Analyst Contracts in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst daily rate in the South West is £475 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 13 18 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 318 267 374
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 9.78% 7.89% 10.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.56% 8.52% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 207 272
10th Percentile £178 £183 £163
25th Percentile £263 £363 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £434
Median % change year-on-year - +9.51% +5.15%
75th Percentile £575 £531 £538
90th Percentile £630 £590 £600
England median daily rate £475 £488 £465
% change year-on-year -2.56% +4.84% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 23
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.55 £12.80
25th Percentile £14.41 £13.25 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.23 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.17% -47.93% -26.22%
75th Percentile £40.00 £77.50 £61.28
90th Percentile - £77.60 £75.90
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
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,011 3,132 3,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 92.58% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,894 2,325 2,533
10th Percentile £213 £281 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £719 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 250 210
10th Percentile £13.86 £17.72 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +41.91% +1.57%
75th Percentile £71.25 £74.69 £63.33
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.38
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South West 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
Wiltshire +10 158 £500 +5.26% 32
Bristol -2 62 £463 -2.63% 56
Gloucestershire +9 30 £450 -7.69% 11
Somerset +8 26 £225 -47.06% 15
Dorset +5 20 £173 -27.16% 7
Devon -4 10 £160 -8.57% 17
Cornwall 0 5 £225 -52.63% 3
Analyst
England

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

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 South West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 160 (50.31%) Security Cleared
2 136 (42.77%) DV Cleared
3 100 (31.45%) Social Skills
4 84 (26.42%) Cybersecurity
5 73 (22.96%) SIEM
6 63 (19.81%) Security Operations
6 63 (19.81%) Threat Intelligence
7 61 (19.18%) Microsoft
8 57 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
9 54 (16.98%) Incident Response
10 53 (16.67%) Use Case
11 51 (16.04%) ITIL
12 50 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
13 48 (15.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 47 (14.78%) SOAR
14 47 (14.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 45 (14.15%) Management Information System
16 43 (13.52%) Azure
17 42 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
18 40 (12.58%) Finance
19 39 (12.26%) Windows
19 39 (12.26%) SC Cleared
20 36 (11.32%) Cyber Threat
21 34 (10.69%) SLA
21 34 (10.69%) Active Directory
22 33 (10.38%) Security Operations Centre
22 33 (10.38%) CSOC
23 32 (10.06%) Public Sector
23 32 (10.06%) Incident Management
24 31 (9.75%) Degree

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 21 (6.60%) SharePoint
2 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (4.40%) Confluence
4 10 (3.14%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 16 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (0.31%) Magento
1 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 43 (13.52%) Azure
2 17 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (3.14%) Azure Stack
3 10 (3.14%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.52%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.89%) WhatsApp
6 3 (0.94%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.31%) AWS
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.31%) GCP
8 1 (0.31%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.31%) OCI
8 1 (0.31%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.31%) SaaS
8 1 (0.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.09%) Firewall
2 11 (3.46%) DHCP
2 11 (3.46%) DNS
3 10 (3.14%) BGP
4 9 (2.83%) LAN
4 9 (2.83%) WAN
4 9 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.52%) MPLS
5 8 (2.52%) SAN
6 5 (1.57%) Wireless
7 4 (1.26%) Network Security
8 2 (0.63%) Skype
8 2 (0.63%) VPN
9 1 (0.31%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.31%) VLAN
9 1 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.14%) Power BI
2 8 (2.52%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.94%) Data Vault
3 3 (0.94%) Metadata
3 3 (0.94%) Tableau
4 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 26 (8.18%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) Selenium
3 1 (0.31%) TestRail
3 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (31.45%) Social Skills
2 57 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (12.58%) Finance
4 32 (10.06%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.46%) Aerospace
6 10 (3.14%) Banking
6 10 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.83%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.52%) Legal
9 7 (2.20%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.20%) Military
10 6 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.57%) Marketing
12 4 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.94%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.63%) Aviation
14 2 (0.63%) Back Office
14 2 (0.63%) Electronics
15 1 (0.31%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.57%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.63%) XML
3 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.15%) Management Information System
2 36 (11.32%) Cyber Threat
3 33 (10.38%) CSOC
3 33 (10.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (6.60%) Private Cloud
5 15 (4.72%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (4.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (3.14%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.83%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.52%) Client/Server
9 8 (2.52%) Clustering
10 6 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.94%) CMDB
12 3 (0.94%) iPhone
12 3 (0.94%) SCADA
12 3 (0.94%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.63%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.63%) NHS
13 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.26%) Windows
2 15 (4.72%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.83%) Android
4 8 (2.52%) Unix
5 6 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (26.42%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (22.96%) SIEM
3 63 (19.81%) Security Operations
3 63 (19.81%) Threat Intelligence
4 54 (16.98%) Incident Response
5 53 (16.67%) Use Case
6 51 (16.04%) ITIL
7 50 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (15.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 47 (14.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 47 (14.78%) SOAR
10 42 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (10.06%) Incident Management
12 27 (8.49%) Information Security
12 27 (8.49%) Open Source
12 27 (8.49%) OSINT
13 26 (8.18%) Analytics
13 26 (8.18%) Cyber Intelligence
14 25 (7.86%) Agile
15 22 (6.92%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.83%) PowerShell
1 9 (2.83%) SQL
2 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (0.63%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (0.31%) Python
Qualifications
1 160 (50.31%) Security Cleared
2 136 (42.77%) DV Cleared
3 39 (12.26%) SC Cleared
4 31 (9.75%) Degree
5 18 (5.66%) SANS
6 4 (1.26%) CISSP
6 4 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.94%) CCNA
7 3 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.94%) OSCP
8 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.31%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.31%) CEH
9 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.31%) GIAC
9 1 (0.31%) HND
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.31%) MCP
9 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.69%) SLA
2 16 (5.03%) GDPR
3 15 (4.72%) NIST
4 14 (4.40%) NCSC
5 13 (4.09%) NIST 800
6 10 (3.14%) Government Security Classifications
6 10 (3.14%) PMO
7 7 (2.20%) QA
8 4 (1.26%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.31%) SEPA
9 1 (0.31%) TARGET2
System Software
1 34 (10.69%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (2.52%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.31%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (3.14%) SCCM
2 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (2.52%) Nagios
2 8 (2.52%) NetBackup
3 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.94%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.31%) Kibana
6 1 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 61 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.77%) Atlassian
3 11 (3.46%) Splunk
4 10 (3.14%) VMware
5 9 (2.83%) Citrix
6 8 (2.52%) Hitachi
6 8 (2.52%) NetApp
7 5 (1.57%) SAP
8 4 (1.26%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.26%) Oracle
8 4 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.94%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.94%) Google
9 3 (0.94%) Refinitiv
9 3 (0.94%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.63%) Apple
10 2 (0.63%) Dell
11 1 (0.31%) Adobe
11 1 (0.31%) Avaya
11 1 (0.31%) Red Hat