Analyst Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Analyst
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Bedfordshire is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 -6
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 15 22 33
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 6.94% 13.25% 13.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.65% 14.86% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 21
10th Percentile £141 £280 £325
25th Percentile £164 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.39% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £500 £550 -
90th Percentile £534 - £538
East of England median daily rate £425 £500 £413
% change year-on-year -15.00% +21.21% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £41.45 £59.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.22% - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.50
% change year-on-year -25.44% +48.00% -6.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 196 148 230
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 89.16% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 69 161
10th Percentile £313 £180 £313
25th Percentile £411 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £582 £675 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £600
East of England median daily rate £486 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +6.94% -4.42% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 5
10th Percentile £37.50 £24.30 £32.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £30.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -9.09% -1.48%
75th Percentile £88.75 £58.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £91.50 £67.70 £60.80
East of England median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.05% +6.74% +117.07%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Bedfordshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Luton -8 8 £500 -4.76% 3
Bedford +2 3 £313 - 3
Dunstable +3 1 £425 +21.43%
Analyst
East of England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (20.00%) Business Process Mapping
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Process Management
3 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Azure
4 2 (13.33%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Dell
4 2 (13.33%) DHCP
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) DNS
4 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DHCP
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
1 2 (13.33%) SAN
1 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Metadata
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Electronics
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (13.33%) Local Government
3 2 (13.33%) Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Smartphone
2 1 (6.67%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (20.00%) Analytics
2 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (20.00%) Business Process Mapping
2 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (20.00%) Process Management
2 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (20.00%) Six Sigma
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (6.67%) Data Management
4 1 (6.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (13.33%) Dell
3 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) Retek