Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £425, 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 9 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 217 337 543
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.34% 12.22% 15.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.58% 13.31% 16.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 221 369
10th Percentile £190 £166 £160
25th Percentile £356 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £525 £475 £500
90th Percentile £575 £575 £575
England median daily rate £475 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.32% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 29 30
10th Percentile £14.13 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.37 £13.50 £11.80
Median hourly rate £22.05 £14.59 £14.76
Median % change year-on-year +51.13% -1.15% +6.46%
75th Percentile £24.75 £23.75 £20.74
90th Percentile £30.68 £24.68 £24.19
England median hourly rate £22.14 £16.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +38.38% -17.95% +25.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
West Midlands -2 158 £475 +11.76% 186
East Midlands -4 59 £358 -1.24% 100
Analyst
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 78 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 49 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (20.28%) Finance
3 44 (20.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (17.05%) Agile
6 36 (16.59%) Data Analysis
6 36 (16.59%) Microsoft
7 25 (11.52%) Customer Service
8 23 (10.60%) Business Analysis
9 22 (10.14%) Security Cleared
9 22 (10.14%) SQL
10 21 (9.68%) Migration
10 21 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (9.22%) ITIL
12 19 (8.76%) Power Platform
13 18 (8.29%) Power BI
13 18 (8.29%) Windows
13 18 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (8.29%) Active Directory
13 18 (8.29%) SC Cleared
14 16 (7.37%) Analytics
15 15 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (6.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 15 (6.91%) Waterfall
15 15 (6.91%) Decision-Making
16 14 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
16 14 (6.45%) JIRA
17 13 (5.99%) Banking
17 13 (5.99%) User Acceptance Testing

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 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.84%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.38%) IBM Notes
2 3 (1.38%) SAS
3 2 (0.92%) Confluence
3 2 (0.92%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.84%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.46%) Maximo
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.46%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.76%) Power Platform
2 15 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (5.53%) Azure
4 6 (2.76%) AWS
4 6 (2.76%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.76%) OneDrive
5 5 (2.30%) SaaS
6 3 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.92%) Figma
7 2 (0.92%) GCP
7 2 (0.92%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.46%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.46%) OCI
8 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.46%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.46%) Network Security
2 1 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.29%) Power BI
2 5 (2.30%) Tableau
3 4 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.84%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.84%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.38%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.46%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.46%) Looker
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.46%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 14 (6.45%) JIRA
2 4 (1.84%) Selenium
3 3 (1.38%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.46%) GitLab
4 1 (0.46%) JMeter
4 1 (0.46%) Postman
4 1 (0.46%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.46%) Toad
General
1 78 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 49 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (20.28%) Finance
4 13 (5.99%) Banking
4 13 (5.99%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.61%) Law
6 10 (4.61%) Retail
7 9 (4.15%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.84%) Legal
10 4 (1.84%) Local Government
11 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Advertising
13 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.46%) Games
13 1 (0.46%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.84%) .NET
2 2 (0.92%) Gherkin
2 2 (0.92%) HTML
2 2 (0.92%) Middleware
2 2 (0.92%) Web Services
2 2 (0.92%) XML
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
3 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.07%) Data Structures
2 9 (4.15%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.15%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.76%) SCADA
4 5 (2.30%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.84%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.92%) NHS
7 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.46%) AS400
8 1 (0.46%) CMDB
8 1 (0.46%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.46%) EPoS
8 1 (0.46%) iSeries
8 1 (0.46%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.46%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.29%) Windows
2 10 (4.61%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.46%) Android
3 1 (0.46%) Linux
3 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (20.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 41 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (17.05%) Agile
4 36 (16.59%) Data Analysis
5 25 (11.52%) Customer Service
6 23 (10.60%) Business Analysis
7 21 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (9.68%) Migration
8 20 (9.22%) ITIL
9 18 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (7.37%) Analytics
11 15 (6.91%) Decision-Making
11 15 (6.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (6.91%) Waterfall
12 13 (5.99%) Change Management
12 13 (5.99%) User Acceptance Testing
13 12 (5.53%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (5.53%) Data Migration
14 11 (5.07%) Project Delivery
14 11 (5.07%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.14%) SQL
2 5 (2.30%) Python
3 4 (1.84%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.84%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.38%) C#
4 3 (1.38%) Java
5 2 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.92%) R
6 1 (0.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.46%) Uniface
6 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (10.14%) Security Cleared
2 18 (8.29%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.61%) Degree
4 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.92%) CCNP
5 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (0.92%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (0.46%) ACCA
6 1 (0.46%) CBAP
6 1 (0.46%) CIMA
6 1 (0.46%) CIPFA
6 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.46%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.46%) ISEB
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.53%) QA
2 10 (4.61%) PMO
3 5 (2.30%) NIST
3 5 (2.30%) SLA
4 4 (1.84%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.38%) GDPR
6 2 (0.92%) COREP
6 2 (0.92%) FINREP
6 2 (0.92%) GRC
6 2 (0.92%) IFRS
6 2 (0.92%) NCSC
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) Basel III
7 1 (0.46%) GAAP
7 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (8.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.92%) Grafana
3 2 (0.92%) SCCM
3 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.46%) Podman
Vendors
1 36 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.61%) Oracle
3 9 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.23%) SAP
5 5 (2.30%) Motorola
5 5 (2.30%) Talend
6 4 (1.84%) Denodo
7 3 (1.38%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.38%) Google
7 3 (1.38%) Informatica
7 3 (1.38%) Lotus
8 2 (0.92%) Adobe
8 2 (0.92%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.92%) Varonis
9 1 (0.46%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.46%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.46%) FireEye
9 1 (0.46%) Splunk
9 1 (0.46%) Workday