Technical Analyst Contracts

Technical Analyst
UK

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500 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 312 399 371
Rank change year-on-year +87 -28 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 284 309 622
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.55% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.58% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 221 394
10th Percentile £215 £313 £350
25th Percentile £342 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £706 £675 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £348 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -22.78% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 24
10th Percentile - £14.78 £14.08
25th Percentile - £19.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £22.86 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.76% +47.48% -8.82%
75th Percentile £23.75 £27.28 £17.00
90th Percentile - £41.29 £37.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £18.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +24.14% -14.71%

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%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical 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 +40 217 £500 - 72
London +70 126 £575 +4.55% 37
Work from Home +94 115 £530 +6.00% 33
UK excluding London +31 111 £348 -22.78% 39
Scotland +55 26 £425 +25.93% 2
East of England +14 24 £330 -32.31% 7
North of England +7 23 £425 -0.29% 11
Yorkshire +14 16 £475 +18.75% 3
Midlands +16 13 £275 -43.59% 6
South West +6 13 £230 -54.90% 3
South East -1 11 £450 +12.36% 10
West Midlands +6 8 £275 -47.62% 6
North West +10 7 £375 -25.00% 8
East Midlands +13 5 £550 +15.79%
Wales - 1 £250 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 85 (29.93%) Finance
2 77 (27.11%) Agile
3 75 (26.41%) Social Skills
4 56 (19.72%) Banking
5 53 (18.66%) SQL
6 51 (17.96%) User Stories
7 38 (13.38%) Azure
8 37 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (13.03%) JIRA
9 33 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
10 32 (11.27%) Microsoft
11 31 (10.92%) ITIL
11 31 (10.92%) Degree
12 30 (10.56%) Python
12 30 (10.56%) Requirements Gathering
13 29 (10.21%) Data Modelling
13 29 (10.21%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (9.86%) Acceptance Criteria
15 27 (9.51%) DevOps
15 27 (9.51%) Back Office
15 27 (9.51%) Windows
16 26 (9.15%) Scrum
16 26 (9.15%) Customer Service
17 25 (8.80%) Front Office
17 25 (8.80%) Asset Management
17 25 (8.80%) AWS
18 24 (8.45%) Business Analysis
18 24 (8.45%) Security Cleared
19 23 (8.10%) Use Case
20 22 (7.75%) Microsoft 365

Technical 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 17 (5.99%) Confluence
2 13 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.06%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) JBoss
4 1 (0.35%) nginx
4 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.70%) SPSS
6 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Shopify
2 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.70%) Endur
2 2 (0.70%) ION Anvil
2 2 (0.70%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.35%) Maximo
3 1 (0.35%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.38%) Azure
2 25 (8.80%) AWS
3 22 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.76%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.06%) BigCommerce
7 2 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.70%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle CX
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 2 (0.70%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.35%) Apigee
8 1 (0.35%) GCP
8 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.35%) SaaS
8 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.46%) WAN
2 4 (1.41%) Firewall
2 4 (1.41%) LAN
3 3 (1.06%) Skype
4 2 (0.70%) NAS
5 1 (0.35%) DNS
5 1 (0.35%) Internet
5 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.58%) Power BI
2 12 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.17%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.11%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.76%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 5 (1.76%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (1.41%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.06%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.70%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.70%) Tableau
10 1 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.35%) Big Data
10 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.35%) GIS
10 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 37 (13.03%) JIRA
2 11 (3.87%) Postman
2 11 (3.87%) SoapUI
3 5 (1.76%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
General
1 85 (29.93%) Finance
2 75 (26.41%) Social Skills
3 56 (19.72%) Banking
4 33 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.51%) Back Office
6 25 (8.80%) Front Office
7 11 (3.87%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.82%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.46%) Retail
10 6 (2.11%) Marketing
11 4 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.06%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.06%) German Language
13 2 (0.70%) Automotive
13 2 (0.70%) Billing
13 2 (0.70%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.17%) SOAP
2 6 (2.11%) Swagger
3 5 (1.76%) OpenAPI
3 5 (1.76%) REST
3 5 (1.76%) Web Services
3 5 (1.76%) XML
4 4 (1.41%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.06%) ADO
5 3 (1.06%) OAuth
5 3 (1.06%) React
5 3 (1.06%) VML
6 2 (0.70%) JSON
6 2 (0.70%) JSON Schema
6 2 (0.70%) Middleware
6 2 (0.70%) OpenID
7 1 (0.35%) .NET
7 1 (0.35%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.35%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.69%) Derivative
2 18 (6.34%) Hedge funds
3 13 (4.58%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.82%) Learning Management System
5 8 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.41%) CMDB
7 4 (1.41%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.41%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.06%) iPhone
8 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.70%) AS400
9 2 (0.70%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.70%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.70%) EPoS
9 2 (0.70%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.51%) Windows
2 11 (3.87%) Mac OS
3 9 (3.17%) Android
4 6 (2.11%) Unix
5 5 (1.76%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.76%) Linux
5 5 (1.76%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.41%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) VMS
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (27.11%) Agile
2 51 (17.96%) User Stories
3 37 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (10.92%) ITIL
5 30 (10.56%) Requirements Gathering
6 29 (10.21%) Data Modelling
6 29 (10.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (9.86%) Acceptance Criteria
8 27 (9.51%) DevOps
9 26 (9.15%) Customer Service
9 26 (9.15%) Scrum
10 25 (8.80%) Asset Management
11 24 (8.45%) Business Analysis
12 23 (8.10%) Use Case
13 21 (7.39%) Epics
14 19 (6.69%) Data Analysis
14 19 (6.69%) Investment Management
15 18 (6.34%) Mentoring
16 17 (5.99%) Microservices
16 17 (5.99%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.66%) SQL
2 30 (10.56%) Python
3 21 (7.39%) C#
4 9 (3.17%) Java
5 6 (2.11%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.76%) XPath
6 5 (1.76%) XQuery
7 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.41%) R
8 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (10.92%) Degree
2 24 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.17%) MCP
6 7 (2.46%) CCNA
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.70%) CCENT
8 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.70%) MCSA
8 2 (0.70%) MCSD
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CBAP
9 1 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.87%) QA
2 6 (2.11%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.76%) NIST
4 2 (0.70%) MiFID
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (7.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.46%) SCCM
3 3 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.28%) SAP
3 12 (4.23%) Oracle
4 9 (3.17%) Citrix
5 8 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.11%) Cisco
7 5 (1.76%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.41%) Apple
8 4 (1.41%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.06%) Adobe
9 3 (1.06%) Databricks
9 3 (1.06%) Genesys
9 3 (1.06%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.70%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.70%) Dell
10 2 (0.70%) F5
10 2 (0.70%) Intel
10 2 (0.70%) ION Trading
10 2 (0.70%) Workday
11 1 (0.35%) Murex