Principal Analyst Programmer Contracts

Principal Analyst Programmer
UK

The median Principal Analyst Programmer daily rate in the UK is £177, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Analyst Programmer 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £165 - -
25th Percentile £169 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £177 - -
75th Percentile £216 - -
90th Percentile £248 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £177 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.60 - -

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 35,672 46,944 81,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 94.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,921 32,148 57,528
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,658 1,511 1,784
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.93 £13.02
25th Percentile £20.30 £19.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £44.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +71.15% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.90 £43.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year +0.34% +98.86% +22.22%

Principal Analyst Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Analyst Programmer in the UK

Principal Analyst Programmer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Analyst Programmer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Wales - 10 £177 -
UK excluding London - 10 £177 -
Work from Home - 1 £168 -

Principal Analyst Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Principal Analyst Programmer 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 Principal Analyst Programmer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) NHS
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) API Development
3 4 (40.00%) FHIR
3 4 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (30.00%) System Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Welsh Language
5 2 (20.00%) HL7
6 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Test Management
6 1 (10.00%) QA
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Informatics
6 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
6 1 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
6 1 (10.00%) Oracle
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office

Principal Analyst Programmer 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Receivables
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Welsh Language
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) FHIR
3 1 (10.00%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (10.00%) Kafka
3 1 (10.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile
1 5 (50.00%) API Development
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) System Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Informatics
5 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) RUP
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Test Management
5 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) HL7
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle