IT Analyst Contracts in England

IT Analyst
UK > England

The median IT Analyst daily rate in England is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 314 300
Rank change year-on-year -27 -14 +2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 145 233 404
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.63% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.68% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 153 265
10th Percentile £159 £164 £141
25th Percentile £203 £200 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £435 £350
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% +24.29% -
75th Percentile £491 £556 £488
90th Percentile £549 £670 £579
UK median daily rate £325 £413 £300
% change year-on-year -21.21% +37.50% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 34
10th Percentile £15.90 £12.23 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.44 £18.29 £14.10
Median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £22.57
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -0.29% +36.76%
75th Percentile £24.83 £40.00 £27.44
90th Percentile £31.14 - £32.44
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £22.63
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.57% +37.15%

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 22,374 34,092 44,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.74% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,795 22,500 31,965
10th Percentile £293 £285 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,543 1,312
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.60 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.89% -16.67% +87.50%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -18 54 £325 -39.53% 62
Midlands +23 28 £331 +65.63% 29
North of England +15 25 £232 -9.29% 24
South East +28 22 £338 -20.59% 33
West Midlands +18 21 £375 +87.50% 16
North West +9 16 £449 +38.08% 11
South West +33 11 £210 +20.00% 23
Yorkshire +12 9 £190 -17.39% 12
East of England +28 8 £185 +2.78% 7
East Midlands +14 7 £300 +122.22% 13
IT Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 60 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 46 (31.72%) Microsoft
3 44 (30.34%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (27.59%) Windows
5 39 (26.90%) Customer Service
6 33 (22.76%) Active Directory
6 33 (22.76%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (22.07%) ITIL
8 31 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
9 25 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (14.48%) Service Management
10 21 (14.48%) Finance
11 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
11 20 (13.79%) ServiceNow
12 18 (12.41%) SharePoint
12 18 (12.41%) Azure
13 17 (11.72%) Banking
13 17 (11.72%) JIRA
13 17 (11.72%) Project Management
14 16 (11.03%) Data Analysis
14 16 (11.03%) Requirements Gathering
15 15 (10.34%) Degree
15 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
15 15 (10.34%) Service Delivery
16 14 (9.66%) ITSM
17 13 (8.97%) Agile
18 12 (8.28%) Business Analysis
18 12 (8.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 12 (8.28%) Risk Management
18 12 (8.28%) Collaborative Working

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 18 (12.41%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.21%) Confluence
3 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.38%) CMS
4 2 (1.38%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (8.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (4.14%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.69%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.69%) BPCS
2 1 (0.69%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.76%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (12.41%) Azure
3 9 (6.21%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.14%) Google Workspace
5 4 (2.76%) GCP
6 3 (2.07%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.07%) SaaS
7 2 (1.38%) AWS
7 2 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.38%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.69%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.69%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.69%) IaaS
8 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.69%) PaaS
8 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) VLAN
2 4 (2.76%) DHCP
2 4 (2.76%) DNS
2 4 (2.76%) VPN
2 4 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.07%) LAN
3 3 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.07%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.07%) Wireless
4 2 (1.38%) Firewall
4 2 (1.38%) WAN
5 1 (0.69%) DMZ
5 1 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.69%) Intranet
5 1 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.69%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.69%) MPLS
5 1 (0.69%) SAN
5 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.07%) Tableau
2 2 (1.38%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.38%) Looker
2 2 (1.38%) Power Query
3 1 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (11.72%) JIRA
General
1 60 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (14.48%) Finance
4 17 (11.72%) Banking
5 8 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (5.52%) Law
6 6 (4.14%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.76%) Legal
8 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.07%) Retail
10 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.69%) Billing
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.69%) International Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Local Government
11 1 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.14%) Driving Licence
1 6 (4.14%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.45%) iPad
2 5 (3.45%) iPhone
2 5 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.07%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.07%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.38%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.69%) CMDB
5 1 (0.69%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.69%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.69%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.69%) PMI
5 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.69%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.69%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (27.59%) Windows
2 10 (6.90%) Windows 10
3 6 (4.14%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.76%) Linux
4 4 (2.76%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.07%) Android
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.34%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (26.90%) Customer Service
3 32 (22.07%) ITIL
4 25 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (14.48%) Service Management
6 17 (11.72%) Project Management
7 16 (11.03%) Data Analysis
7 16 (11.03%) Requirements Gathering
8 15 (10.34%) Service Delivery
9 14 (9.66%) ITSM
10 13 (8.97%) Agile
11 12 (8.28%) Business Analysis
11 12 (8.28%) Collaborative Working
11 12 (8.28%) Risk Management
12 11 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (6.90%) Information Security
14 9 (6.21%) Asset Management
14 9 (6.21%) Change Management
14 9 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (6.21%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.45%) SQL
2 4 (2.76%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.07%) Python
4 1 (0.69%) Bash
4 1 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (10.34%) Degree
2 9 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (5.52%) A+ Certification
3 8 (5.52%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.14%) FFIEC
5 5 (3.45%) MCP
6 3 (2.07%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.07%) MCSA
7 2 (1.38%) CCNA
7 2 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.38%) IIBA
8 1 (0.69%) CBAP
8 1 (0.69%) CISSP
8 1 (0.69%) ISEB
8 1 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.83%) SLA
3 6 (4.14%) GDPR
3 6 (4.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (3.45%) PMO
5 3 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.69%) GRC
6 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 33 (22.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.38%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.69%) Docker
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.69%) vSphere
3 1 (0.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.45%) SCCM
3 2 (1.38%) AirWatch
3 2 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.38%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.69%) Nagios
4 1 (0.69%) Podman
4 1 (0.69%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (31.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.79%) ServiceNow
3 7 (4.83%) Google
4 6 (4.14%) Apple
4 6 (4.14%) SAP
5 5 (3.45%) Liquidlogic
6 4 (2.76%) Citrix
7 3 (2.07%) Ariba
7 3 (2.07%) MobileIron
7 3 (2.07%) Nexthink
8 2 (1.38%) iManage
8 2 (1.38%) Intapp
8 2 (1.38%) Lotus
8 2 (1.38%) Okta
8 2 (1.38%) Oracle
8 2 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.38%) Symantec
8 2 (1.38%) Varonis
8 2 (1.38%) VMware
9 1 (0.69%) PeopleSoft