Senior Analyst Contracts in the South East

Senior Analyst
England > South East

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 160 178
Rank change year-on-year +29 +18 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 30 39 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.89% 0.70% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.76% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 30
10th Percentile £361 £355 £392
25th Percentile £375 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -8.23% +3.77%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £650
90th Percentile £638 £599 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £19.25 -
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.63 -
Median hourly rate £25.30 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% - -
75th Percentile £25.45 £50.63 -
90th Percentile - £57.75 -
England median hourly rate £30.67 £23.50 £42.02
% change year-on-year +30.50% -44.07% +31.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,059 5,153 5,549
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.35% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,972 3,055 3,843
10th Percentile £220 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £627 £605
90th Percentile £662 £691 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 493 250
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £21.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £54.88 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.97% +9.75% +137.81%
75th Percentile £62.31 £70.00 £64.63
90th Percentile £76.25 £80.00 £74.81
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% -6.98% +68.63%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Senior Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in the South East

Senior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Senior Analyst in the South East

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in the South East

Senior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Analyst in the South East

Senior Analyst
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 Senior Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. 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 +15 20 £513 +2.50% 14
Berkshire +14 11 £525 +5.00% 3
Buckinghamshire +12 7 £375 -12.79% 3
Hampshire +23 4 £450 -14.29% 19
Surrey +15 3 £520 -21.80% 5
Oxfordshire -2 2 £325 -35.00% 8
West Sussex - 2 £373 - 2
East Sussex - 1 £625 - 1
Senior Analyst
England

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Senior Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (40.00%) Agile
2 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 10 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (30.00%) Waterfall
5 8 (26.67%) Software Testing
6 7 (23.33%) Validation
6 7 (23.33%) SQL
7 6 (20.00%) Windows
7 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 6 (20.00%) Defect Management
7 6 (20.00%) Service Design
8 5 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 5 (16.67%) JIRA
8 5 (16.67%) ITIL
8 5 (16.67%) Finance
9 4 (13.33%) Scrum
9 4 (13.33%) Service Management
9 4 (13.33%) GAP Analysis
9 4 (13.33%) XML
9 4 (13.33%) Unix
9 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 4 (13.33%) Test Scripting
9 4 (13.33%) Manual Testing
9 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
9 4 (13.33%) Microservices
9 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP GRC
1 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
1 2 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.33%) iPaaS
2 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) 5G
1 2 (6.67%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (6.67%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (6.67%) SMS
1 2 (6.67%) SS7
1 2 (6.67%) VoLTE
1 2 (6.67%) VoWiFi
1 2 (6.67%) Wireless
1 2 (6.67%) Wireshark
2 1 (3.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (3.33%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) MS Access
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (6.67%) SoapUI
2 2 (6.67%) Toad
3 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.33%) Automotive
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) XML
2 3 (10.00%) Middleware
2 3 (10.00%) Web Services
3 2 (6.67%) SOAP
4 1 (3.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) iPad
3 1 (3.33%) iPhone
3 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Unix
3 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Agile
1 12 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (30.00%) Waterfall
3 8 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 7 (23.33%) Validation
5 6 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 6 (20.00%) Service Design
5 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 5 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (16.67%) ITIL
7 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (13.33%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (13.33%) Manual Testing
7 4 (13.33%) Microservices
7 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
7 4 (13.33%) Scrum
7 4 (13.33%) Service Management
7 4 (13.33%) Test Scripting
7 4 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 2 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (3.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) ISEB
2 3 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.33%) ACCA
4 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.33%) CIMA
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.33%) SAP Certification
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Citrix
2 3 (10.00%) Oracle
2 3 (10.00%) SAP
2 3 (10.00%) webMethods
3 2 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (6.67%) F5
3 2 (6.67%) Qualys
3 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.33%) Aruba
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco
4 1 (3.33%) Compaq
4 1 (3.33%) HP
4 1 (3.33%) IFS
4 1 (3.33%) Terracotta