Information Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Information Analyst
England > London

The median Information Analyst daily rate in London is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 379 426
Rank change year-on-year +18 +47 +127
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 8 12 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.060% 0.074% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.079% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 22
10th Percentile £383 £490 £200
25th Percentile £531 £500 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.51% +17.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £501
90th Percentile £710 £608 £586
England median daily rate £400 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £26.60 - -
25th Percentile £27.01 - -
Median hourly rate £27.70 - -
75th Percentile £28.38 - -
90th Percentile £28.80 - -
England median hourly rate £27.70 £19.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +45.76% -20.83% -7.69%

All DemandTrendContract 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 12,436 15,278 21,301
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 94.05% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,371 10,474 15,587
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 193 232
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.88 £18.02
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.75 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £50.88 £55.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +68.27%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in London

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Information Analyst job vacancies in London

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Analyst in London

Information Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Information Analyst job vacancies in London

Information 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 Information Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 1 September 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
West London - 1 - -
Information Analyst
England

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 September 2025, Information Analyst 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 Information Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) NIST
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (37.50%) AWS
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) VBA
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Network Security
4 2 (25.00%) ISMS
4 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) MS Access
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
4 2 (25.00%) Security Management
4 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Power BI
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management

Information Analyst 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (25.00%) MS Access
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Power Query
3 1 (12.50%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) ISMS
3 2 (25.00%) Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) VBA
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) GRC
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Intel