Trend Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South East

Trend Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 145 192
Rank change year-on-year -59 +47 +11
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 9 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.15% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile - £297 -
25th Percentile £263 £299 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £310 £367
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% -15.53% -22.74%
75th Percentile £288 £327 £417
90th Percentile - £333 £448
England median daily rate £475 £450 £476
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.51% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.52
Median hourly rate - £28.00 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year - -47.20% -
75th Percentile - - £54.55
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £31.64 £24.00
% change year-on-year - +31.83% -63.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Trend 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 4,800 2,660 4,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.39% 91.41% 83.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,116 1,716 2,694
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £412 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -0.20% -1.28%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 173 445
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in the South East

Trend Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Trend Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Trend 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 Trend Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Berkshire -24 5 - - 3
Thames Valley -44 5 - - 3
Hampshire -27 4 £275 - 2
Trend Analysis
England

Trend 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) BGP
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) LAN
1 2 (22.22%) OSPF
1 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
1 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Metadata
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Health and Safety Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Information Scientist
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (11.11%) IT Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Technician
4 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) Protective Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) Security Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 3 (33.33%) SIEM
3 3 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Management
4 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CCIE
2 2 (22.22%) CCNP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) QRadar
2 1 (11.11%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (11.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) LogRhythm
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) Remedy
4 1 (11.11%) VMware