Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
19 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 665 401 482
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.98% 11.49% 10.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.91% 12.75% 11.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 247 330
10th Percentile £230 £200 £200
25th Percentile £391 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £430
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +1.74% -4.44%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £531
90th Percentile £625 £569 £598
England median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 26 19
10th Percentile £17.11 £15.50 £15.16
25th Percentile £21.35 £16.17 £16.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £17.26 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.84% -37.25% +57.14%
75th Percentile £55.74 £27.48 £31.12
90th Percentile £101.79 £31.53 £62.95
England median hourly rate £27.38 £22.05 £19.79
% change year-on-year +24.17% +11.45% +4.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 6,097 3,146 4,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 90.14% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,518 2,032 2,533
10th Percentile £303 £204 £245
25th Percentile £431 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £598 £625
90th Percentile £722 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.35% -3.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 787 278 312
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.43 £16.03
25th Percentile £21.28 £15.50 £30.41
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £57.43
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -56.20% +13.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £86.24 £71.95 £80.00
England median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £46.71
% change year-on-year +76.76% -46.16% +3.81%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -1 340 £550 +22.22% 199
Berkshire +6 228 £550 +15.79% 126
Hampshire -1 170 £525 +13.51% 135
Surrey -7 65 £463 -2.63% 76
Buckinghamshire -15 65 £555 +43.23% 46
West Sussex +10 61 £223 +31.18% 12
Oxfordshire -7 47 £375 +60.43% 28
East Sussex +5 13 £350 -44.00% 18
Kent -13 8 £413 +10.00% 39
Middlesex -16 4 £570 +1.79% 10
Home Counties - 2 £650 -
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 September 2026, 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 South East region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 170 (25.56%) Security Cleared
2 111 (16.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 102 (15.34%) Cybersecurity
4 98 (14.74%) Microsoft
5 95 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 93 (13.98%) Agile
7 91 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 84 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 77 (11.58%) Business Analysis
11 72 (10.83%) SQL
12 69 (10.38%) Requirements Gathering
13 68 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
14 65 (9.77%) Workshop Facilitation
15 63 (9.47%) Data Quality
15 63 (9.47%) DV Cleared
15 63 (9.47%) Power Platform
16 62 (9.32%) Decision-Making
16 62 (9.32%) ITIL
17 61 (9.17%) Power BI
18 60 (9.02%) Data Analysis
18 60 (9.02%) ITSM
19 58 (8.72%) Degree
20 55 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
21 53 (7.97%) Azure
21 53 (7.97%) ServiceNow
22 52 (7.82%) Validation
23 51 (7.67%) Process Improvement
23 51 (7.67%) SAP
24 49 (7.37%) Analytics

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 24 (3.61%) Confluence
2 17 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.60%) IIS
5 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 55 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 19 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.35%) iTrent
3 7 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.45%) Maximo
5 2 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.30%) Primavera
5 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (9.47%) Power Platform
2 53 (7.97%) Azure
3 34 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (2.71%) Entra ID
6 17 (2.56%) AWS
7 11 (1.65%) SaaS
8 9 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (0.90%) GCP
10 4 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.45%) Akamai
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.45%) IaaS
11 3 (0.45%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (0.90%) Intranet
3 5 (0.75%) Firewall
4 4 (0.60%) DHCP
4 4 (0.60%) Network Security
5 3 (0.45%) DNS
5 3 (0.45%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) 5G
7 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) Mobile Backhaul
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (0.15%) SONET
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.15%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.17%) Power BI
2 17 (2.56%) Tableau
3 12 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.60%) GIS
8 4 (0.60%) Metadata
9 3 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.30%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.30%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.15%) Db2
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.15%) SQLPlus
11 1 (0.15%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 35 (5.26%) JIRA
2 2 (0.30%) Postman
3 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.15%) eggPlant
3 1 (0.15%) Git
3 1 (0.15%) HP UFT
3 1 (0.15%) JMeter
3 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.15%) Selenium
3 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.15%) TestRail
3 1 (0.15%) Toad
3 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 196 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 143 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (14.14%) Finance
4 55 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 34 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (3.31%) Telecoms
7 18 (2.71%) Retail
8 17 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (1.50%) Automotive
9 10 (1.50%) Legal
10 9 (1.35%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.35%) Military
11 8 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.20%) Marketing
12 7 (1.05%) Police
13 4 (0.60%) Banking
13 4 (0.60%) Billing
14 3 (0.45%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.20%) EDI
2 4 (0.60%) .NET
2 4 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.60%) REST
2 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
2 4 (0.60%) Terraform
3 3 (0.45%) Web Services
4 2 (0.30%) ADO
4 2 (0.30%) OAuth
4 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.30%) OpenID
4 2 (0.30%) PySpark
4 2 (0.30%) SAML
4 2 (0.30%) XML
5 1 (0.15%) Django
5 1 (0.15%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.15%) Middleware
5 1 (0.15%) SOAP
5 1 (0.15%) Streamlit
5 1 (0.15%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.51%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.91%) Operational Technology
3 15 (2.26%) Management Information System
3 15 (2.26%) Product Ownership
4 13 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (1.95%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (1.50%) CMDB
6 10 (1.50%) Data Structures
6 10 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.75%) PMI
9 4 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (0.60%) IVR
9 4 (0.60%) Media Streaming
9 4 (0.60%) Mobile Payment
9 4 (0.60%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.32%) Windows
2 16 (2.41%) Linux
3 8 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.05%) Android
4 7 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.60%) Unix
6 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (16.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 102 (15.34%) Cybersecurity
3 93 (13.98%) Agile
4 91 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 84 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 77 (11.58%) Business Analysis
8 69 (10.38%) Requirements Gathering
9 68 (10.23%) Business Intelligence
10 65 (9.77%) Workshop Facilitation
11 62 (9.32%) Decision-Making
11 62 (9.32%) ITIL
12 60 (9.02%) Data Analysis
12 60 (9.02%) ITSM
13 52 (7.82%) Validation
14 51 (7.67%) Process Improvement
15 49 (7.37%) Analytics
16 47 (7.07%) Data Modelling
16 47 (7.07%) Security Operations
17 43 (6.47%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 72 (10.83%) SQL
2 24 (3.61%) Python
3 7 (1.05%) Java
4 6 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (0.90%) R
5 5 (0.75%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.15%) Bash
7 1 (0.15%) COBOL
7 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.15%) JCL
7 1 (0.15%) Perl
7 1 (0.15%) VB
7 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 170 (25.56%) Security Cleared
2 95 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 63 (9.47%) DV Cleared
4 58 (8.72%) Degree
5 16 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.95%) ACCA
6 13 (1.95%) CIMA
6 13 (1.95%) ISTQB
6 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (1.20%) ISEB
9 6 (0.90%) CBAP
9 6 (0.90%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.60%) CISA
10 4 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.60%) CISSP
10 4 (0.60%) CLAS
10 4 (0.60%) CREST Certified
10 4 (0.60%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (9.47%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (4.36%) NIST
4 25 (3.76%) GRC
4 25 (3.76%) QA
5 17 (2.56%) PMO
6 12 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (1.80%) GDPR
7 7 (1.05%) NCSC
8 4 (0.60%) COBIT
8 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.60%) IASME
8 4 (0.60%) ISO 31000
8 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (0.60%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.60%) ISA Server
3 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.30%) vSphere
5 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.75%) QRadar
3 4 (0.60%) CASB
3 4 (0.60%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.60%) SCCM
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.15%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 98 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.97%) ServiceNow
3 51 (7.67%) SAP
4 29 (4.36%) Oracle
5 21 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.95%) Workday
7 9 (1.35%) Databricks
8 8 (1.20%) Cisco
8 8 (1.20%) Qualys
9 6 (0.90%) Avaya
9 6 (0.90%) Baan
9 6 (0.90%) Google
9 6 (0.90%) LogRhythm
9 6 (0.90%) Meraki
9 6 (0.90%) Mitel
9 6 (0.90%) Splunk
10 5 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.75%) Tripwire
11 4 (0.60%) Centrify
11 4 (0.60%) F5
646 Analyst jobs in the South East