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 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 256 216
Rank change year-on-year -3 -40 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 441 285 392
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.03% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.13% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 193 266
10th Percentile £370 £350 £363
25th Percentile £430 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £585 £600
90th Percentile £691 £663 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 11
10th Percentile £27.14 £25.97 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.04 £26.42 £23.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £33.37 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +41.99% -44.07%
75th Percentile - £41.38 £26.75
90th Percentile £32.67 £65.75 £31.75
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £33.37 £23.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +41.99% -44.07%

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 41,842 25,310 32,147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 91.77% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,510 16,451 21,225
10th Percentile £325 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,015 1,273 2,038
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £22.31 £17.79 £18.81
Median hourly rate £45.50 £26.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.00% -38.84% -1.96%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.85 £25.15 £41.81
% change year-on-year +70.39% -39.85% -3.47%

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 26 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
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 26 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 -42 215 £600 +14.29% 90
Midlands -3 62 £525 +7.69% 28
North of England -42 61 £494 +3.95% 23
South East -57 53 £500 - 55
West Midlands -32 35 £500 +2.56% 17
East Midlands +13 27 £525 - 11
East of England -8 24 £370 -20.00% 9
South West -27 22 £619 +54.69% 10
North West -36 22 £439 -7.68% 15
North East -24 20 £575 +10.58% 3
Yorkshire -39 20 £488 +4.56% 5
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 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.

1 118 (26.76%) Agile
2 100 (22.68%) Business Analysis
3 89 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 74 (16.78%) User Stories
6 72 (16.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 69 (15.65%) Workshop Facilitation
8 65 (14.74%) Decision-Making
9 59 (13.38%) Microsoft
10 56 (12.70%) Security Cleared
11 52 (11.79%) Azure
12 51 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 50 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
14 49 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
14 49 (11.11%) SQL
15 44 (9.98%) QA
16 43 (9.75%) Power Platform
16 43 (9.75%) Process Improvement
17 42 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
17 42 (9.52%) Degree
17 42 (9.52%) DevOps
18 41 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
18 41 (9.30%) Data Analysis
18 41 (9.30%) Data Modelling
18 41 (9.30%) Power BI
18 41 (9.30%) SAP
19 40 (9.07%) Analytics
20 39 (8.84%) AI
21 36 (8.16%) User Acceptance Testing
22 32 (7.26%) Python

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 (5.44%) Confluence
2 6 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.91%) 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%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.40%) MS Visio
3 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.36%) Endur
3 6 (1.36%) Workday HCM
4 5 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (1.13%) Primavera
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.68%) Dynamics SL
5 3 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite
5 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.68%) Sage X3
6 2 (0.45%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.23%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 52 (11.79%) Azure
2 43 (9.75%) Power Platform
3 19 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (2.27%) AWS
6 8 (1.81%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.59%) SaaS
8 6 (1.36%) GCP
9 5 (1.13%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.13%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.13%) Serverless
9 5 (1.13%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.68%) GitHub
11 3 (0.68%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (0.45%) Figma
12 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.23%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.30%) Power BI
2 21 (4.76%) Tableau
3 11 (2.49%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.81%) Power Query
6 5 (1.13%) Metadata
7 3 (0.68%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.68%) Looker
7 3 (0.68%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.45%) Big Data
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.23%) Essbase
9 1 (0.23%) Flink
9 1 (0.23%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 29 (6.58%) JIRA
2 7 (1.59%) Postman
3 6 (1.36%) Selenium
4 5 (1.13%) Cucumber
4 5 (1.13%) Cypress.io
4 5 (1.13%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.68%) GitLab
5 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.45%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.45%) MLflow
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 121 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 114 (25.85%) Finance
3 96 (21.77%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (11.56%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.44%) Banking
6 18 (4.08%) Local Government
7 17 (3.85%) Front Office
8 15 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.40%) Retail
9 14 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.95%) Marketing
11 11 (2.49%) Legal
11 11 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.81%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.13%) Advertising
15 4 (0.91%) Billing
15 4 (0.91%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.91%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.13%) Gherkin
1 5 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.91%) ADO
2 4 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (0.91%) VML
3 3 (0.68%) JSON
3 3 (0.68%) NumPy
3 3 (0.68%) Pandas
3 3 (0.68%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.45%) Kafka
4 2 (0.45%) OAuth
4 2 (0.45%) OpenAPI
4 2 (0.45%) SAML
4 2 (0.45%) Swagger
5 1 (0.23%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.23%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.23%) SOAP
5 1 (0.23%) Spring
5 1 (0.23%) Web Services
5 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.99%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.63%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.72%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.13%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.13%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.91%) FMCG
9 4 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.91%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.91%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.68%) CSOC
10 3 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.04%) Windows
2 6 (1.36%) Linux
3 2 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
4 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (26.76%) Agile
2 100 (22.68%) Business Analysis
3 89 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 74 (16.78%) User Stories
6 72 (16.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 69 (15.65%) Workshop Facilitation
8 65 (14.74%) Decision-Making
9 51 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
12 43 (9.75%) Process Improvement
13 42 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
13 42 (9.52%) DevOps
14 41 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
14 41 (9.30%) Data Analysis
14 41 (9.30%) Data Modelling
15 40 (9.07%) Analytics
16 39 (8.84%) AI
17 36 (8.16%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.11%) SQL
2 32 (7.26%) Python
3 8 (1.81%) PowerShell
4 7 (1.59%) R
5 5 (1.13%) Bash
5 5 (1.13%) C#
5 5 (1.13%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.13%) Perl
6 4 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.91%) Java
7 3 (0.68%) VBA
8 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.23%) C++
9 1 (0.23%) Korn
9 1 (0.23%) LookML
9 1 (0.23%) Ruby
9 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (12.70%) Security Cleared
2 42 (9.52%) Degree
3 31 (7.03%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.95%) ACCA
5 13 (2.95%) CIMA
5 13 (2.95%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.27%) ISTQB
7 7 (1.59%) CISSP
7 7 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (1.36%) ISEB
8 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.13%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (1.13%) CSPO
10 4 (0.91%) CBAP
11 3 (0.68%) ISEB Practitioner
11 3 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.68%) OSCP
11 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (9.98%) QA
2 26 (5.90%) PMO
3 25 (5.67%) Data Quality
4 13 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.95%) GDPR
5 10 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.59%) NIST
7 5 (1.13%) WCAG
8 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.45%) GRC
9 2 (0.45%) P3O
9 2 (0.45%) SLA
10 1 (0.23%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.23%) Basel III
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) EMIR
10 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) IFRS
10 1 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 5 (1.13%) Docker
2 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
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%) QRadar
Vendors
1 59 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.30%) SAP
3 30 (6.80%) Salesforce
4 17 (3.85%) Oracle
5 12 (2.72%) Workday
6 9 (2.04%) Databricks
7 7 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.36%) Google
9 5 (1.13%) Civica
10 4 (0.91%) Clearswift
10 4 (0.91%) IFS
10 4 (0.91%) Orchard
10 4 (0.91%) Qualys
10 4 (0.91%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.91%) Splunk
10 4 (0.91%) Tanium
10 4 (0.91%) Tripwire
11 3 (0.68%) Adaptive Insights
11 3 (0.68%) Infor