Service Analyst Contracts in the South West

Service Analyst
England > South West

The median Service Analyst daily rate in the South West is £225, 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 83 80 129
Rank change year-on-year -3 +49 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 28 78 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.67% 2.44% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 2.61% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 58 22
10th Percentile - £128 £131
25th Percentile £140 £172 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £275 £164
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +67.68% +5.81%
75th Percentile £238 £345 £197
90th Percentile £353 £380 £359
England median daily rate £200 £200 £225
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 8
10th Percentile £12.91 - £11.88
25th Percentile £14.41 £14.25 £12.63
Median hourly rate £14.81 £14.66 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +8.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £15.47 £15.50 £15.28
90th Percentile £17.21 £16.41 £18.36
England median hourly rate £15.23 £14.81 £15.50
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.45% +6.90%

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%

Service Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Analyst in the South West

Service Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Service Analyst in the South West

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Service Analyst in the South West

Service Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Analyst in the South West

Service 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 Service 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 +22 10 £213 +21.43% 2
Wiltshire -1 8 £463 +40.15% 2
Somerset +5 4 £140 -37.78%
Dorset -8 4 - - 1
Gloucestershire +16 1 £225 +50.00%
Devon +8 1 - - 2
Service Analyst
England

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

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

1 19 (67.86%) ITIL
2 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
4 14 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (46.43%) Windows
6 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
6 12 (42.86%) Customer Service
7 11 (39.29%) Microsoft Office
8 10 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (28.57%) Service Management
9 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
10 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
10 7 (25.00%) Data Analysis
10 7 (25.00%) ITSM
10 7 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
10 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (25.00%) Visualisation
10 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (25.00%) Ticket Management
11 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
11 6 (21.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 6 (21.43%) Incident Management
12 5 (17.86%) Law
12 5 (17.86%) Legal
12 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
12 5 (17.86%) A+ Certification
12 5 (17.86%) iManage
12 5 (17.86%) Time Management
13 4 (14.29%) Management Information System

Service 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 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 18 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Law
3 5 (17.86%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Reinsurance
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (46.43%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) ITIL
2 14 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (42.86%) Customer Service
4 8 (28.57%) Service Management
5 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 7 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (25.00%) ITSM
5 7 (25.00%) Ticket Management
5 7 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 6 (21.43%) Incident Management
6 6 (21.43%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
7 5 (17.86%) Time Management
8 3 (10.71%) User Experience
9 2 (7.14%) Performance Metrics
10 1 (3.57%) Customer-Centricity
10 1 (3.57%) Hardware Maintenance
10 1 (3.57%) Line Management
10 1 (3.57%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
1 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (17.86%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) iManage
3 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) VMware