Analyst Contract Job Trends in Salford

Analyst
Manchester > Salford

The median Analyst daily rate in Salford is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 7 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 2 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Salford 8.00% 4.76% 24.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% 4.76% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £373
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.68%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - £530
Manchester median daily rate £400 £450 £410
% change year-on-year -11.11% +9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.50 -
Manchester median hourly rate £24.62 £28.00 £16.85
% change year-on-year -12.07% +66.17% -1.12%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Salford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salford. 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 Salford with a recognized job title 25 21 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 26
10th Percentile £368 £340 £251
25th Percentile £400 £369 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £575
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -23.91% +6.98%
75th Percentile £775 £484 £684
90th Percentile £825 £544 £738
Manchester median daily rate £465 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £15.58 £29.14 -
25th Percentile - £34.83 -
Median hourly rate £17.30 £46.51 -
Median % change year-on-year -62.80% - -
75th Percentile - £59.24 -
90th Percentile - £65.54 -
Manchester median hourly rate £20.68 £34.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -39.18% +74.36% +11.43%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Salford

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Salford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Salford

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Salford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Salford

Analyst Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 Salford region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VMware