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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 341 416 500
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 11.37% 7.49% 8.61%
As % of the General category 18.53% 14.77% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 248 370
10th Percentile £250 £270 £324
25th Percentile £413 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £537 £540
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -0.63% +10.82%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £650 £725 £784
England median daily rate £525 £537 £535
% change year-on-year -2.21% +0.34% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 30 27
10th Percentile - £7.43 £19.49
25th Percentile £14.20 £13.05 £22.16
Median hourly rate £19.21 £18.18 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -66.03% +42.67%
75th Percentile £27.25 £24.28 £58.67
90th Percentile £50.95 £53.88 £62.40
England median hourly rate £28.15 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +52.16% -50.99% +0.67%

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 1,840 2,817 3,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 61.35% 50.75% 58.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,154 1,545 2,305
10th Percentile £230 £205 £242
25th Percentile £389 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £721
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 327 167
10th Percentile £13.57 £12.93 £18.40
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.27% -5.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.30 £64.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.26 £72.98
England median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £33.91
% change year-on-year -6.67% -11.53% +57.72%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +9 221 £550 +4.76% 250
Berkshire +9 168 £575 - 135
Hampshire +1 59 £540 -9.43% 127
Surrey +12 37 £350 -24.32% 72
Buckinghamshire +5 36 £528 +42.57% 71
Oxfordshire +12 17 £500 +2.56% 77
West Sussex +16 13 £500 +17.65% 39
Kent +4 5 £438 -17.84% 41
Home Counties - 3 - -
Sussex +3 2 £500 -16.67% 53
East Sussex -7 2 £419 +34.00% 50
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 (3.23%) Confluence
2 6 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.59%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.59%) Apache
4 2 (0.59%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.59%) IIS
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.59%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.29%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.29%) Mule
5 1 (0.29%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 22 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.29%) CATIA
6 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (7.62%) Oracle EBS
2 21 (6.16%) Oracle EBS R12
3 14 (4.11%) Maximo
4 13 (3.81%) Oracle ASCP
5 9 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (2.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (1.17%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.59%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.59%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.29%) iTrent
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.29%) Primavera
9 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 69 (20.23%) Azure
2 44 (12.90%) AWS
3 22 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 13 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.52%) GCP
6 8 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (2.35%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.05%) SaaS
7 7 (2.05%) Serverless
8 6 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.47%) Azure API Management
9 5 (1.47%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.47%) OCI
10 4 (1.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.17%) Cloudflare
10 4 (1.17%) IaaS
11 3 (0.88%) GitHub
11 3 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.28%) Firewall
2 16 (4.69%) VPN
3 11 (3.23%) MPLS
3 11 (3.23%) Network Security
4 10 (2.93%) TCP/IP
5 9 (2.64%) BGP
5 9 (2.64%) WAN
6 5 (1.47%) LAN
6 5 (1.47%) VLAN
7 4 (1.17%) Diameter Protocol
7 4 (1.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.17%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.88%) Broadband
8 3 (0.88%) HTTP
8 3 (0.88%) LTE
8 3 (0.88%) OSPF
8 3 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.88%) Wireless
8 3 (0.88%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.59%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.45%) Power BI
2 11 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.64%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.35%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.76%) Big Data
6 6 (1.76%) Tableau
7 4 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.17%) MySQL
7 4 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.88%) Metadata
8 3 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.88%) Power Query
8 3 (0.88%) SSDT
9 2 (0.59%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.59%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.29%) QlikView
10 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (7.62%) JIRA
2 17 (4.99%) Selenium
3 13 (3.81%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.23%) Cucumber
4 11 (3.23%) Git
5 10 (2.93%) GitLab
5 10 (2.93%) SonarQube
6 9 (2.64%) REST Assured
7 8 (2.35%) ERwin
8 7 (2.05%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (1.76%) JUnit
10 5 (1.47%) Robot Framework
11 4 (1.17%) Appium
12 3 (0.88%) TestRail
13 2 (0.59%) Balsamiq
13 2 (0.59%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.59%) Maven
13 2 (0.59%) Metasploit
13 2 (0.59%) SpecFlow
14 1 (0.29%) DbUnit
General
1 220 (64.52%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.65%) Finance
3 41 (12.02%) Telecoms
4 32 (9.38%) Retail
5 18 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.69%) Marketing
7 12 (3.52%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.23%) Billing
