Analyst Contracts in South Wales

Analyst
Wales > South Wales

The median Analyst daily rate in South Wales is £388 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 24 78 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 7.08% 15.03% 11.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.95% 15.79% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 55 76
10th Percentile £150 £163 £163
25th Percentile £193 £213 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £400 £420
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -4.76% +40.00%
75th Percentile £430 £488 £450
90th Percentile £528 £532 £506
Wales median daily rate £388 £390 £416
% change year-on-year -0.64% -6.31% +38.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 11
10th Percentile £17.12 £13.70 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.98 £11.15
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £12.31
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% +47.42% -25.82%
75th Percentile £25.27 £19.31 £18.08
90th Percentile £25.32 £19.98 £25.00
Wales median hourly rate £19.17 £18.14 £14.18
% change year-on-year +5.68% +27.93% -12.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 302 494 879
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 95.18% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 383 654
10th Percentile £172 £176 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £569 £575
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 36
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.85 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.60 £11.97
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £26.06
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.25 £47.14
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.58%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in South Wales

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in South Wales

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in South Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in South Wales

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in South Wales

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in South Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in South Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in South Wales

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 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
Cardiff -13 15 £420 -3.45% 23
Newport -7 8 £190 -61.03% 6
Rhondda Cynon Taff +3 1 £208 +1.22%
Analyst
Wales

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 26 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 South Wales region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (25.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.83%) Statistics
5 4 (16.67%) Azure
5 4 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (12.50%) Degree
6 3 (12.50%) Economics
6 3 (12.50%) Firewall
6 3 (12.50%) NHS
6 3 (12.50%) .NET
6 3 (12.50%) Windows
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
7 2 (8.33%) Postgraduate
7 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (8.33%) PL/SQL
7 2 (8.33%) SQL
7 2 (8.33%) Oracle
7 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.33%) Scrum
7 2 (8.33%) Finance
7 2 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (8.33%) KYC
7 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Social Skills

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (4.17%) LAN
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.33%) Digital Economy
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (4.17%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) Statistics
4 4 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (12.50%) Economics
6 2 (8.33%) KYC
6 2 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (8.33%) Scrum
6 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.17%) Business Analysis
7 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis
7 1 (4.17%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.17%) Information Security
7 1 (4.17%) ITIL
7 1 (4.17%) Product Backlog
7 1 (4.17%) Project Management
7 1 (4.17%) UML
7 1 (4.17%) Validation
7 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) PL/SQL
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Postgraduate
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Citrix
3 1 (4.17%) LogRhythm
3 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk
3 1 (4.17%) VMware