Software Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £360 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 427 477
Rank change year-on-year +33 +50 -61
Contract jobs requiring a Software Analyst 11 25 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.10% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 36
10th Percentile £198 £358 £256
25th Percentile £314 £380 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £400 £550 £450
90th Percentile £490 £576 -
UK median daily rate £430 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -9.47% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 3
10th Percentile - - £17.31
25th Percentile - £15.50 £17.39
Median hourly rate - £17.00 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year - -9.02% -55.51%
75th Percentile - £23.38 £20.44
90th Percentile - £43.20 £20.80
UK median hourly rate - £17.00 £18.69
% change year-on-year - -9.02% -55.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,296 22,932 30,081
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.05% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,881 16,071 21,102
10th Percentile £213 £224 £200
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £573
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,186 1,194 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.27 £42.26 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +116.72% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £41.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.85 £59.01
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Analyst in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Analyst in the UK excluding London

Software Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Analyst in the UK excluding London

Software 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 Software Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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 +25 5 £209 -42.81% 2
Scotland +36 2 £400 +9.59% 1
Midlands +32 2 £363 -34.09% 2
East Midlands - 2 £363 -
North of England +34 1 £625 +31.58% 2
North West +20 1 £625 +31.58% 2
South West +14 1 £360 -24.21% 8
Software Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Software 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 Software Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
2 5 (45.45%) JIRA
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 4 (36.36%) QA
4 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
4 3 (27.27%) Selenium
4 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (27.27%) Confluence
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle
4 3 (27.27%) TestRail
4 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle Database
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Software Asset Management
5 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 1 (9.09%) SaaS
6 1 (9.09%) Git
6 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
6 1 (9.09%) Compatibility Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
6 1 (9.09%) Degree
6 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (9.09%) Google

Software 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 3 (27.27%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) Appian
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) SNMP
1 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
2 3 (27.27%) Selenium
2 3 (27.27%) TestRail
3 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
3 1 (9.09%) Eclipse
3 1 (9.09%) Git
3 1 (9.09%) GoogleTest
3 1 (9.09%) Postman
3 1 (9.09%) Robot Framework
3 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Automotive
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) Gherkin
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (18.18%) Software Asset Management
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 2 (18.18%) User Stories
4 1 (9.09%) API Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Application Rationalisation
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Prototyping
4 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
4 1 (9.09%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft