Analyst Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Analyst
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Staffordshire is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -10
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 8 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 9.64% 11.76% 5.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.76% 12.50% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile £210 £150 £248
25th Percentile £300 £241 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £363 £381
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -4.92% +52.50%
75th Percentile £400 £469 £488
90th Percentile £408 £508 £578
West Midlands median daily rate £416 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -12.37% +11.76% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% +40.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 68 64 94
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.93% 94.12% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 38 64
10th Percentile £180 £140 £299
25th Percentile £203 £166 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £422 £488 £500
90th Percentile £575 £541 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 17
10th Percentile - £12.25 -
25th Percentile £19.50 £16.38 £14.71
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £25.96
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -30.65% +11.25%
75th Percentile £68.00 £20.24 £38.75
90th Percentile - £25.52 £51.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £18.51 £22.50
% change year-on-year +35.87% -17.73% +26.98%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Staffordshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Staffordshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Staffordshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 4 £400 - 7
Stafford +3 2 £375 +11.11% 4
Uttoxeter -1 1 £150 -
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 £301 - 8
Analyst
West Midlands

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (25.00%) Data Deduplication
1 2 (25.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (25.00%) Data Security
1 2 (25.00%) Databricks
1 2 (25.00%) ETL
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Pega
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) SAP

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) iPhone
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (25.00%) Data Deduplication
1 2 (25.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (25.00%) Data Security
1 2 (25.00%) ETL
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Pega
2 1 (12.50%) SAP