Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Senior Analyst
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in Leeds is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 59 67
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 5 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.84% 1.11% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 1.20% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 12
10th Percentile £367 £478 £264
25th Percentile £393 £483 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year -12.32% -5.58% +26.47%
75th Percentile £490 £524 £600
90th Percentile £511 £525 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £350 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -26.32% -9.52% +21.39%

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 580 664 1,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.48% 92.09% 97.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 426 750
10th Percentile £313 £350 £340
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year - -5.21% +5.50%
75th Percentile £564 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 13
10th Percentile £25.15 £17.89 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.23% +27.26% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £46.25 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 £48.75 £23.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £77.50 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +210.00% +31.58% -5.00%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in Leeds

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Leeds

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in Leeds over the 6 months to 9 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Analyst in Leeds

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) BPMN
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement

Senior 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (20.00%) API Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Munging
2 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) P3O
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Workday