Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 530 327 592
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.83% 11.04% 10.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.79% 11.89% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 242 416
10th Percentile £243 £210 £199
25th Percentile £350 £336 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £598 £587 £595
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 12 28
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.01 £15.34
25th Percentile £16.35 £22.65 £17.91
Median hourly rate £18.32 £24.83 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.22% +18.24% -11.64%
75th Percentile £21.89 £43.75 £24.44
90th Percentile £39.72 £60.63 £56.38
England median hourly rate £18.32 £24.66 £16.30
% change year-on-year -25.71% +51.29% -16.41%

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 4,913 2,751 5,215
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 92.88% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,120 1,799 3,173
10th Percentile £281 £246 £213
25th Percentile £411 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £606 £613 £610
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 140 434
10th Percentile £15.14 £16.95 £12.83
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.50 £18.20
Median hourly rate £39.32 £43.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% +2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £81.75 £63.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.11
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +7 302 £450 +1.41% 89
Berkshire -1 159 £435 -6.05% 49
Hampshire 0 129 £483 -4.36% 54
Buckinghamshire +1 123 £450 +20.00% 31
Surrey -9 46 £475 - 36
Kent +5 23 £256 -33.66% 15
Oxfordshire 0 20 £413 -2.94% 11
West Sussex -5 20 £363 -2.36% 18
East Sussex -4 6 £350 -34.88% 21
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 10
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 March 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.

1 148 (27.92%) Security Cleared
2 95 (17.92%) SC Cleared
3 80 (15.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 77 (14.53%) Agile
5 71 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (13.21%) Windows
7 69 (13.02%) Microsoft
8 67 (12.64%) Business Intelligence
9 62 (11.70%) Power Platform
10 61 (11.51%) Azure
11 60 (11.32%) Power BI
12 55 (10.38%) JIRA
13 54 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (10.19%) Workshop Facilitation
14 51 (9.62%) Data Analysis
14 51 (9.62%) Decision-Making
15 50 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 49 (9.25%) Business Analysis
16 49 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
17 48 (9.06%) Customer Service
18 44 (8.30%) Degree
19 42 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
20 41 (7.74%) Analytics
20 41 (7.74%) DV Cleared
21 40 (7.55%) Incident Management
22 39 (7.36%) Process Improvement
22 39 (7.36%) SQL
23 38 (7.17%) DevOps
23 38 (7.17%) ITIL
24 36 (6.79%) Project Management

