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 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 210 202
Rank change year-on-year -48 -8 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 287 370 485
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.19% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.28% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 246 373
10th Percentile £325 £363 £353
25th Percentile £410 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -6.59% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £631
90th Percentile £738 £681 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 7
10th Percentile £31.45 - £47.17
25th Percentile £33.14 £23.25 £56.88
Median hourly rate £34.98 £33.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -49.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £58.47 £63.06 £69.38
90th Percentile £79.00 £64.73 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £34.98 £33.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.00% -49.23% +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 26,862 28,918 36,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 93.00% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,264 17,647 25,665
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,582 1,089 1,403
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%
75th Percentile £51.44 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +55.71%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 6 November 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 -23 183 £581 +6.41% 244
North of England -26 39 £420 -13.85% 64
South East -32 35 £520 +4.00% 187
Yorkshire -21 17 £375 -16.67% 14
Midlands -51 14 £488 - 47
North West -20 13 £464 -15.68% 43
West Midlands -43 11 £488 -2.50% 20
North East -5 9 £106 -85.28% 7
South West +8 4 £495 +10.00% 16
East of England -22 4 £533 -3.18% 20
East Midlands -16 3 - - 26
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 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 90 (31.36%) Agile
2 59 (20.56%) Business Analysis
3 53 (18.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 51 (17.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (16.38%) SQL
6 46 (16.03%) Analytics
6 46 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (13.59%) Workshop Facilitation
8 33 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.50%) Microsoft
9 32 (11.15%) Power Platform
9 32 (11.15%) User Stories
10 31 (10.80%) Power BI
11 30 (10.45%) Migration
12 29 (10.10%) Data Analysis
12 29 (10.10%) Data Modelling
12 29 (10.10%) Requirements Gathering
12 29 (10.10%) Visualisation
13 27 (9.41%) Decision-Making
13 27 (9.41%) Python
13 27 (9.41%) User Acceptance Testing
14 26 (9.06%) Windows
15 25 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (8.36%) Azure
16 24 (8.36%) Process Improvement
17 23 (8.01%) Degree
17 23 (8.01%) JIRA
17 23 (8.01%) Scrum
18 22 (7.67%) ITIL
18 22 (7.67%) Waterfall

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 21 (7.32%) Confluence
2 5 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.44%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.74%) Endur
1 5 (1.74%) Oracle EBS R12
1 5 (1.74%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.05%) Aladdin
2 3 (1.05%) Algo Collateral
2 3 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.70%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.70%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.35%) RMDS
4 1 (0.35%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.15%) Power Platform
2 24 (8.36%) Azure
3 17 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.23%) AWS
5 12 (4.18%) GCP
6 7 (2.44%) dbt
7 6 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.09%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.09%) SaaS
8 5 (1.74%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.05%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.70%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.70%) AWS Data Pipeline
10 2 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.70%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.70%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.70%) Serverless
10 2 (0.70%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) Firewall
2 2 (0.70%) LAN
2 2 (0.70%) SSL
2 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.70%) WAN
2 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.70%) Wireless
3 1 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.35%) DNS
3 1 (0.35%) FTP
3 1 (0.35%) HTTP
3 1 (0.35%) NAS
3 1 (0.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.35%) SAN
3 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.35%) SMTP
3 1 (0.35%) tcpdump
3 1 (0.35%) VLAN
3 1 (0.35%) VPN
3 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.80%) Power BI
2 17 (5.92%) Tableau
3 10 (3.48%) BigQuery
4 9 (3.14%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.09%) Metadata
6 4 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.05%) Big Data
7 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.05%) Looker
7 3 (1.05%) Power Query
8 2 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.35%) MS Access
9 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (8.01%) JIRA
2 6 (2.09%) Selenium
3 4 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.05%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.70%) Git
5 2 (0.70%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.70%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.35%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.35%) Postman
6 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 113 (39.37%) Social Skills
2 99 (34.49%) Finance
3 67 (23.34%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.85%) Banking
5 31 (10.80%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.27%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (4.18%) Front Office
7 12 (4.18%) Retail
8 11 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.48%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.79%) Back Office
11 7 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.09%) Marketing
12 6 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.74%) Legal
13 5 (1.74%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
14 3 (1.05%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.39%) ADO
1 4 (1.39%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.39%) Kafka
2 3 (1.05%) Playwright
2 3 (1.05%) SOAP
3 2 (0.70%) PySpark
4 1 (0.35%) .NET
4 1 (0.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) FHIR
4 1 (0.35%) FIXML
4 1 (0.35%) LDAP
4 1 (0.35%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.35%) Middleware
4 1 (0.35%) NumPy
4 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.35%) VML
4 1 (0.35%) Web Services
4 1 (0.35%) XML
4 1 (0.35%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.92%) Onboarding
1 17 (5.92%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.48%) Derivative
3 7 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (2.44%) iPad
3 7 (2.44%) iPhone
4 6 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.74%) Market Risk
5 5 (1.74%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.39%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.05%) NHS
7 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (9.06%) Windows
2 7 (2.44%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.05%) Linux
3 3 (1.05%) Unix
3 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.35%) CentOS
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.36%) Agile
2 59 (20.56%) Business Analysis
3 53 (18.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 51 (17.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (16.03%) Analytics
5 46 (16.03%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (13.59%) Workshop Facilitation
7 33 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (11.15%) User Stories
9 30 (10.45%) Migration
10 29 (10.10%) Data Analysis
10 29 (10.10%) Data Modelling
10 29 (10.10%) Requirements Gathering
10 29 (10.10%) Visualisation
11 27 (9.41%) Decision-Making
11 27 (9.41%) User Acceptance Testing
12 25 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (8.36%) Process Improvement
14 23 (8.01%) Scrum
15 22 (7.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 47 (16.38%) SQL
2 27 (9.41%) Python
3 5 (1.74%) R
4 4 (1.39%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.05%) Java
5 3 (1.05%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.70%) C#
6 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.35%) ABAP
7 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.35%) Korn
7 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (8.01%) Degree
2 21 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.88%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.44%) CBAP
4 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.39%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.05%) CISSP
6 3 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.05%) ISEB
6 3 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.70%) CEH
7 2 (0.70%) CFA
7 2 (0.70%) CISM
7 2 (0.70%) IIBA
7 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.35%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.62%) QA
2 12 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.48%) GDPR
4 6 (2.09%) GRC
4 6 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.09%) PMO
4 6 (2.09%) SLA
5 5 (1.74%) NIST
6 3 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.70%) COBIT
7 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.70%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (0.70%) P3O
7 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.70%) SEPA
8 1 (0.35%) HL7
8 1 (0.35%) MiFID
System Software
1 5 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (0.70%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.35%) BladeLogic
2 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.35%) Nessus
2 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (11.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.27%) Oracle
3 13 (4.53%) SAP
4 8 (2.79%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.79%) Splunk
5 7 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.74%) Google
7 4 (1.39%) Databricks
7 4 (1.39%) Workday
8 3 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.05%) F5
8 3 (1.05%) OpenLink
8 3 (1.05%) Qualys
8 3 (1.05%) SmartStream
9 2 (0.70%) Foundry
9 2 (0.70%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.70%) Palantir
9 2 (0.70%) VMware
10 1 (0.35%) Capita
10 1 (0.35%) Computacenter