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 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 273 210
Rank change year-on-year 0 -63 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 460 276 391
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 0.98% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.08% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 195 256
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £600
90th Percentile £701 £750 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 11
10th Percentile £29.35 £31.31 -
25th Percentile £36.94 £32.57 £23.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £34.63 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.61% -18.53% -34.62%
75th Percentile £86.25 £40.46 £63.61
90th Percentile £90.00 £63.47 £64.73
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £34.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +116.61% -18.53% -34.62%

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 43,070 25,660 29,897
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 91.15% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,333 16,528 18,273
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,798 1,445 1,249
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.80 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.33 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -6.89%
75th Percentile £67.85 £50.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £41.27
% change year-on-year +65.23% -39.05% -8.30%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -26 243 £575 +4.55% 54
North of England -39 58 £500 +28.21% 21
Midlands -12 51 £500 +5.26% 10
South East -49 51 £500 -1.23% 39
West Midlands -23 34 £447 -5.89% 5
South West -18 27 £606 +51.56% 15
Yorkshire -32 23 £488 +30.00% 4
East of England -11 21 £370 -30.52% 4
North East -20 20 £575 +442.45% 5
East Midlands +4 17 £513 - 5
North West -40 16 £513 +13.89% 12
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 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.

1 156 (33.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 134 (29.13%) Agile
3 123 (26.74%) Business Analysis
4 107 (23.26%) Workshop Facilitation
5 100 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
6 92 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 86 (18.70%) User Stories
8 78 (16.96%) Microsoft
9 70 (15.22%) Acceptance Criteria
9 70 (15.22%) Analytics
10 69 (15.00%) AI
11 66 (14.35%) Decision-Making
11 66 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
12 62 (13.48%) SQL
13 58 (12.61%) Security Cleared
14 56 (12.17%) Azure
14 56 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
15 55 (11.96%) QA
16 54 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
17 51 (11.09%) Power Platform
18 49 (10.65%) Data Analysis
18 49 (10.65%) Power BI
18 49 (10.65%) Process Improvement
19 45 (9.78%) Risk Management
20 43 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
20 43 (9.35%) Validation
21 42 (9.13%) Data Quality
22 41 (8.91%) Degree
22 41 (8.91%) DevOps
23 40 (8.70%) Data Modelling

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 24 (5.22%) Confluence
2 6 (1.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.43%) Appian
3 2 (0.43%) OpenEdge
3 2 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 24 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.61%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.30%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.09%) Endur
4 5 (1.09%) 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
7 2 (0.43%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 56 (12.17%) Azure
2 51 (11.09%) Power Platform
3 33 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (5.00%) SaaS
5 14 (3.04%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (3.04%) Snowflake
6 13 (2.83%) Power Automate
7 11 (2.39%) AWS
7 11 (2.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 9 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 9 (1.96%) Serverless
9 8 (1.74%) Azure Functions
9 8 (1.74%) PaaS
10 6 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
10 6 (1.30%) ChatGPT
10 6 (1.30%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.09%) GCP
12 4 (0.87%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.30%) 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 (10.65%) Power BI
2 29 (6.30%) Tableau
3 11 (2.39%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.74%) Metadata
6 6 (1.30%) Looker
7 5 (1.09%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.87%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
9 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.65%) Power Query
10 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.43%) Big Data
10 2 (0.43%) GIS
10 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
10 2 (0.43%) Spatial Data
11 1 (0.22%) Essbase
11 1 (0.22%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (8.70%) JIRA
2 9 (1.96%) Postman
2 9 (1.96%) Selenium
3 8 (1.74%) Cucumber
3 8 (1.74%) Cypress.io
3 8 (1.74%) WebDriver
4 3 (0.65%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.22%) Git
5 1 (0.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.22%) Toad
General
1 144 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 121 (26.30%) Finance
3 108 (23.48%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (12.61%) Public Sector
5 41 (8.91%) Banking
6 25 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (4.13%) Legal
8 18 (3.91%) Local Government
8 18 (3.91%) Marketing
9 17 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (3.70%) Front Office
10 15 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.39%) Retail
12 9 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.74%) Advertising
13 8 (1.74%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.74%) Investment Banking
13 8 (1.74%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.52%) Back Office
15 5 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.74%) Gherkin
2 5 (1.09%) ADO
3 4 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (0.65%) Middleware
4 3 (0.65%) OpenAPI
4 3 (0.65%) Swagger
5 2 (0.43%) HTML
5 2 (0.43%) JSON
5 2 (0.43%) Playwright
5 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.22%) Django
6 1 (0.22%) OAuth
6 1 (0.22%) OpenID
6 1 (0.22%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.22%) SAML
6 1 (0.22%) SOAP
6 1 (0.22%) Spring
6 1 (0.22%) VML
6 1 (0.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.39%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.91%) Onboarding
3 13 (2.83%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.17%) Taxonomies
5 9 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (1.74%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.52%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (1.30%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.09%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.87%) FMCG
10 4 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.87%) Life Science
10 4 (0.87%) NHS
11 3 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.65%) CSOC
11 3 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.65%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.39%) Windows
2 7 (1.52%) Linux
3 2 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (33.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 134 (29.13%) Agile
3 123 (26.74%) Business Analysis
4 107 (23.26%) Workshop Facilitation
5 100 (21.74%) Requirements Gathering
6 92 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 86 (18.70%) User Stories
8 70 (15.22%) Acceptance Criteria
8 70 (15.22%) Analytics
9 69 (15.00%) AI
10 66 (14.35%) Decision-Making
10 66 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
13 49 (10.65%) Data Analysis
13 49 (10.65%) Process Improvement
14 45 (9.78%) Risk Management
15 43 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
15 43 (9.35%) Validation
16 41 (8.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 62 (13.48%) SQL
2 34 (7.39%) Python
3 11 (2.39%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.17%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.74%) C#
6 5 (1.09%) Bash
6 5 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (1.09%) Perl
7 4 (0.87%) Java
7 4 (0.87%) R
8 2 (0.43%) Korn
8 2 (0.43%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.22%) C++
9 1 (0.22%) LookML
9 1 (0.22%) Ruby
9 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 41 (8.91%) Degree
3 36 (7.83%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.61%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.17%) CISSP
8 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (1.30%) ACCA
10 6 (1.30%) CBAP
10 6 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.30%) GCIH
10 6 (1.30%) ISEB
11 5 (1.09%) CIMA
12 4 (0.87%) IIBA
12 4 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.87%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.65%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.96%) QA
2 42 (9.13%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.35%) GDPR
4 17 (3.70%) PMO
5 16 (3.48%) Accessibility
6 14 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (2.39%) NIST
8 8 (1.74%) WCAG
9 5 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.09%) GRC
10 4 (0.87%) IFRS
10 4 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.65%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.65%) NCSC
12 2 (0.43%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.43%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.43%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.43%) P3O
12 2 (0.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (0.65%) QRadar
2 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 78 (16.96%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.52%) Salesforce
3 24 (5.22%) SAP
4 17 (3.70%) Oracle
5 12 (2.61%) Databricks
6 10 (2.17%) Workday
7 7 (1.52%) Google
7 7 (1.52%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.52%) Splunk
8 6 (1.30%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.09%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.87%) Clearswift
10 4 (0.87%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.87%) Tanium
10 4 (0.87%) Tripwire
11 3 (0.65%) Aderant
11 3 (0.65%) Informatica
11 3 (0.65%) Qualys
11 3 (0.65%) Trend Micro