Analyst Contracts in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst daily rate in the South West is £400, 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 15 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 159 340 356
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 9.48% 10.63% 9.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.28% 11.39% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 240 275
10th Percentile £206 £172 £163
25th Percentile £300 £263 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £538
90th Percentile £562 £625 £613
England median daily rate £475 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.32% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 34 24
10th Percentile £14.46 £14.25 £12.40
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.59 £13.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +18.81% -27.86%
75th Percentile £52.50 £40.00 £72.48
90th Percentile £60.00 - £77.68
England median hourly rate £22.14 £16.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +38.38% -17.95% +25.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the South West

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the South West 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
Bristol +12 60 £400 -15.79% 50
Wiltshire -15 35 £475 -5.00% 13
Gloucestershire +9 23 £417 -7.33% 42
Somerset -1 15 £323 +35.79% 19
Dorset -5 13 £431 +149.28% 10
Devon +6 7 £325 +124.91% 23
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 62 (38.99%) Social Skills
2 46 (28.93%) Security Cleared
3 35 (22.01%) Finance
4 33 (20.75%) Microsoft
5 31 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (18.24%) ITIL
7 27 (16.98%) SC Cleared
8 24 (15.09%) SQL
8 24 (15.09%) Data Analysis
9 23 (14.47%) Management Information System
10 22 (13.84%) Agile
11 20 (12.58%) Windows
11 20 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (11.95%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (11.95%) Customer Service
13 18 (11.32%) Power BI
13 18 (11.32%) Power Platform
14 17 (10.69%) Active Directory
15 15 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
15 15 (9.43%) Visualisation
16 14 (8.81%) DV Cleared
16 14 (8.81%) Business Analysis
17 13 (8.18%) Data Visualisation
17 13 (8.18%) Oracle
17 13 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
18 12 (7.55%) SharePoint
18 12 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
19 11 (6.92%) Information Management
19 11 (6.92%) ERP

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.14%) Confluence
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.63%) Appian
Applications
1 15 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.14%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) iTrent
1 3 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.63%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.95%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (11.32%) Power Platform
3 10 (6.29%) Azure
4 5 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.26%) Apple Pay
5 2 (1.26%) AWS
5 2 (1.26%) Google Pay
6 1 (0.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.63%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.63%) Pendo
6 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.89%) Firewall
1 3 (1.89%) Network Security
2 1 (0.63%) LAN
2 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.32%) Power BI
2 7 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.89%) Metadata
3 3 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.89%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (1.89%) Tableau
4 2 (1.26%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.63%) KDB
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Postman
2 1 (0.63%) Selenium
2 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.63%) TestRail
2 1 (0.63%) Zephyr
General
1 62 (38.99%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.01%) Finance
3 29 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.92%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.66%) Local Government
6 7 (4.40%) Legal
7 6 (3.77%) Banking
7 6 (3.77%) Law
7 6 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.89%) Electronics
9 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.89%) Marketing
9 3 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Retail
11 1 (0.63%) Back Office
11 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.63%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.63%) .NET
2 1 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.63%) Java EE
2 1 (0.63%) jQuery
2 1 (0.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.47%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.03%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.14%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (2.52%) Digital Wallet
5 4 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.89%) EPoS
6 3 (1.89%) LIMS
7 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.26%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.63%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.58%) Windows
2 9 (5.66%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.63%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (18.24%) ITIL
3 24 (15.09%) Data Analysis
4 22 (13.84%) Agile
5 20 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (11.95%) Customer Service
7 15 (9.43%) Visualisation
8 14 (8.81%) Business Analysis
9 13 (8.18%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (6.92%) ERP
11 11 (6.92%) Information Management
11 11 (6.92%) Workshop Facilitation
12 10 (6.29%) Data Integration
12 10 (6.29%) Data Protection
12 10 (6.29%) Migration
13 9 (5.66%) Logistics
13 9 (5.66%) Service Management
13 9 (5.66%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.09%) SQL
2 2 (1.26%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.26%) Python
3 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.63%) Java
3 1 (0.63%) R
3 1 (0.63%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 46 (28.93%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.98%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.81%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.03%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.77%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.14%) Degree
7 3 (1.89%) IIBA
7 3 (1.89%) ISEB
7 3 (1.89%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.26%) AAT
8 2 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.63%) MCP
9 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.29%) GDPR
2 7 (4.40%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.52%) QA
4 3 (1.89%) PMO
5 2 (1.26%) SLA
6 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (10.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.63%) Grafana
2 1 (0.63%) Nessus
2 1 (0.63%) SCCM
2 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.18%) Oracle
3 10 (6.29%) SAP
3 10 (6.29%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.14%) Ariba
4 5 (3.14%) iManage
5 4 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.89%) Apple
6 3 (1.89%) Google
7 2 (1.26%) Sophos
7 2 (1.26%) Tenable
7 2 (1.26%) VMware
8 1 (0.63%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.63%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.63%) Palantir
8 1 (0.63%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.63%) QAD
8 1 (0.63%) Qualys
8 1 (0.63%) Sun
8 1 (0.63%) Varonis