Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £454, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 555 320 553
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.84% 10.72% 9.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.70% 11.59% 10.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 233 387
10th Percentile £256 £210 £213
25th Percentile £350 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.78% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £485
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.06% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 10 25
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.96 £17.64
Median hourly rate £18.32 £24.33 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.70% +15.86% -8.27%
75th Percentile £30.81 £25.34 £24.00
90th Percentile £77.60 £31.45 £59.00
England median hourly rate £18.71 £24.00 £16.15
% change year-on-year -22.04% +48.61% -17.18%

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 5,186 2,762 5,205
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 92.50% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,243 1,828 3,137
10th Percentile £300 £246 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £613
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 485 149 472
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.38 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.00 £18.34
Median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -31.58% -
75th Percentile £81.00 £63.75 £62.48
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.10 £76.40
England median hourly rate £42.59 £32.66 £33.07
% change year-on-year +30.43% -1.24% -24.42%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +3 306 £450 +1.41% 88
Berkshire -5 162 £435 -8.53% 46
Hampshire 0 134 £500 +5.26% 48
Buckinghamshire +2 124 £475 +26.67% 30
Surrey -3 54 £475 - 31
Kent +10 23 £250 -30.56% 19
West Sussex -1 23 £366 -1.88% 16
Oxfordshire -7 20 £520 +26.06% 14
East Sussex -4 7 £350 -41.67% 13
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 11
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 April 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.

1 152 (27.39%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.66%) SC Cleared
3 90 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 77 (13.87%) Agile
5 74 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
7 67 (12.07%) Power Platform
8 66 (11.89%) Power BI
9 65 (11.71%) Windows
10 63 (11.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 62 (11.17%) Microsoft
12 61 (10.99%) Decision-Making
13 60 (10.81%) Workshop Facilitation
14 58 (10.45%) JIRA
15 57 (10.27%) Business Analysis
16 55 (9.91%) Azure
17 54 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
18 51 (9.19%) Data Analysis
19 47 (8.47%) Process Improvement
20 46 (8.29%) Customer Service
21 45 (8.11%) DV Cleared
21 45 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
22 43 (7.75%) Degree
23 42 (7.57%) Project Management
24 41 (7.39%) SQL
25 40 (7.21%) Analytics
26 39 (7.03%) DevOps
27 38 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
28 37 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
28 37 (6.67%) ITIL

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 21 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.88%) Confluence
3 13 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) Moodle
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
5 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 90 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.50%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.34%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.80%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.90%) iTrent
4 4 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.54%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.54%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.07%) Power Platform
2 55 (9.91%) Azure
3 38 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.60%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.70%) OCI
7 14 (2.52%) AWS
8 7 (1.26%) GCP
9 5 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (0.72%) Collibra
10 4 (0.72%) SaaS
11 3 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.54%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.54%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.54%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.36%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.96%) DNS
2 11 (1.98%) DHCP
3 10 (1.80%) FTP
4 9 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.90%) Network Security
6 3 (0.54%) Firewall
7 2 (0.36%) HTTP
7 2 (0.36%) SMTP
7 2 (0.36%) Telnet
7 2 (0.36%) VPN
8 1 (0.18%) Broadband
8 1 (0.18%) Intranet
8 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.18%) SONET
8 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (11.89%) Power BI
2 15 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.70%) Tableau
3 9 (1.62%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (1.26%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.08%) Metadata
6 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.72%) Big Data
7 4 (0.72%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.54%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.54%) OLAP
9 2 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.18%) Power Query
10 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 58 (10.45%) JIRA
2 4 (0.72%) Gatling
2 4 (0.72%) Git
2 4 (0.72%) JMeter
2 4 (0.72%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.72%) Postman
3 3 (0.54%) Selenium
3 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.54%) Toad
4 2 (0.36%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.36%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.36%) TestRail
4 2 (0.36%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 141 (25.41%) Social Skills
2 135 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (16.94%) Finance
4 55 (9.91%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.59%) Retail
6 21 (3.78%) Marketing
7 19 (3.42%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.88%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.62%) Legal
11 7 (1.26%) Banking
11 7 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.72%) Advertising
13 4 (0.72%) Electronics
14 3 (0.54%) Law
14 3 (0.54%) Military
15 2 (0.36%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.44%) ADO
3 4 (0.72%) XML
4 2 (0.36%) .NET
4 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.36%) SOAP
5 1 (0.18%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.18%) HTML
5 1 (0.18%) JSON
5 1 (0.18%) Middleware
5 1 (0.18%) Node.js
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.18%) REST
5 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.59%) Management Information System
2 27 (4.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 20 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.34%) Operational Technology
7 12 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (1.98%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.80%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.62%) Cyberattack
11 7 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (1.08%) NHS
12 6 (1.08%) SCADA
13 5 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.72%) CMDB
14 4 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
15 3 (0.54%) Mobile App
15 3 (0.54%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.71%) Windows
2 25 (4.50%) Linux
3 10 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.08%) Unix
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (13.87%) Agile
2 74 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (13.15%) Business Intelligence
4 63 (11.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 61 (10.99%) Decision-Making
6 60 (10.81%) Workshop Facilitation
7 57 (10.27%) Business Analysis
8 54 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (9.19%) Data Analysis
10 47 (8.47%) Process Improvement
11 46 (8.29%) Customer Service
12 45 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 42 (7.57%) Project Management
14 40 (7.21%) Analytics
15 39 (7.03%) DevOps
16 37 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (6.67%) ITIL
17 34 (6.13%) Data Modelling
17 34 (6.13%) Incident Management
17 34 (6.13%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.39%) SQL
2 22 (3.96%) Python
3 5 (0.90%) Java
3 5 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (0.90%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.54%) VBA
5 2 (0.36%) C#
5 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.36%) R
5 2 (0.36%) VB
6 1 (0.18%) C
6 1 (0.18%) C++
6 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.18%) Korn
6 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 152 (27.39%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.66%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.11%) DV Cleared
4 43 (7.75%) Degree
5 15 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.16%) ISTQB
7 10 (1.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.26%) ACCA
8 7 (1.26%) CIMA
8 7 (1.26%) CISSP
8 7 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (1.08%) GCIH
10 5 (0.90%) GCFA
10 5 (0.90%) GCIA
11 4 (0.72%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.72%) GIAC
11 4 (0.72%) ISEB
11 4 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.95%) PMO
2 29 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.05%) Data Quality
4 24 (4.32%) GDPR
5 23 (4.14%) NIST
6 22 (3.96%) QA
7 16 (2.88%) SLA
8 11 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (1.62%) GRC
11 7 (1.26%) NCSC
12 6 (1.08%) IASME
12 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (1.08%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.54%) ISO 8583
14 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.54%) P3O
15 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.36%) IFRS
System Software
1 32 (5.77%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.36%) NFS
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.08%) SCCM
4 4 (0.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (0.72%) Terraform
5 3 (0.54%) Ansible
5 3 (0.54%) Grafana
5 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.18%) Kibana
7 1 (0.18%) Nagios
7 1 (0.18%) Nmap
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.18%) QRadar
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.49%) Oracle
3 31 (5.59%) SAP
3 31 (5.59%) ServiceNow
4 21 (3.78%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.78%) Splunk
5 10 (1.80%) Citrix
5 10 (1.80%) VMware
6 8 (1.44%) Avaya
6 8 (1.44%) Meraki
6 8 (1.44%) Mitel
7 7 (1.26%) Google
7 7 (1.26%) Workday
8 4 (0.72%) Adobe
8 4 (0.72%) Ariba
8 4 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (0.72%) IBM
8 4 (0.72%) Palantir
8 4 (0.72%) Remedy
8 4 (0.72%) Tenable