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 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 552 321 554
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.89% 10.76% 9.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.76% 11.62% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 235 389
10th Percentile £256 £210 £213
25th Percentile £350 £341 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £543 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 10 24
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.00 £15.86
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.96 £17.91
Median hourly rate £18.32 £24.33 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.70% +14.49% -9.71%
75th Percentile £29.65 £25.34 £25.50
90th Percentile £77.60 £31.45 £59.88
England median hourly rate £18.57 £24.00 £16.30
% change year-on-year -22.63% +47.24% -16.41%

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 5,128 2,762 5,220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 92.56% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,220 1,826 3,154
10th Percentile £300 £246 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £613
90th Percentile £700 £664 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 470 149 465
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.38 £12.84
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.00 £18.35
Median hourly rate £47.50 £34.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.68% -27.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.10 £76.73
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 5 April 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 +3 306 £450 +2.86% 88
Berkshire -4 161 £434 -6.16% 46
Hampshire 0 132 £491 +3.37% 48
Buckinghamshire +1 125 £458 +22.00% 30
Surrey -3 54 £475 - 31
Kent +8 23 £250 -30.56% 19
West Sussex -2 22 £366 -1.88% 16
Oxfordshire -6 20 £520 +26.06% 14
East Sussex -4 7 £350 -34.88% 13
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 11
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 April 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.

1 149 (26.99%) Security Cleared
2 97 (17.57%) SC Cleared
3 89 (16.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 75 (13.59%) Agile
5 74 (13.41%) Business Intelligence
5 74 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (12.32%) Power Platform
7 67 (12.14%) Power BI
7 67 (12.14%) Windows
8 64 (11.59%) Microsoft
8 64 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 60 (10.87%) Decision-Making
9 60 (10.87%) Workshop Facilitation
10 56 (10.14%) Business Analysis
11 55 (9.96%) JIRA
12 54 (9.78%) Azure
13 53 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
14 51 (9.24%) Data Analysis
15 46 (8.33%) Customer Service
16 45 (8.15%) Process Improvement
16 45 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
17 43 (7.79%) Degree
17 43 (7.79%) DV Cleared
18 42 (7.61%) Project Management
18 42 (7.61%) SQL
19 41 (7.43%) Analytics
20 39 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
21 37 (6.70%) DevOps
21 37 (6.70%) ITIL
22 35 (6.34%) Continuous 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 22 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.36%) Confluence
2 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.91%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Moodle
4 1 (0.18%) SAS
4 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 89 (16.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.53%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.81%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.72%) iTrent
3 4 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.54%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.54%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.18%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 68 (12.32%) Power Platform
2 54 (9.78%) Azure
3 39 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (3.80%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.72%) OCI
7 14 (2.54%) AWS
8 7 (1.27%) GCP
9 4 (0.72%) Collibra
9 4 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.54%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.54%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.54%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.54%) SaaS
10 3 (0.54%) Tricentis Tosca
11 2 (0.36%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.80%) DNS
2 10 (1.81%) DHCP
2 10 (1.81%) FTP
3 9 (1.63%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.91%) Network Security
5 3 (0.54%) Firewall
6 2 (0.36%) HTTP
6 2 (0.36%) SMTP
6 2 (0.36%) Telnet
6 2 (0.36%) VPN
7 1 (0.18%) Broadband
7 1 (0.18%) Intranet
7 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.14%) Power BI
2 15 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.72%) Tableau
3 8 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.09%) Metadata
6 5 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.72%) Big Data
7 4 (0.72%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.54%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.54%) OLAP
9 2 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.18%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.18%) Power Query
