Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £445 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 299 410 523
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.24% 14.13% 14.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.09% 14.96% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 283 339
10th Percentile £165 £244 £154
25th Percentile £307 £333 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £445 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +11.25% +2.96%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £464
90th Percentile £583 £612 £514
South East median daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.88% - +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 46
10th Percentile £17.51 £16.25 £10.27
25th Percentile £17.64 £20.25 £10.77
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.25 £13.35
Median % change year-on-year -22.94% +104.12% +2.69%
75th Percentile £22.52 £51.15 £17.50
90th Percentile £42.00 £79.19 £22.50
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £22.16 £16.63
% change year-on-year -12.57% +33.29% +23.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,474 2,740 3,370
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 94.45% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,427 1,904 2,297
10th Percentile £206 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 76 101
10th Percentile £15.67 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.45 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the Thames Valley

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Berkshire -9 190 £475 +1.50% 40
Buckinghamshire +7 90 £400 - 32
Oxfordshire 0 19 £165 -58.75% 19
Analyst
South East

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 89 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 76 (25.42%) Finance
3 75 (25.08%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (17.06%) Security Cleared
6 46 (15.38%) Agile
7 42 (14.05%) Microsoft
8 41 (13.71%) Telecoms
9 39 (13.04%) Tableau
9 39 (13.04%) Analytics
10 36 (12.04%) Decision-Making
11 35 (11.71%) SQL
11 35 (11.71%) Business Analysis
12 34 (11.37%) Degree
12 34 (11.37%) Microsoft Excel
12 34 (11.37%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (10.37%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (10.03%) SC Cleared
15 29 (9.70%) Power Platform
15 29 (9.70%) Power BI
16 27 (9.03%) Azure
16 27 (9.03%) Project Management
17 25 (8.36%) ITIL
17 25 (8.36%) Data Analysis
17 25 (8.36%) Actionable Insight
18 24 (8.03%) Alteryx
18 24 (8.03%) JIRA
18 24 (8.03%) Legal
18 24 (8.03%) Requirements Gathering
19 23 (7.69%) Snowflake

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 14 (4.68%) Confluence
2 9 (3.01%) SAS
3 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.00%) Appian
5 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 34 (11.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.34%) SPSS
4 6 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (4.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (2.34%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.00%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.67%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.33%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.70%) Power Platform
2 27 (9.03%) Azure
3 23 (7.69%) Snowflake
4 17 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.35%) AWS
6 8 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.00%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.67%) PaaS
9 2 (0.67%) SaaS
9 2 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.67%) Veeva
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.33%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.34%) Network Security
2 9 (3.01%) Firewall
3 7 (2.34%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (2.34%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (1.67%) VPN
5 4 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.00%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (1.00%) SAN
7 2 (0.67%) DHCP
7 2 (0.67%) DNS
7 2 (0.67%) VLAN
8 1 (0.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.04%) Tableau
2 29 (9.70%) Power BI
3 7 (2.34%) Big Data
3 7 (2.34%) Qlik Sense
4 5 (1.67%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.34%) Power Query
6 3 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.00%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.67%) GIS
8 1 (0.33%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 24 (8.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.00%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.00%) Robot Framework
2 3 (1.00%) Selenium
3 1 (0.33%) MSI
3 1 (0.33%) TestRail
3 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 76 (25.42%) Finance
3 75 (25.08%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (13.71%) Telecoms
5 24 (8.03%) Legal
6 20 (6.69%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (6.02%) Retail
8 16 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (4.68%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.34%) Automotive
11 8 (2.68%) Banking
11 8 (2.68%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.68%) Marketing
12 6 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.67%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.34%) Local Government
14 4 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.00%) Billing
15 3 (1.00%) German Language
16 1 (0.33%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.34%) D3.js
2 2 (0.67%) ADO
2 2 (0.67%) HTML
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.33%) PySpark
3 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.02%) Credit Risk
2 12 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.67%) Mainframe
5 5 (1.67%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.34%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.34%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.34%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.00%) IoT
7 3 (1.00%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.67%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.67%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.67%) Life Science
8 2 (0.67%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.33%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.02%) Windows
2 15 (5.02%) Linux
3 6 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.67%) Debian
4 5 (1.67%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.34%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (15.38%) Agile
3 39 (13.04%) Analytics
4 36 (12.04%) Decision-Making
5 35 (11.71%) Business Analysis
6 34 (11.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 31 (10.37%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (9.03%) Project Management
9 25 (8.36%) Actionable Insight
9 25 (8.36%) Data Analysis
9 25 (8.36%) ITIL
10 24 (8.03%) Requirements Gathering
11 23 (7.69%) User Stories
12 22 (7.36%) DevOps
13 21 (7.02%) Customer Service
13 21 (7.02%) Dashboard Development
14 20 (6.69%) Change Management
15 18 (6.02%) Roadmaps
16 17 (5.69%) Data Modelling
16 17 (5.69%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.71%) SQL
2 19 (6.35%) Python
3 7 (2.34%) R
4 4 (1.34%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.34%) VBA
4 4 (1.34%) VBScript
5 2 (0.67%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.33%) JCL
6 1 (0.33%) Scala
6 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.37%) Degree
3 30 (10.03%) SC Cleared
4 21 (7.02%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.01%) ICAEW
6 7 (2.34%) CCNP
6 7 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.01%) CISM
7 6 (2.01%) ISEB
8 5 (1.67%) ACCA
8 5 (1.67%) CIMA
9 3 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.67%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.67%) CBAP
10 2 (0.67%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.67%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.67%) PMP
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.69%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.02%) PMO
3 13 (4.35%) QA
4 10 (3.34%) IFRS
5 9 (3.01%) GAAP
5 9 (3.01%) SLA
6 7 (2.34%) GDPR
7 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.67%) ITGC
7 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 7 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.67%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.33%) XenApp
5 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (2.01%) Nessus
2 3 (1.00%) SCCM
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.03%) Alteryx
3 21 (7.02%) Oracle
4 15 (5.02%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.35%) SAP
6 12 (4.01%) ServiceNow
7 10 (3.34%) VMware
8 8 (2.68%) Cisco
9 7 (2.34%) Juniper
9 7 (2.34%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.34%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.34%) ScienceLogic
10 6 (2.01%) Databricks
11 5 (1.67%) Splunk
12 4 (1.34%) Adobe
12 4 (1.34%) HP
12 4 (1.34%) Workday
13 3 (1.00%) Apple
13 3 (1.00%) Concur
13 3 (1.00%) Dell