Analyst Contracts in Southampton

Analyst
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Analyst daily rate in Southampton is £290, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +18
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Analyst 20 13 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 15.75% 8.07% 16.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.09% 9.03% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 15
10th Percentile - £181 £263
25th Percentile £175 £193 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £200 £508
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -60.59% +26.88%
75th Percentile £513 £219 £590
90th Percentile - £238 £608
Hampshire median daily rate £447 £481 £459
% change year-on-year -7.17% +4.90% +9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £24.68 £27.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year -10.26% +71.88% -28.89%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Southampton with a recognized job title 117 144 176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 89.44% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 90 119
10th Percentile £126 £200 £263
25th Percentile £286 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -5.95% +7.42%
75th Percentile £550 £634 £605
90th Percentile £683 £660 £651
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 17
10th Percentile £70.60 - -
25th Percentile £70.75 £21.89 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £65.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +306.25% -21.95%
75th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £74.60 - £31.70
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.75 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -15.00% +9.24% +61.54%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Southampton

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Southampton

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Southampton over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Southampton

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Southampton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Southampton

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) ITIL
3 7 (35.00%) GDPR
4 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (30.00%) Windows
4 6 (30.00%) Firewall
4 6 (30.00%) GSEC
4 6 (30.00%) CISMP
4 6 (30.00%) ISMS
4 6 (30.00%) Smartphone
5 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
5 5 (25.00%) Finance
5 5 (25.00%) SLA
6 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) Information Security
6 4 (20.00%) Logistics
6 4 (20.00%) Agile
6 4 (20.00%) User Experience
6 4 (20.00%) Driving Licence
6 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
7 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
8 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 2 (10.00%) Law
8 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
8 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (10.00%) Microservices
8 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
8 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) Tableau
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Law
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Police
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Smartphone
2 4 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
1 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 6 (30.00%) ISMS
3 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 4 (20.00%) Information Security
3 4 (20.00%) Logistics
3 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (20.00%) User Experience
4 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.00%) Microservices
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
1 1 (5.00%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) CISMP
1 6 (30.00%) GSEC
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) GDPR
2 5 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce