Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 234 192
Rank change year-on-year -1 -42 +43
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 359 294 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.08% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.16% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 199 345
10th Percentile £338 £363 £358
25th Percentile £412 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -3.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £632 £626 £638
90th Percentile £706 £726 £685
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 5
10th Percentile £26.11 £30.13 £55.75
25th Percentile £28.00 £41.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate £41.94 £52.83 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.61% -18.73% +40.97%
75th Percentile - £64.73 £68.75
90th Percentile £66.45 - £69.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £52.83 £65.00
% change year-on-year -20.61% -18.73% +105.63%

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 28,863 25,348 33,560
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 92.84% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,467 15,697 22,875
10th Percentile £300 £300 £280
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,744 792 1,459
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.26 £74.99 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.89 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.26% -26.97% +36.75%

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 6 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Analyst in England over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Analyst 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 6 January 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 +21 212 £530 -7.83% 73
North of England -3 68 £400 -21.95% 22
South East -42 38 £538 +9.69% 52
Yorkshire -36 24 £450 - 5
North West -15 23 £423 -23.18% 16
North East +6 21 £120 -83.33% 1
Midlands -43 17 £500 - 22
East of England -8 14 £559 -1.54% 3
East Midlands -14 9 £500 +42.86% 3
West Midlands -48 8 £500 - 19
South West -8 7 £495 +4.21% 11
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 January 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.

1 110 (30.64%) Agile
2 81 (22.56%) Business Analysis
3 77 (21.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (16.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 57 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (15.88%) User Stories
6 55 (15.32%) Requirements Gathering
7 54 (15.04%) Workshop Facilitation
8 52 (14.48%) SQL
9 46 (12.81%) Decision-Making
10 45 (12.53%) Power BI
10 45 (12.53%) Power Platform
11 42 (11.70%) Security Cleared
12 38 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (10.31%) Analytics
13 37 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (10.03%) Degree
15 35 (9.75%) Microsoft
16 34 (9.47%) Data Analysis
17 33 (9.19%) JIRA
17 33 (9.19%) Migration
17 33 (9.19%) Waterfall
18 32 (8.91%) Data Modelling
18 32 (8.91%) Process Improvement
18 32 (8.91%) Validation
18 32 (8.91%) Windows
19 31 (8.64%) Mentoring
19 31 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
19 31 (8.64%) SC Cleared
20 30 (8.36%) Azure

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 24 (6.69%) Confluence
2 9 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) SAS
4 1 (0.28%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 31 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.46%) MS Visio
3 13 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.34%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.11%) Endur
3 3 (0.84%) Algo Collateral
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.56%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.56%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.28%) iTrent
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.28%) RMDS
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.53%) Power Platform
2 30 (8.36%) Azure
3 15 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.62%) AWS
4 13 (3.62%) GCP
5 8 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.95%) Google Analytics
6 7 (1.95%) SaaS
7 6 (1.67%) Lucidchart
8 5 (1.39%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (1.11%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.84%) ChatGPT
10 3 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.84%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.56%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.56%) dbt
11 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.23%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.67%) Firewall
2 6 (1.67%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.39%) DNS
4 3 (0.84%) Broadband
4 3 (0.84%) LAN
4 3 (0.84%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) FTP
5 2 (0.56%) SSL
6 1 (0.28%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) NAS
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) SAN
6 1 (0.28%) SMTP
6 1 (0.28%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.28%) VLAN
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.53%) Power BI
2 16 (4.46%) Tableau
3 15 (4.18%) BigQuery
4 11 (3.06%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.95%) Looker
6 3 (0.84%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.84%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.56%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.56%) Metadata
7 2 (0.56%) Power Query
8 1 (0.28%) Big Data
8 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.28%) MS Access
8 1 (0.28%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 33 (9.19%) JIRA
2 5 (1.39%) Selenium
3 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.84%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.56%) Git
4 2 (0.56%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.28%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.28%) Postman
5 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 122 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 105 (29.25%) Finance
3 82 (22.84%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (15.32%) Public Sector
5 47 (13.09%) Banking
6 16 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (3.90%) Retail
8 13 (3.62%) Front Office
8 13 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.06%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.23%) Local Government
11 7 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.67%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.67%) Legal
13 5 (1.39%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.39%) Marketing
14 4 (1.11%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.23%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (1.95%) ADO
3 5 (1.39%) Middleware
4 4 (1.11%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.11%) Kafka
5 3 (0.84%) XML
6 2 (0.56%) FHIR
6 2 (0.56%) PySpark
6 2 (0.56%) SOAP
7 1 (0.28%) EDI
7 1 (0.28%) FIXML
7 1 (0.28%) JSON
7 1 (0.28%) LDAP
7 1 (0.28%) Matplotlib
7 1 (0.28%) Pandas
7 1 (0.28%) Playwright
7 1 (0.28%) REST
7 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.28%) Seaborn
7 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.85%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.01%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.51%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.95%) Derivative
6 7 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.95%) NHS
6 7 (1.95%) PMI
6 7 (1.95%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.39%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.11%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.11%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.84%) iPhone
9 3 (0.84%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.91%) Windows
2 9 (2.51%) Linux
3 6 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.11%) Unix
5 3 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.28%) CentOS
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (30.64%) Agile
2 81 (22.56%) Business Analysis
3 77 (21.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (16.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 57 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (15.88%) User Stories
6 55 (15.32%) Requirements Gathering
7 54 (15.04%) Workshop Facilitation
8 46 (12.81%) Decision-Making
9 38 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (10.31%) Analytics
10 37 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (9.47%) Data Analysis
12 33 (9.19%) Migration
12 33 (9.19%) Waterfall
13 32 (8.91%) Data Modelling
13 32 (8.91%) Process Improvement
13 32 (8.91%) Validation
14 31 (8.64%) Mentoring
15 29 (8.08%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 52 (14.48%) SQL
2 20 (5.57%) Python
3 4 (1.11%) Java
3 4 (1.11%) R
4 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.28%) C#
6 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.28%) Korn
6 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (11.70%) Security Cleared
2 36 (10.03%) Degree
3 31 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.74%) CBAP
5 9 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.95%) IIBA
8 6 (1.67%) CSPO
9 5 (1.39%) CISSP
10 4 (1.11%) CISM
10 4 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.11%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.84%) PMP
12 2 (0.56%) APMP
12 2 (0.56%) CFA
12 2 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.28%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.57%) QA
2 18 (5.01%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.06%) PMO
4 7 (1.95%) SLA
5 6 (1.67%) GDPR
6 5 (1.39%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.11%) GRC
7 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.84%) NIST
9 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.56%) COBIT
9 2 (0.56%) HL7
9 2 (0.56%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.56%) PERC
9 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.28%) Basel III
10 1 (0.28%) EMIR
10 1 (0.28%) MiFID
10 1 (0.28%) P3O
10 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) BladeLogic
1 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.28%) Nessus
1 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (9.75%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.29%) Oracle
3 18 (5.01%) SAP
4 16 (4.46%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.34%) Splunk
6 9 (2.51%) Google
7 6 (1.67%) Databricks
7 6 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.39%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.39%) Charles River
8 5 (1.39%) Zuora
9 3 (0.84%) SmartStream
10 2 (0.56%) Adobe
10 2 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.56%) F5
10 2 (0.56%) Facebook
10 2 (0.56%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.56%) Qualys
10 2 (0.56%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.56%) VMware