Analyst Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 100 35 78
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 13.26% 21.08% 19.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.68% 22.73% 21.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 23 51
10th Percentile £315 £284 £190
25th Percentile £403 £325 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £630 £494 £488
90th Percentile £638 £528 £550
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £600 £398 £400
% change year-on-year +50.94% -0.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.87 £17.82
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% +0.28% +29.60%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £19.13
90th Percentile - - £21.16
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £24.00 £17.82
% change year-on-year -31.88% +34.68% +29.60%

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 731 154 369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.95% 92.77% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 110 275
10th Percentile £363 £285 £277
25th Percentile £458 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.19% -3.21% -
75th Percentile £600 £560 £560
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +12.90% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 25
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.48 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.12 £18.00
Median hourly rate £17.34 £16.69 £22.52
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -25.91% +65.95%
75th Percentile £39.63 £28.81 £30.00
90th Percentile - £58.63 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £15.25 £23.22
% change year-on-year +20.13% -34.31% +32.66%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 66 (66.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 27 (27.00%) SC Cleared
4 20 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (19.00%) SIEM
6 17 (17.00%) Incident Response
6 17 (17.00%) Security Operations
7 11 (11.00%) Splunk
8 10 (10.00%) Linux
8 10 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (10.00%) Windows
9 9 (9.00%) Coaching
9 9 (9.00%) DNS
9 9 (9.00%) Service Delivery
9 9 (9.00%) TCP/IP
10 8 (8.00%) Data Analysis
10 8 (8.00%) Data Governance
10 8 (8.00%) Decision-Making
11 7 (7.00%) Business Analysis
11 7 (7.00%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (7.00%) Data Quality
11 7 (7.00%) Degree
11 7 (7.00%) Knowledge Transfer
11 7 (7.00%) Migration
11 7 (7.00%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (6.00%) Agile
12 6 (6.00%) Analytics
12 6 (6.00%) Computer Science
12 6 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement

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 5 (5.00%) Confluence
2 4 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.00%) CMS
4 1 (1.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.00%) SAP R/3
1 3 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.00%) Collibra
2 3 (3.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.00%) AWS
3 1 (1.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.00%) DNS
1 9 (9.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.00%) Firewall
3 1 (1.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.00%) Big Data
1 4 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (4.00%) Star Schema
2 3 (3.00%) Metadata
2 3 (3.00%) Power BI
3 2 (2.00%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 30 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 17 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (17.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (14.00%) Finance
4 3 (3.00%) Banking
5 1 (1.00%) Automotive
5 1 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.00%) German Language
5 1 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.00%) Law
5 1 (1.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (9.00%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (8.00%) Cyberattack
4 6 (6.00%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.00%) CSOC
6 2 (2.00%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.00%) Linux
1 10 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (19.00%) SIEM
3 17 (17.00%) Incident Response
3 17 (17.00%) Security Operations
4 10 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (9.00%) Coaching
5 9 (9.00%) Service Delivery
6 8 (8.00%) Data Analysis
6 8 (8.00%) Data Governance
6 8 (8.00%) Decision-Making
7 7 (7.00%) Business Analysis
7 7 (7.00%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (7.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (7.00%) Migration
7 7 (7.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (6.00%) Agile
8 6 (6.00%) Analytics
8 6 (6.00%) Computer Science
8 6 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (6.00%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.00%) SQL
2 3 (3.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (66.00%) Security Cleared
2 40 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 27 (27.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.00%) Degree
5 6 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.00%) CBAP
8 1 (1.00%) ISEB
8 1 (1.00%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.00%) GDPR
3 3 (3.00%) SLA
4 1 (1.00%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (11.00%) Splunk
2 4 (4.00%) SAP
3 3 (3.00%) IBM
4 1 (1.00%) MapR
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.00%) Qualys
4 1 (1.00%) Tenable