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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 44 50
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Analytics 176 136 213
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.72% 4.32% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 4.79% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 95 143
10th Percentile £315 £281 £415
25th Percentile £413 £363 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £480 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -20.00% +19.52%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £665
90th Percentile £688 £650 £750
England median daily rate £511 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.05% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 11
10th Percentile - £34.32 £41.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £44.54 £55.51
Median hourly rate £27.56 £63.15 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.37% -12.29% +170.12%
75th Percentile £43.71 £64.73 £82.11
90th Percentile £68.18 - £84.45
England median hourly rate £54.50 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.71% -17.65% +32.81%

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 3,965 2,838 4,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.70% 90.12% 87.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,612 1,743 2,923
10th Percentile £256 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £614
90th Percentile £693 £675 £694
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 105 355
10th Percentile £13.98 £18.32 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £42.88 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.52% -9.73% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £80.18 £75.30 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -3 94 £500 -4.76% 76
Berkshire -10 63 £495 +9.88% 35
Hampshire -6 37 £508 +38.85% 23
Buckinghamshire 0 24 £500 -15.25% 28
Surrey -3 23 £394 +7.88% 45
West Sussex -16 8 £425 +15.65% 10
Oxfordshire -14 7 £550 -21.43% 15
Kent -5 5 £250 -67.74% 19
East Sussex -3 1 £600 +37.14% 8
Middlesex - 1 £475 - 20
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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 (5.68%) Confluence
2 8 (4.55%) GeoServer
2 8 (4.55%) Smallworld
3 7 (3.98%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.70%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.70%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (1.14%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.27%) Chatbot
3 4 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.57%) CapCut
5 1 (0.57%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.57%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 61 (34.66%) Azure
2 28 (15.91%) Power Platform
3 22 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (10.23%) AWS
5 16 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (6.82%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (6.82%) Entra ID
7 11 (6.25%) GCP
8 10 (5.68%) GitHub
9 9 (5.11%) IaaS
10 8 (4.55%) dbt
10 8 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (3.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (3.98%) SaaS
12 6 (3.41%) Azure Functions
12 6 (3.41%) Azure Machine Learning
12 6 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (3.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.41%) Firewall
2 3 (1.70%) Network Security
2 3 (1.70%) VoIP
3 2 (1.14%) 2G
3 2 (1.14%) 5G
3 2 (1.14%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.14%) LTE
3 2 (1.14%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (1.14%) SSL
3 2 (1.14%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.14%) VPN
3 2 (1.14%) WebEx
4 1 (0.57%) DNS
4 1 (0.57%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.57%) IPsec
4 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.57%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.57%) Wireless
4 1 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.77%) Power BI
2 17 (9.66%) Metadata
3 13 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (7.39%) Tableau
4 9 (5.11%) GIS
5 8 (4.55%) Geospatial Data
5 8 (4.55%) QGIS
6 6 (3.41%) Big Data
6 6 (3.41%) Data Lake
7 5 (2.84%) Metadata Repository
7 5 (2.84%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.84%) Pinecone
7 5 (2.84%) Relational Database
7 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.84%) Star Schema
7 5 (2.84%) Weaviate
8 4 (2.27%) Electronic Patient Records
8 4 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (7.39%) JIRA
2 7 (3.98%) Git
3 5 (2.84%) GitLab
4 4 (2.27%) Android Studio
4 4 (2.27%) Gradle
5 3 (1.70%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.70%) Maven
6 2 (1.14%) WiX
7 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 42 (23.86%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (14.20%) Public Sector
4 23 (13.07%) Finance
5 13 (7.39%) Marketing
6 5 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Banking
7 4 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Publishing
7 4 (2.27%) Retail
7 4 (2.27%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.70%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.70%) Billing
