Analytical Skills Contracts in the South East

Analytical Skills
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +12
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 345 427 519
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 10.29% 7.56% 8.74%
As % of the General category 17.10% 15.39% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 255 366
10th Percentile £231 £263 £340
25th Percentile £400 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.13% +11.16%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £676
90th Percentile £650 £719 £790
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 30 33
10th Percentile - £7.43 £13.90
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £21.05
Median hourly rate £18.50 £18.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -59.61% +189.95%
75th Percentile £32.31 £27.67 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.07 £43.75 £60.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £19.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -51.25% +20.30%

All General Skills
South East

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,017 2,774 3,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 60.14% 49.10% 58.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,256 1,502 2,305
10th Percentile £200 £213 £245
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £608 £628
90th Percentile £675 £688 £721
England median daily rate £515 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -3.20% -3.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 332 166
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.88 £15.21
25th Percentile £14.42 £18.46 £22.41
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% -5.00% +150.00%
75th Percentile £52.30 £61.60 £64.59
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £73.73
England median hourly rate £26.75 £33.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.94% +10.00% +27.13%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the South East over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the South East

Analytical Skills
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 Analytical Skills within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 July 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 +7 219 £500 -0.20% 267
Berkshire +5 162 £524 -10.27% 123
Hampshire +8 70 £515 -10.82% 129
Buckinghamshire +1 44 £400 +8.11% 74
Surrey +4 27 £415 +4.80% 84
West Sussex +9 15 £405 -4.71% 47
Oxfordshire +7 13 £375 -18.92% 75
Kent -5 5 £550 +6.54% 71
Home Counties - 3 £550 -
Sussex +6 2 - - 29
East Sussex -10 1 £375 +19.05% 31
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
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 11 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.87%) Confluence
4 2 (0.58%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.58%) Apache
4 2 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.58%) IIS
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.58%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.29%) Mule
5 1 (0.29%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 36 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.19%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (2.90%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (2.90%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (1.74%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (1.16%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.87%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.58%) Maximo
7 2 (0.58%) Primavera
7 2 (0.58%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.29%) BPCS
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 56 (16.23%) Azure
2 51 (14.78%) AWS
3 32 (9.28%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.64%) GCP
5 13 (3.77%) SaaS
6 8 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.03%) OCI
8 6 (1.74%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.74%) Serverless
9 4 (1.16%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.16%) Azure Storage
9 4 (1.16%) Cloudflare
9 4 (1.16%) dbt
9 4 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.16%) GitHub
9 4 (1.16%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.09%) Firewall
2 17 (4.93%) VPN
3 12 (3.48%) Network Security
4 8 (2.32%) SAN
4 8 (2.32%) WAN
5 7 (2.03%) NAS
6 6 (1.74%) MPLS
7 5 (1.45%) LAN
8 4 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.16%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (1.16%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.87%) BGP
9 3 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.87%) Wireless
9 3 (0.87%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.58%) Broadband
10 2 (0.58%) OSPF
10 2 (0.58%) SIGTRAN
10 2 (0.58%) SMS
10 2 (0.58%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.99%) Power BI
2 15 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (3.48%) Relational Database
4 11 (3.19%) Tableau
5 10 (2.90%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.32%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.32%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.45%) MySQL
8 4 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.87%) Power Query
10 2 (0.58%) Metadata
10 2 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
11 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.29%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.29%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (6.96%) JIRA
2 15 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.19%) Cucumber
4 10 (2.90%) GitLab
4 10 (2.90%) SonarQube
5 9 (2.61%) Git
5 9 (2.61%) REST Assured
5 9 (2.61%) Selenium
6 3 (0.87%) ERwin
7 2 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.58%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.29%) JUnit
8 1 (0.29%) Mockito
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.29%) Toad
8 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 84 (24.35%) Finance
3 32 (9.28%) Telecoms
4 19 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (5.51%) Retail
5 15 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.19%) Law
7 8 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.32%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.03%) Automotive
8 7 (2.03%) Legal
8 7 (2.03%) Marketing
9 6 (1.74%) Billing
9 6 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.45%) Agriculture
10 5 (1.45%) Police
11 4 (1.16%) Back Office
11 4 (1.16%) Banking
Job Titles
1 78 (22.61%) Analyst
2 31 (8.99%) Senior
3 24 (6.96%) Developer
4 21 (6.09%) Architect
5 19 (5.51%) Business Analyst
5 19 (5.51%) Consultant
6 18 (5.22%) Lead
7 17 (4.93%) Data Analyst
7 17 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 15 (4.35%) Network Engineer
9 13 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (2.61%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.61%) Service Manager
12 8 (2.32%) Financial Analyst
12 8 (2.32%) Resilience Manager
12 8 (2.32%) Support Engineer
13 7 (2.03%) Administrator
13 7 (2.03%) Network Architect
13 7 (2.03%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.22%) REST
2 10 (2.90%) Java EE
2 10 (2.90%) Web Services
3 9 (2.61%) ARM Templates
4 8 (2.32%) CSS
4 8 (2.32%) HTML
5 7 (2.03%) JSON
5 7 (2.03%) React
6 6 (1.74%) OAuth
7 5 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (1.45%) SOAP
8 4 (1.16%) .NET
8 4 (1.16%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.16%) Kafka
8 4 (1.16%) TensorFlow
8 4 (1.16%) XML
9 3 (0.87%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.87%) SAML
9 3 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.87%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.93%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.64%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.48%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.19%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.61%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.32%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.74%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.45%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.45%) CSOC
10 5 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.45%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.16%) Life Science
12 3 (0.87%) CMDB
12 3 (0.87%) Cyberattack
13 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.12%) Windows
2 11 (3.19%) Linux
3 5 (1.45%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.58%) Unix
4 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (54.49%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (14.49%) Agile
3 47 (13.62%) Migration
4 44 (12.75%) Validation
5 40 (11.59%) DevOps
6 38 (11.01%) Decision-Making
6 38 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (10.72%) Business Intelligence
8 34 (9.86%) Analytics
9 33 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (8.99%) Project Management
11 29 (8.41%) ITIL
12 27 (7.83%) Collaborative Working
12 27 (7.83%) Data Migration
12 27 (7.83%) Roadmaps
12 27 (7.83%) Time Management
13 25 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
14 24 (6.96%) Data Modelling
15 23 (6.67%) Computer Science
16 22 (6.38%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.39%) SQL
2 41 (11.88%) Python
3 29 (8.41%) Java
4 9 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.32%) C#
5 8 (2.32%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.03%) R
7 5 (1.45%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.16%) C
8 4 (1.16%) C++
9 3 (0.87%) Scala
9 3 (0.87%) VBA
10 2 (0.58%) Bash
10 2 (0.58%) PHP
10 2 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.29%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.29%) Korn
11 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.29%) Ruby
11 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 73 (21.16%) Security Cleared
2 57 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 55 (15.94%) Degree
4 21 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.51%) ACCA
6 18 (5.22%) DV Cleared
7 17 (4.93%) CIMA
7 17 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.35%) CCNP
8 15 (4.35%) Master's Degree
9 13 (3.77%) AWS Certification
9 13 (3.77%) CCNA
9 13 (3.77%) CISSP
10 10 (2.90%) CISM
11 8 (2.32%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.32%) PMP
12 7 (2.03%) GIAC
13 6 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.74%) CEH
13 6 (1.74%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.12%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.83%) QA
3 17 (4.93%) GDPR
3 17 (4.93%) SLA
4 14 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.32%) NIST
6 7 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.74%) NCSC
8 5 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.45%) PMO
9 3 (0.87%) ECSS
9 3 (0.87%) EU AI Act
9 3 (0.87%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.58%) GRC
10 2 (0.58%) IFRS
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.29%) ITGC
11 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (4.64%) Docker
2 10 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.87%) vSphere
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) Postfix
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (5.22%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.35%) Ansible
3 12 (3.48%) Terraform
4 9 (2.61%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (2.61%) Podman
5 5 (1.45%) SCCM
6 3 (0.87%) SCOM
6 3 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.58%) Amdocs OSS
7 2 (0.58%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.58%) Grafana
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.58%) vRealize
7 2 (0.58%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.29%) CASB
8 1 (0.29%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 62 (17.97%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.43%) Oracle
3 29 (8.41%) SAP
4 18 (5.22%) Cisco
4 18 (5.22%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.90%) Fortinet
7 8 (2.32%) Google
8 7 (2.03%) F5
8 7 (2.03%) IFS
8 7 (2.03%) Juniper
8 7 (2.03%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.03%) Remedy
8 7 (2.03%) VMware
9 6 (1.74%) Citrix
9 6 (1.74%) Fujitsu
9 6 (1.74%) Workday
10 5 (1.45%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.45%) NetApp
10 5 (1.45%) Zscaler