Analyst Contracts in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 508 711 1,109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.17% 12.67% 14.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.94% 13.40% 15.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 524 788
10th Percentile £190 £175 £157
25th Percentile £313 £280 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +3.03%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £500
90th Percentile £600 £600 £547
England median daily rate £475 £488 £463
% change year-on-year -2.56% +5.41% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 39 68
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.00 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £10.77
Median hourly rate £19.38 £22.16 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +47.73% +7.22%
75th Percentile £22.52 £32.10 £19.52
90th Percentile £37.49 £66.80 £32.50
England median hourly rate £16.15 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +22.58% -4.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,111 5,307 7,291
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 94.57% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,057 3,686 4,994
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £529
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.99% +6.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 232 313
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.25 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.29 £21.87 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +144.99% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.87 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.92 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.97% +95.65% +6.98%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Analyst 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 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst 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 25 May 2024.

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 25 May 2024. 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 -2 294 £430 -4.44% 99
Berkshire -9 184 £488 -2.50% 40
Hampshire -7 109 £544 +15.50% 56
Buckinghamshire +5 90 £400 - 37
Surrey 0 56 £419 -1.18% 42
West Sussex -5 29 £450 +63.64% 8
Oxfordshire -1 20 £150 -59.73% 22
Kent -10 9 £450 +119.51% 27
Middlesex 0 2 £180 -72.31% 4
Home Counties +2 1 - -
Sussex -3 1 £410 -31.67% 2
East Sussex -8 1 - - 9
Isle of Wight - 1 - -
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 May 2024, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 134 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 132 (25.98%) Finance
3 100 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (19.09%) Security Cleared
5 96 (18.90%) Agile
6 95 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (13.98%) Microsoft
8 60 (11.81%) SQL
8 60 (11.81%) Degree
9 56 (11.02%) Analytics
10 53 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
11 51 (10.04%) DV Cleared
12 50 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
13 48 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
14 47 (9.25%) Power Platform
15 46 (9.06%) Tableau
16 45 (8.86%) Business Analysis
16 45 (8.86%) Power BI
17 43 (8.46%) SC Cleared
18 42 (8.27%) Azure
19 41 (8.07%) ITIL
19 41 (8.07%) Telecoms
19 41 (8.07%) Decision-Making
20 39 (7.68%) SAP
20 39 (7.68%) Project Management
21 38 (7.48%) Customer Service
22 37 (7.28%) Management Information System
23 36 (7.09%) Oracle
23 36 (7.09%) JIRA
23 36 (7.09%) Requirements Gathering

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.13%) Confluence
2 9 (1.77%) SAS
3 6 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.59%) Appian
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (9.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.36%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.38%) SPSS
6 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.79%) Infor SunSystems
4 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.59%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.39%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) Relativity
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.20%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 47 (9.25%) Power Platform
2 42 (8.27%) Azure
3 24 (4.72%) Snowflake
4 23 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (3.15%) AWS
6 15 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (1.57%) SaaS
8 5 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.79%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.79%) iPaaS
9 4 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.59%) PaaS
10 3 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.59%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.59%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.39%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.39%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.39%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.74%) Firewall
2 12 (2.36%) Network Security
3 6 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (1.18%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (0.98%) Wireless
5 4 (0.79%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.79%) VPN
6 3 (0.59%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.59%) SAN
7 2 (0.39%) Internet
7 2 (0.39%) LAN
7 2 (0.39%) SNMP
7 2 (0.39%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.39%) WAN
8 1 (0.20%) DHCP
8 1 (0.20%) DNS
8 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.20%) VLAN
8 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.06%) Tableau
2 45 (8.86%) Power BI
