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 19 September 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 272 219
Rank change year-on-year +18 -53 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 467 270 374
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.97% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.06% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 189 247
10th Percentile £355 £342 £370
25th Percentile £431 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £678 £706 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 9
10th Percentile £27.67 £28.95 -
25th Percentile £31.44 £31.31 £23.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £34.27 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +45.83% -63.85%
75th Percentile £32.73 £38.97 £62.50
90th Percentile £53.17 £59.16 £64.73
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £34.27 £23.50
% change year-on-year -6.62% +45.83% -63.85%

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 42,946 25,411 30,652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 91.36% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,575 16,393 19,112
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -3.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,509 1,371 1,480
10th Percentile £14.90 £13.75 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £46.71
Median % change year-on-year +76.76% -46.16% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £54.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -20 240 £575 +6.73% 497
Midlands -4 61 £500 +5.26% 77
North of England -37 60 £550 +22.22% 122
South East -49 47 £500 - 143
West Midlands -27 37 £475 - 49
Yorkshire -25 27 £550 +50.68% 30
East Midlands +9 24 £525 - 28
East of England -6 24 £370 - 29
South West -21 24 £613 +53.13% 28
North East -29 22 £575 +10.58% 12
North West -53 12 £525 +12.78% 80
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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.

1 138 (29.55%) Agile
2 133 (28.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 113 (24.20%) Business Analysis
4 98 (20.99%) Workshop Facilitation
5 91 (19.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 89 (19.06%) Requirements Gathering
6 89 (19.06%) User Stories
7 75 (16.06%) Decision-Making
8 71 (15.20%) Microsoft
9 67 (14.35%) Acceptance Criteria
10 61 (13.06%) Security Cleared
11 60 (12.85%) SQL
12 59 (12.63%) Analytics
13 58 (12.42%) Azure
13 58 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
14 55 (11.78%) AI
15 54 (11.56%) QA
16 52 (11.13%) Process Improvement
17 51 (10.92%) Power Platform
18 50 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
18 50 (10.71%) DevOps
19 49 (10.49%) Power BI
20 48 (10.28%) Data Analysis
21 41 (8.78%) Data Modelling
22 40 (8.57%) Degree
22 40 (8.57%) Validation
23 39 (8.35%) User Acceptance Testing
24 38 (8.14%) Mentoring
25 37 (7.92%) SC Cleared

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 (4.93%) Confluence
2 5 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.86%) OpenEdge
4 3 (0.64%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.43%) Appian
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.57%) MS Visio
3 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 13 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.28%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.07%) Endur
3 5 (1.07%) Primavera
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.64%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.64%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
6 2 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.43%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.21%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.42%) Azure
2 51 (10.92%) Power Platform
3 32 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (4.07%) SaaS
5 15 (3.21%) AWS
6 14 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (2.78%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 10 (2.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 10 (2.14%) Snowflake
10 9 (1.93%) Serverless
11 8 (1.71%) Azure Functions
11 8 (1.71%) GCP
12 7 (1.50%) PaaS
13 6 (1.28%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.86%) Anthropic Claude
14 4 (0.86%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.86%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.64%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.43%) Network Security
2 2 (0.43%) WAN
2 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.21%) Firewall
3 1 (0.21%) LAN
3 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (10.49%) Power BI
2 26 (5.57%) Tableau
3 13 (2.78%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.28%) Looker
6 5 (1.07%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.07%) Metadata
6 5 (1.07%) Power Query
7 4 (0.86%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.86%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.64%) Big Data
8 3 (0.64%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.43%) GIS
9 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.43%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.21%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 36 (7.71%) JIRA
2 9 (1.93%) Postman
2 9 (1.93%) Selenium
3 8 (1.71%) Cucumber
3 8 (1.71%) Cypress.io
3 8 (1.71%) WebDriver
4 4 (0.86%) GitLab
5 3 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.43%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.21%) Git
7 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
General
1 142 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 112 (23.98%) Finance
3 102 (21.84%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (12.21%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.28%) Banking
6 25 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (4.50%) Local Government
8 18 (3.85%) Front Office
8 18 (3.85%) Marketing
9 15 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (3.00%) Retail
11 12 (2.57%) Legal
12 9 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.71%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.50%) Advertising
14 7 (1.50%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.28%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.07%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.71%) Gherkin
2 4 (0.86%) ADO
2 4 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.86%) VML
3 3 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.64%) NumPy
3 3 (0.64%) Pandas
4 2 (0.43%) HTML
4 2 (0.43%) JSON
4 2 (0.43%) OpenAPI
4 2 (0.43%) Playwright
4 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.43%) Swagger
5 1 (0.21%) Django
5 1 (0.21%) Kafka
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.21%) SAML
5 1 (0.21%) SOAP
5 1 (0.21%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.71%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.43%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.21%) Management Information System
4 9 (1.93%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (1.50%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.50%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.07%) Reference Data
7 5 (1.07%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.86%) FMCG
9 3 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.64%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.64%) Life Science
9 3 (0.64%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.64%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.36%) Windows
2 7 (1.50%) Linux
3 2 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (29.55%) Agile
2 133 (28.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 113 (24.20%) Business Analysis
4 98 (20.99%) Workshop Facilitation
5 91 (19.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 89 (19.06%) Requirements Gathering
6 89 (19.06%) User Stories
7 75 (16.06%) Decision-Making
8 67 (14.35%) Acceptance Criteria
9 59 (12.63%) Analytics
10 58 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
11 55 (11.78%) AI
12 52 (11.13%) Process Improvement
13 50 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
13 50 (10.71%) DevOps
14 48 (10.28%) Data Analysis
15 41 (8.78%) Data Modelling
16 40 (8.57%) Validation
17 39 (8.35%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (12.85%) SQL
2 35 (7.49%) Python
3 10 (2.14%) JavaScript
3 10 (2.14%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.71%) C#
5 6 (1.28%) R
6 5 (1.07%) Bash
6 5 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.07%) Perl
7 4 (0.86%) Java
7 4 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.43%) Korn
8 2 (0.43%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.43%) VBA
9 1 (0.21%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) LookML
9 1 (0.21%) Ruby
9 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (13.06%) Security Cleared
2 40 (8.57%) Degree
3 37 (7.92%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.57%) ACCA
6 11 (2.36%) CIMA
6 11 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.36%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.14%) CISSP
8 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.28%) CSPO
11 5 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.07%) ISEB
12 4 (0.86%) CBAP
12 4 (0.86%) GCIH
12 4 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.64%) IIBA
13 3 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.64%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.56%) QA
2 34 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.93%) PMO
4 18 (3.85%) GDPR
5 15 (3.21%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.14%) NIST
8 8 (1.71%) WCAG
9 4 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.86%) GRC
9 4 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.64%) IFRS
10 3 (0.64%) P3O
11 2 (0.43%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.43%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.43%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.43%) SEPA
12 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.21%) ITGC
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.64%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 71 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.85%) Salesforce
3 31 (6.64%) SAP
4 16 (3.43%) Oracle
5 10 (2.14%) Workday
6 9 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.71%) Google
8 7 (1.50%) Databricks
9 6 (1.28%) Amplitude
9 6 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.28%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.28%) Splunk
10 4 (0.86%) Civica
10 4 (0.86%) Clearswift
10 4 (0.86%) Orchard
10 4 (0.86%) Qualys
10 4 (0.86%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.86%) Tanium
10 4 (0.86%) Tripwire
11 3 (0.64%) Guidewire