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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 258 194
Rank change year-on-year +34 -64 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 444 217 443
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 0.90% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.98% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 154 307
10th Percentile £363 £361 £358
25th Percentile £421 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £628 £586 £615
90th Percentile £675 £713 £668
UK median daily rate £505 £488 £524
% change year-on-year +3.59% -6.97% -0.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 9
10th Percentile £27.43 £22.69 -
25th Percentile £28.42 £25.74 £13.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £26.45 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% +15.00% -61.83%
75th Percentile £41.94 £28.60 £27.00
90th Percentile £47.58 £40.16 £37.90
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £26.45 £24.50
% change year-on-year +20.98% +7.96% -59.34%

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 38,122 22,159 33,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.41% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,649 14,727 22,390
10th Percentile £320 £293 £282
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £642
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,628 898 2,440
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -18.14% -18.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.63% -22.88% -18.89%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +17 232 £550 +4.76% 112
North of England -15 77 £449 -4.98% 49
South East -23 54 £500 +19.40% 72
Midlands -34 45 £525 +5.00% 21
North West -26 31 £410 -12.58% 26
North East - 26 £575 - 4
West Midlands -42 25 £500 - 15
East of England -8 24 £500 +8.11% 12
Yorkshire -39 21 £480 -1.54% 19
East Midlands - 20 £600 - 6
South West -33 9 £488 +21.88% 20
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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.

1 122 (27.48%) Agile
2 91 (20.50%) User Stories
3 87 (19.59%) Business Analysis
4 85 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 70 (15.77%) Decision-Making
5 70 (15.77%) Requirements Gathering
5 70 (15.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 65 (14.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 64 (14.41%) Security Cleared
8 62 (13.96%) Microsoft
9 61 (13.74%) Degree
10 55 (12.39%) DevOps
11 54 (12.16%) Azure
11 54 (12.16%) SQL
12 53 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
13 52 (11.71%) SAP
14 48 (10.81%) Data Modelling
15 46 (10.36%) Actionable Insight
16 45 (10.14%) Acceptance Criteria
17 44 (9.91%) QA
18 42 (9.46%) Power Platform
18 42 (9.46%) Salesforce
19 41 (9.23%) Migration
19 41 (9.23%) Power BI
20 40 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
20 40 (9.01%) Validation
21 39 (8.78%) Process Improvement
22 38 (8.56%) SC Cleared
23 37 (8.33%) Data Analysis
24 36 (8.11%) Mentoring

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 28 (6.31%) Confluence
2 6 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.90%) OpenEdge
4 3 (0.68%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.45%) Appian
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
6 1 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.50%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.80%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.90%) Endur
3 4 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
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 Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.23%) Primavera
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 54 (12.16%) Azure
2 42 (9.46%) Power Platform
3 18 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.25%) AWS
4 10 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (2.25%) SaaS
5 8 (1.80%) GCP
6 6 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.13%) Google Analytics
7 5 (1.13%) Lucidchart
8 4 (0.90%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (0.68%) GitHub
9 3 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.45%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.23%) Power BI
2 18 (4.05%) Tableau
3 9 (2.03%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.80%) BigQuery
4 8 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.58%) Power Query
6 6 (1.35%) Looker
7 4 (0.90%) Metadata
8 2 (0.45%) Big Data
8 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.45%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) GIS
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (7.66%) 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%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.23%) Charles Proxy
4 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.23%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.23%) Postman
4 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 119 (26.80%) Finance
2 118 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 89 (20.05%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.66%) Banking
6 16 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.38%) Front Office
7 15 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (2.93%) Retail
10 12 (2.70%) Marketing
11 11 (2.48%) Financial Institution
11 11 (2.48%) Local Government
12 10 (2.25%) Legal
13 8 (1.80%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.13%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.13%) Military
15 4 (0.90%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.80%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (1.58%) Middleware
3 5 (1.13%) ADO
4 4 (0.90%) VML
4 4 (0.90%) XML
5 3 (0.68%) Kafka
5 3 (0.68%) NumPy
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.68%) Pandas
6 2 (0.45%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.45%) Web Services
7 1 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.23%) FHIR
7 1 (0.23%) JSON
7 1 (0.23%) OAuth
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.23%) Playwright
7 1 (0.23%) REST
7 1 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.50%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.05%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.83%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (3.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.58%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.35%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.35%) PMI
10 5 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (0.90%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.90%) NHS
12 2 (0.45%) CSOC
12 2 (0.45%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.15%) Windows
2 8 (1.80%) 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
1 122 (27.48%) Agile
2 91 (20.50%) User Stories
3 87 (19.59%) Business Analysis
4 85 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 70 (15.77%) Decision-Making
5 70 (15.77%) Requirements Gathering
5 70 (15.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 65 (14.64%) Workshop Facilitation
7 55 (12.39%) DevOps
8 53 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (10.81%) Data Modelling
10 46 (10.36%) Actionable Insight
11 45 (10.14%) Acceptance Criteria
12 41 (9.23%) Migration
13 40 (9.01%) Business Intelligence
13 40 (9.01%) Validation
14 39 (8.78%) Process Improvement
15 37 (8.33%) Data Analysis
16 36 (8.11%) Mentoring
17 33 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.16%) SQL
2 19 (4.28%) Python
3 6 (1.35%) R
3 6 (1.35%) VBA
4 5 (1.13%) Java
5 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.23%) Korn
7 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.23%) Ruby
7 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 61 (13.74%) Degree
3 38 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (4.28%) CBAP
6 12 (2.70%) ACCA
6 12 (2.70%) CIMA
7 10 (2.25%) CSPO
8 9 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.03%) IIBA
9 8 (1.80%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.13%) CISSP
11 4 (0.90%) CISM
11 4 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.90%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.90%) PMP
12 3 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.45%) APMP
13 2 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.91%) QA
2 24 (5.41%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.28%) PMO
4 9 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.35%) GDPR
6 4 (0.90%) IFRS
6 4 (0.90%) SLA
7 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.45%) P3O
8 2 (0.45%) PERC
9 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.23%) Basel III
9 1 (0.23%) EMIR
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) HL7
9 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.23%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (1.58%) 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 62 (13.96%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.71%) SAP
3 42 (9.46%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.70%) Oracle
5 9 (2.03%) Splunk
6 8 (1.80%) Databricks
6 8 (1.80%) Google
6 8 (1.80%) Zuora
7 7 (1.58%) Charles River
8 6 (1.35%) Bloomberg
8 6 (1.35%) Workday
9 5 (1.13%) Civica
9 5 (1.13%) Guidewire
9 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.90%) IFS
10 4 (0.90%) Orchard
11 3 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.68%) Anaplan
11 3 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.68%) Refinitiv