Analyst Contracts in Somerset

Analyst
South West > Somerset

The median Analyst daily rate in Somerset is £323, 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 9 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 15 22 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 10.79% 10.84% 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.20% 11.76% 11.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 21
10th Percentile £140 £137 £151
25th Percentile £189 £200 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £238 £448
Median % change year-on-year +35.79% -46.93% +6.36%
75th Percentile £491 £494 £525
90th Percentile £568 £600 £660
South West median daily rate £400 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -15.79% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year +16.67% +18.81% -27.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 123 187 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.49% 92.12% 98.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 113 156
10th Percentile £263 £164 £196
25th Percentile £413 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £675 £578 £650
90th Percentile £724 £605 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 16
10th Percentile £13.66 £12.28 £17.38
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.23 £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £19.76 £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile £20.51 £48.00 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Somerset

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Somerset

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Somerset

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Somerset

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath +2 11 £275 +22.22% 32
Bridgwater +3 1 £370 +174.07%
Analyst
South West

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

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 Somerset region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) Windows
3 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 3 (20.00%) Time Management
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) A+ Certification
5 3 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
6 2 (13.33%) Business Case
6 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
6 2 (13.33%) Business Process Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (13.33%) User Stories
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) Azure
6 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Wealth Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (6.67%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Pendo
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL
1 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (20.00%) Time Management
2 2 (13.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (13.33%) Agile
2 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (13.33%) Business Case
2 2 (13.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (13.33%) User Stories
2 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (13.33%) Wealth Management
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Nessus
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
1 1 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) Qualys
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) Varonis