Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst daily rate in London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 137 149
Rank change year-on-year -35 +12 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 331 279 281
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.64% 2.07% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 2.24% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 183 213
10th Percentile £257 £301 £300
25th Percentile £363 £389 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £588
90th Percentile £613 £699 £675
England median daily rate £438 £425 £458
% change year-on-year +2.94% -7.10% -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 7
10th Percentile £20.02 £25.00 £24.04
25th Percentile £26.52 £25.01 £30.20
Median hourly rate £30.28 £29.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% -15.00% -7.89%
75th Percentile £32.56 £35.63 £41.63
90th Percentile £43.25 £59.55 £46.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.42 £26.46
% change year-on-year +5.58% +7.40% +18.25%

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 18,864 12,478 15,318
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 92.79% 93.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,207 8,342 10,099
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £658 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 200 181
10th Percentile £17.03 £17.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.14 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% -19.61% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £48.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.06 £76.25
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 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 +1 67 £435 -8.53% 40
West London -18 9 £425 - 8
North London +2 3 £314 -37.25% 1
East London +2 2 £265 -47.65% 2
South London -5 2 £566 +11.43% 2
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 September 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.

1 171 (51.66%) SQL
2 136 (41.09%) Data Quality
3 119 (35.95%) Business Intelligence
4 109 (32.93%) Power BI
4 109 (32.93%) Power Platform
5 103 (31.12%) Data Analysis
6 95 (28.70%) Data Governance
7 93 (28.10%) Analytics
8 89 (26.89%) Validation
9 81 (24.47%) Data Modelling
10 80 (24.17%) Python
11 75 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 71 (21.45%) Decision-Making
13 63 (19.03%) Migration
14 57 (17.22%) Microsoft Excel
14 57 (17.22%) Visualisation
15 53 (16.01%) Tableau
16 52 (15.71%) AI
16 52 (15.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 51 (15.41%) Actionable Insight
17 51 (15.41%) Azure
17 51 (15.41%) Data Migration
18 50 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
19 44 (13.29%) Agile
20 43 (12.99%) Microsoft
21 41 (12.39%) Data Lineage
21 41 (12.39%) Databricks
22 39 (11.78%) Data Mapping
23 38 (11.48%) ETL
24 37 (11.18%) Dashboard Development

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 6 (1.81%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
4 3 (0.91%) CMS
5 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.60%) SAS
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (17.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.81%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) SPSS
5 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.91%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.91%) iTrent
3 2 (0.60%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.60%) Eikon
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.60%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.30%) Advent Moxy
4 1 (0.30%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 109 (32.93%) Power Platform
2 51 (15.41%) Azure
3 33 (9.97%) AWS
4 31 (9.37%) Snowflake
5 11 (3.32%) GCP
5 11 (3.32%) SaaS
6 10 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 7 (2.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (2.11%) Collibra
8 7 (2.11%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.51%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.91%) Alation
10 3 (0.91%) dbt
10 3 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.91%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.60%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.91%) Firewall
2 2 (0.60%) Internet
3 1 (0.30%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (32.93%) Power BI
2 53 (16.01%) Tableau
3 31 (9.37%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (8.46%) Metadata
5 16 (4.83%) Relational Database
6 14 (4.23%) Looker
6 14 (4.23%) Power Query
7 10 (3.02%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
8 8 (2.42%) Big Data
9 6 (1.81%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.51%) Amazon QuickSight
10 5 (1.51%) PowerPivot
11 4 (1.21%) Parquet
12 3 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.91%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.91%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.91%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.91%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.60%) GitLab
3 1 (0.30%) Git
3 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 116 (35.05%) Finance
2 101 (30.51%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (27.49%) Social Skills
4 42 (12.69%) Banking
5 30 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 27 (8.16%) Marketing
7 25 (7.55%) Retail
8 12 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.32%) Investment Banking
10 10 (3.02%) Local Government
11 9 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.72%) Legal
12 7 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.81%) Front Office
13 6 (1.81%) Military
14 4 (1.21%) Back Office
14 4 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.21%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.91%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.81%) Pandas
2 5 (1.51%) JSON
2 5 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.51%) PySpark
3 2 (0.60%) Apache Avro
3 2 (0.60%) Kafka
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.60%) XML
4 1 (0.30%) Django
4 1 (0.30%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.30%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.30%) Middleware
4 1 (0.30%) NumPy
4 1 (0.30%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.30%) REST
4 1 (0.30%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.30%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.30%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.30%) Terraform
4 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.18%) Data Structures
2 17 (5.14%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (5.14%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.63%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.81%) FMCG
6 4 (1.21%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.21%) Reference Data
7 3 (0.91%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.91%) Pricing Data
7 3 (0.91%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.91%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.60%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.60%) Derivative
8 2 (0.60%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.60%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (35.95%) Business Intelligence
2 103 (31.12%) Data Analysis
3 95 (28.70%) Data Governance
4 93 (28.10%) Analytics
5 89 (26.89%) Validation
6 81 (24.47%) Data Modelling
7 75 (22.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (21.45%) Decision-Making
9 63 (19.03%) Migration
10 57 (17.22%) Visualisation
11 52 (15.71%) AI
11 52 (15.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 51 (15.41%) Actionable Insight
12 51 (15.41%) Data Migration
13 50 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
14 44 (13.29%) Agile
15 41 (12.39%) Data Lineage
16 39 (11.78%) Data Mapping
17 38 (11.48%) ETL
18 37 (11.18%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 171 (51.66%) SQL
2 80 (24.17%) Python
3 24 (7.25%) R
4 14 (4.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.51%) Korn
6 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.91%) VBA
7 2 (0.60%) Scala
8 1 (0.30%) Cypher
8 1 (0.30%) Java
8 1 (0.30%) LookML
8 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) SOQL
8 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (7.85%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.34%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.44%) Degree
4 4 (1.21%) PMI Certification
5 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.91%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.91%) PMP
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.30%) CBAP
6 1 (0.30%) CFA
6 1 (0.30%) CISM
6 1 (0.30%) CISSP
6 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) ISEB
6 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (41.09%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.74%) GDPR
3 17 (5.14%) QA
4 8 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.91%) PMO
7 2 (0.60%) GRC
7 2 (0.60%) IFRS
7 2 (0.60%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.60%) SLA
7 2 (0.60%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) EMIR
8 1 (0.30%) GMP
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.30%) MiFID
8 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.39%) Databricks
3 15 (4.53%) SAP
4 12 (3.63%) Alteryx
4 12 (3.63%) Oracle
5 7 (2.11%) Google
6 6 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.51%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.51%) Informatica
8 3 (0.91%) Teradata
8 3 (0.91%) Workday
9 2 (0.60%) Citrix
9 2 (0.60%) CODA
9 2 (0.60%) FXall
9 2 (0.60%) IBM
10 1 (0.30%) Ariba
10 1 (0.30%) Cognos
10 1 (0.30%) Dell
10 1 (0.30%) Orchard
10 1 (0.30%) SGI