Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 473 384 606
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.20% 12.05% 11.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.32% 12.98% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 284 437
10th Percentile £201 £213 £185
25th Percentile £325 £350 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% - +10.43%
75th Percentile £530 £538 £538
90th Percentile £598 £580 £600
England median daily rate £455 £475 £489
% change year-on-year -4.21% -2.86% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 10 35
10th Percentile £15.89 £20.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £16.17 £21.34 £17.64
Median hourly rate £17.61 £42.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.56% +102.38% +2.59%
75th Percentile £24.61 £64.17 £23.50
90th Percentile £37.40 £64.73 £32.32
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.50 £17.64
% change year-on-year -26.53% +38.89% +3.76%

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 4,179 2,959 5,098
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 92.88% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,715 1,836 3,175
10th Percentile £256 £238 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 106 402
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.60 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £18.61
Median hourly rate £25.46 £42.69 £45.11
Median % change year-on-year -40.36% -5.35% +0.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £69.38 £76.44
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -2.10%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +6 255 £425 +0.89% 91
Berkshire 0 133 £424 -2.25% 41
Hampshire -3 118 £475 -5.47% 73
Buckinghamshire +3 106 £450 +20.00% 38
Surrey -10 44 £450 -5.26% 37
Kent +5 30 £419 -18.29% 36
Oxfordshire -1 16 £413 -13.16% 14
West Sussex -13 14 £203 +1.25% 29
East Sussex -2 7 £625 +35.14% 3
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 8
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 February 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.

1 116 (24.52%) Security Cleared
2 81 (17.12%) SC Cleared
3 75 (15.86%) Microsoft
4 73 (15.43%) Agile
5 71 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (13.95%) Windows
7 64 (13.53%) Microsoft Excel
8 53 (11.21%) Azure
9 51 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
9 51 (10.78%) JIRA
9 51 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
10 50 (10.57%) Power Platform
11 47 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (9.73%) Power BI
13 45 (9.51%) Data Analysis
13 45 (9.51%) ITIL
14 43 (9.09%) Decision-Making
15 42 (8.88%) Workshop Facilitation
16 41 (8.67%) Business Analysis
16 41 (8.67%) SQL
17 39 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
18 38 (8.03%) Degree
19 37 (7.82%) Active Directory
20 36 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
21 35 (7.40%) Customer Service
22 34 (7.19%) Incident Response
22 34 (7.19%) ServiceNow
23 33 (6.98%) Analytics
23 33 (6.98%) Incident Management
24 32 (6.77%) DevOps

