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 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 506 338 599
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.90% 11.17% 10.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.89% 12.04% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 243 427
10th Percentile £228 £210 £188
25th Percentile £343 £328 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +9.14%
75th Percentile £538 £548 £538
90th Percentile £596 £596 £588
England median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.11% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 28
10th Percentile - £20.01 £15.34
25th Percentile £16.17 £22.65 £17.64
Median hourly rate £18.32 £24.83 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.22% +21.12% -7.87%
75th Percentile £22.44 £43.75 £22.89
90th Percentile £40.19 £60.63 £37.99
England median hourly rate £17.95 £24.59 £16.30
% change year-on-year -27.01% +50.83% -14.21%

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 4,648 2,807 5,234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.79% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,949 1,820 3,195
10th Percentile £275 £237 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £600 £608 £608
90th Percentile £700 £666 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 125 420
10th Percentile £14.50 £17.50 £12.82
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £37.16 £42.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +11.84% -15.56%
75th Percentile £80.02 £62.50 £62.47
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £75.16
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -22.27%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +8 291 £434 -3.67% 87
Berkshire -5 159 £433 -6.49% 48
Hampshire -1 127 £500 -1.96% 55
Buckinghamshire +4 113 £450 +20.00% 30
Surrey -10 45 £475 - 33
Kent +1 24 £263 -51.28% 25
Oxfordshire -2 19 £413 -2.94% 11
West Sussex -9 14 £203 -45.64% 17
East Sussex -5 4 £600 +11.63% 7
Middlesex - 2 £560 - 11
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 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.

1 136 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 92 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 78 (15.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 77 (15.22%) Agile
5 71 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (13.83%) Windows
7 65 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
7 65 (12.85%) Microsoft
8 61 (12.06%) Azure
9 58 (11.46%) Power Platform
10 56 (11.07%) JIRA
10 56 (11.07%) Power BI
11 52 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 51 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (9.49%) Data Analysis
13 48 (9.49%) Workshop Facilitation
14 47 (9.29%) Business Analysis
14 47 (9.29%) Decision-Making
15 45 (8.89%) Customer Service
16 43 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
17 41 (8.10%) DevOps
17 41 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
18 39 (7.71%) Degree
18 39 (7.71%) Incident Management
19 38 (7.51%) ITIL
20 36 (7.11%) Analytics
20 36 (7.11%) Incident Response
21 35 (6.92%) SQL
22 34 (6.72%) Active Directory
22 34 (6.72%) DV Cleared

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 21 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.57%) Confluence
3 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.99%) CMS
5 3 (0.59%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.59%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.20%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.20%) Moodle
6 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 78 (15.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.94%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.79%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.59%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.59%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 61 (12.06%) Azure
2 58 (11.46%) Power Platform
3 41 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (4.15%) Entra ID
6 16 (3.16%) AWS
7 15 (2.96%) OCI
8 8 (1.58%) GCP
9 7 (1.38%) SaaS
10 4 (0.79%) Collibra
11 3 (0.59%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.59%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.59%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.40%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.40%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.20%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.35%) DNS
2 10 (1.98%) DHCP
2 10 (1.98%) FTP
3 9 (1.78%) TCP/IP
4 8 (1.58%) Network Security
5 7 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.99%) Firewall
6 5 (0.99%) HTTP
6 5 (0.99%) VPN
7 2 (0.40%) SMTP
7 2 (0.40%) Telnet
7 2 (0.40%) Wireless
8 1 (0.20%) Broadband
8 1 (0.20%) Intranet
8 1 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.07%) Power BI
2 12 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (1.98%) Tableau
4 7 (1.38%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (0.99%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.79%) Big Data
7 4 (0.79%) Metadata
7 4 (0.79%) Star Schema
8 3 (0.59%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.59%) GIS
8 3 (0.59%) OLAP
8 3 (0.59%) QGIS
9 2 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.20%) Power Query
10 1 (0.20%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 56 (11.07%) JIRA
2 4 (0.79%) Gatling
2 4 (0.79%) Git
2 4 (0.79%) JMeter
2 4 (0.79%) LoadRunner
2 4 (0.79%) Postman
3 3 (0.59%) Selenium
3 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.59%) Toad
4 2 (0.40%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.40%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.40%) TestRail
4 2 (0.40%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 128 (25.30%) Social Skills
2 115 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (17.00%) Finance
4 41 (8.10%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.13%) Retail
6 25 (4.94%) Marketing
7 17 (3.36%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.38%) Banking
10 7 (1.38%) Billing
10 7 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.19%) Legal
12 4 (0.79%) Advertising
12 4 (0.79%) Electronics
12 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.59%) Law
13 3 (0.59%) Local Government
13 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.37%) ADO
2 8 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.79%) XML
4 3 (0.59%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.40%) .NET
5 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.40%) SOAP
6 1 (0.20%) HTML
6 1 (0.20%) JSON
6 1 (0.20%) Middleware
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.20%) PySpark
6 1 (0.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.92%) Management Information System
2 27 (5.34%) Security Operations Centre
3 20 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.36%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.77%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.57%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (1.98%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.78%) Cyberattack
9 8 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.38%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (0.99%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.99%) CMDB
12 5 (0.99%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.99%) NHS
12 5 (0.99%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.79%) BYOD
13 4 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 70 (13.83%) Windows
2 27 (5.34%) Linux
3 11 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.58%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.59%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.20%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (15.22%) Agile
2 71 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
4 52 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 51 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (9.49%) Data Analysis
6 48 (9.49%) Workshop Facilitation
7 47 (9.29%) Business Analysis
7 47 (9.29%) Decision-Making
8 45 (8.89%) Customer Service
9 43 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
10 41 (8.10%) DevOps
11 39 (7.71%) Incident Management
12 38 (7.51%) ITIL
13 36 (7.11%) Analytics
13 36 (7.11%) Incident Response
14 34 (6.72%) Security Operations
15 33 (6.52%) Project Management
15 33 (6.52%) SIEM
16 32 (6.32%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.92%) SQL
2 22 (4.35%) Python
3 7 (1.38%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.99%) Java
5 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.59%) VBA
6 2 (0.40%) C#
6 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.20%) C
7 1 (0.20%) C++
7 1 (0.20%) Korn
7 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.20%) R
7 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 136 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 92 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.71%) Degree
4 34 (6.72%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.37%) CISSP
5 12 (2.37%) ISTQB
6 10 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 9 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.38%) GCIH
9 6 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
9 6 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (1.19%) GCFA
9 6 (1.19%) GCIA
10 5 (0.99%) A+ Certification
10 5 (0.99%) CFCE
10 5 (0.99%) CISM
10 5 (0.99%) GIAC
11 4 (0.79%) ISEB
11 4 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.32%) PMO
2 26 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (4.74%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.55%) GDPR
5 21 (4.15%) NIST
6 18 (3.56%) QA
7 17 (3.36%) SLA
8 8 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.58%) GRC
8 8 (1.58%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.79%) NCSC
12 3 (0.59%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.59%) IASME
12 3 (0.59%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.59%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.59%) P3O
System Software
1 34 (6.72%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.40%) NFS
3 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.17%) SCCM
3 5 (0.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.79%) Terraform
5 3 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.59%) Ansible
5 3 (0.59%) Grafana
5 3 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.20%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.20%) HP SiteScope
7 1 (0.20%) Kibana
7 1 (0.20%) Nagios
7 1 (0.20%) Nmap
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.20%) QRadar
7 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 65 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.13%) ServiceNow
3 30 (5.93%) Oracle
4 24 (4.74%) Salesforce
5 23 (4.55%) Splunk
6 17 (3.36%) SAP
7 11 (2.17%) Citrix
8 10 (1.98%) VMware
9 6 (1.19%) Google
9 6 (1.19%) Mitel
10 5 (0.99%) ArcSight
10 5 (0.99%) Avaya
10 5 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (0.99%) Meraki
10 5 (0.99%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.99%) Remedy
11 4 (0.79%) Foundry
11 4 (0.79%) LogRhythm
11 4 (0.79%) Palantir
11 4 (0.79%) Tenable