Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,657 2,899 5,199
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.99% 11.55% 11.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.75% 12.12% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,152 2,098 3,773
10th Percentile £275 £247 £250
25th Percentile £380 £376 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £570 £538
90th Percentile £688 £660 £613
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 68 119
10th Percentile £12.98 £12.65 £11.20
25th Percentile £15.11 £16.25 £12.38
Median hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +5.38% +5.71%
75th Percentile £27.00 £23.17 £24.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £39.50 £32.75
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.18 £15.50
% change year-on-year -10.35% +17.31% -5.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analyst.

Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analyst.

Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Analyst hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 498 (30.05%) Finance
2 444 (26.80%) Social Skills
3 329 (19.86%) Agile
4 274 (16.54%) SQL
5 265 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
6 222 (13.40%) Banking
7 207 (12.49%) Business Analysis
8 200 (12.07%) Microsoft
9 199 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
10 181 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
11 172 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 168 (10.14%) User Stories
12 168 (10.14%) Power Platform
13 164 (9.90%) Power BI
14 155 (9.35%) Data Analysis
14 155 (9.35%) Degree
15 150 (9.05%) Public Sector
16 136 (8.21%) Analytics
17 135 (8.15%) Security Cleared
17 135 (8.15%) Azure
17 135 (8.15%) Requirements Gathering
18 127 (7.66%) Migration
19 124 (7.48%) Python
20 121 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
20 121 (7.30%) JIRA
21 114 (6.88%) Change Management
22 103 (6.22%) SC Cleared
23 102 (6.16%) QA
23 102 (6.16%) User Acceptance Testing
24 101 (6.10%) Project Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 53 (3.20%) Confluence
2 34 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.36%) ArcGIS
4 6 (0.36%) SAS
5 5 (0.30%) Apache
6 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.24%) MTS
7 3 (0.18%) Appian
7 3 (0.18%) CMS
7 3 (0.18%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.060%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.060%) IIS
9 1 (0.060%) JBoss
9 1 (0.060%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.060%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.060%) WebSphere
Applications
1 121 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 52 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (2.84%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.060%) InVision
8 1 (0.060%) Sketch
8 1 (0.060%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.97%) Endur
3 13 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
7 7 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
7 7 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.36%) Aligne
9 5 (0.30%) NEC Housing
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.24%) Academy Housing
10 4 (0.24%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 4 (0.24%) EuroRunner
10 4 (0.24%) Maximo
10 4 (0.24%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 168 (10.14%) Power Platform
2 135 (8.15%) Azure
3 66 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (3.92%) AWS
5 29 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (1.63%) SaaS
7 22 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (1.09%) GCP
9 15 (0.91%) Entra ID
9 15 (0.91%) Google Analytics
10 14 (0.84%) OCI
10 14 (0.84%) Power Automate
11 13 (0.78%) OneDrive
12 11 (0.66%) PowerApps
13 10 (0.60%) Adobe Analytics
14 9 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (0.42%) Serverless
15 7 (0.42%) Snowflake
15 7 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.09%) Firewall
2 13 (0.78%) VPN
3 10 (0.60%) DNS
3 10 (0.60%) Internet
3 10 (0.60%) Network Security
4 8 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.42%) DHCP
6 6 (0.36%) VLAN
7 5 (0.30%) FIX Connectivity
7 5 (0.30%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.18%) Intranet
10 2 (0.12%) HTTP
10 2 (0.12%) NAS
10 2 (0.12%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.12%) VoIP
10 2 (0.12%) WinSCP
10 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.060%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 1 (0.060%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (9.90%) Power BI
2 48 (2.90%) Tableau
3 38 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.09%) BigQuery
6 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (0.84%) Big Data
7 14 (0.84%) Relational Database
8 13 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
9 11 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.54%) GIS
11 9 (0.54%) Looker
12 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.48%) Metadata
12 8 (0.48%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.48%) SAP HANA
12 8 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.42%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 121 (7.30%) JIRA
2 20 (1.21%) Postman
3 18 (1.09%) Selenium
4 15 (0.91%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.54%) Eclipse
5 9 (0.54%) Git
5 9 (0.54%) TestRail
6 7 (0.42%) JMeter
6 7 (0.42%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.36%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.30%) SoapUI
8 5 (0.30%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.30%) Toad
8 5 (0.30%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.24%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.24%) Subversion
9 4 (0.24%) TestComplete
10 3 (0.18%) Appium
10 3 (0.18%) Cucumber
General
1 498 (30.05%) Finance
2 444 (26.80%) Social Skills
3 265 (15.99%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (13.40%) Banking
5 150 (9.05%) Public Sector
6 63 (3.80%) Front Office
7 59 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (3.02%) Back Office
8 50 (3.02%) Marketing
9 42 (2.53%) Retail
9 42 (2.53%) Telecoms
10 39 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 30 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (1.75%) Legal
14 22 (1.33%) Local Government
15 21 (1.27%) Investment Banking
16 19 (1.15%) Billing
17 16 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.27%) XML
2 19 (1.15%) .NET
3 14 (0.84%) JSON
3 14 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (0.60%) Web Services
5 9 (0.54%) HTML
6 8 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (0.42%) Middleware
7 7 (0.42%) REST
7 7 (0.42%) Swagger
8 5 (0.30%) IDoc
8 5 (0.30%) OpenAPI
9 4 (0.24%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.24%) ADO
9 4 (0.24%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.24%) OAuth
9 4 (0.24%) PySpark
9 4 (0.24%) SailPoint
10 3 (0.18%) Django
10 3 (0.18%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.16%) Product Ownership
2 51 (3.08%) Derivative
2 51 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 42 (2.53%) Hedge funds
4 28 (1.69%) Equities
5 27 (1.63%) Fixed Income
6 23 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (1.15%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.03%) NHS
9 17 (1.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 16 (0.97%) Mobile App
10 16 (0.97%) Reinsurance
11 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
12 13 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.72%) Learning Management System
14 11 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.66%) Market Risk
15 10 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 90 (5.43%) Windows
2 35 (2.11%) Windows 10
3 16 (0.97%) Linux
3 16 (0.97%) Unix
4 11 (0.66%) Android
5 9 (0.54%) Windows 7
5 9 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.060%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (19.86%) Agile
2 207 (12.49%) Business Analysis
3 199 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
5 172 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 168 (10.14%) User Stories
7 155 (9.35%) Data Analysis
8 136 (8.21%) Analytics
9 135 (8.15%) Requirements Gathering
10 127 (7.66%) Migration
11 114 (6.88%) Change Management
12 102 (6.16%) User Acceptance Testing
13 101 (6.10%) Project Management
14 94 (5.67%) Data Modelling
15 88 (5.31%) Visualisation
16 87 (5.25%) Service Management
17 80 (4.83%) Customer Service
18 78 (4.71%) Acceptance Criteria
18 78 (4.71%) ITIL
19 76 (4.59%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 274 (16.54%) SQL
2 124 (7.48%) Python
3 51 (3.08%) C#
4 23 (1.39%) Java
5 22 (1.33%) R
6 16 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.84%) C++
8 13 (0.78%) VBA
9 12 (0.72%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.42%) Perl
11 7 (0.42%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.36%) C
13 5 (0.30%) ABAP
13 5 (0.30%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.18%) Bash
15 2 (0.12%) Scala
15 2 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 155 (9.35%) Degree
2 135 (8.15%) Security Cleared
3 103 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 31 (1.87%) DV Cleared
5 25 (1.51%) CISSP
6 24 (1.45%) CISM
7 20 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.09%) ISTQB
9 13 (0.78%) ISEB
10 11 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.48%) CBAP
13 8 (0.48%) CISA
13 8 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.42%) APMP
14 7 (0.42%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.36%) IIBA
15 6 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (6.16%) QA
2 71 (4.28%) Data Quality
3 57 (3.44%) PMO
4 32 (1.93%) SLA
5 24 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.27%) NIST
7 18 (1.09%) GDPR
8 13 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
9 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.60%) MiFID
9 10 (0.60%) SEPA
10 8 (0.48%) EMIR
10 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 6 (0.36%) GRC
12 6 (0.36%) GxP
13 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.30%) GAAP
13 5 (0.30%) IFRS
14 3 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 61 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
2 3 (0.18%) Docker
2 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.18%) vSphere
3 2 (0.12%) Firmware
3 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.060%) Samba
4 1 (0.060%) Snort
4 1 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.30%) Ansible
2 5 (0.30%) SCCM
3 4 (0.24%) Nessus
4 3 (0.18%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.18%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.18%) ZABBIX
5 2 (0.12%) BladeLogic
5 2 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.12%) Nmap
5 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.060%) CASB
6 1 (0.060%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.060%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.060%) QRadar
6 1 (0.060%) Terraform
6 1 (0.060%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 200 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.13%) SAP
3 83 (5.01%) Oracle
4 60 (3.62%) ServiceNow
5 30 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 23 (1.39%) Google
7 21 (1.27%) Splunk
8 17 (1.03%) Adobe
8 17 (1.03%) Qualys
9 15 (0.91%) Databricks
10 13 (0.78%) Ariba
11 12 (0.72%) Alteryx
11 12 (0.72%) Bloomberg
12 10 (0.60%) Workday
13 8 (0.48%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.48%) Cisco
14 7 (0.42%) Cadence
14 7 (0.42%) Citrix
14 7 (0.42%) OpenLink
14 7 (0.42%) Varonis