IT Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £130, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 131 134
Rank change year-on-year +34 +3 -23
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 5 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% 0.52% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.56% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 11
10th Percentile - £164 £158
25th Percentile - £180 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 £446 £425
Median % change year-on-year -70.82% +4.82% +117.95%
75th Percentile - £500 £480
90th Percentile - £553 £560
South East median daily rate £295 £446 £173
% change year-on-year -33.82% +158.41% -15.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.10
25th Percentile - - £22.25
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £29.90
90th Percentile - - £31.34
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +14.70% -14.00% +42.69%

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 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the Thames Valley

IT 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 IT Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +22 3 £130 -70.82% 5
Oxfordshire +6 2 - - 3
IT Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) A+ Certification
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) MCSA
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (20.00%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Application Security
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco

IT 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) NAS
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Skype
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Application Security
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Release Management
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
4 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCSA
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (20.00%) VMware