Analyst Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Analyst
Devon > Exeter

The median Analyst daily rate in Exeter is £318, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 18 21
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 12 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 15.58% 6.48% 4.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.14% 6.60% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile £290 - £197
25th Percentile £305 £129 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £145 £363
Median % change year-on-year +119.72% -60.14% -1.59%
75th Percentile £472 £203 £400
90th Percentile £520 £303 £423
Devon median daily rate £325 £145 £350
% change year-on-year +124.91% -58.71% -4.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
Devon median hourly rate £19.58 £19.83 £18.00
% change year-on-year -1.29% +10.17% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 70 106 108
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 98.15% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 78 97
10th Percentile £189 £143 £308
25th Percentile £305 £339 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.27% +2.04% -4.35%
75th Percentile £520 £650 £665
90th Percentile £550 £685 £721
Devon median daily rate £425 £465 £500
% change year-on-year -8.60% -7.00% -7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.84 £12.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.72% -30.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £22.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -61.31% +67.74% +118.31%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Exeter

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Exeter

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Exeter

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Exeter over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Exeter

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Exeter

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, 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 Exeter region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (41.67%) SDLC
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Python
4 4 (33.33%) Bash
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (25.00%) GDPR
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) Data Management
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (25.00%) Azure
5 3 (25.00%) AWS
5 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
6 2 (16.67%) NoSQL
6 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (16.67%) High Availability
6 2 (16.67%) MCSE
6 2 (16.67%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) DynamoDB
6 2 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (16.67%) Database Security
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter 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 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 2 (16.67%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (16.67%) DynamoDB
1 2 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Billing
2 1 (8.33%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Replication
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) SDLC
3 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Database Security
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (16.67%) ETL
5 2 (16.67%) High Availability
5 2 (16.67%) Information Security
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (33.33%) Bash
3 4 (33.33%) Python
4 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 2 (16.67%) MCSE
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow