Senior Analyst Contracts 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 2 July 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
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 209 234
Rank change year-on-year -48 +25 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 255 426 525
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.99% 1.14% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.23% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 287 394
10th Percentile £333 £357 £325
25th Percentile £400 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £638
90th Percentile £663 £650 £747
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -2.50% -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 5
10th Percentile £24.54 £13.50 £22.35
25th Percentile £26.35 £17.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £28.60 £23.50 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% -42.74% +28.85%
75th Percentile £34.95 £25.81 £43.00
90th Percentile £38.15 £30.33 £56.20
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £23.50 £41.04
% change year-on-year +21.70% -42.74% +28.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 23,802 34,689 44,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 92.93% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,558 22,690 31,723
10th Percentile £293 £300 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,110 2,587 1,360
10th Percentile £13.99 £12.87 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.90 £16.80 £19.50
Median hourly rate £28.34 £40.00 £43.93
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% -8.95% +75.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.52 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in England

Senior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Analyst in England

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in England

Senior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Analyst in England

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Analyst in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 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
London -27 166 £525 +5.00% 940
South East +39 27 £500 - 212
North of England -16 24 £456 -8.80% 143
South West +42 13 £400 -33.33% 70
West Midlands -6 13 £500 -1.96% 49
North West -17 13 £456 -4.00% 91
Midlands -20 13 £500 +5.26% 85
Yorkshire +1 11 £466 -8.13% 45
East of England +1 5 £463 -11.90% 62
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 96 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 79 (30.98%) Finance
3 68 (26.67%) Agile
4 64 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (23.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (23.92%) SQL
6 51 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (14.51%) Business Analysis
8 35 (13.73%) Migration
9 34 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
10 33 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 33 (12.94%) Microsoft
11 32 (12.55%) Analytics
12 30 (11.76%) Risk Management
13 28 (10.98%) Validation
13 28 (10.98%) Data Analysis
14 26 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (10.20%) Python
14 26 (10.20%) Change Management
15 24 (9.41%) Data Modelling
15 24 (9.41%) User Stories
15 24 (9.41%) Workshop Facilitation
16 23 (9.02%) Power Platform
16 23 (9.02%) QA
16 23 (9.02%) Degree
17 22 (8.63%) Waterfall
17 22 (8.63%) Azure
17 22 (8.63%) DevOps
17 22 (8.63%) System Integration Testing
18 21 (8.24%) Power BI

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (4.71%) Confluence
2 6 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.57%) SAS
4 3 (1.18%) CMS
4 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.78%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
Applications
1 16 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.75%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (1.18%) Oracle iProcurement
1 3 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.18%) Shopify
1 3 (1.18%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) Endur
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.02%) Power Platform
2 22 (8.63%) Azure
3 15 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.71%) AWS
5 9 (3.53%) GCP
5 9 (3.53%) SaaS
6 7 (2.75%) dbt
7 6 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.96%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.18%) BigCommerce
9 3 (1.18%) Collibra
10 2 (0.78%) AWS Data Pipeline
10 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.39%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.39%) Miro
11 1 (0.39%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.57%) 5G
1 4 (1.57%) VoLTE
1 4 (1.57%) VoWiFi
2 2 (0.78%) 4G
2 2 (0.78%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (0.78%) Firewall
2 2 (0.78%) Intranet
2 2 (0.78%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (0.78%) SMS
2 2 (0.78%) SS7
2 2 (0.78%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.39%) Broadband
3 1 (0.39%) DNS
3 1 (0.39%) HTTP
3 1 (0.39%) SAN
3 1 (0.39%) SMTP
3 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.39%) VPN
3 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.24%) Power BI
2 9 (3.53%) Tableau
3 7 (2.75%) MS Access
4 6 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.96%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.96%) Metadata
5 5 (1.96%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.18%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.78%) Big Data
7 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.78%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.78%) Power Query
7 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.39%) Looker
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.39%) QlikView
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.39%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 20 (7.84%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) QARun
2 4 (1.57%) WinRunner
3 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.78%) TestRail
3 2 (0.78%) Toad
4 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.39%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 96 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 79 (30.98%) Finance
3 64 (25.10%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.06%) Banking
5 13 (5.10%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.31%) Marketing
7 11 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.92%) Front Office
9 8 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (3.14%) Retail
9 8 (3.14%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.35%) Back Office
11 5 (1.96%) Law
11 5 (1.96%) Legal
12 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.18%) Advertising
13 3 (1.18%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.18%) Local Government
14 2 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.75%) Middleware
1 7 (2.75%) Web Services
2 6 (2.35%) XML
3 3 (1.18%) VML
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.78%) Playwright
4 2 (0.78%) SOAP
5 1 (0.39%) .NET
5 1 (0.39%) FpML
5 1 (0.39%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.39%) ISPF
5 1 (0.39%) Kafka
5 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.39%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.53%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.57%) CMDB
5 4 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.57%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.57%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.57%) Reinsurance
5 4 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.18%) Derivative
6 3 (1.18%) Equities
6 3 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.18%) iPad
6 3 (1.18%) iPhone
6 3 (1.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.67%) Windows
2 9 (3.53%) Unix
3 3 (1.18%) Linux
3 3 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (26.67%) Agile
2 61 (23.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 51 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (14.51%) Business Analysis
5 35 (13.73%) Migration
6 34 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
7 33 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 32 (12.55%) Analytics
9 30 (11.76%) Risk Management
10 28 (10.98%) Data Analysis
10 28 (10.98%) Validation
11 26 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (10.20%) Change Management
12 24 (9.41%) Data Modelling
12 24 (9.41%) User Stories
12 24 (9.41%) Workshop Facilitation
13 22 (8.63%) DevOps
13 22 (8.63%) System Integration Testing
13 22 (8.63%) Waterfall
14 21 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 61 (23.92%) SQL
2 26 (10.20%) Python
3 3 (1.18%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.18%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.18%) R
4 2 (0.78%) Java
4 2 (0.78%) VBA
5 1 (0.39%) ABAP
5 1 (0.39%) C#
5 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.39%) JCL
5 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (9.02%) Degree
2 20 (7.84%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.10%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.31%) CBAP
5 4 (1.57%) ACCA
5 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.57%) ISEB
5 4 (1.57%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.18%) CIMA
6 3 (1.18%) CISSP
6 3 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.78%) CRISC
7 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.78%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.02%) QA
2 19 (7.45%) GDPR
3 16 (6.27%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.75%) PMO
5 5 (1.96%) NIST
6 4 (1.57%) GRC
7 3 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.18%) SEPA
8 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.78%) SLA
9 1 (0.39%) COBIT
9 1 (0.39%) COSO
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.39%) P3O
9 1 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.39%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.18%) CSIRT
2 2 (0.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.78%) SCCM
3 1 (0.39%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 33 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.10%) Oracle
2 13 (5.10%) SAP
3 8 (3.14%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.75%) Adobe
4 7 (2.75%) Citrix
5 6 (2.35%) Google
5 6 (2.35%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.35%) Workday
6 4 (1.57%) Foundry
6 4 (1.57%) Informatica
7 3 (1.18%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.18%) Splunk
7 3 (1.18%) Talend
7 3 (1.18%) webMethods
8 2 (0.78%) FireEye
8 2 (0.78%) HP
8 2 (0.78%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.78%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.78%) Palantir