Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Data Analyst
England > London

The median Data Analyst daily rate in London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 151 158
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 259 275 323
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.82% 1.73% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 1.85% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 204 237
10th Percentile £299 £300 £300
25th Percentile £375 £337 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% -13.57% -
75th Percentile £561 £600 £626
90th Percentile £650 £713 £700
England median daily rate £425 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £26.05 £31.16 £16.70
25th Percentile £26.38 £35.00 £29.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £37.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -7.41% -21.36%
75th Percentile £35.63 £46.63 £42.75
90th Percentile £48.40 £53.55 £54.35
England median hourly rate £31.06 £27.13 £21.64
% change year-on-year +14.49% +25.35% -13.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,117 14,903 18,392
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.66% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,695 9,654 13,305
10th Percentile £333 £340 £337
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -2.22% -2.51%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £768 £799 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 164 216
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.33 £21.69
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +3.76% +3.26%
75th Percentile £51.25 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.77 £81.05 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +38.46%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 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 -28 30 £375 -22.08% 24
East London +7 3 £481 - 27
South London - 2 - - 21
West London -13 1 - - 26
North London - 1 £500 - 7
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, 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.

1 145 (55.98%) SQL
2 110 (42.47%) Data Analysis
3 87 (33.59%) Python
4 84 (32.43%) Business Intelligence
5 79 (30.50%) Data Quality
6 76 (29.34%) Power BI
6 76 (29.34%) Power Platform
7 70 (27.03%) Analytics
8 66 (25.48%) Visualisation
9 58 (22.39%) Data Modelling
10 54 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (20.46%) Microsoft Excel
12 51 (19.69%) Data Governance
13 50 (19.31%) Actionable Insight
14 45 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 45 (17.37%) Tableau
15 44 (16.99%) Decision-Making
16 39 (15.06%) Data Visualisation
16 39 (15.06%) ETL
17 38 (14.67%) Microsoft
18 37 (14.29%) Validation
19 32 (12.36%) Data Cleansing
19 32 (12.36%) Migration
20 30 (11.58%) Data Transformation
21 29 (11.20%) Data Warehouse
22 26 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 25 (9.65%) Data Management
24 24 (9.27%) AWS
25 23 (8.88%) Data Migration
25 23 (8.88%) Metadata

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 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.54%) Confluence
3 2 (0.77%) SAS
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 53 (20.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.39%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.93%) SAP HR
2 3 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.77%) Actimize
3 2 (0.77%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.39%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.39%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 76 (29.34%) Power Platform
2 24 (9.27%) AWS
3 23 (8.88%) Snowflake
4 17 (6.56%) Azure
5 12 (4.63%) GCP
6 8 (3.09%) Collibra
7 7 (2.70%) dbt
8 5 (1.93%) OCI
9 4 (1.54%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.54%) Google Data Studio
10 3 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.16%) Serverless
11 2 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.77%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
12 1 (0.39%) Alation
12 1 (0.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (29.34%) Power BI
2 45 (17.37%) Tableau
3 29 (11.20%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (8.88%) Metadata
5 13 (5.02%) BigQuery
6 10 (3.86%) Looker
7 9 (3.47%) SQL Server
8 8 (3.09%) Power Query
9 7 (2.70%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (2.70%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.32%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.54%) Big Data
11 4 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.16%) Hadoop
12 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.77%) BusinessObjects XI
13 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.77%) OLAP Cube
13 2 (0.77%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 9 (3.47%) JIRA
2 2 (0.77%) ERwin
2 2 (0.77%) Git
2 2 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
2 2 (0.77%) Selenium
3 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.39%) LSMW
General
1 110 (42.47%) Finance
2 88 (33.98%) Social Skills
3 77 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.06%) Banking
5 16 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.79%) Investment Banking
6 15 (5.79%) Marketing
7 11 (4.25%) Retail
8 8 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.70%) Corporate Banking
9 7 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.70%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.93%) Legal
10 5 (1.93%) Local Government
11 4 (1.54%) Front Office
12 3 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.16%) Law
12 3 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.77%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.54%) JSON
2 3 (1.16%) DAO
2 3 (1.16%) Pandas
3 2 (0.77%) NumPy
3 2 (0.77%) PySpark
4 1 (0.39%) Altair
4 1 (0.39%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.39%) Plotly
4 1 (0.39%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.39%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.56%) Data Structures
2 11 (4.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (3.86%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.47%) Reinsurance
5 6 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.54%) Derivative
7 4 (1.54%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.16%) NHS
8 3 (1.16%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.77%) CMDB
9 2 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.77%) Cybercrime
9 2 (0.77%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.77%) Pricing Data
9 2 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.77%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.16%) Unix
2 2 (0.77%) Windows
3 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (42.47%) Data Analysis
2 84 (32.43%) Business Intelligence
3 70 (27.03%) Analytics
4 66 (25.48%) Visualisation
5 58 (22.39%) Data Modelling
6 54 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (19.69%) Data Governance
8 50 (19.31%) Actionable Insight
9 45 (17.37%) Stakeholder Management
10 44 (16.99%) Decision-Making
11 39 (15.06%) Data Visualisation
11 39 (15.06%) ETL
12 37 (14.29%) Validation
13 32 (12.36%) Data Cleansing
13 32 (12.36%) Migration
14 30 (11.58%) Data Transformation
15 26 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (9.65%) Data Management
17 23 (8.88%) Data Migration
18 20 (7.72%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 145 (55.98%) SQL
2 87 (33.59%) Python
3 14 (5.41%) R
4 6 (2.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.54%) VBA
6 2 (0.77%) Java
6 2 (0.77%) Scala
6 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) C++
7 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.39%) Korn
7 1 (0.39%) Perl
7 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (6.18%) Degree
2 15 (5.79%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.02%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.77%) CEH
4 2 (0.77%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.77%) GIAC
4 2 (0.77%) GREM
4 2 (0.77%) OSCP
5 1 (0.39%) ACCA
5 1 (0.39%) CIMA
5 1 (0.39%) CIPD
5 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.39%) ISEB
5 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (30.50%) Data Quality
2 18 (6.95%) GDPR
3 6 (2.32%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.32%) QA
4 3 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.77%) IFRS
5 2 (0.77%) SLA
6 1 (0.39%) FATCA
6 1 (0.39%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.39%) MiFID
6 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 38 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.79%) Oracle
3 14 (5.41%) SAP
4 11 (4.25%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.47%) Databricks
5 9 (3.47%) Google
5 9 (3.47%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.47%) Workday
6 3 (1.16%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.16%) Informatica
6 3 (1.16%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.77%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.77%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.77%) Foundry
7 2 (0.77%) NEC
7 2 (0.77%) Palantir
7 2 (0.77%) Sparx
8 1 (0.39%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.39%) Calypso
8 1 (0.39%) Murex