Head of Analytics Contract Job Trends in London

Head of Analytics
England > London

The median Head of Analytics daily rate in London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 337 384
Rank change year-on-year -62 +47 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Analytics 3 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.018% 0.063% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.067% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - £788 -
25th Percentile £613 £900 £850
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £975 £900
Median % change year-on-year -35.90% +8.33% -2.70%
75th Percentile £719 £1,016 £950
90th Percentile £768 £1,066 -
England median daily rate £625 £975 £875
% change year-on-year -35.90% +11.43% +14.75%

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 15,374 11,878 16,878
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.73% 93.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,298 8,100 12,185
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 144 339
10th Percentile £18.20 £21.06 £15.99
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.36 £35.45 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +26.59% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.00 £52.44 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £69.95 £65.00
England median hourly rate £39.75 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.57% +7.69% -23.53%

Head of Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Head of Analytics job vacancy trend in London

Head of Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Analytics job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Analytics job vacancies in London

Head of Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Analytics in London over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Analytics in London

Head of Analytics Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Head of Analytics 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 Head of Analytics in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation

Head of Analytics 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Healthcare
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Data Fabric
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL