Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in Reading

Senior Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in Reading is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 66 84
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 6 17 9
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.77% 2.01% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 2.23% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile - £385 £421
25th Percentile £400 £428 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £545 £535
Median % change year-on-year -22.39% +1.87% +7.00%
75th Percentile - - £546
90th Percentile £529 £572 £549
Berkshire median daily rate £423 £490 £446
% change year-on-year -13.67% +9.80% -10.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 £63.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.76% - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 £63.15 -
% change year-on-year +18.76% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 727 763 1,001
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 90.08% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 423 638
10th Percentile £306 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £414 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £674 £682
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 4 29
10th Percentile £18.40 £48.22 £40.60
25th Percentile £71.00 £56.81 £52.90
Median hourly rate £90.00 £68.20 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +31.97% +10.71% -5.23%
75th Percentile £96.25 £75.45 £65.00
90th Percentile £106.60 £76.49 £71.13
Berkshire median hourly rate £73.50 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +19.52% +5.48% -10.31%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in Reading

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Reading

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in Reading

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Reading

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 25 January 2026, Senior 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 Reading region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) ADO
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 2 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Selenium
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO