Analyst Contracts in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst daily rate in the South West is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 15 12
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 347 378 386
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 10.81% 10.25% 10.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.56% 11.10% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 290 293
10th Percentile £172 £180 £169
25th Percentile £263 £358 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +7.56% +1.18%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £500
90th Percentile £625 £615 £588
England median daily rate £480 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +1.05% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 25 17
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.45 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.78 £13.25 £16.74
Median hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -17.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £40.00 £70.80 £68.30
90th Percentile - £77.65 £78.11
England median hourly rate £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -16.41% +25.81% -7.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,002 3,405 3,579
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 92.33% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,949 2,544 2,545
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £706 £713 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 282 197
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.13 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.50 £51.25 £16.80
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.69 £62.50
90th Percentile £77.60 £83.75 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
% change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Wiltshire +6 172 £500 +5.26% 18
Bristol -11 70 £463 +2.78% 48
Gloucestershire +17 36 £450 -10.00% 12
Dorset +7 25 £173 -27.16% 10
Somerset 0 20 £250 -35.48% 20
Devon +2 14 £145 -22.93% 10
Cornwall - 6 £160 - 1
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 178 (51.30%) Security Cleared
2 152 (43.80%) DV Cleared
3 104 (29.97%) Social Skills
4 93 (26.80%) Cybersecurity
5 82 (23.63%) SIEM
6 70 (20.17%) Security Operations
7 66 (19.02%) Threat Intelligence
8 65 (18.73%) Microsoft
9 61 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
10 56 (16.14%) SOAR
11 54 (15.56%) Incident Response
12 53 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
13 51 (14.70%) Use Case
14 50 (14.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 49 (14.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 48 (13.83%) Management Information System
17 47 (13.54%) ITIL
17 47 (13.54%) Azure
18 46 (13.26%) SC Cleared
19 44 (12.68%) Finance
20 42 (12.10%) Active Directory
20 42 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
21 38 (10.95%) Cyber Threat
21 38 (10.95%) Public Sector
21 38 (10.95%) Windows
22 35 (10.09%) Security Operations Centre
22 35 (10.09%) Incident Management
23 34 (9.80%) SLA
24 33 (9.51%) Degree
24 33 (9.51%) CSOC

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 26 (7.49%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (4.03%) Confluence
4 10 (2.88%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.58%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 13 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) assyst
1 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (0.29%) Magento
1 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.54%) Azure
2 26 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.75%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.17%) Azure Stack
5 7 (2.02%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.02%) WhatsApp
6 3 (0.86%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.58%) AWS
7 2 (0.58%) SaaS
8 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.29%) GCP
8 1 (0.29%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.75%) Firewall
2 11 (3.17%) DHCP
2 11 (3.17%) DNS
3 10 (2.88%) BGP
4 9 (2.59%) LAN
4 9 (2.59%) WAN
5 8 (2.31%) MPLS
5 8 (2.31%) SAN
5 8 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.44%) Wireless
7 4 (1.15%) Network Security
7 4 (1.15%) VPN
8 2 (0.58%) Skype
9 1 (0.29%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.29%) VLAN
9 1 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.17%) Power BI
2 9 (2.59%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.44%) SAP HANA
4 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.15%) Metadata
5 3 (0.86%) Tableau
6 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.58%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.29%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 26 (7.49%) JIRA
2 3 (0.86%) Selenium
3 1 (0.29%) TestRail
3 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 104 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 61 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.68%) Finance
4 38 (10.95%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.46%) Aerospace
6 11 (3.17%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.31%) Banking
9 8 (2.31%) Legal
10 7 (2.02%) Marketing
10 7 (2.02%) Military
11 6 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.44%) Electronics
12 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.58%) Aviation
14 2 (0.58%) Back Office
14 2 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.73%) SailPoint
2 3 (0.86%) JSON
2 3 (0.86%) XML
3 2 (0.58%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (0.58%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.83%) Management Information System
2 38 (10.95%) Cyber Threat
3 35 (10.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (9.51%) CSOC
5 21 (6.05%) Private Cloud
6 14 (4.03%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (3.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 10 (2.88%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.31%) Client/Server
9 8 (2.31%) Clustering
10 7 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.02%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.15%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.86%) CMDB
12 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.86%) iPhone
12 3 (0.86%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.86%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.86%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.58%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 38 (10.95%) Windows
2 12 (3.46%) Windows 10
3 8 (2.31%) Android
3 8 (2.31%) Unix
4 6 (1.73%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (26.80%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (23.63%) SIEM
3 70 (20.17%) Security Operations
4 66 (19.02%) Threat Intelligence
5 56 (16.14%) SOAR
6 54 (15.56%) Incident Response
7 53 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (14.70%) Use Case
9 50 (14.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 49 (14.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 47 (13.54%) ITIL
12 42 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (10.09%) Incident Management
14 31 (8.93%) Customer Service
14 31 (8.93%) Open Source
14 31 (8.93%) OSINT
15 29 (8.36%) Information Security
16 28 (8.07%) Cyber Intelligence
17 26 (7.49%) Analytics
17 26 (7.49%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.75%) PowerShell
1 13 (3.75%) SQL
2 4 (1.15%) Python
3 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 178 (51.30%) Security Cleared
2 152 (43.80%) DV Cleared
3 46 (13.26%) SC Cleared
4 33 (9.51%) Degree
5 18 (5.19%) SANS
6 3 (0.86%) CISSP
7 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.29%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.29%) CCNA
8 1 (0.29%) CEH
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.29%) GIAC
8 1 (0.29%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.29%) MCP
8 1 (0.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.80%) SLA
2 16 (4.61%) GDPR
3 14 (4.03%) NCSC
4 13 (3.75%) NIST
5 11 (3.17%) NIST 800
6 10 (2.88%) Government Security Classifications
6 10 (2.88%) PMO
6 10 (2.88%) QA
7 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.29%) SEPA
8 1 (0.29%) TARGET2
System Software
1 42 (12.10%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.31%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (2.31%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (4.90%) SCCM
2 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (2.31%) Nagios
2 8 (2.31%) NetBackup
3 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.58%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.29%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 65 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.75%) Citrix
3 12 (3.46%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.17%) SAP
4 11 (3.17%) Splunk
5 10 (2.88%) VMware
6 8 (2.31%) Hitachi
6 8 (2.31%) NetApp
7 4 (1.15%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle
8 3 (0.86%) Google
8 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.58%) Apple
9 2 (0.58%) Dell
9 2 (0.58%) Okta
9 2 (0.58%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.58%) Sparx
10 1 (0.29%) BiZZdesign
10 1 (0.29%) Refinitiv
10 1 (0.29%) Workday