IT Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

IT Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 43 45
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +18
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.55% 0.47% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.62% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £165
25th Percentile - £170 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £180 £178
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% +1.41% +10.94%
75th Percentile - £190 £223
90th Percentile - - £299
East of England median daily rate £171 £180 £180
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
East of England median hourly rate £22.56 £16.75 £21.59
% change year-on-year +34.73% -22.42% +69.29%

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 309 321 401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.36% 76.07% 78.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 126 202
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £379 £334 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £439 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.25% -7.63% -
75th Percentile £621 £555 £550
90th Percentile £700 £631 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 67 103
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.84 £15.45 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £28.91 £28.93 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £34.29
East of England median hourly rate £32.11 £45.70 £40.38
% change year-on-year -29.73% +13.19% +103.81%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

IT 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 IT Analyst within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 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 0 1 £450 +150.00% 3
IT Analyst
East of England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Slack
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Signage
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (50.00%) ChatGPT
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

IT 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) ChatGPT
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Slack
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Signage
1 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) OpenAI