Analyst Contracts in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 362 515 721
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 11.14% 9.01% 12.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.28% 9.75% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 325 529
10th Percentile £200 £200 £181
25th Percentile £325 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £446 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -0.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £538
90th Percentile £588 £597 £600
England median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 32 41
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.10 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.75 £16.32 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £20.19 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% -3.87% +42.37%
75th Percentile £25.80 £27.25 £32.30
90th Percentile £30.23 £36.20 £66.00
England median hourly rate £22.53 £16.30 £19.19
% change year-on-year +38.22% -15.07% +12.90%

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 2,948 5,284 5,526
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.41% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,906 3,118 3,817
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £660 £689 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 528 245
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.69 £21.22
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% - +138.10%
75th Percentile £60.13 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -30.00% -8.45% +74.76%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Analyst 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 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst 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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -1 191 £425 +2.41% 430
Berkshire +3 126 £488 +9.49% 276
Hampshire +7 86 £450 -10.00% 185
Buckinghamshire -4 48 £375 +1.35% 92
Surrey +6 45 £475 +11.76% 107
West Sussex -2 19 £370 -17.78% 82
Oxfordshire -3 17 £250 -44.44% 64
East Sussex +7 11 £600 -7.69% 53
Kent +3 11 £263 -47.50% 78
Sussex - 1 £165 - 17
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 89 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.27%) Microsoft
3 74 (20.44%) Finance
4 72 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (18.23%) Agile
6 63 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (17.13%) SQL
8 50 (13.81%) Security Cleared
9 43 (11.88%) Windows
10 41 (11.33%) Azure
11 38 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
11 38 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
12 37 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
13 36 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
13 36 (9.94%) Analytics
14 35 (9.67%) Power Platform
15 34 (9.39%) ServiceNow
15 34 (9.39%) Active Directory
16 32 (8.84%) Migration
16 32 (8.84%) Data Analysis
16 32 (8.84%) Power BI
17 31 (8.56%) ITIL
18 29 (8.01%) User Stories
18 29 (8.01%) Process Improvement
19 28 (7.73%) Oracle
19 28 (7.73%) Validation
20 27 (7.46%) Customer Service
21 26 (7.18%) JIRA
22 25 (6.91%) SC Cleared
23 24 (6.63%) Test Automation

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.93%) Confluence
3 5 (1.38%) SAS
4 3 (0.83%) IBM Domino
4 3 (0.83%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.28%) Camunda
6 1 (0.28%) CMS
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) Smallworld
Applications
1 38 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.55%) Primavera
4 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.28%) BPCS
5 1 (0.28%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.28%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.33%) Azure
2 35 (9.67%) Power Platform
3 20 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (1.93%) AWS
5 7 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (1.93%) SaaS
6 5 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.10%) Akamai
7 4 (1.10%) OCI
7 4 (1.10%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.83%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (0.83%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.55%) Azure Stack
9 2 (0.55%) GCP
9 2 (0.55%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.55%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.97%) Firewall
2 13 (3.59%) WebEx
3 4 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.83%) Internet
5 2 (0.55%) 5G
5 2 (0.55%) Diameter Protocol
5 2 (0.55%) LAN
5 2 (0.55%) SIGTRAN
5 2 (0.55%) SMS
5 2 (0.55%) SS7
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.55%) VoIP
5 2 (0.55%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.55%) VoWiFi
5 2 (0.55%) WAN
5 2 (0.55%) Wireless
5 2 (0.55%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.28%) NAS
6 1 (0.28%) NGFW
6 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.84%) Power BI
2 11 (3.04%) Tableau
3 9 (2.49%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.66%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.38%) Metadata
6 5 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (1.38%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.10%) MS Access
8 3 (0.83%) DTS
8 3 (0.83%) Looker
8 3 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.55%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.28%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.28%) Impala