9 10 (2.93%) Legal
9 10 (2.93%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.64%) Law
11 8 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Police
14 4 (1.17%) Agriculture
15 3 (0.88%) Automotive
15 3 (0.88%) Electronics
15 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.59%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 64 (18.77%) Analyst
2 34 (9.97%) Consultant
3 27 (7.92%) Senior
4 24 (7.04%) Developer
5 23 (6.74%) Oracle Consultant
6 22 (6.45%) Architect
7 21 (6.16%) IT Manager
8 19 (5.57%) Functional Consultant
8 19 (5.57%) Oracle Functional Consultant
9 18 (5.28%) Project Manager
10 16 (4.69%) Business Analyst
10 16 (4.69%) Network Engineer
11 15 (4.40%) Lead
12 13 (3.81%) Operations Manager
13 12 (3.52%) Data Analyst
13 12 (3.52%) IT Operations Manager
14 11 (3.23%) Performance Manager
14 11 (3.23%) Support Engineer
15 10 (2.93%) Data Manager
16 9 (2.64%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.57%) REST
2 11 (3.23%) Java EE
3 10 (2.93%) ARM Templates
4 9 (2.64%) CSS
4 9 (2.64%) HTML
4 9 (2.64%) JSON
4 9 (2.64%) Web Services
5 7 (2.05%) OAuth
5 7 (2.05%) React
6 5 (1.47%) .NET
6 5 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.17%) SOAP
7 4 (1.17%) XML
8 3 (0.88%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.88%) YAML
9 2 (0.59%) OpenID
9 2 (0.59%) Playwright
9 2 (0.59%) RAML
9 2 (0.59%) RESTful
9 2 (0.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.28%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.11%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (2.93%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.64%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.35%) CSOC
7 8 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.35%) Operational Technology
7 8 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.05%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.47%) IoT
10 4 (1.17%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.17%) Life Science
10 4 (1.17%) Social Media
11 3 (0.88%) CMDB
11 3 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.33%) Windows
2 12 (3.52%) Linux
3 5 (1.47%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.17%) Unix
5 3 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.59%) AIX
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (57.77%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (16.72%) Agile
3 45 (13.20%) DevOps
3 45 (13.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (12.90%) Project Management
5 37 (10.85%) Migration
6 35 (10.26%) Analytics
7 33 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 32 (9.38%) Roadmaps
9 29 (8.50%) Test Automation
10 27 (7.92%) Computer Science
10 27 (7.92%) Data Analysis
10 27 (7.92%) Validation
11 26 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
12 25 (7.33%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (7.04%) Actionable Insight
13 24 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (7.04%) Decision-Making
13 24 (7.04%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 46 (13.49%) SQL
2 36 (10.56%) Python
3 23 (6.74%) Java
4 10 (2.93%) C#
5 9 (2.64%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.35%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.88%) C++
7 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
7 3 (0.88%) R
7 3 (0.88%) VBA
8 2 (0.59%) Bash
8 2 (0.59%) C
8 2 (0.59%) PHP
8 2 (0.59%) Ruby
9 1 (0.29%) ABAP
9 1 (0.29%) DataWeave
9 1 (0.29%) Perl
9 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.78%) Degree
3 45 (13.20%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.16%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (5.28%) DV Cleared
6 16 (4.69%) CCNP
7 13 (3.81%) CCNA
7 13 (3.81%) CISSP
8 12 (3.52%) PMP
9 11 (3.23%) PMI Certification
10 10 (2.93%) CISM
10 10 (2.93%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.35%) GIAC
12 6 (1.76%) ACCA
12 6 (1.76%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.76%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.47%) CCIE
13 5 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.17%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (10.26%) QA
2 17 (4.99%) SLA
3 14 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.52%) GDPR
5 10 (2.93%) NIST
6 8 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.88%) NCSC
8 3 (0.88%) PMO
9 2 (0.59%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.59%) IFRS
9 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.29%) COBIT
10 1 (0.29%) COSO
10 1 (0.29%) GLP
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.29%) ITGC
10 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (5.87%) Docker
2 12 (3.52%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.88%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.29%) Postfix
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (6.45%) Ansible
2 21 (6.16%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.81%) Terraform
4 9 (2.64%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (2.64%) Podman
5 6 (1.76%) SCCM
6 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.88%) SCOM
8 2 (0.59%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.59%) Grafana
8 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.59%) Puppet
8 2 (0.59%) vRealize
8 2 (0.59%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.29%) CASB
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.29%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.29%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 52 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.49%) Oracle
3 23 (6.74%) SAP
4 17 (4.99%) Cisco
5 16 (4.69%) Splunk
6 10 (2.93%) Dynatrace
6 10 (2.93%) Fortinet
6 10 (2.93%) VMware
7 9 (2.64%) Google
7 9 (2.64%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.35%) Juniper
9 7 (2.05%) Dell
9 7 (2.05%) HP
9 7 (2.05%) IBM
9 7 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.05%) Sparx
10 6 (1.76%) Citrix
10 6 (1.76%) F5
10 6 (1.76%) Fujitsu
11 5 (1.47%) Adobe