Analyst Contracts in the South East

Analyst
England > South East

The median Analyst daily rate in the South East is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 521 708 1,090
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.23% 12.55% 14.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.02% 13.27% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 525 778
10th Percentile £196 £180 £157
25th Percentile £313 £280 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - +3.03%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £500
90th Percentile £603 £600 £550
England median daily rate £475 £488 £465
% change year-on-year -2.56% +4.84% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 38 66
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.00 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.00 £10.77
Median hourly rate £19.38 £21.58 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -10.22% +38.11% +11.61%
75th Percentile £22.52 £31.79 £19.52
90th Percentile £37.49 £67.20 £32.50
England median hourly rate £16.30 £19.00 £15.52
% change year-on-year -14.21% +22.46% -4.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,201 5,337 7,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 94.61% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 3,698 5,052
10th Percentile £234 £218 £206
25th Percentile £400 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £589
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 237 309
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.11
Median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the South East

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Thames Valley -3 300 £445 -1.11% 89
Berkshire -10 185 £488 -2.50% 43
Hampshire -7 109 £547 +20.94% 52
Buckinghamshire +5 90 £400 - 27
Surrey +1 62 £419 -1.47% 48
West Sussex -4 29 £450 +63.64% 8
Oxfordshire +2 25 £401 +16.30% 19
Kent -4 10 £450 +119.51% 28
Middlesex -2 3 £180 -72.31% 3
Home Counties +2 1 - -
East Sussex -6 1 - - 12
Isle of Wight - 1 - -
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 across the South East region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 135 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 134 (25.72%) Finance
3 105 (20.15%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (19.00%) Security Cleared
5 97 (18.62%) Agile
5 97 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (14.59%) Microsoft
7 62 (11.90%) SQL
7 62 (11.90%) Degree
8 58 (11.13%) Business Intelligence
9 56 (10.75%) Analytics
10 53 (10.17%) Power Platform
11 50 (9.60%) Power BI
11 50 (9.60%) DV Cleared
12 48 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 47 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
13 47 (9.02%) Tableau
14 45 (8.64%) SC Cleared
15 44 (8.45%) Business Analysis
15 44 (8.45%) ITIL
16 43 (8.25%) Telecoms
17 42 (8.06%) Azure
17 42 (8.06%) Decision-Making
18 41 (7.87%) Project Management
19 40 (7.68%) SAP
19 40 (7.68%) Customer Service
20 38 (7.29%) Management Information System
21 36 (6.91%) Python
22 35 (6.72%) Test Automation
22 35 (6.72%) Cybersecurity

