Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 5 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 338 529 855
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.56% 15.87% 17.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.65% 16.76% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 361 631
10th Percentile £166 £160 £160
25th Percentile £289 £303 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +18.34%
75th Percentile £475 £508 £488
90th Percentile £576 £580 £538
England median daily rate £475 £481 £463
% change year-on-year -1.30% +4.05% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 54
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £9.52
25th Percentile £13.50 £11.80 £10.88
Median hourly rate £14.66 £14.76 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% -1.60% +7.14%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.99 £23.63
90th Percentile £24.22 £26.36 £35.00
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -15.79% +22.58% -4.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,476 3,157 4,792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.72% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,674 2,219 3,496
10th Percentile £213 £220 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 118 165
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.35 £10.93
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.06 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.56 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the Midlands

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
West Midlands -3 227 £425 - 129
East Midlands +6 107 £363 -9.38% 86
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 89 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 70 (20.71%) Security Cleared
3 67 (19.82%) Finance
4 54 (15.98%) SC Cleared
5 53 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (13.61%) Business Intelligence
7 46 (13.61%) Windows
8 44 (13.02%) Agile
8 44 (13.02%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (10.95%) SQL
10 35 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (9.47%) Power Platform
11 32 (9.47%) Power BI
11 32 (9.47%) Azure
12 28 (8.28%) Project Management
12 28 (8.28%) Business Analysis
13 27 (7.99%) SIEM
13 27 (7.99%) Customer Service
14 26 (7.69%) Incident Management
15 25 (7.40%) ITIL
15 25 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
16 24 (7.10%) SAP
16 24 (7.10%) Oracle
16 24 (7.10%) CRM
16 24 (7.10%) ERP
16 24 (7.10%) Data Analysis
17 23 (6.80%) Analytics
17 23 (6.80%) Public Sector

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 13 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.78%) Confluence
2 6 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.48%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Appian
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Odoo
1 5 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.59%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.30%) Maximo
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.30%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 32 (9.47%) Azure
1 32 (9.47%) Power Platform
2 25 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (1.78%) OCI
5 6 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (1.48%) AWS
6 5 (1.48%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 5 (1.48%) SaaS
7 3 (0.89%) Boomi
7 3 (0.89%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.89%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.59%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.59%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.30%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (0.30%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.51%) Firewall
2 10 (2.96%) VPN
3 7 (2.07%) LAN
4 6 (1.78%) WAN
5 5 (1.48%) Wireless
6 4 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.18%) Network Security
7 3 (0.89%) DHCP
7 3 (0.89%) Intranet
8 2 (0.59%) DNS
8 2 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.59%) VoIP
9 1 (0.30%) Internet
9 1 (0.30%) SAN
9 1 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.47%) Power BI
2 8 (2.37%) Oracle Database
2 8 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.78%) Hadoop
5 5 (1.48%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.48%) Impala
6 4 (1.18%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.18%) Power Query
6 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.89%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.59%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.59%) Tableau
9 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.30%) Big Data
9 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.25%) JIRA
2 5 (1.48%) Selenium
3 3 (0.89%) JMeter
3 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.89%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.59%) TestRail
5 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Postman
5 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 89 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.82%) Finance
3 52 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.80%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.44%) Legal
5 15 (4.44%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.66%) Retail
8 8 (2.37%) Marketing
9 7 (2.07%) Banking
10 6 (1.78%) Back Office
10 6 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.48%) Advertising
11 5 (1.48%) Electronics
11 5 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.48%) Law
12 4 (1.18%) Automotive
12 4 (1.18%) Publishing
13 3 (0.89%) Games
13 3 (0.89%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.18%) .NET
1 4 (1.18%) LDAP
2 3 (0.89%) Middleware
2 3 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.30%) BREW
4 1 (0.30%) JSON
4 1 (0.30%) REST
4 1 (0.30%) SOAP
4 1 (0.30%) WinForms
4 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.92%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.73%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (4.14%) Operational Technology
4 13 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 12 (3.55%) Cyber Defence
6 11 (3.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.78%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.18%) AS400
9 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.18%) NHS
9 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.18%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.89%) CMDB
10 3 (0.89%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.59%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.59%) SCADA
11 2 (0.59%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 46 (13.61%) Windows
2 22 (6.51%) Windows 10
3 18 (5.33%) Linux
4 10 (2.96%) Mac OS X
5 7 (2.07%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.59%) Android
7 2 (0.59%) Unix
7 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (13.61%) Business Intelligence
3 44 (13.02%) Agile
3 44 (13.02%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (8.28%) Business Analysis
5 28 (8.28%) Project Management
6 27 (7.99%) Customer Service
6 27 (7.99%) SIEM
7 26 (7.69%) Incident Management
8 25 (7.40%) ITIL
9 24 (7.10%) CRM
9 24 (7.10%) Data Analysis
9 24 (7.10%) ERP
10 23 (6.80%) Analytics
11 22 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (6.51%) Test Scripting
12 20 (5.92%) Risk Management
13 19 (5.62%) Security Operations
13 19 (5.62%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.95%) SQL
2 20 (5.92%) Python
3 8 (2.37%) R
4 6 (1.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.18%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.59%) VBA
7 1 (0.30%) C#
7 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.30%) ProC
7 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 70 (20.71%) Security Cleared
2 54 (15.98%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.51%) Degree
4 14 (4.14%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.37%) ISTQB
6 7 (2.07%) ISEB
7 4 (1.18%) CBAP
7 4 (1.18%) CISSP
8 3 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.59%) ACCA
9 2 (0.59%) CEH
9 2 (0.59%) CIMA
9 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.59%) IIBA
10 1 (0.30%) APMG
10 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.80%) PMO
2 21 (6.21%) NIST
3 14 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.55%) Data Quality
5 11 (3.25%) GDPR
5 11 (3.25%) SLA
6 10 (2.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (2.96%) HIPAA
7 9 (2.66%) NIST 800
8 8 (2.37%) QA
9 3 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (6.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.59%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.89%) Ansible
3 2 (0.59%) Kibana
3 2 (0.59%) logstash
4 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.10%) Oracle
2 24 (7.10%) SAP
3 16 (4.73%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.78%) Splunk
5 5 (1.48%) Darktrace
5 5 (1.48%) FireEye
5 5 (1.48%) LogRhythm
6 4 (1.18%) Computacenter
6 4 (1.18%) Denodo
7 3 (0.89%) Citrix
7 3 (0.89%) Rapid7
7 3 (0.89%) Sage
7 3 (0.89%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.59%) Ariba
8 2 (0.59%) BMC
8 2 (0.59%) Databricks
8 2 (0.59%) Sophos
8 2 (0.59%) Talend
8 2 (0.59%) VMware