IT Analyst Contracts in the South West

IT Analyst
England > South West

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the South West is £178 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 134 140
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 -12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 25 34 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.78% 0.92% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 1.00% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 22
10th Percentile £129 £104 £126
25th Percentile £136 £131 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 £175 £313
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -44.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £228 £270 £397
90th Percentile £558 £398 £611
England median daily rate £450 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +28.57% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 1
10th Percentile £37.00 £12.75 -
25th Percentile - £13.25 £11.65
Median hourly rate £40.00 £13.50 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year +196.30% +12.55% -
75th Percentile - £17.21 £12.34
90th Percentile - £18.36 -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +45.45% +10.00%

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 2,985 3,400 3,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 92.32% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,927 2,534 2,546
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £391 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £703 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 386 279 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £51.25 £16.99
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the South West

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the South West

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the South West

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the South West

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the South West

IT 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 IT Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Somerset +11 9 - - 2
Devon -2 5 £145 +5.09% 4
Bristol +13 4 £175 - 2
Wiltshire -5 3 £200 -27.27% 5
Gloucestershire +7 2 £550 +92.98%
Cornwall - 2 £203 -
Dorset +1 1 - - 2
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (68.00%) Active Directory
2 16 (64.00%) Windows
3 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (48.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (48.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (44.00%) Degree
6 10 (40.00%) DHCP
6 10 (40.00%) DNS
7 9 (36.00%) SCCM
7 9 (36.00%) Asset Management
7 9 (36.00%) Aerospace
7 9 (36.00%) VMware
7 9 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (32.00%) PowerShell
8 8 (32.00%) Capacity Planning
8 8 (32.00%) Network Management
8 8 (32.00%) Capacity Management
8 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (32.00%) Business Transformation
8 8 (32.00%) Data Centre
8 8 (32.00%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Clustering
8 8 (32.00%) Decision-Making
8 8 (32.00%) Server Management
8 8 (32.00%) VMware Workstation
8 8 (32.00%) Migration
8 8 (32.00%) Clustering
8 8 (32.00%) NetBackup
8 8 (32.00%) Application Packaging
8 8 (32.00%) Data Migration

IT 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 (48.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (24.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (40.00%) DHCP
1 10 (40.00%) DNS
2 8 (32.00%) LAN
2 8 (32.00%) MPLS
2 8 (32.00%) SAN
2 8 (32.00%) WAN
2 8 (32.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.00%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.00%) Hadoop
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (36.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (8.00%) JSON
1 2 (8.00%) pytest
1 2 (8.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Client/Server
1 8 (32.00%) Clustering
1 8 (32.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Unix
3 7 (28.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.00%) Android
4 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Asset Management
2 8 (32.00%) Application Packaging
2 8 (32.00%) Business Transformation
2 8 (32.00%) Capacity Management
2 8 (32.00%) Capacity Planning
2 8 (32.00%) Data Migration
2 8 (32.00%) Data Protection
2 8 (32.00%) Decision-Making
2 8 (32.00%) Migration
2 8 (32.00%) Network Management
2 8 (32.00%) Server Management
3 5 (20.00%) ITIL
3 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Identity Management
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
6 2 (8.00%) Agile
6 2 (8.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (8.00%) ITSM
6 2 (8.00%) Scrum
6 2 (8.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) QA
System Software
1 17 (68.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (32.00%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (32.00%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (4.00%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) SCCM
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (32.00%) Nagios
2 8 (32.00%) NetBackup
3 2 (8.00%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) VMware
2 8 (32.00%) Hitachi
2 8 (32.00%) NetApp
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (8.00%) Dell
6 1 (4.00%) Avaya
6 1 (4.00%) BT