Junior Analyst Contracts in London

Junior Analyst
England > London

The median Junior Analyst daily rate in London is £350, 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 332 379 465
Rank change year-on-year +47 +86 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 21 12 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.067% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.072% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 25
10th Percentile £167 £270 £163
25th Percentile £214 £278 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 £270
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +11.11% -20.59%
75th Percentile £517 £341 £360
90th Percentile £622 £418 £563
England median daily rate £223 £290 £270
% change year-on-year -23.28% +7.41% -1.82%

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%

Junior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Analyst in London

Junior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Junior Analyst in London

Junior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Junior Analyst in London

Junior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior Analyst in London

Junior 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 Junior Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +5 3 £250 -44.44% 2
East London - 1 £350 -
Junior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior 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 Junior Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (47.62%) SQL
1 10 (47.62%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) Banking
4 7 (33.33%) Python
4 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (23.81%) Unix
6 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
6 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
6 5 (23.81%) Derivative
6 5 (23.81%) Electronic Trading
7 4 (19.05%) French Language
7 4 (19.05%) Investment Banking
7 4 (19.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (14.29%) Analytics
8 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
8 3 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
8 3 (14.29%) Validation
8 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
8 3 (14.29%) Data Mapping
9 2 (9.52%) Degree
9 2 (9.52%) JIRA
9 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (9.52%) ITIL

Junior 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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
2 1 (4.76%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) Banking
4 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (19.05%) French Language
5 4 (19.05%) Investment Banking
6 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.76%) Law
7 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Derivative
2 4 (19.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (23.81%) Data Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Electronic Trading
3 3 (14.29%) Analytics
3 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Data Mapping
3 3 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (14.29%) Security Operations
3 3 (14.29%) Validation
3 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 2 (9.52%) Agile
4 2 (9.52%) Data Entry
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL
4 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Project Management
5 1 (4.76%) Competitive Intelligence
5 1 (4.76%) Competitor Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) SQL
2 7 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) PMO
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Databricks
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle