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 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 615 348 537
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.11% 11.52% 9.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.05% 12.66% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 239 345
10th Percentile £256 £200 £200
25th Percentile £361 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +2.27%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £525
90th Percentile £625 £588 £600
England median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 29
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.56 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.07 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year +35.93% +13.91% -7.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £25.00 £22.52
90th Percentile £91.34 £28.80 £37.49
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +1.63% +35.83% -14.21%

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 5,567 2,749 5,293
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.53% 91.00% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,384 1,812 3,116
10th Percentile £303 £220 £243
25th Percentile £417 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £688
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 187 553
10th Percentile £15.72 £14.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £24.25 £16.95 £18.92
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.31 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.75% -35.38% -4.76%
75th Percentile £79.38 £62.50 £66.74
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £79.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +55.17% -26.58% -11.30%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +2 319 £507 +10.27% 102
Berkshire -1 180 £493 +1.03% 45
Hampshire +1 161 £500 +11.11% 47
Buckinghamshire -1 103 £600 +60.00% 33
Surrey -5 58 £475 - 30
West Sussex -3 37 £364 +27.72% 13
Oxfordshire -11 36 £525 +110.00% 24
Kent +9 19 £250 -4.76% 18
East Sussex -6 8 £350 -30.00% 4
Middlesex - 4 £560 - 6
Home Counties - 1 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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.

1 181 (29.43%) Security Cleared
2 99 (16.10%) SC Cleared
3 95 (15.45%) Agile
4 88 (14.31%) Microsoft Excel
5 81 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
6 77 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (12.03%) Power Platform
8 73 (11.87%) Power BI
9 69 (11.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 68 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
11 67 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 64 (10.41%) Business Analysis
12 64 (10.41%) DV Cleared
12 64 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (10.08%) Azure
13 62 (10.08%) Microsoft
14 60 (9.76%) Decision-Making
14 60 (9.76%) SQL
15 57 (9.27%) Process Improvement
16 55 (8.94%) Workshop Facilitation
17 54 (8.78%) Degree
17 54 (8.78%) JIRA
17 54 (8.78%) Windows
18 50 (8.13%) Analytics
18 50 (8.13%) Data Modelling
19 48 (7.80%) ITIL
20 47 (7.64%) Data Analysis
21 45 (7.32%) SIEM
22 44 (7.15%) SAP
23 43 (6.99%) Requirements Gathering

