Digital Analyst Contracts

Digital Analyst
UK

The median Digital Analyst daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 477 523 597
Rank change year-on-year +46 +74 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Analyst 43 59 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 39 99
10th Percentile £284 £300 £360
25th Percentile £339 £381 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £546 £525 £528
90th Percentile £738 £609 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £356 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -25.05% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.51
Median hourly rate £20.00 £70.00 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -71.43% +233.17% -
75th Percentile - - £21.52
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £21.01
% change year-on-year - +233.17% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Digital Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Digital Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Analyst in the UK

Digital Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Digital Analyst in the UK

Digital Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Analyst in the UK

Digital Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Digital Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Digital Analyst in the UK

Digital Analyst
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +45 38 £438 -4.89% 61
London +39 23 £520 +12.43% 37
Work from Home +31 20 £400 -13.04% 24
UK excluding London +53 17 £356 -25.05% 34
South West +51 7 £404 +34.36% 2
Midlands - 4 £378 - 8
East Midlands - 3 £356 - 3
South East +33 2 £280 -40.11% 15
North of England +15 2 £375 -19.27% 5
North West +17 1 £375 -28.57% 4
Scotland +10 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +6 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 4

Digital Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Digital 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 featuring Digital Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (51.16%) Agile
2 13 (30.23%) User Experience
3 12 (27.91%) Business Analysis
4 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (25.58%) Analytics
5 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
6 9 (20.93%) SQL
7 8 (18.60%) Power Platform
7 8 (18.60%) Power BI
8 7 (16.28%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (16.28%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (16.28%) Google
8 7 (16.28%) User Stories
8 7 (16.28%) Confluence
8 7 (16.28%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
9 6 (13.95%) UX Design
9 6 (13.95%) Marketing
9 6 (13.95%) JIRA
9 6 (13.95%) Adobe Analytics
9 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (13.95%) ITIL
9 6 (13.95%) Adobe
9 6 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (13.95%) Business Case
9 6 (13.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 6 (13.95%) Acceptance Criteria
9 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (11.63%) Sprint Retrospective

Digital Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (16.28%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) Drupal
2 1 (2.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.98%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.65%) Trello
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Shopify
2 1 (2.33%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.60%) Power Platform
2 6 (13.95%) Adobe Analytics
3 4 (9.30%) Azure
4 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.98%) GCP
4 3 (6.98%) Google Analytics
4 3 (6.98%) Miro
5 2 (4.65%) Google Ads
5 2 (4.65%) Google Data Studio
5 2 (4.65%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (4.65%) SaaS
6 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.33%) Figma
6 1 (2.33%) GitHub
6 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) Power BI
2 3 (6.98%) Looker
2 3 (6.98%) Tableau
3 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.65%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (2.33%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.33%) DTS
4 1 (2.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) JIRA
General
1 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Marketing
3 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.30%) Finance
5 3 (6.98%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Local Government
6 1 (2.33%) Back Office
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.65%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.33%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.33%) PMI
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.33%) Social Media
3 1 (2.33%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (51.16%) Agile
2 13 (30.23%) User Experience
3 12 (27.91%) Business Analysis
4 11 (25.58%) Analytics
4 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.28%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (16.28%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (16.28%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (16.28%) User Stories
7 6 (13.95%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (13.95%) Business Case
7 6 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (13.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (13.95%) ITIL
7 6 (13.95%) UX Design
8 5 (11.63%) Roadmaps
8 5 (11.63%) Sprint Planning
8 5 (11.63%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Degree
2 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.33%) CBAP
4 1 (2.33%) CSPO
4 1 (2.33%) IIBA
4 1 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) QA
1 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.33%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Google
2 6 (13.95%) Adobe
3 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.98%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.65%) TikTok
6 1 (2.33%) Citrix
6 1 (2.33%) Optimizely
6 1 (2.33%) QAD
6 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.33%) Sitecore