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 20 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 670 410 455
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.01% 11.62% 9.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.86% 12.84% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 263 309
10th Percentile £231 £200 £200
25th Percentile £380 £314 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +1.12% -1.11%
75th Percentile £578 £525 £538
90th Percentile £625 £575 £588
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 20 19
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.13 £16.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +50.68%
75th Percentile £50.00 £26.43 £31.00
90th Percentile £97.68 £30.91 £41.90
England median hourly rate £25.63 £22.50 £17.64
% change year-on-year +13.89% +27.59% -10.98%

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 6,167 3,194 4,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 90.53% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,637 2,064 2,714
10th Percentile £305 £205 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% +4.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £637
90th Percentile £720 £663 £691
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 739 278 369
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.45% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £71.25 £57.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £86.61 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +6.95%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -1 354 £550 +22.22% 94
Berkshire +1 225 £550 +12.82% 40
Hampshire -3 172 £525 +16.67% 82
Buckinghamshire -11 79 £575 +52.32% 37
West Sussex +6 63 £358 +79.00% 12
Surrey -11 53 £413 -12.97% 30
Oxfordshire -7 50 £375 +50.00% 17
East Sussex +4 14 £350 -41.67% 11
Kent -12 6 £350 +2.56% 26
Middlesex -17 4 £570 +1.79% 13
Home Counties - 2 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

1 188 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 103 (15.37%) Cybersecurity
3 100 (14.93%) SC Cleared
4 95 (14.18%) Microsoft
4 95 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 88 (13.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 86 (12.84%) Agile
7 85 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (11.64%) Business Analysis
9 74 (11.04%) SQL
10 71 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
11 69 (10.30%) DV Cleared
12 68 (10.15%) Power Platform
13 66 (9.85%) Power BI
14 64 (9.55%) ITIL
14 64 (9.55%) Workshop Facilitation
15 62 (9.25%) Decision-Making
15 62 (9.25%) Degree
16 60 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
17 59 (8.81%) ITSM
18 56 (8.36%) Analytics
18 56 (8.36%) Process Improvement
19 55 (8.21%) Azure
20 54 (8.06%) Requirements Gathering
21 53 (7.91%) Data Analysis
22 52 (7.76%) Data Quality
23 51 (7.61%) Data Modelling
24 50 (7.46%) Security Operations
25 49 (7.31%) ServiceNow

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 (3.58%) Confluence
2 17 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
5 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 60 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.34%) iTrent
2 9 (1.34%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.30%) Maximo
4 2 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.30%) Primavera
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 68 (10.15%) Power Platform
2 55 (8.21%) Azure
3 38 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.28%) AWS
4 22 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (3.28%) Entra ID
5 10 (1.49%) SaaS
6 9 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (0.90%) OCI
8 5 (0.75%) GCP
9 4 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.45%) IaaS
10 3 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.30%) Miro
11 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (0.90%) Intranet
3 5 (0.75%) Firewall
3 5 (0.75%) Network Security
4 4 (0.60%) DHCP
4 4 (0.60%) DNS
5 2 (0.30%) HTTP
5 2 (0.30%) Internet
5 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.15%) ADSL
6 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.15%) GSM
6 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.15%) LTE
6 1 (0.15%) MPLS
6 1 (0.15%) PSTN
6 1 (0.15%) SONET
6 1 (0.15%) UMTS
6 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (9.85%) Power BI
2 20 (2.99%) Tableau
3 16 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (0.90%) Metadata
6 6 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.45%) GIS
10 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.15%) Db2
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.15%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.15%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 34 (5.07%) JIRA
2 3 (0.45%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Postman
3 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.15%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.15%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
4 1 (0.15%) Toad
4 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 192 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 152 (22.69%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (12.24%) Finance
4 74 (11.04%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 18 (2.69%) Retail
8 16 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.64%) Legal
11 10 (1.49%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.34%) Military
13 8 (1.19%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.19%) Automotive
13 8 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.04%) Marketing
14 7 (1.04%) Police
15 4 (0.60%) Banking
15 4 (0.60%) Billing
15 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (1.19%) EDI
3 5 (0.75%) Terraform
4 4 (0.60%) .NET
4 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.60%) Web Services
5 3 (0.45%) ADO
5 3 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.30%) OAuth
6 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.30%) OpenID
6 2 (0.30%) REST
6 2 (0.30%) SAML
6 2 (0.30%) XML
7 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.15%) Django
7 1 (0.15%) Middleware
7 1 (0.15%) Node.js
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.15%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.63%) Operational Technology
2 29 (4.33%) Onboarding
3 17 (2.54%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.49%) CMDB
7 10 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (1.49%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.34%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.34%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.19%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.90%) SCADA
11 5 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.75%) IVR
11 5 (0.75%) PMI
12 4 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.60%) Media Streaming
12 4 (0.60%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.27%) Windows
2 12 (1.79%) Linux
3 7 (1.04%) Android
3 7 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.60%) Unix
4 4 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (15.37%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 88 (13.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 86 (12.84%) Agile
5 85 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 85 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (11.64%) Business Analysis
7 71 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (9.55%) ITIL
8 64 (9.55%) Workshop Facilitation
9 62 (9.25%) Decision-Making
10 59 (8.81%) ITSM
11 56 (8.36%) Analytics
11 56 (8.36%) Process Improvement
12 54 (8.06%) Requirements Gathering
13 53 (7.91%) Data Analysis
14 51 (7.61%) Data Modelling
15 50 (7.46%) Security Operations
16 48 (7.16%) Validation
17 44 (6.57%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 74 (11.04%) SQL
2 23 (3.43%) Python
3 7 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (1.04%) R
4 6 (0.90%) Java
5 5 (0.75%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.15%) Bash
8 1 (0.15%) COBOL
8 1 (0.15%) JCL
8 1 (0.15%) Korn
8 1 (0.15%) Perl
8 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.15%) VB
8 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 188 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.93%) SC Cleared
3 69 (10.30%) DV Cleared
4 62 (9.25%) Degree
5 20 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.94%) ACCA
6 13 (1.94%) CIMA
6 13 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.64%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 8 (1.19%) ISEB
10 6 (0.90%) CBAP
10 6 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.45%) ISEB Practitioner
12 3 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.76%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.78%) NIST
4 26 (3.88%) QA
5 20 (2.99%) GRC
6 17 (2.54%) PMO
7 14 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (2.09%) GDPR
8 9 (1.34%) NCSC
9 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.90%) IASME
9 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (0.90%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.60%) COBIT
11 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.45%) SLA
12 2 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.30%) IFRS
12 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 28 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.30%) vSphere
4 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.75%) QRadar
3 4 (0.60%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.60%) SCCM
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.15%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.31%) ServiceNow
3 44 (6.57%) SAP
4 35 (5.22%) Oracle
5 22 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.79%) Workday
7 10 (1.49%) Avaya
7 10 (1.49%) Meraki
7 10 (1.49%) Mitel
8 8 (1.19%) Databricks
9 6 (0.90%) Baan
9 6 (0.90%) LogRhythm
10 4 (0.60%) VMware
11 3 (0.45%) Cisco
11 3 (0.45%) Dell
11 3 (0.45%) Google
11 3 (0.45%) IBM
11 3 (0.45%) Splunk
12 2 (0.30%) Palantir
12 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
453 Analyst jobs in the South East