Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 315 394 519
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.74% 13.69% 14.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.66% 14.52% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 267 339
10th Percentile £166 £225 £162
25th Percentile £308 £363 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +3.13%
75th Percentile £517 £538 £475
90th Percentile £575 £615 £532
South East median daily rate £450 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +2.86% +2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 43
10th Percentile £17.51 £16.93 -
25th Percentile £17.64 £23.13 £10.77
Median hourly rate £21.00 £30.23 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.53% +132.54% -7.96%
75th Percentile £22.52 £60.58 £17.50
90th Percentile £42.99 £79.19 £20.00
South East median hourly rate £19.38 £21.03 £15.00
% change year-on-year -7.85% +40.17% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,488 2,714 3,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.33% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,389 1,845 2,343
10th Percentile £213 £300 £211
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 79 97
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £13.00
Median hourly rate £48.18 £50.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +185.71% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.80 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £64.29
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -9 197 £479 -4.30% 40
Buckinghamshire +6 90 £400 -5.88% 30
Oxfordshire 0 28 £450 +32.35% 16
Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 90 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.35%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (25.71%) Finance
4 72 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (16.51%) Security Cleared
6 47 (14.92%) Microsoft
7 46 (14.60%) Telecoms
8 45 (14.29%) Agile
8 45 (14.29%) Analytics
9 42 (13.33%) Tableau
10 41 (13.02%) Business Intelligence
10 41 (13.02%) Power Platform
11 39 (12.38%) SQL
12 38 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
12 38 (12.06%) Degree
12 38 (12.06%) Power BI
13 36 (11.43%) Decision-Making
14 34 (10.79%) SC Cleared
14 34 (10.79%) Azure
15 33 (10.48%) Business Analysis
15 33 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (9.21%) Project Management
17 27 (8.57%) Data Analysis
17 27 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
18 26 (8.25%) ITIL
19 24 (7.62%) Legal
19 24 (7.62%) Alteryx
20 23 (7.30%) Snowflake
20 23 (7.30%) Python
21 22 (6.98%) Change Management

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 10 (3.17%) Confluence
2 9 (2.86%) SAS
3 3 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (0.95%) Appian
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (12.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.22%) SPSS
4 6 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (3.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (2.22%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.95%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.63%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 41 (13.02%) Power Platform
2 34 (10.79%) Azure
3 23 (7.30%) Snowflake
4 19 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.49%) AWS
6 10 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.59%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.27%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.95%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.63%) Veeva
12 1 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.32%) GCP
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.32%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.17%) Network Security
2 9 (2.86%) Firewall
3 6 (1.90%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (1.90%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (1.27%) VPN
5 3 (0.95%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.95%) SAN
5 3 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.63%) DHCP
6 2 (0.63%) DNS
6 2 (0.63%) Wireless
7 1 (0.32%) Internet
7 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.32%) VLAN
7 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.33%) Tableau
2 38 (12.06%) Power BI
3 8 (2.54%) Big Data
4 7 (2.22%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (1.90%) Data Lake
5 6 (1.90%) Power Query
5 6 (1.90%) PowerPivot
6 5 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.27%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.95%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.63%) GIS
10 1 (0.32%) Looker
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (6.35%) JIRA
2 4 (1.27%) Selenium
3 3 (0.95%) MSI
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.95%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.32%) JMeter
5 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.32%) Maven
5 1 (0.32%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 90 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.35%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (25.71%) Finance
4 46 (14.60%) Telecoms
5 24 (7.62%) Legal
6 19 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (5.08%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.08%) Retail
8 14 (4.44%) Automotive
8 14 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (4.13%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.86%) Banking
12 8 (2.54%) Marketing
13 4 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (1.27%) German Language
13 4 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.95%) Billing
14 3 (0.95%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.95%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.22%) D3.js
2 2 (0.63%) ADO
2 2 (0.63%) HTML
3 1 (0.32%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.32%) PySpark
3 1 (0.32%) SOAP
3 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.67%) Credit Risk
2 15 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.54%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.59%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.59%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.27%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.95%) IoT
9 2 (0.63%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.63%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.63%) Life Science
9 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.32%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.32%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.32%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.08%) Windows
2 13 (4.13%) Linux
3 5 (1.59%) Debian
3 5 (1.59%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.27%) Windows 7
4 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.32%) Unix
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (14.29%) Agile
2 45 (14.29%) Analytics
3 41 (13.02%) Business Intelligence
4 36 (11.43%) Decision-Making
5 33 (10.48%) Business Analysis
5 33 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (9.21%) Project Management
7 27 (8.57%) Actionable Insight
7 27 (8.57%) Data Analysis
8 26 (8.25%) ITIL
9 22 (6.98%) Change Management
9 22 (6.98%) Dashboard Development
9 22 (6.98%) DevOps
9 22 (6.98%) User Stories
10 21 (6.67%) Customer Service
11 20 (6.35%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (6.03%) Roadmaps
13 18 (5.71%) Visualisation
14 17 (5.40%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 39 (12.38%) SQL
2 23 (7.30%) Python
3 8 (2.54%) R
4 5 (1.59%) VBA
5 4 (1.27%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.27%) VBScript
6 3 (0.95%) Java
7 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.32%) JCL
7 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (16.51%) Security Cleared
2 38 (12.06%) Degree
3 34 (10.79%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.40%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.86%) ICAEW
6 6 (1.90%) CCNP
6 6 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.59%) ACCA
7 5 (1.59%) CIMA
7 5 (1.59%) CISM
8 3 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.95%) ISEB
9 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.63%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.32%) IIBA
10 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.13%) PMO
1 13 (4.13%) QA
2 12 (3.81%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.17%) IFRS
4 9 (2.86%) GAAP
5 8 (2.54%) GDPR
5 8 (2.54%) SLA
6 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.63%) ITGC
6 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 8 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.95%) Firmware
3 3 (0.95%) XenApp
3 3 (0.95%) XenDesktop
4 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.63%) vSphere
5 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (1.90%) Nessus
2 4 (1.27%) SCCM
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.32%) Nagios
Vendors
1 47 (14.92%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.62%) Alteryx
3 19 (6.03%) Oracle
4 18 (5.71%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.81%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.49%) SAP
6 11 (3.49%) VMware
7 7 (2.22%) Cisco
8 6 (1.90%) Juniper
8 6 (1.90%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.90%) ScienceLogic
8 6 (1.90%) Splunk
9 5 (1.59%) Adobe
9 5 (1.59%) Apple
9 5 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.27%) Databricks
11 3 (0.95%) Citrix
11 3 (0.95%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.95%) Concur
11 3 (0.95%) Workday