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 8 July 2026.

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

6 months to
8 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 676 363 513
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.49% 10.99% 9.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.42% 12.10% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 239 326
10th Percentile £253 £200 £200
25th Percentile £364 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £445
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -4.49% -1.11%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £525
90th Percentile £614 £588 £597
England median daily rate £460 £460 £475
% change year-on-year - -3.16% -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 £22.50 £16.30
% change year-on-year +3.69% +38.04% -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 5,918 2,999 5,228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 90.80% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,546 1,943 3,090
10th Percentile £303 £215 £250
25th Percentile £421 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.06% +2.10%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 629 226 513
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.20 £12.88
25th Percentile £25.77 £15.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £52.00 £28.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -44.00% -
75th Percentile £78.75 £61.71 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -8.95%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +2 347 £505 +18.82% 96
Berkshire +2 210 £500 +2.56% 47
Hampshire +3 182 £513 +13.89% 49
Buckinghamshire -4 90 £600 +60.00% 32
Surrey -9 59 £475 - 31
West Sussex +3 50 £364 -1.95% 14
Oxfordshire -6 47 £400 +60.00% 19
Kent +6 16 £250 -4.76% 20
East Sussex -3 8 £350 -41.67% 11
Middlesex - 6 £570 - 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 8 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.

1 190 (28.11%) Security Cleared
2 104 (15.38%) Agile
2 104 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 86 (12.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 82 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 81 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
5 81 (11.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 79 (11.69%) Microsoft
7 78 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
8 77 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (11.39%) Power Platform
9 75 (11.09%) Power BI
10 71 (10.50%) Business Analysis
11 69 (10.21%) SQL
12 68 (10.06%) Decision-Making
12 68 (10.06%) DV Cleared
13 64 (9.47%) Azure
14 61 (9.02%) Degree
15 59 (8.73%) Workshop Facilitation
16 58 (8.58%) Analytics
16 58 (8.58%) ITIL
17 57 (8.43%) Process Improvement
18 55 (8.14%) Requirements Gathering
18 55 (8.14%) Windows
19 54 (7.99%) Data Modelling
20 50 (7.40%) Data Analysis
21 49 (7.25%) ITSM
22 47 (6.95%) JIRA
23 46 (6.80%) Migration

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 (3.70%) Confluence
2 20 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 86 (12.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.22%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 21 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.33%) iTrent
3 8 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.44%) SAP R/3
6 2 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Primavera
7 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (11.39%) Power Platform
2 64 (9.47%) Azure
3 42 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (3.70%) Entra ID
6 21 (3.11%) AWS
7 13 (1.92%) OCI
8 9 (1.33%) SaaS
8 9 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.44%) GCP
9 3 (0.44%) IaaS
9 3 (0.44%) Lucidchart
9 3 (0.44%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.30%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.30%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (1.48%) DNS
3 7 (1.04%) DHCP
4 5 (0.74%) Firewall
5 4 (0.59%) FTP
5 4 (0.59%) Network Security
5 4 (0.59%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.30%) Intranet
7 1 (0.15%) Broadband
7 1 (0.15%) GSM
7 1 (0.15%) HTTP
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) SMTP
7 1 (0.15%) SONET
7 1 (0.15%) Telnet
7 1 (0.15%) UMTS
7 1 (0.15%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.09%) Power BI
2 23 (3.40%) Tableau
3 19 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (1.48%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.89%) Metadata
6 6 (0.89%) Qlik Sense
7 4 (0.59%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.44%) OLAP
9 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.15%) Power Query
10 1 (0.15%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 47 (6.95%) JIRA
2 4 (0.59%) Postman
3 3 (0.44%) Git
3 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.44%) TestRail
3 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.30%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.15%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
General
1 189 (27.96%) Social Skills
2 153 (22.63%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (14.05%) Finance
4 74 (10.95%) Public Sector
5 25 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (2.81%) Retail
7 17 (2.51%) Marketing
7 17 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (2.37%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.33%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.33%) Legal
12 8 (1.18%) Automotive
12 8 (1.18%) Military
13 7 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.89%) Banking
14 6 (0.89%) Police
15 4 (0.59%) Advertising
15 4 (0.59%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (1.04%) EDI
3 5 (0.74%) ADO
4 4 (0.59%) .NET
4 4 (0.59%) SailPoint
4 4 (0.59%) Web Services
5 3 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.30%) OAuth
6 2 (0.30%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.30%) OpenID
6 2 (0.30%) SAML
7 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.15%) LDAP
7 1 (0.15%) Middleware
7 1 (0.15%) Node.js
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.15%) SOAP
7 1 (0.15%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.62%) Onboarding
2 30 (4.44%) Operational Technology
3 20 (2.96%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 15 (2.22%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.63%) CMDB
9 10 (1.48%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (1.04%) SCADA
13 5 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.74%) PMI
14 4 (0.59%) Cyberattack
14 4 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.59%) IVR
14 4 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (8.14%) Windows
2 17 (2.51%) Linux
3 8 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.04%) Android
4 7 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.89%) Unix
6 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (15.38%) Agile
2 82 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (12.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 81 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
3 81 (11.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 78 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (10.50%) Business Analysis
7 68 (10.06%) Decision-Making
8 59 (8.73%) Workshop Facilitation
9 58 (8.58%) Analytics
9 58 (8.58%) ITIL
10 57 (8.43%) Process Improvement
11 55 (8.14%) Requirements Gathering
12 54 (7.99%) Data Modelling
13 50 (7.40%) Data Analysis
14 49 (7.25%) ITSM
15 46 (6.80%) Migration
15 46 (6.80%) SIEM
15 46 (6.80%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 69 (10.21%) SQL
2 24 (3.55%) Python
3 8 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (0.89%) Java
4 6 (0.89%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.74%) R
6 4 (0.59%) VBA
7 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.30%) VB
9 1 (0.15%) Bash
9 1 (0.15%) C
9 1 (0.15%) COBOL
9 1 (0.15%) JCL
9 1 (0.15%) Korn
9 1 (0.15%) Perl
9 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 190 (28.11%) Security Cleared
2 104 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 68 (10.06%) DV Cleared
4 61 (9.02%) Degree
5 20 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.92%) ACCA
6 13 (1.92%) CIMA
7 10 (1.48%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.89%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.74%) CBAP
11 5 (0.74%) PMP
12 4 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (0.59%) ISEB
13 3 (0.44%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (0.30%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.66%) Data Quality
2 42 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (4.59%) NIST
4 26 (3.85%) QA
5 25 (3.70%) PMO
6 18 (2.66%) GDPR
7 15 (2.22%) GRC
8 9 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.33%) NCSC
9 8 (1.18%) SLA
10 6 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.89%) IASME
10 6 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.89%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.44%) COBIT
13 2 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.30%) IFRS
13 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.30%) vSphere
4 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.15%) NFS
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (0.74%) Terraform
4 4 (0.59%) QRadar
5 3 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.44%) CSIRT
5 3 (0.44%) SCCM
6 2 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.15%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.15%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.15%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.51%) SAP
3 42 (6.21%) ServiceNow
4 41 (6.07%) Oracle
5 20 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.78%) Workday
7 11 (1.63%) Avaya
7 11 (1.63%) Meraki
7 11 (1.63%) Mitel
8 8 (1.18%) Splunk
8 8 (1.18%) VMware
9 7 (1.04%) LogRhythm
10 5 (0.74%) Baan
10 5 (0.74%) Remedy
10 5 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.59%) Adobe
11 4 (0.59%) Citrix
11 4 (0.59%) IBM
12 3 (0.44%) Dell
12 3 (0.44%) HP