Analyst Contracts in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 38 70 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.81% 19.61% 15.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.90% 20.96% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 43 91
10th Percentile £225 £178 £225
25th Percentile £325 £238 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £438
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +6.06%
75th Percentile £393 £441 £498
90th Percentile £484 £487 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £375 £370 £438
% change year-on-year +1.35% -15.43% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.64 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +2.86% +62.49%
75th Percentile - £22.52 £18.75
90th Percentile - £31.06 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.00 £17.64 £17.50
% change year-on-year +36.05% +0.80% +62.49%

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 191 334 706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 93.56% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 246 576
10th Percentile £213 £250 £255
25th Percentile £340 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £481
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -1.16% +0.12%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £641 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £429 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -9.74% -4.04% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 5
10th Percentile £14.54 £15.85 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £17.64 £13.17
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +65.81% +17.39%
75th Percentile £19.25 £31.69 -
90th Percentile £53.75 £48.75 £16.68
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £22.50 £16.40
% change year-on-year -32.22% +37.20% +31.20%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Analyst 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 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Milton Keynes

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Milton Keynes

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.95%) Test Automation
3 10 (26.32%) Waterfall
3 10 (26.32%) Software Testing
3 10 (26.32%) Finance
3 10 (26.32%) Agile
3 10 (26.32%) SQL
3 10 (26.32%) Windows
3 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 9 (23.68%) Test Planning
4 9 (23.68%) System Integration Testing
4 9 (23.68%) Logistics
4 9 (23.68%) Integration Testing
5 8 (21.05%) DevOps
5 8 (21.05%) Azure
5 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
5 8 (21.05%) Migration
5 8 (21.05%) Defect Management
5 8 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (18.42%) Scenario Testing
6 7 (18.42%) Data Migration
7 6 (15.79%) VB
7 6 (15.79%) C#
7 6 (15.79%) SDLC
8 5 (13.16%) SAS
8 5 (13.16%) SAP
8 5 (13.16%) Analytics
8 5 (13.16%) QA

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.16%) SAS
2 2 (5.26%) IBM Domino
3 1 (2.63%) Confluence
3 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Azure
1 8 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.53%) MS Access
3 2 (5.26%) Power BI
4 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.63%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.63%) Impala
4 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) JIRA
2 2 (5.26%) QARun
2 2 (5.26%) WinRunner
3 1 (2.63%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (26.32%) Finance
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Automotive
3 2 (5.26%) German Language
3 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Retail
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (7.89%) Middleware
2 3 (7.89%) Web Services
3 1 (2.63%) SOAP
3 1 (2.63%) XML
3 1 (2.63%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Credit Risk
2 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Sports Betting
3 1 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Unix
3 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.95%) Test Automation
3 10 (26.32%) Agile
3 10 (26.32%) Software Testing
3 10 (26.32%) Waterfall
4 9 (23.68%) Integration Testing
4 9 (23.68%) Logistics
4 9 (23.68%) System Integration Testing
4 9 (23.68%) Test Planning
5 8 (21.05%) Defect Management
5 8 (21.05%) DevOps
5 8 (21.05%) Migration
6 7 (18.42%) Data Migration
6 7 (18.42%) Scenario Testing
7 6 (15.79%) SDLC
8 5 (13.16%) Analytics
9 4 (10.53%) Functional Testing
9 4 (10.53%) Stress Testing
9 4 (10.53%) Test Management
9 4 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (26.32%) SQL
2 6 (15.79%) C#
2 6 (15.79%) VB
3 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) CEH
2 2 (5.26%) CISSP
2 2 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.63%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) ISEB
3 1 (2.63%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (2.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) QA
2 4 (10.53%) IFRS
2 4 (10.53%) IFRS 9
3 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) QRadar
2 1 (2.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) SAP
3 3 (7.89%) Citrix
4 2 (5.26%) HP
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
4 2 (5.26%) Splunk
5 1 (2.63%) Ariba
5 1 (2.63%) Aruba
5 1 (2.63%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.63%) Compaq
5 1 (2.63%) Databricks
5 1 (2.63%) McAfee
5 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.63%) Terracotta
5 1 (2.63%) webMethods