Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Analyst
England > North of England

The median Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 8 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 367 536 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 11.14% 11.24% 14.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.92% 12.07% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 342 560
10th Percentile £169 £200 £200
25th Percentile £266 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £439
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £493 £520 £526
90th Percentile £538 £580 £600
England median daily rate £475 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.32% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 48 34
10th Percentile £16.25 £10.95 £13.64
25th Percentile £17.44 £11.04 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.14 £15.20 £20.47
Median % change year-on-year +45.66% -25.74% +16.96%
75th Percentile £28.99 £18.19 £27.25
90th Percentile £44.46 £22.63 £31.54
England median hourly rate £22.14 £16.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +38.38% -17.95% +25.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West 0 215 £361 -19.72% 238
Yorkshire +3 125 £411 -8.61% 156
North East -7 27 £450 +7.14% 44
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 North of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 126 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 97 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (21.25%) Agile
4 71 (19.35%) Microsoft
5 69 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (17.98%) Finance
7 55 (14.99%) ITIL
8 51 (13.90%) Business Analysis
9 50 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (12.26%) Change Management
11 44 (11.99%) Data Analysis
11 44 (11.99%) Public Sector
12 43 (11.72%) Windows
12 43 (11.72%) SQL
13 41 (11.17%) Degree
14 40 (10.90%) Active Directory
15 39 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
15 39 (10.63%) JIRA
16 38 (10.35%) Power BI
16 38 (10.35%) Power Platform
16 38 (10.35%) Customer Service
17 36 (9.81%) Business Intelligence
18 35 (9.54%) Decision-Making
19 34 (9.26%) Security Cleared
20 33 (8.99%) Process Improvement
20 33 (8.99%) Banking
21 32 (8.72%) ServiceNow
22 31 (8.45%) Migration
23 29 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
23 29 (7.90%) Microsoft 365

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 22 (5.99%) Confluence
2 15 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.18%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.09%) Mattermost
6 2 (0.54%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.27%) Appian
7 1 (0.27%) CICS
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (5.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (5.18%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.63%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.27%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.35%) Power Platform
2 29 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (6.81%) Azure
4 13 (3.54%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.00%) GCP
6 10 (2.72%) AWS
7 6 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.63%) Lucidchart
8 5 (1.36%) IaaS
8 5 (1.36%) SaaS
9 4 (1.09%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.54%) Cloud Composer
10 2 (0.54%) Miro
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.27%) Boomi
11 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.27%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.27%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.27%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.00%) Skype
2 6 (1.63%) DNS
3 5 (1.36%) Firewall
3 5 (1.36%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (1.36%) Network Security
3 5 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.09%) DHCP
4 4 (1.09%) Kerberos
4 4 (1.09%) Softphone
4 4 (1.09%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.09%) VPN
4 4 (1.09%) WebEx
5 3 (0.82%) LAN
5 3 (0.82%) WAN
6 2 (0.54%) VoIP
7 1 (0.27%) ADSL
7 1 (0.27%) Broadband
7 1 (0.27%) GPRS
7 1 (0.27%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.35%) Power BI
2 19 (5.18%) Tableau
3 15 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.91%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.36%) Looker
6 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.82%) QlikView
7 2 (0.54%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.54%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.54%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.27%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.27%) Metadata
8 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 39 (10.63%) JIRA
2 4 (1.09%) TestRail
3 2 (0.54%) eggPlant
4 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (17.98%) Finance
4 44 (11.99%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.99%) Banking
6 13 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.72%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.72%) Retail
7 10 (2.72%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.18%) Law
9 8 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.63%) Legal
10 6 (1.63%) Police
10 6 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.36%) Automotive
11 5 (1.36%) Military
12 4 (1.09%) Marketing
13 3 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.09%) OAuth
1 4 (1.09%) OpenID
1 4 (1.09%) SAML
1 4 (1.09%) XMPP
2 2 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.54%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.27%) ISPF
3 1 (0.27%) JSON
3 1 (0.27%) LDAP
3 1 (0.27%) Pandas
3 1 (0.27%) Playwright
3 1 (0.27%) RAML
3 1 (0.27%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.45%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (2.45%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.18%) CMDB
5 6 (1.63%) NHS
6 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.09%) Smartphone
7 3 (0.82%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.82%) PMI
8 2 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.54%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.27%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.27%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.72%) Windows
2 16 (4.36%) Windows 10
3 9 (2.45%) Linux
4 6 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.36%) Android
5 5 (1.36%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.27%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (21.25%) Agile
3 55 (14.99%) ITIL
4 51 (13.90%) Business Analysis
5 50 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (12.26%) Change Management
7 44 (11.99%) Data Analysis
8 38 (10.35%) Customer Service
9 36 (9.81%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (9.54%) Decision-Making
11 33 (8.99%) Process Improvement
12 31 (8.45%) Migration
13 29 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (7.63%) User Stories
15 27 (7.36%) Requirements Gathering
16 26 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 24 (6.54%) Workshop Facilitation
18 23 (6.27%) Analytics
19 22 (5.99%) Data Governance
20 21 (5.72%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.72%) SQL
2 13 (3.54%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.18%) Python
4 4 (1.09%) Uniface
5 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.27%) Java
7 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.27%) JCL
7 1 (0.27%) R
7 1 (0.27%) VBA
7 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (11.17%) Degree
2 34 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
4 13 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.36%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.36%) CBAP
5 5 (1.36%) ISEB
6 4 (1.09%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.09%) IIBA
6 4 (1.09%) MCP
6 4 (1.09%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.54%) AAT
8 2 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.27%) CCNA
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.27%) SLA
2 20 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.72%) QA
4 8 (2.18%) GDPR
4 8 (2.18%) PMO
5 7 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.54%) COREP
6 2 (0.54%) FINREP
6 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) GxP
7 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) PSD2
7 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (10.90%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.36%) vSphere
3 2 (0.54%) Firmware
4 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 11 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.09%) SCOM
4 2 (0.54%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.54%) Sysdig
5 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.27%) CA Endevor
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Nagios
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.27%) SCCM
5 1 (0.27%) WSUS
5 1 (0.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 71 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.72%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.36%) SAP
4 11 (3.00%) Google
5 8 (2.18%) Virgin Media
6 7 (1.91%) Cisco
6 7 (1.91%) Splunk
7 6 (1.63%) Oracle
8 5 (1.36%) VMware
9 4 (1.09%) Databricks
9 4 (1.09%) Motorola
9 4 (1.09%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.82%) Citrix
10 3 (0.82%) Remedy
10 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.82%) Workday
11 2 (0.54%) Apple
11 2 (0.54%) Ariba
11 2 (0.54%) Dell
11 2 (0.54%) IBM