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 17 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 679 402 455
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.06% 11.28% 9.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.91% 12.47% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 259 311
10th Percentile £231 £200 £200
25th Percentile £375 £320 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £576 £525 £538
90th Percentile £625 £575 £588
England median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 19 19
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.94 £16.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £55.00 £26.96 £31.00
90th Percentile £91.34 £31.06 £41.90
England median hourly rate £25.50 £22.14 £17.64
% change year-on-year +15.18% +25.55% -9.54%

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 6,223 3,225 4,466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 90.51% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,664 2,086 2,745
10th Percentile £303 £206 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £635
90th Percentile £714 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 754 269 371
10th Percentile £15.83 £13.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +16.18%
75th Percentile £73.25 £57.50 £73.04
90th Percentile £86.61 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.30 £45.00
% change year-on-year +67.98% -43.78% +8.43%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -2 360 £550 +22.22% 101
Berkshire +2 227 £550 +12.82% 44
Hampshire 0 176 £519 +16.12% 81
Buckinghamshire -12 83 £575 +53.33% 40
West Sussex +5 63 £358 +79.00% 10
Surrey -14 52 £413 -13.06% 40
Oxfordshire -5 50 £375 +50.00% 17
East Sussex +4 14 £350 -43.43% 12
Kent -7 6 £350 +22.81% 23
Middlesex -16 4 £570 +1.79% 17
Home Counties - 2 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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.

1 193 (28.42%) Security Cleared
2 105 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 101 (14.87%) Cybersecurity
4 95 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 94 (13.84%) Microsoft
6 93 (13.70%) Agile
7 91 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 86 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
9 85 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 81 (11.93%) Business Analysis
11 78 (11.49%) Business Intelligence
12 76 (11.19%) SQL
13 71 (10.46%) Power Platform
14 69 (10.16%) DV Cleared
14 69 (10.16%) Power BI
15 67 (9.87%) Workshop Facilitation
16 64 (9.43%) ITIL
17 63 (9.28%) Decision-Making
17 63 (9.28%) Degree
18 60 (8.84%) Analytics
18 60 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
19 59 (8.69%) Data Modelling
20 58 (8.54%) ITSM
21 57 (8.39%) Data Analysis
21 57 (8.39%) Requirements Gathering
22 56 (8.25%) Azure
22 56 (8.25%) Process Improvement
23 53 (7.81%) Data Quality
23 53 (7.81%) Validation
24 49 (7.22%) Migration

