Technical Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £448, 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 237 277 336
Rank change year-on-year +40 +59 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 105 115 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.82% 0.57% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.61% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 68 71
10th Percentile £263 £209 £220
25th Percentile £353 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £358 £488
Median % change year-on-year +25.17% -26.67% +8.33%
75th Percentile £516 £495 £531
90th Percentile £573 £541 £569
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 4
10th Percentile - - £14.48
25th Percentile £14.99 - £14.81
Median hourly rate £15.14 £14.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% -22.22% +24.14%
75th Percentile £15.39 £23.75 £21.06
90th Percentile £22.98 - £21.15
UK median hourly rate £15.14 £14.00 £22.86
% change year-on-year +8.14% -38.76% +57.66%

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%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analyst in the UK excluding London

Technical Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Analyst in the UK excluding London

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analyst in the UK excluding London

Technical Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Analyst in the UK excluding London

Technical Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Analyst in the UK excluding London

Technical 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 Technical 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
Scotland +8 28 £275 -35.29% 4
East of England +30 26 £550 +66.67% 4
North of England +7 18 £400 -13.51% 27
South East +60 15 £425 -8.11% 58
Yorkshire +9 10 £513 +2.50% 7
Midlands +10 8 £500 +33.33% 9
North West +6 8 £348 -18.24% 20
South West +31 6 £456 +98.37% 14
West Midlands +8 6 £625 +127.27% 8
Wales 0 3 £423 +69.00% 8
East Midlands +8 2 £463 -15.91%
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Technical Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 33 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 31 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (25.71%) Social Skills
4 26 (24.76%) ITIL
5 24 (22.86%) Active Directory
5 24 (22.86%) Business Analysis
6 23 (21.90%) Microsoft Excel
7 22 (20.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 22 (20.95%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (20.00%) Agile
8 21 (20.00%) Customer Service
9 19 (18.10%) Incident Management
9 19 (18.10%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (18.10%) MCSA
9 19 (18.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (18.10%) A+ Certification
9 19 (18.10%) Security Cleared
10 18 (17.14%) JIRA
10 18 (17.14%) Mathematics
10 18 (17.14%) ServiceNow
10 18 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (17.14%) Citrix
10 18 (17.14%) Service Delivery
11 15 (14.29%) Finance
11 15 (14.29%) Migration
11 15 (14.29%) User Stories
12 14 (13.33%) Technical Analysis
12 14 (13.33%) Data Analysis
12 14 (13.33%) SQL
13 13 (12.38%) Data Modelling

Technical 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 12 (11.43%) Confluence
2 4 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.95%) CICS
4 1 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 23 (21.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (20.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (6.67%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) SAP LE
1 2 (1.90%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.95%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.95%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.95%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (10.48%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.57%) Azure
4 5 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.90%) AWS
5 2 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.90%) GCP
5 2 (1.90%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.90%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.95%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (18.10%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (3.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.86%) DHCP
3 3 (2.86%) DNS
4 2 (1.90%) Kerberos
4 2 (1.90%) Wireless
5 1 (0.95%) Firewall
5 1 (0.95%) HTTP
5 1 (0.95%) LAN
5 1 (0.95%) Softphone
5 1 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.95%) VoIP
5 1 (0.95%) VPN
5 1 (0.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.48%) Power BI
2 4 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.86%) Tableau
4 2 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (17.14%) JIRA
2 2 (1.90%) Postman
3 1 (0.95%) SoapUI
General
1 27 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (14.29%) Finance
4 12 (11.43%) Banking
5 4 (3.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.95%) Automotive
8 1 (0.95%) Electronics
8 1 (0.95%) French Language
8 1 (0.95%) Games
8 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Marketing
8 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Retail
8 1 (0.95%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.81%) Web Services
2 2 (1.90%) OAuth
2 2 (1.90%) OpenID
2 2 (1.90%) RESTful
2 2 (1.90%) SAML
2 2 (1.90%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.95%) ISPF
3 1 (0.95%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.76%) CMDB
3 4 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.90%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.90%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (0.95%) EPoS
5 1 (0.95%) IoT
5 1 (0.95%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.95%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.95%) PKI
5 1 (0.95%) PMI
5 1 (0.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.43%) Linux
2 11 (10.48%) Unix
3 10 (9.52%) Windows
4 4 (3.81%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.90%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.95%) Android
6 1 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.95%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (24.76%) ITIL
3 24 (22.86%) Business Analysis
4 21 (20.00%) Agile
4 21 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 19 (18.10%) Incident Management
6 18 (17.14%) Mathematics
6 18 (17.14%) Service Delivery
7 15 (14.29%) Migration
7 15 (14.29%) User Stories
8 14 (13.33%) Data Analysis
8 14 (13.33%) Technical Analysis
9 13 (12.38%) Data Modelling
9 13 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (10.48%) Capacity Management
10 11 (10.48%) OO
10 11 (10.48%) Storage Management
11 10 (9.52%) Process Improvement
11 10 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (8.57%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.33%) SQL
2 11 (10.48%) Perl
2 11 (10.48%) Python
3 1 (0.95%) JCL
3 1 (0.95%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (18.10%) A+ Certification
1 19 (18.10%) MCSA
1 19 (18.10%) Microsoft Certification
1 19 (18.10%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.38%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.62%) Degree
4 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.90%) CBAP
5 2 (1.90%) MCP
5 2 (1.90%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (0.95%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.95%) CCNA
6 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.95%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.95%) ECDL
6 1 (0.95%) IIBA
6 1 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.95%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.62%) QA
2 1 (0.95%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.95%) GDPR
2 1 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.95%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.86%) SCCM
3 2 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.95%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 33 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.14%) Citrix
2 18 (17.14%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.81%) SAP
4 3 (2.86%) Oracle
5 1 (0.95%) Ariba
5 1 (0.95%) Aruba
5 1 (0.95%) Cisco
5 1 (0.95%) Fiserv
5 1 (0.95%) IBM
5 1 (0.95%) JDA
5 1 (0.95%) Workday
5 1 (0.95%) Zscaler