Technical Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

Technical Analyst
England > London

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in London is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 272 278
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +79
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 123 84 120
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 0.64% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.69% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 54 86
10th Percentile £363 £390 £319
25th Percentile £430 £421 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% -13.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £594 £684
90th Percentile £725 £659 £850
England median daily rate £475 £488 £515
% change year-on-year -2.56% -5.34% +0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.79
England median hourly rate £18.38 £15.33 £14.00
% change year-on-year +19.86% +9.50% -38.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 14,847 12,234 17,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.71% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,976 8,184 12,295
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 145 345
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +21.74% -17.86%
75th Percentile £59.72 £53.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.04 £65.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -22.27%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Technical Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analyst in London

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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 -3 20 £590 +9.77% 1
West London -18 1 - -
South London - 1 - -
Technical Analyst
England

Technical Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Technical Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 51 (41.46%) Agile
2 39 (31.71%) SQL
3 34 (27.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (26.02%) JIRA
5 31 (25.20%) User Stories
6 27 (21.95%) Scrum
7 25 (20.33%) Security Cleared
7 25 (20.33%) Workshop Facilitation
8 24 (19.51%) SC Cleared
9 20 (16.26%) Business Analysis
9 20 (16.26%) Data Modelling
9 20 (16.26%) Migration
9 20 (16.26%) Requirements Gathering
9 20 (16.26%) User Acceptance Testing
10 19 (15.45%) Analytics
10 19 (15.45%) Confluence
10 19 (15.45%) DevOps
11 18 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (12.20%) Acceptance Criteria
12 15 (12.20%) Azure
12 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (11.38%) AWS
13 14 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
14 13 (10.57%) Data Analysis
14 13 (10.57%) Process Improvement
15 12 (9.76%) Data Migration
15 12 (9.76%) Degree
15 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
15 12 (9.76%) Python
16 11 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement

Technical Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (15.45%) Confluence
2 4 (3.25%) CMS
3 2 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.07%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Actimize
2 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.81%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) IntelliMatch
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.20%) Azure
2 14 (11.38%) AWS
3 9 (7.32%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (4.07%) SaaS
5 5 (4.07%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.44%) GitHub
6 3 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.63%) GCP
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.81%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.50%) Power BI
2 6 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.07%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.25%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (2.44%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.81%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.81%) Metadata
7 1 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.81%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (26.02%) JIRA
2 3 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.44%) Postman
2 3 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.63%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.81%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.81%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.81%) Fiddler
General
1 43 (34.96%) Finance
2 38 (30.89%) Social Skills
3 23 (18.70%) Banking
4 22 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.13%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.69%) Marketing
8 5 (4.07%) Front Office
8 5 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.07%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.25%) Law
9 4 (3.25%) Legal
9 4 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.44%) Back Office
11 2 (1.63%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.63%) Police
12 1 (0.81%) Advertising
12 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.88%) REST
2 4 (3.25%) JSON
3 3 (2.44%) .NET
3 3 (2.44%) XML
4 1 (0.81%) ADO
4 1 (0.81%) CSS
4 1 (0.81%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.81%) FIXML
4 1 (0.81%) HTML
4 1 (0.81%) Middleware
4 1 (0.81%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.81%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.01%) Product Ownership
2 11 (8.94%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (4.07%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.25%) Derivative
5 4 (3.25%) Fixed Income
5 4 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.44%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (2.44%) Educational Technology
6 3 (2.44%) Equities
6 3 (2.44%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.63%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.63%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.81%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.81%) PMI
8 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.88%) Windows
2 4 (3.25%) Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Unix
3 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (41.46%) Agile
2 34 (27.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (25.20%) User Stories
4 27 (21.95%) Scrum
5 25 (20.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 20 (16.26%) Business Analysis
6 20 (16.26%) Data Modelling
6 20 (16.26%) Migration
6 20 (16.26%) Requirements Gathering
6 20 (16.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (15.45%) Analytics
7 19 (15.45%) DevOps
8 18 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (12.20%) Acceptance Criteria
9 15 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (10.57%) Data Analysis
11 13 (10.57%) Process Improvement
12 12 (9.76%) Data Migration
13 11 (8.94%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 39 (31.71%) SQL
2 12 (9.76%) Python
3 4 (3.25%) Java
4 1 (0.81%) C++
4 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (20.33%) Security Cleared
2 24 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.76%) Degree
4 3 (2.44%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.44%) CBAP
4 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.44%) ISEB
4 3 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.63%) PMP
6 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) IIBA
6 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) GDPR
2 7 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.88%) QA
4 5 (4.07%) PSD2
5 4 (3.25%) ISO 20022
6 3 (2.44%) MiFID
7 2 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.63%) COREP
7 2 (1.63%) EMIR
8 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.81%) GRC
8 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.81%) NCSC
8 1 (0.81%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.69%) Oracle
2 7 (5.69%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.07%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.25%) Adobe
4 4 (3.25%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.25%) OneTrust
5 3 (2.44%) Bloomberg
5 3 (2.44%) SAP
5 3 (2.44%) Sonatype
5 3 (2.44%) Tealium
6 2 (1.63%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.63%) Murex
7 1 (0.81%) Ariba
7 1 (0.81%) Avaloq
7 1 (0.81%) Calypso
7 1 (0.81%) FNZ
7 1 (0.81%) iManage
7 1 (0.81%) Remedy
7 1 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud