Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 635 345 521
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.21% 11.27% 9.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.14% 12.39% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 232 331
10th Percentile £252 £200 £200
25th Percentile £363 £323 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +2.56%
75th Percentile £569 £525 £525
90th Percentile £615 £588 £588
England median daily rate £450 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -0.99% -4.32% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 16 32
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.10
25th Percentile £17.98 £15.55 £16.32
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.04 £20.19
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% +14.11% -3.87%
75th Percentile £54.81 £26.09 £27.25
90th Percentile £89.75 £30.38 £36.20
England median hourly rate £22.68 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +2.42% +35.83% -15.07%

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 5,701 2,784 5,260
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 90.95% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,434 1,814 3,092
10th Percentile £303 £216 £250
25th Percentile £417 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.06% +2.10%
75th Percentile £614 £600 £625
90th Percentile £701 £660 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 205 545
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £25.37 £15.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.93% -39.00% -
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.78
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.15% -8.17%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +1 320 £500 +17.65% 105
Berkshire +1 189 £500 +2.56% 44
Hampshire 0 175 £503 +13.30% 48
Buckinghamshire -5 89 £600 +60.00% 34
Surrey -9 57 £475 - 32
West Sussex 0 44 £363 -2.03% 19
Oxfordshire -7 42 £400 +60.00% 27
Kent +6 18 £250 -4.76% 19
East Sussex -5 8 £350 -41.67% 4
Middlesex - 5 £565 - 12
Home Counties - 1 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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.

1 182 (28.66%) Security Cleared
2 102 (16.06%) Agile
3 100 (15.75%) SC Cleared
4 90 (14.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 80 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
6 78 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (11.97%) Power Platform
8 75 (11.81%) Power BI
8 75 (11.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 74 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
10 73 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 70 (11.02%) Microsoft
12 68 (10.71%) Business Analysis
13 65 (10.24%) DV Cleared
14 63 (9.92%) Azure
14 63 (9.92%) Decision-Making
15 62 (9.76%) SQL
16 57 (8.98%) Degree
17 56 (8.82%) Analytics
17 56 (8.82%) Process Improvement
17 56 (8.82%) Workshop Facilitation
18 55 (8.66%) ITIL
19 53 (8.35%) Data Modelling
19 53 (8.35%) Windows
20 52 (8.19%) JIRA
21 49 (7.72%) Requirements Gathering
22 47 (7.40%) ITSM
23 46 (7.24%) Data Analysis
24 45 (7.09%) SAP

