Analyst Contracts in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 510 716 1,115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.33% 12.80% 14.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.11% 13.53% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 529 793
10th Percentile £190 £175 £155
25th Percentile £313 £280 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +3.03%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £495
90th Percentile £600 £600 £540
England median daily rate £475 £488 £463
% change year-on-year -2.56% +5.41% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 40 69
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.00 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £10.77
Median hourly rate £19.38 £22.16 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +47.73% +7.30%
75th Percentile £22.25 £32.00 £19.52
90th Percentile £43.74 £66.40 £32.50
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -15.79% +22.58% -4.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,045 5,292 7,401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 94.58% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,031 3,691 5,067
10th Percentile £215 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £390 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 488 234 319
10th Percentile £12.81 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.46% +143.49% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.25
90th Percentile £77.14 £75.00 £58.46
England median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
% change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Thames Valley -2 298 £438 -2.78% 117
Berkshire -10 184 £475 -2.56% 48
Hampshire -7 107 £544 +14.53% 53
Buckinghamshire +6 94 £400 - 45
Surrey -2 56 £425 +0.59% 44
West Sussex -4 29 £450 +63.64% 7
Oxfordshire +1 20 £150 -62.50% 24
Kent -8 9 £450 +119.51% 22
Middlesex +1 2 £180 -72.31% 4
Home Counties +3 1 - -
Sussex -3 1 £410 -31.67% 2
East Sussex -9 1 - - 12
Isle of Wight - 1 - - 1
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 South East region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 141 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 130 (25.49%) Finance
3 101 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (19.22%) Agile
5 98 (19.22%) Security Cleared
6 72 (14.12%) Microsoft
7 63 (12.35%) SQL
8 58 (11.37%) Degree
9 57 (11.18%) Analytics
10 54 (10.59%) DV Cleared
11 53 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
12 50 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
14 47 (9.22%) Business Analysis
14 47 (9.22%) Power Platform
15 46 (9.02%) Tableau
16 45 (8.82%) Power BI
17 44 (8.63%) SC Cleared
18 43 (8.43%) Azure
19 42 (8.24%) Decision-Making
20 41 (8.04%) Project Management
20 41 (8.04%) Telecoms
21 40 (7.84%) ITIL
22 39 (7.65%) Customer Service
23 38 (7.45%) SAP
23 38 (7.45%) JIRA
24 37 (7.25%) Management Information System
24 37 (7.25%) Requirements Gathering
25 36 (7.06%) Oracle

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 22 (4.31%) Confluence
2 10 (1.96%) SAS
3 6 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.59%) Appian
6 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 48 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.37%) SPSS
6 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.78%) Infor SunSystems
4 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.59%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.39%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) Relativity
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.20%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 47 (9.22%) Power Platform
2 43 (8.43%) Azure
3 24 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (4.71%) Snowflake
4 17 (3.33%) AWS
5 16 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.57%) SaaS
7 4 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.78%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.78%) iPaaS
7 4 (0.78%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 3 (0.59%) PaaS
8 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.59%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.39%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.39%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.73%) Firewall
2 13 (2.55%) Network Security
3 7 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (1.37%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (0.98%) VPN
5 4 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.59%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.59%) SAN
6 3 (0.59%) Wireless
7 2 (0.39%) Internet
7 2 (0.39%) LAN
7 2 (0.39%) SNMP
7 2 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.39%) WAN
8 1 (0.20%) DHCP
8 1 (0.20%) DNS
8 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.20%) VLAN
8 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.02%) Tableau
2 45 (8.82%) Power BI
3 11 (2.16%) Big Data
4 7 (1.37%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.18%) PowerPivot
6 5 (0.98%) Power Query
7 4 (0.78%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.78%) MS Access
7 4 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.78%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.59%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.39%) GIS
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.20%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 38 (7.45%) JIRA
