IT Analyst Contracts in the South East

IT Analyst
England > South East

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the South East is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 159 166
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 40 56 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.70% 0.99% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.05% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 43 59
10th Percentile £164 £136 £130
25th Percentile £188 £148 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £173 £195
Median % change year-on-year +142.75% -11.54% -2.50%
75th Percentile £500 £290 £395
90th Percentile £538 £468 £528
England median daily rate £425 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +21.43% - -9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £16.45 £13.05 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.06 £13.11 £15.38
Median hourly rate £21.50 £19.08 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.71% +5.97% +33.33%
75th Percentile £22.25 £28.70 £20.00
90th Percentile - £30.86 £22.25
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +28.57% +12.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 5,301 5,353 7,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.53% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,132 3,704 5,019
10th Percentile £243 £213 £211
25th Percentile £400 £387 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £594
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 234 310
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.33 £12.55
25th Percentile £18.82 £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%
75th Percentile £66.74 £66.21 £47.44
90th Percentile £79.88 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the South East

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the South East

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the South East

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the South East

IT 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 IT Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Surrey +7 14 £488 +182.61% 3
Thames Valley +6 14 £435 +45.08% 11
Berkshire -6 11 £398 +13.64% 3
Hampshire -2 7 £225 +7.14% 11
Buckinghamshire +28 3 £449 +6.85% 7
West Sussex +4 2 - -
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
Kent +4 1 - - 4
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (22.50%) ITIL
1 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
1 9 (22.50%) Customer Service
2 7 (17.50%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (17.50%) Service Management
2 7 (17.50%) ITSM
2 7 (17.50%) Agile
2 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
2 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (15.00%) Project Management
3 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 5 (12.50%) Time Management
4 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.00%) Degree
5 4 (10.00%) Waterfall
5 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.00%) Data Security
5 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (10.00%) Business Case
5 4 (10.00%) Product Analysis
5 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.00%) Product Backlog
6 3 (7.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Product Ownership
6 3 (7.50%) Penetration Testing

IT 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:

Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) SaaS
3 2 (5.00%) Google Workspace
3 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) LAN
1 2 (5.00%) WAN
1 2 (5.00%) Wireless
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
1 1 (2.50%) MSI
General
1 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
3 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Banking
4 2 (5.00%) Billing
4 2 (5.00%) French Language
4 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.50%) Automotive
5 1 (2.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.00%) CMDB
3 2 (5.00%) Cyberattack
3 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.50%) SCADA
4 1 (2.50%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Windows
2 3 (7.50%) Apple iOS
2 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Customer Service
1 9 (22.50%) ITIL
2 7 (17.50%) Agile
2 7 (17.50%) ITSM
2 7 (17.50%) Service Management
3 6 (15.00%) Project Management
4 5 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.50%) Time Management
5 4 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (10.00%) Business Case
5 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.00%) Data Security
5 4 (10.00%) Product Analysis
5 4 (10.00%) Product Backlog
5 4 (10.00%) Waterfall
6 3 (7.50%) Data Analysis
6 3 (7.50%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (7.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (7.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.00%) Firmware
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.50%) XenApp
2 1 (2.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (2.50%) Apple
3 1 (2.50%) Citrix
3 1 (2.50%) FireEye
3 1 (2.50%) Tanium