IT Analyst Contracts in the North of England

IT Analyst
England > North of England

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £236 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 155 168
Rank change year-on-year -3 +13 -28
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 28 64 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.59% 1.09% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.15% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 36 42
10th Percentile £180 £140 £120
25th Percentile £184 £200 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £236 £244 £195
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% +25.00% +16.42%
75th Percentile £395 £413 £338
90th Percentile £438 £453 £424
England median daily rate £450 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +28.57% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 21
10th Percentile - £13.57 -
25th Percentile - £14.48 £11.75
Median hourly rate £10.95 £23.19 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.79% +49.63% -
75th Percentile £17.20 £27.25 £19.25
90th Percentile £17.51 £28.83 £19.44
England median hourly rate £22.50 £23.32 £16.50
% change year-on-year -3.50% +41.30% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,453 5,567 6,937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 95.16% 96.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,811 3,938 5,099
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £382 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £594 £550
90th Percentile £672 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 171 296
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.50 £11.09
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.57 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.54 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +64.26% +3.29%
75th Percentile £45.94 £48.86 £31.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £50.39
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT 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 IT Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
Yorkshire +21 16 £190 -5.00% 9
North West -8 12 £375 +7.14% 14
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 North of England region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Windows
2 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
3 10 (35.71%) Service Management
3 10 (35.71%) Change Management
4 9 (32.14%) Finance
4 9 (32.14%) ITIL
4 9 (32.14%) Banking
4 9 (32.14%) Windows 10
5 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (28.57%) ITSM
6 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 4 (14.29%) DNS
8 4 (14.29%) Time Management
8 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 3 (10.71%) CMDB
9 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
9 3 (10.71%) DHCP
9 3 (10.71%) Law
9 3 (10.71%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (10.71%) Azure
9 3 (10.71%) Apple iOS
9 3 (10.71%) Capacity Management

IT 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 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.57%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) DHCP
3 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.57%) Skype
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Banking
2 9 (32.14%) Finance
3 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) CMDB
2 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) iPhone
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Windows
2 9 (32.14%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.57%) Android
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 10 (35.71%) Change Management
2 10 (35.71%) Service Management
3 9 (32.14%) ITIL
4 8 (28.57%) ITSM
4 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 4 (14.29%) Time Management
6 3 (10.71%) Capacity Management
6 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (7.14%) Configuration Management
7 2 (7.14%) Incident Response
7 2 (7.14%) Performance Analysis
7 2 (7.14%) Problem Management
7 2 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.14%) Task Automation
8 1 (3.57%) Cost Reduction
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.14%) Python
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) CCNA
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.14%) Nagios
2 2 (7.14%) ZABBIX
3 1 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.57%) SCCM
3 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Apple
2 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.57%) Citrix
3 1 (3.57%) Okta
3 1 (3.57%) VMware