Sales Analyst Contract Job Trends

Sales Analyst
UK

The median Sales Analyst daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 546 561
Rank change year-on-year -118 +15 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Sales Analyst 16 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.029% 0.039% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.043% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 6
10th Percentile £506 £235 £99
25th Percentile £513 £260 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £226
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +115.47% +0.56%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £258
90th Percentile - £578 £415
UK excluding London median daily rate - £550 £226
% change year-on-year - +143.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £39.60 £33.50
Median hourly rate - £40.73 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.37% +57.66%
75th Percentile - £41.87 £36.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 50,643 30,010 35,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.03% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,934 18,949 21,605
10th Percentile £325 £277 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,909 1,607 1,616
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.70 £51.57 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.49% -42.88% +0.83%

Sales Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Sales Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Sales Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Sales Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sales Analyst over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Sales Analyst in the UK

Sales Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Sales Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 24 September 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
England -124 12 £550 +12.82% 19
London -80 11 £550 +70.54% 15
Work from Home -65 3 £550 -4.35% 4
UK excluding London -103 1 - - 4
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, Sales 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 Sales Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Salesforce
2 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (31.25%) AI
3 5 (31.25%) Business Analysis
3 5 (31.25%) CRM
3 5 (31.25%) Data Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) Analytics
4 4 (25.00%) B2B
4 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Databricks
4 4 (25.00%) User Stories
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Data Matching
5 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (18.75%) GTM Strategy
5 3 (18.75%) Post-Merger Integration
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) SaaS
5 3 (18.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (12.50%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 2 (12.50%) Degree
6 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (12.50%) Operations Management
6 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement

Sales 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) SaaS
1 3 (18.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Advertising
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Automotive
4 1 (6.25%) Billing
4 1 (6.25%) Brand Awareness
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) PMI
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Video on Demand
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (31.25%) AI
2 5 (31.25%) Business Analysis
2 5 (31.25%) CRM
2 5 (31.25%) Data Modelling
3 4 (25.00%) Analytics
3 4 (25.00%) B2B
3 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (25.00%) User Stories
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Data Matching
4 3 (18.75%) GTM Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) Post-Merger Integration
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (12.50%) Operations Management
5 2 (12.50%) Process Management
5 2 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Salesforce
2 4 (25.00%) Databricks
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft