Sales Analyst Contract Job Trends

Sales Analyst
UK

The median Sales Analyst daily rate in the UK is £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 562 654
Rank change year-on-year +26 +92 +192
Contract jobs requiring a Sales Analyst 11 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.018% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.020% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile £224 £87 £169
25th Percentile £259 £156 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £218 £225
Median % change year-on-year +98.28% -3.33% -55.33%
75th Percentile £575 £235 £245
90th Percentile - £253 £293
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £226 -
% change year-on-year +143.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £21.07
25th Percentile - £33.50 £21.18
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year - +57.66% -
75th Percentile - £36.50 £23.08
90th Percentile - - £23.09
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.00

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 29,740 35,350 47,152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 92.95% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,772 21,777 32,303
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,564 1,687 1,507
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.77
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%
75th Percentile £52.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -44.11% +6.95% +91.26%

Sales Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sales Analyst 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 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 +17 10 £431 +98.28% 15
London +31 5 £270 +66.15% 9
UK excluding London +6 5 £550 +143.09% 10
East of England +7 3 £550 -
South East +20 2 £321 +41.99% 6
Work from Home - 1 - - 8

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Sales 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 Sales Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Salesforce
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (27.27%) SAP PI
3 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (27.27%) Contract Management
3 3 (27.27%) Cross-Platform Development
3 3 (27.27%) Logistics
3 3 (27.27%) Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) SAP LE
3 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (27.27%) SAP WM
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) ITSM
3 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
4 2 (18.18%) Workflow
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Adobe
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) CRM
4 2 (18.18%) Eloqua
4 2 (18.18%) Tableau

Sales 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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) SAP LE
1 3 (27.27%) SAP WM
2 2 (18.18%) Eloqua
3 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
2 1 (9.09%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 3 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Agile
1 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
2 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Contract Management
2 3 (27.27%) Cross-Platform Development
2 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
2 3 (27.27%) Logistics
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) CRM
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (18.18%) Workflow
4 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Salesforce
2 4 (36.36%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) Adobe
3 2 (18.18%) Alteryx
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft