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 £288, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 261 212
Rank change year-on-year +20 -49 -11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 101 133 263
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.79% 0.66% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.71% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 90 183
10th Percentile £150 £149 £130
25th Percentile £181 £170 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £200 £208
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -3.61% -15.31%
75th Percentile £477 £441 £400
90th Percentile £513 £500 £486
UK median daily rate £325 £413 £300
% change year-on-year -21.21% +37.50% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 26
10th Percentile £17.25 £10.95 £12.83
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.24 £13.25
Median hourly rate £22.05 £21.50 £18.23
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +17.97% +8.81%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.00 £27.25
90th Percentile £25.15 - £27.75
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £22.63
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.57% +33.12%

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 11,683 18,741 21,586
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 92.50% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,462 11,456 15,029
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £598
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 812 2,282 1,102
10th Percentile £13.87 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.72 £18.04
Median hourly rate £26.42 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.96% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% -18.89% +88.21%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +36 30 £356 +78.13% 34
North of England +15 25 £232 +0.87% 39
West Midlands +26 23 £375 +87.50% 19
South East +35 19 £338 -24.24% 74
North West +12 16 £449 +124.38% 22
South West +26 10 £205 +17.14% 24
Scotland -15 10 £359 +88.95% 11
Yorkshire +11 9 £190 -25.71% 15
East of England +33 7 £185 +2.78% 9
East Midlands +16 7 £300 +122.22% 13
Northern Ireland -4 4 £150 - 6
IT Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 (47.52%) Social Skills
2 35 (34.65%) Customer Service
3 32 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (31.68%) ITIL
3 32 (31.68%) Microsoft
4 29 (28.71%) Active Directory
5 28 (27.72%) Windows
5 28 (27.72%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (14.85%) ServiceNow
8 15 (14.85%) ITSM
9 14 (13.86%) Degree
10 12 (11.88%) Service Delivery
11 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
11 11 (10.89%) Incident Management
12 10 (9.90%) Azure
13 9 (8.91%) Entra ID
13 9 (8.91%) Business Analysis
13 9 (8.91%) Finance
13 9 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
14 8 (7.92%) Public Sector
14 8 (7.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
14 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
14 8 (7.92%) SharePoint
14 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (7.92%) A+ Certification
14 8 (7.92%) Service Management
14 8 (7.92%) Windows 10
15 7 (6.93%) Cybersecurity

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 8 (7.92%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.98%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.99%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 28 (27.72%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (9.90%) Azure
3 9 (8.91%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.96%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.97%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.98%) AWS
6 2 (1.98%) SaaS
7 1 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.99%) GCP
7 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.99%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.96%) TCP/IP
1 4 (3.96%) VLAN
2 3 (2.97%) DHCP
2 3 (2.97%) DNS
2 3 (2.97%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.98%) Firewall
4 1 (0.99%) DMZ
4 1 (0.99%) Internet
4 1 (0.99%) Intranet
4 1 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.99%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.99%) LAN
4 1 (0.99%) MPLS
4 1 (0.99%) SAN
4 1 (0.99%) Skype
4 1 (0.99%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.99%) VoIP
4 1 (0.99%) WAN
4 1 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.98%) JIRA
General
1 48 (47.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (8.91%) Finance
4 8 (7.92%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.95%) Law
7 4 (3.96%) Banking
7 4 (3.96%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.97%) Retail
9 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.99%) Legal
10 1 (0.99%) Local Government
10 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.95%) Driving Licence
1 5 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.97%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.98%) iPad
4 2 (1.98%) iPhone
4 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.98%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.99%) CMDB
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.99%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 28 (27.72%) Windows
2 8 (7.92%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.95%) Android
4 4 (3.96%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.96%) Linux
5 3 (2.97%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.65%) Customer Service
2 32 (31.68%) ITIL
2 32 (31.68%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (14.85%) ITSM
5 12 (11.88%) Service Delivery
6 11 (10.89%) Incident Management
7 9 (8.91%) Business Analysis
7 9 (8.91%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (7.92%) Service Management
9 7 (6.93%) Agile
9 7 (6.93%) Change Management
9 7 (6.93%) Computer Science
9 7 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (6.93%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (5.94%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (5.94%) Data Analysis
10 6 (5.94%) Performance Metrics
11 5 (4.95%) Project Management
11 5 (4.95%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.98%) Python
2 2 (1.98%) SQL
3 1 (0.99%) Bash
3 1 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (13.86%) Degree
2 8 (7.92%) A+ Certification
2 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.94%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.94%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.95%) MCP
5 3 (2.97%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.97%) MCSA
6 2 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.98%) CCNA
6 2 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.99%) CISSP
7 1 (0.99%) IIBA
7 1 (0.99%) ISEB
7 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) SLA
2 5 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.97%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (28.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.98%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.98%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.99%) Docker
3 1 (0.99%) vSphere
3 1 (0.99%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.97%) SCCM
3 2 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.99%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.99%) Nagios
4 1 (0.99%) Podman
4 1 (0.99%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (31.68%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.85%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.96%) Apple
3 4 (3.96%) Citrix
3 4 (3.96%) Google
3 4 (3.96%) Liquidlogic
4 3 (2.97%) SAP
4 3 (2.97%) VMware
5 2 (1.98%) Ariba
5 2 (1.98%) Equitrac
5 2 (1.98%) Lotus
5 2 (1.98%) MobileIron
5 2 (1.98%) Nexthink
5 2 (1.98%) Varonis
6 1 (0.99%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.99%) F5
6 1 (0.99%) Ivanti
6 1 (0.99%) Progress
6 1 (0.99%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.99%) Sun