Junior Analyst Contracts in London

Junior Analyst
England > London

The median Junior Analyst daily rate in London is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 373 444
Rank change year-on-year +23 +71 +119
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 17 13 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.080% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.084% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 24
10th Percentile £153 £258 £168
25th Percentile £225 £270 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £300 £275
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.29% -21.57%
75th Percentile £384 £340 £400
90th Percentile £408 £440 £464
England median daily rate £250 £290 £270
% change year-on-year -13.79% +7.41% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
75th Percentile - - £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.00 - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -21.05%

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 12,673 15,397 22,936
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.23% 94.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,588 10,951 16,816
10th Percentile £326 £340 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 213 244
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.00 £23.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.00 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -14.48% +14.09%
75th Percentile £50.50 £52.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.75 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.28 £43.90 £43.00
% change year-on-year -40.14% +2.09% +68.63%

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 August 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 August 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 -2 2 £325 -7.14% 3
Junior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 August 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 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 7 (41.18%) SQL
3 7 (41.18%) Data Analysis
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Banking
5 4 (23.53%) Python
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (23.53%) Degree
5 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
5 4 (23.53%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (17.65%) Tableau
6 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (17.65%) Data Mapping
6 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
6 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
7 2 (11.76%) Validation
7 2 (11.76%) GIS
7 2 (11.76%) Firewall
7 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) JIRA
7 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (11.76%) Time Management
7 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making

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 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) BondVision
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) Collibra
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (5.88%) Google Sheets
2 1 (5.88%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Tableau
2 2 (11.76%) Big Data
2 2 (11.76%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (11.76%) GIS
2 2 (11.76%) Power BI
3 1 (5.88%) BigQuery
3 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
3 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.88%) Metadata
3 1 (5.88%) NoSQL
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Front Office
6 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Structures
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.88%) Fixed Income
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Data Analysis
2 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
4 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Data Mapping
4 3 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (11.76%) Analytics
5 2 (11.76%) Change Control
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL
5 2 (11.76%) Security Operations
5 2 (11.76%) Time Management
5 2 (11.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Bloomberg
2 1 (5.88%) Databricks
2 1 (5.88%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) ION Trading
2 1 (5.88%) MarketAxess
2 1 (5.88%) Murex
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Tradeweb