Technical Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Technical Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £450, 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 96 139 141
Rank change year-on-year +43 +2 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 6 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.40% 0.22% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.24% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 6
10th Percentile £325 £344 £257
25th Percentile £369 £422 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £388
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +19.35% +6.53%
75th Percentile £502 £525 £400
90th Percentile £528 £566 -
South East median daily rate £425 £463 £400
% change year-on-year -8.11% +15.63% -11.11%

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%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analyst in the Thames Valley

Technical Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Analyst in the Thames Valley

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analyst in the Thames Valley

Technical Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Analyst in the Thames Valley

Technical 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 Technical 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 +32 4 £456 -3.95% 4
Buckinghamshire +15 1 £350 -18.13% 5
Oxfordshire +5 1 £475 +5.56% 2
Technical Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Aruba
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
2 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) API Design
2 1 (16.67%) API Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation

Technical 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 1 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
1 1 (16.67%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba
2 1 (16.67%) Aruba
2 1 (16.67%) SAP