Analyst Contracts in London

Analyst
England > London

The median Analyst daily rate in London is £520 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,097 3,374 5,108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 11.95% 13.41% 13.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.76% 14.11% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,512 2,503 3,800
10th Percentile £310 £273 £301
25th Percentile £413 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £713 £750 £688
England median daily rate £475 £488 £470
% change year-on-year -2.56% +3.72% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 40 56
10th Percentile £20.50 £18.62 £13.94
25th Percentile £20.88 £20.44 £16.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £24.93
Median % change year-on-year - +0.30% +8.37%
75th Percentile £51.13 £40.94 £33.75
90th Percentile £75.75 £65.10 £43.88
England median hourly rate £16.30 £19.00 £15.74
% change year-on-year -14.21% +20.71% -3.14%

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 16,438 23,913 36,894
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 95.07% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 17,448 27,145
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 279 411
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.57 £23.24
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +6.54%
75th Percentile £46.68 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.40 £80.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in London

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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 +1 352 £520 -0.95% 72
South London +6 33 £425 - 13
West London -3 33 £463 -6.33% 28
East London -9 17 £495 +116.63% 8
North London +2 6 £369 -22.37% 3
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 748 (35.67%) Finance
2 559 (26.66%) Social Skills
3 425 (20.27%) Agile
4 392 (18.69%) SQL
5 350 (16.69%) Banking
6 319 (15.21%) Analytical Skills
7 255 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
8 251 (11.97%) Business Analysis
9 249 (11.87%) Microsoft
10 231 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 222 (10.59%) Python
12 200 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
13 191 (9.11%) Analytics
14 186 (8.87%) Degree
15 183 (8.73%) Power Platform
16 179 (8.54%) Azure
17 178 (8.49%) Data Analysis
18 177 (8.44%) Power BI
19 176 (8.39%) User Stories
20 174 (8.30%) Migration
21 169 (8.06%) Requirements Gathering
22 154 (7.34%) Windows
22 154 (7.34%) Asset Management
23 143 (6.82%) User Acceptance Testing
24 142 (6.77%) Front Office
25 139 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
26 138 (6.58%) Public Sector
27 137 (6.53%) Security Cleared
28 135 (6.44%) Data Modelling
29 131 (6.25%) Project Management

