Analyst Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Analyst
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Analyst daily rate in Gloucestershire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 28 33
Rank change year-on-year +17 +5 -9
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 49 25 25
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 15.08% 6.10% 5.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.38% 6.36% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 15
10th Percentile £278 £348 £203
25th Percentile £302 £363 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £474 £675 £488
90th Percentile £514 £730 £588
South West median daily rate £400 £388 £444
% change year-on-year +3.23% -12.68% -1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88.75 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +208.33% - -
75th Percentile £96.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £17.31 £27.13 £15.31
% change year-on-year -36.20% +77.17% -59.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 282 393 437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.77% 95.85% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 204 267
10th Percentile £225 £400 £353
25th Percentile £363 £475 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £675 £676 £675
90th Percentile £749 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 41 51
10th Percentile £13.50 £30.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £15.19 £63.75 £48.72
Median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.86% +28.57% +19.28%
75th Percentile £41.69 £72.50 £78.18
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -61.31% +15.06% -5.85%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Gloucestershire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Cheltenham +26 22 £525 -8.70% 11
Gloucester -9 9 £375 -21.05% 15
Wotton-under-Edge - 4 - -
Cirencester - 2 £450 - 2
Analyst
South West

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gloucestershire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (34.69%) Security Cleared
2 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 15 (30.61%) Oracle
3 8 (16.33%) Azure
3 8 (16.33%) ITSM
3 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (14.29%) AWS
4 7 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 6 (12.24%) Customer Service
5 6 (12.24%) ERP
5 6 (12.24%) ITIL
5 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (12.24%) Wireshark
6 5 (10.20%) Agile
6 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.20%) Data Governance
6 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
6 5 (10.20%) DV Cleared
6 5 (10.20%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (10.20%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (8.16%) Data Analysis
7 4 (8.16%) Data Interpretation
7 4 (8.16%) Inventory Management
7 4 (8.16%) Master Data Management
7 4 (8.16%) OCI
7 4 (8.16%) Risk Management
7 4 (8.16%) Scrum

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Azure
2 7 (14.29%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) OCI
4 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.24%) Wireshark
2 3 (6.12%) Firewall
3 2 (4.08%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Git
2 2 (4.08%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (51.02%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
3 15 (30.61%) Finance
4 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.08%) Local Government
6 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.08%) Bootstrap
1 2 (4.08%) CSS
1 2 (4.08%) HTML
1 2 (4.08%) JSON
1 2 (4.08%) REST
1 2 (4.08%) SOAP
1 2 (4.08%) XML
2 1 (2.04%) LDAP
2 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.45%) Onboarding
2 5 (10.20%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.12%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (4.08%) CMDB
4 2 (4.08%) Digital Currency
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
1 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.33%) ITSM
1 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (12.24%) Customer Service
2 6 (12.24%) ERP
2 6 (12.24%) ITIL
2 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (10.20%) Agile
3 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (10.20%) Data Governance
3 5 (10.20%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (8.16%) Data Analysis
4 4 (8.16%) Data Interpretation
4 4 (8.16%) Inventory Management
4 4 (8.16%) Master Data Management
4 4 (8.16%) Risk Management
4 4 (8.16%) Scrum
4 4 (8.16%) Supply Chain Planning
5 3 (6.12%) Information Security
5 3 (6.12%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (34.69%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) DV Cleared
3 5 (10.20%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.04%) GCIH
4 1 (2.04%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.12%) GDPR
2 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.04%) NIST
4 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
1 15 (30.61%) Oracle
2 7 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.04%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.04%) IFS
3 1 (2.04%) Okta