Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 9 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 414 415 583
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.61% 12.36% 11.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.61% 13.35% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 301 444
10th Percentile £200 £210 £185
25th Percentile £320 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £463 £474
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% -2.37% +18.44%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £575 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 13 23
10th Percentile £15.53 £20.02 £15.28
25th Percentile £16.17 £25.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.94 £29.00 £19.99
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +45.07% +17.59%
75th Percentile £28.87 £62.50 £27.88
90th Percentile £39.26 £64.73 £32.32
England median hourly rate £18.57 £23.35 £18.00
% change year-on-year -20.47% +29.72% +5.76%

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 3,901 3,108 4,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.56% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,532 1,944 3,023
10th Percentile £231 £238 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 113 283
10th Percentile £13.88 £18.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.42
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -24.85% +28.63%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.55
90th Percentile £84.68 £67.40 £76.53
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.38% +24.04%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +2 227 £433 +1.76% 81
Berkshire -8 119 £441 -1.94% 35
Hampshire -3 97 £475 -6.86% 54
Buckinghamshire +5 95 £429 +11.36% 30
Surrey -14 43 £450 -5.26% 30
Kent +4 22 £406 -20.73% 31
West Sussex -9 14 £203 +3.85% 11
Oxfordshire -1 13 £262 -47.55% 17
East Sussex +2 7 £625 +44.93% 7
Middlesex - 1 - - 5
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 95 (22.95%) Security Cleared
2 72 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 65 (15.70%) Agile
3 65 (15.70%) SC Cleared
4 62 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (12.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 51 (12.32%) Windows
6 50 (12.08%) Azure
7 46 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 44 (10.63%) JIRA
8 44 (10.63%) Power Platform
9 43 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (10.14%) Data Analysis
11 41 (9.90%) Business Analysis
11 41 (9.90%) SQL
12 40 (9.66%) Power BI
12 40 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
14 37 (8.94%) ITIL
14 37 (8.94%) Workshop Facilitation
15 36 (8.70%) Degree
16 32 (7.73%) Decision-Making
17 31 (7.49%) Analytics
17 31 (7.49%) Customer Service
17 31 (7.49%) DevOps
18 30 (7.25%) Active Directory
19 28 (6.76%) CRM
19 28 (6.76%) Incident Management
19 28 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
19 28 (6.76%) Microsoft Office

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 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.66%) Confluence
3 7 (1.69%) Mattermost
3 7 (1.69%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.72%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.72%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.24%) Camunda
6 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
6 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 51 (12.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (4.11%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.69%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.42%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.48%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.24%) iTrent
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.08%) Azure
2 44 (10.63%) Power Platform
3 28 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (3.62%) AWS
6 13 (3.14%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.17%) OCI
7 9 (2.17%) SaaS
8 7 (1.69%) GCP
9 5 (1.21%) Collibra
9 5 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.97%) Figma
10 4 (0.97%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.72%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.72%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.48%) Adobe Analytics
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.62%) DNS
2 10 (2.42%) Firewall
3 7 (1.69%) DHCP
3 7 (1.69%) Network Security
3 7 (1.69%) Skype
4 6 (1.45%) FTP
5 5 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.97%) HTTP
6 4 (0.97%) VPN
7 2 (0.48%) NGFW
7 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.48%) Wireless
8 1 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.24%) SMTP
8 1 (0.24%) Telnet
8 1 (0.24%) VLAN
8 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.66%) Power BI
2 10 (2.42%) Tableau
3 8 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.21%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.97%) Big Data
5 4 (0.97%) Star Schema
6 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.72%) GIS
6 3 (0.72%) QGIS
7 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.48%) Metadata
7 2 (0.48%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.24%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.24%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.24%) QlikView
8 1 (0.24%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 44 (10.63%) JIRA
2 4 (0.97%) Gatling
2 4 (0.97%) JMeter
2 4 (0.97%) LoadRunner
3 3 (0.72%) Git
3 3 (0.72%) Selenium
3 3 (0.72%) Toad
4 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.48%) Postman
4 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.24%) WebDriver
General
1 111 (26.81%) Social Skills
2 85 (20.53%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (20.29%) Finance
4 34 (8.21%) Retail
5 26 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.86%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.86%) Marketing
6 16 (3.86%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (1.69%) Billing
8 7 (1.69%) Legal
9 6 (1.45%) Banking
10 5 (1.21%) Electronics
10 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.97%) Local Government
12 3 (0.72%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Back Office
13 2 (0.48%) Law
13 2 (0.48%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.42%) ADO
2 4 (0.97%) .NET
2 4 (0.97%) XML
3 3 (0.72%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.48%) DAO
4 2 (0.48%) SOAP
5 1 (0.24%) HTML
5 1 (0.24%) JSON
5 1 (0.24%) PySpark
5 1 (0.24%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.21%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 16 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (2.42%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.93%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.21%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.21%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.97%) CSOC
9 4 (0.97%) iPad
9 4 (0.97%) NHS
9 4 (0.97%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.32%) Windows
2 25 (6.04%) Linux
3 11 (2.66%) Windows 10
4 8 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (15.70%) Agile
2 62 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 43 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 42 (10.14%) Data Analysis
6 41 (9.90%) Business Analysis
7 40 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (8.94%) ITIL
9 37 (8.94%) Workshop Facilitation
10 32 (7.73%) Decision-Making
11 31 (7.49%) Analytics
11 31 (7.49%) Customer Service
11 31 (7.49%) DevOps
12 28 (6.76%) CRM
12 28 (6.76%) Incident Management
12 28 (6.76%) Project Management
13 27 (6.52%) Incident Response
13 27 (6.52%) User Stories
14 26 (6.28%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 41 (9.90%) SQL
2 23 (5.56%) Python
3 12 (2.90%) PowerShell
4 4 (0.97%) Java
5 2 (0.48%) C#
5 2 (0.48%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.48%) R
6 1 (0.24%) C++
6 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.24%) Korn
6 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 95 (22.95%) Security Cleared
2 65 (15.70%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.70%) Degree
4 23 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.66%) CISSP
6 9 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.45%) GCIH
7 6 (1.45%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 5 (1.21%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.21%) GCFA
8 5 (1.21%) GCIA
8 5 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (0.97%) CFCE
9 4 (0.97%) CISM
10 3 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.72%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.72%) GIAC
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.28%) PMO
2 21 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (4.83%) GDPR
4 17 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 17 (4.11%) SLA
5 16 (3.86%) NIST
5 16 (3.86%) QA
6 8 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (1.69%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.45%) GRC
9 4 (0.97%) NCSC
9 4 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.72%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.72%) IASME
10 3 (0.72%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.72%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.72%) P3O
11 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 30 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.24%) NFS
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.42%) SCCM
2 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.69%) HP SiteScope
3 7 (1.69%) SCOM
4 3 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.72%) Ansible
4 3 (0.72%) Grafana
4 3 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.72%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.48%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Nagios
6 1 (0.24%) Nmap
6 1 (0.24%) QRadar
6 1 (0.24%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 72 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.52%) Salesforce
3 25 (6.04%) ServiceNow
4 23 (5.56%) Splunk
5 21 (5.07%) Oracle
6 17 (4.11%) SAP
7 8 (1.93%) Cisco
7 8 (1.93%) Citrix
7 8 (1.93%) Remedy
8 7 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (1.69%) VMware
8 7 (1.69%) Workday
9 6 (1.45%) Google
10 5 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.97%) ArcSight
11 4 (0.97%) Tenable
12 3 (0.72%) Databricks
12 3 (0.72%) F5
12 3 (0.72%) Foundry
12 3 (0.72%) Snow