IT Analyst Contracts in South Yorkshire

IT Analyst
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median IT Analyst daily rate in South Yorkshire is £233, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 60 49
Rank change year-on-year -7 -11 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.02% 0.62% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.72% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - £193 -
25th Percentile £185 £205 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £233 £230 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.09% -54.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £350 £339 -
90th Percentile £410 £401 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £190 £290 £200
% change year-on-year -34.48% +45.00% -12.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 532 419 439
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 86.93% 96.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 259 302
10th Percentile £285 £245 £262
25th Percentile £375 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% -9.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £580 £672
90th Percentile £625 £625 £743
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile - £16.75 £11.64
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.13 £13.64
Median hourly rate £18.35 £21.00 £18.36
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +14.38% +7.21%
75th Percentile £18.50 £21.88 £19.88
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 £21.38
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £20.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year +10.70% +0.29% +6.64%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in South Yorkshire

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in South Yorkshire

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in South Yorkshire

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in South Yorkshire

IT Analyst
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Sheffield +4 6 £233 +22.37% 2
IT Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 2025, 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 Yorkshire region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
4 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
4 1 (16.67%) BitLocker
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Transparency
4 1 (16.67%) Power BI
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (16.67%) FinOps
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Mining
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) ERP
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Transparency
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) FinOps
3 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) BMC
2 1 (16.67%) Toshiba