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 26 (4.23%) Confluence
2 17 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.81%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 88 (14.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.46%) iTrent
3 6 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.49%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.49%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 74 (12.03%) Power Platform
2 62 (10.08%) Azure
3 34 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.41%) AWS
5 21 (3.41%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.11%) OCI
7 9 (1.46%) SaaS
7 9 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.49%) GCP
8 3 (0.49%) IaaS
8 3 (0.49%) Lucidchart
8 3 (0.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.33%) Collibra
9 2 (0.33%) Miro
9 2 (0.33%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.60%) DNS
2 9 (1.46%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.14%) DHCP
4 5 (0.81%) FTP
5 3 (0.49%) Firewall
6 2 (0.33%) Intranet
6 2 (0.33%) Network Security
7 1 (0.16%) 4G
7 1 (0.16%) Broadband
7 1 (0.16%) GSM
7 1 (0.16%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) Internet
7 1 (0.16%) LTE
7 1 (0.16%) Modbus
7 1 (0.16%) SMTP
7 1 (0.16%) SONET
7 1 (0.16%) Telnet
7 1 (0.16%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (11.87%) Power BI
2 21 (3.41%) Tableau
3 18 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 6 (0.98%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (0.81%) Metadata
8 4 (0.65%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.49%) OLAP
10 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.33%) Big Data
10 2 (0.33%) Oracle OLAP
10 2 (0.33%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.16%) Metadata Repository
11 1 (0.16%) MS Access
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.16%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 54 (8.78%) JIRA
2 4 (0.65%) Postman
3 3 (0.49%) Git
3 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.49%) TestRail
3 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.33%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 169 (27.48%) Social Skills
2 138 (22.44%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (16.42%) Finance
4 73 (11.87%) Public Sector
5 19 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (3.09%) Retail
6 18 (2.93%) Marketing
7 15 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 12 (1.95%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.46%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.46%) Legal
11 8 (1.30%) Automotive
11 8 (1.30%) Banking
12 7 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.14%) Military
13 4 (0.65%) Advertising
13 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.49%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.81%) ADO
3 4 (0.65%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.65%) Web Services
4 3 (0.49%) .NET
4 3 (0.49%) EDI
4 3 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.33%) OAuth
5 2 (0.33%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.33%) OpenID
5 2 (0.33%) SAML
6 1 (0.16%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.16%) LDAP
6 1 (0.16%) Middleware
6 1 (0.16%) Node.js
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.16%) SOAP
6 1 (0.16%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.72%) Onboarding
2 25 (4.07%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (3.58%) Operational Technology
4 15 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (1.30%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.14%) CMDB
10 7 (1.14%) SCADA
11 6 (0.98%) NHS
12 5 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.49%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 54 (8.78%) Windows
2 20 (3.25%) Linux
3 7 (1.14%) Android
3 7 (1.14%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.98%) Unix
5 3 (0.49%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (15.45%) Agile
2 81 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (11.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 68 (11.06%) Cybersecurity
6 67 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (10.41%) Business Analysis
7 64 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 60 (9.76%) Decision-Making
9 57 (9.27%) Process Improvement
10 55 (8.94%) Workshop Facilitation
11 50 (8.13%) Analytics
11 50 (8.13%) Data Modelling
12 48 (7.80%) ITIL
13 47 (7.64%) Data Analysis
14 45 (7.32%) SIEM
15 43 (6.99%) Requirements Gathering
16 42 (6.83%) Migration
17 41 (6.67%) DevOps
18 39 (6.34%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 60 (9.76%) SQL
2 23 (3.74%) Python
3 6 (0.98%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (0.81%) R
5 4 (0.65%) Java
6 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.49%) VBA
7 2 (0.33%) VB
8 1 (0.16%) Bash
8 1 (0.16%) C
8 1 (0.16%) C#
8 1 (0.16%) C++
8 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.16%) Korn
8 1 (0.16%) Perl
8 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 181 (29.43%) Security Cleared
2 99 (16.10%) SC Cleared
3 64 (10.41%) DV Cleared
4 54 (8.78%) Degree
5 18 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.95%) ACCA
6 12 (1.95%) CIMA
7 9 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.46%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.81%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (0.65%) ISEB
11 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.65%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.65%) PMP
12 3 (0.49%) CBAP
13 2 (0.33%) CISSP
13 2 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 31 (5.04%) PMO
4 27 (4.39%) NIST
5 23 (3.74%) QA
6 19 (3.09%) GDPR
7 12 (1.95%) GRC
8 9 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.30%) SLA
10 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.98%) IASME
10 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.98%) NCSC
10 6 (0.98%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.33%) COBIT
12 2 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.33%) IFRS
12 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.33%) vSphere
4 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.16%) NFS
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.63%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.81%) Terraform
4 4 (0.65%) QRadar
5 3 (0.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.49%) SCCM
6 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.16%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 44 (7.15%) SAP
3 37 (6.02%) Oracle
4 29 (4.72%) ServiceNow
5 19 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.28%) Splunk
7 9 (1.46%) Workday
8 8 (1.30%) Avaya
8 8 (1.30%) Meraki
8 8 (1.30%) Mitel
8 8 (1.30%) VMware
9 7 (1.14%) LogRhythm
10 5 (0.81%) Citrix
10 5 (0.81%) Remedy
10 5 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.65%) Adobe
12 3 (0.49%) Baan
12 3 (0.49%) Dell
12 3 (0.49%) HP
12 3 (0.49%) IBM