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 10 June 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 263 195
Rank change year-on-year +23 -68 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 443 230 448
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 0.94% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.02% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 160 311
10th Percentile £363 £361 £358
25th Percentile £417 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -4.19%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £606
90th Percentile £675 £664 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £494 £500
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 13
10th Percentile £27.16 £23.31 £13.50
25th Percentile £30.70 £26.03 £15.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.53 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% +17.13% -55.45%
75th Percentile £41.94 £30.20 £26.50
90th Percentile £51.35 £41.74 £30.80
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £27.53 £23.50
% change year-on-year +18.07% +17.13% -55.45%

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 39,011 22,600 34,789
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.37% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 14,872 22,778
10th Percentile £325 £290 £288
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -4.76% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,743 986 2,652
10th Percentile £15.79 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.80% -24.49% -14.44%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.70 £37.50
% change year-on-year +53.43% -26.13% -16.67%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -8 227 £550 +4.76% 80
North of England -27 71 £449 -4.98% 33
South East -33 58 £500 +14.29% 57
Midlands -31 46 £525 +5.00% 20
North West -22 30 £410 -12.58% 22
West Midlands -41 25 £500 - 16
East of England -4 24 £500 +8.11% 16
North East - 24 £575 - 2
East Midlands - 21 £600 - 4
Yorkshire -46 18 £450 -7.69% 9
South West -23 12 £525 +31.25% 22
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 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.

1 117 (26.41%) Agile
2 91 (20.54%) Business Analysis
3 86 (19.41%) User Stories
4 85 (19.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (17.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 74 (16.70%) Requirements Gathering
7 66 (14.90%) Security Cleared
8 65 (14.67%) Decision-Making
8 65 (14.67%) Microsoft
9 63 (14.22%) Workshop Facilitation
10 58 (13.09%) Degree
11 54 (12.19%) DevOps
12 53 (11.96%) Azure
12 53 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
13 52 (11.74%) SAP
14 47 (10.61%) Acceptance Criteria
14 47 (10.61%) Actionable Insight
15 46 (10.38%) Data Modelling
15 46 (10.38%) SQL
16 44 (9.93%) QA
17 39 (8.80%) Salesforce
18 38 (8.58%) SC Cleared
18 38 (8.58%) Validation
19 37 (8.35%) Power Platform
20 35 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
20 35 (7.90%) Data Analysis
20 35 (7.90%) Mentoring
20 35 (7.90%) Migration
20 35 (7.90%) Power BI
20 35 (7.90%) Process Improvement

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 (5.87%) Confluence
2 4 (0.90%) OpenEdge
2 4 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.45%) Appian
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.84%) MS Visio
3 14 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (4.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.13%) Endur
3 4 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (0.90%) Workday HCM
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%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.68%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.45%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.45%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.45%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) Primavera
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 53 (11.96%) Azure
2 37 (8.35%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (1.58%) AWS
5 6 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.35%) GCP
5 6 (1.35%) SaaS
6 4 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.68%) GitHub
7 3 (0.68%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.45%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.45%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (0.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.35%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (0.90%) 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
6 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.90%) Power BI
2 17 (3.84%) Tableau
3 9 (2.03%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.58%) Power Query
6 6 (1.35%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.90%) Looker
7 4 (0.90%) Metadata
8 2 (0.45%) Big Data
8 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.45%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) Essbase
9 1 (0.23%) GIS
9 1 (0.23%) MS Access
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (7.45%) 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%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.23%) Postman
4 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (28.22%) Social Skills
2 117 (26.41%) Finance
3 89 (20.09%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 28 (6.32%) Banking
6 19 (4.29%) Front Office
7 16 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.93%) Local Government
10 13 (2.93%) Retail
11 12 (2.71%) Marketing
12 11 (2.48%) Legal
13 10 (2.26%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.13%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.90%) General Ledger
16 4 (0.90%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.13%) Middleware
3 4 (0.90%) ADO
3 4 (0.90%) VML
3 4 (0.90%) XML
4 3 (0.68%) Kafka
4 3 (0.68%) NumPy
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.68%) Pandas
5 2 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.45%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.45%) Web Services
6 1 (0.23%) FHIR
6 1 (0.23%) JSON
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.23%) Playwright
6 1 (0.23%) REST
6 1 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.23%) SAML
6 1 (0.23%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.51%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.06%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.84%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (3.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.03%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.81%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.35%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.35%) PMI
8 5 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.90%) Cyberattack
9 4 (0.90%) NHS
10 3 (0.68%) CSOC
10 3 (0.68%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.39%) Windows
2 9 (2.03%) Linux
3 4 (0.90%) Unix
4 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (26.41%) Agile
2 91 (20.54%) Business Analysis
3 86 (19.41%) User Stories
4 85 (19.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (17.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 74 (16.70%) Requirements Gathering
7 65 (14.67%) Decision-Making
8 63 (14.22%) Workshop Facilitation
9 54 (12.19%) DevOps
10 53 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (10.61%) Acceptance Criteria
11 47 (10.61%) Actionable Insight
12 46 (10.38%) Data Modelling
13 38 (8.58%) Validation
14 35 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (7.90%) Data Analysis
14 35 (7.90%) Mentoring
14 35 (7.90%) Migration
14 35 (7.90%) Process Improvement
15 34 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 46 (10.38%) SQL
2 21 (4.74%) Python
3 6 (1.35%) VBA
4 5 (1.13%) Java
4 5 (1.13%) R
5 4 (0.90%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.45%) Bash
7 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.45%) Perl
7 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.23%) Korn
8 1 (0.23%) Ruby
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 66 (14.90%) Security Cleared
2 58 (13.09%) Degree
3 38 (8.58%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.39%) CBAP
6 13 (2.93%) ACCA
6 13 (2.93%) CIMA
7 11 (2.48%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.03%) IIBA
8 9 (2.03%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.35%) CISSP
9 6 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.35%) CSPO
10 5 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.13%) PMP
11 4 (0.90%) CISM
12 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.45%) APMP
13 2 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.93%) QA
2 19 (4.29%) PMO
3 18 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.81%) GDPR
6 5 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.90%) SLA
8 3 (0.68%) IFRS
8 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.45%) NIST
9 2 (0.45%) P3O
10 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.23%) Basel III
10 1 (0.23%) EMIR
10 1 (0.23%) GAAP
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) HL7
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 6 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.13%) Docker
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.23%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.23%) Grafana
3 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.23%) Kibana
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.74%) SAP
3 39 (8.80%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.84%) Oracle
5 9 (2.03%) Databricks
5 9 (2.03%) Workday
6 7 (1.58%) Charles River
6 7 (1.58%) Splunk
7 5 (1.13%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.13%) Civica
7 5 (1.13%) Guidewire
7 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.90%) Google
8 4 (0.90%) IFS
8 4 (0.90%) Orchard
8 4 (0.90%) Zuora
9 3 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
9 3 (0.68%) Anaplan
9 3 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.68%) Infor