Service Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Service Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Service Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £144, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 93 92
Rank change year-on-year -40 -1 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 27 29 44
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.87% 1.24% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.34% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 33
10th Percentile - £170 £130
25th Percentile £131 £185 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £144 £190 £185
Median % change year-on-year -24.43% +2.98% +15.31%
75th Percentile £259 £425 £375
90th Percentile £329 £438 £495
England median daily rate £263 £200 £220
% change year-on-year +31.25% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 7
10th Percentile - £13.79 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.10 £13.32
Median hourly rate £23.00 £18.32 £15.89
Median % change year-on-year +25.55% +15.29% -6.53%
75th Percentile £23.50 £26.69 £18.24
90th Percentile £23.55 £30.93 £18.75
England median hourly rate £16.00 £17.44 £15.89
% change year-on-year -8.26% +9.75% +2.52%

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 2,781 2,170 2,461
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 92.93% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,762 1,370 1,699
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £361 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £676
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 87 109
10th Percentile £13.65 £13.95 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.97 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +19.10% +13.51%
75th Percentile £27.41 £32.01 £33.25
90th Percentile £40.25 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Service Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Service Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Analyst in the Midlands

Service Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Service 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 Service Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
East Midlands -12 14 £131 -30.97% 4
West Midlands -45 13 £250 +31.58% 4
Service Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Service 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 Service Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (74.07%) Customer Service
2 14 (51.85%) Active Directory
3 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
3 13 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (40.74%) Windows
5 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (25.93%) Digital Strategy
6 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
7 5 (18.52%) ITIL
8 4 (14.81%) HCL Notes
8 4 (14.81%) ITSM
8 4 (14.81%) Lotus
8 4 (14.81%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
9 3 (11.11%) Cisco
9 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
9 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
9 3 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
9 3 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (11.11%) VoIP
10 2 (7.41%) Agile
10 2 (7.41%) Business Analysis
10 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
10 2 (7.41%) CRM
10 2 (7.41%) Data Flow Diagram
10 2 (7.41%) DNS
10 2 (7.41%) Mentoring
10 2 (7.41%) Network Security

Service 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 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) VoIP
2 2 (7.41%) DNS
2 2 (7.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
General
1 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 5 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Marketing
4 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
2 4 (14.81%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Customer Service
2 13 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) Digital Strategy
4 5 (18.52%) ITIL
5 4 (14.81%) ITSM
5 4 (14.81%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
7 2 (7.41%) Agile
7 2 (7.41%) Business Analysis
7 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
7 2 (7.41%) CRM
7 2 (7.41%) Data Flow Diagram
7 2 (7.41%) Mentoring
7 2 (7.41%) Project Management
7 2 (7.41%) SDLC
7 2 (7.41%) Service Management
7 2 (7.41%) Waterfall
8 1 (3.70%) Customer Experience
8 1 (3.70%) Pattern Recognition
8 1 (3.70%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 14 (51.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Lotus
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco
3 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.70%) Google
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle