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 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 232 206
Rank change year-on-year -2 -26 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 387 278 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.07% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.15% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 181 342
10th Percentile £336 £361 £350
25th Percentile £405 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £632 £606 £638
90th Percentile £706 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +4.22%
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 31,256 24,175 35,438
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 93.02% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,837 15,109 23,763
10th Percentile £300 £297 £275
25th Percentile £409 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £643
90th Percentile £725 £750 £747
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,008 701 2,131
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.06 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.54
Median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.77% -5.00% -2.78%

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 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 15 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 15 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 +39 233 £525 -4.55% 41
North of England -16 71 £405 -11.86% 35
South East -52 39 £595 +20.20% 51
North West -14 32 £430 -8.90% 20
North East - 20 £120 - 6
Midlands -49 19 £500 - 36
Yorkshire -53 19 £450 - 9
East of England -11 17 £550 -3.08% 9
East Midlands - 10 £463 - 12
West Midlands -50 9 £525 +5.00% 24
South West -26 7 £473 -0.53% 9
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 108 (27.91%) Agile
2 85 (21.96%) Business Analysis
3 81 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 74 (19.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 72 (18.60%) Requirements Gathering
6 71 (18.35%) User Stories
7 60 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (14.73%) Security Cleared
9 56 (14.47%) SQL
10 51 (13.18%) Workshop Facilitation
11 50 (12.92%) Decision-Making
12 44 (11.37%) SC Cleared
13 42 (10.85%) Degree
14 41 (10.59%) Power BI
14 41 (10.59%) Power Platform
15 39 (10.08%) Business Intelligence
15 39 (10.08%) Migration
16 38 (9.82%) Data Analysis
16 38 (9.82%) Microsoft
16 38 (9.82%) Validation
17 37 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
17 37 (9.56%) Azure
17 37 (9.56%) JIRA
17 37 (9.56%) Mentoring
18 35 (9.04%) DevOps
18 35 (9.04%) Process Improvement
19 34 (8.79%) Analytics
19 34 (8.79%) Waterfall
20 33 (8.53%) Data Modelling
21 30 (7.75%) 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 27 (6.98%) Confluence
2 9 (2.33%) 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 30 (7.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.39%) MS Visio
3 14 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.03%) Endur
3 3 (0.78%) Algo Collateral
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.26%) NEC Housing
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
Cloud Services
1 41 (10.59%) Power Platform
2 37 (9.56%) Azure
3 15 (3.88%) AWS
3 15 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.36%) GCP
5 10 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.07%) SaaS
7 7 (1.81%) Google Analytics
8 6 (1.55%) Lucidchart
9 5 (1.29%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (0.78%) ChatGPT
10 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.78%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.52%) dbt
11 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.52%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.52%) Serverless
11 2 (0.52%) Slack
11 2 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.33%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.55%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.29%) DNS
3 5 (1.29%) Firewall
4 4 (1.03%) LAN
4 4 (1.03%) WAN
5 3 (0.78%) 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 41 (10.59%) Power BI
2 17 (4.39%) Tableau
3 15 (3.88%) BigQuery
4 11 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.07%) Looker
6 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.52%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.52%) GIS
7 2 (0.52%) Metadata
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.52%) Power Query
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.26%) Flink
8 1 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.26%) MS Access
8 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (9.56%) JIRA
2 6 (1.55%) Selenium
3 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.78%) 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 (32.30%) Social Skills
2 105 (27.13%) Finance
3 81 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (13.44%) Public Sector
5 44 (11.37%) Banking
6 19 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.84%) Front Office
7 11 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.58%) Legal
9 9 (2.33%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.07%) Local Government
10 8 (2.07%) Retail
11 7 (1.81%) General Ledger
11 7 (1.81%) Marketing
12 5 (1.29%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.33%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (2.07%) Middleware
3 5 (1.29%) Kafka
4 4 (1.03%) ADO
4 4 (1.03%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.03%) XML
5 3 (0.78%) 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 (5.68%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.43%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.07%) NHS
5 8 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.81%) Derivative
6 7 (1.81%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.81%) PMI
7 4 (1.03%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.03%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.78%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.52%) CSOC
9 2 (0.52%) FMCG
9 2 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.49%) Windows
2 9 (2.33%) Linux
3 5 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.03%) Unix
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.91%) Agile
2 85 (21.96%) Business Analysis
3 81 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 74 (19.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 72 (18.60%) Requirements Gathering
6 71 (18.35%) User Stories
7 60 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (13.18%) Workshop Facilitation
9 50 (12.92%) Decision-Making
10 39 (10.08%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (10.08%) Migration
11 38 (9.82%) Data Analysis
11 38 (9.82%) Validation
12 37 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
12 37 (9.56%) Mentoring
13 35 (9.04%) DevOps
13 35 (9.04%) Process Improvement
14 34 (8.79%) Analytics
14 34 (8.79%) Waterfall
15 33 (8.53%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.47%) SQL
2 18 (4.65%) Python
3 5 (1.29%) Java
4 3 (0.78%) R
4 3 (0.78%) 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 (14.73%) Security Cleared
2 44 (11.37%) SC Cleared
3 42 (10.85%) Degree
4 21 (5.43%) CBAP
5 15 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.84%) IIBA
7 8 (2.07%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.81%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.55%) CSPO
10 5 (1.29%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.03%) CISM
11 4 (1.03%) CISSP
11 4 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.78%) ACCA
12 3 (0.78%) CIMA
12 3 (0.78%) PMP
13 2 (0.52%) APMP
13 2 (0.52%) CFA
13 2 (0.52%) ISEB
13 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.75%) QA
2 17 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.07%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.07%) PMO
4 6 (1.55%) GDPR
5 4 (1.03%) GRC
5 4 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.78%) HL7
6 3 (0.78%) IFRS
6 3 (0.78%) 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 (2.33%) 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 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.49%) SAP
3 25 (6.46%) Salesforce
4 20 (5.17%) Oracle
5 13 (3.36%) Splunk
6 9 (2.33%) Google
7 6 (1.55%) Bloomberg
7 6 (1.55%) Charles River
8 5 (1.29%) Databricks
8 5 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.29%) Zuora
9 3 (0.78%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.78%) Refinitiv
9 3 (0.78%) SmartStream
10 2 (0.52%) Adobe
10 2 (0.52%) Ariba
10 2 (0.52%) Citrix
10 2 (0.52%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.52%) OpenLink
10 2 (0.52%) VMware