Analyst Contracts in Reading

Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Analyst daily rate in Reading is £488, 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 14 15 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -9 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 58 129 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 9.72% 10.82% 13.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.30% 11.60% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 51 97
10th Percentile £350 £164 £313
25th Percentile £405 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -1.96% +23.64%
75th Percentile £545 £531 £550
90th Percentile £560 £581 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £460
% change year-on-year +2.63% +3.16% +11.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £39.10
25th Percentile - - £70.00
Median hourly rate - - £79.19
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £21.00 £48.63
% change year-on-year - -56.81% +177.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Reading

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Reading

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Reading

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Reading

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

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 Reading region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (25.86%) Agile
1 15 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (18.97%) Telecoms
5 9 (15.52%) Business Analysis
6 8 (13.79%) User Stories
7 7 (12.07%) Finance
7 7 (12.07%) Validation
7 7 (12.07%) Migration
7 7 (12.07%) Oracle
8 6 (10.34%) JIRA
8 6 (10.34%) Azure
8 6 (10.34%) Roadmaps
9 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
9 5 (8.62%) Customer Experience
9 5 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (8.62%) Virgin Media
9 5 (8.62%) Data Migration
9 5 (8.62%) Incident Management
9 5 (8.62%) SQL
9 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
9 5 (8.62%) BT
10 4 (6.90%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (6.90%) BMC
10 4 (6.90%) Remedy
10 4 (6.90%) CIMA

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (1.72%) Camunda
1 1 (1.72%) CMS
1 1 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (6.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (3.45%) Primavera
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) OCI
2 3 (5.17%) SaaS
3 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.45%) Azure Stack
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) 5G
1 2 (3.45%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (3.45%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (3.45%) SMS
1 2 (3.45%) SS7
1 2 (3.45%) VoLTE
1 2 (3.45%) VoWiFi
1 2 (3.45%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.72%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.45%) Metadata
1 2 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Forms
General
1 15 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Telecoms
3 7 (12.07%) Finance
4 5 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.17%) Retail
7 2 (3.45%) Billing
7 2 (3.45%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) JSON
2 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.90%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.17%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.45%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.72%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.72%) SCADA
5 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Agile
2 14 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (15.52%) Business Analysis
5 8 (13.79%) User Stories
6 7 (12.07%) Migration
6 7 (12.07%) Validation
7 6 (10.34%) Roadmaps
8 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (8.62%) Customer Experience
8 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.62%) Data Migration
8 5 (8.62%) Incident Management
9 4 (6.90%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (6.90%) Analytics
9 4 (6.90%) Backlog Management
9 4 (6.90%) Budgeting
9 4 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (6.90%) Data Modelling
10 3 (5.17%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) SQL
2 2 (3.45%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) ACCA
1 4 (6.90%) CIMA
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) Degree
4 1 (1.72%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.72%) CFCE
4 1 (1.72%) CISSP
4 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) GCIH
4 1 (1.72%) IIBA
4 1 (1.72%) ISEB
4 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.72%) MCSA
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) NCSC
2 1 (1.72%) PMO
2 1 (1.72%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Oracle
2 5 (8.62%) BT
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) Virgin Media
3 4 (6.90%) BMC
3 4 (6.90%) Remedy
3 4 (6.90%) Splunk
4 3 (5.17%) IFS
5 2 (3.45%) Cognos
5 2 (3.45%) Dynatrace
5 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.72%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.72%) Citrix
6 1 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.72%) Nexthink