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 22 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.54%) Confluence
3 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.48%) Mattermost
4 7 (1.48%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.63%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.63%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.42%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Camunda
7 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.21%) Moodle
7 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 64 (13.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.11%) Salesforce CRM
2 9 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.42%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.42%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.21%) iTrent
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 53 (11.21%) Azure
2 50 (10.57%) Power Platform
3 39 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (4.02%) Entra ID
5 14 (2.96%) AWS
6 9 (1.90%) SaaS
7 7 (1.48%) GCP
8 6 (1.27%) OCI
9 4 (0.85%) Collibra
9 4 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.85%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.63%) Tricentis Tosca
11 2 (0.42%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.42%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.42%) Slack
12 1 (0.21%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.65%) DNS
2 11 (2.33%) DHCP
3 10 (2.11%) FTP
4 8 (1.69%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.48%) Firewall
5 7 (1.48%) Network Security
5 7 (1.48%) Skype
6 5 (1.06%) VPN
7 4 (0.85%) HTTP
8 2 (0.42%) SMTP
8 2 (0.42%) Telnet
8 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.42%) Wireless
9 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.21%) VLAN
9 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.73%) Power BI
2 8 (1.69%) Tableau
3 7 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.85%) Big Data
5 4 (0.85%) Metadata
5 4 (0.85%) Star Schema
6 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.63%) GIS
6 3 (0.63%) QGIS
7 2 (0.42%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.21%) QlikView
8 1 (0.21%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 51 (10.78%) JIRA
2 4 (0.85%) Gatling
2 4 (0.85%) JMeter
2 4 (0.85%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.85%) Postman
3 3 (0.63%) Git
3 3 (0.63%) Selenium
3 3 (0.63%) Toad
4 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.42%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.42%) TestRail
4 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 124 (26.22%) Social Skills
2 98 (20.72%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (18.82%) Finance
4 37 (7.82%) Retail
5 32 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.44%) Marketing
7 17 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.59%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.48%) Banking
10 7 (1.48%) Billing
11 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.27%) Legal
12 4 (0.85%) Electronics
12 4 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.85%) Local Government
13 3 (0.63%) Automotive
13 3 (0.63%) Military
14 2 (0.42%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.90%) ADO
2 4 (0.85%) .NET
2 4 (0.85%) XML
3 3 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.63%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.42%) SOAP
5 1 (0.21%) HTML
5 1 (0.21%) JSON
5 1 (0.21%) PySpark
5 1 (0.21%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.19%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.44%) Security Operations Centre
3 20 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.11%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.69%) Cyberattack
9 7 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.27%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.06%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.06%) CMDB
11 5 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.85%) NHS
12 4 (0.85%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.63%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 66 (13.95%) Windows
2 31 (6.55%) Linux
3 12 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.63%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (15.43%) Agile
2 71 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
3 51 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 45 (9.51%) Data Analysis
5 45 (9.51%) ITIL
6 43 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 42 (8.88%) Workshop Facilitation
8 41 (8.67%) Business Analysis
9 36 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (7.40%) Customer Service
11 34 (7.19%) Incident Response
12 33 (6.98%) Analytics
12 33 (6.98%) Incident Management
13 32 (6.77%) DevOps
14 30 (6.34%) Process Improvement
14 30 (6.34%) SIEM
15 29 (6.13%) Requirements Gathering
16 28 (5.92%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 41 (8.67%) SQL
2 25 (5.29%) Python
3 13 (2.75%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.06%) Java
5 3 (0.63%) VBA
6 2 (0.42%) C#
6 2 (0.42%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.42%) R
7 1 (0.21%) C
7 1 (0.21%) C++
7 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 116 (24.52%) Security Cleared
2 81 (17.12%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.03%) Degree
4 28 (5.92%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.54%) ISTQB
6 11 (2.33%) CISSP
7 10 (2.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.48%) GCIH
10 6 (1.27%) GCFA
10 6 (1.27%) GCIA
10 6 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.06%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.06%) CFCE
11 5 (1.06%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.06%) GIAC
12 4 (0.85%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.55%) PMO
2 24 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.44%) GDPR
4 17 (3.59%) NIST
4 17 (3.59%) SLA
5 14 (2.96%) QA
6 8 (1.69%) GRC
7 7 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.63%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.63%) NCSC
10 3 (0.63%) P3O
11 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 37 (7.82%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) NFS
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.33%) SCCM
3 7 (1.48%) HP SiteScope
3 7 (1.48%) SCOM
4 5 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.63%) Ansible
6 3 (0.63%) Grafana
6 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.63%) Terraform
7 2 (0.42%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.21%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Nagios
8 1 (0.21%) Nmap
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
8 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 75 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 34 (7.19%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.13%) Splunk
4 24 (5.07%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.02%) Oracle
6 16 (3.38%) SAP
7 12 (2.54%) Citrix
8 11 (2.33%) Remedy
8 11 (2.33%) VMware
9 8 (1.69%) Cisco
10 7 (1.48%) Workday
11 6 (1.27%) Google
12 5 (1.06%) ArcSight
12 5 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.06%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.85%) Ariba
13 4 (0.85%) LogRhythm
13 4 (0.85%) Tenable
14 3 (0.63%) McAfee
14 3 (0.63%) webMethods