Analyst Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Analyst
South East > Surrey

The median Analyst daily rate in Surrey is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 49 61 88
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 11.14% 17.53% 13.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.31% 18.65% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 49 80
10th Percentile £251 £223 £163
25th Percentile £352 £365 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +26.67% +29.31%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £520
90th Percentile £591 £551 £560
South East median daily rate £425 £462 £460
% change year-on-year -8.06% +0.50% +12.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £24.66 -
South East median hourly rate £16.35 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -61.53% +112.50% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 398 327 600
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 93.97% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 199 458
10th Percentile £204 £194 £187
25th Percentile £352 £257 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £581 £538 £575
90th Percentile £688 £651 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 19 55
10th Percentile £37.20 £18.65 £12.36
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.77 £13.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £24.18 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +168.82% -49.09% +5.56%
75th Percentile £85.40 £26.50 £69.70
90th Percentile £89.15 £39.50 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £29.81 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.87% -5.56% -

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Surrey

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Surrey

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Surrey over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Surrey

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Surrey

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Redhill -1 14 £550 +4.76% 2
Leatherhead -4 6 £475 -
Guildford +1 5 £344 - 2
Epsom -3 3 £263 +25.00% 1
Reigate +8 1 - - 3
Camberley +1 1 - - 4
Woking -1 1 £500 +119.78% 3
Oxted - 1 £250 -
Staines - 1 £363 -
Weybridge - 1 £475 - 2
Analyst
South East

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (34.69%) JIRA
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (30.61%) Project Management
3 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
4 12 (24.49%) Power BI
4 12 (24.49%) Power Platform
5 11 (22.45%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (22.45%) Data Analysis
6 9 (18.37%) Active Directory
6 9 (18.37%) Agile
6 9 (18.37%) PMO
7 8 (16.33%) Business Analysis
7 8 (16.33%) ITIL
7 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Office
7 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (16.33%) SQL
8 7 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
8 7 (14.29%) Budget Management
8 7 (14.29%) Capacity Management
8 7 (14.29%) Validation
9 6 (12.24%) Project Delivery
9 6 (12.24%) Splunk
9 6 (12.24%) Waterfall
10 5 (10.20%) B2B
10 5 (10.20%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (10.20%) Problem Management
10 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (10.20%) Time Management
11 4 (8.16%) Change Control

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (8.16%) Mattermost
1 4 (8.16%) Skype for Business
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
3 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.04%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.12%) Azure
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.04%) GCP
4 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.16%) Skype
2 2 (4.08%) Firewall
3 1 (2.04%) HTTP
3 1 (2.04%) Intranet
3 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (24.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (34.69%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Postman
2 1 (2.04%) SoapUI
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 17 (34.69%) Finance
2 16 (32.65%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Automotive
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Local Government
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) JSON
1 1 (2.04%) REST
1 1 (2.04%) SOAP
1 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
1 2 (4.08%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Windows
3 2 (4.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Project Management
2 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.45%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (22.45%) Data Analysis
4 9 (18.37%) Agile
5 8 (16.33%) Business Analysis
5 8 (16.33%) ITIL
6 7 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
6 7 (14.29%) Budget Management
6 7 (14.29%) Capacity Management
6 7 (14.29%) Validation
7 6 (12.24%) Project Delivery
7 6 (12.24%) Waterfall
8 5 (10.20%) B2B
8 5 (10.20%) Problem Management
8 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (10.20%) Time Management
9 4 (8.16%) Information Security
9 4 (8.16%) ITSM
9 4 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) SQL
2 4 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) Python
4 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) CCNA
3 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.04%) ISEB
3 1 (2.04%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.04%) MCSE
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) PMO
2 2 (4.08%) GDPR
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.08%) QA
2 2 (4.08%) SLA
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.04%) GMP
System Software
1 9 (18.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) HP SiteScope
1 4 (8.16%) SCOM
2 3 (6.12%) SCCM
3 1 (2.04%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.04%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (2.04%) Kibana
3 1 (2.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) Splunk
3 4 (8.16%) Cisco
3 4 (8.16%) Remedy
3 4 (8.16%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.08%) Google
4 2 (4.08%) SAP
4 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Aruba
5 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.04%) IBM
5 1 (2.04%) Mitel
5 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto