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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 9 3
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 75 62 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 21.37% 14.29% 20.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.60% 18.73% 26.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 28
10th Percentile £390 £170 £203
25th Percentile £409 £224 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +26.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £456 £538 £445
90th Percentile £494 £540 £502
East of England median daily rate £450 £438 £400
% change year-on-year +2.86% +9.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 36 67
10th Percentile £14.38 - -
25th Percentile £14.84 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.00 £14.84 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.82% -4.26% +6.90%
75th Percentile £17.75 £21.37 £20.56
90th Percentile £31.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £16.30 £16.05 £17.74
% change year-on-year +1.59% -9.53% +22.31%

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 293 331 411
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.48% 76.27% 78.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 132 215
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £375 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £442 £463
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -4.43% -2.63%
75th Percentile £614 £556 £539
90th Percentile £700 £624 £598
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 78 99
10th Percentile £14.30 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.92 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £27.50 £20.56
90th Percentile £51.01 £53.75 £33.65
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £41.80
% change year-on-year -15.79% +13.64% +111.00%

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
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +6 52 £450 +104.55% 23
Cambridge -6 9 £438 -16.67% 12
Huntingdon - 2 - -
Wisbech - 1 - -
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 32 (42.67%) Customer Service
2 23 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.67%) Microsoft
3 20 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 20 (26.67%) ServiceNow
4 19 (25.33%) Incident Management
5 15 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 14 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (17.33%) Microsoft Excel
7 13 (17.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 13 (17.33%) Retail
7 13 (17.33%) Mathematics
8 12 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (16.00%) ITIL
8 12 (16.00%) Citrix
9 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (14.67%) A+ Certification
9 11 (14.67%) MCSA
9 11 (14.67%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (13.33%) Security Cleared
11 9 (12.00%) SC Cleared
12 8 (10.67%) Degree
12 8 (10.67%) Active Listening
12 8 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (10.67%) Customer Experience
13 7 (9.33%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (9.33%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
13 7 (9.33%) CCNA
13 7 (9.33%) Active Directory

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 3 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Oracle SCM
1 1 (1.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
3 2 (2.67%) PowerApps
3 2 (2.67%) SaaS
4 1 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.33%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.33%) AWS
4 1 (1.33%) Azure
4 1 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.33%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.33%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.67%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (9.33%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (9.33%) DHCP
2 7 (9.33%) DNS
2 7 (9.33%) PuTTY
3 2 (2.67%) Firewall
3 2 (2.67%) LAN
3 2 (2.67%) WAN
3 2 (2.67%) Wireless
3 2 (2.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Power BI
2 1 (1.33%) Big Data
2 1 (1.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.33%) Pentaho
General
1 23 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 20 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 13 (17.33%) Retail
4 8 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (9.33%) Polish Language
6 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.33%) Romanian Language
7 4 (5.33%) Spanish Language
8 3 (4.00%) Finance
9 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.33%) Lithuanian Language
9 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) HTML
1 2 (2.67%) REST
2 1 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.33%) Digital Signage
2 1 (1.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.33%) Windows
1 1 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.67%) Customer Service
2 19 (25.33%) Incident Management
3 15 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 14 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (17.33%) Mathematics
6 12 (16.00%) ITIL
7 8 (10.67%) Active Listening
7 8 (10.67%) Customer Experience
8 7 (9.33%) Computer Science
9 3 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (4.00%) ERP
9 3 (4.00%) ITSM
10 2 (2.67%) Artificial Intelligence
10 2 (2.67%) Business Analysis
10 2 (2.67%) Change Management
10 2 (2.67%) Data Analysis
10 2 (2.67%) Data Engineering
10 2 (2.67%) Data Modelling
10 2 (2.67%) Process Improvement
10 2 (2.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.33%) Apex Code
1 1 (1.33%) Python
1 1 (1.33%) Scala
1 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) A+ Certification
1 11 (14.67%) MCSA
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 9 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.67%) Degree
5 7 (9.33%) CCNA
5 7 (9.33%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (9.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.67%) CCNP
7 1 (1.33%) CEH
7 1 (1.33%) CISSP
7 1 (1.33%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.67%) NIST
2 1 (1.33%) GRC
2 1 (1.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (9.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 20 (26.67%) ServiceNow
3 12 (16.00%) Citrix
4 7 (9.33%) Cisco
5 3 (4.00%) Oracle
6 2 (2.67%) Peregrine
6 2 (2.67%) Remedy
6 2 (2.67%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.67%) SAP
7 1 (1.33%) Cloudera
7 1 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.33%) Databricks
7 1 (1.33%) Google
7 1 (1.33%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.33%) Tenable
7 1 (1.33%) Vertica
7 1 (1.33%) VMware