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 (3.53%) Confluence
2 17 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
5 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 60 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.62%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.33%) iTrent
2 9 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.44%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.29%) Primavera
5 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Maximo
6 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 71 (10.46%) Power Platform
2 56 (8.25%) Azure
3 38 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (3.39%) Entra ID
5 22 (3.24%) AWS
6 10 (1.47%) SaaS
7 9 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
8 7 (1.03%) OCI
9 5 (0.74%) GCP
10 4 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.44%) IaaS
11 3 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.29%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.29%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (0.74%) Firewall
2 5 (0.74%) Intranet
2 5 (0.74%) Network Security
3 4 (0.59%) DHCP
3 4 (0.59%) DNS
4 2 (0.29%) Internet
4 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.15%) 4G
5 1 (0.15%) ADSL
5 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.15%) GSM
5 1 (0.15%) HTTP
5 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.15%) LTE
5 1 (0.15%) MPLS
5 1 (0.15%) PSTN
5 1 (0.15%) SONET
5 1 (0.15%) UMTS
5 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (10.16%) Power BI
2 23 (3.39%) Tableau
3 19 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.47%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.88%) Metadata
6 6 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (0.59%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.59%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.44%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.44%) OLAP
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.29%) GIS
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle OLAP
9 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.15%) Db2
10 1 (0.15%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.15%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 34 (5.01%) JIRA
2 3 (0.44%) Git
3 2 (0.29%) Postman
3 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.15%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.15%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
4 1 (0.15%) Toad
4 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 195 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 155 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (12.52%) Finance
4 74 (10.90%) Public Sector
5 33 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 18 (2.65%) Retail
8 16 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.62%) Legal
10 11 (1.62%) Marketing
11 10 (1.47%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.33%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.33%) Military
13 8 (1.18%) Automotive
13 8 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.03%) Police
15 4 (0.59%) Banking
15 4 (0.59%) Billing
15 4 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.18%) EDI
3 4 (0.59%) .NET
3 4 (0.59%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.59%) Web Services
4 3 (0.44%) ADO
4 3 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.29%) OAuth
5 2 (0.29%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.29%) OpenID
5 2 (0.29%) SAML
5 2 (0.29%) XML
6 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.15%) Django
6 1 (0.15%) LDAP
6 1 (0.15%) Middleware
6 1 (0.15%) Node.js
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.15%) REST
6 1 (0.15%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.57%) Operational Technology
2 28 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 16 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (1.77%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.47%) CMDB
8 10 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.33%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 6 (0.88%) SCADA
11 5 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.74%) IVR
11 5 (0.74%) PMI
12 4 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.59%) Media Streaming
12 4 (0.59%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.44%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.33%) Windows
2 12 (1.77%) Linux
3 7 (1.03%) Android
3 7 (1.03%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.59%) Unix
4 4 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (14.87%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 93 (13.70%) Agile
4 91 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 86 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 81 (11.93%) Business Analysis
8 78 (11.49%) Business Intelligence
9 67 (9.87%) Workshop Facilitation
10 64 (9.43%) ITIL
11 63 (9.28%) Decision-Making
12 60 (8.84%) Analytics
13 59 (8.69%) Data Modelling
14 58 (8.54%) ITSM
15 57 (8.39%) Data Analysis
15 57 (8.39%) Requirements Gathering
16 56 (8.25%) Process Improvement
17 53 (7.81%) Validation
18 49 (7.22%) Migration
18 49 (7.22%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 76 (11.19%) SQL
2 24 (3.53%) Python
3 7 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (1.03%) R
4 6 (0.88%) Java
5 5 (0.74%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.15%) Bash
8 1 (0.15%) COBOL
8 1 (0.15%) JCL
8 1 (0.15%) Korn
8 1 (0.15%) Perl
8 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.15%) VB
8 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 193 (28.42%) Security Cleared
2 105 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 69 (10.16%) DV Cleared
4 63 (9.28%) Degree
5 21 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.91%) ACCA
6 13 (1.91%) CIMA
6 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.62%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 8 (1.18%) ISEB
10 6 (0.88%) CBAP
10 6 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.44%) ISEB Practitioner
12 3 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.81%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.71%) NIST
4 29 (4.27%) QA
5 20 (2.95%) GRC
6 17 (2.50%) PMO
7 14 (2.06%) GDPR
8 13 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.33%) NCSC
10 6 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.88%) IASME
10 6 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.88%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.59%) COBIT
12 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.44%) SLA
13 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.29%) IFRS
13 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 29 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.29%) vSphere
4 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.74%) QRadar
2 5 (0.74%) Terraform
3 4 (0.59%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.59%) SCCM
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.29%) 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 94 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.77%) SAP
2 46 (6.77%) ServiceNow
3 39 (5.74%) Oracle
4 25 (3.68%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.77%) Workday
6 11 (1.62%) Avaya
6 11 (1.62%) Meraki
6 11 (1.62%) Mitel
7 8 (1.18%) Databricks
8 6 (0.88%) Baan
8 6 (0.88%) LogRhythm
9 5 (0.74%) IBM
9 5 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.59%) Adobe
10 4 (0.59%) VMware
11 3 (0.44%) Cisco
11 3 (0.44%) Dell
11 3 (0.44%) Google
11 3 (0.44%) Splunk
473 Analyst jobs in the South East