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 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 232 193
Rank change year-on-year -11 -39 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 346 304 447
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.09% 1.07% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 1.16% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 209 342
10th Percentile £338 £363 £351
25th Percentile £413 £419 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -4.89% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £706 £725 £687
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% -6.59% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 6
10th Percentile £26.11 £30.13 £56.88
25th Percentile £28.00 £41.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate £34.27 £52.83 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.13% -20.26% +43.68%
75th Percentile £51.35 £64.73 £69.69
90th Percentile £69.30 - £73.75
UK median hourly rate £34.27 £52.83 £66.25
% change year-on-year -35.13% -20.26% +109.59%

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 28,943 26,290 33,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.90% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,488 16,329 23,123
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -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 1,752 823 1,420
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.78 £14.69
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.22 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +39.03%
75th Percentile £61.19 £64.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.35 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +38.46%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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 31 December 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 +13 204 £565 -1.74% 94
North of England -6 64 £400 -21.95% 32
South East -41 39 £538 +9.69% 49
Yorkshire -30 24 £413 -8.33% 7
North East +8 20 £120 -83.33% 3
North West -8 20 £425 -22.73% 22
Midlands -43 16 £500 - 23
East of England -12 13 £585 +3.08% 1
East Midlands -9 8 £500 +35.59% 7
West Midlands -45 8 £500 - 16
South West -3 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 31 December 2025, 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.

1 105 (30.35%) Agile
2 74 (21.39%) Business Analysis
3 69 (19.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (17.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 57 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (14.74%) SQL
6 51 (14.74%) User Stories
7 48 (13.87%) Requirements Gathering
8 47 (13.58%) Power BI
8 47 (13.58%) Power Platform
8 47 (13.58%) Workshop Facilitation
9 42 (12.14%) Decision-Making
10 40 (11.56%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (11.27%) Security Cleared
12 38 (10.98%) Analytics
13 36 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (9.83%) Data Analysis
15 33 (9.54%) Microsoft
16 32 (9.25%) Degree
16 32 (9.25%) JIRA
16 32 (9.25%) Windows
17 31 (8.96%) Data Modelling
17 31 (8.96%) Migration
17 31 (8.96%) Process Improvement
17 31 (8.96%) Validation
17 31 (8.96%) Visualisation
18 30 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
19 29 (8.38%) Azure
19 29 (8.38%) Waterfall
20 28 (8.09%) Mentoring

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 (6.94%) Confluence
2 9 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) SAS
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 30 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.05%) MS Visio
3 11 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.16%) Endur
3 3 (0.87%) Algo Collateral
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.58%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.29%) iTrent
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.29%) RMDS
5 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.58%) Power Platform
2 29 (8.38%) Azure
3 15 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.05%) AWS
5 13 (3.76%) GCP
6 8 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.02%) Google Analytics
7 7 (2.02%) SaaS
8 6 (1.73%) Lucidchart
9 5 (1.45%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.16%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.87%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.87%) dbt
11 3 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.87%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.58%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.58%) Miro
12 2 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.02%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.45%) DNS
2 5 (1.45%) Firewall
3 4 (1.16%) FIX Connectivity
4 3 (0.87%) Broadband
4 3 (0.87%) LAN
4 3 (0.87%) WAN
5 2 (0.58%) FTP
5 2 (0.58%) SSL
6 1 (0.29%) HTTP
6 1 (0.29%) Internet
6 1 (0.29%) Network Security
6 1 (0.29%) SAN
6 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) SMTP
6 1 (0.29%) VLAN
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.29%) Wireless
6 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.58%) Power BI
2 17 (4.91%) Tableau
3 15 (4.34%) BigQuery
4 11 (3.18%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.02%) Looker
6 3 (0.87%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.58%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.58%) Metadata
7 2 (0.58%) Power Query
8 1 (0.29%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.29%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (9.25%) JIRA
2 5 (1.45%) Selenium
3 3 (0.87%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.87%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.58%) Git
4 2 (0.58%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.29%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 118 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 101 (29.19%) Finance
3 81 (23.41%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (15.03%) Public Sector
5 44 (12.72%) Banking
6 14 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.76%) Retail
8 12 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (3.18%) Front Office
9 11 (3.18%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.31%) Local Government
12 7 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.73%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.73%) Legal
14 5 (1.45%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.45%) Marketing
15 4 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.02%) ADO
2 6 (1.73%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.45%) Middleware
4 4 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.16%) Kafka
5 3 (0.87%) XML
6 2 (0.58%) FHIR
6 2 (0.58%) PySpark
6 2 (0.58%) SOAP
7 1 (0.29%) EDI
7 1 (0.29%) LDAP
7 1 (0.29%) Matplotlib
7 1 (0.29%) NumPy
7 1 (0.29%) Pandas
7 1 (0.29%) Playwright
7 1 (0.29%) REST
7 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.29%) Seaborn
7 1 (0.29%) Web Services
7 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.49%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (3.76%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.60%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.31%) Derivative
5 8 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.02%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.73%) NHS
8 5 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.45%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.16%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.16%) iPad
9 4 (1.16%) iPhone
9 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.16%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.16%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.25%) Windows
2 8 (2.31%) Linux
3 5 (1.45%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.58%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) CentOS
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (30.35%) Agile
2 74 (21.39%) Business Analysis
3 69 (19.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (17.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 57 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (14.74%) User Stories
7 48 (13.87%) Requirements Gathering
8 47 (13.58%) Workshop Facilitation
9 42 (12.14%) Decision-Making
10 40 (11.56%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (10.98%) Analytics
12 36 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (9.83%) Data Analysis
14 31 (8.96%) Data Modelling
14 31 (8.96%) Migration
14 31 (8.96%) Process Improvement
14 31 (8.96%) Validation
14 31 (8.96%) Visualisation
15 29 (8.38%) Waterfall
16 28 (8.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.74%) SQL
2 20 (5.78%) Python
3 4 (1.16%) Java
3 4 (1.16%) R
4 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.29%) ABAP
6 1 (0.29%) C#
6 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.29%) Korn
6 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (11.27%) Security Cleared
2 32 (9.25%) Degree
3 28 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.47%) CBAP
5 9 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.73%) CSPO
7 5 (1.45%) IIBA
7 5 (1.45%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.16%) CISSP
8 4 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.87%) CISM
9 3 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.58%) CFA
10 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.58%) PMP
11 1 (0.29%) ACCA
11 1 (0.29%) ISEB
11 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.91%) Data Quality
1 17 (4.91%) QA
2 11 (3.18%) PMO
3 7 (2.02%) SLA
4 6 (1.73%) GDPR
5 5 (1.45%) GRC
6 4 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.87%) NIST
8 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.58%) COBIT
8 2 (0.58%) HL7
8 2 (0.58%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.58%) PERC
8 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.29%) Basel III
9 1 (0.29%) IFRS
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.29%) MiFID
9 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (2.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) BladeLogic
1 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.29%) Nessus
1 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (9.54%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.49%) Oracle
3 17 (4.91%) SAP
4 14 (4.05%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.47%) Splunk
6 9 (2.60%) Google
7 6 (1.73%) Databricks
7 6 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.45%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.45%) Zuora
9 4 (1.16%) Charles River
10 3 (0.87%) SmartStream
10 3 (0.87%) Workday
11 2 (0.58%) Adobe
11 2 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.58%) F5
11 2 (0.58%) OpenLink
11 2 (0.58%) Qualys
11 2 (0.58%) Refinitiv
11 2 (0.58%) VMware