Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 441 447 583
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.09% 11.91% 11.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.18% 12.84% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 326 441
10th Percentile £200 £209 £183
25th Percentile £350 £319 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +15.85%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £575 £575 £610
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 14 30
10th Percentile £15.80 £20.01 £15.23
25th Percentile £16.17 £25.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.79 £32.58 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% +69.28% +13.22%
75th Percentile £30.11 £57.81 £25.31
90th Percentile £37.86 £64.73 £33.84
England median hourly rate £20.75 £24.50 £18.93
% change year-on-year -15.31% +29.42% +8.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,946 3,482 4,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 92.78% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 2,177 3,081
10th Percentile £220 £235 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 132 236
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.52 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.84
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.09% -19.45% +50.53%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.20 £73.56 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +5 249 £433 +8.13% 62
Berkshire -2 134 £450 +9.09% 20
Hampshire -4 101 £475 -6.86% 54
Buckinghamshire +7 98 £420 +12.00% 30
Surrey -11 44 £450 -5.26% 20
Kent +4 18 £419 -18.29% 29
Oxfordshire +2 17 £325 -36.59% 12
West Sussex -9 17 £226 +16.03% 13
East Sussex +4 8 £625 +29.87% 6
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 15
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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.

1 101 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 87 (19.73%) Microsoft
3 69 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (15.19%) SC Cleared
5 64 (14.51%) Agile
6 59 (13.38%) Windows
7 53 (12.02%) Azure
8 50 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
9 47 (10.66%) Business Analysis
10 46 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (9.98%) ITIL
13 42 (9.52%) SQL
14 39 (8.84%) Data Analysis
14 39 (8.84%) Degree
14 39 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
15 38 (8.62%) Power Platform
16 36 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
16 36 (8.16%) Decision-Making
16 36 (8.16%) JIRA
16 36 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
17 35 (7.94%) Incident Management
18 34 (7.71%) Customer Service
18 34 (7.71%) Power BI
19 33 (7.48%) Analytics
19 33 (7.48%) DevOps
19 33 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
20 31 (7.03%) CRM
20 31 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
20 31 (7.03%) User Stories

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 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.04%) Confluence
3 7 (1.59%) Mattermost
3 7 (1.59%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.68%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.68%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.45%) CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Camunda
7 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.23%) Moodle
7 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 50 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.81%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.91%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.45%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.45%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.23%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.23%) iTrent
6 1 (0.23%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.23%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 53 (12.02%) Azure
2 38 (8.62%) Power Platform
3 33 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (3.63%) AWS
6 13 (2.95%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.04%) OCI
7 9 (2.04%) SaaS
8 7 (1.59%) GCP
9 5 (1.13%) Collibra
9 5 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.91%) Figma
10 4 (0.91%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.68%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.68%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.68%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.45%) Boomi
12 2 (0.45%) Slack
12 2 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.17%) Firewall
2 13 (2.95%) DNS
3 9 (2.04%) Network Security
4 7 (1.59%) DHCP
4 7 (1.59%) Skype
5 6 (1.36%) FTP
6 4 (0.91%) HTTP
6 4 (0.91%) NGFW
6 4 (0.91%) VPN
6 4 (0.91%) Wireless
7 3 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.23%) SMTP
8 1 (0.23%) Telnet
8 1 (0.23%) VLAN
8 1 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.71%) Power BI
2 11 (2.49%) Tableau
3 7 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.68%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.68%) GIS
5 3 (0.68%) QGIS
6 2 (0.45%) Big Data
6 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 2 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.45%) Data Hub
6 2 (0.45%) Metadata
6 2 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.45%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.23%) DTS
7 1 (0.23%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.23%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 36 (8.16%) JIRA
2 4 (0.91%) Gatling
2 4 (0.91%) JMeter
2 4 (0.91%) LoadRunner
3 3 (0.68%) Git
3 3 (0.68%) Postman
3 3 (0.68%) Selenium
3 3 (0.68%) SoapUI
3 3 (0.68%) Toad
4 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 123 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.32%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (17.91%) Finance
4 37 (8.39%) Retail
5 29 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.31%) Marketing
7 17 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.40%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.49%) Legal
11 7 (1.59%) Billing
12 5 (1.13%) Automotive
12 5 (1.13%) Electronics
12 5 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.91%) Banking
13 4 (0.91%) Local Government
14 2 (0.45%) Back Office
14 2 (0.45%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.27%) ADO
2 5 (1.13%) XML
3 3 (0.68%) .NET
3 3 (0.68%) SailPoint
3 3 (0.68%) SOAP
4 2 (0.45%) DAO
5 1 (0.23%) HTML
5 1 (0.23%) JSON
5 1 (0.23%) PySpark
5 1 (0.23%) REST
5 1 (0.23%) WebdriverIO
5 1 (0.23%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.62%) Management Information System
2 19 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
4 14 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.95%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (2.72%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.81%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.59%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.13%) iPad
11 5 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.91%) CSOC
12 4 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (13.38%) Windows
2 27 (6.12%) Linux
3 12 (2.72%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.45%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (14.51%) Agile
3 47 (10.66%) Business Analysis
4 46 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 45 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (9.98%) ITIL
7 39 (8.84%) Data Analysis
7 39 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 36 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (8.16%) Decision-Making
8 36 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
9 35 (7.94%) Incident Management
10 34 (7.71%) Customer Service
11 33 (7.48%) Analytics
11 33 (7.48%) DevOps
12 31 (7.03%) CRM
12 31 (7.03%) User Stories
13 30 (6.80%) Incident Response
14 29 (6.58%) Project Management
14 29 (6.58%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 42 (9.52%) SQL
2 29 (6.58%) Python
3 17 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.13%) Java
5 2 (0.45%) C#
5 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.45%) R
6 1 (0.23%) ABAP
6 1 (0.23%) C++
6 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.23%) Korn
6 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (22.90%) Security Cleared
2 67 (15.19%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.84%) Degree
4 21 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.63%) CISSP
6 11 (2.49%) GCIH
7 10 (2.27%) GCFA
7 10 (2.27%) GCIA
8 9 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.81%) CFCE
10 6 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.36%) GIAC
10 6 (1.36%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.13%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.91%) CISM
12 4 (0.91%) ISEB
12 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.90%) GDPR
2 24 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (4.54%) NIST
3 20 (4.54%) SLA
4 18 (4.08%) PMO
5 17 (3.85%) QA
6 15 (3.40%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.81%) GRC
8 7 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (1.36%) HIPAA
9 6 (1.36%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.91%) NCSC
10 4 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.68%) IASME
11 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.68%) P3O
12 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.45%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 29 (6.58%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) NFS
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.27%) SCCM
2 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.59%) HP SiteScope
3 7 (1.59%) SCOM
4 6 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.68%) Ansible
6 3 (0.68%) Grafana
6 3 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.68%) Terraform
7 2 (0.45%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.23%) Kibana
8 1 (0.23%) Nagios
8 1 (0.23%) Nmap
8 1 (0.23%) QRadar
8 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 87 (19.73%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.35%) Salesforce
2 28 (6.35%) ServiceNow
3 27 (6.12%) Splunk
4 23 (5.22%) Oracle
5 20 (4.54%) SAP
6 17 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (2.04%) Cisco
8 8 (1.81%) ArcSight
8 8 (1.81%) Citrix
8 8 (1.81%) Remedy
9 7 (1.59%) F5
9 7 (1.59%) LogRhythm
9 7 (1.59%) VMware
9 7 (1.59%) Workday
10 6 (1.36%) Google
11 5 (1.13%) IFS
11 5 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.13%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.13%) Qualys