Analyst Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 60 133 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 20.07% 25.53% 21.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 24.29% 30.30% 26.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 28 36
10th Percentile £398 £205 £204
25th Percentile £419 £300 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £410 £350
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +17.14% -
75th Percentile £463 £488 £448
90th Percentile £493 £563 £504
East of England median daily rate £415 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +1.22% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 95 66
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.95 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £14.08
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +15.77% -2.90%
75th Percentile £16.33 £21.37 £20.30
90th Percentile £30.08 £21.46 £20.56
East of England median hourly rate £16.30 £15.78 £15.00
% change year-on-year +3.33% +5.17% -3.23%

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 247 439 450
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.61% 84.26% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 164 275
10th Percentile £246 £220 £213
25th Percentile £379 £325 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £575 £553 £536
90th Percentile £688 £638 £600
East of England median daily rate £488 £442 £475
% change year-on-year +10.41% -6.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 168 90
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +37.87% +6.90%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £60.00 £59.38 £27.63
East of England median hourly rate £37.75 £43.00 £39.03
% change year-on-year -12.21% +10.19% +105.39%

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 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

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 1 July 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 +2 42 £450 +104.55% 40
Cambridge -6 8 £450 +9.76% 40
Huntingdon - 1 - - 9
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 1 July 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 35 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 32 (53.33%) Customer Service
3 31 (51.67%) Incident Management
4 27 (45.00%) ServiceNow
4 27 (45.00%) Service Delivery
5 26 (43.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 26 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 25 (41.67%) Mathematics
7 21 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (35.00%) ITIL
8 20 (33.33%) MCSA
8 20 (33.33%) Citrix
8 20 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (33.33%) A+ Certification
8 20 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (25.00%) Active Directory
10 13 (21.67%) Security Cleared
11 12 (20.00%) SC Cleared
12 11 (18.33%) Manufacturing
13 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
13 8 (13.33%) Degree
14 7 (11.67%) Computer Science
14 7 (11.67%) Cisco IOS
14 7 (11.67%) PuTTY
14 7 (11.67%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (11.67%) CCNA
14 7 (11.67%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (11.67%) Cisco
14 7 (11.67%) DHCP

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 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (43.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.33%) Azure
3 2 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (3.33%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.33%) PowerApps
3 2 (3.33%) SaaS
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 20 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (11.67%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (11.67%) DHCP
2 7 (11.67%) DNS
2 7 (11.67%) PuTTY
3 2 (3.33%) Firewall
3 2 (3.33%) LAN
3 2 (3.33%) WAN
3 2 (3.33%) Wireless
3 2 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 11 (18.33%) Manufacturing
2 7 (11.67%) Retail
3 5 (8.33%) Finance
4 4 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.67%) German Language
6 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.67%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) HTML
1 2 (3.33%) REST
2 1 (1.67%) RESTful
2 1 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.67%) LIMS
2 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (53.33%) Customer Service
2 31 (51.67%) Incident Management
3 27 (45.00%) Service Delivery
4 26 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (41.67%) Mathematics
6 21 (35.00%) ITIL
7 7 (11.67%) Computer Science
8 5 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (6.67%) ITSM
9 4 (6.67%) Process Improvement
10 3 (5.00%) Business Analysis
10 3 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (5.00%) Change Management
10 3 (5.00%) ERP
10 3 (5.00%) Project Management
11 2 (3.33%) Actionable Insight
11 2 (3.33%) Analytics
11 2 (3.33%) Data Analysis
11 2 (3.33%) Data Mapping
11 2 (3.33%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 20 (33.33%) MCSA
1 20 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (21.67%) Security Cleared
3 12 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (13.33%) Degree
5 7 (11.67%) CCNA
5 7 (11.67%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (11.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.33%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.67%) GDPR
1 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 35 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (45.00%) ServiceNow
3 20 (33.33%) Citrix
4 7 (11.67%) Cisco
5 2 (3.33%) Oracle
5 2 (3.33%) Peregrine
5 2 (3.33%) Remedy
6 1 (1.67%) SAP