Quantitative Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South East

Quantitative Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 160 205
Rank change year-on-year -20 +45 -
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.066% 0.12% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.079% 0.14% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £550 £675 £520
% change year-on-year -18.52% +29.81% -4.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Quantitative Analysis 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 3,798 2,881 4,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.75% 89.36% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,505 1,760 2,922
10th Percentile £250 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.45%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 105 326
10th Percentile £14.50 £18.58 £13.84
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £21.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.88 £48.15
Median % change year-on-year -45.02% -10.94% +8.81%
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.50 £64.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Quantitative Analysis 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 Quantitative Analysis.

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Quantitative Analysis
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 Quantitative Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 January 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £400 -
Thames Valley - 3 £400 - 2
Quantitative Analysis
England

Quantitative Analysis
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Report Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Reporting Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Project Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) VBA