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 24 (3.78%) Confluence
2 19 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.79%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 90 (14.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (2.36%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.42%) iTrent
3 6 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.47%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.47%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.31%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.16%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 76 (11.97%) Power Platform
2 63 (9.92%) Azure
3 39 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (3.62%) Entra ID
6 21 (3.31%) AWS
7 13 (2.05%) OCI
8 9 (1.42%) SaaS
8 9 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.47%) GCP
9 3 (0.47%) IaaS
9 3 (0.47%) Lucidchart
9 3 (0.47%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.31%) Miro
10 2 (0.31%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.57%) DNS
1 10 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (0.94%) DHCP
3 5 (0.79%) Firewall
4 4 (0.63%) FTP
4 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.31%) Intranet
5 2 (0.31%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) 4G
6 1 (0.16%) 5G
6 1 (0.16%) HTTP
6 1 (0.16%) Internet
6 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.16%) LTE
6 1 (0.16%) Modbus
6 1 (0.16%) SONET
6 1 (0.16%) Telnet
6 1 (0.16%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.16%) VoWiFi
6 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.81%) Power BI
2 23 (3.62%) Tableau
3 17 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (1.42%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.26%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.94%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (0.79%) Metadata
8 4 (0.63%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.47%) OLAP
10 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle OLAP
11 1 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.16%) GIS
11 1 (0.16%) MS Access
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.16%) Power Query
11 1 (0.16%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.16%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 52 (8.19%) JIRA
2 4 (0.63%) Postman
3 3 (0.47%) Git
3 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.47%) TestRail
3 3 (0.47%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.31%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.16%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
General
1 180 (28.35%) Social Skills
2 143 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (14.80%) Finance
4 74 (11.65%) Public Sector
5 24 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (2.99%) Retail
7 17 (2.68%) Marketing
8 15 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.05%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.89%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.42%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.42%) Legal
12 8 (1.26%) Automotive
12 8 (1.26%) Military
13 7 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.94%) Banking
15 4 (0.63%) Advertising
15 4 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.63%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.10%) EDI
3 5 (0.79%) ADO
4 4 (0.63%) .NET
4 4 (0.63%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.63%) Web Services
5 3 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.31%) OAuth
6 2 (0.31%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.31%) OpenID
6 2 (0.31%) SAML
7 1 (0.16%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.16%) LDAP
7 1 (0.16%) Middleware
7 1 (0.16%) Node.js
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.16%) SOAP
7 1 (0.16%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.57%) Onboarding
2 25 (3.94%) Operational Technology
3 20 (3.15%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.73%) CMDB
9 10 (1.57%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.10%) SCADA
11 6 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.63%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.63%) NHS
13 4 (0.63%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.47%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.35%) Windows
2 17 (2.68%) Linux
3 8 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.10%) Android
4 7 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.94%) Unix
6 3 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (16.06%) Agile
2 80 (12.60%) Business Intelligence
3 78 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (11.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 74 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 73 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
6 73 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 68 (10.71%) Business Analysis
8 63 (9.92%) Decision-Making
9 56 (8.82%) Analytics
9 56 (8.82%) Process Improvement
9 56 (8.82%) Workshop Facilitation
10 55 (8.66%) ITIL
11 53 (8.35%) Data Modelling
12 49 (7.72%) Requirements Gathering
13 47 (7.40%) ITSM
14 46 (7.24%) Data Analysis
15 44 (6.93%) Migration
16 43 (6.77%) SIEM
17 41 (6.46%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 62 (9.76%) SQL
2 23 (3.62%) Python
3 6 (0.94%) Java
3 6 (0.94%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (0.79%) R
5 4 (0.63%) VBA
6 3 (0.47%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.31%) VB
8 1 (0.16%) Bash
8 1 (0.16%) C
8 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.16%) Korn
8 1 (0.16%) Perl
8 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 182 (28.66%) Security Cleared
2 100 (15.75%) SC Cleared
3 65 (10.24%) DV Cleared
4 57 (8.98%) Degree
5 18 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.89%) ACCA
6 12 (1.89%) CIMA
7 10 (1.57%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.63%) ISEB
10 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.63%) PMP
11 3 (0.47%) CBAP
11 3 (0.47%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.31%) GIAC
12 2 (0.31%) ISEB Practitioner
12 2 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.30%) Data Quality
1 40 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (4.88%) NIST
3 30 (4.72%) PMO
4 24 (3.78%) QA
5 18 (2.83%) GDPR
6 12 (1.89%) GRC
7 9 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.26%) SLA
9 7 (1.10%) NCSC
10 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.94%) IASME
10 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.94%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.47%) COBIT
13 2 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.31%) IFRS
13 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.31%) vSphere
4 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.16%) NFS
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.79%) Terraform
4 4 (0.63%) QRadar
5 3 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.47%) SCCM
6 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.16%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.09%) SAP
3 39 (6.14%) Oracle
4 38 (5.98%) ServiceNow
5 18 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.89%) Workday
7 9 (1.42%) Avaya
7 9 (1.42%) Meraki
7 9 (1.42%) Mitel
8 8 (1.26%) Splunk
9 7 (1.10%) LogRhythm
9 7 (1.10%) VMware
10 5 (0.79%) Baan
10 5 (0.79%) Remedy
10 5 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.63%) Adobe
11 4 (0.63%) Citrix
12 3 (0.47%) Dell
12 3 (0.47%) HP
12 3 (0.47%) IBM