Junior Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Junior Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Junior Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £269, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 361 397
Rank change year-on-year +21 +36 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Analyst 30 13 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.072% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.079% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 17
10th Percentile £165 £107 £147
25th Percentile £207 £129 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £194 £270
Median % change year-on-year +38.60% -28.19% +3.55%
75th Percentile £330 £277 £350
90th Percentile £339 £308 -
UK median daily rate £300 £275 £275
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.18% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £17.95 - £13.05
25th Percentile £18.72 £12.30 £13.11
Median hourly rate £20.00 £13.40 £15.33
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% -12.56% +12.93%
75th Percentile £21.28 £15.77 £18.75
90th Percentile £22.05 £18.06 -
UK median hourly rate £17.44 £13.40 £13.15
% change year-on-year +30.15% +1.90% -10.18%

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 13,882 16,547 20,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 92.27% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,532 9,572 13,610
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £679 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,271 1,426 1,206
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.68% +99.20%
75th Percentile £51.85 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Junior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Analyst in the UK excluding London

Junior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Junior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Analyst in the UK excluding London

Junior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Junior 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 Junior Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
South East +21 9 £250 +150.00% 19
North of England -23 7 £244 -25.00% 2
Midlands - 7 £180 - 5
North West - 5 £244 - 2
East of England +3 4 - - 1
East Midlands - 4 £140 -
South West - 3 £340 -
West Midlands - 3 £210 - 5
Yorkshire -11 2 - -
Northern Ireland -6 1 £300 +33.33%
Wales - 1 - -
Junior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Junior 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 Junior Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (50.00%) Finance
2 13 (43.33%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (26.67%) Decision-Making
6 7 (23.33%) Project Management
6 7 (23.33%) Windows
6 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
7 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 6 (20.00%) Banking
7 6 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
8 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (16.67%) Demand Management
8 5 (16.67%) Information Security
8 5 (16.67%) IFS
9 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
9 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
9 4 (13.33%) Migration
9 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (13.33%) Power BI
9 4 (13.33%) JIRA
9 4 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (10.00%) iPad
10 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
10 3 (10.00%) iPhone
10 3 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
10 3 (10.00%) Google

Junior 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 7 (23.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.67%) Confluence
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.33%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (6.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.33%) Chatbot
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.00%) Google Workspace
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) FTP
2 1 (3.33%) HTTP
2 1 (3.33%) SMTP
2 1 (3.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) MS Access
2 1 (3.33%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 15 (50.00%) Finance
2 13 (43.33%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Front Office
6 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Retail
6 1 (3.33%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) iPad
1 3 (10.00%) iPhone
2 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (26.67%) Decision-Making
3 7 (23.33%) Project Management
4 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.67%) Demand Management
4 5 (16.67%) Information Security
4 5 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
5 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Agile
6 3 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (10.00%) ITSM
6 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (10.00%) Service Management
7 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (6.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) CISMP
2 2 (6.67%) GSEC
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.33%) MCP
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) GDPR
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.67%) GRC
2 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.33%) NIST
3 1 (3.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) IFS
3 3 (10.00%) Google
3 3 (10.00%) MobileIron
3 3 (10.00%) Nexthink
3 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.67%) OneTrust
5 1 (3.33%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.33%) Databricks
5 1 (3.33%) FireEye
5 1 (3.33%) IronPort
5 1 (3.33%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.33%) SAP
5 1 (3.33%) Splunk
5 1 (3.33%) Symantec