Analyst Contracts in the North West

Analyst
England > North West

The median Analyst daily rate in the North West is £361, 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 10 10 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 215 308 446
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.92% 11.18% 13.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.81% 11.83% 14.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 202 292
10th Percentile £174 £221 £200
25th Percentile £253 £356 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £450 £423
Median % change year-on-year -19.72% +6.51% +5.63%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £500
90th Percentile £538 £588 £575
England median daily rate £475 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.32% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 38 30
10th Percentile £15.28 - £13.91
25th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.50 £14.71 £22.33
Median % change year-on-year +66.58% -34.14% +44.06%
75th Percentile £30.26 £17.59 £27.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £22.63 £32.75
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 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 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst 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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the North West

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst 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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Manchester 0 96 £353 -21.67% 124
Cheshire 0 74 £398 -18.46% 43
Merseyside +1 32 £225 -1.10% 28
Lancashire -2 7 £523 +68.55% 61
Cumbria -11 5 - - 7
Analyst
England

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

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 West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 86 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.44%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (25.58%) Microsoft
4 46 (21.40%) Agile
5 40 (18.60%) Finance
6 37 (17.21%) ITIL
6 37 (17.21%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (16.74%) Change Management
8 34 (15.81%) Windows
9 31 (14.42%) Business Analysis
10 30 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (13.49%) Customer Service
12 28 (13.02%) Degree
13 27 (12.56%) Active Directory
14 26 (12.09%) ServiceNow
15 25 (11.63%) Process Improvement
16 24 (11.16%) Public Sector
17 23 (10.70%) Banking
18 22 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
19 21 (9.77%) Security Cleared
20 20 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
21 18 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
22 17 (7.91%) Analytics
22 17 (7.91%) SC Cleared
22 17 (7.91%) Management Information System
23 16 (7.44%) ITSM
23 16 (7.44%) SQL
23 16 (7.44%) Microsoft Office
23 16 (7.44%) SLA
23 16 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 15 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.72%) Confluence
2 8 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.72%) Skype for Business
3 4 (1.86%) Mattermost
4 2 (0.93%) SAS
5 1 (0.47%) CICS
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.44%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (5.58%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.79%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.47%) BambooHR
4 1 (0.47%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (6.51%) Azure
3 9 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.72%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.33%) IaaS
5 5 (2.33%) SaaS
6 2 (0.93%) AWS
6 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.93%) GCP
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.47%) Boomi
7 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.12%) Skype
2 5 (2.33%) Firewall
2 5 (2.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (2.33%) Network Security
3 4 (1.86%) DNS
3 4 (1.86%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (1.86%) Softphone
3 4 (1.86%) Unified Communications
3 4 (1.86%) VPN
3 4 (1.86%) WebEx
4 3 (1.40%) LAN
4 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.40%) WAN
5 2 (0.93%) DHCP
6 1 (0.47%) GPRS
6 1 (0.47%) Intranet
6 1 (0.47%) MPLS
6 1 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.19%) Power BI
2 7 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.33%) Tableau
4 3 (1.40%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.47%) Metadata
6 1 (0.47%) MySQL
6 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (6.51%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) eggPlant
3 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 86 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.60%) Finance
3 37 (17.21%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.16%) Public Sector
5 23 (10.70%) Banking
6 9 (4.19%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.72%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.79%) Legal
10 5 (2.33%) Automotive
10 5 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.33%) Retail
11 4 (1.86%) Marketing
11 4 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.40%) Mandarin Language
13 2 (0.93%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.93%) Local Government
13 2 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) XMPP
2 1 (0.47%) ISPF
2 1 (0.47%) LDAP
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.47%) Playwright
2 1 (0.47%) RAML
2 1 (0.47%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.47%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.91%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.72%) CMDB
3 7 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.40%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.40%) NHS
7 2 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.47%) Blog
8 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.47%) Life Science
8 1 (0.47%) LIMS
8 1 (0.47%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.47%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.81%) Windows
2 14 (6.51%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.79%) Linux
3 6 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.93%) Android
4 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.47%) Unix
5 1 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.44%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (21.40%) Agile
3 37 (17.21%) ITIL
4 36 (16.74%) Change Management
5 31 (14.42%) Business Analysis
6 30 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (13.49%) Customer Service
8 25 (11.63%) Process Improvement
9 18 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (7.91%) Analytics
11 16 (7.44%) Business Case
11 16 (7.44%) ITSM
11 16 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing
12 15 (6.98%) Migration
12 15 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (6.51%) Requirements Gathering
13 14 (6.51%) Waterfall
13 14 (6.51%) Workshop Facilitation
14 13 (6.05%) Incident Management
14 13 (6.05%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.44%) SQL
2 12 (5.58%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (0.93%) Python
3 2 (0.93%) Uniface
4 1 (0.47%) Java
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.47%) JCL
4 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (13.02%) Degree
2 21 (9.77%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.33%) ISEB
7 4 (1.86%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.86%) IIBA
7 4 (1.86%) MCP
8 2 (0.93%) AAT
9 1 (0.47%) CBAP
9 1 (0.47%) CCNA
9 1 (0.47%) CIPD
9 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.47%) PMP
9 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.44%) SLA
2 6 (2.79%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.79%) QA
3 4 (1.86%) GDPR
4 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.93%) COREP
4 2 (0.93%) FINREP
5 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.47%) GRC
5 1 (0.47%) GxP
5 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.47%) PMO
5 1 (0.47%) PSD2
System Software
1 27 (12.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.33%) vSphere
3 2 (0.93%) Firmware
4 1 (0.47%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.86%) SCOM
3 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.93%) Sysdig
4 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.47%) CA Endevor
4 1 (0.47%) Grafana
4 1 (0.47%) Nagios
4 1 (0.47%) WSUS
4 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 55 (25.58%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.09%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.05%) SAP
4 7 (3.26%) Cisco
4 7 (3.26%) Splunk
5 5 (2.33%) VMware
6 4 (1.86%) Oracle
6 4 (1.86%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.40%) Remedy
8 2 (0.93%) Ariba
8 2 (0.93%) Citrix
8 2 (0.93%) Databricks
8 2 (0.93%) Glassbox
8 2 (0.93%) IBM
8 2 (0.93%) Kronos
8 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.93%) Varonis
8 2 (0.93%) Verint
9 1 (0.47%) Intapp
9 1 (0.47%) Workday