Service Analyst Contract Job Trends in Reading

Service Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Service Analyst daily rate in Reading is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 58 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 13 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.23% 0.75% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.80% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile £230 £122 -
25th Percentile £450 £125 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £130 -
Median % change year-on-year +291.92% - -
75th Percentile £553 - -
90th Percentile £565 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £510 £130 -
% change year-on-year +291.92% - -

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 984 502 1,136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 94.01% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 320 598
10th Percentile £310 £348 £243
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -0.05% +0.05%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £733 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 12 67
10th Percentile £30.00 £15.31 £39.20
25th Percentile £72.60 £25.16 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.58 £61.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +36.45% -0.57% -9.41%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £87.46
90th Percentile £107.00 - £98.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £61.00
% change year-on-year +34.97% +0.81% -2.15%

Service Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Service Analyst job vacancy trend in Reading

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Analyst in Reading

Service Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 23 June 2026, Service 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 Service Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Service Management
2 7 (53.85%) ITIL
2 7 (53.85%) ITSM
2 7 (53.85%) ServiceNow
3 5 (38.46%) Incident Management
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (23.08%) Power BI
5 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
5 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery Management
5 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
6 2 (15.38%) Azure
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
6 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Remedy
6 2 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Service Migration
6 2 (15.38%) SLA
7 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
7 1 (7.69%) AWS
7 1 (7.69%) BitLocker
7 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (7.69%) Business Analysis

Service 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 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
1 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) CMDB
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Service Management
2 7 (53.85%) ITIL
2 7 (53.85%) ITSM
3 5 (38.46%) Incident Management
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery Management
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Service Migration
7 1 (7.69%) Business Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
7 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Operations
7 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (7.69%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (7.69%) Source to Pay
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) ServiceNow
2 2 (15.38%) Remedy