IT Analyst Contracts in the North West

IT Analyst
England > North West

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the North West is £473, 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 104 125 121
Rank change year-on-year +21 -4 +10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 16 12 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.81% 0.44% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.46% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 15
10th Percentile £143 £181 £140
25th Percentile £281 £181 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £500 £394 £426
90th Percentile £513 £398 £445
England median daily rate £344 £450 £350
% change year-on-year -23.61% +28.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 7
10th Percentile - - £13.44
25th Percentile - - £14.30
Median hourly rate £17.44 £10.95 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.27% -58.68% +88.08%
75th Percentile - £17.20 £27.25
90th Percentile - £17.51 £29.35
England median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £23.32
% change year-on-year -2.00% -3.50% +39.19%

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%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the North West

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the North West

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the North West

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the North West

IT 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 IT 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
Merseyside +11 9 £425 +126.67% 1
Manchester +15 3 £425 +9.68% 9
Cheshire +2 3 £500 -
Cumbria -2 1 - - 1
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 West region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Windows
3 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
4 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (25.00%) A+ Certification
6 4 (25.00%) ITIL
6 4 (25.00%) MCP
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (18.75%) Demand Forecasting
7 3 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
7 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
7 3 (18.75%) Agile
7 3 (18.75%) Business Transformation
7 3 (18.75%) User Stories
7 3 (18.75%) SAP
7 3 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (18.75%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (12.50%) SLA
8 2 (12.50%) Service Management
8 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
8 2 (12.50%) Ariba
8 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
8 2 (12.50%) Problem Management

IT 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 15 (93.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) CMDB
2 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Business Transformation
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 3 (18.75%) Demand Forecasting
4 3 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) User Stories
5 2 (12.50%) Planning and Forecasting
5 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
5 2 (12.50%) Service Management
6 1 (6.25%) Business Process Improvement
6 1 (6.25%) Capacity Management
6 1 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (6.25%) Performance Analysis
6 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
6 1 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 4 (25.00%) MCP
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CCNA
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.25%) Nagios
2 1 (6.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) Ariba
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) Varonis
4 1 (6.25%) Apple
4 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds