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 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 420 485 624
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.79% 11.93% 11.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.04% 12.89% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 345 466
10th Percentile £191 £210 £185
25th Percentile £325 £330 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £464
Median % change year-on-year - -2.96% +13.11%
75th Percentile £521 £525 £546
90th Percentile £569 £575 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 18 35
10th Percentile £15.87 £16.32 £15.10
25th Percentile £16.17 £26.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.94 £29.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +48.76% +25.77%
75th Percentile £25.34 £43.75 £25.84
90th Percentile £36.48 £64.73 £41.43
England median hourly rate £20.79 £26.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -20.04% +35.08% +12.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,489 3,764 5,096
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.60% 92.57% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,258 2,260 3,358
10th Percentile £205 £245 £208
25th Percentile £380 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £503
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +0.89% +0.60%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £663 £685 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 212 247
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.91 £26.81 £23.00
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -63.84% +11.82% +38.49%
75th Percentile £50.00 £72.36 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +53.19%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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 +2 224 £450 +8.43% 118
Berkshire +1 135 £475 +11.76% 41
Hampshire +1 101 £475 - 86
Buckinghamshire +7 71 £400 +6.67% 51
Surrey -7 49 £475 - 47
West Sussex -6 22 £203 +3.85% 37
Oxfordshire -3 18 £297 -34.11% 28
Kent +2 14 £400 -25.75% 44
East Sussex 0 7 £650 +13.04% 15
Middlesex +1 2 £560 +12.00% 19
Sussex -4 1 £165 - 17
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, 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 95 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 77 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (17.14%) Security Cleared
4 66 (15.71%) Agile
5 56 (13.33%) Azure
6 55 (13.10%) Microsoft Excel
7 54 (12.86%) SQL
8 48 (11.43%) Windows
9 47 (11.19%) SC Cleared
10 46 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
11 45 (10.71%) ITIL
11 45 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 44 (10.48%) Business Analysis
13 42 (10.00%) Power Platform
13 42 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 41 (9.76%) Data Analysis
14 41 (9.76%) Degree
15 39 (9.29%) Customer Service
16 38 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
17 37 (8.81%) Analytics
17 37 (8.81%) Decision-Making
17 37 (8.81%) Power BI
17 37 (8.81%) User Stories
18 34 (8.10%) Process Improvement
19 33 (7.86%) CRM
19 33 (7.86%) Workshop Facilitation
20 32 (7.62%) DevOps
20 32 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
21 31 (7.38%) Python
21 31 (7.38%) Requirements Gathering

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 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.67%) Mattermost
2 7 (1.67%) Skype for Business
3 6 (1.43%) Confluence
4 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.95%) Smallworld
6 3 (0.71%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.48%) CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Camunda
8 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.24%) Moodle
8 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 55 (13.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.90%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 11 (2.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.95%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.48%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.24%) BPCS
6 1 (0.24%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.24%) iTrent
6 1 (0.24%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 56 (13.33%) Azure
2 42 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 32 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (3.57%) AWS
6 10 (2.38%) OCI
6 10 (2.38%) SaaS
7 7 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.67%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.43%) GCP
9 5 (1.19%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.95%) Figma
11 3 (0.71%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.71%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.71%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.48%) Akamai
12 2 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.52%) Firewall
2 7 (1.67%) Network Security
2 7 (1.67%) Skype
3 4 (0.95%) DNS
3 4 (0.95%) HTTP
3 4 (0.95%) NGFW
3 4 (0.95%) VPN
3 4 (0.95%) Wireless
4 3 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.48%) Internet
5 2 (0.48%) VoIP
5 2 (0.48%) WebEx
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) LAN
6 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.24%) VLAN
6 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.81%) Power BI
2 12 (2.86%) Tableau
3 11 (2.62%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.95%) Crystal Reports
4 4 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (0.95%) GIS
5 3 (0.71%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.71%) QGIS
