Technical Analyst Contracts in the South West

Technical Analyst
England > South West

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in the South West is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 138 153
Rank change year-on-year +35 +15 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 6 12 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.36% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.41% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 13
10th Percentile £331 - £477
25th Percentile £417 £213 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £230 £510
Median % change year-on-year +98.37% -54.90% +13.33%
75th Percentile £488 £250 £575
90th Percentile £588 £491 £638
England median daily rate £488 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.94% +2.00%

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 1,539 2,928 3,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 93.07% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 1,858 2,406
10th Percentile £217 £212 £275
25th Percentile £380 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 409 252
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £25.30 £27.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% -15.38% +36.84%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £72.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.60 £83.40
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analyst in the South West

Technical Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Analyst in the South West

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analyst in the South West

Technical Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Analyst in the South West

Technical 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 Technical Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £425 - 5
Bristol +9 1 £675 +193.48% 3
Somerset 0 1 £475 +90.00% 1
Technical Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (50.00%) User Stories
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Records Management
4 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Confluence
4 2 (33.33%) JIRA
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Electronics
5 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (16.67%) Validation
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) SAP
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) MCP
5 1 (16.67%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) UML

Technical 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 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) User Stories
2 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Records Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) BPMN
4 1 (16.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP