Senior Analyst Contracts in the North West

Senior Analyst
England > North West

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in the North West is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 97 130
Rank change year-on-year -29 +33 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 8 29 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 1.20% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 1.28% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 16
10th Percentile £422 £284 £400
25th Percentile £445 £375 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +33.33%
75th Percentile £511 £521 £600
90th Percentile £513 £563 -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £23.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.44% -
75th Percentile - £25.13 £23.75
90th Percentile - £26.70 -
England median hourly rate £32.74 £23.50 £41.04
% change year-on-year +39.30% -42.74% +56.34%

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 2,022 2,272 2,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 94.27% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,303 1,373 1,941
10th Percentile £256 £268 £288
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £662 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 202 163
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.74
Median hourly rate £26.08 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% +14.60% +32.02%
75th Percentile £50.63 £55.65 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.30 £71.89 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in the North West

Senior Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Analyst in the North West

Senior Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Analyst in the North West

Senior 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 Senior Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Cheshire -18 4 £511 - 9
Lancashire -5 2 £475 +35.71% 20
Manchester -13 2 £450 -5.26% 29
Senior Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) ITSM
3 4 (50.00%) Service Management
3 4 (50.00%) CMDB
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
3 4 (50.00%) Focus Group
4 3 (37.50%) Service Catalogue
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
4 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (25.00%) Azure
5 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 1 (12.50%) SaaS

Senior 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (12.50%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Broadband
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) CMDB
2 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Focus Group
3 4 (50.00%) ITSM
3 4 (50.00%) Service Management
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Identification
3 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Service Catalogue
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Predictive Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ACCA
2 1 (12.50%) CIMA
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) SAP