Senior Analyst Contracts

Senior Analyst
UK

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 263 283
Rank change year-on-year +48 +20 +70
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 468 620 857
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 1.05% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.11% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 465 606
10th Percentile £357 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £587
90th Percentile £663 £702 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 3
10th Percentile £13.50 £23.18 £26.97
25th Percentile £14.25 £38.25 £28.80
Median hourly rate £23.00 £60.25 £31.85
Median % change year-on-year -61.83% +89.17% +35.97%
75th Percentile £29.38 £64.06 £59.55
90th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £76.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £23.25 £29.18
% change year-on-year -35.48% -20.31% +25.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Analyst in the UK

Senior Analyst
Top 16 Contract 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 4 May 2024. 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 +31 417 £525 - 301
London +22 263 £550 +3.77% 173
UK excluding London +43 177 £500 +4.17% 132
Work from Home +45 150 £525 +9.95% 146
North of England +18 45 £500 +2.56% 21
North West +25 38 £500 +5.26% 12
South East +14 34 £500 -1.96% 33
Midlands +37 32 £450 -14.29% 25
Scotland +35 31 £480 +12.02% 8
East of England +14 29 £538 -12.24% 21
West Midlands +30 24 £469 -12.38% 17
South West +17 9 £600 +12.15% 15
East Midlands +24 7 £325 -23.53% 8
Yorkshire +8 5 £520 +1.46% 8
North East +17 1 - - 1
Wales +10 1 £550 +37.50% 7

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 143 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 111 (23.72%) Finance
2 111 (23.72%) Agile
3 87 (18.59%) SQL
4 76 (16.24%) Public Sector
5 69 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (13.89%) Microsoft
7 62 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 60 (12.82%) Business Analysis
8 60 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
9 57 (12.18%) Azure
10 54 (11.54%) Python
10 54 (11.54%) Power Platform
11 53 (11.32%) Data Analysis
12 51 (10.90%) Analytics
13 50 (10.68%) Power BI
13 50 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (10.04%) Security Cleared
15 46 (9.83%) Project Management
16 45 (9.62%) Degree
17 44 (9.40%) Windows
18 43 (9.19%) DevOps
19 40 (8.55%) User Stories
20 38 (8.12%) SC Cleared
21 37 (7.91%) Visualisation
21 37 (7.91%) Scrum
22 35 (7.48%) Mentoring
23 34 (7.26%) Acceptance Criteria
23 34 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
23 34 (7.26%) Data Modelling

