Analyst Contracts in Leeds

Analyst
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Analyst daily rate in Leeds is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 56 101 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 11.89% 12.80% 13.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.15% 13.84% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 57 103
10th Percentile £312 £264 £286
25th Percentile £336 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £475 £517 £588
90th Percentile £492 £578 £688
West Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £31.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.54 - -
Median hourly rate £32.96 £12.53 -
Median % change year-on-year +163.05% - -
75th Percentile £34.38 £13.21 -
90th Percentile £34.43 £14.42 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £12.53 -
% change year-on-year +76.70% - -

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 461 730 1,220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.88% 92.52% 98.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 459 884
10th Percentile £263 £300 £355
25th Percentile £375 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £630
90th Percentile £600 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -4.04% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 14
10th Percentile £31.53 £11.56 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.62 £12.25 £15.94
Median hourly rate £33.11 £13.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +145.26% -38.64% +3.53%
75th Percentile £66.51 £41.13 £61.81
90th Percentile £85.74 £48.75 £68.13
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £15.50 £20.75
% change year-on-year +42.84% -25.30% +15.28%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 23 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (30.36%) Power Platform
4 16 (28.57%) Power BI
5 15 (26.79%) SQL
6 14 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (21.43%) Agile
8 12 (21.43%) Data Analysis
8 12 (21.43%) Visualisation
9 9 (16.07%) Finance
9 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
10 8 (14.29%) Security Cleared
10 8 (14.29%) Tableau
11 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (12.50%) SC Cleared
11 7 (12.50%) JIRA
11 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
11 7 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
11 7 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
12 6 (10.71%) Analytics
12 6 (10.71%) Performance Monitoring
12 6 (10.71%) Data Centre
12 6 (10.71%) Data Collection
12 6 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
12 6 (10.71%) Migration
12 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
12 6 (10.71%) Business Analysis

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 (8.93%) Confluence
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.57%) AWS
3 2 (3.57%) Azure
3 2 (3.57%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.79%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.79%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.57%) Power BI
2 8 (14.29%) Tableau
3 2 (3.57%) Power Query
3 2 (3.57%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (3.57%) QlikView
3 2 (3.57%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Selenium
2 1 (1.79%) SpecFlow
General
1 23 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 18 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Finance
4 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.36%) Banking
6 3 (5.36%) Law
7 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Environmental Health
8 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.36%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.36%) NHS
3 2 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.57%) Low-Code
3 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.79%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.79%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Linux
1 3 (5.36%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (21.43%) Agile
3 12 (21.43%) Data Analysis
3 12 (21.43%) Visualisation
4 7 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (10.71%) Analytics
5 6 (10.71%) Business Analysis
5 6 (10.71%) Data Collection
5 6 (10.71%) GAP Analysis
5 6 (10.71%) Migration
5 6 (10.71%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (8.93%) ITIL
6 5 (8.93%) Scrum
6 5 (8.93%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.79%) SQL
2 5 (8.93%) Python
3 2 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (3.57%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.79%) R
4 1 (1.79%) Uniface
4 1 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) CBAP
4 1 (1.79%) IIBA
4 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.36%) GDPR
4 1 (1.79%) COSHH
4 1 (1.79%) PMO
4 1 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.57%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) SolarWinds
3 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) Dell
4 2 (3.57%) SAP
4 2 (3.57%) Veritas
5 1 (1.79%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.79%) Citrix
5 1 (1.79%) Google
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle
5 1 (1.79%) Progress
5 1 (1.79%) Virgin Media
5 1 (1.79%) Workday