Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £467, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 570 333 511
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.60% 11.05% 9.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.46% 12.09% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 236 337
10th Percentile £255 £200 £190
25th Percentile £350 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £610 £588 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 13 27
10th Percentile £16.17 £17.05 £14.14
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.23 £24.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +23.87% -12.57%
75th Percentile £61.30 £25.00 £22.25
90th Percentile £101.79 £27.49 £43.74
England median hourly rate £21.00 £22.07 £16.00
% change year-on-year -4.85% +37.94% -15.79%

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 5,449 2,755 5,032
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 91.44% 92.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,384 1,837 3,025
10th Percentile £300 £230 £214
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £700 £661 £688
England median daily rate £513 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -2.01% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 162 484
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.87 £18.20
Median hourly rate £54.00 £32.28 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.31% -32.05% -1.86%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.56 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.35
England median hourly rate £45.59 £30.00 £36.92
% change year-on-year +51.95% -18.73% -17.54%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 0 304 £465 +0.65% 103
Berkshire -8 159 £434 -10.97% 52
Hampshire 0 140 £500 +11.11% 59
Buckinghamshire -1 116 £573 +44.03% 34
Surrey -6 49 £475 - 40
West Sussex +1 31 £363 -2.68% 12
Oxfordshire -10 29 £525 +110.00% 18
Kent +5 23 £250 -4.76% 10
East Sussex -4 9 £425 -22.73% 4
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 15
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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.

1 170 (29.82%) Security Cleared
2 99 (17.37%) SC Cleared
3 92 (16.14%) Agile
4 85 (14.91%) Microsoft Excel
5 73 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
6 72 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
7 68 (11.93%) Power Platform
8 67 (11.75%) Power BI
9 64 (11.23%) Microsoft
10 62 (10.88%) Azure
11 60 (10.53%) Windows
12 57 (10.00%) Decision-Making
12 57 (10.00%) JIRA
13 56 (9.82%) Business Analysis
13 56 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 55 (9.65%) DV Cleared
14 55 (9.65%) Workshop Facilitation
15 54 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
16 53 (9.30%) Process Improvement
16 53 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 48 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 48 (8.42%) Degree
17 48 (8.42%) SQL
18 47 (8.25%) Analytics
19 44 (7.72%) DevOps
20 42 (7.37%) SAP
21 41 (7.19%) Data Modelling
22 39 (6.84%) SIEM
23 38 (6.67%) Data Analysis
24 37 (6.49%) 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 24 (4.21%) Confluence
2 14 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.88%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 85 (14.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.98%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.28%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.58%) iTrent
3 5 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.70%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.53%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.53%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 68 (11.93%) Power Platform
2 62 (10.88%) Azure
3 35 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (4.21%) Entra ID
6 20 (3.51%) AWS
7 13 (2.28%) OCI
8 9 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.05%) SaaS
10 4 (0.70%) Collibra
11 3 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.53%) GCP
11 3 (0.53%) IaaS
11 3 (0.53%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 2 (0.35%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.35%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.51%) DNS
2 11 (1.93%) DHCP
3 9 (1.58%) FTP
3 9 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (1.05%) Firewall
5 2 (0.35%) Network Security
5 2 (0.35%) SMTP
5 2 (0.35%) Telnet
6 1 (0.18%) 4G
6 1 (0.18%) 5G
6 1 (0.18%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) GSM
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) LTE
6 1 (0.18%) Modbus
6 1 (0.18%) UMTS
6 1 (0.18%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.18%) VoWiFi
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (11.75%) Power BI
2 19 (3.33%) Tableau
3 18 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.05%) Metadata
6 5 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.70%) Big Data
7 4 (0.70%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.70%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.53%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.53%) OLAP
8 3 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.35%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.18%) Power Query
10 1 (0.18%) QGIS
10 1 (0.18%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 57 (10.00%) JIRA
2 4 (0.70%) Postman
3 3 (0.53%) Git
3 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.53%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.35%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.35%) TestRail
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Selenium
5 1 (0.18%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 154 (27.02%) Social Skills
2 132 (23.16%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (16.67%) Finance
4 65 (11.40%) Public Sector
5 21 (3.68%) Retail
6 16 (2.81%) Marketing
7 15 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.28%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.28%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.58%) Legal
10 8 (1.40%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.23%) Banking
12 6 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.05%) Military
13 4 (0.70%) Advertising
13 4 (0.70%) Automotive
13 4 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.35%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.23%) ADO
3 4 (0.70%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.70%) Web Services
4 3 (0.53%) EDI
5 2 (0.35%) .NET
5 2 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.35%) OAuth
5 2 (0.35%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.35%) OpenID
5 2 (0.35%) SAML
6 1 (0.18%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.18%) HTML
6 1 (0.18%) LDAP
6 1 (0.18%) Middleware
6 1 (0.18%) Node.js
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.18%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.74%) Security Operations Centre
2 25 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 17 (2.98%) Operational Technology
4 16 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.28%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.93%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.58%) Cyberattack
10 9 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.23%) SCADA
12 6 (1.05%) NHS
13 5 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.53%) IVR
15 3 (0.53%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 60 (10.53%) Windows
2 22 (3.86%) Linux
3 10 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.23%) Unix
5 6 (1.05%) Android
5 6 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (16.14%) Agile
2 73 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 56 (9.82%) Business Analysis
5 56 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 55 (9.65%) Workshop Facilitation
7 54 (9.47%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (9.30%) Process Improvement
8 53 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (8.25%) Analytics
11 44 (7.72%) DevOps
12 41 (7.19%) Data Modelling
13 39 (6.84%) SIEM
14 38 (6.67%) Data Analysis
15 37 (6.49%) Customer Service
15 37 (6.49%) Security Operations
16 36 (6.32%) ITIL
16 36 (6.32%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.42%) SQL
2 20 (3.51%) Python
3 5 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (0.88%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.70%) R
5 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.53%) VBA
6 2 (0.35%) C#
6 2 (0.35%) Java
6 2 (0.35%) 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
1 170 (29.82%) Security Cleared
2 99 (17.37%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.65%) DV Cleared
4 48 (8.42%) Degree
5 15 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.11%) ACCA
6 12 (2.11%) CIMA
6 12 (2.11%) ISTQB
7 9 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
10 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.70%) PMP
11 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.35%) CISSP
12 2 (0.35%) GCIH
12 2 (0.35%) GIAC
12 2 (0.35%) ISEB
12 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (4.74%) PMO
3 21 (3.68%) GDPR
3 21 (3.68%) QA
4 20 (3.51%) NIST
5 10 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.75%) SLA
6 9 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.58%) GRC
7 7 (1.23%) NCSC
8 6 (1.05%) IASME
8 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (1.05%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.35%) IFRS
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.35%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (6.14%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.35%) NFS
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.88%) SCCM
3 5 (0.88%) Terraform
4 4 (0.70%) QRadar
5 3 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.35%) 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%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.37%) SAP
3 35 (6.14%) Oracle
4 18 (3.16%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.81%) Splunk
6 11 (1.93%) VMware
7 9 (1.58%) Citrix
7 9 (1.58%) Workday
8 8 (1.40%) Avaya
8 8 (1.40%) Meraki
8 8 (1.40%) Mitel
9 7 (1.23%) LogRhythm
10 5 (0.88%) Remedy
10 5 (0.88%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.70%) Adobe
11 4 (0.70%) Google
12 3 (0.53%) Baan
12 3 (0.53%) Dell
12 3 (0.53%) HP