Analyst Contracts in Kent

Analyst
South East > Kent

The median Analyst daily rate in Kent is £263, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 18 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 9 11 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 8.57% 5.45% 10.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.47% 5.88% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 21
10th Percentile £254 £218 £125
25th Percentile £256 £394 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £475 £205
Median % change year-on-year -44.74% +131.71% -56.84%
75th Percentile £375 £529 £438
90th Percentile £451 £540 £538
South East median daily rate £460 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.22% +5.88% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 95 187 214
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.57% 97.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 118 175
10th Percentile £180 £203 £129
25th Percentile £205 £211 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £388 £350
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +10.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £529 £523 £491
90th Percentile £668 £575 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 7
10th Percentile £16.19 £11.45 £37.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.50 £42.32
Median hourly rate £22.00 £55.20 £56.24
Median % change year-on-year -60.15% -1.84% +69.79%
75th Percentile £80.10 £78.58 £57.12
90th Percentile £88.58 £82.43 £61.35
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Kent

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Kent

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Kent

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Kent

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Chatham - 4 £263 - 2
Maidstone - 2 £386 - 18
Analyst
South East

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Kent region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) Citrix
3 4 (44.44%) Sage
3 4 (44.44%) WebEx
3 4 (44.44%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (11.11%) SOAP
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Logistics
5 1 (11.11%) French Language
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Data Entry
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
5 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
5 1 (11.11%) Business Process Mapping
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Postman
1 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) API Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Business Process Mapping
2 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Data Entry
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Epics
2 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) ITSM
2 1 (11.11%) Logistics
2 1 (11.11%) Microservices
2 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (11.11%) User Stories
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) Sage
2 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (11.11%) Zscaler