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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 693 377 508
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.65% 11.20% 9.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.59% 12.34% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 246 319
10th Percentile £249 £200 £200
25th Percentile £363 £325 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £520 £525
90th Percentile £604 £575 £598
England median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 18 32
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.10
25th Percentile £18.21 £15.75 £16.32
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £20.19
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +18.89% -3.87%
75th Percentile £54.42 £25.80 £27.25
90th Percentile £86.58 £30.23 £36.20
England median hourly rate £23.33 £22.78 £17.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% +34.00% -12.30%

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 5,981 3,056 5,186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 90.76% 92.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,589 1,976 3,058
10th Percentile £303 £213 £250
25th Percentile £421 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £661 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 633 233 507
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £15.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £28.00 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +87.23% -47.20% +6.06%
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.24 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.40 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -9.09%

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 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +4 360 £510 +16.46% 84
Berkshire +2 218 £500 +2.56% 40
Hampshire 0 185 £513 +18.02% 45
Buckinghamshire -4 94 £595 +58.67% 35
Surrey -8 59 £475 - 27
West Sussex +2 51 £364 -1.95% 18
Oxfordshire -6 48 £400 +60.00% 11
Kent +5 16 £250 -4.76% 16
East Sussex -1 10 £350 -42.86% 9
Middlesex -5 6 £570 +1.79% 15
Home Counties - 2 £650 -
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 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.

1 197 (28.43%) Security Cleared
2 110 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 106 (15.30%) Agile
4 90 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 89 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (12.27%) Microsoft Excel
7 84 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
8 83 (11.98%) Microsoft
9 82 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 79 (11.40%) Business Intelligence
10 79 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 77 (11.11%) Power Platform
12 76 (10.97%) Business Analysis
13 75 (10.82%) Power BI
14 71 (10.25%) Decision-Making
14 71 (10.25%) SQL
15 68 (9.81%) DV Cleared
16 66 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
17 65 (9.38%) Azure
18 64 (9.24%) ITIL
19 63 (9.09%) Degree
20 60 (8.66%) Process Improvement
20 60 (8.66%) Requirements Gathering
21 59 (8.51%) Analytics
22 56 (8.08%) Windows
23 54 (7.79%) Data Analysis
23 54 (7.79%) Data Modelling
24 52 (7.50%) ITSM
25 49 (7.07%) Validation
26 47 (6.78%) Data Quality

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 25 (3.61%) Confluence
2 21 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.72%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 85 (12.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.30%) iTrent
2 9 (1.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.43%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.29%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Primavera
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 65 (9.38%) Azure
3 43 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (4.04%) Entra ID
6 22 (3.17%) AWS
7 13 (1.88%) OCI
8 9 (1.30%) SaaS
8 9 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (0.58%) GCP
10 3 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.43%) IaaS
10 3 (0.43%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.43%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.29%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.29%) Miro
11 2 (0.29%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (1.44%) DNS
3 7 (1.01%) DHCP
4 5 (0.72%) Firewall
5 4 (0.58%) FTP
5 4 (0.58%) Network Security
5 4 (0.58%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.29%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) Broadband
7 1 (0.14%) GSM
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.14%) LTE
7 1 (0.14%) SMTP
7 1 (0.14%) SONET
7 1 (0.14%) Telnet
7 1 (0.14%) UMTS
7 1 (0.14%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (10.82%) Power BI
2 23 (3.32%) Tableau
3 19 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.44%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.87%) Metadata
6 6 (0.87%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (0.58%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.43%) OLAP
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.14%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.14%) Power Query
10 1 (0.14%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 47 (6.78%) JIRA
2 4 (0.58%) Postman
3 3 (0.43%) Git
3 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.43%) TestRail
3 3 (0.43%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.29%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.14%) GitLab
5 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 194 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 161 (23.23%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (14.00%) Finance
4 78 (11.26%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (2.89%) Retail
7 17 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (2.45%) Marketing
7 17 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (2.45%) Telecoms
8 12 (1.73%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.30%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.30%) Legal
10 8 (1.15%) Automotive
10 8 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.15%) Military
11 6 (0.87%) Banking
11 6 (0.87%) Police
12 4 (0.58%) Advertising
12 4 (0.58%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.01%) EDI
3 5 (0.72%) ADO
4 4 (0.58%) .NET
4 4 (0.58%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.58%) Web Services
5 3 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.29%) OAuth
6 2 (0.29%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.29%) OpenID
6 2 (0.29%) SAML
7 1 (0.14%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.14%) LDAP
7 1 (0.14%) Middleware
7 1 (0.14%) Node.js
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.14%) REST
7 1 (0.14%) SOAP
7 1 (0.14%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 30 (4.33%) Operational Technology
3 19 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
4 18 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (2.16%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.16%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.73%) CMDB
8 10 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.01%) SCADA
11 5 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.72%) IVR
11 5 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.72%) PMI
12 4 (0.58%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (8.08%) Windows
2 17 (2.45%) Linux
3 8 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.01%) Android
4 7 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.87%) Unix
6 3 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (15.30%) Agile
2 90 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 89 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
5 82 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 79 (11.40%) Business Intelligence
6 79 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 76 (10.97%) Business Analysis
8 71 (10.25%) Decision-Making
9 66 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
10 64 (9.24%) ITIL
11 60 (8.66%) Process Improvement
11 60 (8.66%) Requirements Gathering
12 59 (8.51%) Analytics
13 54 (7.79%) Data Analysis
13 54 (7.79%) Data Modelling
14 52 (7.50%) ITSM
15 49 (7.07%) Validation
16 47 (6.78%) Migration
16 47 (6.78%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 71 (10.25%) SQL
2 24 (3.46%) Python
3 8 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (0.87%) Java
4 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.72%) R
6 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.43%) VBA
7 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.29%) VB
8 1 (0.14%) Bash
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) COBOL
8 1 (0.14%) JCL
8 1 (0.14%) Korn
8 1 (0.14%) Perl
8 1 (0.14%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 197 (28.43%) Security Cleared
2 110 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 68 (9.81%) DV Cleared
4 63 (9.09%) Degree
5 22 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.88%) ACCA
6 13 (1.88%) CIMA
7 12 (1.73%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.01%) CBAP
10 7 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.01%) ISEB
11 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.72%) PMP
13 4 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (0.58%) ISEB Practitioner
13 4 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.43%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.78%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (4.47%) NIST
4 28 (4.04%) QA
5 25 (3.61%) PMO
6 17 (2.45%) GDPR
7 15 (2.16%) GRC
8 9 (1.30%) NCSC
9 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.15%) SLA
10 6 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.87%) IASME
10 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.87%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.43%) COBIT
13 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.29%) IFRS
13 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.29%) vSphere
4 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.14%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.72%) QRadar
3 5 (0.72%) Terraform
4 4 (0.58%) SCCM
5 3 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.43%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 83 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 46 (6.64%) ServiceNow
3 44 (6.35%) SAP
4 42 (6.06%) Oracle
5 21 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.73%) Avaya
6 12 (1.73%) Meraki
6 12 (1.73%) Mitel
6 12 (1.73%) Workday
7 9 (1.30%) Splunk
8 8 (1.15%) VMware
9 7 (1.01%) LogRhythm
10 5 (0.72%) Baan
10 5 (0.72%) Remedy
10 5 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.58%) Adobe
11 4 (0.58%) Citrix
11 4 (0.58%) Google
11 4 (0.58%) IBM
12 3 (0.43%) HP