Analyst Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 57 47 87
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 20.07% 15.51% 15.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.96% 16.10% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 36 70
10th Percentile £185 £200 £213
25th Percentile £325 £211 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £361 £438
Median % change year-on-year +10.80% -17.49% +16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £430 £538
90th Percentile £550 £463 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £406 £375 £438
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £17.87 £36.17 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.59% +50.69% +88.24%
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £20.94 £17.64 £24.00
% change year-on-year +18.71% -26.52% +54.84%

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 272 292 543
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 96.37% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 210 424
10th Percentile £221 £250 £246
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +4.17%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £600
90th Percentile £640 £628 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £465 £500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -7.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 14
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.50 £13.27
Median hourly rate £29.61 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.60% +25.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile - £36.00 £23.44
90th Percentile - £37.00 £28.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.87 £18.70 £19.25
% change year-on-year -4.44% -2.86% +24.19%

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

For the 6 months to 4 November 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 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
3 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (19.30%) Agile
4 11 (19.30%) ITIL
4 11 (19.30%) Salesforce
4 11 (19.30%) Service Management
5 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (17.54%) SLA
5 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
5 10 (17.54%) Waterfall
5 10 (17.54%) Windows
6 9 (15.79%) Oracle
6 9 (15.79%) ServiceNow
7 8 (14.04%) Business Analysis
7 8 (14.04%) Customer Service
7 8 (14.04%) Data Analysis
7 8 (14.04%) Defect Management
7 8 (14.04%) SQL
7 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (14.04%) User Stories
8 7 (12.28%) CRM
8 7 (12.28%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (12.28%) JIRA
8 7 (12.28%) Scenario Testing
8 7 (12.28%) Test Automation
9 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (10.53%) Data Migration
9 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel

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 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.75%) Confluence
3 1 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.75%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (7.02%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.02%) Azure
3 4 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.02%) Figma
4 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) VPN
1 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.53%) Power BI
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.75%) MS Access
4 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) SoapUI
General
1 29 (50.88%) Social Skills
2 17 (29.82%) Finance
3 15 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.02%) Retail
5 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.51%) Automotive
6 2 (3.51%) German Language
6 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Marketing
7 1 (1.75%) Banking
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) WebdriverIO
2 1 (1.75%) Middleware
2 1 (1.75%) SOAP
2 1 (1.75%) Web Services
2 1 (1.75%) XML
2 1 (1.75%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.02%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.02%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.51%) CSOC
4 2 (3.51%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.75%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.75%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.54%) Windows
2 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.51%) Unix
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (19.30%) Agile
2 11 (19.30%) ITIL
2 11 (19.30%) Service Management
3 10 (17.54%) Waterfall
4 8 (14.04%) Business Analysis
4 8 (14.04%) Customer Service
4 8 (14.04%) Data Analysis
4 8 (14.04%) Defect Management
4 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (14.04%) User Stories
5 7 (12.28%) CRM
5 7 (12.28%) Impact Assessments
5 7 (12.28%) Scenario Testing
5 7 (12.28%) Test Automation
6 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (10.53%) Migration
6 6 (10.53%) Software Testing
6 6 (10.53%) Test Planning
6 6 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) SQL
2 4 (7.02%) C#
2 4 (7.02%) VB
3 3 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.02%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (3.51%) CISSP
6 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.75%) CEH
6 1 (1.75%) CISA
6 1 (1.75%) CISM
6 1 (1.75%) GCIH
6 1 (1.75%) ISEB
6 1 (1.75%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.54%) SLA
2 6 (10.53%) QA
3 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.51%) PMO
4 1 (1.75%) GDPR
4 1 (1.75%) GRC
4 1 (1.75%) IFRS
4 1 (1.75%) IFRS 9
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.75%) NIST
4 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.75%) RSA Archer
1 1 (1.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.30%) Salesforce
3 9 (15.79%) Oracle
3 9 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 6 (10.53%) SAP
5 3 (5.26%) webMethods
6 2 (3.51%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.51%) HP
6 2 (3.51%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.75%) BT
7 1 (1.75%) Citrix
7 1 (1.75%) Compaq
7 1 (1.75%) Databricks
7 1 (1.75%) JDA
7 1 (1.75%) McAfee
7 1 (1.75%) Openreach
7 1 (1.75%) Tenable
7 1 (1.75%) Terracotta