Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 159 299 421
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.52% 11.13% 14.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.32% 11.94% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 188 294
10th Percentile £250 £165 £245
25th Percentile £363 £314 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £448 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% +2.40% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £575 £583 £600
South East median daily rate £460 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.22% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 14
10th Percentile - £17.51 £16.93
25th Percentile £23.50 £17.64 £22.13
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £27.71
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -24.20% +102.23%
75th Percentile £24.98 £22.52 £60.58
90th Percentile £25.26 £42.00 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £19.38 £22.50
% change year-on-year +23.87% -13.89% +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire -3 110 £488 +2.63% 77
Buckinghamshire -4 37 £406 +1.56% 66
Oxfordshire -3 12 £413 +129.17% 46
Analyst
South East

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 50 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 44 (27.67%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (22.01%) Agile
5 26 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (14.47%) Finance
6 23 (14.47%) SQL
6 23 (14.47%) Microsoft
7 20 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (11.95%) Security Cleared
9 18 (11.32%) SC Cleared
9 18 (11.32%) Azure
10 17 (10.69%) User Stories
11 16 (10.06%) Telecoms
11 16 (10.06%) Validation
11 16 (10.06%) Migration
12 15 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (9.43%) Data Analysis
12 15 (9.43%) Incident Management
12 15 (9.43%) Analytics
13 14 (8.81%) Business Analysis
13 14 (8.81%) ITIL
14 13 (8.18%) Change Management
14 13 (8.18%) Oracle
15 12 (7.55%) Degree
16 11 (6.92%) JIRA
16 11 (6.92%) Data Migration
16 11 (6.92%) QA
16 11 (6.92%) User Acceptance Testing
16 11 (6.92%) Windows

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (2.52%) SAS
1 4 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) Camunda
3 1 (0.63%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.14%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.63%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.89%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.26%) Primavera
3 2 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.32%) Azure
2 11 (6.92%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.40%) SaaS
4 5 (3.14%) AWS
4 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.89%) OCI
6 2 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.26%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.26%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.63%) GCP
7 1 (0.63%) GitHub
7 1 (0.63%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) Slack
7 1 (0.63%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.89%) MPLS
2 2 (1.26%) 5G
2 2 (1.26%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (1.26%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.26%) Firewall
2 2 (1.26%) SDH
2 2 (1.26%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (1.26%) SMS
2 2 (1.26%) SS7
2 2 (1.26%) VoLTE
2 2 (1.26%) VoWiFi
2 2 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.26%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.63%) NAS
3 1 (0.63%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.63%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.63%) Skype
3 1 (0.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.92%) Power BI
2 7 (4.40%) Tableau
3 4 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.89%) Metadata
4 3 (1.89%) MS Access
4 3 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.26%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.26%) DTS
6 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.63%) Impala
6 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 11 (6.92%) JIRA
2 2 (1.26%) ERwin
2 2 (1.26%) QARun
2 2 (1.26%) WinRunner
3 1 (0.63%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.63%) Postman
General
1 50 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 44 (27.67%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (14.47%) Finance
4 16 (10.06%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.92%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (5.66%) Retail
7 7 (4.40%) Automotive
8 5 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.14%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.14%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.89%) Local Government
10 2 (1.26%) Banking
10 2 (1.26%) Billing
10 2 (1.26%) Legal
10 2 (1.26%) Marketing
10 2 (1.26%) Military
10 2 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.63%) Electronics
11 1 (0.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.14%) Web Services
2 2 (1.26%) JSON
2 2 (1.26%) Middleware
3 1 (0.63%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.63%) RFC 2544
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.40%) Management Information System
1 7 (4.40%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.77%) Operational Technology
2 6 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (3.14%) CMDB
4 4 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.52%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.52%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.89%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.89%) SCADA
5 3 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.26%) CSOC
6 2 (1.26%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.26%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.63%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.92%) Windows
2 2 (1.26%) Unix
2 2 (1.26%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.63%) Android
3 1 (0.63%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (22.01%) Agile
3 26 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (12.58%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (10.69%) User Stories
6 16 (10.06%) Migration
6 16 (10.06%) Validation
7 15 (9.43%) Analytics
7 15 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (9.43%) Data Analysis
7 15 (9.43%) Incident Management
8 14 (8.81%) Business Analysis
8 14 (8.81%) ITIL
9 13 (8.18%) Change Management
10 11 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (6.92%) Data Migration
10 11 (6.92%) Process Improvement
10 11 (6.92%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (6.92%) Waterfall
11 10 (6.29%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.47%) SQL
2 6 (3.77%) Python
3 2 (1.26%) C#
3 2 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.26%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.26%) R
3 2 (1.26%) VB
4 1 (0.63%) ABAP
4 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (11.95%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.32%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.55%) Degree
4 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.52%) ACCA
5 4 (2.52%) CIMA
5 4 (2.52%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.89%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.89%) CISSP
7 2 (1.26%) APMP
7 2 (1.26%) CCNA
7 2 (1.26%) CCNP
7 2 (1.26%) CEH
7 2 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.26%) ISEB
7 2 (1.26%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.26%) MCSA
8 1 (0.63%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.92%) QA
2 7 (4.40%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.40%) GDPR
3 5 (3.14%) SLA
4 3 (1.89%) IFRS
4 3 (1.89%) IFRS 9
4 3 (1.89%) PMO
5 2 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.63%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.63%) NCSC
6 1 (0.63%) NIST
6 1 (0.63%) P3O
6 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.63%) vSphere
2 1 (0.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (3.14%) SCCM
2 3 (1.89%) SCOM
3 2 (1.26%) QRadar
4 1 (0.63%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.18%) Oracle
3 10 (6.29%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.40%) BMC
5 6 (3.77%) Splunk
6 5 (3.14%) BT
6 5 (3.14%) Citrix
6 5 (3.14%) Virgin Media
7 4 (2.52%) Remedy
7 4 (2.52%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.89%) IFS
8 3 (1.89%) SAP
8 3 (1.89%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.89%) Workday
9 2 (1.26%) Cisco
9 2 (1.26%) Cognos
9 2 (1.26%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.26%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.26%) HP
9 2 (1.26%) Sparx