IT Analyst Contracts

IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £413 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 316 302 316
Rank change year-on-year -14 +14 +59
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 277 473 753
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.84% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.89% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 319 519
10th Percentile £158 £140 £145
25th Percentile £185 £180 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £300 £350
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -14.29% -4.11%
75th Percentile £538 £478 £500
90th Percentile £643 £570 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £205 £237
% change year-on-year +9.76% -13.50% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 35 57
10th Percentile £12.48 £13.06 £11.71
25th Percentile £16.55 £14.24 £13.75
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.63 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +37.15% +7.32%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.50 £19.25
90th Percentile - £36.76 £23.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £18.23 £17.50
% change year-on-year +17.97% +4.14% +14.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England -30 231 £430 +22.86% 145
UK excluding London -51 147 £225 +9.76% 127
London +34 121 £538 +19.44% 25
Work from Home +21 71 £463 +21.71% 38
South East -3 39 £425 +146.38% 27
Scotland +19 34 £273 +45.33% 8
North of England -12 26 £256 +7.68% 39
South West +3 23 £175 -7.89% 21
Midlands +6 19 £200 -44.44% 24
West Midlands +3 17 £200 -52.94% 16
North West +1 16 £325 +8.33% 21
Yorkshire +9 10 £230 +15.00% 16
East of England -19 4 £180 -5.76% 6
Wales +18 3 £190 -7.32% 5
East Midlands +6 2 £135 +8.00% 8
Northern Ireland -4 1 - -

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 108 (38.99%) Social Skills
2 92 (33.21%) Windows
3 75 (27.08%) Active Directory
4 70 (25.27%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (24.91%) Microsoft
6 63 (22.74%) ITIL
7 54 (19.49%) Windows 10
8 53 (19.13%) Finance
9 47 (16.97%) ITSM
10 46 (16.61%) Customer Service
11 45 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
12 40 (14.44%) Banking
13 36 (13.00%) Agile
13 36 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (12.27%) Service Management
15 33 (11.91%) Change Management
15 33 (11.91%) Microsoft Office
16 32 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (11.19%) Degree
18 30 (10.83%) Business Analysis
19 29 (10.47%) Asset Management
19 29 (10.47%) Project Management
20 28 (10.11%) DevOps
21 25 (9.03%) PowerShell
22 24 (8.66%) Azure
23 22 (7.94%) Microsoft Exchange
24 21 (7.58%) ServiceNow
25 20 (7.22%) Public Sector
25 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
25 20 (7.22%) SCCM

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (7.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.53%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (11.91%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Aligne
1 2 (0.72%) Maximo
2 1 (0.36%) assyst
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 70 (25.27%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (8.66%) Azure
3 11 (3.97%) SaaS
4 8 (2.89%) OneDrive
4 8 (2.89%) PaaS
5 7 (2.53%) AWS
6 5 (1.81%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.44%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.08%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.08%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.08%) Yammer
9 2 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.72%) Slack
10 1 (0.36%) Asana
10 1 (0.36%) Collibra
10 1 (0.36%) IaaS
10 1 (0.36%) Miro
10 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.36%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.14%) DHCP
1 17 (6.14%) DNS
2 12 (4.33%) LAN
3 11 (3.97%) WAN
4 9 (3.25%) MPLS
4 9 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.89%) SAN
6 7 (2.53%) Skype
7 5 (1.81%) Wireless
8 4 (1.44%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.44%) VPN
9 3 (1.08%) Firewall
10 2 (0.72%) Intranet
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.36%) Internet
11 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.44%) Power BI
2 4 (1.44%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.36%) GIS
3 1 (0.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (2.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) MSI
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 108 (38.99%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.13%) Finance
3 45 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.44%) Banking
5 20 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.14%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.25%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.17%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.17%) Law
11 5 (1.81%) Billing
11 5 (1.81%) Local Government
12 4 (1.44%) Advertising
12 4 (1.44%) Marketing
12 4 (1.44%) Retail
13 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.08%) Legal
14 2 (0.72%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.44%) Middleware
2 1 (0.36%) .NET
2 1 (0.36%) ADO
2 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.97%) CMDB
2 10 (3.61%) iPhone
3 9 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.89%) Client/Server
4 8 (2.89%) Clustering
4 8 (2.89%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.17%) Cyberattack
5 6 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.44%) IoT
8 3 (1.08%) Derivative
8 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.08%) iPad
8 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.72%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.72%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 92 (33.21%) Windows
2 54 (19.49%) Windows 10
3 19 (6.86%) Apple iOS
4 16 (5.78%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.25%) Unix
7 8 (2.89%) Android
8 5 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.08%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.08%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.36%) Linux
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (22.74%) ITIL
2 47 (16.97%) ITSM
3 46 (16.61%) Customer Service
4 36 (13.00%) Agile
4 36 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.27%) Service Management
6 33 (11.91%) Change Management
7 32 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 30 (10.83%) Business Analysis
9 29 (10.47%) Asset Management
9 29 (10.47%) Project Management
10 28 (10.11%) DevOps
11 18 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (5.78%) Data Protection
13 15 (5.42%) Data Analysis
13 15 (5.42%) Incident Management
13 15 (5.42%) Migration
13 15 (5.42%) Requirements Gathering
14 14 (5.05%) Business Case
14 14 (5.05%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.03%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.69%) Python
3 5 (1.81%) SQL
4 1 (0.36%) Bash
4 1 (0.36%) C#
4 1 (0.36%) C++
4 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 31 (11.19%) Degree
2 18 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.25%) CISM
5 8 (2.89%) CISSP
6 7 (2.53%) CISA
7 5 (1.81%) CRISC
7 5 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.08%) CCNA
9 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.72%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.36%) MBA
11 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.97%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (3.25%) SLA
3 7 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.53%) QA
4 4 (1.44%) PMO
5 2 (0.72%) GDPR
5 2 (0.72%) NIST
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 75 (27.08%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.25%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.89%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.72%) Firmware
6 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
7 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (7.22%) SCCM
2 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.61%) Nagios
3 8 (2.89%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (2.89%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.72%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.36%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) BladeLogic
5 1 (0.36%) CASB
5 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.36%) Nessus
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 69 (24.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.58%) ServiceNow
3 19 (6.86%) Citrix
4 13 (4.69%) Apple
5 12 (4.33%) VMware
6 8 (2.89%) Hitachi
6 8 (2.89%) NetApp
7 7 (2.53%) SAP
8 5 (1.81%) SmartStream
9 4 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.44%) Google
10 3 (1.08%) Mitel
11 2 (0.72%) Dell
11 2 (0.72%) Granicus
11 2 (0.72%) Okta
11 2 (0.72%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.36%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.36%) Equitrac
12 1 (0.36%) FireEye
12 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft