Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst daily rate in London is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 131 156
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 328 278 286
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.75% 2.27% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 2.43% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 193 217
10th Percentile £268 £316 £313
25th Percentile £358 £406 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £588
90th Percentile £638 £724 £650
England median daily rate £425 £455 £450
% change year-on-year -6.59% +1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 2
10th Percentile £17.27 £25.00 £24.43
25th Percentile £22.38 £25.01 £28.06
Median hourly rate £28.55 £28.60 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% -18.87% +27.03%
75th Percentile £31.65 £33.40 £42.56
90th Percentile £32.38 £34.94 £46.28
England median hourly rate £30.75 £26.94 £21.43
% change year-on-year +14.15% +25.70% -3.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 17,373 11,436 16,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.54% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,474 7,725 11,851
10th Percentile £356 £349 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 163 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.87 £24.42 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.25 £46.68
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.65 £67.40
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.33 £39.50
% change year-on-year +55.32% -25.75% -12.22%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in London

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in London

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in London

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analyst in London

Data Analyst
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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 9 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 57 £376 -24.75% 20
West London -5 14 £425 -8.11% 3
South London -6 12 £463 -2.63% 2
North London - 2 £178 - 2
East London -8 1 £180 -57.65% 5
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 154 (46.95%) SQL
2 110 (33.54%) Data Quality
3 102 (31.10%) Business Intelligence
3 102 (31.10%) Power Platform
4 101 (30.79%) Power BI
5 84 (25.61%) Data Analysis
6 80 (24.39%) Python
7 77 (23.48%) Data Governance
8 74 (22.56%) Analytics
9 72 (21.95%) Data Modelling
10 67 (20.43%) Decision-Making
11 60 (18.29%) Migration
12 57 (17.38%) Validation
13 54 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
13 54 (16.46%) Visualisation
14 47 (14.33%) Azure
14 47 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (14.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (14.02%) Tableau
16 45 (13.72%) Databricks
16 45 (13.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 44 (13.41%) Dashboard Development
18 42 (12.80%) ETL
19 41 (12.50%) Data Migration
19 41 (12.50%) Security Cleared
20 40 (12.20%) AWS
21 39 (11.89%) AI
22 36 (10.98%) Agile
23 35 (10.67%) Data Visualisation
24 34 (10.37%) Data Mapping

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 5 (1.52%) Apache Spark
1 5 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.22%) Confluence
3 3 (0.91%) SAS
4 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.30%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.83%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.91%) iTrent
3 2 (0.61%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.61%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 102 (31.10%) Power Platform
2 47 (14.33%) Azure
3 40 (12.20%) AWS
4 28 (8.54%) Snowflake
5 11 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (2.13%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.83%) Collibra
7 6 (1.83%) GCP
7 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (1.83%) SaaS
8 5 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.52%) Fivetran
8 5 (1.52%) Serverless
9 4 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.91%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.61%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (30.79%) Power BI
2 46 (14.02%) Tableau
3 29 (8.84%) Metadata
4 25 (7.62%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.35%) Power Query
5 11 (3.35%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.05%) Looker
7 9 (2.74%) Big Data
8 8 (2.44%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.52%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.52%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.52%) KNIME
10 4 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.22%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.22%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.83%) JIRA
1 6 (1.83%) MSI
2 2 (0.61%) GitLab
3 1 (0.30%) GCC
3 1 (0.30%) Git
3 1 (0.30%) Postman
3 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 117 (35.67%) Finance
2 97 (29.57%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (21.95%) Social Skills
4 37 (11.28%) Banking
5 32 (9.76%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.10%) Marketing
7 12 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.74%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.13%) Front Office
11 6 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.83%) Retail
12 4 (1.22%) Back Office
12 4 (1.22%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.22%) Local Government
12 4 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Law
13 3 (0.91%) Legal
13 3 (0.91%) Military
14 2 (0.61%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.05%) Pandas
2 6 (1.83%) PySpark
2 6 (1.83%) XML
3 4 (1.22%) JSON
3 4 (1.22%) YAML
4 3 (0.91%) GeoJSON
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.91%) NumPy
5 2 (0.61%) Kafka
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.61%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.61%) REST
5 2 (0.61%) SOAP
5 2 (0.61%) Web Services
6 1 (0.30%) ADO
6 1 (0.30%) Django
6 1 (0.30%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.30%) Middleware
6 1 (0.30%) Node.js
6 1 (0.30%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.57%) Data Structures
2 14 (4.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.52%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.22%) Derivative
6 4 (1.22%) Equities
6 4 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.22%) Hedge funds
7 3 (0.91%) Credit Risk
7 3 (0.91%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (0.91%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.61%) CMDB
8 2 (0.61%) NHS
8 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.61%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (31.10%) Business Intelligence
2 84 (25.61%) Data Analysis
3 77 (23.48%) Data Governance
4 74 (22.56%) Analytics
5 72 (21.95%) Data Modelling
6 67 (20.43%) Decision-Making
7 60 (18.29%) Migration
8 57 (17.38%) Validation
9 54 (16.46%) Visualisation
10 47 (14.33%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (14.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 45 (13.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 44 (13.41%) Dashboard Development
13 42 (12.80%) ETL
14 41 (12.50%) Data Migration
15 39 (11.89%) AI
16 36 (10.98%) Agile
17 35 (10.67%) Data Visualisation
18 34 (10.37%) Data Mapping
19 33 (10.06%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 154 (46.95%) SQL
2 80 (24.39%) Python
3 19 (5.79%) R
4 6 (1.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.52%) VBA
6 3 (0.91%) Korn
7 2 (0.61%) Scala
8 1 (0.30%) Java
8 1 (0.30%) LookML
8 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 33 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.18%) Degree
4 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.30%) CBAP
6 1 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (33.54%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.79%) GDPR
3 17 (5.18%) QA
4 6 (1.83%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.22%) PMO
6 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.91%) SLA
6 3 (0.91%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.61%) IFRS
7 2 (0.61%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.30%) FATCA
8 1 (0.30%) GAAP
8 1 (0.30%) GMP
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.91%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) Grafana
2 1 (0.30%) Kibana
2 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (13.72%) Databricks
2 22 (6.71%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.57%) SAP
4 12 (3.66%) Oracle
5 8 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.13%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.52%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.22%) Google
8 4 (1.22%) Informatica
8 4 (1.22%) Workday
9 3 (0.91%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.91%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.91%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.61%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.61%) IBM
10 2 (0.61%) Refinitiv
11 1 (0.30%) Adobe
11 1 (0.30%) Murex
11 1 (0.30%) Reuters
11 1 (0.30%) Sage