Analyst Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £438, 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 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 51 155 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 18.48% 31.31% 23.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.77% 36.30% 27.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 25 44
10th Percentile £386 £222 £204
25th Percentile £403 £405 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £410 £356
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% +15.09% +3.64%
75th Percentile £486 £525 £488
90th Percentile £506 £563 £546
East of England median daily rate £428 £410 £386
% change year-on-year +4.27% +6.15% -0.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 120 80
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.84 £14.55
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% +2.03% +0.31%
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £18.54
90th Percentile £21.46 £21.46 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £15.80 £14.82 £15.50
% change year-on-year +6.61% -4.39% +6.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 224 427 514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.16% 86.26% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 161 310
10th Percentile £333 £206 £200
25th Percentile £413 £350 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £553 £563 £534
90th Percentile £650 £650 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 196 101
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.16% +13.47%
75th Percentile £21.46 £27.50 £20.25
90th Percentile £39.35 £59.63 £26.67
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst 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 1 May 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
Peterborough -4 42 £375 +108.33% 44
Cambridge -3 5 £450 +9.76% 45
Analyst
East of England

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

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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 38 (74.51%) Customer Service
2 37 (72.55%) Incident Management
3 33 (64.71%) Microsoft
4 32 (62.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 32 (62.75%) Service Delivery
4 32 (62.75%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (60.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 31 (60.78%) Mathematics
6 29 (56.86%) ITIL
7 28 (54.90%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (52.94%) ServiceNow
8 27 (52.94%) MCSA
8 27 (52.94%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (52.94%) Citrix
8 27 (52.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (52.94%) A+ Certification
9 22 (43.14%) Active Directory
10 18 (35.29%) Security Cleared
11 17 (33.33%) SC Cleared
12 5 (9.80%) Retail
13 4 (7.84%) Social Skills
13 4 (7.84%) Requirements Gathering
13 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
13 4 (7.84%) Agile
14 3 (5.88%) Migration
14 3 (5.88%) Data Migration
14 3 (5.88%) Data Mapping
14 3 (5.88%) SQL
14 3 (5.88%) Analytics
15 2 (3.92%) Event-Driven Architecture

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (3.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (62.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (60.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (54.90%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.92%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (52.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.92%) Power BI
General
1 5 (9.80%) Retail
2 4 (7.84%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.92%) Finance
4 1 (1.96%) German Language
4 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) HTML
1 2 (3.92%) REST
1 2 (3.92%) RESTful
1 2 (3.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (1.96%) LIMS
2 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (74.51%) Customer Service
2 37 (72.55%) Incident Management
3 32 (62.75%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (62.75%) Service Delivery
4 31 (60.78%) Mathematics
5 29 (56.86%) ITIL
6 4 (7.84%) Agile
6 4 (7.84%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (5.88%) Analytics
7 3 (5.88%) Data Mapping
7 3 (5.88%) Data Migration
7 3 (5.88%) Migration
8 2 (3.92%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (3.92%) Data Integration
8 2 (3.92%) Data Transformation
8 2 (3.92%) ERP
8 2 (3.92%) ETL
8 2 (3.92%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 2 (3.92%) Project Management
8 2 (3.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (52.94%) A+ Certification
1 27 (52.94%) MCSA
1 27 (52.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 17 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) Degree
5 1 (1.96%) CISSP
5 1 (1.96%) GCFE
5 1 (1.96%) GCIH
5 1 (1.96%) GIAC
5 1 (1.96%) GREM
5 1 (1.96%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.96%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (43.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 33 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 27 (52.94%) Citrix
2 27 (52.94%) ServiceNow