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 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.26%) Confluence
3 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.94%) CMS
5 3 (0.57%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.57%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.19%) Moodle
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
6 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (15.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.72%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.57%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.57%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.19%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 62 (11.70%) Power Platform
2 61 (11.51%) Azure
3 42 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (4.15%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.83%) AWS
6 15 (2.83%) OCI
7 8 (1.51%) GCP
8 4 (0.75%) Collibra
9 3 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.57%) Lucidchart
9 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.57%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.57%) SaaS
9 3 (0.57%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (0.38%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.38%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.15%) DNS
2 10 (1.89%) DHCP
2 10 (1.89%) FTP
3 9 (1.70%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.51%) Network Security
4 8 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.94%) Firewall
5 5 (0.94%) HTTP
5 5 (0.94%) VPN
6 2 (0.38%) SMTP
6 2 (0.38%) Telnet
6 2 (0.38%) Wireless
7 1 (0.19%) Broadband
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
7 1 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.32%) Power BI
2 13 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (2.45%) Tableau
3 7 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.13%) Metadata
4 6 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.75%) Big Data
6 4 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.75%) QGIS
6 4 (0.75%) Star Schema
7 3 (0.57%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.57%) GIS
7 3 (0.57%) OLAP
8 2 (0.38%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.19%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 55 (10.38%) JIRA
2 4 (0.75%) Gatling
2 4 (0.75%) Git
2 4 (0.75%) JMeter
2 4 (0.75%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.75%) Postman
3 3 (0.57%) Selenium
3 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.57%) Toad
4 2 (0.38%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.38%) TestRail
4 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 132 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 125 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (16.79%) Finance
4 51 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.47%) Retail
6 23 (4.34%) Marketing
7 18 (3.40%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.02%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.51%) Banking
12 7 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.32%) Legal
13 4 (0.75%) Advertising
13 4 (0.75%) Electronics
13 4 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.57%) Law
14 3 (0.57%) Local Government
14 3 (0.57%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.51%) ADO
3 4 (0.75%) XML
4 3 (0.57%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.38%) .NET
5 2 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.38%) SOAP
6 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.19%) HTML
6 1 (0.19%) JSON
6 1 (0.19%) Middleware
6 1 (0.19%) Node.js
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.19%) REST
6 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.42%) Management Information System
2 26 (4.91%) Security Operations Centre
3 20 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.21%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.64%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.89%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.70%) Cyberattack
9 9 (1.70%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
12 6 (1.13%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.13%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.94%) NHS
13 5 (0.94%) SCADA
14 4 (0.75%) BYOD
14 4 (0.75%) CMDB
15 3 (0.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 70 (13.21%) Windows
2 25 (4.72%) Linux
3 11 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.51%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.75%) Unix
6 1 (0.19%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.19%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (14.53%) Agile
2 71 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (12.64%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 54 (10.19%) Workshop Facilitation
5 51 (9.62%) Data Analysis
5 51 (9.62%) Decision-Making
6 50 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (9.25%) Business Analysis
7 49 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
8 48 (9.06%) Customer Service
9 41 (7.74%) Analytics
10 40 (7.55%) Incident Management
11 39 (7.36%) Process Improvement
12 38 (7.17%) DevOps
12 38 (7.17%) ITIL
13 36 (6.79%) Project Management
14 35 (6.60%) Incident Response
15 33 (6.23%) Security Operations
16 32 (6.04%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.36%) SQL
2 22 (4.15%) Python
3 5 (0.94%) Java
3 5 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (0.94%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.57%) VBA
5 2 (0.38%) C#
5 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.19%) C
6 1 (0.19%) C++
6 1 (0.19%) Korn
6 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.19%) R
6 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 148 (27.92%) Security Cleared
2 95 (17.92%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.30%) Degree
4 41 (7.74%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.26%) ISTQB
7 10 (1.89%) CISSP
7 10 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.13%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.13%) GCIH
10 5 (0.94%) A+ Certification
10 5 (0.94%) GCFA
10 5 (0.94%) GCIA
11 4 (0.75%) CFCE
11 4 (0.75%) CISM
11 4 (0.75%) GIAC
11 4 (0.75%) ISEB
11 4 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.23%) PMO
2 28 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.09%) Data Quality
4 25 (4.72%) GDPR
5 21 (3.96%) NIST
6 20 (3.77%) QA
7 17 (3.21%) SLA
8 8 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.32%) GRC
9 7 (1.32%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.75%) NCSC
10 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.57%) IASME
11 3 (0.57%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.57%) P3O
System Software
1 34 (6.42%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.38%) NFS
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.08%) SCCM
3 4 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.75%) Terraform
4 3 (0.57%) Ansible
4 3 (0.57%) Grafana
4 3 (0.57%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.38%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.19%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.19%) Nagios
6 1 (0.19%) Nmap
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 69 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.04%) ServiceNow
3 31 (5.85%) Oracle
4 22 (4.15%) Salesforce
5 21 (3.96%) Splunk
6 19 (3.58%) SAP
7 10 (1.89%) Citrix
7 10 (1.89%) VMware
8 7 (1.32%) Google
8 7 (1.32%) Mitel
9 6 (1.13%) Avaya
9 6 (1.13%) Meraki
10 4 (0.75%) Adobe
10 4 (0.75%) ArcSight
10 4 (0.75%) Ariba
10 4 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.75%) Foundry
10 4 (0.75%) IBM
10 4 (0.75%) Palantir
10 4 (0.75%) Remedy