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 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 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 694 383 502
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.64% 11.27% 9.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.54% 12.45% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 248 319
10th Percentile £233 £200 £200
25th Percentile £363 £314 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £575 £519 £538
90th Percentile £625 £575 £600
England median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 18 31
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £15.75 £16.32
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +14.29% +15.07%
75th Percentile £54.61 £25.80 £28.75
90th Percentile £88.17 £30.23 £31.24
England median hourly rate £24.63 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +7.07% +31.43% -9.99%

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 6,012 3,076 5,086
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 90.50% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,592 1,987 3,024
10th Percentile £304 £213 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £630
90th Percentile £706 £663 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 653 238 473
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.14 £13.05
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £52.43 £27.88 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +88.04% -49.19% +9.75%
75th Percentile £78.75 £62.24 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.75 £80.00
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.70 £40.00
% change year-on-year +64.46% -30.75% -6.98%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +3 368 £525 +20.00% 59
Berkshire +4 224 £500 +2.56% 30
Hampshire +2 180 £513 +22.75% 45
Buckinghamshire -4 95 £587 +56.40% 21
Surrey -8 56 £475 - 26
West Sussex +4 52 £363 -2.03% 15
Oxfordshire -3 49 £388 +55.00% 8
Kent +1 14 £250 -4.76% 15
East Sussex +3 12 £350 -42.86% 11
Middlesex -6 6 £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 17 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.

1 196 (28.24%) Security Cleared
2 111 (15.99%) SC Cleared
3 102 (14.70%) Agile
4 87 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 85 (12.25%) Cybersecurity
6 84 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 83 (11.96%) Microsoft Excel
8 82 (11.82%) Microsoft
9 81 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
11 77 (11.10%) Business Analysis
11 77 (11.10%) Power Platform
12 75 (10.81%) Power BI
13 72 (10.37%) SQL
14 67 (9.65%) Decision-Making
14 67 (9.65%) DV Cleared
15 66 (9.51%) ITIL
16 65 (9.37%) Degree
16 65 (9.37%) Workshop Facilitation
17 60 (8.65%) Azure
18 59 (8.50%) Process Improvement
18 59 (8.50%) Requirements Gathering
19 58 (8.36%) Analytics
20 57 (8.21%) Data Analysis
21 55 (7.93%) ITSM
22 51 (7.35%) Data Modelling
23 48 (6.92%) Migration
23 48 (6.92%) Validation
24 47 (6.77%) 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 (3.60%) Confluence
2 20 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.72%) CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 83 (11.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 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%) SAP Business One
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 SD
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (11.10%) Power Platform
2 60 (8.65%) Azure
3 42 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (4.47%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (3.60%) Entra ID
6 21 (3.03%) AWS
7 13 (1.87%) 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%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.29%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (0.72%) DNS
2 5 (0.72%) Firewall
3 4 (0.58%) DHCP
3 4 (0.58%) Network Security
4 2 (0.29%) Intranet
4 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.14%) 4G
5 1 (0.14%) Broadband
5 1 (0.14%) FTP
5 1 (0.14%) GSM
5 1 (0.14%) HTTP
5 1 (0.14%) Internet
5 1 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.14%) LTE
5 1 (0.14%) Modbus
5 1 (0.14%) SONET
5 1 (0.14%) UMTS
5 1 (0.14%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (10.81%) Power BI
2 24 (3.46%) Tableau
3 19 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (1.30%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.30%) SQL Server
5 6 (0.86%) Qlik Sense
6 5 (0.72%) Metadata
7 4 (0.58%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.43%) OLAP
9 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.29%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.14%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.14%) Power Query
10 1 (0.14%) QGIS
10 1 (0.14%) Tableau Desktop
10 1 (0.14%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 45 (6.48%) JIRA
2 4 (0.58%) Postman
3 3 (0.43%) Git
3 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.29%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.29%) TestRail
4 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.14%) GitLab
5 1 (0.14%) SoapUI
General
1 190 (27.38%) Social Skills
2 160 (23.05%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (13.69%) Finance
4 76 (10.95%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.03%) Retail
7 18 (2.59%) Marketing
7 18 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (2.59%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.73%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.44%) Legal
11 9 (1.30%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.30%) Automotive
12 8 (1.15%) Military
13 6 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.86%) Police
14 5 (0.72%) Banking
15 4 (0.58%) Advertising
15 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%) Middleware
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%) 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 35 (5.04%) Onboarding
2 30 (4.32%) Operational Technology
3 18 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.31%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.02%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.73%) CMDB
9 11 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (1.44%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.01%) SCADA
12 5 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.72%) IVR
12 5 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.72%) PMI
13 4 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.77%) Windows
2 13 (1.87%) Linux
3 7 (1.01%) Android
3 7 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.86%) Unix
5 5 (0.72%) Windows Server
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
1 102 (14.70%) Agile
2 87 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (12.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 85 (12.25%) Cybersecurity
4 84 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 81 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 80 (11.53%) Business Intelligence
7 77 (11.10%) Business Analysis
8 67 (9.65%) Decision-Making
9 66 (9.51%) ITIL
10 65 (9.37%) Workshop Facilitation
11 59 (8.50%) Process Improvement
11 59 (8.50%) Requirements Gathering
12 58 (8.36%) Analytics
13 57 (8.21%) Data Analysis
14 55 (7.93%) ITSM
15 51 (7.35%) Data Modelling
16 48 (6.92%) Migration
16 48 (6.92%) Validation
17 45 (6.48%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 72 (10.37%) SQL
2 22 (3.17%) Python
3 7 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (0.86%) Java
5 5 (0.72%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.72%) R
6 3 (0.43%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.29%) VB
7 2 (0.29%) VBA
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
1 196 (28.24%) Security Cleared
2 111 (15.99%) SC Cleared
3 67 (9.65%) DV Cleared
4 65 (9.37%) Degree
5 21 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.87%) ACCA
6 13 (1.87%) CIMA
7 11 (1.59%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (1.15%) ISEB
11 7 (1.01%) CBAP
12 6 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.86%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.72%) PMP
14 4 (0.58%) ISEB Practitioner
14 4 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.29%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (4.47%) NIST
4 28 (4.03%) QA
5 27 (3.89%) PMO
6 16 (2.31%) GDPR
7 15 (2.16%) GRC
8 9 (1.30%) NCSC
9 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.15%) SLA
10 6 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.86%) IASME
10 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (0.86%) 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 31 (4.47%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.58%) 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%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.72%) QRadar
2 5 (0.72%) SCCM
2 5 (0.72%) Terraform
3 3 (0.43%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.14%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.48%) ServiceNow
3 44 (6.34%) SAP
4 43 (6.20%) 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 6 (0.86%) LogRhythm
7 6 (0.86%) Splunk
8 5 (0.72%) Baan
8 5 (0.72%) Remedy
8 5 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 5 (0.72%) VMware
9 4 (0.58%) Adobe
9 4 (0.58%) IBM
10 3 (0.43%) Dell
10 3 (0.43%) Google
10 3 (0.43%) HP