Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 430 389 586
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.65% 11.81% 11.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.66% 12.72% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 284 436
10th Percentile £200 £213 £182
25th Percentile £325 £347 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -2.70% +13.50%
75th Percentile £530 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £575 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 27
10th Percentile £15.62 £20.00 £15.33
25th Percentile £16.17 £22.56 £16.63
Median hourly rate £18.87 £42.50 £19.99
Median % change year-on-year -55.60% +112.61% +9.53%
75th Percentile £27.63 £63.61 £27.88
90th Percentile £38.79 £64.73 £40.89
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -26.53% +36.11% +5.88%

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 4,033 3,059 4,814
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.87% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,619 1,906 3,042
10th Percentile £255 £235 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 109 336
10th Percentile £13.88 £19.84 £13.17
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.50 £20.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -12.19% +11.26%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £63.29
90th Percentile £81.20 £71.38 £76.32
England median hourly rate £28.84 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.61% -12.50% +14.29%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +5 235 £425 +2.10% 94
Berkshire -2 125 £425 -1.16% 46
Hampshire -4 105 £475 -6.86% 62
Buckinghamshire +5 97 £450 +20.00% 37
Surrey -12 44 £450 -5.26% 33
Kent +6 23 £450 -16.47% 34
Oxfordshire 0 13 £325 -35.00% 13
West Sussex -13 13 £226 +25.69% 26
East Sussex +2 7 £625 +44.93% 10
Middlesex - 1 £560 - 7
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 January 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.

1 103 (23.95%) Security Cleared
2 71 (16.51%) Microsoft
3 70 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 67 (15.58%) Agile
4 67 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (14.19%) Windows
6 54 (12.56%) Microsoft Excel
7 51 (11.86%) Azure
8 46 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
8 46 (10.70%) JIRA
9 45 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 44 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 42 (9.77%) Data Analysis
11 42 (9.77%) Power Platform
12 41 (9.53%) Business Analysis
13 39 (9.07%) ITIL
13 39 (9.07%) SQL
13 39 (9.07%) Workshop Facilitation
14 38 (8.84%) Decision-Making
14 38 (8.84%) Power BI
15 37 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
16 35 (8.14%) Degree
17 34 (7.91%) Active Directory
18 33 (7.67%) Analytics
18 33 (7.67%) Customer Service
19 31 (7.21%) DevOps
19 31 (7.21%) Incident Management
19 31 (7.21%) Incident Response
19 31 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
20 29 (6.74%) Linux

