Analyst Contracts in Birmingham

Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Analyst daily rate in Birmingham is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 64 106 136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.26% 13.71% 15.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.68% 14.83% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 76 84
10th Percentile £190 £241 £202
25th Percentile £295 £325 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £528 £511 £482
90th Percentile £603 £597 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +11.76% - +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 9
10th Percentile - - £11.00
25th Percentile £22.03 £13.89 -
Median hourly rate £22.05 £14.59 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.13% +16.72% -23.55%
75th Percentile £30.34 £15.30 £16.73
90th Percentile £30.68 - £24.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £16.48
% change year-on-year -2.00% +36.53% +3.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Birmingham

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Birmingham

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Birmingham

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (32.81%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 17 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (21.88%) Customer Service
6 13 (20.31%) Data Analysis
7 12 (18.75%) ITIL
8 11 (17.19%) Agile
9 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (12.50%) Finance
10 8 (12.50%) SQL
10 8 (12.50%) Active Directory
11 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (9.38%) Business Analysis
12 6 (9.38%) Windows
12 6 (9.38%) Migration
12 6 (9.38%) Windows 10
12 6 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow
12 6 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (9.38%) Public Sector
13 5 (7.81%) Requirements Gathering
13 5 (7.81%) Design Thinking
13 5 (7.81%) Performance Analysis
13 5 (7.81%) Banking
13 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
13 5 (7.81%) Validation
13 5 (7.81%) Service Management
13 5 (7.81%) ERP
13 5 (7.81%) Azure

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (3.13%) IIS
1 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.81%) Azure
3 4 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.13%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.56%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Power BI
2 3 (4.69%) Tableau
3 2 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.56%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.56%) JMeter
2 1 (1.56%) Selenium
General
1 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (32.81%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.50%) Finance
4 6 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.81%) Banking
5 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.56%) Advertising
6 1 (1.56%) Games
6 1 (1.56%) Local Government
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) .NET
2 2 (3.13%) Gherkin
2 2 (3.13%) HTML
2 2 (3.13%) Middleware
2 2 (3.13%) Web Services
3 1 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.56%) IoT
3 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.56%) NHS
3 1 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Windows
1 6 (9.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.88%) Customer Service
3 13 (20.31%) Data Analysis
4 12 (18.75%) ITIL
5 11 (17.19%) Agile
6 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (9.38%) Business Analysis
8 6 (9.38%) Migration
8 6 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (7.81%) Design Thinking
9 5 (7.81%) ERP
9 5 (7.81%) Performance Analysis
9 5 (7.81%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (7.81%) Service Management
9 5 (7.81%) Validation
10 4 (6.25%) Analytics
10 4 (6.25%) Asset Management
10 4 (6.25%) Data Mapping
10 4 (6.25%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) SQL
2 3 (4.69%) C#
2 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.13%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) R
4 1 (1.56%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.69%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.13%) Tableau Certification
4 1 (1.56%) ACCA
4 1 (1.56%) CBAP
4 1 (1.56%) CIMA
4 1 (1.56%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) QA
2 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Grafana
1 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.69%) Informatica
4 2 (3.13%) Adobe
4 2 (3.13%) Google
4 2 (3.13%) Varonis
5 1 (1.56%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.56%) AVEVA
5 1 (1.56%) Civica
5 1 (1.56%) Databricks
5 1 (1.56%) Oracle
5 1 (1.56%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.56%) Workday