Analyst Contracts in West London

Analyst
London > West London

The median Analyst daily rate in West London is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 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
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 15 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -13
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 27 25 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 9.64% 7.72% 10.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.71% 8.12% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 47
10th Percentile £384 £298 £200
25th Percentile £397 £388 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -10.00% +19.40%
75th Percentile £505 £514 £813
90th Percentile £525 £563 £875
London median daily rate £500 £503 £534
% change year-on-year -0.60% -5.81% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile - £45.75 £31.42
25th Percentile £25.00 £60.00 £41.04
Median hourly rate £27.04 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.41% +51.16% +102.59%
75th Percentile £36.18 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £48.97 £87.20 £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.67 £36.25 £25.75
% change year-on-year -29.20% +40.78% -2.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West London with a recognized job title 252 308 625
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 95.06% 97.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 224 498
10th Percentile £228 £226 £225
25th Percentile £359 £350 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £485 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% -13.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £647
90th Percentile £574 £650 £700
London median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 23 39
10th Percentile £20.24 £18.13 £24.50
25th Percentile £20.45 £23.80 £35.52
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -42.31% +242.11%
75th Percentile £37.11 £65.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £54.10 £67.80 £90.00
London median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -7.39% -13.61% +13.64%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in West London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in West London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in West London over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in West London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in West London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in West London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in West London over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in West London

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the West London region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
Hounslow +9 14 £400 -1.23% 6
Hillingdon -11 2 - - 11
Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 2025, 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 West London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (33.33%) Finance
3 9 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
5 7 (25.93%) Degree
6 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
7 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (18.52%) Product Ownership
7 5 (18.52%) Visualisation
8 4 (14.81%) QA
8 4 (14.81%) Project Management
8 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
8 4 (14.81%) Data Analytics
8 4 (14.81%) Analytics
8 4 (14.81%) Data Management
8 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (14.81%) Python
8 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
8 4 (14.81%) Power BI
9 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (11.11%) User Stories
9 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (11.11%) Data Flow Diagram
9 3 (11.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (11.11%) Product Vision

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 3 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.70%) BrowserStack
3 1 (3.70%) GCP
3 1 (3.70%) GitHub
3 1 (3.70%) Lucidchart
3 1 (3.70%) Miro
3 1 (3.70%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Power BI
2 2 (7.41%) BigQuery
2 2 (7.41%) Tableau
3 1 (3.70%) Looker
3 1 (3.70%) MS Access
3 1 (3.70%) Power Query
3 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JUnit
1 3 (11.11%) Selenium
2 2 (7.41%) JIRA
3 1 (3.70%) Appium
3 1 (3.70%) HP UFT
3 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.70%) Postman
3 1 (3.70%) Robot Framework
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Aviation
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Local Government
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) JSON
1 1 (3.70%) Kafka
1 1 (3.70%) Playwright
1 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (7.41%) Smart Meter
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) PMI
3 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 8 (29.63%) Agile
3 6 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
4 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) Visualisation
5 4 (14.81%) Analytics
5 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (14.81%) Data Analytics
5 4 (14.81%) Data Management
5 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Project Management
6 3 (11.11%) Data Flow Diagram
6 3 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (11.11%) Demand Management
6 3 (11.11%) Financial Analysis
6 3 (11.11%) Product Vision
6 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) Java
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.41%) CIPD
3 2 (7.41%) PMP
4 1 (3.70%) CBAP
4 1 (3.70%) CSPO
4 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) HNC
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
3 2 (7.41%) Workday
4 1 (3.70%) Anaplan
4 1 (3.70%) Concur
4 1 (3.70%) Google