IT Analyst Contract Job Trends in the East of England

IT Analyst
England > East of England

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the East of England is £171, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 73 96
Rank change year-on-year -7 +23 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 20 14 15
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.28% 1.14% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.28% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 10
10th Percentile - £166 £156
25th Percentile £171 £180 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £206 £190
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% +8.55% -20.00%
75th Percentile £212 £230 -
90th Percentile £233 £242 £217
England median daily rate £213 £300 £425
% change year-on-year -29.17% -29.41% +54.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 2
10th Percentile £6.00 £15.51 £18.77
25th Percentile £11.00 £15.52 £20.34
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.75 £23.69
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -29.30% +93.35%
75th Percentile £18.56 £19.29 £27.75
90th Percentile £21.28 £20.42 £29.76
England median hourly rate £22.00 £21.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +4.76% +35.48% -10.14%

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 1,386 1,092 1,618
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.39% 89.29% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 476 928
10th Percentile £185 £220 £200
25th Percentile £335 £317 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £579 £575 £588
90th Percentile £680 £672 £691
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 383 189 298
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.52 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.48 £21.25 £17.18
Median hourly rate £30.11 £47.50 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -36.62% +17.94% +97.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £84.36
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in the East of England

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the East of England

IT 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 IT Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 December 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
Norfolk - 11 £171 - 1
Cambridgeshire - 4 - -
Hertfordshire -29 2 - - 4
Bedfordshire - 2 £215 -
Essex - 1 £225 -
IT Analyst
England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 12 December 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 East of England region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 8 (40.00%) Citrix
4 8 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 8 (40.00%) ITIL
4 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
5 7 (35.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (35.00%) ServiceNow
5 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (25.00%) AIX
7 5 (25.00%) Degree
7 5 (25.00%) ITSM
7 5 (25.00%) Oracle
7 5 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (25.00%) Windows 7
8 4 (20.00%) A+ Certification
8 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
8 4 (20.00%) Service Management
9 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
9 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
9 3 (15.00%) MCSA
9 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
9 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (10.00%) LAN
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Polish Language
4 2 (10.00%) Electronics
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) NHS
2 2 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.00%) Digital Signage
3 1 (5.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (25.00%) AIX
4 5 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.00%) Linux
6 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (35.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (25.00%) ITSM
4 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 4 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
6 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (10.00%) Information Governance
6 2 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
6 2 (10.00%) Time Management
7 1 (5.00%) Change Management
7 1 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (5.00%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (5.00%) Project Delivery
7 1 (5.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (20.00%) A+ Certification
4 3 (15.00%) MCSA
5 2 (10.00%) HNC
5 2 (10.00%) HND
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (10.00%) MCP
5 2 (10.00%) MCSE
5 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Citrix
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (10.00%) SAP
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) Google
5 1 (5.00%) OpenAI
5 1 (5.00%) VMware