Analyst Contracts in Reading

Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Analyst daily rate in Reading is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 125 147 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 10.55% 14.03% 12.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.42% 14.70% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 98 117
10th Percentile £163 £329 £156
25th Percentile £375 £430 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +27.27% +15.38%
75th Percentile £523 £567 £475
90th Percentile £581 £608 £519
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £413
% change year-on-year -2.50% +21.21% +9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £39.10 £10.18
25th Percentile - £70.00 £10.81
Median hourly rate - £79.19 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year - +559.92% -56.36%
75th Percentile - - £13.06
90th Percentile - - £13.63
Berkshire median hourly rate £21.00 £48.63 £17.50
% change year-on-year -56.81% +177.86% -30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,095 1,000 1,325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 95.42% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 652 880
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +11.96% +3.42%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £592
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +8.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 23 8
10th Percentile £42.00 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £55.75 £58.32 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.60 £66.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +135.71% -13.85%
75th Percentile £87.46 £75.38 £33.10
90th Percentile £100.00 £79.19 £34.92
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.06 £64.68 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.59% +207.98% -2.33%

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 2 June 2024.

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 2 June 2024, 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 48 (38.40%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (36.80%) Finance
3 41 (32.80%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (32.00%) Social Skills
5 37 (29.60%) Telecoms
6 31 (24.80%) Tableau
7 27 (21.60%) Agile
8 25 (20.00%) Decision-Making
9 24 (19.20%) Degree
9 24 (19.20%) Analytics
9 24 (19.20%) Alteryx
9 24 (19.20%) Actionable Insight
10 22 (17.60%) Azure
10 22 (17.60%) Snowflake
11 21 (16.80%) DevOps
12 20 (16.00%) Legal
12 20 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
13 19 (15.20%) Project Management
13 19 (15.20%) Dashboard Development
14 18 (14.40%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (13.60%) Procure-to-Pay
15 17 (13.60%) Microsoft
16 16 (12.80%) Business Analysis
16 16 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 16 (12.80%) Credit Risk
16 16 (12.80%) Power Platform
17 14 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
18 13 (10.40%) Scrum
18 13 (10.40%) Oracle
18 13 (10.40%) Power BI

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 4 (3.20%) Confluence
2 2 (1.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 20 (16.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (9.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (5.60%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.80%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.80%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.80%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.60%) Azure
1 22 (17.60%) Snowflake
2 18 (14.40%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (12.80%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.40%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.60%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.80%) AWS
6 1 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.80%) PaaS
6 1 (0.80%) SaaS
6 1 (0.80%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.60%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.80%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (24.80%) Tableau
2 13 (10.40%) Power BI
3 3 (2.40%) Big Data
3 3 (2.40%) Data Mining
3 3 (2.40%) PowerPivot
4 2 (1.60%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (8.00%) JIRA
2 4 (3.20%) Selenium
3 3 (2.40%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (2.40%) Robot Framework
4 2 (1.60%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.80%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.80%) JMeter
5 1 (0.80%) Maven
General
1 48 (38.40%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (36.80%) Finance
3 40 (32.00%) Social Skills
4 37 (29.60%) Telecoms
5 20 (16.00%) Legal
6 8 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Billing
7 3 (2.40%) Marketing
7 3 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Retail
8 2 (1.60%) Local Government
9 1 (0.80%) Electronics
9 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.80%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.80%) ADO
2 1 (0.80%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.80%) Credit Risk
2 5 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.20%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.80%) Cybercrime
6 1 (0.80%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.80%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.80%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.80%) Windows
2 4 (3.20%) Linux
2 4 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (3.20%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (32.80%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (21.60%) Agile
3 25 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 24 (19.20%) Actionable Insight
4 24 (19.20%) Analytics
5 21 (16.80%) DevOps
6 19 (15.20%) Dashboard Development
6 19 (15.20%) Project Management
7 17 (13.60%) Procure-to-Pay
8 16 (12.80%) Business Analysis
8 16 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (10.40%) Roadmaps
10 13 (10.40%) Scrum
11 11 (8.80%) Infrastructure Management
11 11 (8.80%) Mathematics
11 11 (8.80%) User Stories
12 10 (8.00%) Performance Analysis
12 10 (8.00%) Test Management
13 9 (7.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.20%) Python
2 7 (5.60%) SQL
3 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.20%) VBScript
4 3 (2.40%) Java
5 1 (0.80%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (19.20%) Degree
2 9 (7.20%) ICAEW
3 5 (4.00%) ACCA
3 5 (4.00%) CIMA
3 5 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.20%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.60%) PMP
6 1 (0.80%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.80%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.60%) PMO
2 11 (8.80%) QA
3 9 (7.20%) GAAP
3 9 (7.20%) IFRS
4 5 (4.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.60%) ITGC
5 2 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.80%) Nagios
1 1 (0.80%) Nessus
Vendors
1 24 (19.20%) Alteryx
2 17 (13.60%) Microsoft
3 13 (10.40%) Oracle
4 11 (8.80%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.20%) VMware
6 3 (2.40%) Databricks
6 3 (2.40%) SAP
7 2 (1.60%) Adobe
7 2 (1.60%) Apple
7 2 (1.60%) Dell
7 2 (1.60%) IFS
8 1 (0.80%) Ceridian
8 1 (0.80%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.80%) Concur
8 1 (0.80%) Qualys
8 1 (0.80%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.80%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.80%) Splunk