2 21 (4.12%) TestRail
3 7 (1.37%) Selenium
4 6 (1.18%) Robot Framework
5 5 (0.98%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.39%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.39%) Git
7 2 (0.39%) GitLab
7 2 (0.39%) GoogleTest
7 2 (0.39%) Maven
7 2 (0.39%) Postman
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.20%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) TestNG
8 1 (0.20%) Travis CI
General
1 141 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 130 (25.49%) Finance
3 99 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.04%) Telecoms
5 34 (6.67%) Legal
6 33 (6.47%) Retail
7 22 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (4.31%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.33%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.33%) Marketing
10 11 (2.16%) Billing
11 10 (1.96%) Banking
12 9 (1.76%) Automotive
13 8 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.18%) Local Government
16 5 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.78%) French Language
18 3 (0.59%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.37%) D3.js
1 7 (1.37%) HTML
2 4 (0.78%) ADO
2 4 (0.78%) XML
3 3 (0.59%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.59%) JSON
3 3 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.39%) .NET
4 2 (0.39%) CSS
4 2 (0.39%) SOAP
5 1 (0.20%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.20%) PySpark
5 1 (0.20%) React
5 1 (0.20%) REST
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.12%) Credit Risk
3 13 (2.55%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.57%) CMDB
5 8 (1.57%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 5 (0.98%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.98%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.98%) Mainframe
8 5 (0.98%) Operational Technology
8 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.78%) e-Health
9 4 (0.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.27%) Windows
2 26 (5.10%) Linux
3 10 (1.96%) Unix
4 7 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.98%) Debian
5 5 (0.98%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.78%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (19.22%) Agile
3 57 (11.18%) Analytics
4 53 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
5 50 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
6 47 (9.22%) Business Analysis
7 42 (8.24%) Decision-Making
8 41 (8.04%) Project Management
9 40 (7.84%) ITIL
10 39 (7.65%) Customer Service
11 37 (7.25%) Requirements Gathering
12 36 (7.06%) User Stories
13 35 (6.86%) Data Analysis
14 34 (6.67%) Roadmaps
14 34 (6.67%) Test Automation
15 33 (6.47%) Actionable Insight
15 33 (6.47%) DevOps
15 33 (6.47%) Test Management
16 32 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (6.27%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 63 (12.35%) SQL
2 33 (6.47%) Python
3 8 (1.57%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.57%) R
4 7 (1.37%) VBScript
5 6 (1.18%) Java
5 6 (1.18%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.18%) VBA
6 5 (0.98%) C
7 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.39%) Bash
8 2 (0.39%) VB
9 1 (0.20%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) C++
9 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.20%) JCL
9 1 (0.20%) ProC
9 1 (0.20%) Scala
9 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (19.22%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.37%) Degree
3 54 (10.59%) DV Cleared
4 44 (8.63%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.12%) ISTQB
5 21 (4.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (2.55%) ACCA
6 13 (2.55%) CIMA
7 9 (1.76%) ICAEW
8 8 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.37%) CCNP
9 7 (1.37%) CISM
9 7 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.18%) ISEB
11 2 (0.39%) CBAP
11 2 (0.39%) CISSP
11 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.39%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.51%) PMO
2 22 (4.31%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.31%) SLA
3 19 (3.73%) QA
4 10 (1.96%) IFRS
5 9 (1.76%) GAAP
6 8 (1.57%) GDPR
7 4 (0.78%) NIST
7 4 (0.78%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.39%) ITGC
9 2 (0.39%) RMADS
10 1 (0.20%) GxP
10 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.20%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 12 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.59%) Firmware
5 2 (0.39%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.20%) Docker
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) XenApp
6 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.18%) Nessus
2 4 (0.78%) IBM BigFix
2 4 (0.78%) Tivoli
3 3 (0.59%) SCCM
4 2 (0.39%) QRadar
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.20%) Nagios
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.45%) SAP
3 36 (7.06%) Oracle
4 28 (5.49%) Alteryx
5 24 (4.71%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.73%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.94%) VMware
8 9 (1.76%) Cisco
9 8 (1.57%) Adobe
9 8 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.57%) Sun
10 7 (1.37%) Juniper
10 7 (1.37%) LogRhythm
10 7 (1.37%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.37%) ScienceLogic
10 7 (1.37%) Splunk
11 6 (1.18%) Forcepoint
11 6 (1.18%) Google
11 6 (1.18%) Qualys
11 6 (1.18%) Remedy