Spend Analysis Contract Job Trends in London

Spend Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Spend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 - 401
Rank change year-on-year - - +164
Contract jobs citing Spend Analysis 7 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.049% - 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £390 - -
25th Percentile £461 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 - £500
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £675 - -
England median daily rate £548 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +1.81% +7.55% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Spend Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,151 13,572 16,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.42% 90.07% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 8,737 12,135
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £794
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 237
10th Percentile £18.14 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Spend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spend Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Spend Analysis job vacancy trend in London

Spend Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spend Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Spend Analysis

Spend Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spend Analysis in London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Spend Analysis in London

Spend Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Legal
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Billing
5 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Local Government
5 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Category Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Client Relationship Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Procurement Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Procurement Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Procurement Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Relationships Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Source to Pay
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Contract Negotiation
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
2 3 (42.86%) ERP
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) FinOps
4 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
1 2 (28.57%) MBA
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft