Analyst Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Analyst
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Analyst daily rate in Northampton is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 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
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 8 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 65 32 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 23.13% 14.35% 12.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 24.07% 15.38% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 24 12
10th Percentile £313 £356 £420
25th Percentile £341 £357 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £400 £489
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% -18.20% +25.38%
75th Percentile £388 £448 £490
90th Percentile £425 £484 £499
Northamptonshire median daily rate £358 £387 £455
% change year-on-year -7.49% -14.95% +19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.52
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £24.20 £16.01
% change year-on-year - +51.16% -54.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 270 208 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 93.27% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 164 83
10th Percentile £275 £353 £213
25th Percentile £350 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £445 £489
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% -9.00% +9.27%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £534
90th Percentile £525 £593 £573
Northamptonshire median daily rate £394 £425 £490
% change year-on-year -7.29% -13.27% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Median hourly rate £21.39 - £14.52
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.28%
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £13.18
% change year-on-year +75.04% -7.25% -57.42%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Northampton

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northampton

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Northampton over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Northampton

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northampton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Northampton

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 Northampton region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 29 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 23 (35.38%) Agile
3 21 (32.31%) Finance
4 17 (26.15%) ITSM
4 17 (26.15%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
5 16 (24.62%) Information Security
6 15 (23.08%) Business Analysis
7 14 (21.54%) Banking
7 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (21.54%) GRC
8 13 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
8 13 (20.00%) Waterfall
9 12 (18.46%) Scrum
10 11 (16.92%) Risk Management
10 11 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (16.92%) GDPR
11 10 (15.38%) Decision-Making
11 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (15.38%) Data Protection
12 9 (13.85%) Kanban
12 9 (13.85%) Project Management
12 9 (13.85%) SQL
12 9 (13.85%) Business Continuity
12 9 (13.85%) Ticket Management
12 9 (13.85%) Requirements Gathering
13 8 (12.31%) SDLC
13 8 (12.31%) User Stories
13 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (10.77%) JIRA

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 5 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (1.54%) Mule
2 1 (1.54%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.08%) Loan IQ
3 1 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.15%) Azure
1 4 (6.15%) GCP
2 3 (4.62%) AWS
2 3 (4.62%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.54%) GitHub
4 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) Firewall
1 4 (6.15%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (3.08%) Network Security
3 1 (1.54%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) Tableau
2 1 (1.54%) Big Data
2 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.54%) Metadata
2 1 (1.54%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (10.77%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) Cucumber
2 2 (3.08%) REST Assured
2 2 (3.08%) Selenium
3 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (44.62%) Social Skills
2 21 (32.31%) Finance
3 14 (21.54%) Banking
4 11 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.77%) Retail
6 5 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Legal
7 3 (4.62%) Marketing
8 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.69%) REST
2 3 (4.62%) LDAP
3 2 (3.08%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.54%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.54%) Derivative
3 1 (1.54%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.54%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) Agile
2 17 (26.15%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (26.15%) ITSM
3 16 (24.62%) Information Security
4 15 (23.08%) Business Analysis
5 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 13 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 12 (18.46%) Scrum
8 11 (16.92%) Risk Management
9 10 (15.38%) Data Protection
9 10 (15.38%) Decision-Making
9 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (13.85%) Business Continuity
10 9 (13.85%) Kanban
10 9 (13.85%) Project Management
10 9 (13.85%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (13.85%) Ticket Management
11 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (12.31%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.85%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) Python
3 2 (3.08%) Bash
3 2 (3.08%) Java
3 2 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.54%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (3.08%) CISM
1 2 (3.08%) CISSP
1 2 (3.08%) CRISC
2 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.54%) BC Cleared
2 1 (1.54%) Degree
2 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.54%) GRC
2 11 (16.92%) GDPR
3 4 (6.15%) QA
4 2 (3.08%) COREP
4 2 (3.08%) FINREP
4 2 (3.08%) HIPAA
4 2 (3.08%) SLA
5 1 (1.54%) Basel III
5 1 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.54%) IFRS
5 1 (1.54%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.54%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (4.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.08%) DocuSign
3 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.54%) Databricks
4 1 (1.54%) Google
4 1 (1.54%) Remedy
4 1 (1.54%) Workday