Information Analyst Contracts

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 619 751
Rank change year-on-year +57 +132 -160
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 24 74 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 51 67
10th Percentile £365 £200 £168
25th Percentile £419 £222 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.76% +7.59%
75th Percentile £540 £507 £538
90th Percentile £683 £625 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £313 £338
% change year-on-year +60.00% -7.41% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £17.00 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.63 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.72% -5.29% +41.79%
75th Percentile £21.50 £31.91 £26.50
90th Percentile - £42.77 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £24.63 £26.00
% change year-on-year -14.72% -5.29% +45.25%

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 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +47 23 £500 +42.86% 50
UK excluding London +59 16 £500 +60.00% 30
Work from Home +107 12 £500 +29.03% 17
London +73 8 £650 +41.30% 19
Midlands +27 5 £400 +80.18% 5
South East +13 5 £540 +54.29% 8
North of England +26 4 £500 +60.00% 9
East Midlands +21 3 £400 +105.13% 3
Yorkshire +27 2 £500 +150.00% 4
West Midlands +20 2 £225 +0.45% 2
North West +20 1 £293 -13.97% 5
South West +14 1 £515 +7.29% 4
North East - 1 £500 -
Scotland - 1 £500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Information 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 Information Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (79.17%) Information Security
2 11 (45.83%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (33.33%) NIST
5 7 (29.17%) CISSP
5 7 (29.17%) CISM
6 6 (25.00%) Firewall
7 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
8 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
8 4 (16.67%) Finance
8 4 (16.67%) COBIT
9 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
9 3 (12.50%) Azure
9 3 (12.50%) SIEM
9 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (12.50%) Information Management
9 3 (12.50%) CISA
9 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 3 (12.50%) GDPR
9 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (12.50%) Due Diligence
9 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
9 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security
9 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
10 2 (8.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 2 (8.33%) Security Monitoring

Information 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) Veeva
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Advertising
3 2 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Legal
4 1 (4.17%) Local Government
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Security Posture
2 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.33%) Life Science
4 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.17%) NHS
4 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Information Security
2 11 (45.83%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 3 (12.50%) Due Diligence
4 3 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 3 (12.50%) Information Management
4 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (12.50%) SIEM
4 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (8.33%) Business Continuity
5 2 (8.33%) Change Management
5 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Quality Management
5 2 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) CISM
1 7 (29.17%) CISSP
2 3 (12.50%) CISA
3 2 (8.33%) ISSAP
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) CRISC
4 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (33.33%) NIST
3 4 (16.67%) COBIT
4 3 (12.50%) GDPR
4 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
5 2 (8.33%) ISO 22301
6 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (4.17%) GRC
6 1 (4.17%) IASME
6 1 (4.17%) NCSC
6 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (4.17%) Qualys