Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends

Senior Analyst
UK

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 236 211
Rank change year-on-year -29 -25 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 373 362 502
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.06% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.14% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 252 385
10th Percentile £325 £372 £386
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £631
90th Percentile £706 £725 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £448 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.79% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 7
10th Percentile £26.11 £30.13 £47.17
25th Percentile £28.00 £41.25 £56.88
Median hourly rate £33.37 £52.83 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.83% -18.73% +150.00%
75th Percentile £46.64 £64.73 £69.38
90th Percentile £67.88 - £73.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.94 £52.83 £66.25
% change year-on-year -20.61% -20.26% +231.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 33,545 31,624 41,095
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 92.80% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,197 19,461 27,642
10th Percentile £293 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £643
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,986 989 1,457
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.60 £15.14
25th Percentile £18.08 £21.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.44 £72.55 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Analyst over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 December 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
England -23 336 £510 -5.99% 145
London +11 198 £588 +2.17% 58
UK excluding London -35 150 £448 -5.79% 134
Work from Home -28 90 £525 +2.44% 69
North of England -10 61 £403 -21.46% 27
South East -40 42 £525 +7.14% 66
Yorkshire -33 25 £410 -8.89% 2
North East +7 19 £120 -83.33% 7
North West -17 17 £450 -18.18% 18
Midlands -47 15 £500 - 22
East of England -17 12 £533 -6.17% 4
Scotland -9 8 £475 +5.56% 5
West Midlands -45 8 £500 - 15
East Midlands -14 7 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 7 £400 - 2
South West -8 5 £535 +12.63% 8
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Senior 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 featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 112 (30.03%) Agile
2 73 (19.57%) Business Analysis
3 70 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (17.43%) SQL
4 65 (17.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 56 (15.01%) Power BI
5 56 (15.01%) Power Platform
5 56 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (13.67%) Business Intelligence
7 49 (13.14%) User Stories
8 46 (12.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 45 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (12.06%) Requirements Gathering
10 44 (11.80%) Analytics
10 44 (11.80%) Security Cleared
11 43 (11.53%) Decision-Making
12 41 (10.99%) Visualisation
13 39 (10.46%) Microsoft
13 39 (10.46%) Migration
13 39 (10.46%) Process Improvement
14 38 (10.19%) Data Analysis
15 35 (9.38%) Validation
16 34 (9.12%) JIRA
17 33 (8.85%) Azure
18 32 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
18 32 (8.58%) Microsoft Excel
18 32 (8.58%) Windows
19 31 (8.31%) SC Cleared
20 30 (8.04%) Confluence
20 30 (8.04%) Data Modelling

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 30 (8.04%) Confluence
2 9 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.54%) Apache
3 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.54%) SAS
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 32 (8.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.36%) MS Visio
3 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Endur
1 5 (1.34%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.80%) Algo Collateral
3 3 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.54%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.54%) iTrent
4 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.27%) RMDS
5 1 (0.27%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (15.01%) Power Platform
2 33 (8.85%) Azure
3 23 (6.17%) AWS
4 17 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (3.75%) GCP
6 10 (2.68%) SaaS
7 9 (2.41%) Lucidchart
8 8 (2.14%) Google Analytics
9 7 (1.88%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.61%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.34%) dbt
11 5 (1.34%) Google Tag Manager
11 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.34%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.07%) Miro
13 3 (0.80%) ChatGPT
13 3 (0.80%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.61%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.34%) DNS
3 4 (1.07%) Firewall
4 3 (0.80%) Broadband
4 3 (0.80%) LAN
4 3 (0.80%) WAN
5 2 (0.54%) FTP
5 2 (0.54%) SSL
5 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.54%) Wireless
6 1 (0.27%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.27%) HTTP
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) NAS
6 1 (0.27%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) SAN
6 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.27%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.27%) VLAN
6 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (15.01%) Power BI
2 22 (5.90%) Tableau
3 14 (3.75%) BigQuery
4 11 (2.95%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.14%) Looker
6 6 (1.61%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (1.34%) Parquet
7 5 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.80%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.80%) Metadata
9 3 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.80%) Power Query
9 3 (0.80%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.54%) BusinessObjects XI
10 2 (0.54%) Impala
10 2 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.54%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.54%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 34 (9.12%) JIRA
2 6 (1.61%) Postman
3 5 (1.34%) Selenium
4 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.80%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.80%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.54%) Git
6 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.27%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
6 1 (0.27%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.27%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 126 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 110 (29.49%) Finance
3 88 (23.59%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (15.55%) Public Sector
5 43 (11.53%) Banking
6 19 (5.09%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.22%) Retail
9 10 (2.68%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.14%) Legal
12 7 (1.88%) Front Office
12 7 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.88%) Local Government
12 7 (1.88%) Marketing
13 6 (1.61%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.34%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.34%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.07%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.14%) ADO
2 6 (1.61%) JSON
3 5 (1.34%) Apache Avro
4 4 (1.07%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.07%) Kafka
4 4 (1.07%) Middleware
5 3 (0.80%) SOAP
6 2 (0.54%) FHIR
6 2 (0.54%) NumPy
6 2 (0.54%) Pandas
6 2 (0.54%) Playwright
6 2 (0.54%) PySpark
6 2 (0.54%) REST
6 2 (0.54%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.27%) FIXML
7 1 (0.27%) Matplotlib
7 1 (0.27%) Seaborn
7 1 (0.27%) XML Messaging
7 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.09%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.56%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.02%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (2.68%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (2.14%) Derivative
6 8 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.88%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.88%) iPad
7 7 (1.88%) iPhone
7 7 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.61%) NHS
9 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.34%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.07%) Cyberattack
10 4 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.07%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.80%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.58%) Windows
2 7 (1.88%) Linux
2 7 (1.88%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.07%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) CentOS
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
4 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (30.03%) Agile
2 73 (19.57%) Business Analysis
3 70 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (17.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 56 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (13.67%) Business Intelligence
7 49 (13.14%) User Stories
8 46 (12.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 45 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (12.06%) Requirements Gathering
10 44 (11.80%) Analytics
11 43 (11.53%) Decision-Making
12 41 (10.99%) Visualisation
13 39 (10.46%) Migration
13 39 (10.46%) Process Improvement
14 38 (10.19%) Data Analysis
15 35 (9.38%) Validation
16 32 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
17 30 (8.04%) Data Modelling
18 29 (7.77%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 65 (17.43%) SQL
2 27 (7.24%) Python
3 8 (2.14%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.34%) R
5 4 (1.07%) Java
6 2 (0.54%) C#
6 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.27%) ABAP
7 1 (0.27%) Korn
7 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (11.80%) Security Cleared
2 31 (8.31%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.24%) Degree
4 13 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.14%) CBAP
6 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.61%) CSPO
7 6 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.07%) CISSP
8 4 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.80%) CISM
9 3 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.80%) IIBA
9 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.54%) CEH
10 2 (0.54%) CFA
10 2 (0.54%) ISEB
10 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.54%) PMP
11 1 (0.27%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.09%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.56%) QA
3 13 (3.49%) GDPR
4 12 (3.22%) PMO
5 7 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.88%) SLA
6 6 (1.61%) GRC
7 5 (1.34%) NIST
8 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.80%) PERC
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) COBIT
9 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.54%) HL7
9 2 (0.54%) IFRS
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.54%) P3O
9 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.54%) HDFS
2 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.27%) BladeLogic
1 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.27%) Nessus
1 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (10.46%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.56%) Oracle
3 15 (4.02%) Salesforce
3 15 (4.02%) SAP
4 12 (3.22%) Splunk
5 10 (2.68%) Google
6 7 (1.88%) Databricks
7 6 (1.61%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.34%) Zuora
9 3 (0.80%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.80%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.80%) F5
9 3 (0.80%) Facebook
9 3 (0.80%) Foundry
9 3 (0.80%) OpenLink
9 3 (0.80%) Palantir
9 3 (0.80%) Qualys
9 3 (0.80%) SmartStream
9 3 (0.80%) Workday
10 2 (0.54%) Adobe