Analyst Contract Job Trends in Essex

Analyst
East of England > Essex

The median Analyst daily rate in Essex is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +16
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 25 5 22
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 7.89% 4.55% 13.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.47% 5.10% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 14
10th Percentile £263 - £219
25th Percentile - - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £225 £363
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -37.93% +30.40%
75th Percentile £490 £303 £423
90th Percentile £538 £444 £532
East of England median daily rate £420 £420 £400
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.11 - -
Median hourly rate £17.73 - £12.86
75th Percentile £18.34 - £15.87
90th Percentile £19.77 - £17.59
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £17.00 £15.63
% change year-on-year +23.53% +8.77% +0.84%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 295 98 151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 89.09% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 47 74
10th Percentile £300 £196 £224
25th Percentile £350 £306 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £406
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -1.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £560
90th Percentile £600 £527 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £431
% change year-on-year - +15.94% -11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 21 42
10th Percentile £16.17 £13.25 £14.33
25th Percentile £16.50 £14.84 £20.63
Median hourly rate £17.73 £37.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.73% -25.74% -12.17%
75th Percentile £29.75 £75.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £120.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -5.88% -3.19% +12.49%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Essex

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Essex

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Essex over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Essex

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Essex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Essex

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Essex region over the 6 months to 29 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
Colchester +5 11 £275 -
Chelmsford -4 7 £450 +100.00% 11
Saffron Walden - 2 - -
Brentwood - 2 £530 -
Chigwell - 1 - -
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 2026, 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 Essex region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.00%) Analytics
2 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) People Analytics
2 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (8.00%) User Stories
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (4.00%) Agile
3 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (4.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (4.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco
3 1 (4.00%) CRM
3 1 (4.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) DNS
3 1 (4.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (4.00%) LAN
3 1 (4.00%) Logistics
3 1 (4.00%) Meraki
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DHCP
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
General
1 8 (32.00%) Law
2 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Advertising
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (8.00%) Analytics
2 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (8.00%) People Analytics
2 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (8.00%) User Stories
2 2 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (4.00%) Agile
3 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (4.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (4.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (4.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (4.00%) Logistics
3 1 (4.00%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (4.00%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (4.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (4.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Cisco
1 1 (4.00%) Meraki
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (4.00%) SAP