Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425 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 8 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2,337 3,063 4,521
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.22% 13.45% 14.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.14% 14.27% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,463 2,096 3,104
10th Percentile £176 £163 £155
25th Percentile £290 £303 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +3.03% +10.00%
75th Percentile £517 £525 £488
90th Percentile £588 £588 £550
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 228 381
10th Percentile £12.53 £12.50 £11.15
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.89 £16.93 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +9.19% -
75th Percentile £21.37 £21.81 £20.56
90th Percentile £25.25 £30.86 £33.75
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.14 £15.74
% change year-on-year -10.14% +15.25% -3.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the UK excluding London

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the UK excluding London 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
South East -4 521 £450 +5.88% 262
North of England -1 503 £450 - 349
Midlands 0 356 £400 -5.88% 179
Scotland +1 330 £413 -1.20% 90
South West +5 318 £475 - 147
North West -4 292 £450 +5.88% 219
East of England +3 288 £410 +4.13% 110
West Midlands 0 243 £425 -5.56% 106
Yorkshire -4 175 £450 -10.00% 101
East Midlands +2 109 £363 -9.38% 73
North East +7 35 £420 +5.00% 35
Wales -3 29 £319 -19.30% 34
Northern Ireland -11 17 £338 -15.63% 16
South Coast - 2 £500 -
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 685 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 443 (18.96%) Security Cleared
3 440 (18.83%) Microsoft
4 408 (17.46%) Finance
5 389 (16.65%) Problem-Solving
6 385 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
7 333 (14.25%) Agile
8 307 (13.14%) Customer Service
9 265 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
10 255 (10.91%) ITIL
11 254 (10.87%) Windows
12 243 (10.40%) Public Sector
13 236 (10.10%) SC Cleared
14 229 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
15 227 (9.71%) Degree
16 225 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
17 216 (9.24%) SQL
17 216 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
18 212 (9.07%) Business Analysis
19 203 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
20 198 (8.47%) DV Cleared
21 194 (8.30%) Power Platform
22 191 (8.17%) Power BI
22 191 (8.17%) Active Directory
23 185 (7.92%) Azure
24 176 (7.53%) Incident Management
25 170 (7.27%) Analytics
26 156 (6.68%) Project Management
27 154 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
28 148 (6.33%) Data Analysis

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 79 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 60 (2.57%) Confluence
3 59 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (1.11%) SAS
5 19 (0.81%) CMS
6 10 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.26%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.17%) Appian
11 3 (0.13%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.13%) OpenEdge
12 2 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.043%) Apache
13 1 (0.043%) LiveLink
Applications
1 225 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 129 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
3 88 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 39 (1.67%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.30%) SPSS
8 1 (0.043%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.043%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 24 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 18 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.39%) Maximo
6 8 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.26%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.26%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.21%) Odoo
9 5 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.17%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.17%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 203 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
2 194 (8.30%) Power Platform
3 185 (7.92%) Azure
4 51 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (2.01%) Snowflake
6 44 (1.88%) AWS
7 32 (1.37%) Entra ID
8 28 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.07%) SaaS
10 24 (1.03%) Power Automate
11 19 (0.81%) OCI
12 17 (0.73%) PowerApps
13 16 (0.68%) Yammer
14 14 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
14 14 (0.60%) OneDrive
15 13 (0.56%) Collibra
16 12 (0.51%) GCP
16 12 (0.51%) Google Analytics
17 11 (0.47%) Azure Stack
18 10 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 65 (2.78%) Firewall
2 56 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (1.11%) WAN
4 23 (0.98%) DNS
5 22 (0.94%) LAN
6 20 (0.86%) DHCP
6 20 (0.86%) Network Security
7 18 (0.77%) VPN
8 16 (0.68%) Wireless
9 12 (0.51%) SAN
10 10 (0.43%) BGP
10 10 (0.43%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.34%) Internet
11 8 (0.34%) Intranet
11 8 (0.34%) MPLS
12 6 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.26%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.26%) Skype
13 5 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (8.17%) Power BI
2 89 (3.81%) Tableau
3 41 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 32 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 19 (0.81%) Data Mining
6 19 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (0.64%) Big Data
7 15 (0.64%) Qlik Sense
8 13 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (0.51%) BigQuery
9 12 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 11 (0.47%) GIS
11 10 (0.43%) Metadata
11 10 (0.43%) Power Query
12 8 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.34%) Hadoop
12 8 (0.34%) Oracle Database
12 8 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 131 (5.61%) JIRA
2 23 (0.98%) Selenium
3 22 (0.94%) TestRail
4 12 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 12 (0.51%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.39%) Postman
6 8 (0.34%) Eclipse
7 7 (0.30%) PyCharm
8 6 (0.26%) Robot Framework
9 5 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.21%) Git
9 5 (0.21%) JMeter
9 5 (0.21%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.17%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.17%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.086%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.086%) GoogleTest
