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 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 258 218
Rank change year-on-year -4 -40 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 441 278 376
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.00% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.09% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 193 256
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £673 £640
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 10
10th Percentile £27.14 £25.85 £23.23
25th Percentile £29.04 £26.39 £23.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £32.74 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +39.30% -42.74%
75th Percentile - £35.49 £26.88
90th Percentile £32.67 £55.60 £34.83
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £32.74 £23.50
% change year-on-year -2.25% +39.30% -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 42,264 25,460 30,800
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 91.59% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,561 16,436 20,203
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,196 1,351 1,763
10th Percentile £15.24 £13.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.15
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.98% -43.78% +8.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% +2.87%

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 17 August 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
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 17 August 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 -29 227 £575 +8.49% 239
Midlands -3 60 £525 +10.53% 31
North of England -35 58 £550 +21.41% 68
South East -51 49 £500 - 85
West Midlands -34 34 £475 - 21
East Midlands +9 26 £525 - 10
Yorkshire -26 23 £550 +50.68% 17
South West -30 23 £613 +53.13% 20
East of England -6 21 £370 -20.00% 8
North East -23 20 £575 +10.58% 13
North West -30 16 £436 -8.21% 38
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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.

1 124 (28.12%) Agile
2 107 (24.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 102 (23.13%) Business Analysis
4 83 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 80 (18.14%) Workshop Facilitation
6 77 (17.46%) User Stories
7 70 (15.87%) Decision-Making
7 70 (15.87%) Requirements Gathering
8 65 (14.74%) Microsoft
9 58 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (13.15%) Security Cleared
10 56 (12.70%) Acceptance Criteria
11 55 (12.47%) Azure
11 55 (12.47%) SQL
12 49 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
13 48 (10.88%) Power Platform
14 47 (10.66%) DevOps
14 47 (10.66%) Process Improvement
15 46 (10.43%) Analytics
15 46 (10.43%) Power BI
15 46 (10.43%) QA
16 45 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
17 44 (9.98%) AI
18 43 (9.75%) Data Analysis
19 40 (9.07%) Actionable Insight
19 40 (9.07%) Degree
20 39 (8.84%) Data Modelling
21 37 (8.39%) SAP
22 35 (7.94%) Python
23 34 (7.71%) 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 26 (5.90%) Confluence
2 6 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.91%) OpenEdge
4 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.45%) Appian
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.40%) MS Visio
3 11 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.36%) Endur
3 6 (1.36%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.13%) Primavera
5 4 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.68%) Dynamics SL
6 3 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.68%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.45%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.23%) SAP FS
8 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 55 (12.47%) Azure
2 48 (10.88%) Power Platform
3 26 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (2.49%) AWS
5 11 (2.49%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.04%) SaaS
7 7 (1.59%) GCP
7 7 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 6 (1.36%) Azure Functions
8 6 (1.36%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.36%) Serverless
8 6 (1.36%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.13%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.68%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.68%) GitHub
10 3 (0.68%) Miro
10 3 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.23%) Broadband
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.43%) Power BI
2 22 (4.99%) Tableau
3 12 (2.72%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.59%) Power Query
6 6 (1.36%) Metadata
7 5 (1.13%) Looker
8 4 (0.91%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.68%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
10 2 (0.45%) Big Data
10 2 (0.45%) GIS
10 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.45%) Spatial Data
11 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
11 1 (0.23%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 34 (7.71%) JIRA
2 7 (1.59%) Postman
2 7 (1.59%) Selenium
3 6 (1.36%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.36%) Cypress.io
3 6 (1.36%) WebDriver
4 3 (0.68%) GitLab
4 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.45%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.45%) MLflow
6 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 125 (28.34%) Social Skills
2 115 (26.08%) Finance
3 101 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (11.34%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.12%) Banking
6 19 (4.31%) Local Government
7 18 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (3.85%) Front Office
9 16 (3.63%) Retail
10 14 (3.17%) Marketing
10 14 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.27%) Legal
12 10 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.81%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.36%) Advertising
15 6 (1.36%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.91%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.36%) Gherkin
2 5 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.91%) ADO
3 4 (0.91%) VML
4 3 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (0.68%) NumPy
4 3 (0.68%) Pandas
4 3 (0.68%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.45%) HTML
5 2 (0.45%) JSON
5 2 (0.45%) OAuth
5 2 (0.45%) OpenAPI
5 2 (0.45%) SAML
5 2 (0.45%) Swagger
6 1 (0.23%) Django
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.23%) SOAP
6 1 (0.23%) Spring
6 1 (0.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.90%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 13 (2.95%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.95%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.04%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (1.59%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.13%) Reference Data
7 4 (0.91%) FMCG
7 4 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.68%) CSOC
8 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.68%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.27%) Windows
2 6 (1.36%) Linux
3 2 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (28.12%) Agile
2 107 (24.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 102 (23.13%) Business Analysis
4 83 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 80 (18.14%) Workshop Facilitation
6 77 (17.46%) User Stories
7 70 (15.87%) Decision-Making
7 70 (15.87%) Requirements Gathering
8 58 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (12.70%) Acceptance Criteria
10 49 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (10.66%) DevOps
11 47 (10.66%) Process Improvement
12 46 (10.43%) Analytics
13 45 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
14 44 (9.98%) AI
15 43 (9.75%) Data Analysis
16 40 (9.07%) Actionable Insight
17 39 (8.84%) Data Modelling
18 34 (7.71%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (12.47%) SQL
2 35 (7.94%) Python
3 10 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.81%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.59%) R
6 6 (1.36%) C#
7 5 (1.13%) Bash
7 5 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.13%) Perl
8 4 (0.91%) Java
9 3 (0.68%) VBA
10 2 (0.45%) Korn
10 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.23%) C++
11 1 (0.23%) LookML
11 1 (0.23%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (13.15%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.07%) Degree
3 32 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.49%) ACCA
6 11 (2.49%) CIMA
7 9 (2.04%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.59%) CISSP
8 7 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.13%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (1.13%) CSPO
9 5 (1.13%) ISEB
10 4 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.68%) CBAP
11 3 (0.68%) IIBA
11 3 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.68%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.43%) QA
2 28 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.35%) PMO
3 15 (3.40%) GDPR
4 12 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.59%) NIST
7 6 (1.36%) WCAG
8 4 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.68%) P3O
9 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.45%) GRC
10 2 (0.45%) SLA
11 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.23%) EMIR
11 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.23%) IFRS
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.13%) Docker
2 4 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.23%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 65 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.39%) SAP
3 29 (6.58%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.63%) Oracle
5 11 (2.49%) Workday
6 9 (2.04%) Databricks
6 9 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.81%) Google
8 6 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.91%) Amplitude
9 4 (0.91%) Civica
9 4 (0.91%) Clearswift
9 4 (0.91%) IFS
9 4 (0.91%) Orchard
9 4 (0.91%) Qualys
9 4 (0.91%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.91%) Splunk
9 4 (0.91%) Tanium
9 4 (0.91%) Tripwire
10 3 (0.68%) Trend Micro