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The median contractor rate for an Analyst was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 16 August 2018. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Analyst UK |
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6 months to
16 Aug 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Analyst |
14,250 |
14,669 |
17,549 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
13.93% |
15.33% |
16.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
14.68% |
16.14% |
16.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
9,079 |
9,769 |
11,646 |
| UK median daily rate |
£400 |
£400 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.67% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£184 |
£210 |
£200 |
| 90th Percentile |
£550 |
£575 |
£538 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£375 |
£363 |
£350 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.45% |
+3.57% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
668 |
587 |
819 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£15.00 |
£15.50 |
£14.90 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-3.23% |
+4.03% |
-0.67% |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.50 |
£10.38 |
£10.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£34.83 |
£34.60 |
£30.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£14.50 |
£14.50 |
£14.34 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+1.12% |
+2.43% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
97,050 |
90,865 |
103,552 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.87% |
94.97% |
94.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
63,549 |
59,046 |
67,469 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£438 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£269 |
£263 |
£255 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£413 |
£400 |
£388 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.13% |
+3.23% |
+3.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3,109 |
2,798 |
3,126 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£17.88 |
£18.70 |
£19.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-4.39% |
-1.58% |
+6.38% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
£10.32 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.00 |
£48.83 |
£46.69 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.78 |
£19.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.55% |
-6.45% |
+11.76% |
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Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Analyst.
Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Analyst over the 6 months to 16 August 2018.
Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst.
Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Analyst over the 6 months to 16 August 2018.
Analyst
Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 August 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 16 August 2018, Analyst contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Analyst in the job title.
| 1 |
3,666 (25.73%) |
Finance |
| 2 |
3,207 (22.51%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
2,236 (15.69%) |
SQL |
| 4 |
2,113 (14.83%) |
Business Analysis |
| 5 |
2,064 (14.48%) |
Microsoft |
| 6 |
1,925 (13.51%) |
Windows |
| 7 |
1,864 (13.08%) |
Stakeholder Management |
| 8 |
1,806 (12.67%) |
Analytical Skills |
| 9 |
1,268 (8.90%) |
Active Directory |
| 10 |
1,235 (8.67%) |
Banking |
| 11 |
1,210 (8.49%) |
Microsoft Excel |
| 12 |
1,165 (8.18%) |
Microsoft Office |
| 13 |
1,142 (8.01%) |
ITIL |
| 14 |
1,121 (7.87%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 15 |
978 (6.86%) |
User Stories |
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Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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