Analyst Contracts in Leeds

Analyst
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Analyst daily rate in Leeds is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 44 94 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 9.46% 11.76% 14.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.73% 12.77% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 53 122
10th Percentile £316 £205 £278
25th Percentile £340 £340 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £475 £523 £575
90th Percentile £491 £568 £685
West Yorkshire median daily rate £419 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -9.46% -7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £31.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.54 - -
Median hourly rate £32.96 £12.53 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +163.05% -27.32% -23.21%
75th Percentile £34.38 £13.21 -
90th Percentile £34.43 £14.42 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £12.53 £17.24
% change year-on-year +76.70% -27.32% -23.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 452 736 1,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.20% 92.12% 97.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 458 948
10th Percentile £257 £300 £356
25th Percentile £352 £413 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.11% +7.65%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 11
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.24 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.47 £11.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -79.95% +179.02%
75th Percentile £98.56 £15.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £17.67 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £32.50
% change year-on-year +73.14% -55.89% +92.88%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Leeds

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Leeds

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Leeds

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Leeds region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 16 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (31.82%) Power BI
3 14 (31.82%) Power Platform
4 13 (29.55%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (29.55%) SQL
5 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (22.73%) Data Analysis
7 9 (20.45%) Agile
7 9 (20.45%) Visualisation
8 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (15.91%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
9 6 (13.64%) Data Collection
9 6 (13.64%) GAP Analysis
9 6 (13.64%) Finance
9 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
9 6 (13.64%) Tableau
9 6 (13.64%) JIRA
10 5 (11.36%) Business Analysis
10 5 (11.36%) Data Visualisation
10 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (11.36%) Confluence
10 5 (11.36%) Analytics
10 5 (11.36%) User Stories
10 5 (11.36%) ITIL
10 5 (11.36%) Decision-Making
10 5 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (11.36%) Confluence
2 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.82%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.82%) AWS
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.55%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.27%) Azure
4 1 (2.27%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.27%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (31.82%) Power BI
2 6 (13.64%) Tableau
3 2 (4.55%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (4.55%) QlikView
3 2 (4.55%) Star Schema
4 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 16 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Finance
3 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.82%) Banking
5 3 (6.82%) Law
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
1 3 (6.82%) NHS
2 1 (2.27%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.27%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.82%) Linux
2 2 (4.55%) Windows
3 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (22.73%) Data Analysis
4 9 (20.45%) Agile
4 9 (20.45%) Visualisation
5 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (15.91%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (13.64%) Data Collection
6 6 (13.64%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (11.36%) Analytics
7 5 (11.36%) Business Analysis
7 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.36%) Data Visualisation
7 5 (11.36%) Decision-Making
7 5 (11.36%) ITIL
7 5 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (11.36%) User Stories
8 4 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 4 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) SQL
2 4 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.27%) R
4 1 (2.27%) Uniface
4 1 (2.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Degree
1 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) CBAP
2 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 4 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.82%) GDPR
3 1 (2.27%) PMO
3 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.55%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.55%) Dell
3 2 (4.55%) Veritas
4 1 (2.27%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.27%) Citrix
4 1 (2.27%) Google
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle
4 1 (2.27%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) Virgin Media
4 1 (2.27%) Workday