Analyst Contracts in the East of England

Analyst
England > East of England

The median Analyst daily rate in the East of England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 +2 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 125 274 294
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 11.89% 13.97% 15.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.72% 15.66% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 119 159
10th Percentile £178 £184 £169
25th Percentile £225 £306 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £410 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £500 £497 £500
90th Percentile £575 £590 £590
England median daily rate £460 £475 £491
% change year-on-year -3.16% -3.31% +3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 129 78
10th Percentile £14.84 £13.86 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £14.84 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.84% -1.07% -1.57%
75th Percentile £31.00 £21.37 £20.56
90th Percentile £81.01 £21.46 £21.07
England median hourly rate £22.14 £16.30 £19.19
% change year-on-year +35.83% -15.07% +15.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 911 1,750 1,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.68% 89.24% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 752 1,102
10th Percentile £200 £207 £200
25th Percentile £350 £309 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £447 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% -5.89% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 610 259
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.40 £16.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +18.62% +95.42%
75th Percentile £71.88 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.90 £73.30 £74.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £43.63
% change year-on-year -27.31% -9.35% +78.37%

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 24 June 2025.

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 24 June 2025.

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 24 June 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
Cambridgeshire -5 55 £450 +9.76% 47
Hertfordshire +8 41 £500 +48.15% 37
Suffolk -3 10 £225 -59.09% 11
Bedfordshire -20 8 £475 -5.00% 16
Essex -4 6 £225 -35.71% 22
Norfolk -1 5 £115 -72.94% 15
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 East of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 44 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 41 (32.80%) ServiceNow
2 41 (32.80%) Customer Service
3 39 (31.20%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (28.80%) Social Skills
5 34 (27.20%) Service Delivery
5 34 (27.20%) Incident Management
6 33 (26.40%) Security Cleared
7 32 (25.60%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (25.60%) Microsoft Excel
8 30 (24.00%) SC Cleared
9 29 (23.20%) ITIL
10 28 (22.40%) Active Directory
11 27 (21.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 26 (20.80%) Mathematics
13 25 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
14 24 (19.20%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (19.20%) A+ Certification
15 23 (18.40%) Windows
16 22 (17.60%) DNS
17 21 (16.80%) Wi-Fi
17 21 (16.80%) Citrix
17 21 (16.80%) MCSA
18 17 (13.60%) ITSM
19 15 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
20 14 (11.20%) Analytics
21 13 (10.40%) Management Information System
21 13 (10.40%) Security Operations Centre
21 13 (10.40%) Analytical Mindset
22 12 (9.60%) Threat Detection

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 3 (2.40%) CMS
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.80%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.80%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (25.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (21.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (9.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.40%) SAP LE
1 3 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (2.40%) SAP WM
2 2 (1.60%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 32 (25.60%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.40%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.20%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.60%) Azure
4 2 (1.60%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.60%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.60%) SaaS
5 1 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.60%) DNS
2 21 (16.80%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (9.60%) FTP
3 12 (9.60%) HTTP
3 12 (9.60%) SMTP
3 12 (9.60%) SSL
4 11 (8.80%) Network Security
5 7 (5.60%) DHCP
6 6 (4.80%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (4.80%) PuTTY
7 5 (4.00%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.40%) LAN
8 3 (2.40%) VLAN
8 3 (2.40%) VPN
8 3 (2.40%) WAN
8 3 (2.40%) Wireless
9 2 (1.60%) Firewall
9 2 (1.60%) WLAN
10 1 (0.80%) SAN
10 1 (0.80%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.80%) Power BI
2 2 (1.60%) MySQL
3 1 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.80%) DB2
3 1 (0.80%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.80%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (4.80%) JIRA
2 2 (1.60%) AdminStudio
General
1 36 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.20%) Finance
4 8 (6.40%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.60%) Retail
6 5 (4.00%) Law
7 4 (3.20%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Games
9 2 (1.60%) Local Government
10 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.80%) Aviation
10 1 (0.80%) Banking
10 1 (0.80%) German Language
10 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.60%) LDAP
2 3 (2.40%) SAP PI
3 2 (1.60%) HTML
3 2 (1.60%) REST
3 2 (1.60%) RESTful
3 2 (1.60%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.40%) Analytical Mindset
1 13 (10.40%) Management Information System
1 13 (10.40%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (9.60%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (8.80%) Cyberattack
4 7 (5.60%) CSOC
4 7 (5.60%) Driving Licence
5 4 (3.20%) iPad
5 4 (3.20%) iPhone
6 3 (2.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.60%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.60%) YARA
8 1 (0.80%) CMDB
8 1 (0.80%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.80%) Life Science
8 1 (0.80%) LIMS
8 1 (0.80%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.80%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.40%) Windows
2 4 (3.20%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.20%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.40%) Linux
3 3 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.60%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (32.80%) Customer Service
2 39 (31.20%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (27.20%) Incident Management
3 34 (27.20%) Service Delivery
4 29 (23.20%) ITIL
5 26 (20.80%) Mathematics
6 17 (13.60%) ITSM
7 15 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (11.20%) Analytics
9 12 (9.60%) Security Operations
9 12 (9.60%) Threat Detection
10 10 (8.00%) Incident Response
10 10 (8.00%) Service Management
11 9 (7.20%) Agile
11 9 (7.20%) Artificial Intelligence
11 9 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.20%) Information Management
11 9 (7.20%) Information Security
11 9 (7.20%) Network Packet Capture
11 9 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.60%) SQL
2 2 (1.60%) PHP
2 2 (1.60%) Python
3 1 (0.80%) C#
3 1 (0.80%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (26.40%) Security Cleared
2 30 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 24 (19.20%) A+ Certification
3 24 (19.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (16.80%) MCSA
5 9 (7.20%) DV Cleared
6 8 (6.40%) Degree
7 6 (4.80%) CCNA
7 6 (4.80%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.40%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.60%) CBAP
9 2 (1.60%) CCA
9 2 (1.60%) CCNP
9 2 (1.60%) CISSP
9 2 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.60%) GCIA
10 1 (0.80%) ECDL
10 1 (0.80%) ISEB
10 1 (0.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.60%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.20%) SLA
3 2 (1.60%) PMO
4 1 (0.80%) GDPR
4 1 (0.80%) GRC
System Software
1 28 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 41 (32.80%) ServiceNow
3 21 (16.80%) Citrix
4 6 (4.80%) Cisco
4 6 (4.80%) SAP
5 4 (3.20%) Google
5 4 (3.20%) MobileIron
5 4 (3.20%) Nexthink
6 3 (2.40%) Darktrace
6 3 (2.40%) FireEye
6 3 (2.40%) LogRhythm
6 3 (2.40%) Oracle
6 3 (2.40%) Splunk
7 2 (1.60%) Anaplan
7 2 (1.60%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.60%) Peregrine
7 2 (1.60%) Remedy
8 1 (0.80%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.80%) IronPort
8 1 (0.80%) Twitter