Head of Analytics Contracts in London

Head of Analytics
England > London

The median Head of Analytics daily rate in London is £975, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 387 490
Rank change year-on-year +43 +103 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Analytics 9 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.072% 0.022% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.024% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £715 £820
25th Percentile £963 £719 £831
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £975 £750 £900
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £1,044 £763 £1,025
90th Percentile £1,078 £770 £1,070
England median daily rate £975 £750 £650
% change year-on-year +30.00% +15.38% -27.78%

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 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Head of Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Head of Analytics in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Analytics in London

Head of Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Analytics in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Analytics in London

Head of Analytics Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of Analytics contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Head of Analytics in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Finance
1 9 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 9 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 9 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 9 (100.00%) Analytics
1 9 (100.00%) Data Strategy
2 6 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 6 (66.67%) Data Science
2 6 (66.67%) Apache Spark
2 6 (66.67%) Databricks
2 6 (66.67%) Delta Lake
2 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 6 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 6 (66.67%) Predictive Analytics
2 6 (66.67%) Banking
2 6 (66.67%) Python
2 6 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 6 (66.67%) Front Office
3 3 (33.33%) Balanced Scorecard
3 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Straight-Through Processing
3 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Data Collection
3 3 (33.33%) Scorecard
3 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation

Head of Analytics Skill Set
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 6 (66.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
1 6 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Delta Lake
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Banking
2 6 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 6 (66.67%) Front Office
2 6 (66.67%) Investment Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Analytics
1 9 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 9 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 9 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (66.67%) Data Science
2 6 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 6 (66.67%) Predictive Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 3 (33.33%) Balanced Scorecard
3 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Data Collection
3 3 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 3 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 3 (33.33%) Scorecard
3 3 (33.33%) Straight-Through Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Databricks