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 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 234 200
Rank change year-on-year -2 -34 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 382 280 456
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.07% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.15% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 182 349
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £405 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £524 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -4.77% +4.76%
75th Percentile £632 £615 £638
90th Percentile £706 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 9
10th Percentile £26.11 £19.00 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £28.60 £13.50
Median hourly rate £38.11 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -19.05% -16.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £62.92 £67.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £64.73 £69.00
UK median hourly rate £38.28 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -9.93% -15.00% -20.00%

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 30,591 24,375 35,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 93.06% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,473 15,100 24,021
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,949 720 2,128
10th Percentile £14.99 £15.89 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £16.80
Median hourly rate £30.11 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.99% - -3.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.56 £61.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.77 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.16% -3.51% -

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 8 February 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 8 February 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 8 February 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 +36 232 £525 -4.55% 75
North of England -24 68 £400 -17.95% 24
South East -49 40 £595 +20.20% 55
North West -14 28 £420 -11.58% 17
North East +2 20 £120 -83.33% 4
Yorkshire -44 20 £450 - 3
Midlands -44 18 £500 - 33
East of England -11 15 £575 +1.32% 15
West Midlands -50 9 £500 - 22
East Midlands - 9 £500 - 11
South West -20 7 £473 -0.53% 10
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 February 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.

1 107 (28.01%) Agile
2 83 (21.73%) Business Analysis
3 82 (21.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 72 (18.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 70 (18.32%) Requirements Gathering
6 68 (17.80%) User Stories
7 57 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (14.92%) Security Cleared
8 55 (14.40%) SQL
9 51 (13.35%) Workshop Facilitation
10 46 (12.04%) Decision-Making
11 44 (11.52%) SC Cleared
12 43 (11.26%) Power BI
12 43 (11.26%) Power Platform
13 40 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (10.21%) Degree
15 38 (9.95%) Microsoft
15 38 (9.95%) Migration
15 38 (9.95%) Validation
16 37 (9.69%) Analytics
16 37 (9.69%) Azure
16 37 (9.69%) Data Analysis
16 37 (9.69%) Mentoring
17 35 (9.16%) JIRA
17 35 (9.16%) Process Improvement
18 34 (8.90%) Actionable Insight
18 34 (8.90%) DevOps
18 34 (8.90%) Waterfall
19 32 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
20 31 (8.12%) Continuous 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 25 (6.54%) Confluence
2 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) SAS
4 1 (0.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 32 (8.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.19%) MS Visio
3 14 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.05%) Endur
3 3 (0.79%) Algo Collateral
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.26%) iTrent
5 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.26%) RMDS
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.26%) Power Platform
2 37 (9.69%) Azure
3 15 (3.93%) AWS
3 15 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.40%) GCP
5 10 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.09%) SaaS
7 7 (1.83%) Google Analytics
8 6 (1.57%) Lucidchart
9 5 (1.31%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (0.79%) ChatGPT
10 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.79%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.79%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.52%) dbt
11 2 (0.52%) GitHub
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.52%) Serverless
11 2 (0.52%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.36%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.57%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.31%) DNS
3 5 (1.31%) Firewall
4 4 (1.05%) LAN
4 4 (1.05%) WAN
5 3 (0.79%) Broadband
6 1 (0.26%) FTP
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.26%) SSL
6 1 (0.26%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.26%) VLAN
6 1 (0.26%) VPN
6 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.26%) Power BI
2 17 (4.45%) Tableau
3 15 (3.93%) BigQuery
4 11 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.09%) Looker
6 3 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.52%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.52%) Power Query
7 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.26%) Flink
8 1 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.26%) GIS
8 1 (0.26%) Metadata
8 1 (0.26%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 35 (9.16%) JIRA
2 6 (1.57%) Selenium
3 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.79%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.52%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.26%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.26%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.26%) Git
5 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 125 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 103 (26.96%) Finance
3 79 (20.68%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.57%) Public Sector
5 45 (11.78%) Banking
6 19 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.14%) Front Office
7 12 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.62%) Legal
9 9 (2.36%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.09%) Retail
11 7 (1.83%) General Ledger
11 7 (1.83%) Local Government
11 7 (1.83%) Marketing
12 6 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.36%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (2.09%) Middleware
3 5 (1.31%) Kafka
4 4 (1.05%) ADO
4 4 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.05%) XML
5 3 (0.79%) FHIR
6 2 (0.52%) Playwright
6 2 (0.52%) SOAP
6 2 (0.52%) Web Services
7 1 (0.26%) FIXML
7 1 (0.26%) JSON
7 1 (0.26%) Matplotlib
7 1 (0.26%) NumPy
7 1 (0.26%) Pandas
7 1 (0.26%) REST
7 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.26%) Seaborn
7 1 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.76%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.50%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.36%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.09%) Derivative
5 8 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.09%) NHS
5 8 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.83%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.83%) PMI
7 5 (1.31%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.05%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.05%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.52%) CSOC
9 2 (0.52%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 2 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.59%) Windows
2 9 (2.36%) Linux
3 5 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.05%) Unix
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.01%) Agile
2 83 (21.73%) Business Analysis
3 82 (21.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 72 (18.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 70 (18.32%) Requirements Gathering
6 68 (17.80%) User Stories
7 57 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (13.35%) Workshop Facilitation
9 46 (12.04%) Decision-Making
10 40 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (9.95%) Migration
11 38 (9.95%) Validation
12 37 (9.69%) Analytics
12 37 (9.69%) Data Analysis
12 37 (9.69%) Mentoring
13 35 (9.16%) Process Improvement
14 34 (8.90%) Actionable Insight
14 34 (8.90%) DevOps
14 34 (8.90%) Waterfall
15 31 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.40%) SQL
2 18 (4.71%) Python
3 5 (1.31%) Java
4 3 (0.79%) R
4 3 (0.79%) VBA
5 2 (0.52%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.26%) C#
6 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.26%) Korn
6 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (14.92%) Security Cleared
2 44 (11.52%) SC Cleared
3 39 (10.21%) Degree
4 21 (5.50%) CBAP
5 13 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.88%) IIBA
7 8 (2.09%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.57%) CSPO
10 5 (1.31%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.05%) CISM
11 4 (1.05%) CISSP
11 4 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.79%) PMP
13 2 (0.52%) APMP
13 2 (0.52%) CFA
13 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.52%) ISEB
13 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.26%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.33%) QA
2 17 (4.45%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.36%) PMO
4 6 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.57%) GDPR
5 4 (1.05%) GRC
5 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.79%) HL7
6 3 (0.79%) IFRS
6 3 (0.79%) SLA
7 2 (0.52%) Basel III
7 2 (0.52%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.52%) NIST
7 2 (0.52%) PERC
7 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) GAAP
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.26%) MiFID
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (2.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.52%) Terraform
2 1 (0.26%) BladeLogic
2 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (9.95%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.81%) SAP
3 24 (6.28%) Salesforce
4 20 (5.24%) Oracle
5 13 (3.40%) Splunk
6 9 (2.36%) Google
7 6 (1.57%) Bloomberg
7 6 (1.57%) Charles River
7 6 (1.57%) Databricks
8 5 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.31%) Zuora
9 3 (0.79%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.79%) Refinitiv
9 3 (0.79%) SmartStream
10 2 (0.52%) Adobe
10 2 (0.52%) Citrix
10 2 (0.52%) Facebook
10 2 (0.52%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.52%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.52%) VMware