6 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 2 (0.48%) Data Hub
6 2 (0.48%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.48%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.24%) DTS
7 1 (0.24%) MS Access
7 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 30 (7.14%) JIRA
2 4 (0.95%) Gatling
2 4 (0.95%) JMeter
2 4 (0.95%) LoadRunner
3 3 (0.71%) Toad
4 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.48%) Git
4 2 (0.48%) MSI
4 2 (0.48%) Postman
4 2 (0.48%) Selenium
4 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.24%) JIRA Agile
General
1 129 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.19%) Finance
3 86 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.10%) Retail
5 28 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.52%) Marketing
8 18 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (4.05%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.62%) Legal
12 8 (1.90%) Automotive
13 7 (1.67%) Billing
14 5 (1.19%) Banking
14 5 (1.19%) Electronics
14 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.95%) Local Government
16 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.48%) German Language
16 2 (0.48%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.38%) ADO
2 5 (1.19%) XML
3 4 (0.95%) WebdriverIO
4 3 (0.71%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.48%) .NET
5 2 (0.48%) DAO
5 2 (0.48%) SOAP
6 1 (0.24%) EDI
6 1 (0.24%) JSON
6 1 (0.24%) Middleware
6 1 (0.24%) PySpark
6 1 (0.24%) REST
6 1 (0.24%) RFC 2544
6 1 (0.24%) Web Services
6 1 (0.24%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.86%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (3.10%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.10%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.67%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.19%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.19%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.19%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.19%) iPad
8 5 (1.19%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.95%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.95%) Smart Meter
9 4 (0.95%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.71%) CMDB
10 3 (0.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.43%) Windows
2 19 (4.52%) Linux
3 14 (3.33%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.95%) Unix
5 3 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (15.71%) Agile
3 46 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (10.71%) ITIL
4 45 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 44 (10.48%) Business Analysis
6 42 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (9.76%) Data Analysis
8 39 (9.29%) Customer Service
9 38 (9.05%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (8.81%) Analytics
10 37 (8.81%) Decision-Making
10 37 (8.81%) User Stories
11 34 (8.10%) Process Improvement
12 33 (7.86%) CRM
12 33 (7.86%) Workshop Facilitation
13 32 (7.62%) DevOps
14 31 (7.38%) Requirements Gathering
15 28 (6.67%) Change Management
15 28 (6.67%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.86%) SQL
2 31 (7.38%) Python
3 17 (4.05%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.95%) C#
4 4 (0.95%) Java
4 4 (0.95%) R
4 4 (0.95%) VB
5 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.24%) ABAP
7 1 (0.24%) C++
7 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 72 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 47 (11.19%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.76%) Degree
4 18 (4.29%) CISSP
5 13 (3.10%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.10%) GCIH
6 10 (2.38%) GCFA
6 10 (2.38%) GCIA
7 9 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.90%) CFCE
9 6 (1.43%) CISMP
9 6 (1.43%) GIAC
9 6 (1.43%) GSEC
9 6 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.19%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.19%) ACCA
10 5 (1.19%) CIMA
10 5 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.95%) CISM
11 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.90%) GDPR
2 19 (4.52%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.52%) SLA
3 18 (4.29%) NIST
3 18 (4.29%) QA
4 17 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (4.05%) PMO
5 6 (1.43%) HIPAA
5 6 (1.43%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.95%) GRC
6 4 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.71%) IASME
7 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.71%) NCSC
7 3 (0.71%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.71%) P3O
8 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.14%) SCCM
2 8 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 7 (1.67%) HP SiteScope
3 7 (1.67%) SCOM
4 6 (1.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.71%) Ansible
5 3 (0.71%) Grafana
5 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.71%) Terraform
6 2 (0.48%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.24%) Kibana
7 1 (0.24%) Nmap
7 1 (0.24%) QRadar
7 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 95 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.43%) Oracle
2 27 (6.43%) Salesforce
2 27 (6.43%) ServiceNow
3 23 (5.48%) SAP
4 21 (5.00%) Splunk
5 17 (4.05%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (2.62%) Cisco
7 10 (2.38%) ArcSight
8 9 (2.14%) Remedy
9 8 (1.90%) Workday
10 7 (1.67%) F5
10 7 (1.67%) LogRhythm
10 7 (1.67%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.43%) Databricks
11 6 (1.43%) Google
11 6 (1.43%) IFS
11 6 (1.43%) Qualys
12 5 (1.19%) Citrix
12 5 (1.19%) MuleSoft