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 58 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 52 (2.48%) Confluence
3 20 (0.95%) CMS
4 14 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.57%) SAS
6 10 (0.48%) Apache
7 7 (0.33%) MTS
8 5 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.048%) Alfresco
11 1 (0.048%) Camunda
11 1 (0.048%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.048%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.048%) LiveLink
11 1 (0.048%) OpenStack
Applications
1 139 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 100 (4.77%) Microsoft Office
3 62 (2.96%) MS Visio
4 49 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 30 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.19%) SPSS
8 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.095%) Trello
10 1 (0.048%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 28 (1.34%) Endur
2 19 (0.91%) Aladdin
3 17 (0.81%) Aligne
4 13 (0.62%) NEC Housing
4 13 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.52%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 8 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
7 8 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.33%) EuroRunner
8 7 (0.33%) thinkFolio
9 6 (0.29%) Markit EDM
9 6 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.29%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.24%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 5 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 183 (8.73%) Power Platform
2 179 (8.54%) Azure
3 93 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (4.24%) AWS
5 39 (1.86%) SaaS
6 33 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (1.29%) Google Analytics
8 25 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (1.19%) Entra ID
9 23 (1.10%) Google Workspace
10 17 (0.81%) Power Automate
10 17 (0.81%) Snowflake
11 16 (0.76%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.67%) Collibra
12 14 (0.67%) OCI
13 12 (0.57%) dbt
13 12 (0.57%) GCP
14 11 (0.52%) OneDrive
15 10 (0.48%) PaaS
15 10 (0.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.14%) Firewall
2 15 (0.72%) Wireless
3 14 (0.67%) VPN
4 13 (0.62%) Internet
5 10 (0.48%) DNS
6 8 (0.38%) Network Security
7 6 (0.29%) DHCP
7 6 (0.29%) FIX Connectivity
7 6 (0.29%) WAN
8 5 (0.24%) Intranet
8 5 (0.24%) LAN
8 5 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.19%) Skype
9 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.14%) MPLS
10 3 (0.14%) NAS
10 3 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.14%) RTP
10 3 (0.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (8.44%) Power BI
2 68 (3.24%) Tableau
3 53 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (2.38%) SQL Server
5 35 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 21 (1.00%) Big Data
6 21 (1.00%) Metadata
7 16 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (0.72%) Data Lake
8 15 (0.72%) Looker
8 15 (0.72%) Oracle Database
9 14 (0.67%) Data Mining
9 14 (0.67%) NoSQL
10 12 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.52%) BigQuery
11 11 (0.52%) SAP HANA
12 9 (0.43%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 7 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 99 (4.72%) JIRA
2 35 (1.67%) Postman
3 25 (1.19%) Selenium
4 22 (1.05%) Visual Studio
5 17 (0.81%) WebDriver
6 13 (0.62%) Git
6 13 (0.62%) SpecFlow
7 12 (0.57%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.57%) SoapUI
8 8 (0.38%) Subversion
9 7 (0.33%) Appium
9 7 (0.33%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.33%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.29%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.24%) JMeter
12 4 (0.19%) Rational Performance Tester
13 3 (0.14%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.14%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.14%) TestComplete
General
1 748 (35.67%) Finance
2 559 (26.66%) Social Skills
3 350 (16.69%) Banking
4 319 (15.21%) Analytical Skills
5 142 (6.77%) Front Office
6 138 (6.58%) Public Sector
7 111 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 109 (5.20%) Investment Banking
9 92 (4.39%) Back Office
10 79 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
11 60 (2.86%) Retail
12 56 (2.67%) Marketing
13 43 (2.05%) Legal
14 42 (2.00%) Local Government
15 33 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
16 30 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
17 29 (1.38%) Telecoms
18 25 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 24 (1.14%) Billing
20 20 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.57%) XML
2 30 (1.43%) .NET
3 17 (0.81%) Middleware
4 15 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
6 12 (0.57%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.57%) AngularJS
7 10 (0.48%) SOAP
8 9 (0.43%) HTML
8 9 (0.43%) JSON
9 8 (0.38%) ADO
9 8 (0.38%) PySpark
10 7 (0.33%) IDoc
10 7 (0.33%) SailPoint
10 7 (0.33%) SAP PI
11 5 (0.24%) SAML
11 5 (0.24%) Web Services
12 4 (0.19%) OAuth
12 4 (0.19%) SAP XI
12 4 (0.19%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 109 (5.20%) Product Ownership
2 100 (4.77%) Derivative
3 69 (3.29%) Hedge funds
4 68 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 65 (3.10%) Fixed Income
6 63 (3.00%) Management Information System
7 62 (2.96%) Equities
8 41 (1.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 36 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 35 (1.67%) Mobile App
11 31 (1.48%) Reinsurance
12 26 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (1.00%) Credit Risk
15 20 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
16 18 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
17 17 (0.81%) Market Risk
18 14 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
19 13 (0.62%) Data Centre
19 13 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 154 (7.34%) Windows
2 45 (2.15%) Linux
3 41 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 25 (1.19%) Android
6 22 (1.05%) Unix
7 12 (0.57%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.33%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.14%) VMS
12 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.048%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (20.27%) Agile
2 255 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (11.97%) Business Analysis
4 231 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 200 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
6 191 (9.11%) Analytics
7 178 (8.49%) Data Analysis
8 176 (8.39%) User Stories
9 174 (8.30%) Migration
10 169 (8.06%) Requirements Gathering
11 154 (7.34%) Asset Management
12 143 (6.82%) User Acceptance Testing
13 135 (6.44%) Data Modelling
14 131 (6.25%) Project Management
15 129 (6.15%) Change Management
16 116 (5.53%) GAP Analysis
16 116 (5.53%) ITIL
17 115 (5.48%) Risk Management
18 109 (5.20%) Investment Management
19 108 (5.15%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 392 (18.69%) SQL
2 222 (10.59%) Python
3 70 (3.34%) C#
4 50 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 41 (1.96%) Java
6 25 (1.19%) C++
7 22 (1.05%) VBA
8 19 (0.91%) R
9 15 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.67%) PL/SQL
11 13 (0.62%) JavaScript
11 13 (0.62%) Kotlin
12 11 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.43%) ABAP
14 8 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.33%) C
15 7 (0.33%) Perl
16 5 (0.24%) Bash
16 5 (0.24%) XPath
16 5 (0.24%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 186 (8.87%) Degree
2 137 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 115 (5.48%) SC Cleared
4 27 (1.29%) CISSP
5 20 (0.95%) Master's Degree
6 18 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 16 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
9 15 (0.72%) CISM
10 13 (0.62%) CISA
11 9 (0.43%) CBAP
11 9 (0.43%) CRISC
12 7 (0.33%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.29%) CEH
13 6 (0.29%) GREM
13 6 (0.29%) GSEC
13 6 (0.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (5.77%) Data Quality
2 92 (4.39%) QA
3 52 (2.48%) PMO
4 42 (2.00%) SLA
5 26 (1.24%) GDPR
6 21 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (0.95%) EMIR
7 20 (0.95%) NIST
8 19 (0.91%) MiFID
9 14 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 14 (0.67%) SEPA
10 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
10 10 (0.48%) GRC
11 9 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.43%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.24%) GAAP
13 3 (0.14%) Dodd-Frank
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 82 (3.91%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.33%) Firmware
2 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.29%) Docker
3 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.095%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.095%) vSphere
5 2 (0.095%) XenApp
6 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.048%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (0.72%) SCCM
2 14 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
3 9 (0.43%) Ansible
4 7 (0.33%) BladeLogic
4 7 (0.33%) Control-M
4 7 (0.33%) Grafana
4 7 (0.33%) Terraform
5 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.24%) CSIRT
6 5 (0.24%) Nessus
6 5 (0.24%) QRadar
6 5 (0.24%) WSUS
7 3 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.14%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.14%) Podman
7 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.095%) CASB
8 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.048%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 249 (11.87%) Microsoft
2 108 (5.15%) Oracle
3 99 (4.72%) SAP
4 63 (3.00%) ServiceNow
5 49 (2.34%) Bloomberg
5 49 (2.34%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.05%) Google
7 27 (1.29%) Citrix
8 19 (0.91%) Alteryx
9 18 (0.86%) Databricks
10 17 (0.81%) Adobe
10 17 (0.81%) Apple
11 16 (0.76%) IBM
12 15 (0.72%) Dynatrace
12 15 (0.72%) Refinitiv
13 14 (0.67%) NEC
13 14 (0.67%) OpenLink
14 13 (0.62%) Northgate
15 12 (0.57%) Guidewire
15 12 (0.57%) Murex