General
1 685 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 408 (17.46%) Finance
3 385 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 97 (4.15%) Retail
6 91 (3.89%) Banking
7 89 (3.81%) Legal
8 79 (3.38%) Manufacturing
9 76 (3.25%) Telecoms
10 67 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
11 58 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
12 45 (1.93%) Marketing
13 41 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
14 37 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 33 (1.41%) Local Government
16 25 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (0.98%) Automotive
18 18 (0.77%) Publishing
19 16 (0.68%) Back Office
19 16 (0.68%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (0.73%) SailPoint
2 16 (0.68%) .NET
3 15 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (0.47%) XML
5 9 (0.39%) HTML
6 8 (0.34%) JSON
6 8 (0.34%) LDAP
7 7 (0.30%) D3.js
8 6 (0.26%) ADO
9 5 (0.21%) Middleware
10 4 (0.17%) CSS
10 4 (0.17%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.13%) Gherkin
11 3 (0.13%) IDoc
11 3 (0.13%) JSON Schema
11 3 (0.13%) SOAP
11 3 (0.13%) Web Services
12 2 (0.086%) FIX Protocol
12 2 (0.086%) PySpark
12 2 (0.086%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 139 (5.95%) Management Information System
2 65 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
3 62 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
4 44 (1.88%) Product Ownership
5 34 (1.45%) CSOC
5 34 (1.45%) NHS
6 32 (1.37%) Credit Risk
6 32 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
7 28 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 28 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 25 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (0.98%) CMDB
9 23 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 22 (0.94%) Data Structures
11 21 (0.90%) Private Cloud
12 20 (0.86%) Cyberattack
13 19 (0.81%) Mobile App
14 18 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 16 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 254 (10.87%) Windows
2 107 (4.58%) Windows 10
3 67 (2.87%) Linux
4 26 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 25 (1.07%) Unix
6 22 (0.94%) Android
6 22 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (0.51%) Mac OS X
8 12 (0.51%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.21%) Debian
12 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.043%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (16.65%) Problem-Solving
2 333 (14.25%) Agile
3 307 (13.14%) Customer Service
4 265 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 255 (10.91%) ITIL
6 229 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
7 216 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
8 212 (9.07%) Business Analysis
9 176 (7.53%) Incident Management
10 170 (7.27%) Analytics
11 156 (6.68%) Project Management
12 154 (6.59%) Requirements Gathering
13 148 (6.33%) Data Analysis
14 127 (5.43%) Decision-Making
15 126 (5.39%) SIEM
16 123 (5.26%) Migration
17 120 (5.13%) User Stories
18 118 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
19 117 (5.01%) Security Operations
20 111 (4.75%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 216 (9.24%) SQL
2 106 (4.54%) Python
3 24 (1.03%) Java
4 23 (0.98%) PowerShell
5 21 (0.90%) JavaScript
5 21 (0.90%) R
6 12 (0.51%) C#
6 12 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (0.47%) VBA
7 11 (0.47%) VBScript
8 9 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 8 (0.34%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.30%) C
11 6 (0.26%) Groovy
11 6 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.17%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.17%) VB
13 3 (0.13%) Bash
13 3 (0.13%) C++
14 2 (0.086%) ProC
Qualifications
1 443 (18.96%) Security Cleared
2 236 (10.10%) SC Cleared
3 227 (9.71%) Degree
4 198 (8.47%) DV Cleared
5 54 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (1.88%) A+ Certification
7 41 (1.75%) MCSA
8 36 (1.54%) ISTQB
9 35 (1.50%) MCP
10 26 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
11 24 (1.03%) CISSP
12 23 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 20 (0.86%) ACCA
14 20 (0.86%) CIMA
15 19 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
16 18 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
16 18 (0.77%) SANS
17 17 (0.73%) CISM
17 17 (0.73%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (3.94%) SLA
2 90 (3.85%) PMO
3 81 (3.47%) QA
4 77 (3.29%) Data Quality
5 70 (3.00%) GDPR
6 51 (2.18%) NIST
7 46 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
9 22 (0.94%) NIST 800
10 19 (0.81%) GxP
11 18 (0.77%) Good Clinical Practice
12 14 (0.60%) NCSC
13 12 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 11 (0.47%) HIPAA
14 11 (0.47%) IFRS
15 10 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
16 9 (0.39%) GAAP
16 9 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 6 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 191 (8.17%) Active Directory
2 32 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (0.30%) Firmware
6 5 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.086%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.086%) vSphere
9 1 (0.043%) Docker
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.043%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.043%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.043%) XenApp
9 1 (0.043%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.28%) SCCM
3 11 (0.47%) Nagios
4 9 (0.39%) Nessus
5 8 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (0.34%) NetBackup
6 5 (0.21%) ZABBIX
7 4 (0.17%) Ansible
7 4 (0.17%) Kibana
7 4 (0.17%) logstash
8 3 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.13%) IBM BigFix
8 3 (0.13%) QRadar
8 3 (0.13%) Terraform
8 3 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 3 (0.13%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.086%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.043%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.043%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 440 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 131 (5.61%) ServiceNow
3 118 (5.05%) SAP
4 93 (3.98%) Oracle
5 73 (3.12%) Citrix
6 49 (2.10%) Splunk
7 47 (2.01%) Alteryx
8 40 (1.71%) VMware
9 38 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 28 (1.20%) LogRhythm
11 26 (1.11%) Atlassian
12 24 (1.03%) Google
13 22 (0.94%) Darktrace
14 21 (0.90%) Cisco
14 21 (0.90%) FireEye
15 20 (0.86%) Sun
16 18 (0.77%) CyberArk
17 17 (0.73%) Apple
18 14 (0.60%) Ariba
18 14 (0.60%) IFS