Statistics Contracts in London

Statistics
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 287 338
Rank change year-on-year +11 +51 +20
Contract jobs citing Statistics 77 104 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.61% 0.58% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.66% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 79 98
10th Percentile £342 £312 £313
25th Percentile £385 £388 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% -5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £670
90th Percentile £645 £940 £829
England median daily rate £492 £493 £518
% change year-on-year -0.20% -4.73% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 4
10th Percentile - £17.75 -
25th Percentile - £19.05 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% -43.33% +82.93%
75th Percentile £53.75 £48.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £56.75 £60.38 £85.50
England median hourly rate £25.43 £24.00 £22.16
% change year-on-year +5.96% +8.30% -19.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Statistics 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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Statistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Statistics in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Statistics in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Statistics in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Statistics in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Statistics in London

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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 Statistics 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 +8 16 £550 +33.33% 42
West London +9 1 £500 -4.76% 11
Statistics
England

Statistics
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 13 (16.88%) Apache Spark
2 4 (5.19%) SAS
3 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.30%) Jupyter
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (19.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.08%) Power Platform
2 8 (10.39%) Azure
3 4 (5.19%) AWS
4 3 (3.90%) SaaS
5 2 (2.60%) GitHub
6 1 (1.30%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.30%) GCP
6 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.30%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.30%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.30%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) Firewall
2 2 (2.60%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (2.60%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) DHCP
3 1 (1.30%) DNS
3 1 (1.30%) Internet
3 1 (1.30%) LAN
3 1 (1.30%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.30%) WAN
3 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.08%) Power BI
2 10 (12.99%) Tableau
3 8 (10.39%) Data Mining
4 7 (9.09%) Hadoop
5 6 (7.79%) Relational Database
6 4 (5.19%) Power Query
7 3 (3.90%) Apache Hive
7 3 (3.90%) Big Data
7 3 (3.90%) MySQL
8 2 (2.60%) MongoDB
8 2 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (2.60%) PowerPivot
8 2 (2.60%) Redis
9 1 (1.30%) BigQuery
9 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.30%) KDB
9 1 (1.30%) Metadata
9 1 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
9 1 (1.30%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Git
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
General
1 37 (48.05%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (38.96%) Social Skills
3 24 (31.17%) Finance
4 18 (23.38%) Marketing
5 9 (11.69%) Banking
5 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.79%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.60%) Advertising
8 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.60%) Police
8 2 (2.60%) Retail
9 1 (1.30%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.30%) French Language
9 1 (1.30%) Games
9 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Local Government
9 1 (1.30%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.30%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 28 (36.36%) Data Scientist
2 15 (19.48%) Analyst
3 8 (10.39%) Senior
4 5 (6.49%) Developer
4 5 (6.49%) Financial Analyst
5 4 (5.19%) Senior Data Scientist
6 3 (3.90%) Commercial Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Data Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) IT Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Senior Developer
7 2 (2.60%) Administrator
7 2 (2.60%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
7 2 (2.60%) DBA
7 2 (2.60%) Machine Learning Scientist
7 2 (2.60%) PostgreSQL DBA
7 2 (2.60%) Quantitative Developer
7 2 (2.60%) Security Engineer
7 2 (2.60%) Telecoms Manager
7 2 (2.60%) Unix Administrator
7 2 (2.60%) Unix Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) Pandas
1 6 (7.79%) TensorFlow
2 4 (5.19%) PySpark
3 3 (3.90%) scikit-learn
4 2 (2.60%) Shiny
5 1 (1.30%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.30%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Algorithms
2 7 (9.09%) Multi-touch
3 4 (5.19%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.90%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.60%) Derivative
5 2 (2.60%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.60%) Market Risk
5 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.60%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.30%) IoT
6 1 (1.30%) PKI
6 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.49%) Linux
2 4 (5.19%) Windows
3 3 (3.90%) Unix
4 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.30%) Android
5 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) Mathematics
2 37 (48.05%) Data Science
3 31 (40.26%) Data Analysis
4 26 (33.77%) Machine Learning
5 22 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 21 (27.27%) Decision-Making
6 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (25.97%) Analytics
8 19 (24.68%) Visualisation
9 17 (22.08%) Data Visualisation
10 16 (20.78%) Actionable Insight
11 15 (19.48%) Economics
11 15 (19.48%) Statistical Modelling
12 13 (16.88%) Data Modelling
13 12 (15.58%) Predictive Modelling
14 10 (12.99%) Agile
15 9 (11.69%) A/B Testing
15 9 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (10.39%) Bayesian Methods
Programming Languages
1 49 (63.64%) Python
2 36 (46.75%) SQL
3 18 (23.38%) R
4 4 (5.19%) C++
4 4 (5.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (5.19%) Java
5 3 (3.90%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.60%) Go
6 2 (2.60%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.30%) C
7 1 (1.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (54.55%) Degree
2 16 (20.78%) Master's Degree
3 9 (11.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (10.39%) PhD
4 8 (10.39%) Security Cleared
5 7 (9.09%) Numerate Degree
6 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.60%) MBA
8 1 (1.30%) CISA
8 1 (1.30%) CISM
8 1 (1.30%) CISSP
8 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.30%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.88%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.90%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (3.90%) GDPR
3 2 (2.60%) WCAG
4 1 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.30%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.30%) SLA
4 1 (1.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.60%) Docker
1 2 (2.60%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.30%) SCCM
2 1 (1.30%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 11 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.79%) Databricks
3 5 (6.49%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.60%) Cisco
4 2 (2.60%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.60%) Spotify
5 1 (1.30%) Amplitude
5 1 (1.30%) Apple
5 1 (1.30%) Citrix
5 1 (1.30%) Facebook
5 1 (1.30%) Google
5 1 (1.30%) Informatica
5 1 (1.30%) Instagram
5 1 (1.30%) Nexthink
5 1 (1.30%) Oracle
5 1 (1.30%) Remedy
5 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.30%) Talend