Analytics Contract Job Trends in London

Analytics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 27 32
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Analytics 1,313 1,122 1,166
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.13% 7.38% 6.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.97% 8.19% 6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 757 826
10th Percentile £358 £365 £386
25th Percentile £425 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 26
10th Percentile £30.96 £31.19 £17.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £35.00 £24.69
Median hourly rate £46.00 £37.50 £33.85
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% +10.80% -24.79%
75th Percentile £72.50 £60.75 £47.87
90th Percentile £87.50 £63.75 £59.13
England median hourly rate £46.50 £33.50 £40.47
% change year-on-year +38.81% -17.22% +15.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,166 13,695 16,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.05% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,682 8,808 12,056
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 165 236
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +5.80% -11.25%
75th Percentile £48.44 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £74.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Analytics job vacancy trend in London

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytics

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in London

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Analytics

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in London

Analytics
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 Analytics within the London region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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 +2 194 £528 -14.92% 87
West London +2 31 £563 +20.97% 58
South London +2 13 £500 -16.67% 31
East London -1 9 £495 -8.33% 43
North London - 2 - - 3
Analytics
England

Analytics
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 52 (3.96%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 40 (3.05%) Apache
4 28 (2.13%) Confluence
5 24 (1.83%) CMS
5 24 (1.83%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.61%) SAS
8 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.46%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.30%) WordPress
11 3 (0.23%) Apache Superset
12 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.15%) Drupal
12 2 (0.15%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.076%) Apache Pig
13 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.076%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 79 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.22%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.23%) Notion
8 3 (0.23%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.076%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.076%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.84%) SAP HR
3 6 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.23%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.23%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.15%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.15%) Endur
6 2 (0.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.15%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP FS
6 2 (0.15%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 415 (31.61%) Azure
2 288 (21.93%) AWS
3 252 (19.19%) Power Platform
4 123 (9.37%) GCP
5 102 (7.77%) Snowflake
6 95 (7.24%) Azure DevOps
7 87 (6.63%) Azure Data Factory
8 86 (6.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 72 (5.48%) GitHub
10 68 (5.18%) Serverless
11 62 (4.72%) SaaS
12 57 (4.34%) Azure Monitor
13 56 (4.27%) Amazon S3
14 52 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
15 47 (3.58%) dbt
16 40 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
16 40 (3.05%) Entra ID
17 36 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
18 33 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
19 31 (2.36%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.36%) Firewall
2 18 (1.37%) DNS
3 15 (1.14%) VPN
4 12 (0.91%) Network Security
5 9 (0.69%) SMS
6 7 (0.53%) DHCP
6 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.53%) WAN
7 4 (0.30%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.23%) HTTP
8 3 (0.23%) LAN
8 3 (0.23%) MPLS
8 3 (0.23%) SSL
9 2 (0.15%) 2G
9 2 (0.15%) BGP
9 2 (0.15%) Internet
9 2 (0.15%) ISDN
9 2 (0.15%) SNMP
9 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (18.13%) Power BI
2 145 (11.04%) Data Warehouse
3 102 (7.77%) Data Lake
4 93 (7.08%) Tableau
5 77 (5.86%) Metadata
6 44 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
7 42 (3.20%) BigQuery
8 36 (2.74%) Relational Database
9 34 (2.59%) SQL Server
10 33 (2.51%) Big Data
11 32 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
11 32 (2.44%) Delta Lake
11 32 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
12 30 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
13 29 (2.21%) Data Vault
14 27 (2.06%) Looker
15 25 (1.90%) NoSQL
15 25 (1.90%) Star Schema
16 21 (1.60%) Power Query
17 19 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 81 (6.17%) JIRA
2 68 (5.18%) Git
3 17 (1.29%) GitLab
4 15 (1.14%) ERwin
4 15 (1.14%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.84%) PowerDesigner
6 9 (0.69%) ER Studio
6 9 (0.69%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 7 (0.53%) MLflow
7 7 (0.53%) Postman
7 7 (0.53%) Xcode
8 6 (0.46%) Android Studio
9 5 (0.38%) Gradle
9 5 (0.38%) Selenium
9 5 (0.38%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 464 (35.34%) Finance
2 431 (32.83%) Social Skills
3 298 (22.70%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (12.26%) Banking
5 127 (9.67%) Marketing
6 85 (6.47%) Public Sector
7 72 (5.48%) Front Office
8 57 (4.34%) Investment Banking
9 47 (3.58%) Retail
10 38 (2.89%) Legal
11 31 (2.36%) Financial Institution
