IT Analyst Contracts in Essex

IT Analyst
East of England > Essex

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Essex is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 August 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
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 0.89% - 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% - 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
East of England median daily rate £171 £180 £189
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.64% -20.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 98 124 264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 96.88% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 59 150
10th Percentile £194 £208 £205
25th Percentile £231 £300 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £534 £575
90th Percentile £528 £590 £645
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 36 17
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.65 £20.78
25th Percentile £14.44 £28.31 £24.62
Median hourly rate £31.33 £59.50 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -47.35% +36.37% +102.93%
75th Percentile £72.38 £80.00 £76.00
90th Percentile £79.50 - £79.70
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £47.50 £26.48
% change year-on-year -9.47% +79.41% +33.64%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Essex

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in Essex

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in Essex

IT Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
Chelmsford - 1 £225 - 4
IT Analyst
East of England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 19 August 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 Essex region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow