Software Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Software Analyst
England > London

The median Software Analyst daily rate in London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 377 434
Rank change year-on-year +16 +57 +161
Contract jobs requiring a Software Analyst 1 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.007% 0.068% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.072% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £405 £236
25th Percentile £225 £469 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £519 £395
Median % change year-on-year -51.81% +31.33% -12.22%
75th Percentile £275 £659 £589
90th Percentile - £725 £711
England median daily rate £563 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -10.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £146.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate - £147.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - +697.30% -
75th Percentile - £148.75 £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £147.50 £20.58
% change year-on-year - +616.72% +2.90%

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 12,450 15,190 20,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.06% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,342 10,172 15,099
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £690
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 205 181 231
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.16
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.27% +14.89%
75th Percentile £50.75 £56.00 £63.13
90th Percentile £66.73 £71.88 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in London

Software Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Software Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Software 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 Software Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Software 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning