Analyst Contract Job Trends 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 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 3
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 68 38 108
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 19.26% 10.05% 21.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.30% 13.10% 27.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 29
10th Percentile £383 £221 £252
25th Percentile £413 £350 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile - £538 £457
90th Percentile £494 £584 £565
East of England median daily rate £450 £463 £400
% change year-on-year -2.70% +15.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 8 67
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.38 £14.67 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.42 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +13.24% -6.45%
75th Percentile £18.00 £21.46 £20.56
90th Percentile £31.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.79 £17.74
% change year-on-year -19.13% +11.56% +14.42%

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 305 290 388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.40% 76.72% 78.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 120 185
10th Percentile £213 £259 £182
25th Percentile £369 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £452 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -4.84% -
75th Percentile £622 £557 £560
90th Percentile £700 £626 £620
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 38 108
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.64 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £13.85
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +29.20% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.93 £20.56
90th Percentile £44.55 £59.38 £33.76
East of England median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.84% +6.74% +117.07%

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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 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 2 November 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 +8 49 £450 +104.55% 11
Cambridge -19 7 £425 -19.05% 17
Huntingdon - 2 - -
Wisbech - 1 - -
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, 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 28 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
3 12 (17.65%) ServiceNow
4 8 (11.76%) Active Listening
4 8 (11.76%) Customer Experience
4 8 (11.76%) Degree
5 7 (10.29%) CCNA
5 7 (10.29%) Cisco
5 7 (10.29%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (10.29%) Cisco IOS
5 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
5 7 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (10.29%) DHCP
5 7 (10.29%) DNS
5 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (10.29%) PuTTY
6 4 (5.88%) Active Directory
6 4 (5.88%) Citrix
6 4 (5.88%) ITIL
6 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.88%) Oracle
6 4 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
6 4 (5.88%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.41%) A+ Certification
7 3 (4.41%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (4.41%) Data Analysis
7 3 (4.41%) ERP
7 3 (4.41%) Incident Management
7 3 (4.41%) ITSM

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 1 (1.47%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle SCM
1 1 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.94%) SaaS
3 1 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.47%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.47%) AWS
3 1 (1.47%) Azure
3 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (1.47%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.47%) Lucidchart
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (1.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.29%) Cisco IOS
1 7 (10.29%) DHCP
1 7 (10.29%) DNS
1 7 (10.29%) PuTTY
2 3 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.94%) Firewall
3 2 (2.94%) LAN
3 2 (2.94%) WAN
3 2 (2.94%) Wireless
3 2 (2.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Big Data
2 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.47%) Pentaho
General
1 38 (55.88%) Social Skills
2 20 (29.41%) Manufacturing
3 12 (17.65%) Polish Language
4 11 (16.18%) Romanian Language
5 8 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (11.76%) Retail
6 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.88%) Finance
6 4 (5.88%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.47%) Lithuanian Language
7 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.47%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.94%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.47%) Digital Signage
2 1 (1.47%) NHS
2 1 (1.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Windows
1 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 8 (11.76%) Active Listening
2 8 (11.76%) Customer Experience
3 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
4 4 (5.88%) ITIL
4 4 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (5.88%) Service Delivery
5 3 (4.41%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (4.41%) Data Analysis
5 3 (4.41%) ERP
5 3 (4.41%) Incident Management
5 3 (4.41%) ITSM
5 3 (4.41%) Mathematics
6 2 (2.94%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (2.94%) AI
6 2 (2.94%) Business Analysis
6 2 (2.94%) Change Management
6 2 (2.94%) Data Modelling
6 2 (2.94%) Process Improvement
6 2 (2.94%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.47%) Apex Code
1 1 (1.47%) Python
1 1 (1.47%) Scala
1 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.76%) Degree
2 7 (10.29%) CCNA
2 7 (10.29%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.41%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.41%) MCSA
4 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.94%) CCNP
6 1 (1.47%) ACCA
6 1 (1.47%) CEH
6 1 (1.47%) CIMA
6 1 (1.47%) CISSP
6 1 (1.47%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.94%) NIST
2 1 (1.47%) GRC
2 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 7 (10.29%) Cisco
4 4 (5.88%) Citrix
4 4 (5.88%) Oracle
5 2 (2.94%) Peregrine
5 2 (2.94%) Remedy
5 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.94%) SAP
6 1 (1.47%) Cloudera
6 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.47%) Databricks
6 1 (1.47%) Google
6 1 (1.47%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.47%) Tenable
6 1 (1.47%) Vertica
6 1 (1.47%) VMware