Analyst Contracts in Watford

Analyst
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Analyst daily rate in Watford is £313 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 13 35 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 11.21% 23.97% 14.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.71% 25.00% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 18
10th Percentile - £179 £151
25th Percentile £275 £186 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £226 £275
Median % change year-on-year +38.12% -17.73% -26.67%
75th Percentile £451 £520 £394
90th Percentile £588 £588 £471
Hertfordshire median daily rate £365 £475 £350
% change year-on-year -23.16% +35.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £19.85 -
25th Percentile - £24.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate - £34.51 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year - -24.99% +206.67%
75th Percentile - £42.88 £49.00
90th Percentile - £47.16 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £26.68 £50.01 £24.50
% change year-on-year -46.65% +104.12% +2.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 111 140 152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 95.89% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 98 108
10th Percentile £276 £186 £144
25th Percentile £325 £400 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +41.18% -
75th Percentile £559 £747 £538
90th Percentile £721 £895 £638
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 6
10th Percentile - - £18.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £21.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% -37.14% +105.88%
75th Percentile £14.75 £35.08 £36.88
90th Percentile - £35.80 £43.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Watford

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Watford

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Watford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Watford over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Watford

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Watford region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (30.77%) Integration Testing
1 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
2 3 (23.08%) OpenEdge
2 3 (23.08%) SDLC
3 2 (15.38%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) Nessus
4 1 (7.69%) Nmap
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security
4 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.69%) Games
4 1 (7.69%) Windows
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (7.69%) ERP
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Firewall
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 3 (23.08%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) AutoCAD
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
1 1 (7.69%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (7.69%) Games
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Insider Threat
1 1 (7.69%) iPad
1 1 (7.69%) iPhone
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Integration Testing
1 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
1 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (23.08%) SDLC
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 2 (15.38%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) ERP
4 1 (7.69%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Register
4 1 (7.69%) SIEM
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Map
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Nessus
1 1 (7.69%) Nmap
1 1 (7.69%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) LogRhythm
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk