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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 270 189
Rank change year-on-year +36 -81 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 440 217 441
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.07% 0.89% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.97% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 152 305
10th Percentile £363 £363 £358
25th Percentile £422 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £630 £591 £615
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £510 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +4.62% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 9
10th Percentile £27.62 £22.69 -
25th Percentile £28.11 £25.74 £13.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.45 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% +15.00% -61.83%
75th Percentile £41.94 £28.60 £27.00
90th Percentile £45.70 £40.16 £37.90
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £26.45 £24.50
% change year-on-year +20.98% +7.96% -59.34%

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 37,905 22,467 33,793
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.36% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,551 14,942 22,422
10th Percentile £319 £300 £284
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -0.36% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,597 915 2,440
10th Percentile £15.63 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.92
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.73% -17.54%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.45% -23.29% -18.89%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +15 232 £550 +4.76% 71
North of England -13 76 £449 -4.98% 46
South East -29 54 £500 +25.00% 59
Midlands -31 42 £513 +2.50% 15
North West -23 30 £410 -12.58% 24
East of England -7 26 £500 +8.11% 13
North East - 26 £575 - 4
West Midlands -45 22 £475 -5.00% 12
Yorkshire -39 21 £480 -1.54% 18
East Midlands - 20 £600 - 3
South West -32 8 £488 +21.88% 16
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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.

1 123 (27.95%) Agile
2 93 (21.14%) User Stories
3 88 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 82 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
6 70 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 68 (15.45%) Decision-Making
8 65 (14.77%) Security Cleared
9 63 (14.32%) Workshop Facilitation
10 62 (14.09%) Degree
11 58 (13.18%) Microsoft
12 54 (12.27%) DevOps
13 53 (12.05%) SQL
14 52 (11.82%) Azure
14 52 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
15 51 (11.59%) SAP
16 49 (11.14%) Data Modelling
17 45 (10.23%) Acceptance Criteria
18 44 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
19 43 (9.77%) QA
20 41 (9.32%) Salesforce
21 40 (9.09%) Migration
22 39 (8.86%) Process Improvement
22 39 (8.86%) SC Cleared
23 38 (8.64%) Power BI
23 38 (8.64%) Power Platform
23 38 (8.64%) Validation
24 36 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
24 36 (8.18%) Data Analysis
24 36 (8.18%) JIRA

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 28 (6.36%) Confluence
2 5 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.91%) OpenEdge
4 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.45%) Appian
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.55%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (4.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.82%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.68%) Dynamics SL
4 3 (0.68%) Endur
4 3 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.68%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.45%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.45%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 52 (11.82%) Azure
2 38 (8.64%) Power Platform
3 18 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.27%) AWS
4 10 (2.27%) SaaS
5 9 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.82%) GCP
7 6 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.14%) Google Analytics
8 5 (1.14%) Lucidchart
9 4 (0.91%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (0.68%) GitHub
10 3 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.36%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (0.91%) DNS
4 3 (0.68%) Broadband
4 3 (0.68%) Firewall
5 2 (0.45%) LAN
5 2 (0.45%) WAN
6 1 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.64%) Power BI
2 18 (4.09%) Tableau
3 9 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.82%) BigQuery
4 8 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.36%) Looker
5 6 (1.36%) Power Query
6 4 (0.91%) Metadata
7 2 (0.45%) Big Data
7 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.45%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.23%) GIS
8 1 (0.23%) MS Access
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (8.18%) JIRA
2 3 (0.68%) GitLab
2 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.45%) MLflow
3 2 (0.45%) Selenium
3 2 (0.45%) 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
1 119 (27.05%) Finance
2 117 (26.59%) Social Skills
3 89 (20.23%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.73%) Banking
6 16 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.95%) Front Office
9 13 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.95%) Retail
10 11 (2.50%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.50%) Legal
10 11 (2.50%) Local Government
10 11 (2.50%) Marketing
11 8 (1.82%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.14%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.14%) Military
13 4 (0.91%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (1.59%) Middleware
3 5 (1.14%) ADO
4 4 (0.91%) VML
4 4 (0.91%) XML
5 3 (0.68%) Kafka
5 3 (0.68%) NumPy
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.68%) Pandas
6 2 (0.45%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.45%) Web Services
7 1 (0.23%) FHIR
7 1 (0.23%) JSON
7 1 (0.23%) OAuth
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.23%) Playwright
7 1 (0.23%) REST
7 1 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.23%) SAML
7 1 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.86%) Cyber Threat
2 17 (3.86%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.36%) PMI
9 5 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.14%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.91%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.91%) NHS
11 2 (0.45%) CSOC
11 2 (0.45%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.95%) Windows
2 8 (1.82%) Linux
3 4 (0.91%) Unix
4 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (27.95%) Agile
2 93 (21.14%) User Stories
3 88 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 82 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
6 70 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 68 (15.45%) Decision-Making
8 63 (14.32%) Workshop Facilitation
9 54 (12.27%) DevOps
10 52 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (11.14%) Data Modelling
12 45 (10.23%) Acceptance Criteria
13 44 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
14 40 (9.09%) Migration
15 39 (8.86%) Process Improvement
16 38 (8.64%) Validation
17 36 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
17 36 (8.18%) Data Analysis
17 36 (8.18%) Mentoring
18 34 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.05%) SQL
2 19 (4.32%) Python
3 6 (1.36%) R
3 6 (1.36%) VBA
4 4 (0.91%) Java
5 2 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.23%) Korn
6 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.23%) Ruby
6 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 62 (14.09%) Degree
3 39 (8.86%) SC Cleared
4 25 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (4.32%) CBAP
6 12 (2.73%) ACCA
6 12 (2.73%) CIMA
7 10 (2.27%) CSPO
7 10 (2.27%) IIBA
8 9 (2.05%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.82%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.14%) CISSP
11 4 (0.91%) CISM
11 4 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.91%) PMP
12 3 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.45%) APMP
13 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (9.77%) QA
2 24 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.09%) PMO
4 9 (2.05%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.36%) GDPR
6 4 (0.91%) IFRS
6 4 (0.91%) SLA
7 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.45%) P3O
7 2 (0.45%) PERC
7 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
8 1 (0.23%) Basel III
8 1 (0.23%) EMIR
8 1 (0.23%) GRC
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 6 (1.36%) 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 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.23%) Grafana
3 1 (0.23%) Kibana
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 51 (11.59%) SAP
3 41 (9.32%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.73%) Oracle
5 9 (2.05%) Splunk
6 8 (1.82%) Databricks
6 8 (1.82%) Google
6 8 (1.82%) Zuora
7 7 (1.59%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.59%) Charles River
8 5 (1.14%) Civica
8 5 (1.14%) Guidewire
8 5 (1.14%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.14%) Workday
9 4 (0.91%) IFS
9 4 (0.91%) Orchard
9 4 (0.91%) Refinitiv
10 3 (0.68%) Adobe
10 3 (0.68%) QAD
10 3 (0.68%) Sage