IT Analyst Contracts in London

IT Analyst
England > London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 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
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 292 334
Rank change year-on-year -10 +42 -2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 58 97 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.44% 0.55% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.59% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 65 102
10th Percentile £202 £200 £214
25th Percentile £216 £308 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +14.13% +2.22%
75th Percentile £516 £613 £580
90th Percentile £598 £675 £674
England median daily rate £275 £381 £325
% change year-on-year -27.87% +17.31% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 5
10th Percentile - £20.00 £21.80
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.13 £22.63
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +27.76%
75th Percentile £23.50 £25.00 £26.00
90th Percentile £27.96 £50.00 £34.40
England median hourly rate £22.31 £23.00 £18.23
% change year-on-year -3.02% +26.20% +3.73%

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 12,413 16,511 24,440
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 93.96% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,375 11,812 17,856
10th Percentile £331 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 306 280
10th Percentile £18.86 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.11 £20.23 £22.86
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -25.68% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.77 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £68.38 £82.28
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.81
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.69% +77.28%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in London over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in London

IT 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 IT Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 7 July 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 +7 19 £263 -52.27% 17
South London -3 3 £225 +12.50% 1
North London - 1 £440 - 1
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 2025, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (37.93%) Windows
2 20 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 20 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 19 (32.76%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (32.76%) Active Directory
4 15 (25.86%) Finance
5 14 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (18.97%) Windows 10
7 10 (17.24%) ITIL
8 9 (15.52%) Data Analysis
8 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (15.52%) Azure
9 8 (13.79%) Entra ID
9 8 (13.79%) Banking
9 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
10 7 (12.07%) SharePoint
10 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (12.07%) Asset Management
10 7 (12.07%) Agile
10 7 (12.07%) JIRA
10 7 (12.07%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
11 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
11 6 (10.34%) Degree
11 6 (10.34%) Service Management
11 6 (10.34%) Change Management
12 5 (8.62%) Risk Management
12 5 (8.62%) ERP
12 5 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (12.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.45%) CMS
4 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.52%) Azure
3 8 (13.79%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.17%) GCP
5 2 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.72%) Google Docs
6 1 (1.72%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.72%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.72%) IaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.72%) PaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) DHCP
1 4 (6.90%) DNS
1 4 (6.90%) VPN
2 2 (3.45%) LAN
2 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.45%) Wireless
3 1 (1.72%) VLAN
3 1 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) BigQuery
1 2 (3.45%) Looker
1 2 (3.45%) Power Query
2 1 (1.72%) Power BI
2 1 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.07%) JIRA
General
1 20 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.86%) Finance
3 14 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Banking
5 4 (6.90%) Law
6 3 (5.17%) Legal
7 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.72%) Advertising
8 1 (1.72%) Automotive
8 1 (1.72%) Back Office
8 1 (1.72%) Billing
8 1 (1.72%) Cantonese Language
8 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.45%) iPad
2 2 (3.45%) iPhone
2 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.72%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.72%) BYOD
3 1 (1.72%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.72%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.72%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.72%) PMI
3 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.72%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (37.93%) Windows
2 11 (18.97%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.72%) Android
4 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.24%) ITIL
2 9 (15.52%) Data Analysis
2 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (12.07%) Agile
4 7 (12.07%) Asset Management
4 7 (12.07%) Customer Service
4 7 (12.07%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (10.34%) Change Management
5 6 (10.34%) Service Management
6 5 (8.62%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (8.62%) ERP
6 5 (8.62%) Risk Management
6 5 (8.62%) Service Catalogue
7 4 (6.90%) Business Analysis
7 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (6.90%) Fintech
7 4 (6.90%) Migration
8 3 (5.17%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) SQL
2 1 (1.72%) C
2 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.72%) CBAP
4 1 (1.72%) IIBA
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.17%) SLA
3 1 (1.72%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (32.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Firmware
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.17%) SCCM
3 2 (3.45%) AirWatch
3 2 (3.45%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 20 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.90%) Apple
3 4 (6.90%) Intapp
4 2 (3.45%) iManage
4 2 (3.45%) Okta
4 2 (3.45%) Symantec
5 1 (1.72%) Anaplan
5 1 (1.72%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco
5 1 (1.72%) HP
5 1 (1.72%) IFS
5 1 (1.72%) Meraki
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle
5 1 (1.72%) Reuters
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) SAP
5 1 (1.72%) Snow
5 1 (1.72%) Sophos
5 1 (1.72%) Zscaler