Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in England is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 281 203
Rank change year-on-year +53 -78 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 448 203 416
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 0.83% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 0.89% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 137 305
10th Percentile £350 £362 £350
25th Percentile £413 £407 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £630 £614 £625
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 8
10th Percentile £26.11 £19.00 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £23.61 £13.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.39 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% +38.87% -67.24%
75th Percentile £41.94 £28.60 £26.63
90th Percentile £45.70 £37.27 £28.43
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £26.39 £23.00
% change year-on-year +21.28% +14.72% -60.34%

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 36,383 22,702 34,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.69% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,833 15,164 23,008
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 862 2,374
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.41 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.72 £19.43 £16.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.14% -18.60%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £72.49
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £30.43 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.85% -13.07% -20.55%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +58 246 £550 +4.76% 78
North of England -15 76 £425 -8.11% 41
South East -18 52 £525 -3.67% 60
Midlands -34 40 £513 +2.50% 32
North West -27 34 £425 -9.38% 31
East of England -14 24 £500 +8.11% 12
Yorkshire -41 23 £493 +9.44% 7
West Midlands -51 21 £525 +5.00% 17
East Midlands - 19 £500 - 14
North East - 19 £175 - 3
South West -31 8 £488 +21.88% 9
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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.

1 120 (26.79%) Agile
2 92 (20.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 92 (20.54%) User Stories
3 87 (19.42%) Business Analysis
4 80 (17.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 79 (17.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 64 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 64 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 62 (13.84%) Decision-Making
7 62 (13.84%) SQL
8 57 (12.72%) Degree
8 57 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (11.83%) Microsoft
10 51 (11.38%) Azure
11 50 (11.16%) DevOps
12 47 (10.49%) Power BI
12 47 (10.49%) Power Platform
13 46 (10.27%) Data Modelling
13 46 (10.27%) Migration
14 44 (9.82%) Actionable Insight
14 44 (9.82%) SAP
15 43 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (9.60%) SC Cleared
16 42 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
17 41 (9.15%) Process Improvement
18 40 (8.93%) Data Analysis
18 40 (8.93%) Salesforce
18 40 (8.93%) Validation
19 39 (8.71%) QA
20 38 (8.48%) 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 29 (6.47%) Confluence
2 10 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.67%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.45%) Appian
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.45%) OpenEdge
4 2 (0.45%) SAS
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 32 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (4.91%) MS Visio
3 16 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.34%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.67%) Algo Collateral
4 3 (0.67%) Endur
5 2 (0.45%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics SL
6 1 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.38%) Azure
2 47 (10.49%) Power Platform
3 17 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.13%) AWS
5 11 (2.46%) GCP
6 10 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.79%) SaaS
8 6 (1.34%) Google Analytics
8 6 (1.34%) Lucidchart
9 5 (1.12%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.67%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.67%) GitHub
11 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.67%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.45%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.56%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.34%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.12%) DNS
4 4 (0.89%) Broadband
5 3 (0.67%) Firewall
5 3 (0.67%) LAN
5 3 (0.67%) WAN
6 1 (0.22%) FTP
6 1 (0.22%) Internet
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (10.49%) Power BI
2 19 (4.24%) Tableau
3 11 (2.46%) BigQuery
4 8 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.56%) Looker
6 6 (1.34%) Power Query
7 4 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.89%) Metadata
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects XI
8 2 (0.45%) GIS
8 2 (0.45%) MS Access
8 2 (0.45%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.22%) Big Data
9 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.22%) Flink
9 1 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (8.48%) JIRA
2 3 (0.67%) GitLab
2 3 (0.67%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.45%) MLflow
3 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.22%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.22%) Postman
4 1 (0.22%) Selenium
4 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (27.90%) Social Skills
2 117 (26.12%) Finance
3 91 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (11.38%) Public Sector
5 39 (8.71%) Banking
6 18 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.35%) Front Office
8 13 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.90%) Retail
9 11 (2.46%) Local Government
9 11 (2.46%) Marketing
10 9 (2.01%) Legal
11 7 (1.56%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.56%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.34%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.79%) FIX Protocol
1 8 (1.79%) Middleware
2 6 (1.34%) ADO
3 4 (0.89%) VML
3 4 (0.89%) XML
4 3 (0.67%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (0.67%) FHIR
4 3 (0.67%) NumPy
4 3 (0.67%) Pandas
5 2 (0.45%) Kafka
5 2 (0.45%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.45%) Web Services
6 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.22%) JSON
6 1 (0.22%) OAuth
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.22%) Playwright
6 1 (0.22%) REST
6 1 (0.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.46%) Onboarding
1 20 (4.46%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.79%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.01%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.79%) NHS
7 7 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.34%) PMI
9 5 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.89%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.89%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.67%) Derivative
12 2 (0.45%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.46%) Windows
2 8 (1.79%) Linux
3 4 (0.89%) Unix
4 3 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.22%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (26.79%) Agile
2 92 (20.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 92 (20.54%) User Stories
3 87 (19.42%) Business Analysis
4 80 (17.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 79 (17.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 64 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 62 (13.84%) Decision-Making
8 57 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (11.16%) DevOps
10 46 (10.27%) Data Modelling
10 46 (10.27%) Migration
11 44 (9.82%) Actionable Insight
12 43 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
13 42 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
14 41 (9.15%) Process Improvement
15 40 (8.93%) Data Analysis
15 40 (8.93%) Validation
16 36 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (7.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.84%) SQL
2 22 (4.91%) Python
3 6 (1.34%) VBA
4 5 (1.12%) R
5 3 (0.67%) Java
6 2 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.22%) Korn
7 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 57 (12.72%) Degree
3 43 (9.60%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (4.24%) CBAP
6 11 (2.46%) IIBA
7 10 (2.23%) ACCA
7 10 (2.23%) CIMA
7 10 (2.23%) CSPO
8 9 (2.01%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.79%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.12%) CISSP
10 5 (1.12%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.89%) CISM
11 4 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.89%) PMP
12 2 (0.45%) CFA
12 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.71%) QA
2 21 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.24%) PMO
4 8 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.12%) GDPR
5 5 (1.12%) SLA
6 3 (0.67%) HL7
6 3 (0.67%) IFRS
7 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.45%) PERC
8 1 (0.22%) AIFMD
8 1 (0.22%) Basel III
8 1 (0.22%) EMIR
8 1 (0.22%) FINRA
8 1 (0.22%) GAAP
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.22%) MiFID
8 1 (0.22%) P3O
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.12%) Docker
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.22%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.45%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.22%) Grafana
3 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.22%) Kibana
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 44 (9.82%) SAP
3 40 (8.93%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.68%) Oracle
5 9 (2.01%) Databricks
6 8 (1.79%) Google
7 7 (1.56%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.56%) Charles River
7 7 (1.56%) Splunk
8 6 (1.34%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.34%) Zuora
9 5 (1.12%) Guidewire
10 4 (0.89%) Refinitiv
11 3 (0.67%) Adobe
11 3 (0.67%) Ariba
11 3 (0.67%) Civica
11 3 (0.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.67%) SmartStream
11 3 (0.67%) Workday
12 2 (0.45%) Orchard