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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 257 193
Rank change year-on-year +18 -64 +53
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 439 225 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 0.94% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.02% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 161 310
10th Percentile £363 £361 £362
25th Percentile £421 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% -3.35%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £613
90th Percentile £675 £675 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 12
10th Percentile £27.16 £23.31 £13.50
25th Percentile £30.70 £26.03 £14.63
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.53 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% +17.13% -55.45%
75th Percentile £41.94 £30.20 £26.63
90th Percentile £51.35 £41.74 £31.28
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £27.53 £23.50
% change year-on-year +18.07% +17.13% -55.45%

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 38,507 22,115 34,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.38% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,765 14,615 22,560
10th Percentile £325 £290 £285
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +1.69% -4.00% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,712 936 2,585
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.57 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +52.21% -21.68% -16.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -25.33% -16.67%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -5 226 £550 +4.76% 161
North of England -25 74 £447 -5.30% 51
South East -26 57 £500 +14.29% 69
Midlands -24 45 £525 +5.00% 29
North West -19 30 £410 -12.58% 28
West Midlands -46 25 £500 - 22
North East - 25 £575 - 5
East of England -12 22 £500 +8.11% 31
Yorkshire -48 20 £450 -7.69% 18
East Midlands - 20 £600 - 7
South West -31 11 £488 +21.88% 32
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 (26.88%) Agile
2 91 (20.73%) Business Analysis
3 87 (19.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 87 (19.82%) User Stories
4 76 (17.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 73 (16.63%) Requirements Gathering
6 66 (15.03%) Decision-Making
7 64 (14.58%) Microsoft
8 63 (14.35%) Security Cleared
8 63 (14.35%) Workshop Facilitation
9 59 (13.44%) Degree
10 54 (12.30%) DevOps
11 53 (12.07%) Azure
12 52 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (11.85%) SAP
13 47 (10.71%) Acceptance Criteria
14 45 (10.25%) SQL
15 44 (10.02%) Actionable Insight
15 44 (10.02%) Data Modelling
15 44 (10.02%) QA
16 39 (8.88%) Salesforce
17 38 (8.66%) Migration
17 38 (8.66%) Validation
18 37 (8.43%) Power Platform
18 37 (8.43%) SC Cleared
19 36 (8.20%) Process Improvement
20 35 (7.97%) Mentoring
20 35 (7.97%) Power BI
21 34 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
22 33 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement

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 26 (5.92%) Confluence
2 4 (0.91%) OpenEdge
2 4 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.46%) Appian
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 32 (7.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.10%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (4.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.37%) Endur
3 5 (1.14%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.91%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.68%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.46%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.46%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.46%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) Primavera
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 53 (12.07%) Azure
2 37 (8.43%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (1.59%) AWS
4 7 (1.59%) SaaS
5 6 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.37%) GCP
5 6 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.68%) GitHub
6 3 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.46%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.46%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.46%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (0.46%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.46%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.46%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.37%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (0.91%) DNS
4 3 (0.68%) Broadband
4 3 (0.68%) Firewall
5 2 (0.46%) LAN
5 2 (0.46%) WAN
6 1 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.97%) Power BI
2 16 (3.64%) Tableau
3 9 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.59%) Power Query
6 6 (1.37%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.91%) Looker
7 4 (0.91%) Metadata
8 2 (0.46%) Big Data
8 2 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.46%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) Essbase
9 1 (0.23%) GIS
9 1 (0.23%) MS Access
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 32 (7.29%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) GitLab
2 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.46%) MLflow
3 2 (0.46%) Selenium
3 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.23%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.23%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.23%) Postman
4 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 123 (28.02%) Social Skills
2 120 (27.33%) Finance
3 89 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.06%) Banking
6 19 (4.33%) Front Office
7 16 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.96%) Marketing
10 12 (2.73%) Retail
11 11 (2.51%) Local Government
12 10 (2.28%) Financial Institution
12 10 (2.28%) Legal
13 6 (1.37%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.14%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.14%) Middleware
3 4 (0.91%) ADO
3 4 (0.91%) VML
3 4 (0.91%) XML
4 3 (0.68%) Kafka
4 3 (0.68%) NumPy
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.68%) Pandas
5 2 (0.46%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.46%) Web Services
6 1 (0.23%) Django
6 1 (0.23%) JSON
6 1 (0.23%) OAuth
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.23%) Playwright
6 1 (0.23%) REST
6 1 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.23%) SAML
6 1 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.56%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.33%) Product Ownership
3 16 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (3.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.37%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.37%) PMI
9 5 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (0.91%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.91%) NHS
11 2 (0.46%) CSOC
11 2 (0.46%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.19%) Windows
2 8 (1.82%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Unix
4 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (26.88%) Agile
2 91 (20.73%) Business Analysis
3 87 (19.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 87 (19.82%) User Stories
4 76 (17.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 73 (16.63%) Requirements Gathering
6 66 (15.03%) Decision-Making
7 63 (14.35%) Workshop Facilitation
8 54 (12.30%) DevOps
9 52 (11.85%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (10.71%) Acceptance Criteria
11 44 (10.02%) Actionable Insight
11 44 (10.02%) Data Modelling
12 38 (8.66%) Migration
12 38 (8.66%) Validation
13 36 (8.20%) Process Improvement
14 35 (7.97%) Mentoring
15 34 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
16 33 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (7.52%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 45 (10.25%) SQL
2 18 (4.10%) Python
3 6 (1.37%) VBA
4 5 (1.14%) Java
4 5 (1.14%) R
5 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.23%) Korn
7 1 (0.23%) Ruby
7 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (14.35%) Security Cleared
2 59 (13.44%) Degree
3 37 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (3.64%) CBAP
6 13 (2.96%) ACCA
6 13 (2.96%) CIMA
7 9 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.05%) IIBA
7 9 (2.05%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.59%) CSPO
9 6 (1.37%) CISSP
10 5 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.14%) PMP
11 4 (0.91%) CISM
11 4 (0.91%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.46%) APMP
13 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.02%) QA
2 20 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.56%) PMO
3 9 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.82%) GDPR
5 4 (0.91%) SLA
6 3 (0.68%) IFRS
6 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.46%) P3O
8 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
8 1 (0.23%) Basel III
8 1 (0.23%) EMIR
8 1 (0.23%) GAAP
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.14%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.23%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.46%) 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%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (14.58%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.85%) SAP
3 39 (8.88%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.64%) Oracle
5 9 (2.05%) Databricks
5 9 (2.05%) Workday
6 7 (1.59%) Charles River
6 7 (1.59%) Splunk
7 6 (1.37%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.14%) Civica
8 5 (1.14%) Google
8 5 (1.14%) Guidewire
8 5 (1.14%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.14%) Zuora
9 4 (0.91%) IFS
9 4 (0.91%) Orchard
10 3 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
10 3 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.68%) QAD
10 3 (0.68%) Refinitiv