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 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 32 12 12
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 8.60% 10.43% 9.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.50% 12.63% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 7
10th Percentile £324 - £145
25th Percentile £413 £225 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £408 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% +16.43% +34.62%
75th Percentile £536 £538 £369
90th Percentile £558 £595 £393
East of England median daily rate £375 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.38
25th Percentile £17.11 - £16.99
Median hourly rate £17.73 - £17.99
75th Percentile £18.34 - £19.00
90th Percentile £20.49 - £19.60
East of England median hourly rate £26.79 £16.00 £16.17
% change year-on-year +67.41% -1.07% -10.77%

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 337 95 122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 82.61% 96.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 47 61
10th Percentile £267 £175 £180
25th Percentile £365 £213 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £320
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +25.00% -36.00%
75th Percentile £586 £514 £450
90th Percentile £613 £575 £550
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 16 16
10th Percentile £15.99 - £21.25
25th Percentile £16.60 £13.25 £28.44
Median hourly rate £18.25 £31.33 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% -23.13% -26.58%
75th Percentile £30.39 £72.38 £77.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £75.00 £78.75
East of England median hourly rate £48.84 £30.21 £43.90
% change year-on-year +61.65% -31.18% +32.15%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 10 £275 - 1
Chelmsford -5 7 £450 +100.00% 7
Harlow - 5 £425 - 10
Saffron Walden - 4 - -
Brentwood -2 2 £530 - 1
Chigwell - 1 - -
Witham - 1 £413 -
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 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 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (9.38%) Azure
4 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
4 3 (9.38%) User Stories
4 3 (9.38%) Validation
5 2 (6.25%) Agile
5 2 (6.25%) AI
5 2 (6.25%) Analytics
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (6.25%) Biomedicine
5 2 (6.25%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.25%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
5 2 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.25%) Degree
5 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) IBM
5 2 (6.25%) Incident Response
5 2 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (6.25%) Logistics
5 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365

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 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) DHCP
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
1 1 (3.13%) LAN
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.13%) WAN
1 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
General
1 7 (21.88%) Law
2 3 (9.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Advertising
3 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Billing
3 1 (3.13%) Finance
3 1 (3.13%) Local Government
3 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (6.25%) Insider Threat
1 2 (6.25%) Life Science
2 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
4 3 (9.38%) User Stories
4 3 (9.38%) Validation
5 2 (6.25%) Agile
5 2 (6.25%) AI
5 2 (6.25%) Analytics
5 2 (6.25%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.25%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) Logistics
5 2 (6.25%) Project Management
5 2 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) SIEM
5 2 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.13%) CBAP
3 1 (3.13%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) GRC
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) QRadar
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) IBM
2 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) Meraki
3 1 (3.13%) Orchard