Analyst Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Analyst
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Hertfordshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 4 19
Rank change year-on-year -16 +15 -12
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 50 61 55
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 7.52% 16.09% 8.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.49% 17.23% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 31
10th Percentile £363 £262 £185
25th Percentile £450 £306 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.16% -15.89% +8.57%
75th Percentile £553 £597 £625
90th Percentile £638 £621 £631
East of England median daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 10
10th Percentile - £15.52 £17.14
25th Percentile £28.00 £16.05 £26.24
Median hourly rate £55.50 £34.89 £34.71
Median % change year-on-year +59.06% +0.52% +50.92%
75th Percentile £75.00 £52.63 £46.49
90th Percentile £83.75 £59.23 £50.86
East of England median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £14.50
% change year-on-year -25.44% +48.00% -6.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 589 354 618
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.57% 93.40% 93.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 152 342
10th Percentile £263 £263 £285
25th Percentile £413 £338 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £591 £631
90th Percentile £739 £674 £738
East of England median daily rate £486 £452 £475
% change year-on-year +7.41% -4.84% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 79 148
10th Percentile £17.93 £16.12 £24.10
25th Percentile £20.35 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £67.00 £74.38 £69.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £89.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.05% +6.74% +111.90%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Hertfordshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Hertfordshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Stevenage +2 23 £500 +15.61% 6
Hemel Hempstead -5 5 £563 -6.25% 5
Rickmansworth - 5 - - 2
Welwyn Garden City -3 4 £525 +31.41%
Watford -9 4 £340 +8.80% 2
Hatfield -22 4 £553 -3.83% 7
Royston - 2 £375 -
Letchworth +2 1 £375 -
Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (44.00%) Information Security
2 20 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (38.00%) Security Operations
4 17 (34.00%) Threat Detection
5 16 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (32.00%) Incident Response
5 16 (32.00%) Security Cleared
6 15 (30.00%) AI
6 15 (30.00%) Analytics
6 15 (30.00%) DNS
6 15 (30.00%) FTP
6 15 (30.00%) HTTP
6 15 (30.00%) Information Management
6 15 (30.00%) LDAP
6 15 (30.00%) Network Packet Capture
6 15 (30.00%) Network Security
6 15 (30.00%) Python
6 15 (30.00%) Runbook
6 15 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 15 (30.00%) SMTP
6 15 (30.00%) SSL
6 15 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
7 14 (28.00%) SIEM
8 13 (26.00%) Behavioural Analytics
8 13 (26.00%) Machine Learning
8 13 (26.00%) PowerShell
8 13 (26.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (26.00%) SOAR
9 11 (22.00%) DV Cleared
10 9 (18.00%) Business Intelligence

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.00%) Azure
2 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.00%) DNS
1 15 (30.00%) FTP
1 15 (30.00%) HTTP
1 15 (30.00%) Network Security
1 15 (30.00%) SMTP
1 15 (30.00%) SSL
2 3 (6.00%) LAN
2 3 (6.00%) VPN
2 3 (6.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.00%) Power BI
2 1 (2.00%) Power Query
2 1 (2.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (34.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Finance
5 3 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Retail
6 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.00%) Automotive
7 1 (2.00%) Law
7 1 (2.00%) Legal
7 1 (2.00%) Local Government
7 1 (2.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (30.00%) LDAP
2 2 (4.00%) ISPF
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.00%) Cyber Threat
2 16 (32.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 15 (30.00%) CSOC
3 15 (30.00%) Cyberattack
4 14 (28.00%) Management Information System
5 13 (26.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
6 3 (6.00%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (4.00%) Credit Risk
7 2 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (4.00%) Mainframe
8 1 (2.00%) e-Learning
8 1 (2.00%) IoT
8 1 (2.00%) Midjourney
8 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Windows
1 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (4.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.00%) Information Security
2 20 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (38.00%) Security Operations
4 17 (34.00%) Threat Detection
5 16 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (32.00%) Incident Response
6 15 (30.00%) AI
6 15 (30.00%) Analytics
6 15 (30.00%) Information Management
6 15 (30.00%) Network Packet Capture
6 15 (30.00%) Runbook
6 15 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
7 14 (28.00%) SIEM
8 13 (26.00%) Behavioural Analytics
8 13 (26.00%) Machine Learning
8 13 (26.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (26.00%) SOAR
9 9 (18.00%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (14.00%) Customer Service
10 7 (14.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) Python
2 13 (26.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.00%) SQL
4 2 (4.00%) CLIST
4 2 (4.00%) JCL
4 2 (4.00%) REXX
5 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (22.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (2.00%) ACCA
5 1 (2.00%) APMG
5 1 (2.00%) CEH
5 1 (2.00%) CIMA
5 1 (2.00%) CISM
5 1 (2.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) CRISC
5 1 (2.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) GDPR
2 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.00%) NIST
3 2 (4.00%) PMO
3 2 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.00%) GRC
4 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.00%) zSecure
3 1 (2.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.00%) Computacenter
3 2 (4.00%) IBM
3 2 (4.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) IFS
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce