Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North West

Analyst
England > North West

The median Analyst daily rate in the North West is £402, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 10 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 385 256 296
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 10.48% 11.88% 10.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.47% 12.85% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 164 180
10th Percentile £213 £209 £213
25th Percentile £325 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £400 £447
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -10.46% +5.12%
75th Percentile £475 £489 £500
90th Percentile £566 £536 £581
England median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 24 41
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.15 -
25th Percentile £17.13 £17.44 £10.95
Median hourly rate £19.54 £22.95 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +43.41% -22.25%
75th Percentile £64.09 £34.03 £22.63
90th Percentile £178.75 £50.00 £23.75
England median hourly rate £24.63 £23.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +7.07% +35.29% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,357 1,992 2,544
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 92.48% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,892 1,301 1,573
10th Percentile £308 £258 £263
25th Percentile £400 £367 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £551 £575
90th Percentile £675 £665 £666
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 151 297
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.49 £17.30 £15.22
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.91% -0.86% +9.43%
75th Percentile £73.88 £56.44 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.79 £70.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +66.78% -29.55% -6.98%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the North West

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the North West

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Manchester -6 204 £400 +4.44% 67
Cheshire +4 126 £419 +2.07% 30
Merseyside -10 30 £163 -27.78% 35
Lancashire -6 14 £375 -16.61% 50
Cumbria -8 3 £430 - 5
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, 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 West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 82 (21.30%) Agile
2 70 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (17.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 51 (13.25%) SQL
6 50 (12.99%) ITIL
6 50 (12.99%) Microsoft
7 49 (12.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 48 (12.47%) Migration
9 47 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (11.95%) Azure
11 42 (10.91%) Business Analysis
12 40 (10.39%) User Stories
13 39 (10.13%) Degree
14 37 (9.61%) Data Analysis
14 37 (9.61%) Windows
15 33 (8.57%) JIRA
15 33 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
16 31 (8.05%) ServiceNow
17 30 (7.79%) Acceptance Criteria
17 30 (7.79%) Decision-Making
17 30 (7.79%) User Acceptance Testing
18 29 (7.53%) Confluence
19 27 (7.01%) AWS
19 27 (7.01%) Security Cleared
20 26 (6.75%) Customer Service
21 25 (6.49%) Active Directory
21 25 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
21 25 (6.49%) Data Modelling
22 24 (6.23%) Project Delivery

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 29 (7.53%) Confluence
2 8 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.04%) SAS
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (4.94%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.52%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.52%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.26%) Sonata
4 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (11.95%) Azure
2 33 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (7.01%) AWS
4 20 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.08%) GCP
7 7 (1.82%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.82%) Miro
8 6 (1.56%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.30%) GitHub
10 4 (1.04%) Figma
10 4 (1.04%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.04%) SaaS
11 3 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.78%) Lucidchart
11 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.52%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.42%) DNS
2 10 (2.60%) VPN
3 4 (1.04%) IP Telephony
3 4 (1.04%) PSTN
3 4 (1.04%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (0.78%) DHCP
4 3 (0.78%) VSAN
4 3 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.78%) Wireless
5 2 (0.52%) Internet
5 2 (0.52%) NAS
5 2 (0.52%) Network Security
5 2 (0.52%) SAN
5 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.26%) DNSSEC
6 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.94%) Power BI
2 13 (3.38%) Tableau
3 9 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.34%) Metadata
4 5 (1.30%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.30%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.04%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.78%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.78%) Power Query
7 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.26%) Looker
8 1 (0.26%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 33 (8.57%) JIRA
2 5 (1.30%) Postman
3 2 (0.52%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.52%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.26%) Hudson
4 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.26%) TestRail
4 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 113 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 99 (25.71%) Finance
3 74 (19.22%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (13.51%) Banking
5 20 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (4.94%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.68%) Manufacturing
8 17 (4.42%) Retail
9 13 (3.38%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.60%) Marketing
12 6 (1.56%) Legal
13 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.04%) Advertising
14 4 (1.04%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.04%) Law
14 4 (1.04%) Local Government
14 4 (1.04%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.34%) XML
2 6 (1.56%) EDI
2 6 (1.56%) EDIFACT
3 4 (1.04%) OAuth
3 4 (1.04%) OpenID
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.04%) REST
3 4 (1.04%) SAML
3 4 (1.04%) SOAP
3 4 (1.04%) Swagger
4 3 (0.78%) Flash
4 3 (0.78%) JSON
5 2 (0.52%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.52%) Playwright
5 2 (0.52%) PySpark
6 1 (0.26%) ADO
6 1 (0.26%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.26%) RESTful
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.16%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.86%) Enterprise Cloud
4 11 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.56%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.56%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.78%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.78%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.78%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.78%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.78%) Replication
9 3 (0.78%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.52%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.61%) Windows
2 14 (3.64%) Windows 10
3 7 (1.82%) Linux
4 6 (1.56%) Unix
5 5 (1.30%) Android
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (21.30%) Agile
2 70 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (17.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 50 (12.99%) ITIL
6 49 (12.73%) Requirements Gathering
7 48 (12.47%) Migration
8 47 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (10.91%) Business Analysis
10 40 (10.39%) User Stories
11 37 (9.61%) Data Analysis
12 30 (7.79%) Acceptance Criteria
12 30 (7.79%) Decision-Making
12 30 (7.79%) User Acceptance Testing
13 26 (6.75%) Customer Service
14 25 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (6.49%) Data Modelling
15 24 (6.23%) Project Delivery
15 24 (6.23%) Validation
16 22 (5.71%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.25%) SQL
2 15 (3.90%) Python
3 4 (1.04%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.78%) VBA
5 2 (0.52%) Bicep
5 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.52%) Korn
5 2 (0.52%) R
5 2 (0.52%) VBScript
6 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 39 (10.13%) Degree
2 27 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.34%) CCNA
6 9 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.82%) A+ Certification
8 7 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.78%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CISA
10 2 (0.52%) CRISC
11 1 (0.26%) CIMA
11 1 (0.26%) CISM
11 1 (0.26%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.94%) SLA
3 13 (3.38%) PMO
4 11 (2.86%) GRC
5 10 (2.60%) QA
6 6 (1.56%) GDPR
6 6 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.56%) NIST
7 4 (1.04%) PSD2
8 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.52%) Basel III
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.52%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (6.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.04%) Firmware
2 4 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.78%) GPFS
3 3 (0.78%) NFS
3 3 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.78%) vSphere
4 2 (0.52%) Docker
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.04%) SCCM
1 4 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.78%) QRadar
2 3 (0.78%) Terraform
2 3 (0.78%) vRealize
2 3 (0.78%) VxRail
3 2 (0.52%) Grafana
3 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 50 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.05%) ServiceNow
3 16 (4.16%) Salesforce
3 16 (4.16%) SAP
4 14 (3.64%) Infoblox
5 12 (3.12%) Oracle
6 11 (2.86%) Cisco
6 11 (2.86%) Splunk
7 6 (1.56%) Bomgar
7 6 (1.56%) Google
8 5 (1.30%) Adobe
8 5 (1.30%) Databricks
9 4 (1.04%) IBM
9 4 (1.04%) Meraki
9 4 (1.04%) Moogsoft
9 4 (1.04%) Remedy
9 4 (1.04%) Sophos
9 4 (1.04%) Teradata
9 4 (1.04%) VMware
9 4 (1.04%) Workday