Senior Analyst (Quantitative) - Operational Insights South Network

Grade B - £42,044 (National) or £47,900 (London - for London office based or home-based workers within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £600 per annum for those working from home. Please note for part time roles – this will be pro rata.

Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Homebased

Closing date: Wednesday 05 August 2026 at 11.59pm

 Make a difference

Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you're looking for a role that offers real meaning and purpose, you've found it.

As a Senior Analyst (Quant) within the Operational Insights team, you'll help turn complex data into valuable insights that support better decisions across CQC. Your work will help us understand what is happening in health and social care services and ensure our decisions are guided by strong evidence, helping us improve outcomes for people who use services.

 Picture this

In the last 12 months, as a Senior Analyst (Quant) within Operational Insights, you could have:

• Led a major analytical project that brought together data from multiple sources to provide new insights into key organisational priorities and support strategic decision-making.
• Designed and delivered a large-scale quantitative data collection project, ensuring the right data was gathered to answer important questions and improve services.
• Worked with senior stakeholders across CQC and external organisations to shape complex analytical work, influencing how data and evidence are used to achieve better outcomes.

You'll play a key role in the organisation by:

• Delivering high-quality analysis and translating findings into clear, practical insights.
• Creating engaging reports, dashboards and visualisations that help people understand and act on data.
• Advising colleagues and stakeholders on the best use of data, evidence and analytical approaches.
• Supporting teams to make the most of self-service insight tools and embed evidence-based decision making.
• Providing guidance and support to analysts and colleagues, helping build analytical capability across the organisation

 Show us

 What we're looking for in your application:

• Experience analysing complex datasets, preparing data for analysis, and applying appropriate methods to produce clear, evidence-based insights.
• Experience leading or coordinating analytical projects or teams, including selecting suitable approaches and bringing together findings to support decision making.
• Experience presenting data and insights to a range of stakeholders through reports, visualisations or presentations, and influencing how evidence is used in practice.
• Qualifications: Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Desirable: Knowledge of the health and care sector and experience working with record-level health or care datasets. 

Compliance
To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Without valid right to work you won’t be eligible for the role. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Some roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Next steps
If you apply, you’ll need to create a profile and complete an online application form. Your application will be completely anonymous.  Please see our information for applicants for more details on the process. We contact every applicant to let them know the outcome of their application, so you will hear from us whether or not you are shortlisted.

You can read the full details of the role in the Job Description

If you’d like an informal chat about the role contact – Laura Crosby, Principal Analyst; Laura.Crosby@cqc.org.uk. For general enquiries, please email recruitment@cqc.org.uk.

The Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Equity for all
We know job descriptions can feel intimidating. Research shows they can cause some people to doubt whether they’re a good fit. This happens more often to people from underrepresented groups (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds). If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, skills, and experience could be exactly what we need.
We want every candidate to feel supported and able to do their best. If you need adjustments to our process, we’ll work with you to remove any barriers. Visit our accessibility page for more on this. If you’d like to chat, please contact recruitment@cqc.org.uk. Please note, if you have previously informed us of adjustments you need for interview or within your role these are not carried over and must be discussed for each individual application you make.
We promote a workplace where fairness, respect and inclusion are a priority. Diverse teams make our work better, help us deliver our mission and make our culture stronger. See our ED&I page for more about this.
We welcome applications from everyone, and colleagues can find support and community among our many employee networks. This includes people of any:

• Age
• Sex
• Gender identity or expression
• Sexual orientation
• Religion or belief
• Ethnicity
• Disability

Values and vision
We are guided by our core values, which shape our work and our culture.
Excellence – being a high-performing organisation.
Caring – treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Integrity – doing the right thing.
Teamwork – learning from each other to be the best we can.
We are a disability confident employer and a carer confident employer.

A Note on AI
AI tools can be great for research and refining ideas, but we want to learn about you. If you use AI or Chatbots to help you with your application, keep these points in mind:

•        AI can support research, structuring and refining your writing, but your application must reflect your real skills and experience.
•        Spell-checking and condensing word counts are great ways to use AI effectively.
•        Do not copy and paste AI generated answers. These will not help you stand out; remember we want to hear about your skills and experience.
•        Providing false and insincere examples goes against our core values of honesty and integrity and may lead to your application being withdrawn or termination of your employment.