Analyst Contract Job Trends in Essex

Analyst
East of England > Essex

The median Analyst daily rate in Essex is £466, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 +23
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 11 9 25
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 10.09% 10.47% 13.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.83% 10.71% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 15
10th Percentile £296 £166 £159
25th Percentile £365 £171 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £180 £226
Median % change year-on-year +159.03% -20.35% +13.00%
75th Percentile £574 £328 £280
90th Percentile £639 £416 £398
East of England median daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +52.12%
75th Percentile - - £31.10
90th Percentile - - £45.74
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.16
% change year-on-year -25.44% +51.55% -8.65%

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 93 84 168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.32% 97.67% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 43 104
10th Percentile £185 £180 £180
25th Percentile £250 £237 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £318 £438
Median % change year-on-year +23.03% -27.31% -0.57%
75th Percentile £500 £463 £538
90th Percentile £529 £591 £600
East of England median daily rate £490 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 17
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £16.55
25th Percentile £14.69 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.61 £25.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.55% -23.08% +66.67%
75th Percentile £59.91 £27.50 £51.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £29.00 £57.30
East of England median hourly rate £27.75 £50.00 £40.28
% change year-on-year -44.50% +24.15% +91.79%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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
Basildon - 6 £545 - 17
Brentwood - 2 - -
Chelmsford - 1 - - 17
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, 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 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (27.27%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) BASE24
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (18.18%) Emotional Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) High Availability
3 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) People Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) System Testing
3 2 (18.18%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Business Transformation

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SAS
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) BASE24
1 2 (18.18%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (9.09%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Credit Risk
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (18.18%) Emotional Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) High Availability
3 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) People Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) System Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) R
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Orchard