Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Analyst
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Analyst daily rate in Cheltenham is £484, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 22 15
Rank change year-on-year +18 -7 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 20 13 16
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 19.61% 7.51% 8.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.98% 7.51% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 8
10th Percentile £421 £329 £359
25th Percentile £436 £363 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £393
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +27.39% -15.14%
75th Percentile £521 £691 £444
90th Percentile £531 £768 £575
Gloucestershire median daily rate £412 £413 £400
% change year-on-year -0.24% +3.13% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88.75 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £96.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £92.50 £30.00 -
% change year-on-year +208.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 91 173 182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 100.00% 91.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 100 100
10th Percentile £381 £413 £359
25th Percentile £463 £513 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £675 £679 £675
90th Percentile £752 £970 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 4
10th Percentile - - £23.18
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £24.19
Median hourly rate £14.00 £67.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -79.26% +116.00% -54.04%
75th Percentile £25.25 £73.13 £42.63
90th Percentile £60.10 £73.75 £54.55
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -18.80%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Cheltenham

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Cheltenham

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 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 Cheltenham region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Oracle
2 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Wireshark
4 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.00%) Firewall
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) Data Extraction
5 2 (10.00%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (10.00%) Data Science
5 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) tcpdump
6 1 (5.00%) Agile
6 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
6 1 (5.00%) Business Transformation
6 1 (5.00%) Change Management
6 1 (5.00%) Confluence
6 1 (5.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.00%) Emotional Intelligence
6 1 (5.00%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (5.00%) JIRA
6 1 (5.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (5.00%) Lean Six Sigma
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (5.00%) Migration
6 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
6 1 (5.00%) Process Improvement

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Wireshark
2 3 (15.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) tcpdump
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (55.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.00%) Digital Currency
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (10.00%) Data Extraction
3 2 (10.00%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (10.00%) Data Science
3 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (5.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.00%) Emotional Intelligence
4 1 (5.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (5.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (5.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (5.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (5.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (5.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (5.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (5.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian