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 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 669 418 458
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.97% 11.77% 9.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.82% 13.05% 10.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 267 313
10th Percentile £235 £200 £200
25th Percentile £386 £308 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £580 £525 £538
90th Percentile £625 £575 £588
England median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 23 18
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £14.74
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.25 £16.08
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £51.06 £29.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £99.26 £32.00 £44.47
England median hourly rate £25.75 £22.14 £17.50
% change year-on-year +16.31% +26.51% -11.66%

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 6,181 3,204 4,392
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 90.20% 92.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,633 2,069 2,669
10th Percentile £305 £205 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £631
90th Percentile £720 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 748 286 365
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.56 £15.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £71.25 £57.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £86.61 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.85% -43.73% +2.63%

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 23 August 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 -1 354 £550 +22.22% 84
Berkshire +1 227 £550 +14.29% 40
Hampshire -2 171 £525 +17.52% 66
Buckinghamshire -13 77 £575 +52.32% 30
West Sussex +5 63 £358 +79.00% 12
Surrey -10 54 £413 -12.97% 20
Oxfordshire -4 50 £375 +50.00% 14
East Sussex +6 14 £350 -45.10% 11
Kent -14 5 £350 +2.56% 24
Middlesex -17 4 £570 +1.79% 14
Home Counties - 2 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 August 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.

1 188 (28.10%) Security Cleared
2 103 (15.40%) Cybersecurity
3 101 (15.10%) SC Cleared
4 98 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (14.20%) Microsoft
6 89 (13.30%) Agile
7 87 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (13.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 86 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
9 79 (11.81%) Business Analysis
10 75 (11.21%) SQL
11 72 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
12 69 (10.31%) DV Cleared
12 69 (10.31%) Power Platform
13 67 (10.01%) Power BI
14 64 (9.57%) ITIL
14 64 (9.57%) Workshop Facilitation
15 62 (9.27%) Decision-Making
15 62 (9.27%) Degree
16 61 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
17 60 (8.97%) ITSM
18 56 (8.37%) Analytics
18 56 (8.37%) Azure
18 56 (8.37%) Process Improvement
19 55 (8.22%) Requirements Gathering
20 54 (8.07%) Data Analysis
21 53 (7.92%) Data Quality
22 52 (7.77%) Data Modelling
23 50 (7.47%) ServiceNow
24 49 (7.32%) Security Operations

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 (3.59%) Confluence
2 17 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
5 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 61 (9.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.35%) iTrent
2 9 (1.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.30%) Maximo
4 2 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.30%) Primavera
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (10.31%) Power Platform
2 56 (8.37%) Azure
3 37 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (3.29%) AWS
6 21 (3.14%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.49%) SaaS
8 9 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (0.90%) OCI
10 5 (0.75%) GCP
11 4 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.45%) IaaS
12 3 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.30%) Miro
13 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (0.90%) Intranet
3 5 (0.75%) Firewall
3 5 (0.75%) Network Security
4 4 (0.60%) DHCP
4 4 (0.60%) DNS
5 2 (0.30%) HTTP
5 2 (0.30%) Internet
5 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.15%) ADSL
6 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.15%) GSM
6 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.15%) LTE
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) PSTN
6 1 (0.15%) SONET
6 1 (0.15%) UMTS
6 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.01%) Power BI
2 20 (2.99%) Tableau
3 16 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (0.90%) Metadata
6 6 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
6 6 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.60%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.45%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.45%) GIS
9 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.15%) Db2
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.15%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.15%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 35 (5.23%) JIRA
2 3 (0.45%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Postman
3 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.15%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.15%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.15%) JMeter
4 1 (0.15%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
4 1 (0.15%) Toad
4 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 194 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 153 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (12.41%) Finance
4 73 (10.91%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.14%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (2.54%) Retail
8 16 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.79%) Legal
10 10 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.35%) Military
12 8 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.20%) Automotive
12 8 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.05%) Marketing
13 7 (1.05%) Police
14 4 (0.60%) Banking
14 4 (0.60%) Billing
14 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.20%) EDI
3 5 (0.75%) Terraform
4 4 (0.60%) .NET
4 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.60%) Web Services
5 3 (0.45%) ADO
5 3 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.30%) OAuth
6 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.30%) OpenID
6 2 (0.30%) REST
6 2 (0.30%) SAML
6 2 (0.30%) XML
7 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.15%) Django
7 1 (0.15%) LDAP
7 1 (0.15%) Middleware
7 1 (0.15%) Node.js
7 1 (0.15%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.63%) Operational Technology
2 29 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 15 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (1.49%) CMDB
5 10 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.49%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 6 (0.90%) SCADA
9 5 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.75%) IVR
9 5 (0.75%) PMI
10 4 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.60%) Media Streaming
10 4 (0.60%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.13%) Windows
2 12 (1.79%) Linux
3 7 (1.05%) Android
3 7 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.60%) Unix
4 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (15.40%) Cybersecurity
2 98 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 89 (13.30%) Agile
4 87 (13.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 87 (13.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 86 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (11.81%) Business Analysis
7 72 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (9.57%) ITIL
8 64 (9.57%) Workshop Facilitation
9 62 (9.27%) Decision-Making
10 60 (8.97%) ITSM
11 56 (8.37%) Analytics
11 56 (8.37%) Process Improvement
12 55 (8.22%) Requirements Gathering
13 54 (8.07%) Data Analysis
14 52 (7.77%) Data Modelling
15 49 (7.32%) Security Operations
16 48 (7.17%) Validation
17 44 (6.58%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 75 (11.21%) SQL
2 24 (3.59%) Python
3 7 (1.05%) Java
3 7 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (1.05%) R
4 5 (0.75%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.15%) Bash
7 1 (0.15%) COBOL
7 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.15%) JCL
7 1 (0.15%) Korn
7 1 (0.15%) Perl
7 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.15%) VB
7 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 188 (28.10%) Security Cleared
2 101 (15.10%) SC Cleared
3 69 (10.31%) DV Cleared
4 62 (9.27%) Degree
5 19 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.94%) ACCA
6 13 (1.94%) CIMA
6 13 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.64%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 8 (1.20%) ISEB
10 6 (0.90%) CBAP
10 6 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.45%) ISEB Practitioner
12 3 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.92%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.78%) NIST
4 27 (4.04%) QA
5 20 (2.99%) GRC
6 18 (2.69%) PMO
7 14 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (2.09%) GDPR
8 9 (1.35%) NCSC
9 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.90%) IASME
9 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.90%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.60%) COBIT
11 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.45%) SLA
12 2 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.30%) IFRS
12 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 27 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.30%) vSphere
4 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.75%) QRadar
3 4 (0.60%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.60%) SCCM
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.15%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.47%) ServiceNow
3 44 (6.58%) SAP
4 35 (5.23%) Oracle
5 22 (3.29%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.79%) Workday
7 9 (1.35%) Avaya
7 9 (1.35%) Meraki
7 9 (1.35%) Mitel
8 8 (1.20%) Databricks
9 6 (0.90%) Baan
9 6 (0.90%) LogRhythm
10 4 (0.60%) VMware
11 3 (0.45%) Cisco
11 3 (0.45%) Dell
11 3 (0.45%) Google
11 3 (0.45%) IBM
11 3 (0.45%) Splunk
12 2 (0.30%) Foundry
12 2 (0.30%) Palantir