Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 12 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 543 314 506
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.33% 10.49% 9.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.15% 11.39% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 225 339
10th Percentile £256 £238 £189
25th Percentile £350 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £485
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.06% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 23
10th Percentile £16.17 £19.97 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.09 £16.50
Median hourly rate £18.32 £24.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -23.67% +23.87% -13.89%
75th Percentile £36.00 £25.11 £22.25
90th Percentile £82.25 £27.75 £28.50
England median hourly rate £20.66 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year -6.68% +35.83% -16.16%

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 5,348 2,757 5,112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 92.08% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,329 1,815 3,064
10th Percentile £300 £246 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £615
90th Percentile £713 £663 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 503 162 478
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £24.25 £20.30 £18.32
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -1.86%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.90
England median hourly rate £45.59 £31.76 £35.65
% change year-on-year +43.53% -10.91% -20.78%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +2 292 £450 -4.00% 68
Berkshire -4 149 £435 -10.87% 28
Hampshire 0 133 £500 +11.11% 49
Buckinghamshire -1 119 £475 +13.77% 25
Surrey -6 50 £475 - 29
Kent +9 24 £250 -4.76% 19
West Sussex +1 24 £364 -2.28% 11
Oxfordshire -8 24 £508 +23.03% 16
East Sussex -4 8 £350 -36.36% 7
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 16
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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.

1 153 (28.18%) Security Cleared
2 93 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 85 (15.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 82 (15.10%) Agile
5 72 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
6 69 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (12.34%) Power BI
7 67 (12.34%) Power Platform
8 58 (10.68%) Windows
9 56 (10.31%) Microsoft
9 56 (10.31%) Workshop Facilitation
10 55 (10.13%) JIRA
11 54 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 53 (9.76%) Azure
13 52 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
13 52 (9.58%) Decision-Making
14 50 (9.21%) Business Analysis
14 50 (9.21%) Process Improvement
15 48 (8.84%) DV Cleared
16 47 (8.66%) SQL
17 43 (7.92%) Degree
18 42 (7.73%) Analytics
19 41 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
19 41 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
20 40 (7.37%) Customer Service
21 38 (7.00%) Data Analysis
21 38 (7.00%) Data Modelling
22 37 (6.81%) Project Management
22 37 (6.81%) SAP
23 36 (6.63%) ITIL

