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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 33 47
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 +3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 248 164 203
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.23% 5.50% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.23% 6.01% 4.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 109 119
10th Percentile £322 £280 £323
25th Percentile £406 £365 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £608
90th Percentile £630 £661 £703
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 6
10th Percentile £51.25 £14.55 -
25th Percentile £73.40 £18.31 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £30.03 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +171.44% -41.98% +60.22%
75th Percentile £82.25 £32.05 £78.71
90th Percentile £84.05 £34.15 £84.45
England median hourly rate £60.00 £31.49 £32.94
% change year-on-year +90.52% -4.38% +6.24%

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 4,745 2,728 4,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.96% 91.42% 84.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,105 1,742 2,712
10th Percentile £280 £255 £250
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -0.10% -1.86%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 425 170 431
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.82 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £15.25 £18.20
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% -41.05% -3.06%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -4 136 £518 -1.43% 78
Berkshire -13 69 £500 +3.95% 37
Hampshire -21 48 £500 -3.61% 28
Buckinghamshire -9 45 £521 -13.13% 24
Surrey -2 30 £413 +13.01% 30
Oxfordshire -9 22 £550 -8.33% 17
West Sussex -8 18 £380 +8.68% 13
Kent -6 7 £250 -67.74% 17
East Sussex -3 3 £530 +11.47% 2
Middlesex - 2 £475 - 10
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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 13 (5.24%) Oracle Application Server
2 9 (3.63%) Confluence
3 7 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.21%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.81%) CMS
5 2 (0.81%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.81%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.02%) CPLEX
3 4 (1.61%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.21%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.42%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.21%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 79 (31.85%) Azure
2 43 (17.34%) Power Platform
3 28 (11.29%) AWS
4 23 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.47%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (8.06%) Entra ID
7 14 (5.65%) GCP
8 13 (5.24%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (4.84%) dbt
10 11 (4.44%) OCI
11 9 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (3.23%) GitHub
12 8 (3.23%) IaaS
13 7 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.82%) PaaS
14 6 (2.42%) Azure AI
14 6 (2.42%) Azure Machine Learning
14 6 (2.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.03%) Network Security
2 9 (3.63%) Firewall
2 9 (3.63%) VPN
3 6 (2.42%) SD-WAN
3 6 (2.42%) WAN
4 2 (0.81%) BGP
4 2 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.81%) DNS
4 2 (0.81%) Multicast
4 2 (0.81%) OSPF
4 2 (0.81%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.40%) HSRP
5 1 (0.40%) MPLS
5 1 (0.40%) SNMP
5 1 (0.40%) SSL
5 1 (0.40%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.73%) Power BI
2 36 (14.52%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (9.27%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (7.26%) Tableau
5 17 (6.85%) Metadata
6 13 (5.24%) Oracle ODI
7 9 (3.63%) Big Data
8 8 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (2.42%) Data Lake
9 6 (2.42%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.42%) SQL Server
10 5 (2.02%) Metadata Repository
10 5 (2.02%) MongoDB
10 5 (2.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (2.02%) Pinecone
10 5 (2.02%) Relational Database
10 5 (2.02%) Star Schema
10 5 (2.02%) Weaviate
11 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.44%) Git
1 11 (4.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.81%) Android Studio
2 2 (0.81%) fastlane
2 2 (0.81%) GitLab
2 2 (0.81%) Gradle
2 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) Crashlytics
3 1 (0.40%) MSI
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.40%) WiX
3 1 (0.40%) Xcode
General
1 82 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.76%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (15.73%) Public Sector
4 31 (12.50%) Finance
5 11 (4.44%) Marketing
6 7 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.61%) Legal
9 4 (1.61%) Retail
10 3 (1.21%) Automotive
11 2 (0.81%) Advertising
11 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.81%) Banking
11 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Military
