Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 11 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 546 325 505
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.32% 10.89% 9.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.14% 11.87% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 228 335
10th Percentile £251 £225 £187
25th Percentile £350 £330 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £486
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.26% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 13 24
10th Percentile £16.17 £17.05 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.83 £24.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +23.87% -12.57%
75th Percentile £61.30 £25.00 £22.25
90th Percentile £95.72 £27.49 £27.76
England median hourly rate £21.00 £22.06 £16.00
% change year-on-year -4.81% +37.88% -17.71%

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 5,387 2,737 5,080
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 91.72% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,360 1,815 3,059
10th Percentile £300 £248 £213
25th Percentile £413 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £619
90th Percentile £706 £663 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 503 161 479
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £25.08 £20.00 £18.32
Median hourly rate £55.00 £34.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% -27.37% -0.61%
75th Percentile £82.25 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.40 £36.58
% change year-on-year +54.61% -16.88% -17.86%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 0 292 £450 -2.70% 91
Berkshire -4 153 £435 -10.87% 45
Hampshire -2 131 £500 +11.11% 58
Buckinghamshire -1 114 £500 +25.00% 31
Surrey -4 50 £488 +2.63% 39
West Sussex +3 26 £364 -2.28% 12
Oxfordshire -11 25 £513 +24.24% 15
Kent +6 24 £250 -4.76% 24
East Sussex -4 9 £425 -22.73% 3
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 13
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 159 (29.12%) Security Cleared
2 97 (17.77%) SC Cleared
3 86 (15.75%) Agile
4 84 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 74 (13.55%) Business Intelligence
6 71 (13.00%) Power Platform
7 70 (12.82%) Power BI
8 69 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (10.99%) Azure
10 59 (10.81%) Microsoft
11 58 (10.62%) Windows
12 56 (10.26%) Decision-Making
13 55 (10.07%) JIRA
14 54 (9.89%) Business Analysis
14 54 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 54 (9.89%) Workshop Facilitation
15 51 (9.34%) Process Improvement
16 50 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
16 50 (9.16%) DV Cleared
17 47 (8.61%) SQL
18 46 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
18 46 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
19 45 (8.24%) Analytics
20 43 (7.88%) Degree
21 42 (7.69%) DevOps
22 41 (7.51%) SAP
23 40 (7.33%) Data Modelling
24 39 (7.14%) Customer Service
25 38 (6.96%) ITIL
26 37 (6.78%) Data Analysis

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 20 (3.66%) Confluence
2 14 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.92%) CMS
5 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 84 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.11%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.38%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.65%) iTrent
3 4 (0.73%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.55%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.55%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 71 (13.00%) Power Platform
2 60 (10.99%) Azure
3 35 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (4.40%) Entra ID
6 17 (3.11%) AWS
7 13 (2.38%) OCI
8 9 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (0.92%) GCP
9 5 (0.92%) SaaS
10 4 (0.73%) Collibra
11 3 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.55%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.55%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.55%) IaaS
11 3 (0.55%) Lucidchart
12 2 (0.37%) Miro
12 2 (0.37%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.85%) DNS
2 12 (2.20%) DHCP
3 10 (1.83%) FTP
4 9 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.73%) Firewall
6 3 (0.55%) Network Security
7 2 (0.37%) SMTP
7 2 (0.37%) Telnet
8 1 (0.18%) 4G
8 1 (0.18%) Broadband
8 1 (0.18%) GSM
8 1 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) Internet
8 1 (0.18%) Intranet
8 1 (0.18%) LTE
8 1 (0.18%) SONET
8 1 (0.18%) UMTS
8 1 (0.18%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (12.82%) Power BI
2 20 (3.66%) Tableau
3 19 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.10%) Metadata
6 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.73%) Big Data
7 4 (0.73%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.55%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.55%) OLAP
8 3 (0.55%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.18%) Power Query
10 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 55 (10.07%) JIRA
2 4 (0.73%) Git
2 4 (0.73%) Postman
3 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.55%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.37%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.37%) 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
1 146 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 133 (24.36%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (16.67%) Finance
4 61 (11.17%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.21%) Retail
6 15 (2.75%) Marketing
7 14 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.38%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.20%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.65%) Legal
11 7 (1.28%) Banking
11 7 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.73%) Advertising
14 4 (0.73%) Military
15 3 (0.55%) Automotive
16 2 (0.37%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.47%) ADO
3 3 (0.55%) EDI
3 3 (0.55%) SailPoint
3 3 (0.55%) Web Services
4 2 (0.37%) .NET
4 2 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.37%) OAuth
4 2 (0.37%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.37%) OpenID
4 2 (0.37%) SAML
5 1 (0.18%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.18%) HTML
5 1 (0.18%) LDAP
5 1 (0.18%) Middleware
5 1 (0.18%) Node.js
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.18%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.58%) Security Operations Centre
2 21 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 16 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (2.93%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.75%) Operational Technology
5 11 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.65%) Cyberattack
7 9 (1.65%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (1.28%) SCADA
9 6 (1.10%) NHS
10 5 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
13 2 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 58 (10.62%) Windows
2 21 (3.85%) Linux
3 10 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.28%) Unix
5 5 (0.92%) Android
5 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (15.75%) Agile
2 74 (13.55%) Business Intelligence
3 69 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (10.26%) Decision-Making
5 54 (9.89%) Business Analysis
5 54 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 54 (9.89%) Workshop Facilitation
6 51 (9.34%) Process Improvement
7 50 (9.16%) Cybersecurity
8 46 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 46 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (8.24%) Analytics
10 42 (7.69%) DevOps
11 40 (7.33%) Data Modelling
12 39 (7.14%) Customer Service
13 38 (6.96%) ITIL
14 37 (6.78%) Data Analysis
15 36 (6.59%) Project Management
15 36 (6.59%) SIEM
16 34 (6.23%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.61%) SQL
2 19 (3.48%) Python
3 5 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.73%) R
5 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.55%) VBA
6 2 (0.37%) C#
6 2 (0.37%) Java
6 2 (0.37%) 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
1 159 (29.12%) Security Cleared
2 97 (17.77%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.16%) DV Cleared
4 43 (7.88%) Degree
5 15 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.20%) ACCA
6 12 (2.20%) CIMA
6 12 (2.20%) ISTQB
7 9 (1.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.92%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (0.73%) PMP
12 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.37%) CISSP
13 2 (0.37%) GCIH
13 2 (0.37%) GIAC
13 2 (0.37%) ISEB
13 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.49%) Data Quality
2 28 (5.13%) PMO
3 27 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (4.03%) GDPR
4 22 (4.03%) QA
5 20 (3.66%) NIST
6 12 (2.20%) SLA
7 11 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (1.65%) GRC
10 7 (1.28%) NCSC
11 6 (1.10%) IASME
11 6 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.10%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.37%) IFRS
13 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.18%) GMP
System Software
1 35 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.37%) NFS
3 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.73%) SCCM
3 4 (0.73%) Terraform
4 3 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (0.55%) QRadar
5 2 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.18%) Nagios
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.51%) SAP
3 35 (6.41%) Oracle
4 19 (3.48%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.93%) Splunk
6 11 (2.01%) VMware
7 10 (1.83%) Citrix
8 9 (1.65%) Workday
9 8 (1.47%) Avaya
9 8 (1.47%) Meraki
9 8 (1.47%) Mitel
10 6 (1.10%) Google
10 6 (1.10%) LogRhythm
11 5 (0.92%) Remedy
12 4 (0.73%) Adobe
12 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.55%) Foundry
13 3 (0.55%) IBM
13 3 (0.55%) Palantir