12 28 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 19 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.45%) Manufacturing
17 17 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (1.22%) Advertising
19 15 (1.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 221 (16.83%) Developer
2 199 (15.16%) Analyst
3 175 (13.33%) Senior
4 142 (10.81%) Data Engineer
5 128 (9.75%) Architect
6 86 (6.55%) Business Analyst
7 71 (5.41%) Data Analyst
8 70 (5.33%) Lead
9 64 (4.87%) Consultant
10 56 (4.27%) Senior Developer
11 52 (3.96%) Data Scientist
12 48 (3.66%) Data Architect
13 45 (3.43%) Azure Engineer
14 36 (2.74%) Project Manager
15 31 (2.36%) Python Developer
16 28 (2.13%) Java Developer
17 27 (2.06%) Data Modeller
18 24 (1.83%) Azure Data Engineer
18 24 (1.83%) Snowflake Engineer
19 23 (1.75%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (5.41%) Kafka
2 64 (4.87%) PySpark
3 59 (4.49%) REST
4 45 (3.43%) Pandas
5 41 (3.12%) RESTful
6 39 (2.97%) .NET
6 39 (2.97%) NumPy
7 36 (2.74%) React
8 28 (2.13%) AngularJS
8 28 (2.13%) HTML
8 28 (2.13%) SOAP
9 27 (2.06%) Node.js
10 26 (1.98%) scikit-learn
11 24 (1.83%) TensorFlow
12 23 (1.75%) PyTorch
13 19 (1.45%) CSS
14 18 (1.37%) JSON
15 17 (1.29%) OAuth
16 16 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
17 14 (1.07%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 61 (4.65%) Data Structures
1 61 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 54 (4.11%) Cloud Native
3 46 (3.50%) Derivative
4 43 (3.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 39 (2.97%) Algorithms
5 39 (2.97%) Equities
6 38 (2.89%) Onboarding
7 35 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 30 (2.28%) Mobile App
9 29 (2.21%) Management Information System
10 27 (2.06%) Fixed Income
11 25 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.60%) Market Risk
13 21 (1.60%) Virtual Team
14 19 (1.45%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.36%) Windows
2 30 (2.28%) Linux
3 17 (1.29%) Apple iOS
4 13 (0.99%) Android
5 12 (0.91%) Unix
6 7 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.30%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.076%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.076%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.076%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
2 305 (23.23%) Agile
3 289 (22.01%) Data Modelling
4 281 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
5 227 (17.29%) CI/CD
6 219 (16.68%) ETL
7 205 (15.61%) Data Governance
8 204 (15.54%) AI
8 204 (15.54%) DevOps
9 197 (15.00%) Data Pipeline
10 187 (14.24%) Decision-Making
11 186 (14.17%) Data Engineering
12 173 (13.18%) Data Science
13 172 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 160 (12.19%) Machine Learning
15 156 (11.88%) Data Analytics
15 156 (11.88%) Visualisation
16 141 (10.74%) Actionable Insight
17 132 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 121 (9.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 476 (36.25%) SQL
2 411 (31.30%) Python
3 93 (7.08%) Java
4 75 (5.71%) JavaScript
5 56 (4.27%) C#
6 43 (3.27%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.36%) R
8 30 (2.28%) Bicep
9 29 (2.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 29 (2.21%) TypeScript
10 26 (1.98%) Bash
10 26 (1.98%) Kusto Query Language
11 25 (1.90%) C++
12 17 (1.29%) VBA
13 15 (1.14%) Scala
14 14 (1.07%) T-SQL
15 13 (0.99%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.99%) Swift
16 10 (0.76%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 134 (10.21%) Security Cleared
2 130 (9.90%) Degree
3 112 (8.53%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.12%) Master's Degree
5 35 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 20 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 18 (1.37%) PMI Certification
9 13 (0.99%) CISSP
9 13 (0.99%) PMP
10 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.69%) PhD
12 8 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.53%) CBAP
14 6 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.38%) CCNP
15 5 (0.38%) MCP
16 4 (0.30%) CISM
16 4 (0.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (13.86%) Data Quality
2 88 (6.70%) GDPR
3 50 (3.81%) QA
4 44 (3.35%) Accessibility
5 11 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (0.76%) HIPAA
7 9 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.69%) NIST
7 9 (0.69%) PMO
8 8 (0.61%) Solvency II
9 7 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (0.53%) PERC
10 6 (0.46%) GRC
10 6 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.46%) WCAG
11 4 (0.30%) GMP
11 4 (0.30%) MiFID
12 3 (0.23%) ITGC
12 3 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 73 (5.56%) Docker
2 26 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.38%) zsh
5 3 (0.23%) HDFS
5 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 100 (7.62%) Terraform
2 62 (4.72%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.07%) Ansible
4 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.69%) SCCM
5 9 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.61%) Grafana
7 6 (0.46%) WSUS
8 4 (0.30%) Puppet
8 4 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.15%) CASB
10 2 (0.15%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.076%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.076%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.076%) Kibana
11 1 (0.076%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.076%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.076%) SCOM
Vendors
1 209 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 178 (13.56%) Databricks
3 99 (7.54%) Google
4 66 (5.03%) SAP
5 54 (4.11%) Oracle
6 50 (3.81%) Salesforce
7 49 (3.73%) Adobe
8 40 (3.05%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.37%) Informatica
10 17 (1.29%) Alteryx
11 15 (1.14%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.14%) Optimizely
11 15 (1.14%) Workday
12 14 (1.07%) Amplitude
13 11 (0.84%) Marketo
14 10 (0.76%) Splunk
14 10 (0.76%) Tealium
15 9 (0.69%) HubSpot
16 8 (0.61%) Hotjar
16 8 (0.61%) Kronos