Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Analyst
England > North of England

The median Analyst daily rate in the North of England 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 9 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 503 772 1,020
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.61% 14.01% 14.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.41% 14.68% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 525 679
10th Percentile £190 £200 £159
25th Percentile £313 £350 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +14.19%
75th Percentile £513 £538 £500
90th Percentile £588 £600 £544
England median daily rate £475 £488 £465
% change year-on-year -2.56% +4.84% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 37 79
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.13 £11.75
25th Percentile £11.07 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.83 £19.89 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.39% +10.47% +0.56%
75th Percentile £18.75 £27.25 £22.14
90th Percentile £22.96 £31.00 £27.25
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,410 5,258 6,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 95.43% 96.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,683 5,047
10th Percentile £263 £270 £204
25th Percentile £386 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £598 £563
90th Percentile £670 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 163 272
10th Percentile £11.09 £14.05 £11.35
25th Percentile £13.00 £17.72 £14.61
Median hourly rate £22.50 £28.70 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.60% +45.32% +11.99%
75th Percentile £47.50 £45.62 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £65.60 £62.70
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the North of England 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
North West -4 292 £450 +5.88% 219
Yorkshire -4 175 £450 -10.00% 101
North East +7 35 £420 +5.00% 35
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 171 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 91 (18.09%) Microsoft
3 80 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (15.51%) Windows
4 78 (15.51%) Agile
5 75 (14.91%) Customer Service
6 67 (13.32%) Finance
6 67 (13.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (12.52%) SQL
7 63 (12.52%) Requirements Gathering
8 60 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
9 59 (11.73%) Business Analysis
9 59 (11.73%) Public Sector
10 56 (11.13%) Active Directory
11 52 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
12 51 (10.14%) Degree
13 50 (9.94%) Power Platform
13 50 (9.94%) Power BI
14 49 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
15 48 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
16 45 (8.95%) Data Analysis
16 45 (8.95%) Windows 10
17 43 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
18 41 (8.15%) Security Cleared
19 39 (7.75%) Migration
20 35 (6.96%) ITIL
20 35 (6.96%) Workshop Facilitation
21 34 (6.76%) Project Management
21 34 (6.76%) Waterfall
22 32 (6.36%) SC Cleared

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (3.78%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.99%) SAS
3 8 (1.59%) Confluence
4 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.60%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.39%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.19%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 50 (9.94%) Power Platform
2 49 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (6.16%) Azure
4 10 (1.99%) Snowflake
5 9 (1.79%) Entra ID
5 9 (1.79%) Google Analytics
6 7 (1.39%) AWS
6 7 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.39%) Collibra
6 7 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.39%) GCP
6 7 (1.39%) SaaS
7 6 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.19%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.80%) Google Tag Manager
8 4 (0.80%) IaaS
9 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.40%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.40%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.19%) WAN
2 5 (0.99%) DHCP
2 5 (0.99%) DNS
3 3 (0.60%) Intranet
3 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.40%) Network Security
4 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) LAN
5 1 (0.20%) PSTN
5 1 (0.20%) Skype
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.94%) Power BI
2 22 (4.37%) Tableau
3 13 (2.58%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.39%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.39%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (1.19%) Ataccama
8 5 (0.99%) Data Mining
8 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.80%) GIS
10 3 (0.60%) Data Vault
10 3 (0.60%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.40%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 22 (4.37%) JIRA
2 7 (1.39%) Selenium
3 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.80%) Postman
5 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.40%) PyCharm
5 2 (0.40%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.40%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.20%) Git
6 1 (0.20%) JMeter
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 171 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 67 (13.32%) Finance
3 60 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.96%) Banking
6 28 (5.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (3.58%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.58%) Retail
8 10 (1.99%) Legal
8 10 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.79%) Marketing
9 9 (1.79%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.99%) Law
12 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.60%) Billing
13 3 (0.60%) Local Government
14 2 (0.40%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.59%) SailPoint
2 4 (0.80%) .NET
3 3 (0.60%) JSON
3 3 (0.60%) JSON Schema
4 2 (0.40%) CSS
4 2 (0.40%) HTML
4 2 (0.40%) Middleware
4 2 (0.40%) XML
5 1 (0.20%) EDI
5 1 (0.20%) jQuery
5 1 (0.20%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.20%) OAuth
5 1 (0.20%) OpenID
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.20%) SOAP
5 1 (0.20%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.58%) NHS
1 13 (2.58%) Product Ownership
2 10 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (1.99%) Management Information System
3 9 (1.79%) Data Structures
4 7 (1.39%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.19%) Driving Licence
6 5 (0.99%) CMDB
6 5 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (0.99%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (0.99%) IoT
6 5 (0.99%) Robotics
6 5 (0.99%) Virtual Team
7 4 (0.80%) EPoS
8 3 (0.60%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 78 (15.51%) Windows
2 45 (8.95%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.99%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.60%) Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (15.51%) Agile
3 75 (14.91%) Customer Service
4 67 (13.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (12.52%) Requirements Gathering
6 59 (11.73%) Business Analysis
7 48 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (8.95%) Data Analysis
9 39 (7.75%) Migration
10 35 (6.96%) ITIL
10 35 (6.96%) Workshop Facilitation
11 34 (6.76%) Project Management
11 34 (6.76%) Waterfall
12 31 (6.16%) User Stories
13 30 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (5.96%) Visualisation
14 28 (5.57%) Data Protection
15 27 (5.37%) Decision-Making
16 23 (4.57%) Change Management
16 23 (4.57%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 63 (12.52%) SQL
2 30 (5.96%) Python
3 7 (1.39%) C#
4 5 (0.99%) Java
4 5 (0.99%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.80%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.20%) ABAP
7 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.20%) Bash
7 1 (0.20%) Groovy
7 1 (0.20%) R
7 1 (0.20%) SOQL
7 1 (0.20%) Tcl
7 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (10.14%) Degree
2 41 (8.15%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.99%) CISSP
5 8 (1.59%) CISM
6 6 (1.19%) CBAP
6 6 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (0.99%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.99%) IIBA
7 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.80%) CISA
8 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.60%) CCNA
9 3 (0.60%) HNC
9 3 (0.60%) ISSAP
9 3 (0.60%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.60%) MCP
9 3 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.96%) QA
2 25 (4.97%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.78%) SLA
4 18 (3.58%) GDPR
5 16 (3.18%) Disclosure Scotland
6 14 (2.78%) NIST
7 13 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (2.19%) PMO
9 6 (1.19%) Good Clinical Practice
9 6 (1.19%) GxP
9 6 (1.19%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.99%) GRC
11 4 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.60%) COBIT
12 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.60%) IASME
12 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 56 (11.13%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.99%) ZABBIX
3 4 (0.80%) SCCM
4 3 (0.60%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 2 (0.40%) Nagios
6 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 91 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.36%) SAP
3 28 (5.57%) ServiceNow
4 10 (1.99%) Google
4 10 (1.99%) VMware
5 8 (1.59%) CyberArk
5 8 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.39%) Citrix
7 6 (1.19%) Alteryx
7 6 (1.19%) Ariba
7 6 (1.19%) Dataiku
7 6 (1.19%) Trillium
8 4 (0.80%) Oracle
8 4 (0.80%) Splunk
9 3 (0.60%) Apple
9 3 (0.60%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.60%) Brio
9 3 (0.60%) ESRI
9 3 (0.60%) F5
9 3 (0.60%) Kofax