Analyst Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Analyst
South East > Berkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Berkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 238 126 154
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 13.00% 10.33% 9.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.05% 11.38% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 72 107
10th Percentile £365 £365 £293
25th Percentile £450 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £415
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +14.46% -17.00%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £510
90th Percentile £625 £598 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £431 £438
% change year-on-year +15.94% -1.43% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 6
10th Percentile £19.78 £24.52 £35.83
25th Percentile - £30.11 £41.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.31 £52.83
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% -38.84% +42.77%
75th Percentile £82.25 £40.65 £64.73
90th Percentile £104.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £17.87 £29.00
% change year-on-year +67.88% -38.38% +65.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,694 1,107 1,475
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 90.74% 90.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 987 724 790
10th Percentile £349 £300 £313
25th Percentile £450 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% -0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 43 64
10th Percentile £17.25 £14.75 £28.37
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.78 £53.86
Median hourly rate £77.25 £32.31 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +139.09% -47.46% -1.44%
75th Percentile £91.31 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £104.00 £85.80 £99.25
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £24.00 £58.49
% change year-on-year +104.17% -58.97% +11.41%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Berkshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Berkshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Berkshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Berkshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Reading +7 160 £550 +15.79% 30
Bracknell +14 35 £600 +22.97% 9
Wokingham +10 24 £425 +1.49% 3
Windsor 0 7 £538 +18.13%
Slough -7 3 £402 -25.30% 28
Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, 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 Berkshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 87 (36.55%) Security Cleared
2 58 (24.37%) SC Cleared
3 53 (22.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (15.97%) Requirements Gathering
6 37 (15.55%) Business Analysis
7 34 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 33 (13.87%) Agile
9 32 (13.45%) Workshop Facilitation
10 27 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (11.34%) Security Operations
11 24 (10.08%) Incident Management
11 24 (10.08%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (9.24%) Data Analysis
12 22 (9.24%) Decision-Making
12 22 (9.24%) DV Cleared
13 21 (8.82%) SAP
13 21 (8.82%) SIEM
13 21 (8.82%) User Stories
14 20 (8.40%) Microsoft
14 20 (8.40%) ServiceNow
15 19 (7.98%) Security Monitoring
15 19 (7.98%) Validation
16 17 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (7.14%) Data Quality
16 17 (7.14%) Power Platform
16 17 (7.14%) Risk Management
16 17 (7.14%) Use Case
17 16 (6.72%) Power BI

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 10 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.26%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 14 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.10%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.42%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.68%) iTrent
3 3 (1.26%) Maximo
3 3 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (1.26%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.84%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.42%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.42%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 13 (5.46%) Azure
3 8 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.68%) Lucidchart
4 4 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (1.26%) AWS
6 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.84%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.42%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.84%) Internet
1 2 (0.84%) Network Security
2 1 (0.42%) 4G
2 1 (0.42%) 5G
2 1 (0.42%) ADSL
2 1 (0.42%) DHCP
2 1 (0.42%) DNS
2 1 (0.42%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.42%) GSM
2 1 (0.42%) LTE
2 1 (0.42%) Mobile Backhaul
2 1 (0.42%) MPLS
2 1 (0.42%) PSTN
2 1 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.42%) UMTS
2 1 (0.42%) VoLTE
2 1 (0.42%) VoWiFi
2 1 (0.42%) WAN
2 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.72%) Power BI
2 4 (1.68%) Tableau
3 3 (1.26%) GIS
4 2 (0.84%) Spark SQL
4 2 (0.84%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (2.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.42%) JMeter
2 1 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 70 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (11.76%) Finance
4 15 (6.30%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.46%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (4.62%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.52%) Police
10 5 (2.10%) Military
10 5 (2.10%) Retail
11 4 (1.68%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.84%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.84%) Billing
12 2 (0.84%) Legal
12 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.42%) Advertising
13 1 (0.42%) Automotive
13 1 (0.42%) Banking
13 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.84%) Middleware
1 2 (0.84%) PySpark
2 1 (0.42%) OAuth
2 1 (0.42%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.42%) OpenID
2 1 (0.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.04%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.78%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.36%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.52%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.10%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.68%) IVR
6 4 (1.68%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.26%) CMDB
8 2 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.84%) Life Science
8 2 (0.84%) PMI
8 2 (0.84%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.42%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.42%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.42%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.68%) Windows
2 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 38 (15.97%) Requirements Gathering
4 37 (15.55%) Business Analysis
5 34 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 33 (13.87%) Agile
7 32 (13.45%) Workshop Facilitation
8 27 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (11.34%) Security Operations
9 24 (10.08%) Incident Management
9 24 (10.08%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (9.24%) Data Analysis
10 22 (9.24%) Decision-Making
11 21 (8.82%) SIEM
11 21 (8.82%) User Stories
12 19 (7.98%) Security Monitoring
12 19 (7.98%) Validation
13 17 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (7.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.88%) SQL
2 7 (2.94%) Python
3 3 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.42%) Java
4 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 87 (36.55%) Security Cleared
2 58 (24.37%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.24%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.52%) Degree
5 3 (1.26%) ACCA
5 3 (1.26%) CIMA
6 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.42%) APMG
7 1 (0.42%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) CBAP
7 1 (0.42%) IIBA
7 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.62%) PMO
3 9 (3.78%) GRC
4 5 (2.10%) QA
5 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.84%) GDPR
6 2 (0.84%) NIST
6 2 (0.84%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) COBIT
7 1 (0.42%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.84%) vSphere
3 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.84%) SCCM
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (8.82%) SAP
2 20 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.40%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.78%) Oracle
4 8 (3.36%) Workday
5 4 (1.68%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.26%) Cisco
6 3 (1.26%) Databricks
6 3 (1.26%) ESRI
6 3 (1.26%) IBM
7 2 (0.84%) LogRhythm
7 2 (0.84%) Virgin Media
7 2 (0.84%) VMware
8 1 (0.42%) BT
8 1 (0.42%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.42%) NEC
8 1 (0.42%) NGA Human Resources
8 1 (0.42%) Openreach
8 1 (0.42%) Planview
8 1 (0.42%) Qualys