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 24 November 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 409 489 620
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.09% 11.87% 11.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.21% 12.79% 12.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 348 467
10th Percentile £197 £210 £184
25th Percentile £325 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% +12.80%
75th Percentile £523 £538 £545
90th Percentile £569 £575 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 16 34
10th Percentile £15.93 £18.22 £15.08
25th Percentile £16.17 £25.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.79 £29.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.31% +50.67% +16.65%
75th Percentile £30.11 £48.44 £25.31
90th Percentile £37.86 £64.73 £42.95
England median hourly rate £20.79 £26.13 £19.00
% change year-on-year -20.42% +37.50% +8.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,648 3,823 4,975
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 92.77% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 2,309 3,259
10th Percentile £207 £246 £206
25th Percentile £393 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 202 253
10th Percentile £13.75 £17.71 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £26.06 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £57.38 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +11.58% +37.12%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.29 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +39.11%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 +1 221 £450 +9.42% 120
Berkshire -3 130 £470 +13.25% 53
Hampshire -3 97 £475 -5.00% 66
Buckinghamshire +4 75 £406 +8.77% 43
Surrey -11 45 £488 +2.63% 40
West Sussex -6 21 £226 +16.03% 31
Oxfordshire -2 16 £325 -27.78% 26
Kent +2 15 £406 -24.59% 41
East Sussex +4 7 £650 +13.04% 18
Middlesex -1 2 £560 +12.00% 22
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, 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 90 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 72 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (17.11%) Security Cleared
4 60 (14.67%) Agile
5 58 (14.18%) Azure
6 56 (13.69%) Microsoft Excel
7 48 (11.74%) SC Cleared
7 48 (11.74%) SQL
8 47 (11.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (11.25%) Power Platform
9 46 (11.25%) Windows
10 45 (11.00%) Business Analysis
11 44 (10.76%) ITIL
12 43 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
13 42 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
13 42 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
14 41 (10.02%) Power BI
15 39 (9.54%) Customer Service
15 39 (9.54%) Data Analysis
15 39 (9.54%) Degree
16 37 (9.05%) User Stories
17 36 (8.80%) Decision-Making
18 34 (8.31%) CRM
19 33 (8.07%) DevOps
19 33 (8.07%) Workshop Facilitation
20 32 (7.82%) Analytics
20 32 (7.82%) Requirements Gathering
21 31 (7.58%) JIRA
21 31 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
22 30 (7.33%) Process Improvement

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 23 (5.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.71%) Mattermost
2 7 (1.71%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.22%) Confluence
3 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.73%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.73%) Smallworld
5 2 (0.49%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Camunda
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
6 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 56 (13.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.71%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 11 (2.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.71%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.98%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.73%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.49%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.24%) BPCS
6 1 (0.24%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.24%) iTrent
6 1 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 58 (14.18%) Azure
2 46 (11.25%) Power Platform
3 31 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (3.91%) AWS
6 10 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.44%) SaaS
7 9 (2.20%) OCI
8 7 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.71%) GCP
9 5 (1.22%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.98%) Figma
11 3 (0.73%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.73%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.73%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.49%) Boomi
12 2 (0.49%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.49%) Slack
12 2 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.91%) Firewall
2 8 (1.96%) Network Security
3 7 (1.71%) DNS
3 7 (1.71%) Skype
4 4 (0.98%) DHCP
4 4 (0.98%) HTTP
4 4 (0.98%) NGFW
4 4 (0.98%) VPN
4 4 (0.98%) Wireless
5 3 (0.73%) FTP
5 3 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.49%) Internet
6 2 (0.49%) VoIP
7 1 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) SMTP
7 1 (0.24%) Telnet
7 1 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (10.02%) Power BI
2 13 (3.18%) Tableau
3 11 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.73%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.73%) GIS
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.73%) QGIS
7 2 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.49%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.49%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.24%) DTS
