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 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 691 391 465
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.37% 11.21% 9.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.23% 12.38% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 249 311
10th Percentile £232 £200 £200
25th Percentile £375 £325 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £575 £519 £538
90th Percentile £625 £575 £588
England median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 19 19
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.32 £15.94 £16.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £55.00 £25.68 £31.00
90th Percentile £91.34 £30.15 £41.90
England median hourly rate £25.42 £22.14 £18.00
% change year-on-year +14.81% +23.00% -5.26%

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 6,153 3,159 4,566
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 90.59% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,621 2,044 2,783
10th Percentile £303 £208 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £714 £663 £697
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 727 259 379
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.83 £15.96
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £74.95 £58.72 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.16 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year +77.73% -43.73% +5.88%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +1 371 £550 +22.22% 94
Berkshire +4 235 £550 +15.79% 42
Hampshire +1 176 £513 +18.02% 76
Buckinghamshire -10 86 £575 +53.33% 34
West Sussex +8 61 £363 -2.03% 14
Surrey -11 56 £463 -2.63% 38
Oxfordshire -3 50 £375 +44.79% 19
East Sussex +6 13 £350 -41.67% 9
Kent -5 7 £350 +33.33% 26
Middlesex -13 4 £570 +1.79% 12
Home Counties - 2 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 August 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.

1 197 (28.51%) Security Cleared
2 112 (16.21%) SC Cleared
3 98 (14.18%) Agile
4 94 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
4 94 (13.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 91 (13.17%) Microsoft
5 91 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 89 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
7 87 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (12.01%) Business Analysis
9 79 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
10 76 (11.00%) SQL
11 72 (10.42%) Power Platform
12 70 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
12 70 (10.13%) Power BI
13 69 (9.99%) Decision-Making
13 69 (9.99%) Workshop Facilitation
14 67 (9.70%) DV Cleared
15 64 (9.26%) Degree
16 62 (8.97%) ITIL
17 61 (8.83%) Data Analysis
18 60 (8.68%) Analytics
18 60 (8.68%) Requirements Gathering
19 58 (8.39%) Process Improvement
20 57 (8.25%) Azure
20 57 (8.25%) Data Modelling
21 56 (8.10%) ITSM
22 55 (7.96%) Validation
23 49 (7.09%) Data Quality
24 47 (6.80%) Customer Service

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 25 (3.62%) Confluence
2 18 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
5 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.30%) iTrent
2 9 (1.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.43%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.29%) Primavera
5 2 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Maximo
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (10.42%) Power Platform
2 57 (8.25%) Azure
3 39 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (3.47%) Entra ID
6 22 (3.18%) AWS
7 10 (1.45%) OCI
8 9 (1.30%) SaaS
8 9 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (0.72%) GCP
10 4 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.43%) IaaS
11 3 (0.43%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.43%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.29%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (0.72%) Firewall
2 5 (0.72%) Intranet
2 5 (0.72%) Network Security
3 3 (0.43%) DHCP
3 3 (0.43%) DNS
4 1 (0.14%) 4G
4 1 (0.14%) 5G
4 1 (0.14%) Broadband
4 1 (0.14%) GSM
4 1 (0.14%) HTTP
4 1 (0.14%) Internet
4 1 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.14%) LTE
4 1 (0.14%) Modbus
4 1 (0.14%) SONET
4 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.14%) UMTS
4 1 (0.14%) VoLTE
4 1 (0.14%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (10.13%) Power BI
2 25 (3.62%) Tableau
3 19 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (1.30%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.30%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
6 5 (0.72%) Metadata
7 4 (0.58%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.43%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.43%) OLAP
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.29%) GIS
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle OLAP
9 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.14%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 40 (5.79%) JIRA
2 3 (0.43%) Git
3 2 (0.29%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.29%) Postman
3 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.14%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.14%) TestRail
4 1 (0.14%) Toad
4 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 193 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 160 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (13.31%) Finance
4 75 (10.85%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (2.75%) Retail
6 19 (2.75%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.88%) Marketing
10 11 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.45%) Legal
12 9 (1.30%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.30%) Automotive
12 9 (1.30%) Military
13 8 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.01%) Police
15 4 (0.58%) Banking
15 4 (0.58%) Billing
15 4 (0.58%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.16%) EDI
3 4 (0.58%) .NET
3 4 (0.58%) ADO
3 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.58%) Web Services
4 3 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.29%) Middleware
5 2 (0.29%) OAuth
5 2 (0.29%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.29%) OpenID
5 2 (0.29%) SAML
5 2 (0.29%) XML
6 1 (0.14%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.14%) Django
6 1 (0.14%) LDAP
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.14%) REST
6 1 (0.14%) SOAP
6 1 (0.14%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.49%) Onboarding
1 31 (4.49%) Operational Technology
2 15 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.59%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.45%) CMDB
6 10 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (1.30%) Data Structures
8 6 (0.87%) SCADA
9 5 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.72%) IVR
9 5 (0.72%) PMI
10 4 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.58%) Media Streaming
11 3 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.22%) Windows
2 11 (1.59%) Linux
3 7 (1.01%) Android
3 7 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.58%) Unix
4 4 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (14.18%) Agile
2 94 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (13.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 91 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 89 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 83 (12.01%) Business Analysis
7 79 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
8 69 (9.99%) Decision-Making
8 69 (9.99%) Workshop Facilitation
9 62 (8.97%) ITIL
10 61 (8.83%) Data Analysis
11 60 (8.68%) Analytics
11 60 (8.68%) Requirements Gathering
12 58 (8.39%) Process Improvement
13 57 (8.25%) Data Modelling
14 56 (8.10%) ITSM
15 55 (7.96%) Validation
16 47 (6.80%) Customer Service
16 47 (6.80%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 76 (11.00%) SQL
2 24 (3.47%) Python
3 7 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (0.87%) Java
4 6 (0.87%) R
5 5 (0.72%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.14%) Bash
8 1 (0.14%) COBOL
8 1 (0.14%) JCL
8 1 (0.14%) Korn
8 1 (0.14%) Perl
8 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.14%) VB
8 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 197 (28.51%) Security Cleared
2 112 (16.21%) SC Cleared
3 67 (9.70%) DV Cleared
4 64 (9.26%) Degree
5 19 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.88%) ACCA
6 13 (1.88%) CIMA
7 11 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.30%) ISTQB
9 8 (1.16%) ISEB
9 8 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.87%) CBAP
10 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.43%) ISEB Practitioner
12 3 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.09%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.63%) NIST
4 28 (4.05%) QA
5 23 (3.33%) PMO
6 18 (2.60%) GRC
7 14 (2.03%) GDPR
8 12 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (1.30%) NCSC
10 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.87%) IASME
10 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.87%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.72%) SLA
12 4 (0.58%) COBIT
13 3 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
14 2 (0.29%) IFRS
14 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 28 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.29%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.72%) QRadar
2 5 (0.72%) Terraform
3 4 (0.58%) SCCM
4 3 (0.43%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (13.17%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.66%) SAP
3 44 (6.37%) ServiceNow
4 42 (6.08%) Oracle
5 25 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.74%) Avaya
6 12 (1.74%) Meraki
6 12 (1.74%) Mitel
6 12 (1.74%) Workday
7 6 (0.87%) Baan
7 6 (0.87%) Databricks
7 6 (0.87%) LogRhythm
8 5 (0.72%) IBM
8 5 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.58%) Adobe
9 4 (0.58%) VMware
10 3 (0.43%) Dell
10 3 (0.43%) Google
10 3 (0.43%) Splunk
11 2 (0.29%) Palantir