IT Analyst Contracts in the North West

IT Analyst
England > North West

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the North West is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 116 138
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -36
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 12 37 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.43% 1.15% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.22% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 20
10th Percentile £181 £140 £121
25th Percentile £181 £235 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £204
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +71.99% +8.53%
75th Percentile £394 £426 £356
90th Percentile £398 £444 £432
England median daily rate £450 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +28.57% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 16
10th Percentile - £13.44 -
25th Percentile - £14.30 £11.75
Median hourly rate £10.95 £26.50 £14.09
Median % change year-on-year -58.68% +88.08% -9.10%
75th Percentile £17.20 £27.25 £19.00
90th Percentile £17.51 £29.35 £19.25
England median hourly rate £22.50 £23.32 £16.50
% change year-on-year -3.50% +41.30% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,607 3,043 3,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.71% 96.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,182 2,880
10th Percentile £280 £300 £207
25th Percentile £390 £403 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +6.38% +10.59%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £563
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 135 174
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.10 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +10.74%
75th Percentile £46.18 £47.25 £43.50
90th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -3 5 £388 +6.90% 7
Cumbria -20 4 £180 -48.57%
Merseyside +20 2 £188 -
Cheshire +2 1 - -
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (58.33%) Customer Service
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) Time Management
4 4 (33.33%) DNS
5 3 (25.00%) DHCP
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (25.00%) Capacity Management
5 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Nagios
6 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
6 2 (16.67%) ZABBIX
6 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
6 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
6 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Degree

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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) CMDB
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (8.33%) Android
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (25.00%) Capacity Management
4 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
6 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (8.33%) Identity Management
6 1 (8.33%) Service Continuity Management
6 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) Python
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Nagios
1 2 (16.67%) ZABBIX
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) SCCM
2 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (8.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Okta
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) VMware