Graduate Analyst Contracts

Graduate Analyst
UK

The median Graduate Analyst daily rate in the UK is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 - 676
Rank change year-on-year - - +199
Contract jobs requiring a Graduate Analyst 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £104
25th Percentile £205 - £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - £140
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.78%
75th Percentile £215 - £172
90th Percentile - - £211
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 - £95

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 29,079 40,388 53,054
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 92.98% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,553 25,970 36,860
10th Percentile £288 £286 £313
25th Percentile £401 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,311 2,837 1,549
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% -12.21% +68.63%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £74.00 £76.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.01% +94.88%

Graduate Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Graduate Analyst in the UK

Graduate Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Graduate Analyst in the UK

Graduate Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Graduate Analyst in the UK

Graduate Analyst
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Graduate Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Work from Home - 1 £210 - 82
UK excluding London - 1 £210 - 132
London - 1 - - 40
England - 1 - - 156
Scotland - 1 £210 - 11

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, Graduate 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 Graduate Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Sun
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Social Media Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management

Graduate 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Social Media Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sun