Analyst Contracts in Peterborough

Analyst
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Analyst daily rate in Peterborough is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 42 120 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 46.15% 55.05% 46.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 61.76% 69.77% 61.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 15
10th Percentile - - £201
25th Percentile - £170 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £180 £211
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -14.50% -11.36%
75th Percentile - £245 £344
90th Percentile - £278 £380
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £438 £410 £356
% change year-on-year +6.71% +15.09% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 114 77
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.82 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% +2.21% -
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £18.50
90th Percentile £21.46 £21.46 £20.56
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.14 £14.84 £14.55
% change year-on-year +2.02% +2.03% +0.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 68 172 164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 74.73% 78.90% 75.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 64
10th Percentile £190 £170 £202
25th Percentile £336 £178 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £305 £350
Median % change year-on-year +41.39% -12.86% -16.67%
75th Percentile £471 £569 £488
90th Percentile £597 £602 £535
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 141 83
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £15.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £17.84 £21.37 £18.50
90th Percentile £21.46 £31.13 £20.56
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% +13.47%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Peterborough

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Peterborough

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Peterborough

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Peterborough region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (80.95%) Customer Service
2 33 (78.57%) Incident Management
3 30 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 29 (69.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 29 (69.05%) Service Delivery
4 29 (69.05%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (66.67%) Mathematics
5 28 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 24 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (57.14%) ITIL
6 24 (57.14%) MCSA
6 24 (57.14%) Citrix
6 24 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (57.14%) A+ Certification
6 24 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (57.14%) ServiceNow
7 20 (47.62%) Active Directory
8 17 (40.48%) Security Cleared
9 16 (38.10%) SC Cleared
10 4 (9.52%) Retail
11 3 (7.14%) Agile
11 3 (7.14%) Analytics
11 3 (7.14%) Social Skills
11 3 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
12 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (4.76%) API Integration
12 2 (4.76%) Event-Driven
12 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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 29 (69.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
General
1 4 (9.52%) Retail
2 3 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.38%) Finance
3 1 (2.38%) German Language
3 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) RESTful
1 2 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (80.95%) Customer Service
2 33 (78.57%) Incident Management
3 29 (69.05%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (69.05%) Service Delivery
4 28 (66.67%) Mathematics
5 24 (57.14%) ITIL
6 3 (7.14%) Agile
6 3 (7.14%) Analytics
6 3 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (4.76%) API Integration
7 2 (4.76%) Data Integration
7 2 (4.76%) Data Mapping
7 2 (4.76%) Data Migration
7 2 (4.76%) Data Transformation
7 2 (4.76%) Event-Driven
7 2 (4.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 2 (4.76%) Microservices
7 2 (4.76%) Process Improvement
7 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (57.14%) A+ Certification
1 24 (57.14%) MCSA
1 24 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (40.48%) Security Cleared
3 16 (38.10%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 20 (47.62%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 30 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (57.14%) Citrix
2 24 (57.14%) ServiceNow