Analyst Contracts in Northamptonshire

Analyst
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Northamptonshire is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 60 38 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 19.67% 14.50% 14.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.55% 15.08% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 30 23
10th Percentile £315 £300 £264
25th Percentile £350 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £384 £430
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% -10.81% +17.81%
75th Percentile £388 £437 £473
90th Percentile £425 £478 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £358 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -4.53% -6.25% +13.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.75 £23.10 -
Median hourly rate £14.50 £24.20 £14.52
Median % change year-on-year -40.08% +66.67% -58.51%
75th Percentile £15.25 £25.30 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £14.00 £14.52
% change year-on-year +27.64% -3.58% -26.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 292 252 184
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 96.18% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 193 143
10th Percentile £268 £355 £213
25th Percentile £350 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £445 £455
Median % change year-on-year -12.36% -2.20% -2.15%
75th Percentile £450 £550 £544
90th Percentile £528 £600 £604
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -7.87% -6.32% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 2
10th Percentile £17.57 - £19.57
25th Percentile - £11.83 £27.14
Median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £39.76
Median % change year-on-year +75.04% -69.27% +13.60%
75th Percentile - £42.03 £52.38
90th Percentile £38.20 £59.25 £59.95
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £21.60 £21.52
% change year-on-year +7.46% +0.37% +7.58%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Northamptonshire

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Northamptonshire.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Northamptonshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Northamptonshire

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Northamptonshire.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Northamptonshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Northampton +1 60 £358 -7.61% 21
Analyst
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 20 (33.33%) Finance
2 20 (33.33%) Agile
3 17 (28.33%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (26.67%) Banking
5 14 (23.33%) Information Security
5 14 (23.33%) ITSM
5 14 (23.33%) GRC
6 13 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
8 11 (18.33%) Business Analysis
8 11 (18.33%) SQL
8 11 (18.33%) Waterfall
9 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 10 (16.67%) Scrum
9 10 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 9 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (15.00%) Business Continuity
10 9 (15.00%) Project Management
10 9 (15.00%) Data Protection
11 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
11 8 (13.33%) Ticket Management
12 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (11.67%) GDPR
12 7 (11.67%) Business Case
12 7 (11.67%) Retail
12 7 (11.67%) Change Management
12 7 (11.67%) Kanban
12 7 (11.67%) Analytics
12 7 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (1.67%) Confluence
1 1 (1.67%) Mule
1 1 (1.67%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.67%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.67%) Azure
1 4 (6.67%) GCP
2 3 (5.00%) AWS
2 3 (5.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.67%) GitHub
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.67%) Firewall
1 4 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (3.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Tableau
2 1 (1.67%) Big Data
2 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.67%) Metadata
2 1 (1.67%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.67%) JIRA
2 3 (5.00%) Cucumber
2 3 (5.00%) Selenium
3 2 (3.33%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 20 (33.33%) Finance
3 16 (26.67%) Banking
4 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.67%) Retail
5 5 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.00%) Marketing
7 2 (3.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) REST
2 3 (5.00%) LDAP
3 2 (3.33%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.67%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.67%) Derivative
4 1 (1.67%) Distributed Applications
4 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.67%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.67%) Android
1 1 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) Agile
2 17 (28.33%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (23.33%) Information Security
3 14 (23.33%) ITSM
4 13 (21.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 11 (18.33%) Business Analysis
6 11 (18.33%) Waterfall
7 10 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 10 (16.67%) Scrum
8 9 (15.00%) Business Continuity
8 9 (15.00%) Data Protection
8 9 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (15.00%) Project Management
9 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
9 8 (13.33%) Ticket Management
10 7 (11.67%) Analytics
10 7 (11.67%) Business Case
10 7 (11.67%) Change Management
10 7 (11.67%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.33%) SQL
2 3 (5.00%) Java
2 3 (5.00%) Python
3 2 (3.33%) Bash
3 2 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (3.33%) CISM
1 2 (3.33%) CISSP
1 2 (3.33%) CRISC
2 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.67%) BC Cleared
2 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.33%) GRC
2 7 (11.67%) GDPR
3 4 (6.67%) QA
4 2 (3.33%) COREP
4 2 (3.33%) FINREP
4 2 (3.33%) HIPAA
4 2 (3.33%) SLA
5 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.67%) Basel III
5 1 (1.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.67%) IFRS
5 1 (1.67%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.67%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.67%) Apple
3 1 (1.67%) Databricks
3 1 (1.67%) Google
3 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow