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 £275, 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 247 264 214
Rank change year-on-year +17 -50 -7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 89 136 283
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.65% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.71% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 89 195
10th Percentile £149 £134 £125
25th Percentile £179 £164 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £200 £205
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -2.44% -18.00%
75th Percentile £471 £446 £384
90th Percentile £513 £520 £469
UK median daily rate £338 £425 £285
% change year-on-year -20.59% +49.12% -18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 24
10th Percentile £16.17 £10.95 £12.84
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.36 £13.78
Median hourly rate £21.03 £21.50 £18.23
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +17.97% +17.47%
75th Percentile £22.72 £40.00 £27.25
90th Percentile £30.50 - £27.85
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £21.50 £23.32
% change year-on-year +2.56% -7.78% +39.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Midlands +39 25 £375 -6.25% 14
North of England +15 25 £329 +42.83% 28
West Midlands +28 19 £388 -6.06% 6
North West +21 16 £473 +26.00% 13
South East +29 15 £295 -33.82% 54
Scotland -11 10 £364 +96.49% 12
Yorkshire 0 9 £190 -9.52% 10
South West +28 7 £190 +8.57% 13
East Midlands +13 6 £256 -12.39% 6
East of England +29 4 £185 +2.78% 25
Northern Ireland -6 3 £150 - 5
Wales +1 2 £190 - 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 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 48 (53.93%) Social Skills
2 31 (34.83%) ITIL
3 30 (33.71%) Active Directory
3 30 (33.71%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (32.58%) Microsoft
4 29 (32.58%) Windows
5 28 (31.46%) Customer Service
6 27 (30.34%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (14.61%) Incident Management
9 12 (13.48%) Degree
9 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Office
9 12 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (13.48%) Azure
10 11 (12.36%) ServiceNow
10 11 (12.36%) Windows 10
11 9 (10.11%) Entra ID
11 9 (10.11%) SharePoint
11 9 (10.11%) ITSM
11 9 (10.11%) Finance
12 8 (8.99%) Business Analysis
12 8 (8.99%) Service Delivery
12 8 (8.99%) Public Sector
13 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
13 7 (7.87%) SLA
13 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (7.87%) A+ Certification
13 7 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
14 6 (6.74%) Android

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 9 (10.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.12%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (6.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (33.71%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (13.48%) Azure
3 9 (10.11%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.49%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.25%) AWS
5 2 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.25%) SaaS
6 1 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.12%) GCP
6 1 (1.12%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.12%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.12%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.62%) DHCP
1 5 (5.62%) DNS
1 5 (5.62%) VLAN
2 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
2 4 (4.49%) VPN
3 3 (3.37%) Firewall
3 3 (3.37%) IP Telephony
3 3 (3.37%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (3.37%) Wireless
4 2 (2.25%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.12%) Internet
5 1 (1.12%) Intranet
5 1 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.12%) LAN
5 1 (1.12%) MPLS
5 1 (1.12%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.12%) SAN
5 1 (1.12%) Skype
5 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 48 (53.93%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.11%) Finance
4 8 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.62%) Law
6 4 (4.49%) Banking
6 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.37%) Retail
8 2 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.62%) Driving Licence
1 5 (5.62%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.37%) Blackberry
2 3 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (3.37%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.12%) CMDB
4 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.12%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.12%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 29 (32.58%) Windows
2 11 (12.36%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.74%) Android
4 4 (4.49%) Linux
5 3 (3.37%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.37%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.83%) ITIL
2 28 (31.46%) Customer Service
3 27 (30.34%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (14.61%) Incident Management
6 9 (10.11%) ITSM
7 8 (8.99%) Business Analysis
7 8 (8.99%) Service Delivery
8 7 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (6.74%) Agile
9 6 (6.74%) Change Management
9 6 (6.74%) Computer Science
10 5 (5.62%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (5.62%) Service Management
11 4 (4.49%) ERP
11 4 (4.49%) GAP Analysis
11 4 (4.49%) Migration
11 4 (4.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (4.49%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.25%) Python
1 2 (2.25%) SQL
2 1 (1.12%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (13.48%) Degree
2 7 (7.87%) A+ Certification
2 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (5.62%) MCP
4 3 (3.37%) CCNA
4 3 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.37%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.25%) HP APS
5 2 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.25%) MCSA
5 2 (2.25%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.12%) IIBA
6 1 (1.12%) ISEB
6 1 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.87%) SLA
2 3 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (33.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.25%) BitLocker
2 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.12%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) vSphere
3 1 (1.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.37%) SCCM
3 2 (2.25%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.12%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.12%) Nagios
4 1 (1.12%) Podman
4 1 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.36%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.62%) Apple
3 5 (5.62%) VMware
4 3 (3.37%) Cisco
4 3 (3.37%) Citrix
4 3 (3.37%) HP
4 3 (3.37%) SAP
4 3 (3.37%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.25%) Ariba
5 2 (2.25%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.25%) Equitrac
5 2 (2.25%) Google
5 2 (2.25%) Infoblox
5 2 (2.25%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.25%) Varonis
6 1 (1.12%) IBM
6 1 (1.12%) Lotus
6 1 (1.12%) Mitel
6 1 (1.12%) Progress