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.28%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 26 (7.18%) JIRA
2 8 (2.21%) TestRail
3 4 (1.10%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.83%) Toad
5 2 (0.55%) ERwin
5 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.55%) MSI
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.55%) QARun
5 2 (0.55%) WinRunner
6 1 (0.28%) Git
6 1 (0.28%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 89 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.44%) Finance
3 72 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.35%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.25%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.04%) Retail
8 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.49%) Marketing
9 8 (2.21%) Automotive
10 5 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.10%) Banking
11 4 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.10%) Legal
12 3 (0.83%) Billing
12 3 (0.83%) German Language
12 3 (0.83%) Law
12 3 (0.83%) Local Government
13 2 (0.55%) Military
13 2 (0.55%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.76%) Web Services
2 6 (1.66%) XML
3 4 (1.10%) SOAP
3 4 (1.10%) WebdriverIO
4 3 (0.83%) ADO
4 3 (0.83%) Middleware
4 3 (0.83%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.28%) EDI
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.28%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.31%) Onboarding
2 10 (2.76%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.76%) Operational Technology
3 9 (2.49%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.93%) Data Centre
4 7 (1.93%) Driving Licence
4 7 (1.93%) Smartphone
5 6 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.66%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.38%) CMDB
6 5 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.10%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.10%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.83%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (0.83%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.55%) CCTV
9 2 (0.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.88%) Windows
2 13 (3.59%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.49%) Unix
4 8 (2.21%) Linux
5 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (18.23%) Agile
2 63 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (9.94%) Analytics
5 36 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
6 32 (8.84%) Data Analysis
6 32 (8.84%) Migration
7 31 (8.56%) ITIL
8 29 (8.01%) Process Improvement
8 29 (8.01%) User Stories
9 28 (7.73%) Validation
10 27 (7.46%) Customer Service
11 24 (6.63%) Test Automation
12 21 (5.80%) Data Migration
12 21 (5.80%) Waterfall
13 20 (5.52%) Incident Management
14 19 (5.25%) Requirements Gathering
14 19 (5.25%) Service Delivery
15 18 (4.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 62 (17.13%) SQL
2 19 (5.25%) Python
3 6 (1.66%) C#
3 6 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (1.66%) VB
4 5 (1.38%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.10%) Java
5 4 (1.10%) R
6 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.28%) ABAP
7 1 (0.28%) C++
7 1 (0.28%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 50 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.91%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.80%) DV Cleared
4 15 (4.14%) Degree
5 13 (3.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 12 (3.31%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.49%) CISSP
8 8 (2.21%) ACCA
9 7 (1.93%) CIMA
10 6 (1.66%) CISMP
10 6 (1.66%) GCIH
10 6 (1.66%) GSEC
11 5 (1.38%) ISEB
11 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.10%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.83%) CFCE
13 3 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.83%) GCFA
13 3 (0.83%) GCIA
13 3 (0.83%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.97%) Data Quality
1 18 (4.97%) GDPR
2 16 (4.42%) QA
3 14 (3.87%) SLA
4 7 (1.93%) PMO
5 4 (1.10%) IFRS
5 4 (1.10%) IFRS 9
5 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.83%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.83%) NIST
7 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.55%) GMP
8 1 (0.28%) COBIT
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.28%) GLP
8 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (9.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) vSphere
3 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (2.76%) SCCM
2 5 (1.38%) QRadar
3 4 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.83%) SCOM
5 2 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.55%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.28%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 77 (21.27%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.39%) ServiceNow
3 28 (7.73%) Oracle
4 20 (5.52%) Citrix
5 18 (4.97%) SAP
6 13 (3.59%) Sage
7 10 (2.76%) Splunk
8 9 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.93%) ArcSight
9 7 (1.93%) BMC
9 7 (1.93%) IFS
9 7 (1.93%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.93%) Remedy
10 6 (1.66%) Cisco
10 6 (1.66%) Liquidlogic
10 6 (1.66%) Qualys
11 5 (1.38%) Databricks
11 5 (1.38%) HP
11 5 (1.38%) Virgin Media
12 4 (1.10%) Adobe