Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 485 365 607
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.09% 11.51% 11.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.17% 12.38% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 262 446
10th Percentile £225 £216 £188
25th Percentile £331 £350 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £462 £461
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% +0.22% +12.15%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £538
90th Percentile £582 £587 £595
England median daily rate £450 £475 £489
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.86% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 29
10th Percentile - £20.00 £15.20
25th Percentile £16.17 £22.39 £17.64
Median hourly rate £17.34 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.21% +112.50% -7.32%
75th Percentile £21.34 £63.61 £22.52
90th Percentile £39.26 £64.73 £35.74
England median hourly rate £17.89 £26.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -31.19% +48.57% +2.70%

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 4,343 2,948 5,137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 92.94% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,786 1,846 3,166
10th Percentile £263 £245 £205
25th Percentile £403 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £602 £608
90th Percentile £688 £663 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 108 403
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.18 £18.20
Median hourly rate £29.81 £42.69 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.18% -5.13% -
75th Percentile £68.98 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £33.17 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.86% +2.86% -12.50%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +5 265 £413 -0.90% 84
Berkshire -4 140 £400 -6.98% 51
Hampshire -2 123 £475 -6.86% 72
Buckinghamshire +4 108 £437 +16.53% 25
Surrey -8 48 £475 - 28
Kent +5 27 £375 -26.83% 34
Oxfordshire -1 17 £413 -8.33% 10
West Sussex -10 14 £203 -10.00% 18
East Sussex -4 5 £625 +31.58% 5
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 12
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 123 (25.36%) Security Cleared
2 86 (17.73%) SC Cleared
3 76 (15.67%) Agile
4 71 (14.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 71 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (13.81%) Microsoft
5 67 (13.81%) Windows
6 61 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
7 58 (11.96%) Azure
8 57 (11.75%) JIRA
9 54 (11.13%) Power Platform
10 52 (10.72%) Power BI
11 49 (10.10%) Data Analysis
11 49 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 49 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 46 (9.48%) Decision-Making
13 44 (9.07%) Workshop Facilitation
14 42 (8.66%) Customer Service
15 41 (8.45%) Business Analysis
15 41 (8.45%) ITIL
16 40 (8.25%) DevOps
17 39 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
18 38 (7.84%) Degree
18 38 (7.84%) Incident Management
19 36 (7.42%) Cybersecurity
20 35 (7.22%) Active Directory
20 35 (7.22%) Incident Response
20 35 (7.22%) SQL
21 33 (6.80%) Analytics
21 33 (6.80%) PMO

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 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.68%) Confluence
3 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.03%) CMS
5 4 (0.82%) Mattermost
5 4 (0.82%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.62%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.62%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.21%) Moodle
7 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 71 (14.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.06%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (1.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 6 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.82%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.62%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.62%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 58 (11.96%) Azure
2 54 (11.13%) Power Platform
3 39 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (3.92%) Entra ID
6 14 (2.89%) AWS
7 9 (1.86%) OCI
8 7 (1.44%) GCP
8 7 (1.44%) SaaS
9 4 (0.82%) Collibra
10 3 (0.62%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.62%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.62%) Tricentis Tosca
11 2 (0.41%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.41%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.41%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.41%) Slack
12 1 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.54%) DNS
2 11 (2.27%) DHCP
3 10 (2.06%) FTP
4 8 (1.65%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.44%) Firewall
5 7 (1.44%) Network Security
6 5 (1.03%) VPN
6 5 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.82%) HTTP
7 4 (0.82%) Skype
8 2 (0.41%) SMTP
8 2 (0.41%) Telnet
8 2 (0.41%) Wireless
9 1 (0.21%) Broadband
9 1 (0.21%) Intranet
9 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.21%) VLAN
9 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.72%) Power BI
2 10 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.86%) Tableau
4 6 (1.24%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.82%) Big Data
6 4 (0.82%) Metadata
6 4 (0.82%) Star Schema
7 3 (0.62%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.62%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.62%) GIS
7 3 (0.62%) OLAP
7 3 (0.62%) QGIS
8 2 (0.41%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle OLAP
