Analyst Contracts in Sheffield

Analyst
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Analyst daily rate in Sheffield is £447, 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 18 26 10
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 33 30 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 10.34% 7.92% 14.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.34% 8.82% 15.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 12 59
10th Percentile £165 - £300
25th Percentile £269 £185 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £378 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.25% -24.40% +17.65%
75th Percentile £525 £467 £550
90th Percentile £538 £592 £640
South Yorkshire median daily rate £400 £378 £500
% change year-on-year +5.82% -24.40% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £11.00
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 291 340 445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 89.71% 98.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 210 311
10th Percentile £220 £360 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £481 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -12.50% +10.00%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £675
90th Percentile £641 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +24.15% +8.21%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 - £33.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
% change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Sheffield

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Sheffield

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Sheffield

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Sheffield

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

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 Sheffield region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (36.36%) JIRA
2 10 (30.30%) Data Analysis
3 9 (27.27%) Migration
3 9 (27.27%) Azure
3 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (21.21%) Agile
5 7 (21.21%) Banking
5 7 (21.21%) Power BI
5 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
5 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
5 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
6 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 6 (18.18%) Confluence
6 6 (18.18%) ETL
6 6 (18.18%) SQL
6 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (15.15%) Identity Management
7 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (15.15%) Finance
7 5 (15.15%) Business Analysis
7 5 (15.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (15.15%) DevOps
7 5 (15.15%) GCP
8 4 (12.12%) Lucidchart
8 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
8 4 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (12.12%) TestRail
8 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 6 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Appian
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (12.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) Power Platform
3 5 (15.15%) GCP
4 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.12%) Lucidchart
5 3 (9.09%) AWS
5 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (6.06%) Cloud Composer
7 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.03%) ADSL
2 1 (3.03%) Broadband
2 1 (3.03%) NGN
2 1 (3.03%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Power BI
2 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (9.09%) Tableau
3 2 (6.06%) Data Mining
3 2 (6.06%) Looker
Development Applications
1 12 (36.36%) JIRA
2 4 (12.12%) TestRail
General
1 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Banking
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Back Office
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) OAuth
1 4 (12.12%) OpenID
1 4 (12.12%) SAML
2 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Data Analysis
2 9 (27.27%) Migration
3 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (21.21%) Agile
4 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
5 6 (18.18%) ETL
5 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 5 (15.15%) Business Analysis
6 5 (15.15%) DevOps
6 5 (15.15%) Identity Management
6 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (12.12%) Privileged Access Management
7 4 (12.12%) RBAC
8 3 (9.09%) Data Strategy
8 3 (9.09%) ETL Development
8 3 (9.09%) Microservices
8 3 (9.09%) Sequence Diagram
8 3 (9.09%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Tableau Certification
2 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.03%) CISA
2 1 (3.03%) CISSP
2 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) QA
2 3 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.06%) PMO
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.03%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) Databricks
3 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.03%) Okta
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow