IT Analyst Contracts in England

IT Analyst
UK > England

The median IT Analyst daily rate in England is £344, 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 349 316 291
Rank change year-on-year -33 -25 +14
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 136 235 439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.63% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.68% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 153 284
10th Percentile £154 £157 £137
25th Percentile £203 £200 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +28.57% -
75th Percentile £500 £575 £491
90th Percentile £594 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £338 £425 £285
% change year-on-year -20.59% +49.12% -18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 36
10th Percentile £16.39 £12.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £18.29 £15.10
Median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £23.32
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -3.50% +39.19%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.00 £27.25
90th Percentile £29.47 - £32.40
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £21.50 £23.32
% change year-on-year +2.56% -7.78% +39.19%

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%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in England

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in England

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in England

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in England

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in England

IT 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 IT 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 -36 60 £361 -32.09% 72
Midlands +39 25 £375 -6.25% 29
North of England +15 25 £329 +42.83% 44
West Midlands +28 19 £388 -6.06% 14
North West +21 16 £473 +26.00% 20
South East +29 15 £295 -33.82% 72
Yorkshire 0 9 £190 -9.52% 17
South West +28 7 £190 +8.57% 22
East Midlands +13 6 £256 -12.39% 12
East of England +29 4 £185 +2.78% 39
IT Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 61 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 46 (33.82%) Microsoft
3 40 (29.41%) Windows
4 35 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (23.53%) Active Directory
7 31 (22.79%) ITIL
7 31 (22.79%) Customer Service
8 25 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
8 25 (18.38%) Finance
9 22 (16.18%) Microsoft Office
10 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (15.44%) Azure
11 20 (14.71%) Banking
11 20 (14.71%) SharePoint
12 17 (12.50%) Service Management
12 17 (12.50%) ServiceNow
13 16 (11.76%) Project Management
13 16 (11.76%) Agile
13 16 (11.76%) JIRA
14 15 (11.03%) Requirements Gathering
15 14 (10.29%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (10.29%) Risk Management
16 13 (9.56%) Information Security
16 13 (9.56%) Degree
16 13 (9.56%) Cybersecurity
17 11 (8.09%) Windows 10
17 11 (8.09%) Business Analysis
17 11 (8.09%) Data Analysis
17 11 (8.09%) Law

IT 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 20 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.62%) Confluence
3 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.47%) CMS
5 1 (0.74%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 22 (16.18%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.68%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.74%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.47%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (15.44%) Azure
3 9 (6.62%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.47%) AWS
5 2 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.47%) GCP
5 2 (1.47%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.47%) Mimecast
5 2 (1.47%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.47%) SaaS
6 1 (0.74%) Google Docs
6 1 (0.74%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.74%) IaaS
6 1 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.41%) VLAN
2 5 (3.68%) DHCP
2 5 (3.68%) DNS
2 5 (3.68%) VPN
2 5 (3.68%) Wireless
3 3 (2.21%) Firewall
3 3 (2.21%) IP Telephony
3 3 (2.21%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.21%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.47%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (1.47%) LAN
4 2 (1.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.74%) FTP
5 1 (0.74%) Internet
5 1 (0.74%) Intranet
5 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.74%) MPLS
5 1 (0.74%) SAN
5 1 (0.74%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) Tableau
2 2 (1.47%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 61 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (18.38%) Finance
3 20 (14.71%) Banking
4 11 (8.09%) Law
5 7 (5.15%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.21%) Back Office
8 3 (2.21%) Legal
8 3 (2.21%) Retail
9 2 (1.47%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.47%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.74%) Front Office
10 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.47%) Kafka
2 1 (0.74%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.41%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.68%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.47%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.47%) Equities
6 2 (1.47%) iPad
6 2 (1.47%) iPhone
6 2 (1.47%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.47%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.47%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.74%) CMDB
7 1 (0.74%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.74%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.74%) PMI
7 1 (0.74%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 40 (29.41%) Windows
2 11 (8.09%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.68%) Android
3 5 (3.68%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.94%) Linux
4 4 (2.94%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (22.79%) Customer Service
2 31 (22.79%) ITIL
3 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (12.50%) Service Management
5 16 (11.76%) Agile
5 16 (11.76%) Project Management
6 15 (11.03%) Requirements Gathering
7 14 (10.29%) Collaborative Working
7 14 (10.29%) Risk Management
8 13 (9.56%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (9.56%) Information Security
9 11 (8.09%) Business Analysis
9 11 (8.09%) Data Analysis
10 10 (7.35%) Change Management
10 10 (7.35%) Incident Management
10 10 (7.35%) Service Delivery
11 9 (6.62%) ITSM
12 8 (5.88%) Asset Management
12 8 (5.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.62%) SQL
2 3 (2.21%) Python
3 2 (1.47%) Java
3 2 (1.47%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.74%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (9.56%) Degree
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (5.15%) A+ Certification
4 6 (4.41%) FFIEC
5 5 (3.68%) MCP
5 5 (3.68%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.21%) CCNA
7 3 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.21%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.21%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.47%) HP APS
8 2 (1.47%) IIBA
8 2 (1.47%) MCSA
9 1 (0.74%) CBAP
9 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.74%) ISEB
9 1 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.62%) SLA
2 6 (4.41%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.41%) GDPR
2 6 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (3.68%) PMO
4 3 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.47%) QA
6 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.74%) GRC
6 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.47%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.74%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) vSphere
3 1 (0.74%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.94%) SCCM
3 2 (1.47%) AirWatch
3 2 (1.47%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (1.47%) RSA Archer
3 2 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.47%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.74%) Nagios
4 1 (0.74%) Podman
4 1 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (33.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.15%) Apple
4 5 (3.68%) SAP
5 3 (2.21%) Cisco
5 3 (2.21%) Citrix
5 3 (2.21%) Google
5 3 (2.21%) HP
5 3 (2.21%) Oracle
5 3 (2.21%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.47%) Ariba
6 2 (1.47%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.47%) iManage
6 2 (1.47%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.47%) OpenLink
6 2 (1.47%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.47%) Symantec
6 2 (1.47%) Varonis
6 2 (1.47%) VMware