8 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.21%) MS Access
9 1 (0.21%) QlikView
9 1 (0.21%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 57 (11.75%) JIRA
2 4 (0.82%) Gatling
2 4 (0.82%) JMeter
2 4 (0.82%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.82%) Postman
3 3 (0.62%) Git
3 3 (0.62%) Selenium
3 3 (0.62%) Toad
4 2 (0.41%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.41%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.41%) TestRail
4 2 (0.41%) 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
1 123 (25.36%) Social Skills
2 105 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (18.35%) Finance
4 35 (7.22%) Retail
5 33 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.15%) Marketing
7 17 (3.51%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.68%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.44%) Banking
10 7 (1.44%) Billing
11 6 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.03%) Legal
13 4 (0.82%) Advertising
13 4 (0.82%) Electronics
13 4 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.62%) Local Government
15 2 (0.41%) Automotive
15 2 (0.41%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.27%) ADO
2 4 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.82%) XML
3 3 (0.62%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.41%) .NET
4 2 (0.41%) SOAP
5 1 (0.21%) HTML
5 1 (0.21%) JSON
5 1 (0.21%) Middleware
5 1 (0.21%) PySpark
5 1 (0.21%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.01%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.74%) Security Operations Centre
3 21 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.30%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.89%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.06%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.65%) Cyberattack
8 8 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.24%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.03%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.03%) CMDB
11 5 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.82%) NHS
12 4 (0.82%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.82%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.62%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.81%) Windows
2 28 (5.77%) Linux
3 11 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.65%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.62%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (15.67%) Agile
2 71 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
4 49 (10.10%) Data Analysis
4 49 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 49 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (9.48%) Decision-Making
6 44 (9.07%) Workshop Facilitation
7 42 (8.66%) Customer Service
8 41 (8.45%) Business Analysis
8 41 (8.45%) ITIL
9 40 (8.25%) DevOps
10 38 (7.84%) Incident Management
11 36 (7.42%) Cybersecurity
12 35 (7.22%) Incident Response
13 33 (6.80%) Analytics
13 33 (6.80%) Project Management
14 32 (6.60%) SIEM
15 30 (6.19%) User Stories
16 29 (5.98%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.22%) SQL
2 23 (4.74%) Python
3 10 (2.06%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.03%) Java
5 3 (0.62%) VBA
6 2 (0.41%) C#
6 2 (0.41%) JavaScript
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%) R
7 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 123 (25.36%) Security Cleared
2 86 (17.73%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.84%) Degree
4 28 (5.77%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.47%) ISTQB
6 11 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.27%) CISSP
7 10 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.44%) GCIH
9 6 (1.24%) GCFA
9 6 (1.24%) GCIA
9 6 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.03%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.03%) CFCE
10 5 (1.03%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (1.03%) GIAC
11 4 (0.82%) CISM
11 4 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.80%) PMO
2 23 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.54%) Data Quality
4 20 (4.12%) GDPR
5 18 (3.71%) SLA
6 17 (3.51%) NIST
7 15 (3.09%) QA
8 8 (1.65%) GRC
9 7 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.44%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.62%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.62%) NCSC
12 3 (0.62%) P3O
13 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
13 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 35 (7.22%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.41%) NFS
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.27%) SCCM
3 5 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (0.82%) HP SiteScope
4 4 (0.82%) SCOM
4 4 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.62%) Ansible
5 3 (0.62%) Grafana
5 3 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.62%) Terraform
6 2 (0.41%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.21%) Kibana
7 1 (0.21%) Nagios
7 1 (0.21%) Nmap
7 1 (0.21%) QRadar
7 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 67 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.60%) ServiceNow
3 26 (5.36%) Splunk
4 25 (5.15%) Oracle
5 23 (4.74%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.51%) SAP
7 12 (2.47%) Citrix
8 11 (2.27%) VMware
9 8 (1.65%) Remedy
10 6 (1.24%) Google
11 5 (1.03%) ArcSight
11 5 (1.03%) Cisco
11 5 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.03%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.82%) Adobe
12 4 (0.82%) Ariba
12 4 (0.82%) IBM
12 4 (0.82%) LogRhythm
12 4 (0.82%) Mitel
12 4 (0.82%) Tenable