Information Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 424 466
Rank change year-on-year +59 +42 -82
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 17 28 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.083% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 32
10th Percentile - £178 £144
25th Percentile £400 £200 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £313 £363
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -13.79% +20.83%
75th Percentile £527 £400 £488
90th Percentile £539 £456 £549
UK median daily rate £500 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +33.33% -11.76% +14.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £17.00 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.63 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.72% -5.29% +45.25%
75th Percentile £21.50 £31.91 £26.50
90th Percentile - £42.77 -
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £24.63 £26.00
% change year-on-year -14.72% -5.29% +41.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,841 22,170 29,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.33% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,467 15,486 20,548
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,134 1,466
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Information Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK excluding London

Information Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +20 5 £540 +54.29% 8
North of England +20 5 £500 +60.00% 9
Midlands +28 4 £400 +80.18% 8
East Midlands +26 3 £400 +105.13% 5
North West +21 2 £293 -13.97% 5
Yorkshire +20 2 £500 +150.00% 4
West Midlands +16 1 - - 3
South West +12 1 £515 +7.29% 4
East of England +5 1 - - 3
Scotland - 1 £500 -
North East - 1 £500 -
Information Analyst
UK

Information Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Information 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 UK excluding London region featuring Information Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (29.41%) Information Management
3 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
4 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
5 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
5 3 (17.65%) NIST
5 3 (17.65%) CISM
5 3 (17.65%) SQL
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
5 3 (17.65%) CISSP
5 3 (17.65%) NHS
5 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Power BI
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Veeva
6 2 (11.76%) Data Enrichment
6 2 (11.76%) Information Assurance
6 2 (11.76%) Azure
6 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
6 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) System Testing

Information Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Veeva
3 1 (5.88%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) QlikView
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) NHS
2 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.76%) Life Science
4 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Information Security
2 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (29.41%) Information Management
4 4 (23.53%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 2 (11.76%) Cloud Security
6 2 (11.76%) Data Enrichment
6 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.76%) Information Assurance
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Quality Management
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
6 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (11.76%) System Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CISM
1 3 (17.65%) CISSP
2 2 (11.76%) CISA
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) ISSAP
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 3 (17.65%) NIST
2 2 (11.76%) COBIT
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.88%) IASME
3 1 (5.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.88%) Qualys