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 in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 402 455 712
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 11.28% 9.40% 12.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.47% 10.19% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 311 512
10th Percentile £200 £200 £183
25th Percentile £320 £306 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.69%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £588 £622
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 47
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.16 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +57.14% +11.11%
75th Percentile £26.96 £31.00 £32.30
90th Percentile £31.06 £41.90 £59.50
England median hourly rate £22.14 £17.64 £19.50
% change year-on-year +25.55% -9.54% +11.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,225 4,466 5,308
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 92.29% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,086 2,745 3,639
10th Percentile £206 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £635 £612
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 371 234
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.37
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +16.18% +119.40%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.04 £64.41
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -43.94% +8.43% +61.60%

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 17 August 2025.

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 17 August 2025.

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 August 2025. 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 +4 216 £450 +12.50% 157
Berkshire +3 132 £488 +14.71% 65
Hampshire +3 92 £447 -10.65% 93
Buckinghamshire +1 64 £375 +1.35% 59
Surrey +3 49 £475 +5.56% 64
Oxfordshire -3 20 £250 -44.44% 36
West Sussex +2 18 £200 - 33
Kent 0 15 £285 -47.22% 61
East Sussex +4 10 £619 -6.60% 32
Middlesex +1 2 £560 +211.11% 28
Sussex - 1 £165 - 28
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, 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.

1 108 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 87 (21.64%) Finance
3 84 (20.90%) Microsoft
4 82 (20.40%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (18.16%) Agile
5 73 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (16.92%) SQL
7 62 (15.42%) Security Cleared
8 52 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
9 44 (10.95%) Windows
10 43 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
11 42 (10.45%) Azure
12 41 (10.20%) Power Platform
13 40 (9.95%) Analytics
14 38 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (9.20%) Power BI
15 37 (9.20%) ServiceNow
16 36 (8.96%) SC Cleared
17 35 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (8.71%) Data Analysis
18 34 (8.46%) ITIL
19 31 (7.71%) User Stories
20 30 (7.46%) Process Improvement
20 30 (7.46%) Oracle
20 30 (7.46%) Active Directory
20 30 (7.46%) Customer Service
21 29 (7.21%) Migration
22 27 (6.72%) Validation
22 27 (6.72%) Requirements Gathering
23 26 (6.47%) Waterfall

