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 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 241 204
Rank change year-on-year +3 -37 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 369 279 445
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.14% 1.05% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.13% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 182 346
10th Percentile £338 £358 £350
25th Percentile £406 £414 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £706 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 8
10th Percentile £26.11 £19.00 -
25th Percentile £28.00 £28.60 £13.50
Median hourly rate £38.11 £42.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -27.66% +1.29%
75th Percentile £41.94 £64.73 £67.81
90th Percentile £60.75 - £69.13
UK median hourly rate £38.11 £42.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -10.34% -27.66% +3.98%

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 29,700 24,791 34,996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 92.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,949 15,305 23,643
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,844 747 1,904
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.97 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% -7.28% +7.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £37.88
% change year-on-year -12.31% -14.19% +11.40%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +31 225 £525 -6.67% 57
North of England -12 69 £400 -15.25% 36
South East -47 37 £585 +18.18% 83
Yorkshire -31 25 £450 - 14
North West -15 24 £420 -18.05% 17
North East +4 20 £120 -83.33% 5
Midlands -45 16 £500 - 44
East of England -9 14 £568 - 21
West Midlands -54 8 £475 -5.00% 29
East Midlands - 8 £500 - 15
South West -15 7 £495 +4.21% 16
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 January 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 (29.27%) Agile
2 85 (23.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (22.49%) Business Analysis
4 65 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 64 (17.34%) User Stories
6 63 (17.07%) Requirements Gathering
7 54 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (14.63%) SQL
8 53 (14.36%) Workshop Facilitation
9 52 (14.09%) Security Cleared
10 45 (12.20%) Power BI
10 45 (12.20%) Power Platform
11 43 (11.65%) Decision-Making
12 41 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
13 39 (10.57%) SC Cleared
14 38 (10.30%) Microsoft
14 38 (10.30%) Waterfall
15 36 (9.76%) Analytics
15 36 (9.76%) Data Analysis
16 35 (9.49%) Azure
16 35 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
16 35 (9.49%) Migration
17 34 (9.21%) Degree
17 34 (9.21%) JIRA
17 34 (9.21%) Mentoring
17 34 (9.21%) Process Improvement
17 34 (9.21%) Validation
18 32 (8.67%) Actionable Insight
18 32 (8.67%) Data Modelling
18 32 (8.67%) DevOps

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 (6.50%) Confluence
2 9 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.54%) SAS
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 35 (9.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.07%) MS Visio
3 13 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.08%) Endur
3 3 (0.81%) Algo Collateral
4 2 (0.54%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.27%) iTrent
5 1 (0.27%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.27%) RMDS
5 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (12.20%) Power Platform
2 35 (9.49%) Azure
3 15 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.79%) AWS
5 13 (3.52%) GCP
6 9 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.90%) Google Analytics
7 7 (1.90%) SaaS
8 6 (1.63%) Lucidchart
9 5 (1.36%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.08%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.81%) ChatGPT
11 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.81%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.54%) dbt
12 2 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.54%) Serverless
12 2 (0.54%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.63%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.36%) DNS
3 5 (1.36%) Firewall
4 4 (1.08%) LAN
4 4 (1.08%) WAN
5 3 (0.81%) Broadband
6 1 (0.27%) FTP
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.27%) SSL
6 1 (0.27%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.27%) VLAN
6 1 (0.27%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (12.20%) Power BI
2 18 (4.88%) Tableau
3 15 (4.07%) BigQuery
4 11 (2.98%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.17%) Looker
6 3 (0.81%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.81%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.54%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.54%) Power Query
8 1 (0.27%) Big Data
8 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.27%) GIS
8 1 (0.27%) Metadata
8 1 (0.27%) MS Access
8 1 (0.27%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 34 (9.21%) JIRA
2 6 (1.63%) Selenium
3 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.81%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.54%) Git
4 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
5 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.27%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.27%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 125 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 104 (28.18%) Finance
3 75 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (13.01%) Public Sector
5 44 (11.92%) Banking
6 17 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.25%) Front Office
9 12 (3.25%) Retail
10 10 (2.71%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.90%) Legal
13 7 (1.90%) Local Government
14 6 (1.63%) General Ledger
14 6 (1.63%) Marketing
15 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.08%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.17%) FIX Protocol
1 8 (2.17%) Middleware
2 4 (1.08%) ADO
2 4 (1.08%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (1.08%) Kafka
3 3 (0.81%) FHIR
3 3 (0.81%) XML
4 2 (0.54%) Playwright
4 2 (0.54%) SOAP
5 1 (0.27%) FIXML
5 1 (0.27%) JSON
5 1 (0.27%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.27%) NumPy
5 1 (0.27%) Pandas
5 1 (0.27%) PySpark
5 1 (0.27%) REST
5 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.27%) Web Services
5 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.96%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.69%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (2.98%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 9 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (2.17%) Derivative
5 8 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.17%) NHS
5 8 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (1.90%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.90%) PMI
7 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.36%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.08%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.08%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.81%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.54%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.13%) Windows
2 9 (2.44%) Linux
3 5 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.08%) Unix
5 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (29.27%) Agile
2 85 (23.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (22.49%) Business Analysis
4 65 (17.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 64 (17.34%) User Stories
6 63 (17.07%) Requirements Gathering
7 54 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (14.36%) Workshop Facilitation
9 43 (11.65%) Decision-Making
10 41 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (10.30%) Waterfall
12 36 (9.76%) Analytics
12 36 (9.76%) Data Analysis
13 35 (9.49%) Migration
14 34 (9.21%) Mentoring
14 34 (9.21%) Process Improvement
14 34 (9.21%) Validation
15 32 (8.67%) Actionable Insight
15 32 (8.67%) Data Modelling
15 32 (8.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 54 (14.63%) SQL
2 19 (5.15%) Python
3 5 (1.36%) Java
4 4 (1.08%) R
5 3 (0.81%) VBA
6 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.27%) C#
7 1 (0.27%) Korn
7 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (14.09%) Security Cleared
2 39 (10.57%) SC Cleared
3 34 (9.21%) Degree
4 18 (4.88%) CBAP
5 13 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.44%) IIBA
7 8 (2.17%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.63%) CSPO
10 4 (1.08%) CISM
10 4 (1.08%) CISSP
10 4 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.81%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.81%) PMP
12 2 (0.54%) APMP
12 2 (0.54%) CFA
12 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.27%) AAT
13 1 (0.27%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.50%) QA
2 15 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.71%) PMO
4 6 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.36%) GDPR
5 5 (1.36%) GRC
5 5 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.81%) HL7
6 3 (0.81%) IFRS
6 3 (0.81%) NIST
6 3 (0.81%) SLA
7 2 (0.54%) COBIT
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 31000
7 2 (0.54%) PERC
7 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.27%) ITGC
8 1 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 9 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.54%) Terraform
2 1 (0.27%) BladeLogic
2 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.27%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (10.30%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.96%) Salesforce
2 22 (5.96%) SAP
3 18 (4.88%) Oracle
4 13 (3.52%) Splunk
5 9 (2.44%) Google
6 5 (1.36%) Bloomberg
6 5 (1.36%) Charles River
6 5 (1.36%) Databricks
6 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.36%) Zuora
7 3 (0.81%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.81%) Refinitiv
7 3 (0.81%) SmartStream
8 2 (0.54%) Adobe
8 2 (0.54%) Facebook
8 2 (0.54%) JD Edwards
8 2 (0.54%) OpenLink
8 2 (0.54%) VMware
9 1 (0.27%) Murex