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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 627 348 535
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.16% 11.46% 9.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.09% 12.58% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 239 341
10th Percentile £254 £200 £200
25th Percentile £361 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.74% -1.44% +1.69%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £525
90th Percentile £625 £588 £595
England median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 16 32
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.04
25th Percentile £17.98 £15.55 £16.24
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.04 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% +18.89% -7.96%
75th Percentile £54.81 £26.09 £23.58
90th Percentile £89.75 £30.38 £30.99
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +1.63% +35.83% -15.07%

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 5,656 2,767 5,333
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 91.11% 92.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,422 1,817 3,123
10th Percentile £303 £220 £250
25th Percentile £417 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £660 £688
England median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 197 566
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £25.00 £15.56 £18.61
Median hourly rate £51.24 £31.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.67% -37.00% -4.40%
75th Percentile £80.06 £62.24 £67.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £79.38
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +57.09% -26.58% -12.22%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +1 319 £500 +9.89% 88
Berkshire -1 183 £500 +2.56% 37
Hampshire 0 169 £503 +12.48% 47
Buckinghamshire -5 94 £600 +60.00% 30
Surrey -6 58 £475 - 27
Oxfordshire -9 42 £400 +60.00% 21
West Sussex 0 41 £364 -1.62% 16
Kent +10 19 £250 -4.76% 22
East Sussex -7 8 £350 -41.67% 3
Middlesex - 5 £565 - 12
Home Counties - 1 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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.

1 181 (28.87%) Security Cleared
2 101 (16.11%) SC Cleared
3 98 (15.63%) Agile
4 91 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 83 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
6 79 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (12.12%) Power Platform
8 75 (11.96%) Power BI
9 71 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
10 69 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 66 (10.53%) Business Analysis
11 66 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 65 (10.37%) Microsoft
13 64 (10.21%) DV Cleared
14 63 (10.05%) SQL
15 62 (9.89%) Azure
16 60 (9.57%) Decision-Making
17 58 (9.25%) Process Improvement
18 56 (8.93%) Degree
19 55 (8.77%) JIRA
19 55 (8.77%) Workshop Facilitation
20 53 (8.45%) Analytics
21 52 (8.29%) ITIL
21 52 (8.29%) Windows
22 51 (8.13%) Data Modelling
23 49 (7.81%) Data Analysis
24 45 (7.18%) Requirements Gathering
24 45 (7.18%) SAP
25 43 (6.86%) 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 26 (4.15%) Confluence
2 21 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.80%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 91 (14.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (2.23%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.44%) iTrent
3 6 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.64%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.48%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.48%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.32%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 76 (12.12%) Power Platform
2 62 (9.89%) Azure
3 36 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.35%) AWS
5 21 (3.35%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.07%) OCI
7 9 (1.44%) SaaS
7 9 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.48%) GCP
8 3 (0.48%) IaaS
8 3 (0.48%) Lucidchart
8 3 (0.48%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.32%) Miro
9 2 (0.32%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.91%) DNS
2 9 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (0.96%) DHCP
3 6 (0.96%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.64%) Firewall
4 4 (0.64%) FTP
5 2 (0.32%) Intranet
5 2 (0.32%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) 4G
6 1 (0.16%) Broadband
6 1 (0.16%) GSM
6 1 (0.16%) HTTP
6 1 (0.16%) Internet
6 1 (0.16%) LTE
6 1 (0.16%) Modbus
6 1 (0.16%) SMTP
6 1 (0.16%) SONET
6 1 (0.16%) Telnet
6 1 (0.16%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.96%) Power BI
2 22 (3.51%) Tableau
3 19 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (1.44%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (0.80%) Metadata
8 4 (0.64%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.48%) OLAP
10 2 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.32%) Big Data
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle OLAP
10 2 (0.32%) Star Schema
11 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.16%) GIS
11 1 (0.16%) MS Access