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 14 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.49%) Confluence
3 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.00%) SAS
5 3 (0.75%) CMS
5 3 (0.75%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Camunda
7 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.25%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 52 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.00%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.50%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.25%) BPCS
5 1 (0.25%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.25%) iTrent
5 1 (0.25%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 42 (10.45%) Azure
2 41 (10.20%) Power Platform
3 24 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (2.49%) OCI
6 9 (2.24%) AWS
7 7 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.24%) Adobe Analytics
8 5 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.24%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.00%) Akamai
9 4 (1.00%) Figma
10 3 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.75%) Contentsquare
10 3 (0.75%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.75%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.50%) Boomi
11 2 (0.50%) Collibra
11 2 (0.50%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.47%) Firewall
2 13 (3.23%) WebEx
3 4 (1.00%) NGFW
3 4 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.75%) Internet
4 3 (0.75%) Wireless
5 2 (0.50%) 5G
5 2 (0.50%) Diameter Protocol
5 2 (0.50%) LAN
5 2 (0.50%) Network Security
5 2 (0.50%) SIGTRAN
5 2 (0.50%) SMS
5 2 (0.50%) SS7
5 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.50%) VoIP
5 2 (0.50%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.50%) VoWiFi
5 2 (0.50%) WAN
5 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.25%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.20%) Power BI
2 14 (3.48%) Tableau
3 9 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.49%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.00%) Metadata
6 4 (1.00%) MS Access
6 4 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.75%) DTS
7 3 (0.75%) Looker
7 3 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.50%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.50%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.25%) Impala
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.25%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 26 (6.47%) JIRA
2 8 (1.99%) TestRail
3 4 (1.00%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.50%) ERwin
4 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.50%) MSI
4 2 (0.50%) Postman
4 2 (0.50%) QARun
4 2 (0.50%) WinRunner
5 1 (0.25%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 108 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 87 (21.64%) Finance
3 82 (20.40%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.72%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (5.47%) Telecoms
6 21 (5.22%) Public Sector
7 15 (3.73%) Retail
8 12 (2.99%) Marketing
9 9 (2.24%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.99%) Automotive
10 8 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.99%) Legal
11 4 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.00%) Law
12 3 (0.75%) Billing
12 3 (0.75%) Electronics
12 3 (0.75%) German Language
12 3 (0.75%) Local Government
12 3 (0.75%) Police
13 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.49%) Web Services
2 5 (1.24%) ADO
3 4 (1.00%) SOAP
3 4 (1.00%) WebdriverIO
3 4 (1.00%) XML
4 3 (0.75%) Middleware
4 3 (0.75%) RFC 2544
5 2 (0.50%) DAO
6 1 (0.25%) .NET
6 1 (0.25%) EDI
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.25%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.48%) Onboarding
1 14 (3.48%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.23%) Operational Technology
3 12 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (1.99%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.74%) Smartphone
8 6 (1.49%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.24%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.24%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.75%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.75%) iPad
11 3 (0.75%) Life Science
11 3 (0.75%) Smart Meter
12 2 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.95%) Windows
2 15 (3.73%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.24%) Linux
4 8 (1.99%) Unix
5 3 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (18.16%) Agile
1 73 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (9.95%) Analytics
4 38 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
5 35 (8.71%) Data Analysis
5 35 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 34 (8.46%) ITIL
7 31 (7.71%) User Stories
8 30 (7.46%) Customer Service
8 30 (7.46%) Process Improvement
9 29 (7.21%) Migration
10 27 (6.72%) Requirements Gathering
10 27 (6.72%) Validation
11 26 (6.47%) Waterfall
12 25 (6.22%) Decision-Making
13 24 (5.97%) Incident Management
13 24 (5.97%) Test Automation
14 23 (5.72%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (5.72%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.92%) SQL
2 19 (4.73%) Python
3 6 (1.49%) C#
3 6 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
3 6 (1.49%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.49%) VB
4 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
4 3 (0.75%) R
5 2 (0.50%) Java
6 1 (0.25%) ABAP
6 1 (0.25%) C++
6 1 (0.25%) Korn
6 1 (0.25%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 62 (15.42%) Security Cleared
2 36 (8.96%) SC Cleared
3 20 (4.98%) Degree
4 19 (4.73%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.74%) CISSP
6 10 (2.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 9 (2.24%) GCIH
7 9 (2.24%) ISTQB
8 8 (1.99%) ACCA
8 8 (1.99%) CIMA
9 6 (1.49%) CISMP
9 6 (1.49%) GSEC
10 5 (1.24%) CFCE
10 5 (1.24%) GCFA
10 5 (1.24%) GCIA
10 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.00%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.75%) CEH
12 3 (0.75%) ISEB
12 3 (0.75%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.22%) Data Quality
1 21 (5.22%) GDPR
2 20 (4.98%) QA
3 19 (4.73%) SLA
4 8 (1.99%) PMO
5 6 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.49%) NIST
6 3 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.75%) IFRS
6 3 (0.75%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.75%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.50%) GMP
7 2 (0.50%) GRC
7 2 (0.50%) NCSC
7 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) GLP
System Software
1 30 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) vSphere
3 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 6 (1.49%) SCCM
3 5 (1.24%) QRadar
4 4 (1.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.75%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.25%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 84 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.20%) ServiceNow
3 30 (7.46%) Oracle
4 20 (4.98%) Citrix
5 18 (4.48%) SAP
6 17 (4.23%) CrowdStrike
7 13 (3.23%) Sage
7 13 (3.23%) Splunk
8 10 (2.49%) IFS
8 10 (2.49%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.24%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.99%) ArcSight
10 8 (1.99%) F5
11 7 (1.74%) Qualys
12 6 (1.49%) Adobe
12 6 (1.49%) Cisco
12 6 (1.49%) Liquidlogic
12 6 (1.49%) Remedy
12 6 (1.49%) Workday
13 5 (1.24%) Virgin Media