Junior Analyst Contracts in England

Junior Analyst
UK > England

The median Junior Analyst daily rate in England is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 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
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 516 564
Rank change year-on-year +51 +48 +145
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 42 25 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.068% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.074% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 51
10th Percentile £150 £163 £143
25th Percentile £200 £270 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £290 £270
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +7.41% -10.00%
75th Percentile £350 £315 £350
90th Percentile £408 £350 £400
UK median daily rate £250 £290 £270
% change year-on-year -13.79% +7.41% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £17.95 - £12.78
25th Percentile £18.72 - £13.09
Median hourly rate £20.00 £15.89 £14.62
Median % change year-on-year +25.87% +8.69% -24.87%
75th Percentile £21.28 - £18.75
90th Percentile £22.05 - £28.13
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £13.40 £14.62
% change year-on-year +49.25% -8.34% -23.97%

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 24,983 33,969 45,287
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 92.92% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,226 22,271 32,070
10th Percentile £291 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £660
90th Percentile £738 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,235 2,436 1,403
10th Percentile £13.78 £13.00 £14.67
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -6.98% +68.63%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.13 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.69% -5.88% +65.50%

Junior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Analyst in England

Junior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Junior Analyst in England

Junior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Analyst in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Analyst in England

Junior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior Analyst in England

Junior 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 Junior Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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 +45 16 £288 -4.17% 19
South East +44 9 £275 +8.91% 10
East of England +17 6 - - 1
North of England +13 6 £225 -30.77% 8
Midlands +9 6 £150 -38.78% 6
West Midlands +7 4 £150 -48.28% 1
North West - 4 £225 - 7
Yorkshire +4 2 - - 1
East Midlands +1 2 - - 5
South West +34 1 £350 - 1
Junior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Junior 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 Junior Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (45.24%) Finance
2 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
3 16 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
6 9 (21.43%) Banking
6 9 (21.43%) Data Analysis
6 9 (21.43%) SQL
6 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (16.67%) Degree
8 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
9 6 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
10 5 (11.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (11.90%) Project Management
10 5 (11.90%) Python
10 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
10 5 (11.90%) Windows
10 5 (11.90%) Information Security
10 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
10 5 (11.90%) Security Operations
10 5 (11.90%) Power BI
11 4 (9.52%) IFS
11 4 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (9.52%) Demand Management
11 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (9.52%) Firewall
11 4 (9.52%) ITIL

Junior 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 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.14%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.38%) Azure
3 1 (2.38%) Collibra
3 1 (2.38%) GCP
3 1 (2.38%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (2.38%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.38%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) FTP
3 1 (2.38%) HTTP
3 1 (2.38%) SMTP
3 1 (2.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) Power BI
2 3 (7.14%) Tableau
3 2 (4.76%) Big Data
3 2 (4.76%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (4.76%) GIS
4 1 (2.38%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.38%) Metadata
4 1 (2.38%) MS Access
4 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Git
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 19 (45.24%) Finance
2 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
3 16 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (21.43%) Banking
5 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Investment Banking
6 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) LDAP
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) iPad
1 3 (7.14%) iPhone
1 3 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (21.43%) Data Analysis
3 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 6 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
6 5 (11.90%) Information Security
6 5 (11.90%) Project Management
6 5 (11.90%) Security Operations
7 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
7 4 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (9.52%) Demand Management
7 4 (9.52%) ITIL
7 4 (9.52%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (9.52%) Visualisation
8 3 (7.14%) Agile
8 3 (7.14%) ITSM
8 3 (7.14%) Risk Management
8 3 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) SQL
2 5 (11.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) CISMP
3 2 (4.76%) CISSP
3 2 (4.76%) GCIA
3 2 (4.76%) GSEC
4 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.38%) MCP
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) GDPR
2 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.76%) GRC
2 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.76%) PMO
3 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Google
2 4 (9.52%) IFS
3 3 (7.14%) MobileIron
3 3 (7.14%) Nexthink
3 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.76%) OneTrust
5 1 (2.38%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.38%) Databricks
5 1 (2.38%) FireEye
5 1 (2.38%) IronPort
5 1 (2.38%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.38%) Oracle
5 1 (2.38%) SAP
5 1 (2.38%) Splunk
5 1 (2.38%) Symantec