Analyst Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 89 44 63
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 11.68% 19.64% 18.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.01% 20.75% 19.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 26 39
10th Percentile £313 £269 £187
25th Percentile £463 £325 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +58.67% +7.14% -20.00%
75th Percentile £625 £420 £438
90th Percentile £638 £500 £475
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £587 £375 £355
% change year-on-year +56.40% +5.63% -18.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 3
10th Percentile - - £18.90
25th Percentile - - £20.26
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.87 £22.52
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% -20.65% +28.69%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £29.63
90th Percentile - - £33.90
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -31.88% +33.33% +2.86%

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 741 212 319
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.24% 94.64% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 142 229
10th Percentile £363 £286 £254
25th Percentile £450 £361 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -0.52%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £675 £640
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £435 £475
% change year-on-year +20.69% -8.42% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 17
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.54 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.12 £18.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.87 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% -20.58% +68.29%
75th Percentile £39.63 £19.25 £30.00
90th Percentile - £53.75 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £15.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year +20.13% -32.22% +37.20%

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

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

1 58 (65.17%) Security Cleared
2 32 (35.96%) DV Cleared
3 26 (29.21%) SC Cleared
4 13 (14.61%) Business Analysis
4 13 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (11.24%) Service Delivery
6 9 (10.11%) Coaching
6 9 (10.11%) Decision-Making
7 8 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (8.99%) Data Analysis
7 8 (8.99%) Impact Assessments
7 8 (8.99%) SIEM
7 8 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (7.87%) Incident Response
8 7 (7.87%) ITIL
8 7 (7.87%) Knowledge Transfer
8 7 (7.87%) Migration
8 7 (7.87%) Process Improvement
8 7 (7.87%) SDLC
8 7 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (6.74%) Defect Management
9 6 (6.74%) ISEB
9 6 (6.74%) PRINCE2
9 6 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (6.74%) Security Operations
9 6 (6.74%) Workshop Facilitation
10 5 (5.62%) Customer Service
10 5 (5.62%) Degree
10 5 (5.62%) Regression Testing

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 3 (3.37%) CMS
2 1 (1.12%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) SAP R/3
1 3 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.37%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.12%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.12%) AWS
2 1 (1.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.25%) DNS
1 2 (2.25%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.12%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) Power BI
2 1 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.12%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.12%) Metadata
2 1 (1.12%) Tableau
2 1 (1.12%) Tableau Desktop
2 1 (1.12%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) JIRA
1 1 (1.12%) Postman
General
1 31 (34.83%) Public Sector
2 16 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.36%) Social Skills
4 8 (8.99%) Finance
5 3 (3.37%) Automotive
6 2 (2.25%) Banking
6 2 (2.25%) Retail
7 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) German Language
7 1 (1.12%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.74%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (4.49%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (4.49%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.25%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.37%) Linux
1 3 (3.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (14.61%) Business Analysis
1 13 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (11.24%) Service Delivery
3 9 (10.11%) Coaching
3 9 (10.11%) Decision-Making
4 8 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (8.99%) Data Analysis
4 8 (8.99%) Impact Assessments
4 8 (8.99%) SIEM
4 8 (8.99%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (7.87%) Incident Response
5 7 (7.87%) ITIL
5 7 (7.87%) Knowledge Transfer
5 7 (7.87%) Migration
5 7 (7.87%) Process Improvement
5 7 (7.87%) SDLC
5 7 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (6.74%) Requirements Gathering
6 6 (6.74%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.49%) SQL
2 1 (1.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (65.17%) Security Cleared
2 32 (35.96%) DV Cleared
3 26 (29.21%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.74%) ISEB
5 5 (5.62%) Degree
6 4 (4.49%) CBAP
6 4 (4.49%) ISEB Practitioner
6 4 (4.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.37%) ISTQB
7 3 (3.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.25%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.12%) ACCA
9 1 (1.12%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) QA
1 3 (3.37%) SLA
2 2 (2.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 4 (4.49%) SAP
2 3 (3.37%) IBM
3 2 (2.25%) Splunk
4 1 (1.12%) MapR