Analyst Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Analyst
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Analyst daily rate in Leicestershire is £146, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 5 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 22 16 23
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 16.06% 14.41% 12.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.30% 15.38% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 16
10th Percentile £131 £180 -
25th Percentile £132 £283 £122
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £146 £375 £160
Median % change year-on-year -61.02% +134.38% -46.67%
75th Percentile £360 £466 £313
90th Percentile £509 £498 £438
East Midlands median daily rate £358 £365 £425
% change year-on-year -1.92% -14.12% +16.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £21.25 - £12.40
25th Percentile £21.63 - £13.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £14.00
75th Percentile £25.13 - £39.50
90th Percentile £25.95 - £54.80
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £17.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +5.12% +9.68% -6.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 114 104 172
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.21% 93.69% 96.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 77 128
10th Percentile £126 £194 £130
25th Percentile £160 £288 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% - +2.41%
75th Percentile £480 £500 £563
90th Percentile £538 £639 £655
East Midlands median daily rate £414 £445 £489
% change year-on-year -7.02% -9.00% +8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 11
10th Percentile £16.17 - £13.16
25th Percentile £18.94 £23.50 £13.58
Median hourly rate £20.75 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £25.13 £24.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £28.38 - £56.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.25 £24.00 £18.38
% change year-on-year -11.46% +30.58% +4.67%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Leicestershire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Leicestershire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Leicestershire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Leicestershire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Leicester -6 6 £443 +4.12% 10
Loughborough -3 1 - - 1
Analyst
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 Leicestershire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (45.45%) Windows
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
3 6 (27.27%) ITSM
3 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
3 6 (27.27%) ITIL
3 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (22.73%) Driving Licence
4 5 (22.73%) Chatbot
4 5 (22.73%) Conversational UI
4 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 5 (22.73%) Problem Management
4 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
4 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
4 5 (22.73%) A+ Certification
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) Service Management
4 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
6 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (13.64%) Analytics
6 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
6 3 (13.64%) ERP

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Tableau
General
1 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) General Ledger
5 1 (4.55%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.55%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Driving Licence
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
3 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) ITIL
3 6 (27.27%) ITSM
3 6 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Conversational UI
4 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
4 5 (22.73%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) Problem Management
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Service Management
5 4 (18.18%) Digital Strategy
6 3 (13.64%) Analytics
6 3 (13.64%) ERP
7 2 (9.09%) Manual Testing
7 2 (9.09%) Test Scripting
7 2 (9.09%) Use Case
7 2 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) R
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) MobileIron
3 1 (4.55%) SAP