IT Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

IT Analyst
England > Midlands

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 122 122
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 8 44 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.29% 1.27% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 1.34% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 27 72
10th Percentile £360 £118 £120
25th Percentile £394 £167 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £370 £388
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -4.52% +102.61%
75th Percentile £469 £450 £488
90th Percentile £480 £488 £538
England median daily rate £455 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +30.00% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile £13.82 £13.25 £9.75
25th Percentile £14.29 £15.25 £11.44
Median hourly rate £15.86 £15.50 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% +8.77% +18.75%
75th Percentile £17.69 £23.72 £15.06
90th Percentile £18.33 £27.19 £16.30
England median hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +45.45% +10.00%

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 3,279 4,924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.47% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,697 2,308 3,602
10th Percentile £208 £223 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £459
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +3.49% +14.75%
75th Percentile £588 £582 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 133 179
10th Percentile £11.95 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.25 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £59.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the Midlands

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the Midlands

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the Midlands

IT 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 IT Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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 +14 5 £413 -8.33% 9
East Midlands +6 3 £450 +278.95% 8
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Cadence
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SLA
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Finance

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (25.00%) Change Management
1 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Security Management
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Cadence