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 20 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.56%) Confluence
3 7 (1.63%) Mattermost
3 7 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.63%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.70%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.70%) Smallworld
5 1 (0.23%) Camunda
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.23%) Moodle
5 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 54 (12.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (4.19%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.23%) iTrent
5 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.23%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.86%) Azure
2 42 (9.77%) Power Platform
3 31 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.95%) Entra ID
6 14 (3.26%) AWS
7 9 (2.09%) SaaS
8 7 (1.63%) GCP
9 6 (1.40%) OCI
10 4 (0.93%) Collibra
10 4 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.93%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.70%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.47%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.47%) Slack
12 2 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.65%) DNS
2 10 (2.33%) DHCP
3 9 (2.09%) FTP
4 8 (1.86%) Firewall
5 7 (1.63%) Network Security
5 7 (1.63%) Skype
5 7 (1.63%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.93%) HTTP
6 4 (0.93%) VPN
7 2 (0.47%) SMTP
7 2 (0.47%) Telnet
7 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.47%) Wireless
8 1 (0.23%) NGFW
8 1 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.23%) VLAN
8 1 (0.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.84%) Power BI
2 9 (2.09%) Tableau
3 8 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.93%) Big Data
5 4 (0.93%) Metadata
5 4 (0.93%) Star Schema
6 3 (0.70%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.70%) GIS
6 3 (0.70%) QGIS
7 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.23%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.23%) Looker
8 1 (0.23%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.23%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 46 (10.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.93%) Gatling
2 4 (0.93%) JMeter
2 4 (0.93%) LoadRunner
3 3 (0.70%) Git
3 3 (0.70%) Postman
3 3 (0.70%) Selenium
3 3 (0.70%) Toad
4 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.47%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.47%) TestRail
4 2 (0.47%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 115 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.70%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (19.07%) Finance
4 34 (7.91%) Retail
5 29 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.19%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.95%) Marketing
8 15 (3.49%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.63%) Billing
11 6 (1.40%) Banking
11 6 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.16%) Legal
13 4 (0.93%) Electronics
13 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.93%) Local Government
14 3 (0.70%) Automotive
15 2 (0.47%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.47%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.33%) ADO
2 4 (0.93%) .NET
2 4 (0.93%) XML
3 3 (0.70%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.47%) SOAP
5 1 (0.23%) HTML
5 1 (0.23%) JSON
5 1 (0.23%) PySpark
5 1 (0.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.91%) Management Information System
2 19 (4.42%) Security Operations Centre
3 18 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.79%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.63%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.16%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.16%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.16%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.93%) NHS
11 4 (0.93%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.70%) BYOD
12 3 (0.70%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 61 (14.19%) Windows
2 29 (6.74%) Linux
3 11 (2.56%) Windows 10
3 11 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.70%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (15.58%) Agile
1 67 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
3 45 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 42 (9.77%) Data Analysis
6 41 (9.53%) Business Analysis
7 39 (9.07%) ITIL
7 39 (9.07%) Workshop Facilitation
8 38 (8.84%) Decision-Making
9 37 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (7.67%) Analytics
10 33 (7.67%) Customer Service
11 31 (7.21%) DevOps
11 31 (7.21%) Incident Management
11 31 (7.21%) Incident Response
12 28 (6.51%) SIEM
13 27 (6.28%) Process Improvement
13 27 (6.28%) Project Management
13 27 (6.28%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.07%) SQL
2 25 (5.81%) Python
3 13 (3.02%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.93%) Java
5 3 (0.70%) VBA
6 2 (0.47%) C#
6 2 (0.47%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.47%) R
7 1 (0.23%) C++
7 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.23%) Korn
7 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 103 (23.95%) Security Cleared
2 70 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.14%) Degree
4 26 (6.05%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.56%) CISSP
6 10 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (2.09%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.63%) GCIH
10 6 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.40%) GCFA
10 6 (1.40%) GCIA
10 6 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.16%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.16%) CFCE
11 5 (1.16%) GIAC
12 4 (0.93%) CISM
12 4 (0.93%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.05%) PMO
2 22 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.88%) GDPR
4 19 (4.42%) Data Quality
5 16 (3.72%) NIST
6 14 (3.26%) SLA
7 11 (2.56%) QA
8 8 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.63%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.40%) GRC
11 4 (0.93%) NCSC
11 4 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.70%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.70%) IASME
12 3 (0.70%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.70%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.70%) P3O
13 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (7.91%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.47%) NFS
3 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.33%) SCCM
3 7 (1.63%) HP SiteScope
3 7 (1.63%) SCOM
4 4 (0.93%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.70%) Ansible
5 3 (0.70%) Grafana
5 3 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.70%) Terraform
6 2 (0.47%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.23%) Kibana
7 1 (0.23%) Nagios
7 1 (0.23%) Nmap
7 1 (0.23%) QRadar
7 1 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 71 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.74%) ServiceNow
3 27 (6.28%) Splunk
4 23 (5.35%) Salesforce
5 18 (4.19%) Oracle
6 15 (3.49%) SAP
7 11 (2.56%) Citrix
8 10 (2.33%) VMware
9 8 (1.86%) Cisco
9 8 (1.86%) Remedy
10 7 (1.63%) Google
10 7 (1.63%) Workday
11 6 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
12 5 (1.16%) ArcSight
12 5 (1.16%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.93%) LogRhythm
13 4 (0.93%) Tenable
14 3 (0.70%) CyberArk
14 3 (0.70%) Databricks
14 3 (0.70%) Snow