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.16%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 55 (8.77%) JIRA
2 4 (0.64%) Postman
3 3 (0.48%) Git
3 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.48%) TestRail
3 3 (0.48%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.32%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 175 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 141 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
3 100 (15.95%) Finance
4 72 (11.48%) Public Sector
5 23 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (3.03%) Retail
7 18 (2.87%) Marketing
8 15 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.44%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.44%) Legal
12 8 (1.28%) Automotive
12 8 (1.28%) Military
13 7 (1.12%) Banking
14 6 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.64%) Advertising
15 4 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.64%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (0.80%) .NET
2 5 (0.80%) ADO
2 5 (0.80%) EDI
3 4 (0.64%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.64%) Web Services
4 3 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.32%) OAuth
5 2 (0.32%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.32%) OpenID
5 2 (0.32%) SAML
6 1 (0.16%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.16%) LDAP
6 1 (0.16%) Middleware
6 1 (0.16%) Node.js
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.16%) SOAP
6 1 (0.16%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.63%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.99%) Operational Technology
3 22 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.59%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.12%) CMDB
10 7 (1.12%) SCADA
11 6 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (0.96%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.96%) NHS
12 5 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.64%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.48%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 52 (8.29%) Windows
2 18 (2.87%) Linux
3 7 (1.12%) Android
3 7 (1.12%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.96%) Unix
5 3 (0.48%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (15.63%) Agile
2 83 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
3 79 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 71 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
5 69 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 66 (10.53%) Business Analysis
6 66 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 60 (9.57%) Decision-Making
8 58 (9.25%) Process Improvement
9 55 (8.77%) Workshop Facilitation
10 53 (8.45%) Analytics
11 52 (8.29%) ITIL
12 51 (8.13%) Data Modelling
13 49 (7.81%) Data Analysis
14 45 (7.18%) Requirements Gathering
15 43 (6.86%) Migration
15 43 (6.86%) SIEM
16 42 (6.70%) ITSM
17 41 (6.54%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.05%) SQL
2 24 (3.83%) Python
3 6 (0.96%) Java
3 6 (0.96%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (0.80%) R
5 4 (0.64%) VBA
6 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.32%) VB
8 1 (0.16%) Bash
8 1 (0.16%) C
8 1 (0.16%) C#
8 1 (0.16%) C++
8 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.16%) Korn
8 1 (0.16%) Perl
8 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 181 (28.87%) Security Cleared
2 101 (16.11%) SC Cleared
3 64 (10.21%) DV Cleared
4 56 (8.93%) Degree
5 18 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.91%) ACCA
6 12 (1.91%) CIMA
7 9 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.64%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (0.64%) ISEB
11 4 (0.64%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.64%) PMP
12 3 (0.48%) CBAP
13 2 (0.32%) CISSP
13 2 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (5.74%) Data Quality
3 32 (5.10%) PMO
4 30 (4.78%) NIST
5 23 (3.67%) QA
6 18 (2.87%) GDPR
7 12 (1.91%) GRC
8 9 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.28%) SLA
10 6 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.96%) IASME
10 6 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.96%) NCSC
10 6 (0.96%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.32%) COBIT
12 2 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.32%) IFRS
12 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (4.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.32%) vSphere
4 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.16%) NFS
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.80%) Terraform
4 4 (0.64%) QRadar
5 3 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.48%) SCCM
6 2 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.16%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (10.37%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.18%) SAP
3 38 (6.06%) Oracle
4 33 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.59%) Splunk
7 9 (1.44%) Workday
8 8 (1.28%) Avaya
8 8 (1.28%) Meraki
8 8 (1.28%) Mitel
9 7 (1.12%) LogRhythm
9 7 (1.12%) VMware
10 5 (0.80%) Remedy
10 5 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.64%) Adobe
11 4 (0.64%) Baan
11 4 (0.64%) Citrix
12 3 (0.48%) Dell
12 3 (0.48%) HP
12 3 (0.48%) IBM