Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,581 2,792 5,170
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.75% 11.65% 11.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.50% 12.23% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 2,033 3,800
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £375 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £696 £688 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 70 98
10th Percentile £12.90 £13.08 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.71 £16.24 £12.41
Median hourly rate £17.00 £19.75 £17.54
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +12.60% +0.20%
75th Percentile £27.00 £27.02 £22.94
90th Percentile £44.00 £50.75 £32.05
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.18 £15.53
% change year-on-year -10.35% +17.08% -5.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,752 22,821 42,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 95.26% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,267 16,183 30,865
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 530 566
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.63
25th Percentile £22.56 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £43.50 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +32.91% +68.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.05 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +15.00%

Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analyst.

Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analyst over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analyst.

Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analyst over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Analyst hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 7 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 472 (29.85%) Finance
2 409 (25.87%) Social Skills
3 325 (20.56%) Agile
4 279 (17.65%) SQL
5 253 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
6 207 (13.09%) Banking
7 197 (12.46%) Business Analysis
8 189 (11.95%) Microsoft
9 175 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
10 174 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 173 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
12 163 (10.31%) User Stories
13 158 (9.99%) Power Platform
14 156 (9.87%) Public Sector
15 151 (9.55%) Power BI
16 143 (9.04%) Analytics
17 139 (8.79%) Degree
18 133 (8.41%) Data Analysis
19 131 (8.29%) Python
19 131 (8.29%) Requirements Gathering
20 128 (8.10%) Migration
21 127 (8.03%) Azure
22 123 (7.78%) Security Cleared
23 119 (7.53%) JIRA
24 116 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
25 110 (6.96%) User Acceptance Testing
26 96 (6.07%) QA
27 94 (5.95%) SC Cleared
28 93 (5.88%) Project Management
29 87 (5.50%) Change Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 52 (3.29%) Confluence
2 39 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 23 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.63%) SAS
5 8 (0.51%) Apache
6 7 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.19%) Appian
8 3 (0.19%) MTS
8 3 (0.19%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.13%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.063%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.063%) CMS
10 1 (0.063%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.063%) JBoss
10 1 (0.063%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.063%) nginx
10 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 116 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 40 (2.53%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.25%) Trello
8 3 (0.19%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.63%) Endur
5 8 (0.51%) Maximo
6 7 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.32%) Aligne
8 5 (0.32%) NEC Housing
8 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.25%) Academy Housing
9 4 (0.25%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
10 3 (0.19%) EuroRunner
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 158 (9.99%) Power Platform
2 127 (8.03%) Azure
3 67 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (3.86%) AWS
5 31 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (1.71%) SaaS
7 24 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (1.08%) Google Analytics
9 16 (1.01%) Entra ID
9 16 (1.01%) GCP
10 14 (0.89%) OneDrive
10 14 (0.89%) Power Automate
10 14 (0.89%) PowerApps
11 11 (0.70%) OCI
12 9 (0.57%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (0.44%) PaaS
13 7 (0.44%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.38%) Miro
14 6 (0.38%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.14%) Firewall
2 13 (0.82%) VPN
3 11 (0.70%) Internet
4 9 (0.57%) DNS
5 8 (0.51%) Network Security
6 7 (0.44%) DHCP
6 7 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.38%) VLAN
8 5 (0.32%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.19%) Intranet
9 3 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.19%) WAN
10 2 (0.13%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.13%) HTTP
10 2 (0.13%) NAS
10 2 (0.13%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.13%) VoIP
10 2 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.13%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (9.55%) Power BI
2 49 (3.10%) Tableau
3 38 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (1.96%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.08%) Big Data
6 16 (1.01%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 14 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.82%) Data Lake
8 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (0.57%) GIS
10 9 (0.57%) Looker
10 9 (0.57%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.51%) Hadoop
11 8 (0.51%) Metadata
12 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
12 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 119 (7.53%) JIRA
2 18 (1.14%) Postman
3 16 (1.01%) Selenium
4 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.57%) Git
5 9 (0.57%) TestRail
6 8 (0.51%) Eclipse
7 6 (0.38%) JMeter
7 6 (0.38%) SoapUI
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.32%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.25%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.25%) Subversion
9 4 (0.25%) TestComplete
9 4 (0.25%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.19%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.19%) Toad
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 472 (29.85%) Finance
2 409 (25.87%) Social Skills
3 253 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 207 (13.09%) Banking
5 156 (9.87%) Public Sector
6 63 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (3.92%) Front Office
8 45 (2.85%) Marketing
9 42 (2.66%) Back Office
10 41 (2.59%) Retail
11 40 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
12 37 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 37 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.71%) Investment Banking
14 26 (1.64%) Legal
15 24 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.33%) Local Government
17 15 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
18 11 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.33%) XML
2 19 (1.20%) .NET
3 13 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (0.63%) HTML
4 10 (0.63%) JSON
5 9 (0.57%) Web Services
6 8 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (0.44%) REST
8 6 (0.38%) Middleware
9 5 (0.32%) ADO
9 5 (0.32%) IDoc
9 5 (0.32%) OpenAPI
9 5 (0.32%) Swagger
10 4 (0.25%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.25%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.25%) OAuth
10 4 (0.25%) PySpark
11 3 (0.19%) Django
11 3 (0.19%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.19%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 70 (4.43%) Product Ownership
2 53 (3.35%) Management Information System
3 52 (3.29%) Derivative
4 42 (2.66%) Hedge funds
5 33 (2.09%) Equities
6 31 (1.96%) Fixed Income
7 28 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 27 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.08%) Reinsurance
9 17 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 16 (1.01%) Onboarding
11 12 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (0.76%) Data Structures
12 11 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (0.70%) NHS
13 10 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.57%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.51%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.25%) Windows
2 29 (1.83%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.20%) Unix
4 17 (1.08%) Linux
5 13 (0.82%) Android
6 8 (0.51%) Windows 7
7 7 (0.44%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.19%) VMS
11 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (20.56%) Agile
2 197 (12.46%) Business Analysis
3 175 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
4 174 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 173 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
6 163 (10.31%) User Stories
7 143 (9.04%) Analytics
8 133 (8.41%) Data Analysis
9 131 (8.29%) Requirements Gathering
10 128 (8.10%) Migration
11 110 (6.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 93 (5.88%) Project Management
13 87 (5.50%) Change Management
14 83 (5.25%) Data Modelling
15 79 (5.00%) ITIL
16 78 (4.93%) DevOps
17 77 (4.87%) Acceptance Criteria
17 77 (4.87%) Scrum
18 76 (4.81%) Visualisation
19 74 (4.68%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 279 (17.65%) SQL
2 131 (8.29%) Python
3 46 (2.91%) C#
4 21 (1.33%) Java
5 18 (1.14%) R
6 17 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.89%) VBA
8 13 (0.82%) C++
9 11 (0.70%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.51%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.44%) C
12 7 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.44%) Perl
13 5 (0.32%) ABAP
13 5 (0.32%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.25%) VB
14 4 (0.25%) VBScript
15 3 (0.19%) Bash
Qualifications
1 139 (8.79%) Degree
2 123 (7.78%) Security Cleared
3 94 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 27 (1.71%) DV Cleared
5 17 (1.08%) CISSP
5 17 (1.08%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.01%) CISM
7 15 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
9 11 (0.70%) ISEB
10 10 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.51%) CISA
12 8 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.44%) CBAP
13 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.38%) APMP
14 6 (0.38%) CIMA
14 6 (0.38%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.07%) QA
2 70 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 51 (3.23%) PMO
4 34 (2.15%) SLA
5 23 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.27%) GDPR
7 17 (1.08%) NIST
8 13 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
9 10 (0.63%) SEPA
10 9 (0.57%) MiFID
11 8 (0.51%) EMIR
12 7 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.38%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.38%) GRC
13 6 (0.38%) GxP
13 6 (0.38%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 5 (0.32%) IFRS
15 4 (0.25%) GAAP
15 4 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
3 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.13%) Docker
4 2 (0.13%) Firmware
4 2 (0.13%) vSphere
5 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.063%) Snort
5 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.063%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.063%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.38%) SCCM
3 5 (0.32%) Nessus
4 4 (0.25%) Ansible
5 3 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.19%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.13%) BladeLogic
6 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.13%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.13%) QRadar
6 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.063%) CASB
7 1 (0.063%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.063%) Nmap
7 1 (0.063%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.063%) Terraform
7 1 (0.063%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 189 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.81%) Oracle
3 75 (4.74%) SAP
4 54 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 31 (1.96%) Salesforce
6 23 (1.45%) Google
7 17 (1.08%) Splunk
8 16 (1.01%) Adobe
9 13 (0.82%) Ariba
10 12 (0.76%) Alteryx
10 12 (0.76%) Bloomberg
11 11 (0.70%) Databricks
12 9 (0.57%) IFS
12 9 (0.57%) Qualys
13 8 (0.51%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.51%) Cadence
13 8 (0.51%) Cisco
14 7 (0.44%) Apple
14 7 (0.44%) NEC
14 7 (0.44%) Varonis