IT Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

IT Analyst
England > Midlands

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 106 125
Rank change year-on-year -3 +19 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 29 27 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.19% 0.98% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.07% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 16
10th Percentile £150 £158 £177
25th Percentile £165 £176 £196
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £200 £225
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £388 £425 £463
90th Percentile - £431 £556
England median daily rate £275 £325 £285
% change year-on-year -15.38% +14.04% -24.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 8
10th Percentile £14.69 £13.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £19.52 £14.00 £14.20
Median hourly rate £22.05 £15.50 £21.36
Median % change year-on-year +42.26% -27.43% +42.40%
75th Percentile £22.08 £17.50 £28.19
90th Percentile - £18.10 £28.75
England median hourly rate £22.31 £20.00 £18.23
% change year-on-year +11.53% +9.74% +4.14%

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 2,190 2,533 2,981
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.75% 92.31% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,416 1,727 2,111
10th Percentile £213 £246 £232
25th Percentile £350 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £594
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 156 95
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.19 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.09 £15.57
Median hourly rate £24.34 £19.59 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.25% -6.71% +9.80%
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.06 £32.54
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £65.60
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.71% +70.37%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 27 July 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 -5 23 £338 +68.75% 11
East Midlands -1 6 £313 +83.82% 16
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 2025, 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 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Customer Service
3 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (31.03%) ITIL
4 7 (24.14%) Project Management
4 7 (24.14%) Contract Management
5 6 (20.69%) Windows
5 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
6 5 (17.24%) Degree
7 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
7 4 (13.79%) Azure
7 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
8 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
9 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
9 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
9 2 (6.90%) Lotus
9 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (6.90%) IBM Notes
9 2 (6.90%) Finance
9 2 (6.90%) Service Management
9 2 (6.90%) Resource Allocation
9 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
9 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.90%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
2 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) GCP
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) DMZ
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) VLAN
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.45%) Legal
4 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.45%) Android
3 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Customer Service
2 9 (31.03%) ITIL
2 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (24.14%) Contract Management
3 7 (24.14%) Project Management
4 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.90%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (6.90%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (6.90%) Service Management
6 1 (3.45%) Business Change Management
6 1 (3.45%) Business Process Mapping
6 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.45%) Network Architecture
6 1 (3.45%) Process Improvement
6 1 (3.45%) Programme Governance
6 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.45%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (3.45%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) Bash
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) CCNA
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) CISSP
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Podman
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Lotus
2 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Apple
3 1 (3.45%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) Ivanti
3 1 (3.45%) VMware