8 1 (0.24%) Looker
8 1 (0.24%) Metadata
8 1 (0.24%) QlikView
8 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 31 (7.58%) JIRA
2 4 (0.98%) Gatling
2 4 (0.98%) JMeter
2 4 (0.98%) LoadRunner
3 3 (0.73%) Git
3 3 (0.73%) Toad
4 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.49%) MSI
4 2 (0.49%) Postman
4 2 (0.49%) Selenium
4 2 (0.49%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.24%) JIRA Agile
General
1 129 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 92 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (21.27%) Finance
4 36 (8.80%) Retail
5 27 (6.60%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.65%) Marketing
7 17 (4.16%) Manufacturing
7 17 (4.16%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (4.16%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.69%) Legal
9 7 (1.71%) Automotive
9 7 (1.71%) Billing
10 5 (1.22%) Electronics
10 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.98%) Banking
11 4 (0.98%) Local Government
12 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.49%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.93%) ADO
2 5 (1.22%) XML
3 4 (0.98%) WebdriverIO
4 3 (0.73%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.49%) .NET
5 2 (0.49%) DAO
5 2 (0.49%) SOAP
6 1 (0.24%) EDI
6 1 (0.24%) JSON
6 1 (0.24%) PySpark
6 1 (0.24%) REST
6 1 (0.24%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.31%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.18%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.18%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (2.20%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.47%) Operational Technology
6 6 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.22%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.22%) iPad
7 5 (1.22%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.98%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.98%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.73%) BYOD
9 3 (0.73%) CMDB
9 3 (0.73%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 46 (11.25%) Windows
2 18 (4.40%) Linux
3 12 (2.93%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.22%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.73%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (14.67%) Agile
3 47 (11.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 45 (11.00%) Business Analysis
5 44 (10.76%) ITIL
6 43 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
7 42 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (9.54%) Customer Service
8 39 (9.54%) Data Analysis
9 37 (9.05%) User Stories
10 36 (8.80%) Decision-Making
11 34 (8.31%) CRM
12 33 (8.07%) DevOps
12 33 (8.07%) Workshop Facilitation
13 32 (7.82%) Analytics
13 32 (7.82%) Requirements Gathering
14 30 (7.33%) Process Improvement
15 28 (6.85%) Incident Management
16 27 (6.60%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.74%) SQL
2 29 (7.09%) Python
3 17 (4.16%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.98%) C#
4 4 (0.98%) Java
4 4 (0.98%) VB
5 2 (0.49%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.49%) R
6 1 (0.24%) ABAP
6 1 (0.24%) C++
6 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.24%) Korn
6 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 70 (17.11%) Security Cleared
2 48 (11.74%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.54%) Degree
4 17 (4.16%) CISSP
5 12 (2.93%) GCIH
6 10 (2.44%) GCFA
6 10 (2.44%) GCIA
7 9 (2.20%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.96%) CFCE
9 6 (1.47%) CISMP
9 6 (1.47%) GIAC
9 6 (1.47%) GSEC
9 6 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.22%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.22%) ACCA
10 5 (1.22%) CIMA
10 5 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.98%) CISM
11 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.85%) GDPR
2 21 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (5.13%) SLA
3 20 (4.89%) NIST
4 18 (4.40%) PMO
4 18 (4.40%) QA
5 14 (3.42%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.71%) GRC
7 6 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.47%) HIPAA
7 6 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.73%) IASME
9 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.73%) NCSC
9 3 (0.73%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.73%) P3O
10 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 2 (0.49%) PSD2
System Software
1 25 (6.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.24%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (1.96%) SCCM
2 7 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 7 (1.71%) HP SiteScope
2 7 (1.71%) SCOM
3 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.73%) Ansible
5 3 (0.73%) Grafana
5 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.73%) Terraform
6 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Nmap
6 1 (0.24%) QRadar
6 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 90 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.60%) Salesforce
2 27 (6.60%) ServiceNow
3 26 (6.36%) Oracle
4 25 (6.11%) SAP
5 21 (5.13%) Splunk
6 17 (4.16%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (2.44%) Cisco
8 9 (2.20%) ArcSight
8 9 (2.20%) Remedy
9 8 (1.96%) Workday
10 7 (1.71%) F5
10 7 (1.71%) LogRhythm
11 6 (1.47%) Databricks
11 6 (1.47%) Google
11 6 (1.47%) IFS
11 6 (1.47%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.22%) Citrix
12 5 (1.22%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.22%) Qualys