Analyst Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Analyst
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £406, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 37 86 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 15.68% 18.07% 14.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.52% 19.24% 15.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 62 106
10th Percentile £213 £171 £192
25th Percentile £331 £324 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £528 £497 £475
90th Percentile £555 £712 £583
South East median daily rate £460 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.22% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.50 £17.64 £9.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £17.82 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.68% +78.20% -7.15%
75th Percentile £24.50 £19.13 £10.50
90th Percentile - £21.16 -
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £19.38 £22.50
% change year-on-year +23.87% -13.89% +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 224 447 820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 93.91% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 315 662
10th Percentile £266 £225 £252
25th Percentile £394 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £665 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 43 3
10th Percentile - £15.85 £10.23
25th Percentile £14.20 £17.64 £11.33
Median hourly rate £14.42 £23.75 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -39.28% +80.47% +11.20%
75th Percentile £53.75 £29.38 £28.46
90th Percentile £65.50 £48.75 £37.63
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Buckinghamshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Milton Keynes -3 28 £375 -6.25% 46
Bletchley - 2 £363 - 4
Buckingham 0 1 £225 -46.22%
High Wycombe -1 1 - - 31
Marlow -1 1 £525 +5.00% 1
Amersham - 1 £425 -
Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
3 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 8 (21.62%) Agile
4 7 (18.92%) QA
4 7 (18.92%) Azure
4 7 (18.92%) Validation
4 7 (18.92%) SQL
5 6 (16.22%) Windows
5 6 (16.22%) Waterfall
5 6 (16.22%) SIEM
5 6 (16.22%) Test Automation
5 6 (16.22%) DevOps
5 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (13.51%) Analytics
6 5 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (13.51%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (13.51%) Migration
7 4 (10.81%) SLA
7 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
7 4 (10.81%) SAS
7 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
7 4 (10.81%) Retail
7 4 (10.81%) Logistics
7 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
7 4 (10.81%) Data Migration
7 4 (10.81%) Integration Testing
7 4 (10.81%) User Stories

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (10.81%) SAS
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) IBM Domino
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.92%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.41%) SaaS
5 1 (2.70%) AWS
5 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) MS Access
2 3 (8.11%) Power BI
3 2 (5.41%) DTS
4 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.70%) Impala
4 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.70%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
1 2 (5.41%) QARun
1 2 (5.41%) WinRunner
General
1 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Retail
4 3 (8.11%) Automotive
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Middleware
1 2 (5.41%) Web Services
2 1 (2.70%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Credit Risk
1 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (5.41%) CSOC
2 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) Unix
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) Agile
3 7 (18.92%) Validation
4 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (16.22%) DevOps
4 6 (16.22%) SIEM
4 6 (16.22%) Test Automation
4 6 (16.22%) Waterfall
5 5 (13.51%) Analytics
5 5 (13.51%) Migration
5 5 (13.51%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Data Migration
6 4 (10.81%) Integration Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Logistics
6 4 (10.81%) Security Operations
6 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
6 4 (10.81%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Test Planning
6 4 (10.81%) User Stories
7 3 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) C#
2 2 (5.41%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) VB
3 1 (2.70%) ABAP
3 1 (2.70%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) CEH
3 2 (5.41%) CISSP
3 2 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) QA
2 4 (10.81%) SLA
3 3 (8.11%) IFRS
3 3 (8.11%) IFRS 9
4 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
5 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.70%) NIST
5 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) QRadar
2 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Citrix
2 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
2 2 (5.41%) Splunk
3 1 (2.70%) Ariba
3 1 (2.70%) Aruba
3 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.70%) HP
3 1 (2.70%) McAfee
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle