13 57 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
14 41 (2.15%) Local Government
15 40 (2.10%) Financial Institution
16 28 (1.47%) Back Office
17 20 (1.05%) Law
17 20 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 477 (25.05%) Analyst
2 229 (12.03%) Business Analyst
3 220 (11.55%) Senior
4 173 (9.09%) Developer
5 139 (7.30%) Architect
6 133 (6.99%) Lead
7 102 (5.36%) Data Engineer
8 99 (5.20%) Data Analyst
9 76 (3.99%) Consultant
10 62 (3.26%) Data Scientist
11 54 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
12 53 (2.78%) Project Manager
13 46 (2.42%) Senior Developer
14 35 (1.84%) Support Engineer
15 34 (1.79%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (1.68%) Financial Analyst
16 32 (1.68%) Senior Manager
17 31 (1.63%) Technical Analyst
18 30 (1.58%) Technical Business Analyst
19 27 (1.42%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (6.09%) REST
2 85 (4.46%) .NET
3 67 (3.52%) Terraform
4 57 (2.99%) Kafka
5 53 (2.78%) RESTful
6 46 (2.42%) JSON
7 45 (2.36%) Middleware
8 44 (2.31%) XML
9 41 (2.15%) PySpark
9 41 (2.15%) Web Services
10 40 (2.10%) HTML
10 40 (2.10%) SOAP
11 33 (1.73%) CSS
11 33 (1.73%) React
12 30 (1.58%) Pandas
12 30 (1.58%) Spring
13 25 (1.31%) OAuth
13 25 (1.31%) Spring Boot
14 22 (1.16%) AngularJS
15 21 (1.10%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 162 (8.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 142 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 115 (6.04%) Onboarding
4 77 (4.04%) Data Structures
5 75 (3.94%) Cloud Native
6 63 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
7 62 (3.26%) Management Information System
8 59 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
9 48 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
11 34 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 33 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
13 30 (1.58%) AI Agents
13 30 (1.58%) Derivative
14 29 (1.52%) Data Centre
14 29 (1.52%) Fixed Income
15 28 (1.47%) Equities
16 26 (1.37%) Algorithms
16 26 (1.37%) Reference Data
17 23 (1.21%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 128 (6.72%) Linux
2 122 (6.41%) Windows
3 47 (2.47%) Unix
4 24 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (1.00%) Windows 10
7 17 (0.89%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.89%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.74%) Android
9 7 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.32%) Solaris
11 5 (0.26%) AIX
12 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.11%) SUSE
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.053%) OpenWrt
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
1 987 (51.84%) Problem-Solving
2 607 (31.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 569 (29.88%) Agile
4 384 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 376 (19.75%) Analytics
6 356 (18.70%) AI
7 344 (18.07%) Decision-Making
8 275 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 250 (13.13%) Data Modelling
10 246 (12.92%) Business Intelligence
11 241 (12.66%) Validation
12 240 (12.61%) DevOps
13 236 (12.39%) CI/CD
14 215 (11.29%) Migration
15 192 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
16 187 (9.82%) Data Analysis
17 172 (9.03%) Roadmaps
18 170 (8.93%) Data Pipeline
19 165 (8.67%) User Stories
20 159 (8.35%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 546 (28.68%) SQL
2 437 (22.95%) Python
3 130 (6.83%) Java
4 101 (5.30%) C#
5 95 (4.99%) JavaScript
6 76 (3.99%) PowerShell
7 47 (2.47%) Bash
7 47 (2.47%) TypeScript
8 35 (1.84%) R
9 34 (1.79%) C++
10 30 (1.58%) PL/SQL
11 28 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 25 (1.31%) T-SQL
13 16 (0.84%) Perl
13 16 (0.84%) Scala
14 15 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 13 (0.68%) Korn
16 9 (0.47%) Go
16 9 (0.47%) Ruby
17 8 (0.42%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 266 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 239 (12.55%) Degree
3 209 (10.98%) SC Cleared
4 71 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (2.00%) CISSP
6 36 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (1.42%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.42%) PMP
8 25 (1.31%) CISM
8 25 (1.31%) PMI Certification
9 24 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.00%) ACCA
13 18 (0.95%) CIMA
14 17 (0.89%) ISTQB
14 17 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (0.68%) CCNP
15 13 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 245 (12.87%) Data Quality
2 151 (7.93%) QA
3 87 (4.57%) PMO
4 54 (2.84%) GDPR
5 51 (2.68%) SLA
6 46 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (2.21%) NIST
8 31 (1.63%) Accessibility
9 27 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 26 (1.37%) GRC
11 20 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 19 (1.00%) COBIT
13 17 (0.89%) IFRS
14 12 (0.63%) ISO 20022
15 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
15 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.32%) ISO 15022
16 6 (0.32%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.32%) WCAG
17 5 (0.26%) GAAP
System Software
1 77 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 76 (3.99%) Docker
3 22 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.47%) IAG
6 6 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.11%) Firmware
9 2 (0.11%) Postfix
9 2 (0.11%) Squid
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.053%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.053%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.053%) NFS
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.053%) RACF
Systems Management
1 79 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.42%) Ansible
3 32 (1.68%) Grafana
4 29 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 15 (0.79%) SCCM
6 14 (0.74%) Control-M
7 12 (0.63%) Kibana
8 11 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.37%) Puppet
9 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (0.26%) HP Fortify
10 5 (0.26%) Istio
11 4 (0.21%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.21%) systemd
12 3 (0.16%) Cilium
12 3 (0.16%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.11%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 323 (16.96%) Microsoft
2 168 (8.82%) Oracle
3 103 (5.41%) SAP
4 93 (4.88%) ServiceNow
5 81 (4.25%) Databricks
6 72 (3.78%) Google
7 63 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 48 (2.52%) Splunk
9 35 (1.84%) IBM
10 32 (1.68%) Cisco
10 32 (1.68%) Dynatrace
11 29 (1.52%) VMware
12 24 (1.26%) Adobe
13 22 (1.16%) CyberArk
14 21 (1.10%) Workday
15 20 (1.05%) Alteryx
15 20 (1.05%) Informatica
16 16 (0.84%) Apple
16 16 (0.84%) Sitecore
17 15 (0.79%) Red Hat