IT Analyst Contracts in London

IT Analyst
England > London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in London is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 301 324
Rank change year-on-year +45 +23 +22
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 133 212 315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.75% 0.79% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.83% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 133 212
10th Percentile £196 £211 £158
25th Percentile £338 £300 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% +2.22% +3.45%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £645 £668
England median daily rate £450 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +28.57% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 18
10th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £14.75
25th Percentile £20.38 £22.94 £16.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +47.06% -35.85%
75th Percentile £25.00 £32.88 £24.24
90th Percentile £40.00 £63.75 £25.95
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.63 £17.00
% change year-on-year -0.57% +33.12% +10.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,501 25,472 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.25% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,931 18,450 27,143
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 290 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.24
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +10.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in London

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in London

IT 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 IT Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +28 31 £538 +16.22% 8
South London +9 5 £200 -15.79% 1
West London +16 3 £550 +22.22% 1
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 47 (35.34%) Finance
3 39 (29.32%) Banking
3 39 (29.32%) Windows
4 30 (22.56%) Active Directory
5 29 (21.80%) Change Management
6 26 (19.55%) ITSM
7 24 (18.05%) ITIL
7 24 (18.05%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (17.29%) Service Management
8 23 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (16.54%) DevOps
9 22 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
9 22 (16.54%) Microsoft
10 19 (14.29%) Agile
11 17 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (12.78%) Business Analysis
12 16 (12.03%) Windows 10
13 15 (11.28%) Degree
14 13 (9.77%) PowerShell
15 12 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
16 11 (8.27%) Python
16 11 (8.27%) Project Management
16 11 (8.27%) Azure
16 11 (8.27%) Requirements Management
16 11 (8.27%) ServiceNow
16 11 (8.27%) Windows Server
16 11 (8.27%) Requirements Gathering
16 11 (8.27%) Customer Service

IT 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 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.26%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.75%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Aligne
1 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.75%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.05%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (8.27%) Azure
3 8 (6.02%) SaaS
4 7 (5.26%) AWS
4 7 (5.26%) PaaS
5 3 (2.26%) Slack
6 2 (1.50%) Asana
6 2 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.50%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.50%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.50%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.50%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.75%) Collibra
7 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.75%) IaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Miro
7 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.75%) Serverless
7 1 (0.75%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.26%) DHCP
1 3 (2.26%) DNS
1 3 (2.26%) Skype
1 3 (2.26%) VPN
1 3 (2.26%) Wireless
2 2 (1.50%) Firewall
2 2 (1.50%) Intranet
2 2 (1.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.75%) Internet
3 1 (0.75%) LAN
3 1 (0.75%) MPLS
3 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.75%) WAN
3 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.75%) Data Hub
2 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.75%) GIS
2 1 (0.75%) Metadata
2 1 (0.75%) Power BI
2 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Appium
2 1 (0.75%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.75%) JMeter
2 1 (0.75%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.75%) Postman
2 1 (0.75%) Rational Performance Tester
2 1 (0.75%) Selenium
2 1 (0.75%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.75%) Subversion
2 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.75%) WebDriver
General
1 48 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 47 (35.34%) Finance
3 39 (29.32%) Banking
4 23 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.52%) Manufacturing
6 9 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.76%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.01%) Local Government
9 4 (3.01%) Marketing
10 3 (2.26%) Advertising
10 3 (2.26%) Billing
10 3 (2.26%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.50%) International Banking
12 1 (0.75%) Back Office
12 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.75%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.75%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.75%) Law
12 1 (0.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) Middleware
2 1 (0.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.75%) ADO
2 1 (0.75%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.75%) Playwright
2 1 (0.75%) RESTful
2 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.51%) iPhone
2 4 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (3.01%) IoT
2 4 (3.01%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.26%) Cyberattack
3 3 (2.26%) Derivative
3 3 (2.26%) iPad
3 3 (2.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.26%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.50%) CMDB
4 2 (1.50%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.50%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.75%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 39 (29.32%) Windows
2 16 (12.03%) Windows 10
3 11 (8.27%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.76%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.26%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.50%) Linux
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.75%) Unix
7 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.80%) Change Management
2 26 (19.55%) ITSM
3 24 (18.05%) ITIL
4 23 (17.29%) Service Management
5 22 (16.54%) DevOps
5 22 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (14.29%) Agile
7 17 (12.78%) Business Analysis
7 17 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (9.02%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.27%) Customer Service
9 11 (8.27%) Project Management
9 11 (8.27%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (8.27%) Requirements Management
10 10 (7.52%) Business Process Mapping
10 10 (7.52%) GAP Analysis
10 10 (7.52%) Risk Management
11 9 (6.77%) Business Case
11 9 (6.77%) SDLC
12 8 (6.02%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.77%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.27%) Python
3 3 (2.26%) SQL
4 2 (1.50%) C#
4 2 (1.50%) Java
5 1 (0.75%) Bash
5 1 (0.75%) C++
5 1 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 15 (11.28%) Degree
2 8 (6.02%) CISM
2 8 (6.02%) CISSP
3 7 (5.26%) CISA
4 5 (3.76%) CRISC
5 4 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.50%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.75%) CCNA
7 1 (0.75%) CCNP
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.75%) MBA
7 1 (0.75%) MCITP
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) QA
2 5 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.26%) SLA
4 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.75%) GAAP
4 1 (0.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (22.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.01%) SCCM
2 2 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.75%) BladeLogic
3 1 (0.75%) CASB
3 1 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 22 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.27%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.02%) Citrix
3 8 (6.02%) SAP
4 7 (5.26%) Apple
5 4 (3.01%) SmartStream
6 3 (2.26%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.50%) Google
7 2 (1.50%) Granicus
7 2 (1.50%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.50%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.75%) Altiris
8 1 (0.75%) Cisco
8 1 (0.75%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.75%) HP
8 1 (0.75%) IBM
8 1 (0.75%) Mitel
8 1 (0.75%) Oracle
8 1 (0.75%) Progress
8 1 (0.75%) Salesforce