Information Analyst Contracts in the South West

Information Analyst
England > South West

The median Information Analyst daily rate in the South West is £546, 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 107 156 161
Rank change year-on-year +49 +5 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.031% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.033% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £520 - £177
25th Percentile £526 £498 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £515 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.92% +7.29% +291.84%
75th Percentile £559 £533 £553
90th Percentile £561 - £596
England median daily rate £558 £500 £388
% change year-on-year +11.60% +29.03% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.75 - -
Median hourly rate £51.50 - -
75th Percentile £52.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £29.07 £21.00 £24.63
% change year-on-year +38.43% -14.72% -5.29%

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%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in the South West

Information Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Information Analyst in the South West

Information Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Analyst in the South West

Information 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 Information 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 +21 3 £546 +5.92% 4
Somerset - 1 - - 1
Information Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information 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 Information Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Information Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Varonis
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared

Information 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Information Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Varonis