Analyst Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £444, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 12 8
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 83 46 76
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 24.13% 16.49% 15.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.38% 17.04% 16.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 37 63
10th Percentile £187 £191 £191
25th Percentile £350 £238 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -16.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £532 £438 £545
90th Percentile £630 £496 £630
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £418 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +11.45% -16.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £14.60 - -
25th Percentile £15.25 £35.58 -
Median hourly rate £25.75 £36.17 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.80% +50.69% +45.45%
75th Percentile £36.00 £36.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.00 £26.90 £24.00
% change year-on-year -10.78% +12.08% +52.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 327 270 467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 96.77% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 197 361
10th Percentile £228 £256 £260
25th Percentile £375 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £560 £560 £600
90th Percentile £632 £650 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £454 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 16
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.55 £15.39
Median hourly rate £29.61 £27.00 £22.13
Median % change year-on-year +9.67% +22.03% +32.09%
75th Percentile - £36.56 £27.75
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.37 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.11 £19.35 £21.25
% change year-on-year +29.78% -8.94% +34.92%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025, 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 36 (43.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (28.92%) SC Cleared
3 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
4 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (16.87%) SIEM
5 13 (15.66%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (14.46%) Agile
7 11 (13.25%) Incident Response
7 11 (13.25%) Salesforce
7 11 (13.25%) Security Operations
7 11 (13.25%) SLA
8 10 (12.05%) DV Cleared
8 10 (12.05%) ITIL
8 10 (12.05%) Oracle
8 10 (12.05%) Service Management
8 10 (12.05%) Windows
9 9 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (10.84%) Data Analysis
9 9 (10.84%) Impact Assessments
9 9 (10.84%) ServiceNow
10 8 (9.64%) Business Analysis
10 8 (9.64%) Customer Service
10 8 (9.64%) JIRA
10 8 (9.64%) User Stories
11 7 (8.43%) CRM
11 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (8.43%) QA
11 7 (8.43%) SQL
11 7 (8.43%) SQL Server
11 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (7.23%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.02%) Confluence
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (4.82%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.82%) Figma
4 3 (3.61%) Collibra
4 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.41%) Azure
6 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) DNS
1 3 (3.61%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.41%) Firewall
2 2 (2.41%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) VPN
3 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.02%) Power BI
3 2 (2.41%) Big Data
3 2 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.41%) Metadata
3 2 (2.41%) Metadata Repository
3 2 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.41%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (9.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) SoapUI
General
1 31 (37.35%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (24.10%) Finance
4 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.02%) Retail
6 4 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Marketing
8 1 (1.20%) Automotive
8 1 (1.20%) Banking
8 1 (1.20%) German Language
8 1 (1.20%) Legal
8 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) SOAP
1 1 (1.20%) WebdriverIO
1 1 (1.20%) XML
1 1 (1.20%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.02%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.82%) CSOC
4 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.41%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.20%) Sports Betting
7 1 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.05%) Windows
2 4 (4.82%) Linux
2 4 (4.82%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.20%) Unix
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
1 14 (16.87%) SIEM
2 12 (14.46%) Agile
3 11 (13.25%) Incident Response
3 11 (13.25%) Security Operations
4 10 (12.05%) ITIL
4 10 (12.05%) Service Management
5 9 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (10.84%) Data Analysis
5 9 (10.84%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (9.64%) Business Analysis
6 8 (9.64%) Customer Service
6 8 (9.64%) User Stories
7 7 (8.43%) CRM
7 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (8.43%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (8.43%) Waterfall
7 7 (8.43%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (7.23%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.43%) SQL
2 3 (3.61%) Python
3 1 (1.20%) C#
3 1 (1.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (43.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (28.92%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.05%) DV Cleared
4 5 (6.02%) Degree
5 3 (3.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.41%) CISSP
7 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.20%) CEH
7 1 (1.20%) CISA
7 1 (1.20%) CISM
7 1 (1.20%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.20%) GCIH
7 1 (1.20%) ISEB
7 1 (1.20%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.25%) SLA
2 7 (8.43%) QA
3 5 (6.02%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.02%) GDPR
3 5 (6.02%) GRC
3 5 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.41%) NIST
5 2 (2.41%) PMO
6 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.20%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.25%) Salesforce
3 10 (12.05%) Oracle
4 9 (10.84%) ServiceNow
5 5 (6.02%) SAP
5 5 (6.02%) Splunk
6 4 (4.82%) Tenable
7 3 (3.61%) webMethods
8 2 (2.41%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.41%) HP
8 2 (2.41%) TIBCO
9 1 (1.20%) BT
9 1 (1.20%) Compaq
9 1 (1.20%) JDA
9 1 (1.20%) McAfee
9 1 (1.20%) Openreach
9 1 (1.20%) Qualys
9 1 (1.20%) Terracotta