11 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Publishing
12 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (18.15%) Analyst
2 32 (12.90%) Developer
3 31 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 25 (10.08%) Data Analyst
4 25 (10.08%) Senior
5 20 (8.06%) Architect
6 16 (6.45%) Lead
7 12 (4.84%) Accountant
8 11 (4.44%) Oracle Developer
9 10 (4.03%) Consultant
9 10 (4.03%) Systems Accountant
10 9 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.23%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.23%) Senior Data Engineer
12 6 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 6 (2.42%) Data Architect
12 6 (2.42%) Data Manager
12 6 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.42%) Oracle Consultant
12 6 (2.42%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.03%) Oracle Fusion
1 10 (4.03%) PySpark
2 7 (2.82%) OAuth
2 7 (2.82%) RESTful
2 7 (2.82%) SailPoint
2 7 (2.82%) Web Services
3 6 (2.42%) ARM Templates
3 6 (2.42%) CSS
3 6 (2.42%) Flask
3 6 (2.42%) Node.js
3 6 (2.42%) OpenID
3 6 (2.42%) SAML
4 5 (2.02%) AngularJS
4 5 (2.02%) Faiss
4 5 (2.02%) FastAPI
4 5 (2.02%) OAuth2
4 5 (2.02%) OpenAPI
4 5 (2.02%) Pandas
4 5 (2.02%) React
4 5 (2.02%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.65%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.23%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.82%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (2.82%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.42%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.81%) Clustering
9 2 (0.81%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.81%) FMCG
9 2 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.84%) Windows
2 5 (2.02%) Linux
3 4 (1.61%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.21%) Android
5 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) VMS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.40%) Agile
2 62 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 55 (22.18%) Business Intelligence
4 45 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (17.34%) DevOps
5 43 (17.34%) ETL
6 39 (15.73%) Data Governance
7 38 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (14.52%) AI
9 35 (14.11%) Decision-Making
9 35 (14.11%) Validation
10 33 (13.31%) Data Pipeline
11 30 (12.10%) Migration
12 26 (10.48%) Data Engineering
12 26 (10.48%) Machine Learning
13 25 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (9.27%) Data Analytics
14 23 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (9.27%) Visualisation
15 22 (8.87%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.98%) Python
2 55 (22.18%) SQL
3 19 (7.66%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.44%) Bicep
5 8 (3.23%) Java
6 5 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (2.02%) R
7 4 (1.61%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.21%) C#
8 3 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.81%) Bash
9 2 (0.81%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) C++
10 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 80 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 57 (22.98%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.85%) Degree
4 13 (5.24%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.03%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.02%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.02%) PMP
9 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.81%) ACCA
10 2 (0.81%) CCNP
10 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.40%) CCDA
11 1 (0.40%) CCDP
11 1 (0.40%) CCIE
11 1 (0.40%) CCIP
11 1 (0.40%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (18.55%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.24%) QA
3 10 (4.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.23%) NIST
5 6 (2.42%) GDPR
6 4 (1.61%) NCSC
7 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.81%) PMO
7 2 (0.81%) WCAG
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.05%) Active Directory
1 15 (6.05%) Docker
2 11 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.61%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (7.26%) Terraform
2 14 (5.65%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.02%) Ansible
4 5 (2.02%) SCCM
5 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.81%) Grafana
6 2 (0.81%) Nessus
6 2 (0.81%) OpenVAS
6 2 (0.81%) QRadar
6 2 (0.81%) Rancher
6 2 (0.81%) SCOM
7 1 (0.40%) CASB
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.50%) Oracle
3 22 (8.87%) Databricks
4 11 (4.44%) VMware
5 8 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 7 (2.82%) Google
6 7 (2.82%) Informatica
6 7 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.42%) Foundry
7 6 (2.42%) SAP
8 4 (1.61%) Citrix
8 4 (1.61%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.61%) Talend
9 3 (1.21%) Adobe
9 3 (1.21%) Palantir
9 3 (1.21%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.81%) Baan
10 2 (0.81%) Cisco
10 2 (0.81%) ESRI
10 2 (0.81%) Intergraph