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 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 272 219
Rank change year-on-year +15 -53 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 462 270 374
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 0.97% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.06% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 189 247
10th Percentile £358 £342 £370
25th Percentile £430 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £706 £645
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 9
10th Percentile £27.67 £28.95 -
25th Percentile £31.44 £31.31 £23.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £34.27 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +45.83% -63.85%
75th Percentile £32.73 £38.97 £62.50
90th Percentile £53.17 £59.16 £64.73
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £34.27 £23.50
% change year-on-year -6.62% +45.83% -63.85%

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 42,615 25,411 30,652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 91.36% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,360 16,393 19,112
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -3.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,479 1,371 1,480
10th Percentile £14.92 £13.75 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £46.71
Median % change year-on-year +76.76% -46.16% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £54.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -24 237 £575 +6.73% 473
Midlands -2 60 £513 +7.89% 74
North of England -30 59 £550 +22.22% 116
South East -52 47 £500 - 133
West Midlands -23 36 £475 - 45
Yorkshire -25 26 £550 +50.68% 27
East Midlands +8 24 £525 - 29
East of England -10 24 £370 - 29
South West -21 24 £613 +53.13% 23
North East -25 22 £575 +10.58% 13
North West -47 12 £525 +12.78% 76
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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.

1 137 (29.65%) Agile
2 130 (28.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 112 (24.24%) Business Analysis
4 95 (20.56%) Workshop Facilitation
5 88 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
5 88 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 88 (19.05%) User Stories
6 74 (16.02%) Decision-Making
7 69 (14.94%) Microsoft
8 66 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
9 61 (13.20%) Security Cleared
10 60 (12.99%) SQL
11 58 (12.55%) Analytics
12 56 (12.12%) Azure
12 56 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
13 53 (11.47%) AI
14 52 (11.26%) Process Improvement
14 52 (11.26%) QA
15 51 (11.04%) Power Platform
16 50 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
17 49 (10.61%) Power BI
18 48 (10.39%) Data Analysis
18 48 (10.39%) DevOps
19 40 (8.66%) Degree
19 40 (8.66%) Validation
20 39 (8.44%) Data Modelling
20 39 (8.44%) User Acceptance Testing
21 37 (8.01%) Mentoring
21 37 (8.01%) SC Cleared

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 23 (4.98%) Confluence
2 5 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.87%) OpenEdge
4 3 (0.65%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.43%) Appian
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 11 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.30%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.08%) Endur
4 5 (1.08%) Primavera
5 4 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.65%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.43%) Dynamics SL
7 2 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.43%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.22%) OpenLink RightAngle
8 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.12%) Azure
2 51 (11.04%) Power Platform
3 30 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (3.90%) SaaS
5 15 (3.25%) AWS
6 13 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (2.60%) Power Automate
8 11 (2.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 9 (1.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 9 (1.95%) Snowflake
10 8 (1.73%) GCP
10 8 (1.73%) Serverless
11 7 (1.52%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.30%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.30%) PaaS
13 4 (0.87%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (0.87%) ChatGPT
13 4 (0.87%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.65%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.43%) Network Security
2 2 (0.43%) WAN
2 2 (0.43%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.22%) Firewall
3 1 (0.22%) LAN
3 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (10.61%) Power BI
2 26 (5.63%) Tableau
3 12 (2.60%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.30%) Looker
6 5 (1.08%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.08%) Power Query
7 4 (0.87%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.65%) Big Data
8 3 (0.65%) Metadata
8 3 (0.65%) PowerPivot
9 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.43%) GIS
9 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.43%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.22%) PowerCenter
10 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (7.79%) JIRA
2 8 (1.73%) Postman
2 8 (1.73%) Selenium
3 7 (1.52%) Cucumber
3 7 (1.52%) Cypress.io
3 7 (1.52%) WebDriver
4 4 (0.87%) GitLab
5 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.43%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.22%) Git
7 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 141 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 112 (24.24%) Finance
3 100 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (11.69%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.36%) Banking
6 24 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
7 21 (4.55%) Local Government
8 18 (3.90%) Front Office
8 18 (3.90%) Marketing
9 15 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.03%) Retail
11 11 (2.38%) Legal
12 9 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.73%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.52%) Advertising
14 7 (1.52%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 5 (1.08%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.52%) Gherkin
2 4 (0.87%) ADO
2 4 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.87%) VML
3 3 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.65%) NumPy
3 3 (0.65%) Pandas
4 2 (0.43%) HTML
4 2 (0.43%) JSON
4 2 (0.43%) OpenAPI
4 2 (0.43%) Playwright
4 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.43%) Swagger
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.22%) Kafka
5 1 (0.22%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.22%) SAML
5 1 (0.22%) SOAP
5 1 (0.22%) Spring
5 1 (0.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.46%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 9 (1.95%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.52%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.08%) Reference Data
7 5 (1.08%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.87%) FMCG
9 3 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.65%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.65%) Life Science
9 3 (0.65%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.38%) Windows
2 7 (1.52%) Linux
3 2 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (29.65%) Agile
2 130 (28.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 112 (24.24%) Business Analysis
4 95 (20.56%) Workshop Facilitation
5 88 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
5 88 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 88 (19.05%) User Stories
6 74 (16.02%) Decision-Making
7 66 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
8 58 (12.55%) Analytics
9 56 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (11.47%) AI
11 52 (11.26%) Process Improvement
12 50 (10.82%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (10.39%) Data Analysis
13 48 (10.39%) DevOps
14 40 (8.66%) Validation
15 39 (8.44%) Data Modelling
15 39 (8.44%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (12.99%) SQL
2 35 (7.58%) Python
3 10 (2.16%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.52%) C#
6 6 (1.30%) R
7 5 (1.08%) Bash
7 5 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (1.08%) Perl
8 4 (0.87%) Java
8 4 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.43%) Korn
9 2 (0.43%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (0.43%) VBA
10 1 (0.22%) C++
10 1 (0.22%) LookML
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (13.20%) Security Cleared
2 40 (8.66%) Degree
3 37 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.60%) ACCA
6 11 (2.38%) CIMA
6 11 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.16%) CISSP
7 10 (2.16%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.30%) CSPO
11 5 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.08%) ISEB
12 4 (0.87%) CBAP
12 4 (0.87%) GCIH
12 4 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.65%) IIBA
13 3 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.65%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (11.26%) QA
2 33 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.98%) PMO
4 16 (3.46%) GDPR
5 14 (3.03%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (2.16%) NIST
8 7 (1.52%) WCAG
9 4 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.87%) GRC
9 4 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.65%) IFRS
10 3 (0.65%) P3O
11 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.43%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.43%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.43%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.43%) SEPA
12 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.22%) ITGC
System Software
1 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
1 3 (0.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.65%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 69 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.71%) Salesforce
2 31 (6.71%) SAP
3 16 (3.46%) Oracle
4 10 (2.16%) Workday
5 9 (1.95%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.73%) Google
7 6 (1.30%) Amplitude
7 6 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.30%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.30%) Splunk
8 5 (1.08%) Databricks
9 4 (0.87%) Civica
9 4 (0.87%) Clearswift
9 4 (0.87%) Orchard
9 4 (0.87%) Qualys
9 4 (0.87%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.87%) Tanium
9 4 (0.87%) Tripwire
10 3 (0.65%) Trend Micro