Information Analyst Contracts in England

Information Analyst
UK > England

The median Information Analyst daily rate in England is £558, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 517 580
Rank change year-on-year +52 +63 +119
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 20 25 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.067% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.072% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 55
10th Percentile £342 £377 £200
25th Percentile £363 £431 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year +11.60% +29.03% -6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £540 £521
90th Percentile £685 £680 £640
UK median daily rate £558 £500 £388
% change year-on-year +11.60% +29.03% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile £27.42 - £17.00
25th Percentile - £20.50 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £21.00 £24.63
Median % change year-on-year +38.43% -14.72% -5.29%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £31.91
90th Percentile £42.98 - £42.77
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £21.00 £24.63
% change year-on-year +38.43% -14.72% -5.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in England

Information Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Information Analyst in England

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Analyst in England

Information Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Information Analyst in England

Information Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Information Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Information Analyst in England

Information Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +43 13 £625 -3.85% 40
South West +49 4 £546 +5.92% 14
East of England +31 2 - - 23
North West +17 1 - - 15
North of England +16 1 - - 25
Information Analyst
UK

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information 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 England region featuring Information Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (40.00%) SQL
1 8 (40.00%) Information Security
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) Management Information System
3 6 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (30.00%) Data Analysis
3 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 5 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (25.00%) Power BI
4 5 (25.00%) Information Management
4 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (25.00%) VBA
5 4 (20.00%) MS Access
5 4 (20.00%) Windows
5 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (20.00%) Power Query
6 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) GRC
6 3 (15.00%) GCP
6 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (15.00%) AWS
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) Data Protection

Information Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (10.00%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) GCP
3 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) Mimecast
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (25.00%) Power BI
3 4 (20.00%) MS Access
3 4 (20.00%) Power Query
4 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (10.00%) DB2
5 2 (10.00%) Tableau
6 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
6 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (5.00%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Local Government
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) NHS
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.00%) Housing Association
3 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Unix
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Information Security
2 6 (30.00%) Data Analysis
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (25.00%) Information Management
4 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.00%) Analytics
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (15.00%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (15.00%) Validation
6 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 2 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (10.00%) Information Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Master Data Management
6 2 (10.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) VBA
3 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) R
3 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) HNC
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) GRC
2 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.00%) GDPR
2 2 (10.00%) NIST
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Intel
3 1 (5.00%) NEC
3 1 (5.00%) Varonis