Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 41 41 145
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 11.02% 15.53% 30.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.68% 18.64% 35.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 32
10th Percentile £160 £395 £287
25th Percentile £251 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £513 £410
Median % change year-on-year -29.27% +25.00% +2.50%
75th Percentile £408 £569 £516
90th Percentile £430 £600 £574
East of England median daily rate £388 £475 £410
% change year-on-year -18.42% +15.85% -3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 102
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.84 £14.00
25th Percentile £14.38 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £14.75 £15.44 £14.80
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% +4.32% -4.52%
75th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £21.23
90th Percentile £17.73 - £21.46
East of England median hourly rate £17.87 £21.46 £14.80
% change year-on-year -16.73% +45.00% -4.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 351 220 408
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 83.33% 84.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 123 164
10th Percentile £200 £308 £235
25th Percentile £335 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £595 £550 £566
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £453
% change year-on-year -5.00% +10.50% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 31 172
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% +5.16%
75th Percentile £27.50 £24.25 £25.05
90th Percentile £39.50 £57.50 £63.55
East of England median hourly rate £23.75 £60.00 £39.78
% change year-on-year -60.42% +50.85% +20.53%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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
Peterborough +6 26 - - 14
Cambridge -6 11 £400 -23.81% 11
Huntingdon - 2 £363 - 2
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (39.02%) Customer Service
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery
4 5 (12.20%) Validation
5 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
5 4 (9.76%) ServiceNow
6 3 (7.32%) A+ Certification
6 3 (7.32%) Atlassian
6 3 (7.32%) B2B
6 3 (7.32%) Cisco
6 3 (7.32%) Citrix
6 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.32%) Customer Experience
6 3 (7.32%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (7.32%) Data Conversion
6 3 (7.32%) Data Deduplication
6 3 (7.32%) Data Migration
6 3 (7.32%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
6 3 (7.32%) Firewall
6 3 (7.32%) Incident Management
6 3 (7.32%) JIRA
6 3 (7.32%) Mathematics
6 3 (7.32%) MCSA
6 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (4.88%) Apache
1 2 (4.88%) IIS
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (7.32%) SaaS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.44%) AWS
3 1 (2.44%) AWS KMS
3 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.44%) GCP
3 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) Firewall
1 3 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.44%) DNS
2 1 (2.44%) Network Security
2 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.44%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
General
1 20 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 16 (39.02%) Romanian Language
3 5 (12.20%) Polish Language
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Dutch Language
6 1 (2.44%) Finance
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.44%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Data Structures
1 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
1 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) Customer Service
2 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery
3 5 (12.20%) Validation
4 3 (7.32%) B2B
4 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.32%) Customer Experience
4 3 (7.32%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (7.32%) Data Conversion
4 3 (7.32%) Data Deduplication
4 3 (7.32%) Data Migration
4 3 (7.32%) Data Modelling
4 3 (7.32%) Incident Management
4 3 (7.32%) Mathematics
4 3 (7.32%) Migration
4 3 (7.32%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (4.88%) DevOps
5 2 (4.88%) Security Operations
5 2 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) A+ Certification
1 3 (7.32%) MCSA
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.44%) ACCA
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.44%) CCNP
3 1 (2.44%) CCSP
3 1 (2.44%) CIMA
3 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.44%) GAMP
2 1 (2.44%) GxP
2 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) NIST
2 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.32%) Atlassian
3 3 (7.32%) Cisco
3 3 (7.32%) Citrix
3 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.88%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.44%) Google
5 1 (2.44%) Splunk