Analyst Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Analyst
South London > Croydon

The median Analyst daily rate in Croydon is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 15 26
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 16 15 9
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 9.36% 14.42% 5.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.70% 14.42% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 9
10th Percentile £455 £355 £281
25th Percentile £456 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £469 £538 £575
90th Percentile £469 - -
South London median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 165 104 158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.49% 100.00% 98.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 83 99
10th Percentile £416 £380 £231
25th Percentile £492 £463 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £603
90th Percentile £636 £670 £672
South London median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £17.25
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £67.70 £34.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year +99.12% +44.68% -46.72%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in Croydon

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Croydon

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Croydon

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Croydon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Croydon region over the 6 months to 13 March 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
South Croydon - 2 - -
Analyst
South London

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 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 Croydon region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (81.25%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (56.25%) AWS
3 9 (56.25%) Data Extraction
3 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (56.25%) Power BI
3 9 (56.25%) Power Platform
3 9 (56.25%) SQL
3 9 (56.25%) Tableau
4 7 (43.75%) Agile
4 7 (43.75%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (43.75%) PMO
4 7 (43.75%) Visualisation
5 6 (37.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 6 (37.50%) Amazon EC2
5 6 (37.50%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (37.50%) Amazon S3
5 6 (37.50%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (37.50%) Cost Management
5 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 6 (37.50%) ETL
5 6 (37.50%) Migration
5 6 (37.50%) Serverless
5 6 (37.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (31.25%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Applications
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) AWS
1 9 (56.25%) Power Platform
2 6 (37.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 6 (37.50%) Amazon EC2
2 6 (37.50%) Amazon S3
2 6 (37.50%) AWS Lambda
2 6 (37.50%) Serverless
2 6 (37.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (56.25%) Power BI
1 9 (56.25%) Tableau
2 6 (37.50%) Amazon RDS
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (56.25%) Data Extraction
3 7 (43.75%) Agile
3 7 (43.75%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (43.75%) Visualisation
4 6 (37.50%) Cost Management
4 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 6 (37.50%) ETL
4 6 (37.50%) Migration
5 5 (31.25%) Dashboard Development
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (18.75%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (12.50%) Cost Optimisation
8 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) PMO
2 4 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft