IT Analyst Contracts

IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 298 309
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 +66
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 270 490 767
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.86% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.91% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 328 520
10th Percentile £156 £137 £145
25th Percentile £185 £180 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £300 £350
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -14.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £553 £488 £488
90th Percentile £650 £571 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £208 £240
% change year-on-year -3.61% -13.54% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 36 60
10th Percentile £12.48 £13.08 £11.74
25th Percentile £16.55 £14.38 £13.69
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.32 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +35.16% +11.29%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.50 £19.25
90th Percentile - £36.05 £23.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £18.23 £17.50
% change year-on-year +17.97% +4.14% +14.75%

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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
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 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 -22 227 £446 +27.29% 145
UK excluding London -45 133 £200 -3.61% 122
London +33 128 £538 +19.44% 37
Work from Home +9 79 £463 +32.14% 51
South East +11 35 £446 +158.26% 29
Scotland +25 32 £190 +5.56% 6
North of England -5 25 £256 +4.92% 27
South West +1 22 £175 -7.89% 24
Yorkshire +7 14 £256 +27.88% 12
Midlands -1 12 £200 -44.44% 24
North West -3 11 £288 -20.69% 13
West Midlands +5 10 £200 -52.94% 15
East of England -19 4 £180 -10.00% 8
Wales +15 2 £190 -7.32% 6
East Midlands +8 2 £135 +8.00% 9
Northern Ireland -1 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 104 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 88 (32.59%) Windows
3 72 (26.67%) Active Directory
4 67 (24.81%) Microsoft
5 63 (23.33%) ITIL
5 63 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (22.22%) Finance
7 51 (18.89%) ITSM
8 50 (18.52%) Windows 10
9 49 (18.15%) Banking
10 47 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
11 43 (15.93%) Change Management
11 43 (15.93%) Customer Service
12 42 (15.56%) Service Management
13 38 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
14 35 (12.96%) Agile
15 34 (12.59%) Microsoft Office
16 33 (12.22%) Degree
17 29 (10.74%) Business Analysis
17 29 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
18 27 (10.00%) DevOps
19 26 (9.63%) Project Management
20 24 (8.89%) Asset Management
20 24 (8.89%) PowerShell
21 23 (8.52%) Microsoft Exchange
21 23 (8.52%) Azure
22 21 (7.78%) Public Sector
23 20 (7.41%) ServiceNow
23 20 (7.41%) SCCM
24 19 (7.04%) Citrix

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (8.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.59%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.11%) Confluence
5 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 34 (12.59%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.22%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.37%) InVision
6 1 (0.37%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Aligne
2 1 (0.37%) assyst
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 63 (23.33%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (8.52%) Azure
3 11 (4.07%) SaaS
4 8 (2.96%) AWS
4 8 (2.96%) OneDrive
4 8 (2.96%) PaaS
5 5 (1.85%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.48%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.11%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.11%) Yammer
8 2 (0.74%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.74%) Slack
9 1 (0.37%) Asana
9 1 (0.37%) Collibra
9 1 (0.37%) Figma
9 1 (0.37%) Miro
9 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.30%) DHCP
1 17 (6.30%) DNS
2 11 (4.07%) LAN
3 10 (3.70%) WAN
4 9 (3.33%) MPLS
4 9 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.96%) SAN
6 7 (2.59%) Skype
7 4 (1.48%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.11%) Firewall
8 3 (1.11%) VPN
8 3 (1.11%) Wireless
9 2 (0.74%) Intranet
10 1 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.37%) Internet
10 1 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.37%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.37%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.48%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.74%) Power BI
4 1 (0.37%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.37%) GIS
4 1 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (2.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.37%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.37%) MSI
2 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 104 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.22%) Finance
3 49 (18.15%) Banking
4 47 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.93%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.33%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.85%) Billing
11 5 (1.85%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.48%) Advertising
12 4 (1.48%) Law
12 4 (1.48%) Local Government
12 4 (1.48%) Marketing
13 3 (1.11%) Retail
14 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.74%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.48%) Middleware
2 2 (0.74%) .NET
3 1 (0.37%) ADO
3 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.07%) CMDB
2 10 (3.70%) iPhone
2 10 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.96%) Client/Server
3 8 (2.96%) Clustering
3 8 (2.96%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.22%) Cyberattack
4 6 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.48%) IoT
6 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.11%) Derivative
7 3 (1.11%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.11%) iPad
7 3 (1.11%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.74%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.74%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 88 (32.59%) Windows
2 50 (18.52%) Windows 10
3 19 (7.04%) Apple iOS
4 15 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.33%) Android
6 9 (3.33%) Unix
7 4 (1.48%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.11%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.74%) Linux
10 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.33%) ITIL
2 51 (18.89%) ITSM
3 43 (15.93%) Change Management
3 43 (15.93%) Customer Service
4 42 (15.56%) Service Management
5 38 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (12.96%) Agile
7 29 (10.74%) Business Analysis
7 29 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (10.00%) DevOps
9 26 (9.63%) Project Management
10 24 (8.89%) Asset Management
11 16 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (5.93%) Data Protection
11 16 (5.93%) Migration
12 14 (5.19%) Data Analysis
12 14 (5.19%) Decision-Making
12 14 (5.19%) Requirements Gathering
13 13 (4.81%) Business Case
13 13 (4.81%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.89%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.81%) Python
3 5 (1.85%) SQL
4 1 (0.37%) Bash
4 1 (0.37%) C#
4 1 (0.37%) C++
4 1 (0.37%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (0.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 33 (12.22%) Degree
2 15 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.33%) CISM
3 9 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.96%) CISSP
5 7 (2.59%) CISA
6 5 (1.85%) CRISC
6 5 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.11%) CCNA
8 3 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.37%) CSPO
10 1 (0.37%) GCIH
10 1 (0.37%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.07%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (3.33%) QA
3 8 (2.96%) SLA
4 7 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.74%) GDPR
5 2 (0.74%) NIST
5 2 (0.74%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) GAAP
6 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.96%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.11%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.37%) XenApp
6 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (7.41%) SCCM
2 10 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.70%) Nagios
3 8 (2.96%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (2.96%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.74%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.37%) Ansible
5 1 (0.37%) BladeLogic
5 1 (0.37%) CASB
5 1 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.37%) Nessus
5 1 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 67 (24.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 19 (7.04%) Citrix
4 12 (4.44%) Apple
5 11 (4.07%) VMware
6 8 (2.96%) Hitachi
6 8 (2.96%) NetApp
6 8 (2.96%) SAP
7 4 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.48%) Google
7 4 (1.48%) SmartStream
8 3 (1.11%) Mitel
8 3 (1.11%) Okta
9 2 (0.74%) Dell
9 2 (0.74%) Granicus
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle
9 2 (0.74%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.37%) Cisco
10 1 (0.37%) Progress
10 1 (0.37%) Tanium