IT Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

IT Analyst
England > North of England

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £193, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 135 154
Rank change year-on-year -43 +19 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 30 31 41
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.66% 0.77% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.84% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 15 25
10th Percentile - £151 £135
25th Percentile £103 £175 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £425 £175
Median % change year-on-year -54.71% +142.86% -26.70%
75th Percentile £318 £500 £400
90th Percentile £440 £533 £505
England median daily rate £244 £300 £400
% change year-on-year -18.75% -25.00% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £19.95 - £15.65
25th Percentile £20.16 £17.44 £15.88
Median hourly rate £21.15 £19.97 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +21.03% -10.81%
75th Percentile £22.76 £35.25 £19.88
90th Percentile £23.36 £55.95 £21.75
England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +35.48% -9.04%

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 4,194 3,678 4,493
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 91.90% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,811 2,009 3,061
10th Percentile £214 £259 £263
25th Percentile £363 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £575 £594
90th Percentile £663 £650 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 226 213
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.56 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £18.01 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.44 £30.50 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +13.89% +33.90%
75th Percentile £51.14 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £59.17
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.11
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.32% +50.35%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

IT Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies 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 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Analyst job vacancies 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 14 November 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 East +3 14 £106 - 2
Yorkshire -34 8 £324 +140.19% 7
North West -35 8 £210 -54.59% 7
IT Analyst
England

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, IT 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 North of England region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (36.67%) Customer Service
3 9 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (30.00%) Windows
4 8 (26.67%) Asset Management
4 8 (26.67%) Azure
5 7 (23.33%) IT Asset Management
5 7 (23.33%) ITIL
5 7 (23.33%) Service Management
6 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (20.00%) ITSM
7 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
7 5 (16.67%) Data Analysis
8 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
8 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
9 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
9 3 (10.00%) Workflow
10 2 (6.67%) Android
10 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (6.67%) Invoice Processing
10 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 2 (6.67%) PMO
10 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
10 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
11 1 (3.33%) Actionable Insight

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (26.67%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Broadband
1 1 (3.33%) DHCP
1 1 (3.33%) DNS
1 1 (3.33%) LAN
1 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.33%) VoIP
1 1 (3.33%) WAN
1 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
1 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Military
5 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) NHS
1 2 (6.67%) Smartcard
2 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.33%) CMDB
2 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Customer Service
2 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (26.67%) Asset Management
4 7 (23.33%) IT Asset Management
4 7 (23.33%) ITIL
4 7 (23.33%) Service Management
5 6 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (20.00%) ITSM
6 5 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 3 (10.00%) Workflow
8 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (6.67%) Invoice Processing
8 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.33%) Actionable Insight
9 1 (3.33%) Cost Transparency
9 1 (3.33%) Data Transformation
9 1 (3.33%) Kalman Filter
9 1 (3.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 1 (3.33%) Virtual Environments
9 1 (3.33%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.33%) BMC
3 1 (3.33%) Toshiba