Analytics Contract Job Trends in the South East

Analytics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 50 49
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytics 168 130 206
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.69% 4.09% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.57% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 90 143
10th Percentile £320 £281 £428
25th Percentile £413 £358 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -21.88% +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £665
90th Percentile £688 £650 £750
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 13
10th Percentile - £36.26 £32.32
25th Percentile £22.50 £49.39 £41.25
Median hourly rate £27.56 £60.76 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.65% -3.55% +136.35%
75th Percentile £43.71 £64.73 £79.78
90th Percentile £68.18 - £84.45
England median hourly rate £46.50 £35.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +32.86% -17.35% +32.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,805 2,843 4,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.52% 89.35% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,511 1,738 2,982
10th Percentile £250 £250 £213
25th Percentile £388 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 105 355
10th Percentile £13.73 £18.58 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.75
Median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56.88 £62.50 £63.29
90th Percentile £75.25 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Analytics job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytics

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the South East over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Analytics

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in the South East over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in the South East

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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 Analytics within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 February 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 -5 85 £500 -2.44% 100
Berkshire -14 55 £500 +10.56% 52
Hampshire -1 38 £501 +40.80% 35
Buckinghamshire 0 22 £488 -17.37% 29
Surrey -5 21 £413 +13.01% 53
West Sussex -10 10 £475 +35.71% 24
Oxfordshire -9 8 £550 -21.43% 19
Kent -4 5 £250 -67.74% 22
East Sussex -2 1 £600 +37.14% 10
Middlesex - 1 £475 - 22
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England

