Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 332 544 855
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.17% 15.81% 16.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.24% 16.71% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 368 634
10th Percentile £166 £160 £150
25th Percentile £284 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +18.52%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £488
90th Percentile £569 £575 £538
England median daily rate £485 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +2.11% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 30 57
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £9.49
25th Percentile £13.50 £11.80 £9.75
Median hourly rate £14.59 £14.76 £13.95
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +5.84% -0.39%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.74 £22.00
90th Percentile £24.68 £24.19 £35.00
England median hourly rate £16.30 £19.44 £15.50
% change year-on-year -16.16% +25.44% -4.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,508 3,256 4,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.65% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,289 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £223 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +3.83% +14.38%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 177
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.74% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.70
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West Midlands -3 225 £425 - 111
East Midlands +5 104 £363 -9.38% 74
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 job ads across the Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 83 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 70 (21.08%) Security Cleared
3 63 (18.98%) Microsoft
4 59 (17.77%) Finance
5 54 (16.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (16.27%) SC Cleared
6 44 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
8 42 (12.65%) Agile
9 41 (12.35%) Windows
9 41 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
11 33 (9.94%) Azure
12 30 (9.04%) SQL
12 30 (9.04%) Business Analysis
13 29 (8.73%) Power BI
13 29 (8.73%) Power Platform
14 28 (8.43%) Incident Management
15 27 (8.13%) ITIL
16 26 (7.83%) SIEM
16 26 (7.83%) Customer Service
17 25 (7.53%) Public Sector
17 25 (7.53%) Project Management
17 25 (7.53%) Data Analysis
18 24 (7.23%) SAP
18 24 (7.23%) ERP
19 23 (6.93%) CRM
19 23 (6.93%) Firewall
20 22 (6.63%) Degree
20 22 (6.63%) Test Scripting

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.51%) Confluence
2 5 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Appian
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.51%) Odoo
1 5 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.60%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.30%) Maximo
3 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.30%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 33 (9.94%) Azure
2 29 (8.73%) Power Platform
3 21 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.51%) OCI
6 5 (1.51%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 5 (1.51%) SaaS
6 5 (1.51%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.20%) AWS
8 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.90%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.60%) Boomi
9 2 (0.60%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.30%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.30%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.30%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.93%) Firewall
2 10 (3.01%) VPN
3 7 (2.11%) LAN
4 6 (1.81%) WAN
5 5 (1.51%) Wireless
6 4 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.20%) Network Security
7 3 (0.90%) DHCP
7 3 (0.90%) Intranet
8 2 (0.60%) DNS
8 2 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.60%) VoIP
9 1 (0.30%) Internet
9 1 (0.30%) SAN
9 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.73%) Power BI
2 8 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.11%) Oracle Database
3 7 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.51%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.20%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.20%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (1.20%) Power Query
5 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.60%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.60%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Big Data
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.31%) JIRA
2 5 (1.51%) Selenium
3 3 (0.90%) JMeter
3 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.60%) TestRail
5 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 83 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.77%) Finance
3 43 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.42%) Telecoms
6 16 (4.82%) Legal
7 13 (3.92%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.71%) Retail
9 8 (2.41%) Marketing
10 6 (1.81%) Back Office
10 6 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.51%) Advertising
11 5 (1.51%) Electronics
11 5 (1.51%) Law
11 5 (1.51%) Local Government
12 4 (1.20%) Automotive
12 4 (1.20%) Banking
12 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.20%) Publishing
13 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) .NET
1 4 (1.20%) LDAP
1 4 (1.20%) Middleware
2 2 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.60%) REST
3 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.30%) JSON
3 1 (0.30%) SOAP
3 1 (0.30%) WinForms
3 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.33%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.82%) Cyber Threat
2 16 (4.82%) Operational Technology
3 12 (3.61%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (3.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 11 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (1.81%) NHS
6 5 (1.51%) Cyberattack
6 5 (1.51%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.20%) AS400
7 4 (1.20%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.90%) CMDB
8 3 (0.90%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.60%) SCADA
9 2 (0.60%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.35%) Windows
2 19 (5.72%) Windows 10
3 17 (5.12%) Linux
4 10 (3.01%) Mac OS X
5 7 (2.11%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.90%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.60%) Android
7 2 (0.60%) Unix
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (16.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (12.65%) Agile
4 41 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (9.04%) Business Analysis
7 28 (8.43%) Incident Management
8 27 (8.13%) ITIL
9 26 (7.83%) Customer Service
9 26 (7.83%) SIEM
10 25 (7.53%) Data Analysis
10 25 (7.53%) Project Management
11 24 (7.23%) ERP
12 23 (6.93%) CRM
13 22 (6.63%) Test Scripting
14 21 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (6.02%) Risk Management
15 20 (6.02%) Service Management
15 20 (6.02%) User Acceptance Testing
16 18 (5.42%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.04%) SQL
2 13 (3.92%) Python
3 6 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (1.20%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.60%) R
5 2 (0.60%) VBA
6 1 (0.30%) C#
6 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.30%) ProC
Qualifications
1 70 (21.08%) Security Cleared
2 54 (16.27%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.63%) Degree
4 14 (4.22%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.71%) ISTQB
6 8 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.81%) ISEB
8 4 (1.20%) CISSP
9 3 (0.90%) CBAP
9 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.60%) ACCA
10 2 (0.60%) CEH
10 2 (0.60%) CIMA
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.30%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.30%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.63%) PMO
2 21 (6.33%) NIST
3 14 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.01%) GDPR
4 10 (3.01%) HIPAA
4 10 (3.01%) SLA
5 9 (2.71%) NIST 800
6 7 (2.11%) QA
7 3 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (5.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.60%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.90%) Ansible
3 2 (0.60%) Kibana
3 2 (0.60%) logstash
4 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.23%) SAP
3 20 (6.02%) Oracle
4 17 (5.12%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.51%) Splunk
6 4 (1.20%) Computacenter
6 4 (1.20%) Darktrace
6 4 (1.20%) Denodo
6 4 (1.20%) FireEye
6 4 (1.20%) LogRhythm
7 3 (0.90%) Citrix
7 3 (0.90%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.60%) Ariba
8 2 (0.60%) BMC
8 2 (0.60%) Databricks
8 2 (0.60%) Sage
8 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.60%) Sophos
8 2 (0.60%) VMware
9 1 (0.30%) Workday