Analyst Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 8 4
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 108 30 75
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 16.00% 16.22% 17.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.59% 17.24% 18.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 21 54
10th Percentile £313 £200 £221
25th Percentile £368 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £413
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -9.09% +3.13%
75th Percentile £625 £500 £488
90th Percentile £638 £529 £673
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £458 £385 £409
% change year-on-year +18.83% -5.91% +2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 5
10th Percentile £15.25 - -
25th Percentile - - £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.35 - £18.00
75th Percentile £18.32 - £22.52
90th Percentile £36.00 - £23.41
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -31.88% +33.33% +80.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 651 174 399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.44% 94.05% 93.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 132 301
10th Percentile £351 £286 £263
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £643 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 4 29
10th Percentile £15.09 £15.93 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.94 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £35.75 £22.58
Median % change year-on-year -48.76% +58.33% +94.99%
75th Percentile £39.63 £57.81 £30.00
90th Percentile - £65.13 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £14.42 £23.75
% change year-on-year +27.05% -39.28% +80.47%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 58 (53.70%) Security Cleared
2 34 (31.48%) SC Cleared
3 25 (23.15%) DV Cleared
4 22 (20.37%) SIEM
5 20 (18.52%) Incident Response
6 17 (15.74%) Security Operations
7 15 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (12.96%) Service Delivery
9 11 (10.19%) Coaching
9 11 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (10.19%) Splunk
10 10 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (9.26%) Linux
10 10 (9.26%) Windows
10 10 (9.26%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (8.33%) Agile
11 9 (8.33%) Data Analysis
11 9 (8.33%) Decision-Making
11 9 (8.33%) DNS
11 9 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
11 9 (8.33%) Microsoft
11 9 (8.33%) Migration
11 9 (8.33%) TCP/IP
12 8 (7.41%) Business Analysis
12 8 (7.41%) Data Governance
12 8 (7.41%) JIRA
13 7 (6.48%) Customer Service
13 7 (6.48%) Data Quality
13 7 (6.48%) Degree
13 7 (6.48%) Knowledge Transfer

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 6 (5.56%) Confluence
2 5 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.78%) CMS
4 1 (0.93%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) SAP R/3
1 3 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.70%) Collibra
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (0.93%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.93%) AWS
3 1 (0.93%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.33%) DNS
1 9 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.85%) Firewall
2 2 (1.85%) Network Security
3 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.70%) Big Data
1 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (3.70%) Power BI
1 4 (3.70%) Star Schema
2 3 (2.78%) Metadata
3 2 (1.85%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 22 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
1 22 (20.37%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.59%) Public Sector
3 13 (12.04%) Finance
4 4 (3.70%) Retail
5 3 (2.78%) Banking
6 2 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Law
7 1 (0.93%) Legal
7 1 (0.93%) Marketing
7 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (7.41%) Cyberattack
4 6 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (4.63%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.85%) CSOC
7 2 (1.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.26%) Linux
1 10 (9.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.37%) SIEM
2 20 (18.52%) Incident Response
3 17 (15.74%) Security Operations
4 15 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (12.96%) Service Delivery
6 11 (10.19%) Coaching
6 11 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.26%) Workshop Facilitation
8 9 (8.33%) Agile
8 9 (8.33%) Data Analysis
8 9 (8.33%) Decision-Making
8 9 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
8 9 (8.33%) Migration
9 8 (7.41%) Business Analysis
9 8 (7.41%) Data Governance
10 7 (6.48%) Customer Service
10 7 (6.48%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (6.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (5.56%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.70%) SQL
2 3 (2.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (53.70%) Security Cleared
2 34 (31.48%) SC Cleared
3 25 (23.15%) DV Cleared
4 7 (6.48%) Degree
5 6 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (4.63%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (4.63%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.93%) CBAP
8 1 (0.93%) ISEB
8 1 (0.93%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.56%) SLA
3 5 (4.63%) GDPR
4 4 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (3.70%) GRC
4 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.78%) QA
6 2 (1.85%) PMO
7 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.93%) NIST
Vendors
1 11 (10.19%) Splunk
2 9 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.70%) Tenable
4 3 (2.78%) IBM
4 3 (2.78%) SAP
5 2 (1.85%) Oracle
5 2 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.93%) BT
6 1 (0.93%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.93%) MapR
6 1 (0.93%) Openreach
6 1 (0.93%) Qualys
6 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
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