Sales Analyst Contract Job Trends

Sales Analyst
UK

The median Sales Analyst daily rate in the UK is £365, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 536 588
Rank change year-on-year -40 +52 +213
Contract jobs requiring a Sales Analyst 8 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.012% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.013% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 12
10th Percentile £196 £210 £181
25th Percentile £260 £212 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £388 £413
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% -6.06% -17.50%
75th Percentile £506 £568 £528
90th Percentile £555 £572 £538
UK excluding London median daily rate £321 £384 £525
% change year-on-year -16.29% -26.90% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.60 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £40.73 - £22.00
75th Percentile £41.87 - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.00

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 33,673 31,116 40,613
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 92.74% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,283 19,110 27,220
10th Percentile £295 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
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 1,981 971 1,564
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.02 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +44.81%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

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 28 December 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 7 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 28 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 -30 8 £365 -5.81% 5
London -5 5 £365 -7.59% 3
UK excluding London -50 3 £321 -16.29% 5
South East -13 2 £321 +47.70% 4
Work from Home - 2 £575 - 5
North of England - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, 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 6 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (37.50%) CRM
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
4 2 (25.00%) Adobe
4 2 (25.00%) Alteryx
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Eloqua
4 2 (25.00%) Power BI
4 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) SaaS
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Tableau
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) B2B
5 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
5 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 1 (12.50%) Build Automation

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (25.00%) Eloqua
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau
2 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
General
1 5 (62.50%) Marketing
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Digital Media
1 1 (12.50%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (37.50%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (12.50%) Economics
5 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
5 1 (12.50%) Statistics
5 1 (12.50%) Storytelling
5 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) Adobe
2 2 (25.00%) Alteryx
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) SAP