Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 480 377 596
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.23% 12.01% 10.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.35% 12.93% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 273 430
10th Percentile £225 £223 £190
25th Percentile £331 £350 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.78% - +9.76%
75th Percentile £530 £538 £538
90th Percentile £593 £579 £595
England median daily rate £453 £475 £490
% change year-on-year -4.58% -2.96% +3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 11 29
10th Percentile - £20.00 £15.20
25th Percentile £16.17 £22.39 £17.64
Median hourly rate £18.32 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.89% +112.50% -3.54%
75th Percentile £22.99 £63.61 £22.52
90th Percentile £36.00 £64.73 £35.74
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.83 £17.50
% change year-on-year -27.51% +41.89% +2.70%

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 4,228 2,916 5,130
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 92.87% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,726 1,807 3,171
10th Percentile £258 £245 £205
25th Percentile £402 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £603 £608
90th Percentile £688 £667 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 102 404
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £24.18 £18.20
Median hourly rate £26.64 £42.69 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.61% -5.13% -
75th Percentile £63.04 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £74.63 £76.12
England median hourly rate £31.49 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.03% - -9.09%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +6 257 £425 +0.59% 84
Berkshire -2 137 £419 -3.46% 44
Hampshire -2 118 £475 -6.40% 80
Buckinghamshire +4 103 £450 +20.00% 31
Surrey -8 50 £475 - 34
Kent +4 29 £375 -26.83% 36
Oxfordshire -3 17 £413 -8.33% 11
West Sussex -10 16 £203 -10.00% 19
East Sussex +1 7 £625 +35.14% 6
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 11
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 February 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.

1 116 (24.17%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 74 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (15.21%) Microsoft
4 73 (15.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 70 (14.58%) Agile
6 65 (13.54%) Windows
7 57 (11.88%) JIRA
8 55 (11.46%) Azure
8 55 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
9 54 (11.25%) Power Platform
10 50 (10.42%) Power BI
11 48 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 46 (9.58%) Data Analysis
12 46 (9.58%) Decision-Making
13 45 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 42 (8.75%) ITIL
15 41 (8.54%) SQL
16 40 (8.33%) Business Analysis
16 40 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
17 38 (7.92%) Customer Service
18 37 (7.71%) Incident Management
18 37 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
19 36 (7.50%) Active Directory
19 36 (7.50%) Degree
19 36 (7.50%) PMO
20 35 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
20 35 (7.29%) Incident Response
21 34 (7.08%) DevOps
21 34 (7.08%) 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 23 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.50%) Confluence
3 7 (1.46%) Mattermost
3 7 (1.46%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.63%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.63%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.42%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) Moodle
7 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 73 (15.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.04%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (5.21%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 9 (1.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.42%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 55 (11.46%) Azure
2 54 (11.25%) Power Platform
3 37 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.54%) Entra ID
6 14 (2.92%) AWS
7 9 (1.88%) OCI
7 9 (1.88%) SaaS
8 7 (1.46%) GCP
9 4 (0.83%) Collibra
10 3 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.63%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.63%) Tricentis Tosca
11 2 (0.42%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.42%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.42%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.42%) Slack
12 1 (0.21%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.21%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.58%) DNS
2 11 (2.29%) DHCP
3 10 (2.08%) FTP
4 8 (1.67%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.46%) Firewall
5 7 (1.46%) Network Security
5 7 (1.46%) Skype
6 5 (1.04%) VPN
7 4 (0.83%) HTTP
8 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.42%) SMTP
9 2 (0.42%) Telnet
9 2 (0.42%) Wireless
10 1 (0.21%) Broadband
10 1 (0.21%) Intranet
10 1 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.21%) VLAN
10 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (10.42%) Power BI
2 8 (1.67%) Tableau
3 7 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.25%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.83%) Big Data
5 4 (0.83%) Metadata
5 4 (0.83%) Star Schema
6 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.63%) GIS
6 3 (0.63%) QGIS
7 2 (0.42%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.21%) QlikView
8 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.21%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 57 (11.88%) JIRA
2 4 (0.83%) Gatling
2 4 (0.83%) JMeter
2 4 (0.83%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.83%) Postman
3 3 (0.63%) Git
3 3 (0.63%) Selenium
3 3 (0.63%) Toad
4 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.42%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.42%) TestRail
4 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 125 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 104 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (19.79%) Finance
4 36 (7.50%) Retail
5 32 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.58%) Marketing
7 18 (3.75%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.92%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.46%) Banking
11 7 (1.46%) Billing
12 6 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.25%) Legal
13 4 (0.83%) Electronics
13 4 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.83%) Local Government
14 3 (0.63%) Automotive
14 3 (0.63%) Military
15 2 (0.42%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.88%) ADO
2 4 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.83%) XML
3 3 (0.63%) .NET
3 3 (0.63%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.42%) SOAP
5 1 (0.21%) HTML
5 1 (0.21%) JSON
5 1 (0.21%) Middleware
5 1 (0.21%) PySpark
5 1 (0.21%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.08%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 21 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.71%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (2.08%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.67%) Cyberattack
7 8 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.04%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.04%) CMDB
9 5 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.83%) NHS
10 4 (0.83%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.83%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.63%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 65 (13.54%) Windows
2 31 (6.46%) Linux
3 11 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.67%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.63%) Unix
6 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (14.58%) Agile
3 55 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
4 48 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (9.58%) Data Analysis
5 46 (9.58%) Decision-Making
6 45 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 42 (8.75%) ITIL
8 40 (8.33%) Business Analysis
8 40 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 38 (7.92%) Customer Service
10 37 (7.71%) Incident Management
11 35 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (7.29%) Incident Response
12 34 (7.08%) DevOps
12 34 (7.08%) Project Management
13 32 (6.67%) Analytics
14 31 (6.46%) Process Improvement
14 31 (6.46%) SIEM
15 29 (6.04%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 41 (8.54%) SQL
2 23 (4.79%) Python
3 13 (2.71%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.04%) Java
5 3 (0.63%) VBA
6 2 (0.42%) C#
6 2 (0.42%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.42%) R
7 1 (0.21%) C
7 1 (0.21%) C++
7 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 116 (24.17%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.50%) Degree
4 27 (5.63%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.50%) ISTQB
6 11 (2.29%) CISSP
7 10 (2.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.88%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.46%) GCIH
10 6 (1.25%) GCFA
10 6 (1.25%) GCIA
11 5 (1.04%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.04%) CFCE
11 5 (1.04%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (1.04%) GIAC
12 4 (0.83%) CISM
12 4 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.50%) PMO
2 24 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.96%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.96%) GDPR
4 17 (3.54%) NIST
4 17 (3.54%) SLA
5 14 (2.92%) QA
6 8 (1.67%) GRC
7 7 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.63%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.63%) NCSC
10 3 (0.63%) P3O
11 2 (0.42%) IASME
11 2 (0.42%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.42%) PSD2
System Software
1 36 (7.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.42%) NFS
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.29%) SCCM
3 7 (1.46%) HP SiteScope
3 7 (1.46%) SCOM
4 5 (1.04%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.63%) Ansible
6 3 (0.63%) Grafana
6 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.63%) Terraform
7 2 (0.42%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.21%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Nagios
8 1 (0.21%) Nmap
8 1 (0.21%) QRadar
8 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 73 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.88%) ServiceNow
3 29 (6.04%) Splunk
4 22 (4.58%) Oracle
5 21 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.33%) SAP
7 12 (2.50%) Citrix
8 11 (2.29%) Remedy
8 11 (2.29%) VMware
9 8 (1.67%) Cisco
10 6 (1.25%) Google
11 5 (1.04%) ArcSight
11 5 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.04%) Workday
12 4 (0.83%) Ariba
12 4 (0.83%) LogRhythm
12 4 (0.83%) Tenable
13 3 (0.63%) McAfee
13 3 (0.63%) webMethods