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 17 (3.13%) Confluence
1 17 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.92%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Moodle
4 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 85 (15.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.50%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.39%) MS Visio
5 11 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.47%) iTrent
3 4 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.74%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.55%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.55%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.37%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.34%) Power Platform
2 53 (9.76%) Azure
3 31 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (4.24%) Entra ID
5 16 (2.95%) AWS
6 13 (2.39%) OCI
7 8 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (1.10%) GCP
9 5 (0.92%) SaaS
10 4 (0.74%) Collibra
11 3 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.55%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.55%) IaaS
11 3 (0.55%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.37%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.37%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.37%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.87%) DNS
2 12 (2.21%) DHCP
3 10 (1.84%) FTP
4 9 (1.66%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.74%) Firewall
7 3 (0.55%) Network Security
8 2 (0.37%) SMTP
8 2 (0.37%) Telnet
9 1 (0.18%) Broadband
9 1 (0.18%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) Intranet
9 1 (0.18%) SONET
9 1 (0.18%) VPN
9 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.34%) Power BI
2 18 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (3.31%) Tableau
3 8 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.10%) Metadata
5 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.74%) Big Data
6 4 (0.74%) Star Schema
7 3 (0.55%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.55%) OLAP
7 3 (0.55%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.18%) Power Query
9 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 55 (10.13%) JIRA
2 5 (0.92%) Git
3 4 (0.74%) Gatling
3 4 (0.74%) JMeter
3 4 (0.74%) LoadRunner
3 4 (0.74%) Postman
4 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.55%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.37%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.37%) TestRail
5 2 (0.37%) Toad
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Selenium
6 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 141 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 132 (24.31%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (16.39%) Finance
4 56 (10.31%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.16%) Retail
6 17 (3.13%) Marketing
7 14 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.58%) Manufacturing
7 14 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.39%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.66%) Legal
10 7 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.10%) Banking
12 5 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.74%) Advertising
13 4 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.55%) Military
15 2 (0.37%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.37%) Automotive
15 2 (0.37%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.47%) ADO
3 2 (0.37%) .NET
3 2 (0.37%) EDI
3 2 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.37%) OAuth
3 2 (0.37%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.37%) OpenID
3 2 (0.37%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.37%) SAML
3 2 (0.37%) Web Services
3 2 (0.37%) XML
4 1 (0.18%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.18%) HTML
4 1 (0.18%) LDAP
4 1 (0.18%) Middleware
4 1 (0.18%) Node.js
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.18%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.60%) Security Operations Centre
2 20 (3.68%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (2.76%) Operational Technology
7 11 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.03%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.84%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.66%) Cyberattack
9 9 (1.66%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
10 7 (1.29%) SCADA
11 5 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.92%) NHS
12 4 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.74%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 58 (10.68%) Windows
2 21 (3.87%) Linux
3 10 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (15.10%) Agile
2 72 (13.26%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (10.31%) Workshop Facilitation
5 54 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 52 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
6 52 (9.58%) Decision-Making
7 50 (9.21%) Business Analysis
7 50 (9.21%) Process Improvement
8 42 (7.73%) Analytics
9 41 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 40 (7.37%) Customer Service
11 38 (7.00%) Data Analysis
11 38 (7.00%) Data Modelling
12 37 (6.81%) Project Management
13 36 (6.63%) ITIL
14 35 (6.45%) DevOps
15 34 (6.26%) Requirements Gathering
16 33 (6.08%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.66%) SQL
2 20 (3.68%) Python
3 5 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (0.74%) Java
5 3 (0.55%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.55%) VBA
6 2 (0.37%) C#
6 2 (0.37%) R
6 2 (0.37%) VB
7 1 (0.18%) C
7 1 (0.18%) C++
7 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.18%) Korn
7 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 153 (28.18%) Security Cleared
2 93 (17.13%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.84%) DV Cleared
4 43 (7.92%) Degree
5 15 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 10 (1.84%) ACCA
7 10 (1.84%) CIMA
8 9 (1.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.92%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (0.74%) PMP
13 2 (0.37%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.37%) CISSP
13 2 (0.37%) GCIH
13 2 (0.37%) GIAC
13 2 (0.37%) ISEB
13 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.89%) PMO
2 29 (5.34%) Data Quality
3 28 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (4.05%) GDPR
5 21 (3.87%) NIST
5 21 (3.87%) QA
6 14 (2.58%) SLA
7 11 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (1.84%) GRC
9 7 (1.29%) NCSC
10 6 (1.10%) IASME
10 6 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.10%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.37%) IFRS
12 2 (0.37%) P3O
12 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (6.26%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.37%) NFS
3 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.84%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.92%) Terraform
4 4 (0.74%) SCCM
5 3 (0.55%) Ansible
5 3 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.55%) Grafana
5 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.18%) Nagios
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.18%) QRadar
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.81%) SAP
3 35 (6.45%) Oracle
4 21 (3.87%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.95%) Splunk
6 15 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.03%) VMware
8 10 (1.84%) Citrix
9 8 (1.47%) Avaya
9 8 (1.47%) Meraki
9 8 (1.47%) Mitel
9 8 (1.47%) Workday
10 6 (1.10%) Google
11 5 (0.92%) Remedy
12 4 (0.74%) Adobe
12 4 (0.74%) Ariba
12 4 (0.74%) Foundry
12 4 (0.74%) LogRhythm
12 4 (0.74%) Palantir
13 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud