Analyst Contracts in Peterborough

Analyst
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Analyst daily rate in Peterborough is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 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
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 42 98 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 47.73% 44.55% 37.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 60.87% 59.76% 57.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile £383 £170 £180
25th Percentile £394 £183 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £220 £325
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -32.31% +7.44%
75th Percentile £431 £280 £378
90th Percentile £443 £300 £444
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £410 £350
% change year-on-year +9.76% +17.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 89 62
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.92 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +19.33% -5.79%
75th Percentile £16.30 £21.37 £20.30
90th Percentile £31.00 £21.46 £20.56
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £14.08
% change year-on-year -7.12% +15.77% -2.90%

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 69 164 138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.41% 74.55% 65.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 51
10th Percentile £150 £171 £204
25th Percentile £190 £178 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £303 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.97% -24.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £447 £452 £488
90th Percentile £450 £600 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +14.71% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 114 71
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £16.30 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +19.33% -1.23%
75th Percentile £18.22 £21.37 £20.56
90th Percentile £31.00 £31.13 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £15.50
% change year-on-year -23.72% +37.87% +6.90%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Peterborough

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Peterborough over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Peterborough

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

For the 6 months to 28 June 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 29 (69.05%) Customer Service
2 28 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 26 (61.90%) Microsoft
4 24 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (57.14%) Service Delivery
4 24 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (54.76%) Mathematics
5 23 (54.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 19 (45.24%) ServiceNow
7 18 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (42.86%) Citrix
7 18 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (42.86%) A+ Certification
7 18 (42.86%) ITIL
7 18 (42.86%) MCSA
8 14 (33.33%) Active Directory
9 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
10 11 (26.19%) SC Cleared
11 6 (14.29%) Retail
11 6 (14.29%) Manufacturing
12 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
12 4 (9.52%) Process Improvement
13 3 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
13 3 (7.14%) Project Management
14 2 (4.76%) Wireless
14 2 (4.76%) Change Management
14 2 (4.76%) Firewall
14 2 (4.76%) Cisco
14 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification

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 24 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (54.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (4.76%) DHCP
2 2 (4.76%) DNS
2 2 (4.76%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) LAN
2 2 (4.76%) PuTTY
2 2 (4.76%) WAN
2 2 (4.76%) Wireless
2 2 (4.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
General
1 6 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 6 (14.29%) Retail
2 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) German Language
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) RESTful
1 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (69.05%) Customer Service
2 28 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 24 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (57.14%) Service Delivery
4 23 (54.76%) Mathematics
5 18 (42.86%) ITIL
6 4 (9.52%) Process Improvement
7 3 (7.14%) Project Management
7 3 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (4.76%) Active Listening
8 2 (4.76%) Agile
8 2 (4.76%) Analytics
8 2 (4.76%) Business Analysis
8 2 (4.76%) Change Management
8 2 (4.76%) Computer Science
8 2 (4.76%) Customer Experience
9 1 (2.38%) Data Analytics
9 1 (2.38%) Data Transformation
9 1 (2.38%) Event-Driven
9 1 (2.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (42.86%) A+ Certification
1 18 (42.86%) MCSA
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 11 (26.19%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) CCNA
4 2 (4.76%) CCNP
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
System Software
1 14 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (45.24%) ServiceNow
3 18 (42.86%) Citrix
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco
4 2 (4.76%) Peregrine
4 2 (4.76%) Remedy