10 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.18%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 55 (9.96%) JIRA
2 4 (0.72%) Gatling
2 4 (0.72%) Git
2 4 (0.72%) JMeter
2 4 (0.72%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.72%) Postman
3 3 (0.54%) Selenium
3 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.54%) Toad
4 2 (0.36%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.36%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.36%) TestRail
4 2 (0.36%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 143 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 134 (24.28%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (17.03%) Finance
4 54 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.80%) Retail
6 22 (3.99%) Marketing
7 19 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.63%) Legal
12 8 (1.45%) Banking
13 7 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.72%) Advertising
15 4 (0.72%) Electronics
16 3 (0.54%) Billing
16 3 (0.54%) Law
16 3 (0.54%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.63%) ADO
1 9 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (0.72%) XML
3 2 (0.36%) .NET
3 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.36%) SOAP
4 1 (0.18%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.18%) HTML
4 1 (0.18%) JSON
4 1 (0.18%) Middleware
4 1 (0.18%) Node.js
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.18%) REST
4 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.62%) Management Information System
2 26 (4.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 20 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (2.17%) Operational Technology
7 11 (1.99%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.63%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (1.09%) NHS
11 6 (1.09%) SCADA
12 5 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.91%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.72%) CMDB
13 4 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (0.54%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (12.14%) Windows
2 25 (4.53%) Linux
3 11 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.09%) Unix
5 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.18%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (13.59%) Agile
2 74 (13.41%) Business Intelligence
2 74 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 60 (10.87%) Decision-Making
4 60 (10.87%) Workshop Facilitation
5 56 (10.14%) Business Analysis
6 53 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
7 51 (9.24%) Data Analysis
8 46 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 45 (8.15%) Process Improvement
9 45 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (7.61%) Project Management
11 41 (7.43%) Analytics
12 37 (6.70%) DevOps
12 37 (6.70%) ITIL
13 35 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (6.16%) Incident Management
14 34 (6.16%) Incident Response
15 33 (5.98%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.61%) SQL
2 24 (4.35%) Python
3 5 (0.91%) Java
3 5 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (0.91%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.54%) VBA
5 2 (0.36%) C#
5 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.36%) R
5 2 (0.36%) VB
6 1 (0.18%) C
6 1 (0.18%) C++
6 1 (0.18%) Korn
6 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 149 (26.99%) Security Cleared
2 97 (17.57%) SC Cleared
3 43 (7.79%) Degree
3 43 (7.79%) DV Cleared
4 15 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.17%) ISTQB
6 10 (1.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (1.27%) CISSP
7 7 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.09%) ACCA
8 6 (1.09%) CIMA
8 6 (1.09%) CompTIA CySA+
8 6 (1.09%) GCIH
9 5 (0.91%) A+ Certification
9 5 (0.91%) GCFA
9 5 (0.91%) GCIA
10 4 (0.72%) ISEB
10 4 (0.72%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.98%) PMO
2 29 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.07%) Data Quality
4 24 (4.35%) GDPR
5 23 (4.17%) NIST
5 23 (4.17%) QA
6 16 (2.90%) SLA
7 11 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.45%) GRC
10 7 (1.27%) NCSC
11 6 (1.09%) IASME
11 6 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.09%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.54%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.54%) P3O
14 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.36%) IFRS
System Software
1 33 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.36%) NFS
3 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.09%) SCCM
4 4 (0.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (0.72%) Terraform
5 3 (0.54%) Ansible
5 3 (0.54%) Grafana
5 3 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.18%) Kibana
7 1 (0.18%) Nagios
7 1 (0.18%) Nmap
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.18%) QRadar
7 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.34%) Oracle
3 31 (5.62%) ServiceNow
4 29 (5.25%) SAP
5 23 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.80%) Splunk
7 10 (1.81%) Citrix
7 10 (1.81%) VMware
8 8 (1.45%) Avaya
8 8 (1.45%) Meraki
8 8 (1.45%) Mitel
9 7 (1.27%) Google
10 6 (1.09%) Workday
11 4 (0.72%) ArcSight
11 4 (0.72%) Ariba
11 4 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.72%) Foundry
11 4 (0.72%) Palantir
11 4 (0.72%) Remedy
11 4 (0.72%) Tenable