IT Analyst Contracts

IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 312 308
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +67
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 281 470 748
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.85% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.90% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 313 518
10th Percentile £157 £140 £143
25th Percentile £185 £180 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £300 £351
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.59% -6.33%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £500
90th Percentile £644 £565 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £205 £237
% change year-on-year -2.44% -13.32% +13.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 55
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.24 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.61 £13.25 £14.06
Median hourly rate £21.50 £22.57 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +28.94% +12.90%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.50 £19.35
90th Percentile - £33.21 £23.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.38 £18.23 £17.50
% change year-on-year +0.82% +4.14% +13.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -29 234 £425 +21.43% 116
UK excluding London -59 153 £200 -2.44% 115
London +27 120 £544 +20.83% 14
Work from Home +19 65 £469 +17.19% 41
South East -1 40 £419 +142.75% 31
Scotland +36 35 £195 +4.00% 12
North of England -17 28 £230 -3.16% 28
South West -4 22 £175 -10.83% 16
Midlands 0 21 £200 -44.44% 21
West Midlands +7 19 £200 -52.94% 13
North West -3 18 £263 +5.00% 16
Yorkshire +4 10 £230 +15.00% 10
Wales +20 4 £190 -7.32% 6
East of England -19 4 £180 -5.76% 4
East Midlands +1 2 £135 +8.00% 8
Northern Ireland -8 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 107 (38.08%) Social Skills
2 89 (31.67%) Windows
3 73 (25.98%) Active Directory
4 71 (25.27%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (23.84%) Microsoft
6 64 (22.78%) ITIL
7 51 (18.15%) Windows 10
8 50 (17.79%) Finance
9 46 (16.37%) Customer Service
10 45 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
11 44 (15.66%) ITSM
12 37 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (12.46%) Banking
14 34 (12.10%) Agile
15 33 (11.74%) Asset Management
16 32 (11.39%) Degree
16 32 (11.39%) Service Management
16 32 (11.39%) Microsoft Office
17 31 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
18 29 (10.32%) Project Management
18 29 (10.32%) Business Analysis
19 28 (9.96%) DevOps
20 27 (9.61%) Change Management
21 25 (8.90%) PowerShell
22 24 (8.54%) Azure
23 23 (8.19%) Microsoft Exchange
24 22 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
25 21 (7.47%) Public Sector
26 20 (7.12%) Citrix
26 20 (7.12%) 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 23 (8.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.14%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.71%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (11.39%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Aligne
1 2 (0.71%) Maximo
2 1 (0.36%) assyst
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 71 (25.27%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (8.54%) Azure
3 11 (3.91%) SaaS
4 8 (2.85%) OneDrive
4 8 (2.85%) PaaS
5 7 (2.49%) AWS
6 5 (1.78%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.42%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.07%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.07%) Yammer
9 2 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.71%) Slack
9 2 (0.71%) WhatsApp
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 (6.05%) DHCP
1 17 (6.05%) DNS
2 12 (4.27%) LAN
3 11 (3.91%) WAN
4 10 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (3.20%) MPLS
6 8 (2.85%) SAN
7 6 (2.14%) Skype
8 5 (1.78%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.42%) Firewall
9 4 (1.42%) VPN
9 4 (1.42%) Wireless
10 2 (0.71%) Intranet
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.36%) Internet
11 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.42%) Power BI
2 4 (1.42%) 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 (2.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) MSI
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 107 (38.08%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.79%) Finance
3 45 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.46%) Banking
5 21 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.05%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.20%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.49%) Local Government
11 6 (2.14%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.14%) Law
12 5 (1.78%) Advertising
12 5 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.78%) Legal
12 5 (1.78%) Retail
13 4 (1.42%) Billing
13 4 (1.42%) Marketing
14 2 (0.71%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.42%) Middleware
2 1 (0.36%) .NET
2 1 (0.36%) ADO
2 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.63%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.91%) CMDB
3 8 (2.85%) Client/Server
3 8 (2.85%) Clustering
3 8 (2.85%) Data Centre
3 8 (2.85%) iPhone
4 6 (2.14%) Cyberattack
4 6 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.14%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.78%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.42%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.42%) IoT
7 3 (1.07%) Derivative
8 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.71%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.71%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 89 (31.67%) Windows
2 51 (18.15%) Windows 10
3 16 (5.69%) Apple iOS
3 16 (5.69%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (3.20%) Unix
6 7 (2.49%) Android
7 5 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.07%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.36%) Linux
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (22.78%) ITIL
2 46 (16.37%) Customer Service
3 44 (15.66%) ITSM
4 37 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.10%) Agile
6 33 (11.74%) Asset Management
7 32 (11.39%) Service Management
8 31 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (10.32%) Business Analysis
9 29 (10.32%) Project Management
10 28 (9.96%) DevOps
11 27 (9.61%) Change Management
12 17 (6.05%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.69%) Data Protection
14 15 (5.34%) Data Analysis
14 15 (5.34%) Incident Management
14 15 (5.34%) Requirements Gathering
15 14 (4.98%) Business Case
15 14 (4.98%) Decision-Making
16 13 (4.63%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.90%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.63%) Python
3 5 (1.78%) 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 32 (11.39%) Degree
2 19 (6.76%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.20%) CISM
5 8 (2.85%) CISSP
6 7 (2.49%) CISA
7 5 (1.78%) CRISC
7 5 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.07%) CCNA
9 3 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.36%) GCIH
11 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.91%) Disclosure Scotland
2 10 (3.56%) SLA
3 7 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.14%) QA
5 4 (1.42%) PMO
6 2 (0.71%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.36%) GAAP
7 1 (0.36%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 73 (25.98%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.20%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.85%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.07%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.71%) Firmware
6 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.71%) XenApp
6 2 (0.71%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (7.12%) SCCM
2 10 (3.56%) Nagios
3 9 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.85%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (2.85%) NetBackup
5 7 (2.49%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.71%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.36%) Ansible
7 1 (0.36%) BladeLogic
7 1 (0.36%) CASB
7 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.36%) Nessus
7 1 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 67 (23.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.12%) Citrix
3 17 (6.05%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.98%) VMware
5 10 (3.56%) Apple
6 9 (3.20%) SAP
7 8 (2.85%) Hitachi
7 8 (2.85%) NetApp
8 5 (1.78%) SmartStream
9 4 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.42%) Google
10 3 (1.07%) Mitel
11 2 (0.71%) Cisco
11 2 (0.71%) Dell
11 2 (0.71%) Granicus
11 2 (0.71%) HP
11 2 (0.71%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.36%) IBM
12 1 (0.36%) Progress
12 1 (0.36%) Tanium