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (2.78%) CMS
2 12 (2.56%) Confluence
3 9 (1.92%) SAS
4 8 (1.71%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.07%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.85%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.85%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.21%) Camunda
8 1 (0.21%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 34 (7.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.56%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.35%) Spreadsheet
5 10 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.64%) SPSS
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.14%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.85%) OPENHousing
4 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.43%) Endur
4 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.21%) Aligne
5 1 (0.21%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.21%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.21%) Shopify
5 1 (0.21%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 57 (12.18%) Azure
2 54 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 27 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (2.99%) Power Automate
5 14 (2.99%) Snowflake
6 11 (2.35%) Entra ID
7 10 (2.14%) AWS
8 9 (1.92%) PowerApps
8 9 (1.92%) SaaS
9 6 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.28%) Collibra
10 5 (1.07%) Miro
11 4 (0.85%) GCP
12 3 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.64%) Google Analytics
12 3 (0.64%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.64%) IaaS
13 2 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.92%) Network Security
2 7 (1.50%) Firewall
3 4 (0.85%) Skype
4 3 (0.64%) DNS
4 3 (0.64%) Internet
4 3 (0.64%) Intranet
4 3 (0.64%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.43%) LAN
5 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.43%) VoIP
5 2 (0.43%) WAN
5 2 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.21%) DHCP
6 1 (0.21%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (10.68%) Power BI
2 23 (4.91%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.42%) Tableau
4 11 (2.35%) Qlik Sense
5 10 (2.14%) Data Mining
5 10 (2.14%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.50%) Big Data
7 7 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.28%) Ataccama
9 5 (1.07%) GIS
9 5 (1.07%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.85%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.85%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.64%) Presto
11 3 (0.64%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.43%) Impala
Development Applications
1 34 (7.26%) JIRA
2 21 (4.49%) Selenium
3 17 (3.63%) WebDriver
4 15 (3.21%) Visual Studio
5 14 (2.99%) SpecFlow
6 12 (2.56%) Postman
7 6 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (1.07%) Subversion
9 4 (0.85%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.64%) Appium
10 3 (0.64%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.64%) Git
10 3 (0.64%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.64%) Rational Performance Tester
11 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.43%) JMeter
11 2 (0.43%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 143 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 111 (23.72%) Finance
3 76 (16.24%) Public Sector
4 69 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.62%) Back Office
5 31 (6.62%) Banking
6 26 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.91%) Telecoms
8 21 (4.49%) Local Government
9 19 (4.06%) Front Office
10 18 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (2.35%) Legal
11 11 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.35%) Retail
12 9 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.71%) Billing
14 7 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.50%) Marketing
15 4 (0.85%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.49%) .NET
2 11 (2.35%) .NET Framework
2 11 (2.35%) AngularJS
3 10 (2.14%) XML
4 5 (1.07%) Middleware
5 4 (0.85%) SAP PI
6 3 (0.64%) D3.js
6 3 (0.64%) PySpark
7 2 (0.43%) Playwright
8 1 (0.21%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.21%) ADO
8 1 (0.21%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.21%) Gherkin
8 1 (0.21%) HTML
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.21%) REST
8 1 (0.21%) RESTful
8 1 (0.21%) VML
8 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.34%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.21%) Mobile App
3 14 (2.99%) Derivative
4 13 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (2.35%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.14%) Cyberattack
7 10 (2.14%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.71%) CMDB
8 8 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (1.71%) Reinsurance
8 8 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.85%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.85%) iPhone
12 4 (0.85%) Life Science
12 4 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 44 (9.40%) Windows
2 16 (3.42%) Linux
2 16 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 12 (2.56%) Android
4 6 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.28%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (23.72%) Agile
2 62 (13.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 60 (12.82%) Business Analysis
3 60 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
4 53 (11.32%) Data Analysis
5 51 (10.90%) Analytics
6 50 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (9.83%) Project Management
8 43 (9.19%) DevOps
9 40 (8.55%) User Stories
10 37 (7.91%) Scrum
10 37 (7.91%) Visualisation
11 35 (7.48%) Mentoring
12 34 (7.26%) Acceptance Criteria
12 34 (7.26%) Data Modelling
13 33 (7.05%) Requirements Gathering
13 33 (7.05%) Test Automation
14 32 (6.84%) Use Case
15 30 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
16 29 (6.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 87 (18.59%) SQL
2 54 (11.54%) Python
3 30 (6.41%) C#
4 25 (5.34%) PowerShell
5 9 (1.92%) Kotlin
6 7 (1.50%) Java
7 6 (1.28%) VBA
8 4 (0.85%) C++
8 4 (0.85%) R
9 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.64%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.43%) VBScript
11 1 (0.21%) Bicep
11 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.21%) Scala
11 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (10.04%) Security Cleared
2 45 (9.62%) Degree
3 38 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 8 (1.71%) CISSP
4 8 (1.71%) DV Cleared
4 8 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.50%) ISEB
6 5 (1.07%) CCNA
6 5 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.85%) BICSI RCDD
7 4 (0.85%) CBAP
7 4 (0.85%) CISM
7 4 (0.85%) IIBA
7 4 (0.85%) MBA
8 3 (0.64%) CFA
8 3 (0.64%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.64%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.56%) PMO
2 24 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.63%) QA
4 15 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.14%) GDPR
6 9 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.85%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.85%) SLA
9 3 (0.64%) GRC
9 3 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.43%) P3O
11 1 (0.21%) EMIR
11 1 (0.21%) GLBA
11 1 (0.21%) ISAE 3402
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.21%) NIST
11 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (4.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.64%) Nessus
2 3 (0.64%) Nmap
3 2 (0.43%) Ansible
3 2 (0.43%) BladeLogic
3 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.21%) CASB
4 1 (0.21%) Control-M
4 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.21%) QRadar
Vendors
1 65 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.84%) SAP
3 19 (4.06%) ServiceNow
4 16 (3.42%) Oracle
4 16 (3.42%) Splunk
5 13 (2.78%) Citrix
6 10 (2.14%) LogRhythm
6 10 (2.14%) NEC
6 10 (2.14%) Northgate
7 9 (1.92%) Darktrace
7 9 (1.92%) FireEye
8 8 (1.71%) Ariba
8 8 (1.71%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.71%) Dataiku
9 7 (1.50%) Apple
10 6 (1.28%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.28%) Trillium
11 5 (1.07%) Google
11 5 (1.07%) IBM
12 4 (0.85%) Cisco