Analyst Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Analyst
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Analyst daily rate in Oxford is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 8 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 8 4 24
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 14.55% 7.41% 25.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.09% 7.84% 27.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 22
10th Percentile £332 - £180
25th Percentile £361 £425 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £333
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +35.34% +75.00%
75th Percentile £476 £488 £475
90th Percentile £504 £495 -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £234 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -48.06% - +56.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 53 51 86
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.36% 94.44% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 69
10th Percentile £222 £176 £150
25th Percentile £242 £288 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% +26.67% -14.77%
75th Percentile £511 £538 £475
90th Percentile £590 £575 £605
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 £19.25 -
Median hourly rate £26.33 £20.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% - -
75th Percentile £84.66 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.50 £32.31
% change year-on-year +22.68% -36.55% +90.06%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Oxford

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Oxford

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

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

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Oxford

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Oxford

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxford region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Application Security
2 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (50.00%) Change Control
2 4 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (50.00%) Information Management
2 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (50.00%) Liquidlogic
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 4 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Release Management
2 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Business Process Mapping
3 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 2 (25.00%) Lucidchart
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Lucidchart
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Life Science
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Application Security
2 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (50.00%) Change Control
2 4 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (50.00%) Information Management
2 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 4 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Release Management
2 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Business Process Mapping
3 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) GRC
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Liquidlogic