Service Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Service Analyst
England > North of England

The median Service Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 119 136
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 56 67 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.68% 1.44% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.54% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 38
10th Percentile £143 £106 £111
25th Percentile £150 £125 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £165 £238
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -30.53% +35.71%
75th Percentile £244 £200 £447
90th Percentile £445 £230 £522
England median daily rate £200 £200 £225
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 34 14
10th Percentile £15.28 £10.95 £13.72
25th Percentile £16.13 £10.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £14.84 £17.18
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -13.62% -7.16%
75th Percentile £19.63 £17.02 £19.83
90th Percentile £19.76 £19.10 £21.97
England median hourly rate £15.14 £14.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year +2.23% -4.45% +6.90%

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 3,107 4,337 5,337
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.31% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,054 2,711 3,742
10th Percentile £230 £263 £276
25th Percentile £365 £390 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £684
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 401 157
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £14.15
25th Percentile £16.19 £12.53 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -30.77% +57.89%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.18 £49.40
90th Percentile £77.88 £62.50 £66.28
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.54% +94.63%

Service Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Analyst in the North of England

Service 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 Service Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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 +7 37 £175 -12.50% 10
Yorkshire +6 14 £178 +18.33% 8
North East - 5 £225 - 1
Service Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Service 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 Service Analyst in the job title.

1 39 (69.64%) Social Skills
2 30 (53.57%) ITIL
3 29 (51.79%) Windows
4 26 (46.43%) Customer Service
5 20 (35.71%) Active Directory
6 17 (30.36%) ServiceNow
7 16 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (26.79%) SLA
8 15 (26.79%) Microsoft
9 14 (25.00%) Windows 10
9 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (19.64%) SharePoint
10 11 (19.64%) Incident Management
10 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
11 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
12 9 (16.07%) Public Sector
13 8 (14.29%) ITSM
13 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
13 8 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
14 7 (12.50%) Degree
14 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
15 6 (10.71%) Process Improvement
16 5 (8.93%) Enterprise Software
16 5 (8.93%) Skype
16 5 (8.93%) Service Management
17 4 (7.14%) VPN
17 4 (7.14%) Finance
17 4 (7.14%) Military
17 4 (7.14%) Banking

Service 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 11 (19.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.36%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.14%) Google Workspace
3 2 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.93%) Skype
2 4 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (7.14%) VPN
3 3 (5.36%) DNS
3 3 (5.36%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.57%) LAN
4 2 (3.57%) VoIP
4 2 (3.57%) WAN
5 1 (1.79%) ADSL
5 1 (1.79%) Broadband
5 1 (1.79%) DHCP
5 1 (1.79%) PSTN
General
1 39 (69.64%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Banking
4 4 (7.14%) Finance
4 4 (7.14%) Military
5 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.79%) German Language
6 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Law
6 1 (1.79%) Local Government
6 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.14%) Smartphone
4 3 (5.36%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.57%) NHS
5 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (51.79%) Windows
2 14 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.14%) Android
3 4 (7.14%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (53.57%) ITIL
2 26 (46.43%) Customer Service
3 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (19.64%) Incident Management
5 8 (14.29%) ITSM
6 6 (10.71%) Process Improvement
7 5 (8.93%) Service Management
8 3 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (5.36%) IT Asset Management
9 2 (3.57%) Agile
9 2 (3.57%) Analytics
9 2 (3.57%) Chat Support
9 2 (3.57%) Computer Science
9 2 (3.57%) CRM
9 2 (3.57%) Data Analytics
9 2 (3.57%) Internal Audit
9 2 (3.57%) Risk Management
9 2 (3.57%) Service Catalogue
9 2 (3.57%) Technology Strategy
9 2 (3.57%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (1.79%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (26.79%) SLA
2 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) ServiceNow
2 15 (26.79%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.14%) Google
4 3 (5.36%) Remedy
5 2 (3.57%) Cisco
5 2 (3.57%) Citrix
6 1 (1.79%) Apple
6 1 (1.79%) Ivanti
6 1 (1.79%) Oracle
6 1 (1.79%) Salesforce