Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 257 210
Rank change year-on-year +2 -47 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 442 275 417
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.01% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.10% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 186 282
10th Percentile £370 £350 £363
25th Percentile £430 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £581 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £638
UK median daily rate £520 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -2.50% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 14
10th Percentile £27.14 £26.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £29.04 £26.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.67 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.34% +30.50% -44.07%
75th Percentile - £35.75 £25.81
90th Percentile £32.67 £60.25 £30.33
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £30.67 £23.50
% change year-on-year +4.34% +30.50% -44.07%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,387 24,981 33,973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.90% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,310 16,224 22,273
10th Percentile £325 £291 £300
25th Percentile £423 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,974 1,234 2,436
10th Percentile £16.04 £13.80 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.87 £17.25
Median hourly rate £46.73 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.89% -30.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £64.25
90th Percentile £80.04 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £26.21 £40.00
% change year-on-year +71.69% -34.48% -5.88%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in England

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in England

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in England

Senior Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
London -36 215 £575 +10.05% 68
North of England -44 62 £488 +6.91% 20
Midlands -16 58 £500 - 24
South East -32 58 £500 - 56
West Midlands -39 31 £475 -5.00% 13
East Midlands - 27 £525 - 11
East of England -4 24 £435 -5.95% 14
North West -41 22 £428 -2.95% 13
Yorkshire -41 22 £488 +4.56% 4
North East -20 19 £575 +10.58% 3
South West -23 18 £601 +50.31% 10
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 2026, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 118 (26.70%) Agile
2 94 (21.27%) Business Analysis
3 87 (19.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 77 (17.42%) User Stories
5 74 (16.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 73 (16.52%) Requirements Gathering
7 63 (14.25%) Decision-Making
7 63 (14.25%) Security Cleared
8 61 (13.80%) Microsoft
9 60 (13.57%) Workshop Facilitation
10 52 (11.76%) Azure
11 50 (11.31%) Acceptance Criteria
12 48 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (10.86%) SQL
13 45 (10.18%) DevOps
13 45 (10.18%) SAP
14 44 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (9.95%) Degree
15 43 (9.73%) Actionable Insight
15 43 (9.73%) Data Modelling
15 43 (9.73%) QA
16 40 (9.05%) Power Platform
17 39 (8.82%) Process Improvement
18 38 (8.60%) Analytics
18 38 (8.60%) Power BI
19 37 (8.37%) Business Intelligence
19 37 (8.37%) User Acceptance Testing
20 35 (7.92%) Data Analysis
20 35 (7.92%) SC Cleared
21 34 (7.69%) AI

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 23 (5.20%) Confluence
2 6 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.90%) OpenEdge
4 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.45%) Appian
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.36%) Endur
2 6 (1.36%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.68%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.45%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.45%) Primavera
6 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.23%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 52 (11.76%) Azure
2 40 (9.05%) Power Platform
3 17 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.26%) AWS
5 9 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.36%) GCP
6 6 (1.36%) Power Automate
6 6 (1.36%) SaaS
7 5 (1.13%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.90%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.68%) Azure Functions
9 3 (0.68%) GitHub
9 3 (0.68%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.68%) Serverless
9 3 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.45%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.23%) Broadband
2 1 (0.23%) DNS
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.60%) Power BI
2 21 (4.75%) Tableau
3 9 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.81%) Power Query
5 5 (1.13%) Metadata
6 3 (0.68%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.68%) Looker
6 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.45%) Big Data
7 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.23%) Essbase
8 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (6.56%) JIRA
2 5 (1.13%) Postman
2 5 (1.13%) Selenium
3 4 (0.90%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.68%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.68%) GitLab
4 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.68%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.45%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.45%) MLflow
5 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 117 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 116 (26.24%) Finance
3 90 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.86%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.52%) Banking
6 17 (3.85%) Front Office
7 15 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (3.39%) Retail
8 14 (3.17%) Local Government
8 14 (3.17%) Marketing
8 14 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.71%) Legal
9 12 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.81%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.90%) Advertising
14 4 (0.90%) General Ledger
14 4 (0.90%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.90%) ADO
2 4 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (0.90%) VML
3 3 (0.68%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.68%) NumPy
3 3 (0.68%) Pandas
3 3 (0.68%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.45%) JSON
4 2 (0.45%) Kafka
4 2 (0.45%) OAuth
4 2 (0.45%) OpenAPI
4 2 (0.45%) SAML
4 2 (0.45%) Swagger
5 1 (0.23%) FHIR
5 1 (0.23%) Middleware
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.23%) Playwright
5 1 (0.23%) Spring
5 1 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.52%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.62%) Onboarding
3 13 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (2.26%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.13%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.13%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.90%) FMCG
10 4 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.90%) Reference Data
10 4 (0.90%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.68%) CSOC
11 3 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.45%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.04%) Windows
2 6 (1.36%) Linux
3 2 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (26.70%) Agile
2 94 (21.27%) Business Analysis
3 87 (19.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 77 (17.42%) User Stories
5 74 (16.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 73 (16.52%) Requirements Gathering
7 63 (14.25%) Decision-Making
8 60 (13.57%) Workshop Facilitation
9 50 (11.31%) Acceptance Criteria
10 48 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
11 45 (10.18%) DevOps
12 44 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (9.73%) Actionable Insight
13 43 (9.73%) Data Modelling
14 39 (8.82%) Process Improvement
15 38 (8.60%) Analytics
16 37 (8.37%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (8.37%) User Acceptance Testing
17 35 (7.92%) Data Analysis
18 34 (7.69%) AI
Programming Languages
1 48 (10.86%) SQL
2 29 (6.56%) Python
3 8 (1.81%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.36%) R
5 5 (1.13%) Bash
5 5 (1.13%) Java
5 5 (1.13%) Perl
5 5 (1.13%) VBA
6 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.68%) C#
7 3 (0.68%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.23%) C++
9 1 (0.23%) Korn
9 1 (0.23%) LookML
9 1 (0.23%) Ruby
9 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (14.25%) Security Cleared
2 44 (9.95%) Degree
3 35 (7.92%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.94%) ACCA
6 13 (2.94%) CIMA
7 9 (2.04%) ISTQB
8 6 (1.36%) CBAP
8 6 (1.36%) CISSP
8 6 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.36%) ISEB
9 5 (1.13%) CSPO
10 4 (0.90%) CompTIA CySA+
10 4 (0.90%) IIBA
10 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.68%) ISEB Practitioner
11 3 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (9.73%) QA
2 24 (5.43%) PMO
3 23 (5.20%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.49%) GDPR
4 11 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.58%) NIST
6 3 (0.68%) GRC
6 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.68%) WCAG
7 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.45%) P3O
7 2 (0.45%) SLA
8 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
8 1 (0.23%) Basel III
8 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.23%) EMIR
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS
System Software
1 5 (1.13%) Docker
2 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.23%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.23%) Grafana
3 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.23%) Kibana
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 61 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.18%) SAP
3 32 (7.24%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.85%) Oracle
5 12 (2.71%) Workday
6 9 (2.04%) Databricks
7 7 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.36%) Google
9 5 (1.13%) Civica
9 5 (1.13%) Splunk
10 4 (0.90%) Clearswift
10 4 (0.90%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.90%) IFS
10 4 (0.90%) Orchard
10 4 (0.90%) Qualys
10 4 (0.90%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.90%) Tanium
10 4 (0.90%) Tripwire
11 3 (0.68%) Bloomberg