Project Analyst Contracts

Project Analyst
UK

The median Project Analyst daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 589 605
Rank change year-on-year +102 +16 -45
Contract jobs requiring a Project Analyst 99 133 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.23% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 84 157
10th Percentile £189 £255 £229
25th Percentile £210 £409 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £629 £650 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -15.63% - +18.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £52.26 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £55.63 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% - -
75th Percentile £50.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £50.01 -
% change year-on-year -30.01% - -

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Project Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Analyst in the UK

Project 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 Project Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +87 87 £475 -10.59% 17
London +78 54 £508 -10.18% 12
Work from Home +138 49 £520 +1.46% 9
UK excluding London +64 38 £338 -15.63% 6
Midlands +32 9 £275 -44.30% 1
North of England +35 8 £475 +26.67% 1
South West +28 8 £275 -37.14%
South East +2 7 £425 +70.00% 1
Yorkshire +29 6 £475 +26.67%
West Midlands +31 5 £413 -23.26% 1
Scotland +22 4 £325 -13.33% 1
East Midlands +21 4 £200 -55.56%
North West +16 2 £413 +106.63% 1
Northern Ireland +9 2 £220 -56.86%

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Project 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 Project Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.30%) Finance
3 22 (22.22%) Project Management
4 17 (17.17%) Microsoft
5 16 (16.16%) MS Visio
5 16 (16.16%) PMO
6 15 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (15.15%) Business Analysis
7 14 (14.14%) CMS
8 12 (12.12%) Change Management
9 11 (11.11%) Migration
9 11 (11.11%) Agile
10 9 (9.09%) Asset Management
10 9 (9.09%) Degree
10 9 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
10 9 (9.09%) Data Migration
10 9 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
11 7 (7.07%) Power BI
11 7 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (7.07%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (7.07%) Legal
11 7 (7.07%) Business Case
11 7 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (7.07%) Power Platform
12 6 (6.06%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (6.06%) Programme Management
12 6 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (6.06%) SAP
12 6 (6.06%) SQL
12 6 (6.06%) Salesforce

Project 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 14 (14.14%) CMS
2 1 (1.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (16.16%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) ION MarketView
1 1 (1.01%) Magento
1 1 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.07%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.03%) Azure
3 1 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.01%) Intacct
3 1 (1.01%) SaaS
3 1 (1.01%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (1.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.02%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.07%) Power BI
2 4 (4.04%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (4.04%) MS Access
2 4 (4.04%) Tableau
3 2 (2.02%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 34 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.30%) Finance
3 7 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.07%) Legal
4 6 (6.06%) Banking
5 5 (5.05%) Marketing
5 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.04%) Billing
6 4 (4.04%) Front Office
6 4 (4.04%) Retail
7 3 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.03%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.02%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.01%) Aviation
9 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.05%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.04%) e-Health
3 2 (2.02%) Derivative
3 2 (2.02%) Fixed Income
3 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.01%) Equities
4 1 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.01%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.01%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.01%) NHS
4 1 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.04%) Unix
2 2 (2.02%) Windows
2 2 (2.02%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.22%) Project Management
2 15 (15.15%) Business Analysis
2 15 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (12.12%) Change Management
4 11 (11.11%) Agile
4 11 (11.11%) Migration
5 9 (9.09%) Asset Management
5 9 (9.09%) Data Migration
5 9 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
6 7 (7.07%) Business Case
6 7 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (7.07%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (6.06%) Data Mapping
7 6 (6.06%) Programme Management
7 6 (6.06%) Waterfall
7 6 (6.06%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (5.05%) Project Delivery
8 5 (5.05%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.09%) Degree
2 4 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.02%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.02%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.01%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.16%) PMO
2 5 (5.05%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (2.02%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (17.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.06%) Salesforce
2 6 (6.06%) SAP
3 4 (4.04%) Alteryx
3 4 (4.04%) Oracle
4 3 (3.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (2.02%) Calypso
5 2 (2.02%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.01%) Adobe
6 1 (1.01%) Apple
6 1 (1.01%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.01%) Charles River
6 1 (1.01%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.01%) ION Trading
6 1 (1.01%) MarketAxess
6 1 (1.01%) Marketo
6 1 (1.01%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.01%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.01%) Sage
6 1 (1.01%) Tradeweb