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Title: Pricing Analyst rate in the United Kingdom | Deftridge
Summary: Pricing & Competitive Analyst pay in the United Kingdom: median wage £26 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £45.

United Kingdom · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Pricing & Competitive Analyst hourly rate in United Kingdom

The market median wage for a Pricing & Competitive Analyst in the United Kingdom is **£26.40 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£45 an hour** on Deftridge.

**£45/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£26.40/hr** median wage

**£22-32** middle half of wages

**£980** a month at 5 hours a week

## Pricing & Competitive Analyst wage percentiles in United Kingdom

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £18.31 | £400 | £38,100 |
| 25th | £22.31 | £480 | £46,400 |
| Median | £26.40 | £570 | £54,900 |
| 75th | £32.38 | £700 | £67,400 |
| 90th | £43.91 | £950 | £91,300 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026; about 118,000 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United Kingdom in numbers

What sets the United Kingdom apart for a Pricing & Competitive Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **£33.08** highest median wage, London

- **£23.04** lowest median wage, Wales

- **118,000** people employed in the role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

- For tax year 2026 to 2027, self-employed Class 4 National Insurance is 6% on profits over £12,570 up to £50,270 and 2% on profits over £50,270. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

- Class 2 National Insurance does not have to be paid: with profits of £7,105 or more it is treated as paid; below that, voluntary Class 2 is £3.65 a week for 2026 to 2027. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Pricing & Competitive Analyst in the United Kingdom by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | £45 | £980 |
| Manager | £50 | £1,080 |

- Regular role **£40**

- One-off task **£45**

- Task bundle **£40**

## Pricing & Competitive Analyst pay by region in United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Pricing & Competitive Analyst, highest first; 9 of 12 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £33.08 | £55 |
| South West | £26.55 | £45 |
| South East | £26.11 | £45 |
| West Midlands | £25.99 | £45 |
| Scotland | £25.90 | £45 |
| East of England | £25.77 | £45 |
| North West | £24.90 | £40 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £23.87 | £40 |
| Northern Ireland | £23.86 | £40 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Pricing & Competitive Analyst rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/pricing-and-competitive-analyst/) · [Pricing & Competitive Analyst jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/pricing-and-competitive-analyst/united-kingdom/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
