Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in England is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 258 218
Rank change year-on-year +5 -40 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 422 256 423
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 0.97% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.05% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 176 286
10th Percentile £370 £334 £357
25th Percentile £430 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £641
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 14
10th Percentile £27.67 £24.54 £13.50
25th Percentile £29.59 £26.35 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% +21.70% -42.74%
75th Percentile £32.49 £34.95 £25.81
90th Percentile £33.67 £38.15 £30.33
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £28.60 £23.50
% change year-on-year +11.89% +21.70% -42.74%

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 40,631 24,276 34,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 92.17% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,859 15,839 22,711
10th Percentile £325 £292 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,929 1,140 2,561
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.99 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £17.98 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.08 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.28% -29.81% -8.45%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +62.26% -29.80% -12.21%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -19 217 £575 +9.52% 110
South East -28 55 £500 - 57
North of England -43 54 £483 +5.92% 37
Midlands -15 53 £500 - 26
West Midlands -47 29 £475 -5.00% 16
East Midlands - 24 £500 - 10
North West -30 22 £430 -5.70% 28
East of England -13 21 £500 +8.11% 10
North East - 17 £575 - 3
South West -29 16 £601 +50.31% 26
Yorkshire -49 16 £530 +13.67% 7
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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.

1 112 (26.54%) Agile
2 87 (20.62%) Business Analysis
3 80 (18.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 75 (17.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 73 (17.30%) User Stories
6 66 (15.64%) Requirements Gathering
7 65 (15.40%) Decision-Making
8 62 (14.69%) Microsoft
9 60 (14.22%) Security Cleared
10 56 (13.27%) Workshop Facilitation
11 52 (12.32%) Azure
12 47 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
12 47 (11.14%) SQL
13 46 (10.90%) DevOps
13 46 (10.90%) SAP
14 45 (10.66%) Degree
15 44 (10.43%) Data Modelling
16 43 (10.19%) Actionable Insight
17 42 (9.95%) Acceptance Criteria
18 41 (9.72%) QA
19 40 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
19 40 (9.48%) Power Platform
20 38 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
20 38 (9.00%) Power BI
21 36 (8.53%) Analytics
21 36 (8.53%) Process Improvement
22 34 (8.06%) Data Analysis
22 34 (8.06%) Salesforce
23 32 (7.58%) SC Cleared
24 31 (7.35%) Migration

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 22 (5.21%) Confluence
2 4 (0.95%) OpenEdge
2 4 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.71%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.47%) Appian
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.84%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.24%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (4.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.42%) Endur
2 6 (1.42%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.71%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.71%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.71%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.71%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.71%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.47%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.47%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.24%) Primavera
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 52 (12.32%) Azure
2 40 (9.48%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.37%) AWS
5 8 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.42%) GCP
7 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.18%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.18%) SaaS
8 3 (0.71%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.71%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.47%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.47%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.47%) GitHub
9 2 (0.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.24%) Broadband
2 1 (0.24%) DNS
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.00%) Power BI
2 20 (4.74%) Tableau
3 9 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.90%) Power Query
4 8 (1.90%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.18%) Metadata
6 4 (0.95%) Looker
7 3 (0.71%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.71%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.47%) Big Data
8 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.24%) Essbase
9 1 (0.24%) Flink
9 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (6.40%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) Postman
2 4 (0.95%) Selenium
3 3 (0.71%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.71%) GitLab
3 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.47%) MLflow
4 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.47%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 115 (27.25%) Social Skills
2 112 (26.54%) Finance
3 85 (20.14%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (9.95%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.74%) Banking
6 16 (3.79%) Retail
7 15 (3.55%) Front Office
7 15 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (3.32%) Local Government
9 13 (3.08%) Marketing
10 12 (2.84%) Legal
10 12 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.90%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.18%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.95%) Advertising
15 4 (0.95%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.95%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.95%) ADO
1 4 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (0.95%) VML
2 3 (0.71%) Middleware
2 3 (0.71%) NumPy
2 3 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.71%) Pandas
2 3 (0.71%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.47%) Gherkin
3 2 (0.47%) Kafka
3 2 (0.47%) OAuth
3 2 (0.47%) SAML
4 1 (0.24%) Django
4 1 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.24%) JSON
4 1 (0.24%) OpenID
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.24%) REST
4 1 (0.24%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.24%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.50%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.32%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.90%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.18%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.95%) FMCG
10 4 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.95%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.71%) CSOC
11 3 (0.71%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.71%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.90%) Windows
2 5 (1.18%) Linux
3 2 (0.47%) Android
4 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (26.54%) Agile
2 87 (20.62%) Business Analysis
3 80 (18.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 75 (17.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 73 (17.30%) User Stories
6 66 (15.64%) Requirements Gathering
7 65 (15.40%) Decision-Making
8 56 (13.27%) Workshop Facilitation
9 47 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
10 46 (10.90%) DevOps
11 44 (10.43%) Data Modelling
12 43 (10.19%) Actionable Insight
13 42 (9.95%) Acceptance Criteria
14 40 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
16 36 (8.53%) Analytics
16 36 (8.53%) Process Improvement
17 34 (8.06%) Data Analysis
18 31 (7.35%) Migration
19 30 (7.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 47 (11.14%) SQL
2 27 (6.40%) Python
3 8 (1.90%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.42%) VBA
5 5 (1.18%) Bash
5 5 (1.18%) Java
5 5 (1.18%) Perl
5 5 (1.18%) R
6 4 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) C#
7 2 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Korn
8 1 (0.24%) LookML
8 1 (0.24%) Ruby
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 60 (14.22%) Security Cleared
2 45 (10.66%) Degree
3 32 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.08%) ACCA
5 13 (3.08%) CIMA
5 13 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.42%) CBAP
6 6 (1.42%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.18%) CISSP
7 5 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (1.18%) CSPO
7 5 (1.18%) IIBA
8 4 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.71%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.71%) ISEB
9 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.71%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.47%) PhD
10 2 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.72%) QA
2 21 (4.98%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.98%) PMO
3 12 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.37%) GDPR
5 7 (1.66%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.42%) NIST
7 3 (0.71%) IFRS
7 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.47%) GRC
8 2 (0.47%) P3O
8 2 (0.47%) SLA
8 2 (0.47%) WCAG
9 1 (0.24%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.24%) EMIR
9 1 (0.24%) HL7
9 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 5 (1.18%) Docker
2 3 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.24%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.24%) Grafana
3 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.24%) Kibana
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.24%) QRadar
3 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (14.69%) Microsoft
2 46 (10.90%) SAP
3 34 (8.06%) Salesforce
4 14 (3.32%) Oracle
5 12 (2.84%) Workday
6 9 (2.13%) Databricks
7 6 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.18%) Civica
8 5 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.18%) Google
8 5 (1.18%) Splunk
9 4 (0.95%) Clearswift
9 4 (0.95%) Guidewire
9 4 (0.95%) IFS
9 4 (0.95%) Orchard
9 4 (0.95%) Qualys
9 4 (0.95%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.95%) Tanium
9 4 (0.95%) Tripwire
10 3 (0.71%) Zuora