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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 52 51
Rank change year-on-year +20 -1 -11
Contract jobs citing Analytics 367 135 173
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.52% 3.85% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.84% 4.32% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 79 113
10th Percentile £349 £300 £311
25th Percentile £450 £412 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £625
90th Percentile £670 £765 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £560
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 5
10th Percentile £16.38 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £14.20 £27.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £31.08 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +141.31% +7.17% -10.22%
75th Percentile £83.62 £35.20 £60.06
90th Percentile £87.16 £70.16 £62.86
England median hourly rate £52.50 £34.98 £32.50
% change year-on-year +50.09% +7.63% -7.47%

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 5,369 3,127 3,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.74% 89.22% 82.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,235 1,941 2,308
10th Percentile £275 £222 £256
25th Percentile £425 £385 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £630
90th Percentile £706 £656 £700
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 614 312 271
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.50 £34.50
Median hourly rate £52.43 £21.82 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +140.23% -61.95% +9.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £51.69 £71.82
90th Percentile £86.70 £69.65 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +17 209 £525 -4.55% 196
Berkshire +13 128 £521 -5.23% 97
Hampshire -7 57 £500 +11.11% 63
Buckinghamshire +3 50 £538 -8.51% 47
Surrey +3 43 £475 +58.33% 66
Oxfordshire -5 31 £563 +15.38% 52
West Sussex -10 25 £456 -11.41% 25
Middlesex - 19 £570 - 7
East Sussex +5 7 £513 +5.13% 27
Kent +4 5 £625 - 20
Analytics
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 24 (6.54%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (3.00%) Confluence
3 4 (1.09%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.54%) Apache
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Superset
5 2 (0.54%) CMS
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.18%) CPLEX
3 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.54%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.27%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 144 (39.24%) Azure
2 73 (19.89%) Power Platform
3 48 (13.08%) AWS
4 42 (11.44%) GCP
5 32 (8.72%) Entra ID
6 30 (8.17%) Azure Monitor
7 26 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (3.27%) SaaS
10 11 (3.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 11 (3.00%) GitHub
11 10 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (2.45%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (2.45%) dbt
13 8 (2.18%) Azure AKS
14 7 (1.91%) Azure App Service
14 7 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.91%) Snowflake
15 6 (1.63%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.09%) Network Security
2 14 (3.81%) Broadband
3 13 (3.54%) DNS
4 11 (3.00%) Firewall
4 11 (3.00%) VPN
5 8 (2.18%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.63%) DHCP
6 6 (1.63%) SSH
7 3 (0.82%) BGP
7 3 (0.82%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.82%) WAN
8 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.54%) SAN
9 1 (0.27%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.27%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.27%) LAN
9 1 (0.27%) OSPF
9 1 (0.27%) SSL
9 1 (0.27%) VRRP
9 1 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (19.35%) Power BI
2 55 (14.99%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (6.54%) Oracle ODI
3 24 (6.54%) Oracle Reports
4 19 (5.18%) Tableau
5 18 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (4.90%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.81%) NoSQL
7 11 (3.00%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.00%) Metadata
8 8 (2.18%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.91%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
11 4 (1.09%) Couchbase
11 4 (1.09%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.09%) MySQL
11 4 (1.09%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 25 (6.81%) Git
2 10 (2.72%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.72%) JIRA
3 4 (1.09%) JUnit
4 2 (0.54%) fastlane
5 1 (0.27%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.27%) Crashlytics
5 1 (0.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.27%) Gradle
5 1 (0.27%) MSI
5 1 (0.27%) RStudio
5 1 (0.27%) Xcode
General
1 116 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (13.08%) Public Sector
4 39 (10.63%) Finance
5 18 (4.90%) Retail
6 16 (4.36%) Marketing
7 15 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.18%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.18%) Military
11 8 (2.18%) Publishing
12 7 (1.91%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.36%) Automotive
13 5 (1.36%) Billing
13 5 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (14.99%) Senior
2 51 (13.90%) Analyst
3 49 (13.35%) Developer
4 35 (9.54%) Data Engineer
5 33 (8.99%) Lead
6 29 (7.90%) Architect
