IT Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 208 200
Rank change year-on-year -55 -8 +34
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 131 273 393
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 1.17% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.24% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 189 255
10th Percentile £135 £129 £125
25th Percentile £164 £155 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £205 £250
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -18.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £443 £388 £438
90th Percentile £500 £473 £521
UK median daily rate £425 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +41.67% -14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 26 50
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.83 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.30 £13.25 £11.93
Median hourly rate £21.50 £16.86 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -3.64% +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.25 £19.25
90th Percentile - £27.75 £23.85
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year -2.22% +30.43% +13.11%

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 18,943 22,066 29,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.30% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,549 15,423 20,326
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
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 £598 £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 2,262 1,138 1,451
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £43.99
90th Percentile £73.98 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Scotland +21 34 £195 +8.33% 2
South East -4 33 £446 +158.55% 21
North of England -2 27 £210 -13.85% 25
South West +10 22 £175 -2.78% 14
Yorkshire +14 17 £230 +15.00% 10
North West -2 10 £188 -46.43% 13
Midlands -2 8 £258 -26.43% 23
West Midlands -2 6 £350 -15.15% 13
East of England -6 4 £180 -10.00% 9
East Midlands +14 2 £135 +8.00% 10
Wales +14 2 £190 -7.32% 4
Northern Ireland +1 1 - -
IT Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 57 (43.51%) Social Skills
2 47 (35.88%) Windows
3 41 (31.30%) Active Directory
4 38 (29.01%) Microsoft
5 35 (26.72%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (25.95%) ITIL
7 31 (23.66%) Windows 10
8 26 (19.85%) Customer Service
9 25 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
10 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Office
11 22 (16.79%) ITSM
12 19 (14.50%) Microsoft Exchange
12 19 (14.50%) Degree
13 18 (13.74%) Agile
14 16 (12.21%) SCCM
14 16 (12.21%) Service Management
14 16 (12.21%) Project Management
14 16 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (11.45%) Public Sector
16 14 (10.69%) DHCP
16 14 (10.69%) DNS
16 14 (10.69%) Asset Management
16 14 (10.69%) Finance
16 14 (10.69%) Apple iOS
17 13 (9.92%) Change Management
17 13 (9.92%) Decision-Making
18 12 (9.16%) Business Analysis
18 12 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
18 12 (9.16%) VMware
18 12 (9.16%) Azure

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (14.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.05%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.76%) Confluence
3 1 (0.76%) Moodle
3 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (18.32%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 35 (26.72%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (9.16%) Azure
3 5 (3.82%) OneDrive
4 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.29%) SaaS
4 3 (2.29%) Yammer
5 2 (1.53%) AWS
5 2 (1.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.76%) PaaS
6 1 (0.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.69%) DHCP
1 14 (10.69%) DNS
2 10 (7.63%) LAN
3 9 (6.87%) WAN
4 8 (6.11%) MPLS
4 8 (6.11%) SAN
4 8 (6.11%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.05%) Skype
6 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.76%) Firewall
7 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.76%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.76%) VLAN
7 1 (0.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.53%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) MSI
General
1 57 (43.51%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.45%) Public Sector
4 14 (10.69%) Finance
5 10 (7.63%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.87%) Aerospace
6 9 (6.87%) Banking
7 7 (5.34%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.29%) Law
10 2 (1.53%) Billing
10 2 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.53%) Publishing
10 2 (1.53%) Retail
11 1 (0.76%) Automotive
11 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.11%) Client/Server
1 8 (6.11%) Clustering
1 8 (6.11%) CMDB
1 8 (6.11%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.05%) iPhone
3 3 (2.29%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.53%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.53%) Wiki
5 1 (0.76%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.76%) SCADA
5 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.76%) Smart Meter
5 1 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.76%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 47 (35.88%) Windows
2 31 (23.66%) Windows 10
3 14 (10.69%) Apple iOS
4 9 (6.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (6.11%) Android
5 8 (6.11%) Unix
6 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
7 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.76%) Linux
8 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.95%) ITIL
2 26 (19.85%) Customer Service
3 22 (16.79%) ITSM
4 18 (13.74%) Agile
5 16 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (12.21%) Project Management
5 16 (12.21%) Service Management
6 14 (10.69%) Asset Management
7 13 (9.92%) Change Management
7 13 (9.92%) Decision-Making
8 12 (9.16%) Business Analysis
8 12 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (9.16%) Time Management
9 9 (6.87%) Application Packaging
9 9 (6.87%) Capacity Management
9 9 (6.87%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (6.11%) Business Transformation
10 8 (6.11%) Data Migration
10 8 (6.11%) Data Protection
10 8 (6.11%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.87%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.76%) Python
2 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (14.50%) Degree
2 11 (8.40%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.87%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.05%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.53%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.76%) CBAP
7 1 (0.76%) CCNA
7 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.76%) CISM
7 1 (0.76%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.76%) CSPO
7 1 (0.76%) GCIH
7 1 (0.76%) IIBA
7 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.40%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.29%) SLA
3 2 (1.53%) GDPR
3 2 (1.53%) PMO
4 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.76%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (31.30%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.87%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (6.11%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (2.29%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.53%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.76%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.76%) XenApp
7 1 (0.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (12.21%) SCCM
2 9 (6.87%) Nagios
3 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (6.11%) NetBackup
4 6 (4.58%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.76%) Nessus
7 1 (0.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.16%) VMware
3 11 (8.40%) Citrix
4 8 (6.11%) Hitachi
4 8 (6.11%) NetApp
5 5 (3.82%) Apple
5 5 (3.82%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.53%) Dell
6 2 (1.53%) Google
6 2 (1.53%) Mitel
6 2 (1.53%) Okta
7 1 (0.76%) Avaya
7 1 (0.76%) BT
7 1 (0.76%) Cadence
7 1 (0.76%) Equitrac
7 1 (0.76%) FireEye
7 1 (0.76%) ForeScout
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle
7 1 (0.76%) SAP
7 1 (0.76%) Tanium