Insight Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Insight Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Insight Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £628, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 - 131
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Contract jobs requiring an Insight Analyst 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.11% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £450 - £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 - £173
Median % change year-on-year - - -56.88%
75th Percentile £780 - £180
90th Percentile - - £335
England median daily rate £475 £463 £388
% change year-on-year +2.70% +19.35% -13.89%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 3,187 1,920 2,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.83% 91.69% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,999 1,215 1,673
10th Percentile £220 £200 £200
25th Percentile £394 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £453
Median % change year-on-year - +4.86% -4.63%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 79 198
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.95 £11.86
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.73
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +18.42% +7.83%
75th Percentile £27.00 £30.34 £29.25
90th Percentile £38.00 £44.08 £58.75
England median hourly rate £31.36 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.41% - -6.67%

Insight Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Insight Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Insight Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Insight Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Insight Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Insight Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Insight Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Insight Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Insight Analyst in the Midlands

Insight 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 Insight Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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 £780 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £425 - 2
Insight Analyst
England

Insight Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 February 2026, Insight Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Insight Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata
2 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (50.00%) Pricing Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) SAS
2 2 (50.00%) Stress Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Teradata
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Civica
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Focus Group
3 1 (25.00%) Housing Management
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) NEC Housing
3 1 (25.00%) Northgate

Insight Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
1 2 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Housing
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (25.00%) Mashup
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) Pricing Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Stress Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Focus Group
2 1 (25.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Trend Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Teradata
2 1 (25.00%) Civica
2 1 (25.00%) Northgate