8 3 (1.70%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.14%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (18.18%) Analyst
2 25 (14.20%) Architect
3 20 (11.36%) Data Analyst
4 15 (8.52%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (8.52%) Data Engineer
4 15 (8.52%) Senior
5 11 (6.25%) Developer
6 9 (5.11%) Business Analyst
7 8 (4.55%) Lead
7 8 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (3.98%) Consultant
8 7 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.41%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.41%) Data Analytics Engineer
10 5 (2.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (2.84%) Data Architect
10 5 (2.84%) Data Scientist
10 5 (2.84%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (2.84%) GIS Architect
10 5 (2.84%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.68%) REST
2 8 (4.55%) ARM Templates
2 8 (4.55%) PySpark
3 6 (3.41%) CSS
4 5 (2.84%) Faiss
4 5 (2.84%) Flask
4 5 (2.84%) Kafka
4 5 (2.84%) SOAP
5 4 (2.27%) Node.js
5 4 (2.27%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.70%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.70%) GraphQL
6 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (1.70%) OAuth
6 3 (1.70%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.70%) OpenID
6 3 (1.70%) React
6 3 (1.70%) SAML
6 3 (1.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.39%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (5.11%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.84%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.84%) Social Media
6 4 (2.27%) Blog
6 4 (2.27%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.27%) LIMS
6 4 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.27%) NHS
6 4 (2.27%) PACS
7 3 (1.70%) Educational Technology
7 3 (1.70%) IoT
7 3 (1.70%) Replication
8 2 (1.14%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.14%) Podcast
8 2 (1.14%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.68%) Windows
2 6 (3.41%) Linux
3 4 (2.27%) Android
3 4 (2.27%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.57%) Unix
5 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.27%) Agile
2 46 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (24.43%) DevOps
4 40 (22.73%) AI
5 36 (20.45%) Business Intelligence
6 35 (19.89%) Data Governance
7 32 (18.18%) Machine Learning
8 31 (17.61%) Decision-Making
9 30 (17.05%) Data Modelling
10 28 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (13.07%) Validation
11 23 (13.07%) Visualisation
12 22 (12.50%) Data Analysis
12 22 (12.50%) Data Analytics
12 22 (12.50%) ETL
12 22 (12.50%) Migration
12 22 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (11.36%) Roadmaps
14 19 (10.80%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 46 (26.14%) Python
2 38 (21.59%) SQL
3 15 (8.52%) Java
4 12 (6.82%) PowerShell
5 10 (5.68%) Bicep
5 10 (5.68%) R
6 9 (5.11%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.41%) Bash
8 4 (2.27%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.70%) C#
9 3 (1.70%) PHP
10 2 (1.14%) C++
10 2 (1.14%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.57%) Go
11 1 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (24.43%) Security Cleared
2 29 (16.48%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.93%) Degree
4 7 (3.98%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.27%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.27%) PMP
7 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.14%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CCDA
8 1 (0.57%) CCDP
8 1 (0.57%) CCIE
8 1 (0.57%) CCIP
8 1 (0.57%) CCNA
8 1 (0.57%) CCNP
8 1 (0.57%) CISSP
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (19.32%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.84%) QA
3 4 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.27%) NCSC
4 3 (1.70%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.70%) GDPR
4 3 (1.70%) NIST
5 2 (1.14%) HL7
6 1 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.57%) PMO
6 1 (0.57%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.25%) Docker
2 8 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.57%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (10.80%) Terraform
2 13 (7.39%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.84%) Grafana
3 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.84%) SCCM
4 3 (1.70%) Ansible
4 3 (1.70%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (1.70%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.14%) Nessus
5 2 (1.14%) OpenVAS
5 2 (1.14%) Puppet
5 2 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.57%) CASB
6 1 (0.57%) Rancher
Vendors
1 37 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.23%) Databricks
3 11 (6.25%) Oracle
4 8 (4.55%) ESRI
4 8 (4.55%) Foundry
4 8 (4.55%) Intergraph
4 8 (4.55%) OpenAI
4 8 (4.55%) VMware
5 7 (3.98%) Google
6 6 (3.41%) Informatica
6 6 (3.41%) Palantir
6 6 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.27%) Citrix
7 4 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.70%) Cisco
8 3 (1.70%) Workday
9 2 (1.14%) Cognos
9 2 (1.14%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.14%) PagerDuty
9 2 (1.14%) YouTube