3 11 (2.17%) Big Data
4 7 (1.38%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.18%) PowerPivot
6 5 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.98%) Power Query
6 5 (0.98%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.79%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.79%) MS Access
7 4 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.39%) GIS
9 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (7.09%) JIRA
2 21 (4.13%) TestRail
3 7 (1.38%) Selenium
4 6 (1.18%) Robot Framework
5 5 (0.98%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.39%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.39%) Git
7 2 (0.39%) GitLab
7 2 (0.39%) GoogleTest
7 2 (0.39%) Maven
7 2 (0.39%) Postman
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.20%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) TestNG
8 1 (0.20%) Travis CI
General
1 134 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 132 (25.98%) Finance
3 100 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.07%) Telecoms
5 34 (6.69%) Legal
6 31 (6.10%) Retail
7 23 (4.53%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (3.35%) Manufacturing
11 16 (3.15%) Marketing
12 11 (2.17%) Billing
13 9 (1.77%) Automotive
13 9 (1.77%) Banking
14 8 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.18%) Local Government
16 4 (0.79%) French Language
17 3 (0.59%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.38%) D3.js
1 7 (1.38%) HTML
2 5 (0.98%) ADO
3 3 (0.59%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.59%) XML
4 2 (0.39%) CSS
4 2 (0.39%) JSON
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.20%) PySpark
5 1 (0.20%) React
5 1 (0.20%) SOAP
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.28%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.13%) Credit Risk
3 13 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.57%) CMDB
6 7 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (1.38%) Security Posture
7 5 (0.98%) Client/Server
7 5 (0.98%) Cloud Native
7 5 (0.98%) Mainframe
7 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
7 5 (0.98%) Operational Technology
7 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.79%) e-Health
8 4 (0.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.10%) Windows
2 26 (5.12%) Linux
3 11 (2.17%) Unix
4 7 (1.38%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.98%) Debian
6 5 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.79%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.79%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (18.90%) Agile
2 95 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (11.02%) Analytics
4 53 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
5 50 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (8.86%) Business Analysis
7 41 (8.07%) Decision-Making
7 41 (8.07%) ITIL
8 39 (7.68%) Project Management
9 38 (7.48%) Customer Service
10 36 (7.09%) Requirements Gathering
11 35 (6.89%) Test Automation
11 35 (6.89%) User Stories
12 34 (6.69%) Roadmaps
13 33 (6.50%) Actionable Insight
13 33 (6.50%) Test Management
13 33 (6.50%) User Acceptance Testing
14 32 (6.30%) Data Analysis
14 32 (6.30%) DevOps
15 31 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 60 (11.81%) SQL
2 34 (6.69%) Python
3 8 (1.57%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.57%) R
3 8 (1.57%) VBScript
4 7 (1.38%) Java
5 6 (1.18%) C
5 6 (1.18%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.18%) VBA
6 3 (0.59%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.39%) Bash
7 2 (0.39%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) C++
8 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.20%) JCL
8 1 (0.20%) ProC
8 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 60 (11.81%) Degree
3 51 (10.04%) DV Cleared
4 43 (8.46%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.13%) ISTQB
5 21 (4.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (2.56%) ACCA
6 13 (2.56%) CIMA
7 9 (1.77%) ICAEW
8 7 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.18%) CCNP
9 6 (1.18%) CISM
10 4 (0.79%) ISEB
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.39%) CISSP
11 2 (0.39%) CSPO
11 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.53%) PMO
2 22 (4.33%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.13%) SLA
4 20 (3.94%) QA
5 10 (1.97%) IFRS
6 9 (1.77%) GAAP
7 8 (1.57%) GDPR
8 4 (0.79%) NIST
8 4 (0.79%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.39%) ITGC
10 2 (0.39%) RMADS
11 1 (0.20%) GxP
11 1 (0.20%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.20%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 12 (2.36%) Active Directory
1 12 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.98%) Firmware
2 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.20%) Docker
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
3 1 (0.20%) XenApp
3 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.98%) Nessus
2 4 (0.79%) IBM BigFix
2 4 (0.79%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.39%) QRadar
3 2 (0.39%) SCCM
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.20%) Nagios
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 39 (7.68%) SAP
3 36 (7.09%) Oracle
4 28 (5.51%) Alteryx
5 25 (4.92%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.54%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.95%) VMware
8 8 (1.57%) Adobe
8 8 (1.57%) Cisco
8 8 (1.57%) Sun
9 7 (1.38%) LogRhythm
9 7 (1.38%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.38%) Remedy
9 7 (1.38%) Splunk
10 6 (1.18%) Forcepoint
10 6 (1.18%) Google
10 6 (1.18%) Qualys
10 6 (1.18%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.18%) ScienceLogic
10 6 (1.18%) Varonis