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 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 261 213
Rank change year-on-year +14 -48 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 428 251 424
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 0.98% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.06% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 172 286
10th Percentile £370 £339 £357
25th Percentile £426 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £580 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +5.13% -2.50% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 14
10th Percentile £28.21 £24.54 £13.50
25th Percentile £30.15 £26.35 £17.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% +21.70% -42.74%
75th Percentile £32.70 £34.95 £25.81
90th Percentile £41.94 £38.15 £30.33
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £28.60 £23.50
% change year-on-year +11.89% +21.70% -42.74%

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 40,492 23,624 34,500
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.15% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,797 15,453 22,545
10th Percentile £325 £290 £298
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £735 £749 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,908 1,100 2,588
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.99 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £17.95 £16.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -28.75% -9.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.51
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -23 220 £575 +10.05% 120
North of England -39 58 £469 +0.75% 40
South East -35 55 £500 - 55
Midlands -19 52 £500 - 23
West Midlands -36 29 £475 -5.00% 16
North West -27 24 £428 -6.25% 31
East Midlands - 23 £500 - 7
East of England -4 22 £435 -5.95% 12
North East - 18 £575 - 3
Yorkshire -43 17 £510 +4.62% 6
South West -28 15 £590 +47.50% 24
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 July 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.

1 117 (27.34%) Agile
2 91 (21.26%) Business Analysis
3 83 (19.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 78 (18.22%) User Stories
5 74 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 70 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
7 67 (15.65%) Decision-Making
8 63 (14.72%) Microsoft
9 60 (14.02%) Security Cleared
9 60 (14.02%) Workshop Facilitation
10 50 (11.68%) Azure
10 50 (11.68%) Degree
11 49 (11.45%) DevOps
11 49 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (11.21%) SAP
12 48 (11.21%) SQL
13 45 (10.51%) Data Modelling
14 44 (10.28%) Acceptance Criteria
14 44 (10.28%) Actionable Insight
14 44 (10.28%) QA
15 40 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (9.11%) Power Platform
17 37 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (8.64%) Power BI
18 35 (8.18%) Analytics
18 35 (8.18%) Process Improvement
18 35 (8.18%) Salesforce
19 33 (7.71%) Data Analysis
19 33 (7.71%) Migration
19 33 (7.71%) SC Cleared

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 22 (5.14%) Confluence
2 4 (0.93%) OpenEdge
2 4 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.70%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.47%) Appian
4 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 28 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.04%) MS Visio
3 12 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (3.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.40%) Endur
2 6 (1.40%) Workday HCM
3 5 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.70%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.70%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.70%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.70%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.70%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.47%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.47%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.23%) Primavera
7 1 (0.23%) SAP FS
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 50 (11.68%) Azure
2 39 (9.11%) Power Platform
3 16 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (1.87%) AWS
4 8 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (1.17%) GCP
5 5 (1.17%) SaaS
6 4 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 3 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.70%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.47%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.47%) GitHub
8 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (0.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (0.47%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.23%) Broadband
3 1 (0.23%) DNS
3 1 (0.23%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) LAN
3 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.64%) Power BI
2 19 (4.44%) Tableau
3 9 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.87%) Power Query
4 8 (1.87%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.17%) Metadata
6 4 (0.93%) Looker
7 3 (0.70%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.70%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.47%) Big Data
8 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.23%) Essbase
9 1 (0.23%) GIS
9 1 (0.23%) MS Access
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (6.31%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) Postman
2 4 (0.93%) Selenium
3 3 (0.70%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.70%) GitLab
3 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.47%) MLflow
4 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.47%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 118 (27.57%) Social Skills
2 116 (27.10%) Finance
3 86 (20.09%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.05%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.14%) Banking
6 17 (3.97%) Front Office
7 15 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.50%) Retail
8 13 (3.04%) Local Government
8 13 (3.04%) Marketing
8 13 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.80%) Legal
10 10 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.10%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.93%) Advertising
13 4 (0.93%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.93%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.93%) ADO
1 4 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (0.93%) VML
2 3 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (0.70%) Middleware
2 3 (0.70%) NumPy
2 3 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.70%) Pandas
3 2 (0.47%) Gherkin
3 2 (0.47%) Kafka
3 2 (0.47%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Django
4 1 (0.23%) OAuth
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.23%) REST
4 1 (0.23%) SAML
4 1 (0.23%) SOAP
4 1 (0.23%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.23%) Web Services
4 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.67%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.21%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.27%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.64%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.17%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.93%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.70%) CSOC
11 3 (0.70%) FMCG
11 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.70%) PMI
11 3 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.10%) Windows
2 6 (1.40%) Linux
3 2 (0.47%) Android
3 2 (0.47%) Unix
4 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (27.34%) Agile
2 91 (21.26%) Business Analysis
3 83 (19.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 78 (18.22%) User Stories
5 74 (17.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 70 (16.36%) Requirements Gathering
7 67 (15.65%) Decision-Making
8 60 (14.02%) Workshop Facilitation
9 49 (11.45%) DevOps
9 49 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (10.51%) Data Modelling
11 44 (10.28%) Acceptance Criteria
11 44 (10.28%) Actionable Insight
12 40 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (8.18%) Analytics
14 35 (8.18%) Process Improvement
15 33 (7.71%) Data Analysis
15 33 (7.71%) Migration
15 33 (7.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.21%) SQL
2 26 (6.07%) Python
3 7 (1.64%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.40%) VBA
5 5 (1.17%) Bash
5 5 (1.17%) Java
5 5 (1.17%) Perl
5 5 (1.17%) R
6 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.47%) C#
7 2 (0.47%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) Korn
8 1 (0.23%) LookML
8 1 (0.23%) Ruby
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 60 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.68%) Degree
3 33 (7.71%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.04%) ACCA
5 13 (3.04%) CIMA
6 12 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.34%) CBAP
8 7 (1.64%) IIBA
9 6 (1.40%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.17%) CSPO
10 5 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.93%) CISSP
11 4 (0.93%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.70%) ISEB
12 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.70%) PMP
13 2 (0.47%) CISM
13 2 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (10.28%) QA
2 21 (4.91%) PMO
3 20 (4.67%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.34%) GDPR
5 8 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.70%) IFRS
6 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.47%) GRC
7 2 (0.47%) NIST
7 2 (0.47%) P3O
7 2 (0.47%) SLA
7 2 (0.47%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
8 1 (0.23%) Basel III
8 1 (0.23%) EMIR
8 1 (0.23%) GAAP
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 5 (1.17%) Docker
2 4 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.23%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.47%) 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%) QRadar
3 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 63 (14.72%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.21%) SAP
3 35 (8.18%) Salesforce
4 14 (3.27%) Oracle
5 12 (2.80%) Workday
6 9 (2.10%) Databricks
7 6 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.17%) Civica
8 5 (1.17%) Splunk
9 4 (0.93%) Clearswift
9 4 (0.93%) Guidewire
9 4 (0.93%) IFS
9 4 (0.93%) Orchard
9 4 (0.93%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.93%) Tanium
9 4 (0.93%) Tripwire
10 3 (0.70%) Adaptive Insights
10 3 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.70%) Trend Micro
10 3 (0.70%) Zuora