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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 10 (5.95%) Confluence
2 8 (4.76%) GeoServer
2 8 (4.76%) Smallworld
3 7 (4.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.79%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.79%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (1.19%) CMS
5 2 (1.19%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.60%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.38%) Chatbot
3 4 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.60%) CapCut
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.19%) SAP ERP
1 2 (1.19%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.60%) iTrent
2 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.60%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 59 (35.12%) Azure
2 26 (15.48%) Power Platform
3 21 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (10.12%) AWS
5 15 (8.93%) Azure Monitor
6 13 (7.74%) Entra ID
7 11 (6.55%) Azure Key Vault
8 10 (5.95%) GCP
8 10 (5.95%) GitHub
9 8 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (4.76%) IaaS
9 8 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (4.17%) dbt
11 6 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.57%) Azure Functions
11 6 (3.57%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (3.57%) SaaS
11 6 (3.57%) Serverless
12 5 (2.98%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.98%) Firewall
2 3 (1.79%) Network Security
3 2 (1.19%) 2G
3 2 (1.19%) 5G
3 2 (1.19%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.19%) LTE
3 2 (1.19%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (1.19%) SSL
3 2 (1.19%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.19%) VoIP
3 2 (1.19%) WebEx
4 1 (0.60%) DHCP
4 1 (0.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.60%) VPN
4 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.29%) Power BI
2 16 (9.52%) Metadata
3 12 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (6.55%) Tableau
5 9 (5.36%) GIS
6 8 (4.76%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (4.76%) QGIS
7 6 (3.57%) Big Data
7 6 (3.57%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.98%) Metadata Repository
8 5 (2.98%) Pinecone
8 5 (2.98%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.98%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.98%) Star Schema
8 5 (2.98%) Weaviate
9 4 (2.38%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (1.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (8.33%) JIRA
2 6 (3.57%) Git
3 5 (2.98%) GitLab
4 4 (2.38%) Android Studio
4 4 (2.38%) Gradle
5 3 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.79%) Maven
6 2 (1.19%) WiX
7 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (42.26%) Social Skills
2 41 (24.40%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (16.07%) Finance
4 26 (15.48%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.95%) Marketing
6 5 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.98%) Retail
7 4 (2.38%) Banking
7 4 (2.38%) General Ledger
7 4 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.38%) Publishing
7 4 (2.38%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.79%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.79%) Billing
9 2 (1.19%) Arabic Language
9 2 (1.19%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (1.19%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 33 (19.64%) Analyst
2 25 (14.88%) Architect
3 20 (11.90%) Data Analyst
4 16 (9.52%) Senior
5 14 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (6.55%) Data Engineer
7 10 (5.95%) Developer
8 9 (5.36%) Business Analyst
8 9 (5.36%) Consultant
8 9 (5.36%) Lead
8 9 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.57%) Data Analytics Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (2.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (2.98%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (2.98%) Data Architect
10 5 (2.98%) Data Scientist
10 5 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (2.98%) GIS Architect
10 5 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.95%) REST
2 7 (4.17%) ARM Templates
2 7 (4.17%) PySpark
3 5 (2.98%) CSS
3 5 (2.98%) Faiss
3 5 (2.98%) SOAP
4 4 (2.38%) Flask
4 4 (2.38%) Kafka
5 3 (1.79%) .NET
5 3 (1.79%) ADO
5 3 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.79%) GraphQL
5 3 (1.79%) HTML
5 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.79%) Node.js
5 3 (1.79%) OAuth
5 3 (1.79%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.79%) OpenID
5 3 (1.79%) SAML
5 3 (1.79%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.98%) Social Media
6 4 (2.38%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.38%) Blog
6 4 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.79%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.79%) IoT
7 3 (1.79%) LIMS
7 3 (1.79%) NHS
7 3 (1.79%) PACS
7 3 (1.79%) Replication
7 3 (1.79%) Smart Meter
8 2 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.19%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.76%) Windows
2 5 (2.98%) Linux
3 4 (2.38%) Android
4 3 (1.79%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.79%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.60%) Unix
5 1 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.79%) Agile
2 41 (24.40%) DevOps
3 40 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (22.02%) AI
5 34 (20.24%) Business Intelligence
6 32 (19.05%) Data Governance
7 30 (17.86%) Decision-Making
7 30 (17.86%) Machine Learning
8 29 (17.26%) Data Modelling
9 27 (16.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (13.10%) Data Analysis
10 22 (13.10%) Roadmaps
10 22 (13.10%) Visualisation
11 21 (12.50%) Data Analytics
11 21 (12.50%) ETL
11 21 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (11.90%) Migration
13 19 (11.31%) Validation
14 18 (10.71%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.21%) Python
2 35 (20.83%) SQL
3 15 (8.93%) Java
4 13 (7.74%) PowerShell
5 10 (5.95%) R
6 9 (5.36%) Bicep
6 9 (5.36%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.76%) Bash
8 4 (2.38%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.79%) C#
9 3 (1.79%) PHP
10 2 (1.19%) ABAP
10 2 (1.19%) C++
10 2 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.60%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (25.60%) Security Cleared
2 31 (18.45%) SC Cleared
3 20 (11.90%) Degree
4 6 (3.57%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.79%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.79%) PMP
7 2 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.19%) CCA
7 2 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.60%) CISSP
8 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (19.05%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.98%) GDPR
2 5 (2.98%) QA
3 4 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.79%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.79%) NCSC
5 2 (1.19%) NIST
6 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.60%) HL7
6 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
6 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.76%) Docker
3 2 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (10.12%) Terraform
2 10 (5.95%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.98%) Grafana
4 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.38%) SCCM
5 3 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.19%) Ansible
6 2 (1.19%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.19%) Puppet
6 2 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.60%) Nessus
7 1 (0.60%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 34 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.12%) Databricks
3 11 (6.55%) Oracle
4 8 (4.76%) ESRI
4 8 (4.76%) Foundry
4 8 (4.76%) Intergraph
5 7 (4.17%) OpenAI
6 6 (3.57%) Google
6 6 (3.57%) Informatica
6 6 (3.57%) Palantir
6 6 (3.57%) VMware
7 5 (2.98%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.98%) Workday
8 4 (2.38%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.79%) Citrix
9 3 (1.79%) SAP
10 2 (1.19%) Darktrace
10 2 (1.19%) HubSpot
10 2 (1.19%) Talend
10 2 (1.19%) YouTube