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 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 129 157
Rank change year-on-year -24 +28 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 337 278 285
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.78% 2.25% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 2.40% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 192 217
10th Percentile £263 £318 £313
25th Percentile £356 £407 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £539 £620 £590
90th Percentile £638 £718 £658
England median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% -0.06% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 2
10th Percentile £18.01 £25.00 £24.43
25th Percentile £23.76 £25.01 £28.06
Median hourly rate £28.55 £28.60 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% -18.87% +23.68%
75th Percentile £32.38 £33.40 £42.56
90th Percentile £41.15 £34.94 £46.28
England median hourly rate £30.51 £26.94 £21.43
% change year-on-year +13.26% +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 17,565 11,566 16,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 93.51% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,581 7,842 11,869
10th Percentile £358 £341 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 169 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.00 £20.17
Median hourly rate £39.50 £32.89 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.10% +18.27% -24.37%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.49
90th Percentile £78.67 £65.00 £66.85
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -12.11%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -15 60 £390 -22.00% 6
West London -8 15 £425 -8.11% 5
South London -4 12 £463 -2.63%
East London -4 2 £265 -37.65% 2
North London - 2 £178 - 1
Data Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 160 (47.48%) SQL
2 116 (34.42%) Data Quality
3 107 (31.75%) Business Intelligence
4 106 (31.45%) Power Platform
5 105 (31.16%) Power BI
6 85 (25.22%) Data Analysis
7 82 (24.33%) Data Governance
8 80 (23.74%) Python
9 79 (23.44%) Analytics
10 74 (21.96%) Data Modelling
11 66 (19.58%) Decision-Making
12 63 (18.69%) Migration
12 63 (18.69%) Validation
13 58 (17.21%) Microsoft Excel
14 56 (16.62%) Visualisation
15 49 (14.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 49 (14.54%) Stakeholder Management
16 48 (14.24%) Azure
17 47 (13.95%) Tableau
18 46 (13.65%) Databricks
18 46 (13.65%) Problem-Solving
19 44 (13.06%) Dashboard Development
20 43 (12.76%) Data Migration
21 42 (12.46%) AI
21 42 (12.46%) ETL
22 40 (11.87%) Security Cleared
23 39 (11.57%) AWS
24 37 (10.98%) Data Management
25 36 (10.68%) Agile
26 35 (10.39%) Data Visualisation

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 (1.78%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.19%) Confluence
4 3 (0.89%) SAS
5 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 58 (17.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.37%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.48%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.78%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.89%) iTrent
3 2 (0.59%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.59%) Markit EDM
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.59%) 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
1 106 (31.45%) Power Platform
2 48 (14.24%) Azure
3 39 (11.57%) AWS
4 29 (8.61%) Snowflake
5 11 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (2.37%) GCP
7 7 (2.08%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.08%) Collibra
7 7 (2.08%) SaaS
8 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.48%) Fivetran
9 5 (1.48%) Serverless
10 4 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.19%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.59%) IBM Blueworks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (31.16%) Power BI
2 47 (13.95%) Tableau
3 29 (8.61%) Metadata
4 26 (7.72%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.86%) Power Query
6 11 (3.26%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.97%) Big Data
7 10 (2.97%) Looker
8 8 (2.37%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.08%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.48%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.19%) KNIME
11 4 (1.19%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.19%) PowerPivot
11 4 (1.19%) Qlik Sense
11 4 (1.19%) SQL Server
12 3 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.89%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (1.78%) JIRA
1 6 (1.78%) MSI
2 2 (0.59%) 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
1 125 (37.09%) Finance
2 101 (29.97%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (22.55%) Social Skills
4 38 (11.28%) Banking
5 31 (9.20%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.93%) Marketing
7 12 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.67%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.67%) Retail
9 8 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.08%) Front Office
11 6 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.48%) Local Government
13 4 (1.19%) Back Office
13 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.89%) Law
14 3 (0.89%) Legal
14 3 (0.89%) Military
14 3 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.97%) Pandas
2 6 (1.78%) PySpark
2 6 (1.78%) XML
3 4 (1.19%) JSON
3 4 (1.19%) YAML
4 3 (0.89%) GeoJSON
4 3 (0.89%) NumPy
5 2 (0.59%) Kafka
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.59%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.59%) REST
5 2 (0.59%) SOAP
5 2 (0.59%) Web Services
6 1 (0.30%) ADO
6 1 (0.30%) Google JAX
6 1 (0.30%) Great Expectations
6 1 (0.30%) JAX
6 1 (0.30%) Next.js
6 1 (0.30%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.75%) Data Structures
2 15 (4.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.08%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.48%) Fixed Income
6 5 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.19%) Derivative
7 4 (1.19%) Equities
7 4 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.19%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.89%) Credit Risk
8 3 (0.89%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.59%) CMDB
9 2 (0.59%) FMCG
9 2 (0.59%) NHS
9 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (31.75%) Business Intelligence
2 85 (25.22%) Data Analysis
3 82 (24.33%) Data Governance
4 79 (23.44%) Analytics
5 74 (21.96%) Data Modelling
6 66 (19.58%) Decision-Making
7 63 (18.69%) Migration
7 63 (18.69%) Validation
8 56 (16.62%) Visualisation
9 49 (14.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 49 (14.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (13.65%) Problem-Solving
11 44 (13.06%) Dashboard Development
12 43 (12.76%) Data Migration
13 42 (12.46%) AI
13 42 (12.46%) ETL
14 37 (10.98%) Data Management
15 36 (10.68%) Agile
16 35 (10.39%) Data Visualisation
17 34 (10.09%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 160 (47.48%) SQL
2 80 (23.74%) Python
3 19 (5.64%) R
4 10 (2.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (1.48%) VBA
6 3 (0.89%) Korn
7 2 (0.59%) 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 40 (11.87%) Security Cleared
2 32 (9.50%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.34%) Degree
4 3 (0.89%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.59%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.30%) CBAP
6 1 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.30%) ISEB
6 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (34.42%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.64%) GDPR
3 17 (5.04%) QA
4 6 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.19%) PMO
6 3 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.89%) SLA
6 3 (0.89%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.59%) IFRS
7 2 (0.59%) 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 2 (0.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.89%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) Grafana
2 1 (0.30%) Kibana
2 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 46 (13.65%) Databricks
2 25 (7.42%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.45%) SAP
4 12 (3.56%) Oracle
5 8 (2.37%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.08%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.19%) Google
7 4 (1.19%) Informatica
7 4 (1.19%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.19%) Workday
8 3 (0.89%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.89%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.59%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.59%) IBM
9 2 (0.59%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.59%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.30%) FactSet
10 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.30%) LexisNexis
10 1 (0.30%) Varonis