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 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 657 415 465
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.89% 11.69% 9.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.78% 12.96% 10.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 264 312
10th Percentile £231 £200 £200
25th Percentile £375 £325 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £447 £434
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% +3.00% -3.61%
75th Percentile £578 £525 £531
90th Percentile £625 £575 £588
England median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 20
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.58
25th Percentile £18.44 £16.17 £16.24
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £52.11 £29.00 £32.62
90th Percentile £100.85 £32.00 £64.73
England median hourly rate £26.28 £22.14 £18.00
% change year-on-year +18.69% +23.00% -9.14%

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 6,095 3,203 4,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 90.20% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,558 2,060 2,629
10th Percentile £303 £205 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £625
90th Percentile £717 £664 £688
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 754 285 350
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.75 £16.23
25th Percentile £23.88 £15.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.45% -56.15% +14.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £86.43 £71.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.60%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -1 338 £550 +22.22% 103
Berkshire +5 216 £550 +15.79% 48
Hampshire -2 167 £525 +16.67% 77
Buckinghamshire -14 74 £575 +51.32% 39
West Sussex +6 65 £313 +38.89% 14
Surrey -10 56 £425 -10.53% 39
Oxfordshire -4 48 £375 +50.00% 17
East Sussex +5 14 £350 -45.10% 16
Kent -11 6 £413 +10.00% 30
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 29 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.

1 179 (27.25%) Security Cleared
2 105 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 96 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
3 96 (14.61%) SC Cleared
4 94 (14.31%) Microsoft
5 87 (13.24%) Agile
5 87 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 85 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (12.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 79 (12.02%) Business Analysis
9 73 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 73 (11.11%) SQL
10 70 (10.65%) Power Platform
11 68 (10.35%) Power BI
12 66 (10.05%) DV Cleared
13 62 (9.44%) Decision-Making
13 62 (9.44%) ITIL
14 60 (9.13%) Degree
14 60 (9.13%) ITSM
14 60 (9.13%) Requirements Gathering
14 60 (9.13%) Workshop Facilitation
15 57 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
16 54 (8.22%) Azure
16 54 (8.22%) Data Analysis
16 54 (8.22%) Data Quality
17 53 (8.07%) Process Improvement
18 52 (7.91%) Analytics
18 52 (7.91%) Data Modelling
18 52 (7.91%) ServiceNow
19 50 (7.61%) Validation

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 (3.35%) Confluence
2 17 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.37%) 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 57 (8.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.37%) iTrent
2 9 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.30%) Maximo
3 2 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.30%) Primavera
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (10.65%) Power Platform
2 54 (8.22%) Azure
3 36 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.04%) AWS
5 20 (3.04%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.52%) SaaS
7 9 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (0.76%) GCP
9 4 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.61%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.46%) IaaS
10 3 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.30%) Akamai
11 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (0.91%) Intranet
3 5 (0.76%) Firewall
4 4 (0.61%) DHCP
4 4 (0.61%) Network Security
5 3 (0.46%) DNS
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) ADSL
7 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.15%) GSM
7 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
7 1 (0.15%) PSTN
7 1 (0.15%) SONET
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) UMTS
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (10.35%) Power BI
2 20 (3.04%) Tableau
3 16 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.91%) Metadata
5 6 (0.91%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.46%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.46%) GIS
9 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.30%) Power Query
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.15%) QGIS
10 1 (0.15%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.15%) Tableau Desktop
10 1 (0.15%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 33 (5.02%) JIRA
2 3 (0.46%) Git
3 2 (0.30%) Postman
4 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.15%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.15%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.15%) JMeter
4 1 (0.15%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
4 1 (0.15%) Toad
4 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 190 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 144 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (13.39%) Finance
4 69 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.20%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.59%) Retail
8 16 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (1.67%) Legal
10 9 (1.37%) Military
11 8 (1.22%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.22%) Automotive
11 8 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.22%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.07%) Marketing
12 7 (1.07%) Police
13 4 (0.61%) Banking
13 4 (0.61%) Billing
13 4 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.22%) EDI
2 5 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.61%) .NET
3 4 (0.61%) SailPoint
3 4 (0.61%) Terraform
3 4 (0.61%) Web Services
4 3 (0.46%) REST
5 2 (0.30%) ADO
5 2 (0.30%) OAuth
5 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.30%) OpenID
5 2 (0.30%) SAML
5 2 (0.30%) XML
6 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.15%) Django
6 1 (0.15%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.15%) LDAP
6 1 (0.15%) Middleware
6 1 (0.15%) Node.js
6 1 (0.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.41%) Onboarding
2 28 (4.26%) Operational Technology
3 13 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (1.52%) CMDB
5 10 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 10 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.52%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.37%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.76%) IVR
8 5 (0.76%) PMI
9 4 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.61%) Media Streaming
9 4 (0.61%) SCADA
9 4 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.94%) Windows
2 10 (1.52%) Linux
3 7 (1.07%) Android
3 7 (1.07%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.61%) Unix
4 4 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 96 (14.61%) Cybersecurity
3 87 (13.24%) Agile
3 87 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 85 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (12.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 79 (12.02%) Business Analysis
7 73 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 62 (9.44%) Decision-Making
8 62 (9.44%) ITIL
9 60 (9.13%) ITSM
9 60 (9.13%) Requirements Gathering
9 60 (9.13%) Workshop Facilitation
10 54 (8.22%) Data Analysis
11 53 (8.07%) Process Improvement
12 52 (7.91%) Analytics
12 52 (7.91%) Data Modelling
13 50 (7.61%) Validation
14 44 (6.70%) Security Operations
15 42 (6.39%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 73 (11.11%) SQL
2 23 (3.50%) Python
3 7 (1.07%) Java
3 7 (1.07%) R
4 6 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (0.76%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.15%) Bash
7 1 (0.15%) COBOL
7 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.15%) JCL
7 1 (0.15%) Perl
7 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.15%) VB
7 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 179 (27.25%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.61%) SC Cleared
3 66 (10.05%) DV Cleared
4 60 (9.13%) Degree
5 19 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.98%) ACCA
6 13 (1.98%) CIMA
6 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.67%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 8 (1.22%) ISEB
10 6 (0.91%) CBAP
10 6 (0.91%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.46%) ISEB Practitioner
12 3 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.30%) IIBA
13 2 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.22%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (4.26%) NIST
4 25 (3.81%) QA
5 20 (3.04%) GRC
6 18 (2.74%) PMO
7 13 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (1.67%) GDPR
9 8 (1.22%) NCSC
10 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.76%) IASME
10 5 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.76%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.61%) COBIT
12 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.46%) SLA
13 2 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.30%) IFRS
14 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.30%) vSphere
4 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 10 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.76%) QRadar
3 4 (0.61%) CSIRT
3 4 (0.61%) SCCM
4 3 (0.46%) 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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 94 (14.31%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.91%) ServiceNow
3 47 (7.15%) SAP
4 30 (4.57%) Oracle
5 22 (3.35%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.83%) Workday
7 8 (1.22%) Avaya
7 8 (1.22%) Databricks
7 8 (1.22%) Meraki
7 8 (1.22%) Mitel
8 6 (0.91%) Baan
8 6 (0.91%) LogRhythm
9 4 (0.61%) VMware
10 3 (0.46%) Cisco
10 3 (0.46%) Dell
10 3 (0.46%) Google
10 3 (0.46%) IBM
10 3 (0.46%) Qualys
11 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.30%) Virgin Media