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 February 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 10 3
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 61 43 135
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 15.80% 14.19% 28.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.23% 17.06% 33.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 17 30
10th Percentile £159 £400 £299
25th Percentile £222 £475 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £525 £410
Median % change year-on-year -30.95% +28.05% -
75th Percentile £384 £560 £455
90th Percentile £455 £593 £564
East of England median daily rate £375 £500 £410
% change year-on-year -25.00% +21.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 14 96
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.99 £13.71
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.10 £14.16
Median hourly rate £14.75 £20.98 £14.48
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% +44.89% -6.58%
75th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £20.56
90th Percentile £18.50 - £21.46
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.80
% change year-on-year -25.44% +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 354 252 403
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.71% 83.17% 84.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 134 167
10th Percentile £199 £313 £225
25th Percentile £303 £408 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £474 £465
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +1.88% -2.11%
75th Percentile £579 £559 £566
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £475 £489 £475
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 29 160
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.99 £13.94
25th Percentile £13.80 £15.92 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% +5.16%
75th Percentile £24.65 £26.00 £21.46
90th Percentile £39.14 £59.00 £63.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £60.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -62.28% +51.71% +58.20%

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 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +5 44 - - 5
Cambridge -17 9 £340 -35.24% 10
Huntingdon - 3 £363 - 4
Wisbech - 1 - -
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 19 February 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 29 (47.54%) Customer Service
2 6 (9.84%) Customer Experience
2 6 (9.84%) ITIL
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (8.20%) Active Listening
3 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
3 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
4 4 (6.56%) Validation
5 3 (4.92%) A+ Certification
5 3 (4.92%) Cisco
5 3 (4.92%) Citrix
5 3 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (4.92%) Decision-Making
5 3 (4.92%) Firewall
5 3 (4.92%) Incident Management
5 3 (4.92%) Mathematics
5 3 (4.92%) MCSA
5 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (4.92%) Migration
5 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (4.92%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (3.28%) Agile
6 2 (3.28%) Ansible
6 2 (3.28%) Apache

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 (3.28%) Apache
1 2 (3.28%) IIS
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.28%) Azure
2 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.28%) SaaS
3 1 (1.64%) AWS
3 1 (1.64%) AWS KMS
3 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.64%) GCP
3 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) Firewall
1 3 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.64%) DNS
2 1 (1.64%) Network Security
2 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 37 (60.66%) Social Skills
2 21 (34.43%) Romanian Language
3 11 (18.03%) Polish Language
4 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Retail
5 3 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.28%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.64%) Finance
7 1 (1.64%) Lithuanian Language
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.64%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.64%) NHS
3 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
1 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (47.54%) Customer Service
2 6 (9.84%) Customer Experience
2 6 (9.84%) ITIL
2 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (8.20%) Active Listening
3 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
4 4 (6.56%) Validation
5 3 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (4.92%) Decision-Making
5 3 (4.92%) Incident Management
5 3 (4.92%) Mathematics
5 3 (4.92%) Migration
5 3 (4.92%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (3.28%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (3.28%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (3.28%) Data Deduplication
6 2 (3.28%) Data Migration
6 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (3.28%) Project Delivery
6 2 (3.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (4.92%) A+ Certification
1 3 (4.92%) MCSA
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) ACCA
3 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.64%) CCNP
3 1 (1.64%) CCSP
3 1 (1.64%) CIMA
3 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.64%) Degree
3 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.28%) NIST
2 1 (1.64%) GAMP
2 1 (1.64%) GRC
2 1 (1.64%) GxP
2 1 (1.64%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Ansible
2 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.92%) Cisco
3 3 (4.92%) Citrix
3 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.28%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.28%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.64%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.64%) Google
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.64%) Splunk