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 19 (3.65%) Confluence
2 9 (1.73%) SAS
3 6 (1.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.58%) Appian
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 47 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.11%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.34%) SPSS
6 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.77%) Infor SunSystems
4 3 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.58%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Relativity
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.19%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 53 (10.17%) Power Platform
2 42 (8.06%) Azure
3 24 (4.61%) Snowflake
4 21 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (2.88%) AWS
7 8 (1.54%) SaaS
8 6 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.77%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.77%) iPaaS
9 4 (0.77%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.58%) PaaS
10 3 (0.58%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.58%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.38%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.38%) Veeva
12 1 (0.19%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.65%) Firewall
2 12 (2.30%) Network Security
3 6 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (0.96%) Wireless
5 4 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.77%) VPN
6 3 (0.58%) LAN
6 3 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.58%) SAN
6 3 (0.58%) WAN
7 2 (0.38%) Internet
7 2 (0.38%) SNMP
7 2 (0.38%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.19%) DHCP
8 1 (0.19%) DNS
8 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.19%) VLAN
8 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.60%) Power BI
2 47 (9.02%) Tableau
3 11 (2.11%) Big Data
4 7 (1.34%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.15%) PowerPivot
5 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.96%) Power Query
7 4 (0.77%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.77%) MS Access
7 4 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.38%) GIS
8 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (6.33%) JIRA
2 19 (3.65%) TestRail
3 7 (1.34%) Selenium
4 6 (1.15%) Robot Framework
5 5 (0.96%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.38%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.38%) Git
7 2 (0.38%) GitLab
7 2 (0.38%) GoogleTest
7 2 (0.38%) Maven
7 2 (0.38%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.19%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.19%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) TestNG
8 1 (0.19%) Travis CI
General
1 135 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 134 (25.72%) Finance
3 105 (20.15%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.25%) Telecoms
5 34 (6.53%) Legal
6 31 (5.95%) Retail
7 24 (4.61%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.03%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (3.45%) Marketing
11 17 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.30%) Automotive
13 10 (1.92%) Banking
14 9 (1.73%) Billing
15 8 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.15%) French Language
17 5 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
17 5 (0.96%) Local Government
18 4 (0.77%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.34%) D3.js
1 7 (1.34%) HTML
2 6 (1.15%) ADO
3 3 (0.58%) Gherkin
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.58%) XML
4 2 (0.38%) CSS
4 2 (0.38%) JSON
5 1 (0.19%) .NET
5 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.19%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.19%) PySpark
5 1 (0.19%) React
5 1 (0.19%) SOAP
5 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.29%) Management Information System
2 21 (4.03%) Credit Risk
3 13 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.11%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (1.54%) CMDB
6 8 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (1.34%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.96%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.96%) Mainframe
9 5 (0.96%) Operational Technology
9 5 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.77%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.77%) e-Health
11 3 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.33%) Windows
2 26 (4.99%) Linux
3 12 (2.30%) Unix
4 7 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.96%) Debian
6 5 (0.96%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.77%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.77%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (18.62%) Agile
1 97 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (11.13%) Business Intelligence
3 56 (10.75%) Analytics
4 48 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (8.45%) Business Analysis
5 44 (8.45%) ITIL
6 42 (8.06%) Decision-Making
7 41 (7.87%) Project Management
8 40 (7.68%) Customer Service
9 35 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (6.72%) Test Automation
10 34 (6.53%) Requirements Gathering
10 34 (6.53%) User Acceptance Testing
10 34 (6.53%) User Stories
11 33 (6.33%) Actionable Insight
12 32 (6.14%) Data Analysis
12 32 (6.14%) Roadmaps
12 32 (6.14%) Test Management
13 30 (5.76%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (11.90%) SQL
2 36 (6.91%) Python
3 9 (1.73%) VBScript
4 8 (1.54%) Java
4 8 (1.54%) JavaScript
4 8 (1.54%) R
5 7 (1.34%) C
5 7 (1.34%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.15%) VBA
7 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.38%) Bash
8 2 (0.38%) VB
9 1 (0.19%) C++
9 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.19%) JCL
9 1 (0.19%) ProC
9 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (19.00%) Security Cleared
2 62 (11.90%) Degree
3 50 (9.60%) DV Cleared
4 45 (8.64%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.65%) ISTQB
5 19 (3.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (2.50%) ACCA
6 13 (2.50%) CIMA
7 9 (1.73%) ICAEW
8 7 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.15%) CCNP
9 6 (1.15%) CISM
10 4 (0.77%) ISEB
11 2 (0.38%) CISSP
11 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.38%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.61%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.22%) SLA
3 21 (4.03%) QA
4 18 (3.45%) PMO
5 10 (1.92%) IFRS
6 9 (1.73%) GAAP
7 8 (1.54%) GDPR
8 6 (1.15%) NIST
8 6 (1.15%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.58%) RMADS
9 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.38%) ITGC
11 1 (0.19%) GxP
11 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.19%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 15 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.96%) Firmware
3 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.19%) Docker
4 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.19%) vSphere
4 1 (0.19%) XenApp
4 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.15%) Nessus
2 3 (0.58%) IBM BigFix
2 3 (0.58%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.38%) QRadar
3 2 (0.38%) SCCM
4 1 (0.19%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Kibana
4 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.19%) logstash
4 1 (0.19%) Nagios
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 76 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.68%) SAP
3 34 (6.53%) Oracle
4 28 (5.37%) Alteryx
5 25 (4.80%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.65%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.88%) VMware
8 8 (1.54%) Adobe
8 8 (1.54%) Sun
9 7 (1.34%) Cisco
9 7 (1.34%) LogRhythm
9 7 (1.34%) Qualys
9 7 (1.34%) Remedy
9 7 (1.34%) Splunk
10 6 (1.15%) Google
10 6 (1.15%) IFS
10 6 (1.15%) Juniper
10 6 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.15%) ScienceLogic
10 6 (1.15%) Varonis