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 23 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
23 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 346 510 867
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.73% 15.71% 17.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.79% 16.62% 18.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 344 633
10th Percentile £166 £160 £160
25th Percentile £275 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £475 £528 £488
90th Percentile £563 £588 £538
England median daily rate £475 £488 £463
% change year-on-year -2.56% +5.41% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 56
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.10 £9.54
25th Percentile £13.50 £11.80 £12.19
Median hourly rate £14.43 £15.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £23.31 £23.22 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.22 £26.85 £35.00
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -15.79% +22.58% -4.50%

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 2,509 3,069 4,809
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 94.52% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,711 2,161 3,497
10th Percentile £213 £225 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +14.20%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £560
90th Percentile £676 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 115 167
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.70
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.12 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.36 £20.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £31.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.67 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 0 237 £425 -5.56% 118
East Midlands +2 105 £363 -9.38% 84
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 92 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.23%) Microsoft
3 68 (19.65%) Finance
4 67 (19.36%) Security Cleared
5 57 (16.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (14.74%) SC Cleared
8 49 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
9 47 (13.58%) Windows
10 44 (12.72%) Agile
11 42 (12.14%) Cybersecurity
12 40 (11.56%) SQL
13 35 (10.12%) Power BI
13 35 (10.12%) Power Platform
13 35 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (9.25%) Project Management
14 32 (9.25%) Azure
15 30 (8.67%) Customer Service
16 29 (8.38%) Business Analysis
17 26 (7.51%) SIEM
17 26 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
17 26 (7.51%) Analytics
18 25 (7.23%) ERP
18 25 (7.23%) PMO
19 24 (6.94%) Public Sector
19 24 (6.94%) CRM
19 24 (6.94%) Oracle
19 24 (6.94%) ITIL
19 24 (6.94%) Incident Management
19 24 (6.94%) Data Analysis

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 14 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.73%) Confluence
4 5 (1.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Appian
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Odoo
1 5 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.58%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.29%) Maximo
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.29%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.12%) Power Platform
2 32 (9.25%) Azure
3 26 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (1.73%) OCI
6 6 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (1.45%) AWS
7 5 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.45%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 5 (1.45%) SaaS
8 4 (1.16%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.87%) Boomi
9 3 (0.87%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.87%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.58%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.29%) Amazon MSK
11 1 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.29%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.65%) Firewall
2 10 (2.89%) VPN
3 6 (1.73%) LAN
4 5 (1.45%) WAN
5 4 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.87%) DHCP
6 3 (0.87%) Intranet
6 3 (0.87%) Network Security
6 3 (0.87%) Wireless
7 2 (0.58%) DNS
7 2 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.58%) VoIP
8 1 (0.29%) Internet
8 1 (0.29%) SAN
8 1 (0.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.12%) Power BI
2 8 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (2.31%) Oracle Database
2 8 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (2.31%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.73%) Hadoop
4 5 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.45%) Data Mining
4 5 (1.45%) Impala
4 5 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.16%) Power Query
5 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.58%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.58%) Tableau
8 1 (0.29%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 11 (3.18%) JIRA
2 5 (1.45%) Selenium
3 3 (0.87%) JMeter
3 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.58%) TestRail
5 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 92 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.65%) Finance
3 55 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (6.94%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.62%) Legal
6 14 (4.05%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.76%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.89%) Retail
9 9 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.31%) Marketing
11 7 (2.02%) Banking
11 7 (2.02%) Law
12 6 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.45%) Advertising
13 5 (1.45%) Back Office
13 5 (1.45%) Electronics
14 4 (1.16%) Automotive
14 4 (1.16%) Publishing
15 3 (0.87%) Games
15 3 (0.87%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.16%) .NET
1 4 (1.16%) LDAP
2 3 (0.87%) Middleware
2 3 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.29%) BREW
4 1 (0.29%) JSON
4 1 (0.29%) REST
4 1 (0.29%) SOAP
4 1 (0.29%) WinForms
4 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.20%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (3.47%) Operational Technology
5 10 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 9 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.73%) Cyberattack
8 4 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.16%) NHS
8 4 (1.16%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.16%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.87%) AS400
9 3 (0.87%) CMDB
9 3 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.58%) SCADA
10 2 (0.58%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.58%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 47 (13.58%) Windows
2 23 (6.65%) Windows 10
3 19 (5.49%) Linux
4 11 (3.18%) Mac OS X
5 7 (2.02%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.58%) Android
8 2 (0.58%) Unix
8 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (16.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 49 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
3 44 (12.72%) Agile
4 42 (12.14%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (9.25%) Project Management
7 30 (8.67%) Customer Service
8 29 (8.38%) Business Analysis
9 26 (7.51%) Analytics
9 26 (7.51%) SIEM
10 25 (7.23%) ERP
11 24 (6.94%) CRM
11 24 (6.94%) Data Analysis
11 24 (6.94%) Incident Management
11 24 (6.94%) ITIL
12 22 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (6.36%) Test Scripting
13 20 (5.78%) Risk Management
13 20 (5.78%) Security Operations
14 19 (5.49%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.56%) SQL
2 20 (5.78%) Python
3 8 (2.31%) R
4 7 (2.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.16%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.58%) VBA
7 1 (0.29%) C#
7 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.29%) ProC
7 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (19.36%) Security Cleared
2 51 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.94%) Degree
4 11 (3.18%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.02%) ISEB
6 7 (2.02%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.16%) CBAP
7 4 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.87%) APMG
8 3 (0.87%) CISSP
8 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 2 (0.58%) ACCA
9 2 (0.58%) CEH
9 2 (0.58%) CIMA
9 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.58%) IIBA
10 1 (0.29%) APMP
10 1 (0.29%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.23%) PMO
2 20 (5.78%) NIST
3 14 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (3.47%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.47%) GDPR
5 11 (3.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (3.18%) HIPAA
5 11 (3.18%) SLA
6 8 (2.31%) QA
7 7 (2.02%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.58%) Terminal Services
3 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.87%) Ansible
3 2 (0.58%) Kibana
3 2 (0.58%) logstash
4 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (20.23%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.94%) Oracle
3 23 (6.65%) SAP
4 17 (4.91%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.73%) Splunk
6 5 (1.45%) Darktrace
6 5 (1.45%) FireEye
6 5 (1.45%) LogRhythm
6 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.16%) Computacenter
7 4 (1.16%) Denodo
8 3 (0.87%) Citrix
8 3 (0.87%) IFS
8 3 (0.87%) Rapid7
8 3 (0.87%) Sage
9 2 (0.58%) Ariba
9 2 (0.58%) BMC
9 2 (0.58%) Databricks
9 2 (0.58%) Sophos
9 2 (0.58%) Talend