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 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 233 196
Rank change year-on-year -32 -37 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 319 317 461
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.03% 1.08% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.16% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 213 351
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £409 £413 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £631
90th Percentile £736 £725 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 7
10th Percentile - £21.55 £47.17
25th Percentile £28.00 £32.25 £56.88
Median hourly rate £33.37 £42.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.49% -34.62% +74.64%
75th Percentile £46.64 £64.73 £69.38
90th Percentile £73.58 - £73.00
UK median hourly rate £33.37 £42.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -21.49% -34.62% +150.00%

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 28,356 27,251 35,230
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,121 16,963 24,204
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,744 892 1,356
10th Percentile £14.35 £15.64 £15.29
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.87
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.35 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +9 197 £581 +1.09% 57
North of England -5 56 £413 -17.50% 38
South East -26 35 £520 +6.12% 72
Yorkshire -30 24 £375 -16.67% 5
North East +3 17 £120 -83.33% 4
North West -15 15 £456 -20.65% 29
Midlands -51 13 £500 - 21
East of England -19 10 £454 -20.04% 7
East Midlands -14 7 - - 9
West Midlands -54 6 £500 - 12
South West -13 5 £535 +12.63% 7
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 102 (31.97%) Agile
2 67 (21.00%) Business Analysis
3 60 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 51 (15.99%) SQL
6 50 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (15.05%) Power BI
7 48 (15.05%) Power Platform
8 42 (13.17%) User Stories
9 41 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
9 41 (12.85%) Workshop Facilitation
10 40 (12.54%) Analytics
11 38 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (11.60%) Decision-Making
12 37 (11.60%) Requirements Gathering
13 35 (10.97%) Microsoft
14 33 (10.34%) Visualisation
15 32 (10.03%) Data Analysis
15 32 (10.03%) Migration
16 30 (9.40%) Process Improvement
17 29 (9.09%) JIRA
18 28 (8.78%) Data Modelling
18 28 (8.78%) Security Cleared
19 27 (8.46%) Azure
19 27 (8.46%) Microsoft Excel
19 27 (8.46%) Windows
20 26 (8.15%) Actionable Insight
20 26 (8.15%) Validation
21 25 (7.84%) Confluence
21 25 (7.84%) Degree

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 25 (7.84%) Confluence
2 9 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) SAS
4 1 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 27 (8.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.08%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.88%) Endur
2 5 (1.57%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.94%) Algo Collateral
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.63%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.31%) iTrent
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.31%) RMDS
6 1 (0.31%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.05%) Power Platform
2 27 (8.46%) Azure
3 17 (5.33%) AWS
4 15 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.08%) GCP
6 11 (3.45%) SaaS
7 7 (2.19%) Google Analytics
7 7 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.88%) Lucidchart
9 5 (1.57%) Google Tag Manager
9 5 (1.57%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.57%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.25%) dbt
10 4 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.94%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.94%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.94%) Firewall
2 2 (0.63%) DNS
2 2 (0.63%) LAN
2 2 (0.63%) SSL
2 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.63%) WAN
2 2 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.63%) Wireless
3 1 (0.31%) Broadband
3 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.31%) FTP
3 1 (0.31%) HTTP
3 1 (0.31%) Internet
3 1 (0.31%) NAS
3 1 (0.31%) SAN
3 1 (0.31%) SMTP
3 1 (0.31%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.31%) VLAN
3 1 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (15.05%) Power BI
2 18 (5.64%) Tableau
3 12 (3.76%) BigQuery
4 9 (2.82%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.19%) Looker
6 4 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.94%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.94%) Metadata
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.94%) Power Query
7 3 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.31%) Big Data
9 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.31%) GIS
9 1 (0.31%) MS Access
9 1 (0.31%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (9.09%) JIRA
2 6 (1.88%) Selenium
3 4 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.94%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.63%) Git
5 2 (0.63%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.63%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.31%) Charles Proxy
6 1 (0.31%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.31%) Postman
6 1 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 111 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 102 (31.97%) Finance
3 77 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (15.05%) Public Sector
5 39 (12.23%) Banking
6 15 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.76%) Retail
9 10 (3.13%) Investment Banking
9 10 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.51%) Front Office
11 7 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.19%) Legal
12 6 (1.88%) Back Office
12 6 (1.88%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.88%) Marketing
13 5 (1.57%) Local Government
14 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.88%) ADO
2 4 (1.25%) Apache NiFi
3 3 (0.94%) Kafka
3 3 (0.94%) Middleware
3 3 (0.94%) Playwright
3 3 (0.94%) SOAP
4 2 (0.63%) FHIR
4 2 (0.63%) PySpark
5 1 (0.31%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.31%) FIXML
5 1 (0.31%) LDAP
5 1 (0.31%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.31%) NumPy
5 1 (0.31%) Pandas
5 1 (0.31%) REST
5 1 (0.31%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.31%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.31%) XML
5 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.33%) Onboarding
1 17 (5.33%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
3 8 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (2.51%) Derivative
4 7 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.19%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.19%) iPad
4 7 (2.19%) iPhone
5 6 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.57%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.25%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.25%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.25%) NHS
8 2 (0.63%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.46%) Windows
2 7 (2.19%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.94%) Linux
3 3 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) CentOS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (31.97%) Agile
2 67 (21.00%) Business Analysis
3 60 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 50 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (13.17%) User Stories
7 41 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
7 41 (12.85%) Workshop Facilitation
8 40 (12.54%) Analytics
9 38 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (11.60%) Decision-Making
10 37 (11.60%) Requirements Gathering
11 33 (10.34%) Visualisation
12 32 (10.03%) Data Analysis
12 32 (10.03%) Migration
13 30 (9.40%) Process Improvement
14 28 (8.78%) Data Modelling
15 26 (8.15%) Actionable Insight
15 26 (8.15%) Validation
16 23 (7.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.99%) SQL
2 21 (6.58%) Python
3 5 (1.57%) R
4 3 (0.94%) Java
4 3 (0.94%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.63%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.31%) ABAP
6 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.31%) Korn
6 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (8.78%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.84%) Degree
3 22 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.51%) CBAP
6 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.88%) CSPO
8 3 (0.94%) CISSP
8 3 (0.94%) IIBA
8 3 (0.94%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.63%) CEH
9 2 (0.63%) CFA
9 2 (0.63%) CISM
9 2 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.63%) ISEB
10 1 (0.31%) CCAB
10 1 (0.31%) CIMA
10 1 (0.31%) CIPFA
10 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.64%) QA
2 16 (5.02%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.45%) PMO
4 8 (2.51%) GDPR
5 6 (1.88%) GRC
5 6 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.57%) NIST
6 5 (1.57%) SLA
7 3 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.63%) COBIT
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.63%) HL7
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.63%) P3O
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) PERC
8 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) BladeLogic
1 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.31%) Nessus
1 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.02%) Oracle
3 13 (4.08%) SAP
4 12 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.82%) Google
5 9 (2.82%) Splunk
6 6 (1.88%) Databricks
6 6 (1.88%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.57%) Zuora
8 3 (0.94%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.94%) F5
8 3 (0.94%) OpenLink
8 3 (0.94%) Qualys
8 3 (0.94%) SmartStream
8 3 (0.94%) Workday
9 2 (0.63%) Adobe
9 2 (0.63%) Foundry
9 2 (0.63%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.63%) VMware