7 22 (5.99%) Data Analyst
8 19 (5.18%) Oracle Developer
9 17 (4.63%) Consultant
9 17 (4.63%) Data Scientist
10 16 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.54%) Technical Leader
12 12 (3.27%) Data Warehouse Developer
12 12 (3.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.00%) Analytics Manager
13 11 (3.00%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
13 11 (3.00%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (3.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (2.72%) Data Architect
14 10 (2.72%) IAM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.90%) Terraform
2 25 (6.81%) OAuth
3 23 (6.27%) LDAP
3 23 (6.27%) RESTful
4 22 (5.99%) OpenID
5 20 (5.45%) OAuth2
6 18 (4.90%) SAML
7 17 (4.63%) Django
8 15 (4.09%) PySpark
9 13 (3.54%) ARM Templates
9 13 (3.54%) SailPoint
9 13 (3.54%) Web Services
10 12 (3.27%) HTML
10 12 (3.27%) REST
11 11 (3.00%) CSS
11 11 (3.00%) OpenAPI
11 11 (3.00%) Swagger
12 8 (2.18%) Flask
12 8 (2.18%) Pandas
12 8 (2.18%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.45%) Cloud Native
1 20 (5.45%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (4.63%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.81%) Data Structures
5 14 (3.81%) Social Media
6 12 (3.27%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.91%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.91%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.36%) IVR
9 5 (1.36%) Media Streaming
10 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.82%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.82%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.81%) Windows
2 17 (4.63%) Linux
3 15 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.09%) Unix
6 2 (0.54%) AIX
6 2 (0.54%) HPUX
6 2 (0.54%) Solaris
7 1 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.27%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (26.16%) Agile
2 85 (23.16%) Business Intelligence
3 84 (22.89%) Data Modelling
4 77 (20.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 73 (19.89%) DevOps
5 73 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (19.07%) AI
7 60 (16.35%) CI/CD
8 58 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 57 (15.53%) Decision-Making
10 55 (14.99%) Data Governance
11 52 (14.17%) Data Engineering
12 48 (13.08%) ETL
12 48 (13.08%) Roadmaps
13 47 (12.81%) Data Analytics
13 47 (12.81%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (11.44%) Data Science
14 42 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 39 (10.63%) Migration
16 34 (9.26%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 88 (23.98%) SQL
2 82 (22.34%) Python
3 40 (10.90%) PowerShell
4 15 (4.09%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.81%) Bash
5 14 (3.81%) Bicep
6 8 (2.18%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.91%) C#
7 7 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.63%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.36%) Java
9 5 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.82%) R
11 2 (0.54%) VBA
12 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 113 (30.79%) Security Cleared
2 83 (22.62%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.26%) Degree
4 18 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (4.09%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.72%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.72%) PMI Certification
8 9 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.18%) PMP
10 5 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.82%) MCITP
11 3 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.54%) ACCA
12 2 (0.54%) CAPM
12 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.54%) CISSP
12 2 (0.54%) MBA
12 2 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (19.07%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.18%) QA
3 12 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.00%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.00%) NIST
5 10 (2.72%) GDPR
6 5 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.36%) PMO
7 4 (1.09%) SLA
8 3 (0.82%) GMP
9 2 (0.54%) GAAP
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS
9 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.54%) WCAG
10 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) ITGC
System Software
1 42 (11.44%) Active Directory
2 20 (5.45%) Docker
3 10 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (7.90%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.81%) Ansible
3 9 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.18%) SCCM
5 7 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.63%) Grafana
7 5 (1.36%) SCOM
8 4 (1.09%) QRadar
9 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.27%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.27%) Podman
11 1 (0.27%) Rancher
11 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 104 (28.34%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.62%) Databricks
3 42 (11.44%) Oracle
4 24 (6.54%) SAP
5 17 (4.63%) Google
6 13 (3.54%) CyberArk
7 11 (3.00%) VMware
8 9 (2.45%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.18%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (1.91%) Workday
11 6 (1.63%) Ariba
12 5 (1.36%) Adobe
12 5 (1.36%) Baan
12 5 (1.36%) Foundry
12 5 (1.36%) Palantir
13 3 (0.82%) LogRhythm
13 3 (0.82%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.82%) Splunk
13 3 (0.82%) Talend