Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 235 370 624
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.43% 16.66% 17.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.53% 17.63% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 249 477
10th Percentile £199 £200 £173
25th Percentile £298 £325 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £420
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +7.14% +16.26%
75th Percentile £513 £538 £495
90th Percentile £594 £600 £546
England median daily rate £475 £488 £463
% change year-on-year -2.56% +5.41% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 19
10th Percentile £13.50 - £12.20
25th Percentile £14.41 £12.50 £12.44
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.74 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% +18.27% -11.76%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.94 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.42 £27.01 £23.75
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -15.79% +22.58% -4.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,737 2,099 3,421
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 94.51% 96.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,435 2,487
10th Percentile £255 £260 £225
25th Percentile £360 £388 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £711 £700 £665
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 63 76
10th Percentile £12.11 £12.50 £12.44
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.75 £14.46
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +10.97%
75th Percentile £40.50 £29.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.50 £56.75 £23.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +5.80%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 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
Birmingham +1 110 £425 +3.03% 53
Warwickshire -5 41 £450 -14.29% 12
Worcestershire +9 14 £200 -53.76% 3
Staffordshire -2 12 £375 -11.76% 17
Shropshire +8 10 £449 +38.15% 4
Herefordshire -10 8 £538 -17.23% 1
Coventry -17 5 £525 +31.25% 8
Wednesbury 0 3 £260 -50.48%
Solihull -18 3 £140 -72.00% 4
Wolverhampton +4 1 £525 -14.29% 2
Walsall +2 1 - - 3
West Bromwich -1 1 £325 -48.00% 3
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 West Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 65 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.70%) Security Cleared
3 46 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (19.15%) Microsoft
5 43 (18.30%) Finance
6 36 (15.32%) SC Cleared
6 36 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (13.19%) Windows
9 26 (11.06%) Azure
9 26 (11.06%) Agile
9 26 (11.06%) SIEM
10 25 (10.64%) Project Management
11 24 (10.21%) ITIL
11 24 (10.21%) Incident Management
11 24 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (9.79%) Firewall
13 20 (8.51%) Risk Management
13 20 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (8.51%) NIST
13 20 (8.51%) Security Operations
13 20 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (8.09%) PMO
14 19 (8.09%) ERP
15 18 (7.66%) Business Analysis
15 18 (7.66%) Degree
15 18 (7.66%) Power Platform
15 18 (7.66%) Power BI
16 17 (7.23%) Public Sector

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.13%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Odoo
2 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.06%) Azure
2 20 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.66%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.70%) SaaS
7 3 (1.28%) Boomi
7 3 (1.28%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.28%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.28%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.85%) AWS
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.85%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon MSK
9 1 (0.43%) OCI
9 1 (0.43%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (0.43%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.79%) Firewall
2 6 (2.55%) LAN
3 5 (2.13%) WAN
4 4 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.28%) DHCP
5 3 (1.28%) Intranet
5 3 (1.28%) Network Security
5 3 (1.28%) VPN
5 3 (1.28%) Wireless
6 2 (0.85%) DNS
6 2 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.43%) Internet
7 1 (0.43%) SAN
7 1 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.66%) Power BI
2 6 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.55%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.70%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.70%) Data Mining
3 4 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.28%) Power Query
4 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.85%) Tableau
6 1 (0.43%) Big Data
6 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.43%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Presto
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.40%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.85%) Selenium
4 1 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 65 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.30%) Finance
3 36 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.23%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.38%) Legal
6 9 (3.83%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.98%) Retail
9 6 (2.55%) Law
10 5 (2.13%) Back Office
11 4 (1.70%) Advertising
11 4 (1.70%) Automotive
12 3 (1.28%) Games
12 3 (1.28%) Local Government
12 3 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.85%) Billing
13 2 (0.85%) Marketing
13 2 (0.85%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.28%) .NET
1 3 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.85%) Middleware
3 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.43%) BREW
3 1 (0.43%) JSON
3 1 (0.43%) LDAP
3 1 (0.43%) REST
3 1 (0.43%) SOAP
3 1 (0.43%) WinForms
3 1 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.96%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (5.11%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.11%) Operational Technology
3 10 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
3 10 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (2.55%) Cyberattack
6 4 (1.70%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.70%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.28%) AS400
7 3 (1.28%) CMDB
7 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.85%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.85%) SCADA
8 2 (0.85%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.19%) Windows
2 16 (6.81%) Linux
3 15 (6.38%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.68%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.85%) Android
7 2 (0.85%) Unix
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 35 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (11.06%) Agile
3 26 (11.06%) SIEM
4 25 (10.64%) Project Management
5 24 (10.21%) Incident Management
5 24 (10.21%) ITIL
5 24 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
6 20 (8.51%) Risk Management
6 20 (8.51%) Security Operations
7 19 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (8.09%) ERP
8 18 (7.66%) Business Analysis
9 17 (7.23%) CRM
9 17 (7.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 15 (6.38%) Analytics
10 15 (6.38%) Data Analysis
10 15 (6.38%) DevOps
10 15 (6.38%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.23%) SQL
2 7 (2.98%) Python
3 5 (2.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.43%) C#
4 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.43%) ProC
4 1 (0.43%) R
4 1 (0.43%) VB
4 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (21.70%) Security Cleared
2 36 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.66%) Degree
4 8 (3.40%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.13%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.70%) ISEB
6 4 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.28%) APMG
7 3 (1.28%) CISSP
7 3 (1.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (0.85%) ACCA
8 2 (0.85%) CEH
8 2 (0.85%) CIMA
8 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.43%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.51%) NIST
2 19 (8.09%) PMO
3 12 (5.11%) GDPR
4 11 (4.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 11 (4.68%) HIPAA
4 11 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.98%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.98%) NIST 800
6 6 (2.55%) SLA
7 5 (2.13%) QA
8 3 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 13 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.85%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.85%) Kibana
2 2 (0.85%) logstash
3 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.38%) SAP
3 12 (5.11%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.26%) Oracle
5 6 (2.55%) Splunk
6 5 (2.13%) Darktrace
6 5 (2.13%) FireEye
6 5 (2.13%) LogRhythm
7 4 (1.70%) Denodo
7 4 (1.70%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.28%) Citrix
8 3 (1.28%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.28%) Sage
9 2 (0.85%) BMC
9 2 (0.85%) IFS
9 2 (0.85%) Sophos
9 2 (0.85%) Talend
9 2 (0.85%) VMware
10 1 (0.43%) MicroStrategy
10 1 (0.43%) Red Hat