Analyst Contracts in the North West

Analyst
England > North West

The median Analyst daily rate in the North West is £445 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 285 434 544
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.67% 13.91% 13.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.31% 14.66% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 286 340
10th Percentile £213 £200 £158
25th Percentile £317 £350 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +6.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £524 £500 £488
90th Percentile £588 £575 £538
England median daily rate £484 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +1.79% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 59
10th Percentile - £14.53 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £16.70 £12.02
Median hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.78% +45.16% -3.13%
75th Percentile £17.72 £27.47 £19.92
90th Percentile £22.63 £33.25 £24.60
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -15.79% +22.58% -4.50%

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 2,521 2,960 3,871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 94.84% 96.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,635 2,119 2,831
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +12.05%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £568
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 124 166
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.58 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year -17.88% +61.84% +13.49%
75th Percentile £46.55 £50.72 £42.50
90th Percentile £68.80 £66.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 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 -3 145 £450 +9.09% 80
Cheshire -2 71 £475 +10.47% 35
Merseyside +6 32 £225 -47.06% 17
Cumbria -18 17 £180 -57.65% 2
Lancashire -11 11 £310 -29.95% 20
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 89 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 65 (22.81%) Microsoft
3 57 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 47 (16.49%) Windows
4 47 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (15.09%) SQL
6 40 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
6 40 (14.04%) Requirements Gathering
7 39 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (13.33%) Power BI
8 38 (13.33%) Power Platform
9 37 (12.98%) Public Sector
10 36 (12.63%) Finance
10 36 (12.63%) Business Intelligence
10 36 (12.63%) Data Analysis
10 36 (12.63%) Business Analysis
10 36 (12.63%) Degree
11 34 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
12 33 (11.58%) Windows 10
13 31 (10.88%) Active Directory
14 29 (10.18%) Workshop Facilitation
15 28 (9.82%) Pharmaceutical
15 28 (9.82%) Security Cleared
16 27 (9.47%) Agile
17 26 (9.12%) SAP
17 26 (9.12%) ITIL
17 26 (9.12%) Python
17 26 (9.12%) Data Protection
17 26 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
17 26 (9.12%) ServiceNow

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 13 (4.56%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.51%) SAS
3 6 (2.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) LiveLink
Applications
1 40 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 26 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (7.72%) Azure
4 11 (3.86%) Snowflake
5 8 (2.81%) Google Analytics
6 7 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (2.46%) Collibra
6 7 (2.46%) GCP
7 6 (2.11%) AWS
7 6 (2.11%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.75%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.40%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (1.40%) SaaS
10 3 (1.05%) IaaS
11 2 (0.70%) Amazon SageMaker
11 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.70%) BrowserStack
11 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.40%) DHCP
1 4 (1.40%) DNS
2 3 (1.05%) Intranet
3 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.35%) Broadband
4 1 (0.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.33%) Power BI
2 11 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.16%) Tableau
4 8 (2.81%) Data Lake
5 6 (2.11%) Ataccama
5 6 (2.11%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.11%) Qlik Sense
6 5 (1.75%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.05%) Data Vault
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.70%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.35%) Big Data
9 1 (0.35%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.35%) Presto
9 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (4.56%) JIRA
2 6 (2.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.70%) Postman
3 2 (0.70%) PyCharm
3 2 (0.70%) Selenium
3 2 (0.70%) SoapUI
3 2 (0.70%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.35%) JMeter
4 1 (0.35%) Rational Software Modeler
4 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 89 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.98%) Public Sector
3 36 (12.63%) Finance
4 34 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (9.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 18 (6.32%) Banking
7 14 (4.91%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.81%) Legal
8 8 (2.81%) Retail
9 6 (2.11%) Law
9 6 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.40%) Marketing
11 3 (1.05%) Billing
11 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.70%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.40%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.70%) Middleware
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.35%) Shiny
3 1 (0.35%) SOAP
3 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
1 8 (2.81%) Data Structures
1 8 (2.81%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
3 5 (1.75%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (1.75%) IoT
3 5 (1.75%) Robotics
4 3 (1.05%) CMDB
4 3 (1.05%) Life Science
4 3 (1.05%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.70%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (0.70%) NHS
5 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.70%) Tandem
6 1 (0.35%) Derivative
6 1 (0.35%) Equities
6 1 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.35%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.35%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.49%) Windows
2 33 (11.58%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.70%) Android
4 2 (0.70%) Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 47 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (14.04%) Requirements Gathering
4 39 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (12.63%) Business Analysis
5 36 (12.63%) Business Intelligence
5 36 (12.63%) Data Analysis
6 29 (10.18%) Workshop Facilitation
7 27 (9.47%) Agile
8 26 (9.12%) Data Protection
8 26 (9.12%) Decision-Making
8 26 (9.12%) ITIL
9 22 (7.72%) Analytics
10 21 (7.37%) Requirements Workshops
10 21 (7.37%) Roadmaps
10 21 (7.37%) Visualisation
11 20 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (7.02%) Migration
12 19 (6.67%) Project Management
12 19 (6.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.09%) SQL
2 26 (9.12%) Python
3 4 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.05%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.05%) R
5 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) Bash
6 1 (0.35%) Groovy
6 1 (0.35%) Java
6 1 (0.35%) Julia
6 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (12.63%) Degree
2 28 (9.82%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.11%) CISSP
6 5 (1.75%) CISM
6 5 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (1.75%) IIBA
7 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.05%) MCP
9 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.70%) CRISC
9 2 (0.70%) ISEB
9 2 (0.70%) MCSE
9 2 (0.70%) MOS
10 1 (0.35%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CCNA
10 1 (0.35%) CISA
10 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.32%) Data Quality
1 18 (6.32%) QA
2 17 (5.96%) GDPR
3 16 (5.61%) Disclosure Scotland
4 15 (5.26%) SLA
5 9 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.16%) NIST
6 6 (2.11%) Good Clinical Practice
6 6 (2.11%) GxP
7 4 (1.40%) PMO
8 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.05%) IASME
9 2 (0.70%) COREP
9 2 (0.70%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.35%) FINREP
10 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (10.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.70%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.40%) SCCM
2 4 (1.40%) ZABBIX
3 3 (1.05%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.35%) Nagios
4 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 65 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.12%) SAP
2 26 (9.12%) ServiceNow
3 11 (3.86%) Google
4 8 (2.81%) VMware
5 6 (2.11%) Alteryx
5 6 (2.11%) Ariba
5 6 (2.11%) Citrix
5 6 (2.11%) Dataiku
5 6 (2.11%) Trillium
6 4 (1.40%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.40%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.05%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle
7 3 (1.05%) Refinitiv
7 3 (1.05%) Workday
8 2 (0.70%) Databricks
8 2 (0.70%) iManage
8 2 (0.70%) Meraki
8 2 (0.70%) Splunk