Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £398, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 2 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 -7
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 41 75 67
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 10.93% 21.43% 15.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.81% 25.68% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 19
10th Percentile £313 £390 £170
25th Percentile £359 £409 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +24.14%
75th Percentile £430 £456 £538
90th Percentile £473 £494 £542
East of England median daily rate £375 £440 £413
% change year-on-year -14.77% +6.67% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 44 40
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.38 -
25th Percentile £15.88 £14.84 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.50 £15.14 £14.84
Median % change year-on-year +48.61% +2.02% +2.34%
75th Percentile £48.00 £17.50 £21.37
90th Percentile - £31.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.75 £16.30 £16.05
% change year-on-year +39.57% +1.59% -9.53%

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 320 292 325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.33% 83.43% 76.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 113 125
10th Percentile £232 £220 £225
25th Percentile £413 £379 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +11.67% -
75th Percentile £591 £605 £556
90th Percentile £668 £700 £633
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 74 84
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.29 £14.16
25th Percentile £14.22 £14.84 £14.84
Median hourly rate £15.84 £16.30 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% -23.72% +20.60%
75th Percentile £35.38 £31.00 £27.50
90th Percentile £48.80 £52.22 £53.75
East of England median hourly rate £48.84 £38.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +28.53% -20.00% +17.65%

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 12 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 12 September 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
Cambridge +6 16 £420 -4.00% 8
Huntingdon -5 10 £358 -
Peterborough -5 9 £191 -57.56% 9
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 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 8 (19.51%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (17.07%) Data Migration
2 7 (17.07%) Migration
3 6 (14.63%) Active Listening
3 6 (14.63%) Customer Experience
3 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
4 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (12.20%) Validation
5 4 (9.76%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (9.76%) Asset Management
5 4 (9.76%) CRUD
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
5 4 (9.76%) Oracle
5 4 (9.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (9.76%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (9.76%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (9.76%) SAP
5 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.32%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
6 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
6 3 (7.32%) Windows
7 2 (4.88%) AI
7 2 (4.88%) AI Transformation
7 2 (4.88%) Azure
7 2 (4.88%) B2B
7 2 (4.88%) Change Management
7 2 (4.88%) Collaborative Working

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:

Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (4.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure AI
2 1 (2.44%) ChatGPT
2 1 (2.44%) GitHub
2 1 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (2.44%) Google Workspace
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.44%) Delta Lake
3 1 (2.44%) Metadata
3 1 (2.44%) Power BI
3 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Manufacturing
3 6 (14.63%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Retail
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Back Office
5 3 (7.32%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.88%) Banking
6 2 (4.88%) Hungarian Language
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.88%) Romanian Language
7 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Dutch Language
7 1 (2.44%) German Language
7 1 (2.44%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) AI Agents
1 2 (4.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.44%) CCTV
2 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.44%) Smartcard
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) Data Migration
1 7 (17.07%) Migration
2 6 (14.63%) Active Listening
2 6 (14.63%) Customer Experience
2 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
3 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (12.20%) Validation
4 4 (9.76%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (9.76%) Asset Management
4 4 (9.76%) CRUD
4 4 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (7.32%) Data Modelling
5 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (4.88%) AI
6 2 (4.88%) B2B
6 2 (4.88%) Change Management
6 2 (4.88%) Data Analysis
6 2 (4.88%) Service Management
6 2 (4.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) VBA
2 1 (2.44%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.44%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle
1 4 (9.76%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.44%) Databricks
3 1 (2.44%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow