Technical Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Technical Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 332 363
Rank change year-on-year -40 +31 +65
Contract jobs citing Technical Analysis 33 25 38
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 22
10th Percentile £303 - £422
25th Percentile £330 £400 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -17.84% +9.23%
75th Percentile £597 £540 £571
90th Percentile £749 £626 £702
UK median daily rate £518 £623 £625
% change year-on-year -16.87% -0.40% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £65.40 £41.10 -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Technical Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,531 13,041 17,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.03% 86.97% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,494 7,668 11,224
10th Percentile £219 £235 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,755 762 1,227
10th Percentile £14.36 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.03 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Technical Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Technical Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technical Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analysis in the UK excluding London

Technical Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis
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 Technical Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Scotland +2 10 - -
South West -3 8 £425 -29.17% 2
South East -14 7 £365 -29.81% 6
North of England -49 5 £738 +84.38% 4
North East - 4 £750 - 2
Midlands - 2 £456 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £456 - 1
Yorkshire -40 1 £325 -
East of England - 1 £420 -
Technical Analysis
UK

Technical Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (12.12%) Simulink
1 4 (12.12%) Stateflow
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Azure
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (9.09%) Amazon S3
4 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 3 (9.09%) SaaS
4 3 (9.09%) ShareGate
4 3 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (6.06%) AWS CodePipeline
5 2 (6.06%) GitHub
5 2 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.03%) GCP
6 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Kerberos
1 3 (9.09%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) MongoDB
1 4 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (9.09%) Metadata
2 3 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Rational DOORS
1 4 (12.12%) Rational Team Concert
2 3 (9.09%) JIRA
3 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Aerospace
3 4 (12.12%) Aviation
4 3 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Finance
5 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Analyst
2 11 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Programmer
3 7 (21.21%) Python Programmer
4 5 (15.15%) Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Security Architect
6 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
7 2 (6.06%) Lead
7 2 (6.06%) Senior
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Architect
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Security Architect
8 1 (3.03%) Java Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Lead Architect
8 1 (3.03%) Lead Security Architect
8 1 (3.03%) Linux Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Network Technical Architect
8 1 (3.03%) Python Software Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) SEO Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) LDAP
1 3 (9.09%) OAuth
1 3 (9.09%) OpenID
1 3 (9.09%) SAML
2 1 (3.03%) CSS
2 1 (3.03%) HTML
2 1 (3.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) IVR
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Linux
2 8 (24.24%) Unix
3 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) OO
2 7 (21.21%) Capacity Management
2 7 (21.21%) Decision-Making
2 7 (21.21%) Storage Management
3 6 (18.18%) Incident Response
3 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.15%) Agile
4 5 (15.15%) Architectural Patterns
4 5 (15.15%) Project Management
4 5 (15.15%) Requirements Management
4 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (12.12%) Change Management
5 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
5 4 (12.12%) DevOps
5 4 (12.12%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 4 (12.12%) Integration Testing
5 4 (12.12%) Mathematics
5 4 (12.12%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 11 (33.33%) Python
2 8 (24.24%) Perl
3 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
4 4 (12.12%) Ada
4 4 (12.12%) C
4 4 (12.12%) Fortran
4 4 (12.12%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.03%) Java
5 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CISSP
1 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Degree
3 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
3 3 (9.09%) CFCE
3 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (9.09%) GCFA
3 3 (9.09%) GCIA
3 3 (9.09%) GCIH
4 2 (6.06%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (21.21%) QA
3 6 (18.18%) GDPR
3 6 (18.18%) NIST
4 2 (6.06%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (9.09%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) Terraform
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) MathWorks
3 3 (9.09%) Splunk
4 2 (6.06%) ArcSight
4 2 (6.06%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (6.06%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.03%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.03%) Genesys
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Pega