ICT Analyst Contracts

ICT Analyst
UK

The median ICT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £408 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 679 833
Rank change year-on-year +115 +154 -107
Contract jobs requiring an ICT Analyst 15 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.009% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.009% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 8
10th Percentile £201 £280 £112
25th Percentile £208 £325 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £350 £140
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% +150.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £434 - £163
90th Percentile £496 - £215
UK excluding London median daily rate - £350 £140
% change year-on-year - +150.00% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £19.94 - -
25th Percentile £21.09 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £27.98 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.80% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.09 £27.98 -
% change year-on-year -24.62% - -

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 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
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% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

ICT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ICT Analyst in the UK

ICT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ICT Analyst in the UK

ICT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ICT Analyst over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ICT Analyst in the UK

ICT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ICT Analyst in the UK

ICT Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ICT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +102 10 £210 -40.00% 2
London - 8 £210 -
Work from Home +111 5 £408 +16.43% 1
UK excluding London +46 2 - - 3
North of England +27 2 - - 1
North West +13 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, ICT 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 ICT Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Local Government
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) ITIL
4 5 (33.33%) Service Management
4 5 (33.33%) Google Workspace
4 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Housing Association
5 4 (26.67%) Batch Scheduling
5 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
5 4 (26.67%) Capita
5 4 (26.67%) Academy Housing
5 4 (26.67%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 4 (26.67%) Google
5 4 (26.67%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (26.67%) Supplier Management
5 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
5 4 (26.67%) C
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
6 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (20.00%) SLA
6 3 (20.00%) Change Management
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Degree
6 3 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
7 2 (13.33%) Coaching

ICT 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:

Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (26.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Academy Housing
1 4 (26.67%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (13.33%) IaaS
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) PaaS
2 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
General
1 9 (60.00%) Local Government
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Housing Association
2 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (13.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) ITIL
2 5 (33.33%) Service Management
3 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
3 4 (26.67%) Batch Scheduling
3 4 (26.67%) Supplier Management
4 3 (20.00%) Change Management
4 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity
5 2 (13.33%) Coaching
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) Data Privacy
5 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (13.33%) Information Security
5 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Problem Management
5 2 (13.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) C
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) DBS Check
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) CCNA
3 2 (13.33%) CCNP
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CISSP
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Capita
2 4 (26.67%) Google