Analyst Contracts in the East of England

Analyst
England > East of England

The median Analyst daily rate in the East of England is £410 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 5 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 289 336 503
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 15.24% 16.18% 19.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.03% 17.68% 21.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 183 255
10th Percentile £185 £165 £124
25th Percentile £313 £212 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £388 £388
Median % change year-on-year +5.81% - +29.17%
75th Percentile £500 £512 £478
90th Percentile £600 £605 £530
England median daily rate £485 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +2.11% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 102 152
10th Percentile £13.43 £13.29 £12.76
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.84 £15.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +6.90% -3.33%
75th Percentile £19.50 £20.48 £15.75
90th Percentile £21.46 £21.22 £20.25
England median hourly rate £16.30 £19.44 £15.50
% change year-on-year -16.16% +25.44% -4.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,697 1,900 2,393
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.50% 91.48% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,160 1,379
10th Percentile £206 £185 £163
25th Percentile £313 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £541
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 583 297 371
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -7.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £39.55
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the East of England

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the East of England

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the East of England

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the East of England

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the East of England

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Cambridgeshire +2 155 £410 +15.09% 26
Hertfordshire -9 67 £365 -23.16% 34
Bedfordshire +4 29 £500 +25.00% 10
Essex +9 26 £350 -7.89% 28
Norfolk -5 6 £425 +167.30% 9
Suffolk -6 4 £303 -36.32% 8
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 East of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 109 (37.72%) Customer Service
2 78 (26.99%) ITIL
3 74 (25.61%) Incident Management
4 69 (23.88%) Social Skills
5 68 (23.53%) Security Cleared
6 64 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (19.38%) SC Cleared
8 54 (18.69%) Mathematics
9 52 (17.99%) Microsoft 365
9 52 (17.99%) Citrix
9 52 (17.99%) Service Delivery
10 49 (16.96%) Microsoft
11 44 (15.22%) ServiceNow
12 43 (14.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 41 (14.19%) Microsoft Excel
14 40 (13.84%) MCSA
14 40 (13.84%) A+ Certification
14 40 (13.84%) Wi-Fi
15 38 (13.15%) Degree
16 36 (12.46%) Active Directory
17 35 (12.11%) Windows
18 34 (11.76%) MCP
18 34 (11.76%) Retail
19 33 (11.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
20 28 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
21 26 (9.00%) Pharmaceutical
22 21 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
22 21 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
23 20 (6.92%) Problem Management
24 19 (6.57%) Business Analysis

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 12 (4.15%) CMS
2 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.42%) Confluence
4 3 (1.04%) OpenEdge
4 3 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (14.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (11.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.77%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.35%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.35%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 52 (17.99%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (5.19%) Power Platform
3 7 (2.42%) Collibra
4 6 (2.08%) Azure
5 5 (1.73%) AWS
6 4 (1.38%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.69%) OCI
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.35%) Bloomreach
8 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.84%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.08%) Firewall
3 3 (1.04%) DNS
3 3 (1.04%) FTP
3 3 (1.04%) HTTP
3 3 (1.04%) LAN
3 3 (1.04%) SMTP
3 3 (1.04%) SSL
3 3 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (1.04%) WAN
3 3 (1.04%) Wireless
4 2 (0.69%) Internet
4 2 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.35%) Network Security
5 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.19%) Power BI
2 8 (2.77%) Metadata
3 4 (1.38%) Tableau
4 3 (1.04%) SAP HANA
4 3 (1.04%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.35%) Ataccama
5 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.35%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.35%) MS Access
5 1 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.46%) JIRA
2 6 (2.08%) Eclipse
2 6 (2.08%) PyCharm
3 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.76%) Retail
3 26 (9.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 21 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.54%) Local Government
5 16 (5.54%) Manufacturing
6 12 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.08%) Automotive
7 6 (2.08%) Finance
8 5 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Banking
10 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Games
11 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.35%) Legal
11 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.04%) LDAP
2 1 (0.35%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.84%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (4.15%) Cyberattack
2 12 (4.15%) NHS
3 11 (3.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 10 (3.46%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.08%) Life Science
7 6 (2.08%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.38%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.38%) LIMS
9 3 (1.04%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.69%) CCTV
10 2 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.69%) IoT
11 1 (0.35%) CMDB
11 1 (0.35%) iPad
11 1 (0.35%) iPhone
11 1 (0.35%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.11%) Windows
2 14 (4.84%) Linux
3 4 (1.38%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.04%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.69%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (37.72%) Customer Service
2 78 (26.99%) ITIL
3 74 (25.61%) Incident Management
4 64 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (18.69%) Mathematics
6 52 (17.99%) Service Delivery
7 28 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (6.92%) Problem Management
10 19 (6.57%) Business Analysis
11 16 (5.54%) Data Governance
11 16 (5.54%) Data Protection
12 15 (5.19%) Incident Response
12 15 (5.19%) Security Operations
13 14 (4.84%) Project Management
14 13 (4.50%) Lean Six Sigma
14 13 (4.50%) Six Sigma
15 12 (4.15%) Data Modelling
15 12 (4.15%) Requirements Gathering
16 11 (3.81%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.81%) Python
2 9 (3.11%) Java
3 7 (2.42%) SQL
4 6 (2.08%) Groovy
4 6 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.04%) R
Qualifications
1 68 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 56 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 43 (14.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 40 (13.84%) A+ Certification
4 40 (13.84%) MCSA
5 38 (13.15%) Degree
6 34 (11.76%) MCP
7 13 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.11%) CCNA
9 7 (2.42%) IIBA
10 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.04%) ECDL
10 3 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.69%) CCENT
11 2 (0.69%) CISSP
12 1 (0.35%) CISA
12 1 (0.35%) CISM
12 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.88%) GDPR
2 15 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.50%) Good Clinical Practice
3 13 (4.50%) GxP
4 7 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.38%) QA
6 3 (1.04%) PMO
7 2 (0.69%) SLA
8 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.35%) GRC
8 1 (0.35%) NIST
8 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (12.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (3.11%) SCCM
2 1 (0.35%) Nessus
2 1 (0.35%) Nmap
2 1 (0.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 52 (17.99%) Citrix
2 49 (16.96%) Microsoft
3 44 (15.22%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.84%) Darktrace
4 14 (4.84%) SAP
4 14 (4.84%) Splunk
5 13 (4.50%) FireEye
5 13 (4.50%) LogRhythm
6 11 (3.81%) Cisco
6 11 (3.81%) Sun
7 5 (1.73%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.73%) Ariba
8 4 (1.38%) NetApp
9 3 (1.04%) IronPort
9 3 (1.04%) Symantec
10 2 (0.69%) Liquidlogic
10 2 (0.69%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.69%) Oracle
10 2 (0.69%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.69%) Talend