Analyst Contracts in the South West

Analyst
England > South West

The median Analyst daily rate in the South West is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 335 347 380
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 10.49% 9.56% 10.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.23% 10.33% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 268 285
10th Percentile £172 £173 £163
25th Percentile £263 £363 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% -
75th Percentile £576 £544 £500
90th Percentile £625 £613 £588
England median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -0.05% +2.76% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 17
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.40 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.59 £13.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -27.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £40.00 £72.48 £68.30
90th Percentile - £77.68 £78.11
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -17.95% +25.81% -3.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,982 3,358 3,545
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.39% 92.53% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,899 2,516 2,534
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £384 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +5.00% +9.14%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £714 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 267 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.05 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +41.30% +8.24%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £84.25 £69.11
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024. 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
Wiltshire +7 170 £500 +5.26% 19
Bristol -7 64 £475 - 46
Gloucestershire +9 31 £450 -10.00% 9
Dorset +6 23 £173 -27.16% 12
Somerset +4 23 £250 -44.13% 24
Devon -7 13 £145 -35.78% 15
Cornwall +1 7 £180 -62.11%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 South West region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 172 (51.34%) Security Cleared
2 150 (44.78%) DV Cleared
3 101 (30.15%) Social Skills
4 94 (28.06%) Cybersecurity
5 83 (24.78%) SIEM
6 70 (20.90%) Security Operations
7 67 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 67 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 60 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
9 56 (16.72%) SOAR
10 54 (16.12%) Incident Response
11 52 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
12 51 (15.22%) Use Case
13 50 (14.93%) ITIL
13 50 (14.93%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 50 (14.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 49 (14.63%) Azure
15 46 (13.73%) Management Information System
16 42 (12.54%) SC Cleared
16 42 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (12.24%) Finance
17 41 (12.24%) Active Directory
18 39 (11.64%) Windows
19 38 (11.34%) Cyber Threat
20 35 (10.45%) Public Sector
20 35 (10.45%) Security Operations Centre
21 34 (10.15%) SLA
21 34 (10.15%) Incident Management
22 33 (9.85%) CSOC
23 31 (9.25%) OSINT

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 23 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (4.18%) Confluence
4 10 (2.99%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 15 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) assyst
1 1 (0.30%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 1 (0.30%) Magento
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.63%) Azure
2 24 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (3.28%) Azure Stack
4 9 (2.69%) Power Platform
5 7 (2.09%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.09%) WhatsApp
6 3 (0.90%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.60%) SaaS
8 1 (0.30%) AWS
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.30%) GCP
8 1 (0.30%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.30%) OCI
8 1 (0.30%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.30%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.88%) Firewall
2 11 (3.28%) DHCP
2 11 (3.28%) DNS
3 10 (2.99%) BGP
4 9 (2.69%) LAN
4 9 (2.69%) WAN
5 8 (2.39%) MPLS
5 8 (2.39%) SAN
5 8 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.49%) Wireless
7 4 (1.19%) Network Security
8 3 (0.90%) VPN
9 2 (0.60%) Skype
10 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.30%) VLAN
10 1 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.69%) Power BI
2 8 (2.39%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.90%) Metadata
4 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.60%) Data Vault
4 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.60%) Tableau
5 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 26 (7.76%) JIRA
2 3 (0.90%) Selenium
3 1 (0.30%) TestRail
3 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 101 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (12.24%) Finance
4 35 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.58%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.99%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.69%) Banking
8 8 (2.39%) Legal
9 7 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.09%) Military
10 6 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.49%) Marketing
11 5 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.90%) Electronics
12 3 (0.90%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.60%) Aviation
13 2 (0.60%) Back Office
13 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.79%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.30%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.30%) JSON
2 1 (0.30%) pytest
2 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.73%) Management Information System
2 38 (11.34%) Cyber Threat
3 35 (10.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (9.85%) CSOC
5 21 (6.27%) Private Cloud
6 14 (4.18%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (3.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 10 (2.99%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.69%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.39%) Client/Server
10 8 (2.39%) Clustering
11 7 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.90%) CMDB
12 3 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.90%) iPhone
12 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.90%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.90%) SCADA
12 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 39 (11.64%) Windows
2 15 (4.48%) Windows 10
3 8 (2.39%) Android
3 8 (2.39%) Unix
4 6 (1.79%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (28.06%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (24.78%) SIEM
3 70 (20.90%) Security Operations
4 67 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 56 (16.72%) SOAR
6 54 (16.12%) Incident Response
7 52 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (15.22%) Use Case
9 50 (14.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 50 (14.93%) ITIL
9 50 (14.93%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 42 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (10.15%) Incident Management
12 31 (9.25%) Open Source
12 31 (9.25%) OSINT
13 28 (8.36%) Cyber Intelligence
13 28 (8.36%) Information Security
14 26 (7.76%) Analytics
14 26 (7.76%) Customer Service
14 26 (7.76%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.58%) PowerShell
2 9 (2.69%) SQL
3 3 (0.90%) Python
4 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 172 (51.34%) Security Cleared
2 150 (44.78%) DV Cleared
3 42 (12.54%) SC Cleared
4 31 (9.25%) Degree
5 18 (5.37%) SANS
6 5 (1.49%) CISSP
7 3 (0.90%) CCNA
7 3 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.90%) OSCP
8 1 (0.30%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.30%) CEH
8 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.30%) GIAC
8 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.15%) SLA
2 16 (4.78%) GDPR
3 14 (4.18%) NCSC
4 13 (3.88%) NIST
5 11 (3.28%) NIST 800
6 10 (2.99%) Government Security Classifications
6 10 (2.99%) PMO
7 9 (2.69%) QA
8 3 (0.90%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.30%) SEPA
9 1 (0.30%) TARGET2
System Software
1 41 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.39%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (2.39%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 16 (4.78%) SCCM
2 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (2.39%) Nagios
2 8 (2.39%) NetBackup
3 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.60%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 1 (0.30%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 67 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.18%) Citrix
3 12 (3.58%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.28%) Splunk
5 10 (2.99%) VMware
6 8 (2.39%) Hitachi
6 8 (2.39%) NetApp
7 6 (1.79%) SAP
8 4 (1.19%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.19%) Oracle
9 3 (0.90%) Google
9 3 (0.90%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.60%) Apple
10 2 (0.60%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.60%) Dell
10 2 (0.60%) Okta
10 2 (0.60%) Refinitiv
10 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.60%) Sparx
11 1 (0.30%) BiZZdesign