Data Analysis Contracts in London

Data Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 87 86
Rank change year-on-year +27 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 523 489 739
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.06% 2.80% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 3.16% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 329 542
10th Percentile £345 £330 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year - -1.23% -3.57%
75th Percentile £638 £637 £650
90th Percentile £725 £825 £738
England median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 12
10th Percentile £28.60 £36.75 -
25th Percentile £29.07 £41.25 £21.24
Median hourly rate £37.56 £46.25 £22.95
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +101.53% -32.00%
75th Percentile £56.75 £50.00 £43.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £59.00 £68.13
England median hourly rate £34.27 £32.15 £28.16
% change year-on-year +6.58% +14.17% -13.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Data Analysis 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 11,891 15,474 22,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.21% 88.55% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,950 11,028 16,622
10th Percentile £333 £343 £372
25th Percentile £425 £446 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £587
Median % change year-on-year - -6.34% +2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 303 260
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.59 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.01 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.47% +11.17%
75th Percentile £50.13 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.30 £68.60 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in London

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in London.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in London over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in London

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in London over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in London

Data Analysis
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 Data Analysis within the London region over the 6 months to 1 July 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 +27 113 £575 +9.52% 222
West London +21 14 £402 -17.49% 62
East London +12 7 £500 -5.88% 93
South London +1 4 £491 +24.97% 33
Data Analysis
England

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (5.16%) Confluence
2 17 (3.25%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.68%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.49%) IIS
5 8 (1.53%) SAS
6 4 (0.76%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.38%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 112 (21.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (3.06%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.15%) Oracle Smart View
7 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.19%) Revit
9 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.96%) Workday HCM
3 4 (0.76%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.76%) Endur
3 4 (0.76%) OpenText MBPM
3 4 (0.76%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.38%) HFM
4 2 (0.38%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.38%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.19%) Actimize
5 1 (0.19%) Aligne
5 1 (0.19%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.19%) MultiFonds
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 118 (22.56%) Power Platform
2 66 (12.62%) Azure
3 38 (7.27%) AWS
4 24 (4.59%) GCP
5 15 (2.87%) Snowflake
6 13 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.34%) Google Sheets
11 5 (0.96%) Miro
11 5 (0.96%) OCI
11 5 (0.96%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.96%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.96%) SaaS
12 4 (0.76%) dbt
12 4 (0.76%) GitHub
13 3 (0.57%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.87%) Internet
2 4 (0.76%) SNMP
3 3 (0.57%) Firewall
3 3 (0.57%) Network Security
3 3 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.57%) SSH
3 3 (0.57%) Telnet
3 3 (0.57%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.19%) BGP
4 1 (0.19%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.19%) DSLAM
4 1 (0.19%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.19%) HSRP
4 1 (0.19%) IGMP
4 1 (0.19%) Intranet
4 1 (0.19%) IPsec
4 1 (0.19%) Multicast
4 1 (0.19%) OSPF
4 1 (0.19%) VPN
4 1 (0.19%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (22.37%) Power BI
2 62 (11.85%) Tableau
3 57 (10.90%) SQL Server
4 29 (5.54%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (3.82%) Oracle Database
6 18 (3.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (3.06%) Relational Database
8 13 (2.49%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.29%) Big Data
10 11 (2.10%) Looker
10 11 (2.10%) Power Query
11 10 (1.91%) NoSQL
11 10 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
12 9 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.72%) Data Lake
13 8 (1.53%) MS Access
14 7 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (1.15%) Hadoop
15 6 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 51 (9.75%) JIRA
2 9 (1.72%) Git
3 6 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (0.96%) ERwin
4 5 (0.96%) GitLab
5 3 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.57%) Selenium
5 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.38%) Ant
6 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.38%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.38%) MagicDraw
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) JMeter
7 1 (0.19%) JUnit
7 1 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
7 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 215 (41.11%) Finance
2 195 (37.28%) Social Skills
3 167 (31.93%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (15.68%) Banking
5 33 (6.31%) Presentation Skills
6 31 (5.93%) Front Office
7 29 (5.54%) Investment Banking
7 29 (5.54%) Marketing
8 24 (4.59%) Retail
9 19 (3.63%) Public Sector
10 17 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.87%) Legal
12 13 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.91%) Local Government
15 9 (1.72%) Back Office
15 9 (1.72%) Corporate Banking
16 8 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.53%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 284 (54.30%) Analyst
2 126 (24.09%) Business Analyst
3 116 (22.18%) Data Analyst
4 65 (12.43%) Developer
5 33 (6.31%) Senior
6 23 (4.40%) Lead
7 22 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
8 20 (3.82%) Consultant
8 20 (3.82%) Data Scientist
9 19 (3.63%) Data Business Analyst
10 18 (3.44%) Architect
10 18 (3.44%) C# Developer
11 17 (3.25%) Data Engineer
12 14 (2.68%) Financial Analyst
13 13 (2.49%) C# WPF Developer
13 13 (2.49%) WPF Developer
14 12 (2.29%) C# WCF Developer
14 12 (2.29%) Risk Analyst
14 12 (2.29%) Senior Data Analyst
14 12 (2.29%) WCF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.88%) .NET
2 18 (3.44%) .NET Framework
3 17 (3.25%) WPF
4 14 (2.68%) Pandas
5 13 (2.49%) WinForms
6 12 (2.29%) WCF
7 10 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.53%) REST
9 7 (1.34%) JSON
9 7 (1.34%) SOAP
9 7 (1.34%) XML
10 6 (1.15%) Web Services
11 5 (0.96%) PySpark
11 5 (0.96%) scikit-learn
12 4 (0.76%) ADO
12 4 (0.76%) DCOM
12 4 (0.76%) Kafka
12 4 (0.76%) Middleware
13 3 (0.57%) AngularJS
13 3 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.82%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.63%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.06%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (2.29%) Reinsurance
6 11 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.10%) Equities
6 11 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.10%) Virtual Team
7 10 (1.91%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.91%) Social Media
8 9 (1.72%) Derivative
9 8 (1.53%) Market Risk
9 8 (1.53%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.53%) Reference Data
9 8 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.34%) Multi-touch
11 5 (0.96%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.02%) Windows
2 9 (1.72%) Linux
3 7 (1.34%) Unix
4 1 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (23.52%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (22.94%) Business Intelligence
3 106 (20.27%) Agile
4 100 (19.12%) Decision-Making
5 97 (18.55%) Analytics
6 96 (18.36%) Visualisation
7 78 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 73 (13.96%) Data Modelling
9 72 (13.77%) Project Management
10 69 (13.19%) Business Analysis
11 68 (13.00%) Validation
12 59 (11.28%) Actionable Insight
12 59 (11.28%) Requirements Gathering
13 54 (10.33%) Risk Management
14 52 (9.94%) User Acceptance Testing
15 49 (9.37%) Data Visualisation
16 46 (8.80%) Process Improvement
17 44 (8.41%) Change Management
18 43 (8.22%) Workshop Facilitation
19 42 (8.03%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 259 (49.52%) SQL
2 135 (25.81%) Python
3 41 (7.84%) C#
4 33 (6.31%) R
5 31 (5.93%) VBA
6 24 (4.59%) PL/SQL
7 23 (4.40%) T-SQL
8 14 (2.68%) Java
8 14 (2.68%) JavaScript
9 12 (2.29%) VB
10 11 (2.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (2.10%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.34%) C++
12 5 (0.96%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.57%) PHP
14 2 (0.38%) Bash
14 2 (0.38%) C
14 2 (0.38%) Rust
14 2 (0.38%) Scala
14 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (17.02%) Degree
2 37 (7.07%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.44%) Master's Degree
5 15 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.91%) CBAP
7 9 (1.72%) PhD
8 6 (1.15%) ACCA
9 5 (0.96%) CIMA
9 5 (0.96%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.96%) PMP
10 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.57%) CFA
11 3 (0.57%) HNC
11 3 (0.57%) IIBA
11 3 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.38%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (11.28%) Data Quality
2 47 (8.99%) QA
3 19 (3.63%) MiFID
4 18 (3.44%) GDPR
5 16 (3.06%) EMIR
6 11 (2.10%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.72%) PMO
8 8 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.96%) Dodd-Frank
9 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.76%) Basel III
10 4 (0.76%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.57%) SLA
12 2 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.38%) IFRS
13 1 (0.19%) NIST
13 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.19%) UCITS
System Software
1 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.57%) FreeRADIUS
1 3 (0.57%) iptables
2 1 (0.19%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.34%) Terraform
2 4 (0.76%) Ansible
2 4 (0.76%) Grafana
3 3 (0.57%) Cacti
3 3 (0.57%) Nagios
3 3 (0.57%) Netcool
3 3 (0.57%) Proxmox
3 3 (0.57%) Puppet
3 3 (0.57%) ZABBIX
4 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) Control-M
5 1 (0.19%) Graylog
5 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.19%) logstash
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.71%) Oracle
3 22 (4.21%) Google
4 21 (4.02%) SAP
5 15 (2.87%) Citrix
6 12 (2.29%) Databricks
6 12 (2.29%) Workday
7 9 (1.72%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.53%) Alteryx
9 7 (1.34%) UiPath
10 6 (1.15%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.96%) Foundry
12 4 (0.76%) Charles River
12 4 (0.76%) Duck Creek
12 4 (0.76%) OpenText
12 4 (0.76%) Splunk
12 4 (0.76%) VMware
13 3 (0.57%) Ariba
13 3 (0.57%) Informatica
13 3 (0.57%) Nokia