Information Analyst Contracts

Information Analyst
UK

The median Information Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 637 733
Rank change year-on-year +77 +96 -164
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 26 85 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 62 67
10th Percentile £377 £200 £185
25th Percentile £431 £214 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £370 £425
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -12.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £540 £521 £538
90th Percentile £680 £648 £618
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £326 £350
% change year-on-year +53.26% -6.79% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £19.65 £17.00 -
25th Percentile £19.97 £21.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.63 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.72% -5.29% +41.79%
75th Percentile £21.73 £31.91 £26.50
90th Percentile £21.87 £42.77 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £24.63 £26.00
% change year-on-year -14.72% -5.29% +45.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Information Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Analyst in the UK

Information Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +67 25 £508 +39.04% 43
UK excluding London +53 18 £500 +53.26% 23
Work from Home +108 12 £500 +31.15% 18
London +74 8 £650 +41.30% 19
South East +14 6 £530 +48.25% 5
Midlands +22 5 £400 +80.18% 6
North of England +26 4 £500 +60.00% 8
East Midlands +20 3 £400 +105.13% 3
Yorkshire +24 2 £500 +143.90% 2
West Midlands +22 2 £225 +0.45% 3
Scotland +24 1 £500 +36.99% 1
South West +17 1 £515 +7.29% 2
North West +11 1 £293 -10.34% 6
East of England +7 1 £475 +122.48%
North East - 1 £500 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Information 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 Information Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (76.92%) Information Security
2 11 (42.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (30.77%) NIST
4 7 (26.92%) Firewall
4 7 (26.92%) CISSP
4 7 (26.92%) CISM
5 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
5 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
5 5 (19.23%) Security Posture
5 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (15.38%) Azure
6 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Change
6 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 4 (15.38%) Finance
6 4 (15.38%) COBIT
6 4 (15.38%) Information Management
6 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
7 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
7 3 (11.54%) Network Security
7 3 (11.54%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (11.54%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
7 3 (11.54%) Change Management
7 3 (11.54%) CISA
7 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
7 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
7 3 (11.54%) Due Diligence
7 3 (11.54%) GDPR

Information 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:

Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) Veeva
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) QlikView
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Advertising
3 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Local Government
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
1 5 (19.23%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.69%) Life Science
2 2 (7.69%) NHS
3 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.85%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Information Security
2 11 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
3 4 (15.38%) Information Management
3 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (11.54%) Change Management
4 3 (11.54%) Due Diligence
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
4 3 (11.54%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
4 3 (11.54%) Security Architecture
4 3 (11.54%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (11.54%) SIEM
4 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (7.69%) Data Enrichment
5 2 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) CISM
1 7 (26.92%) CISSP
2 3 (11.54%) CISA
3 2 (7.69%) ISSAP
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) CRISC
4 1 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (42.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (30.77%) NIST
3 4 (15.38%) COBIT
3 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
4 3 (11.54%) GDPR
4 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (7.69%) GRC
5 2 (7.69%) ISO 22301
6 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.85%) IASME
6 1 (3.85%) NCSC
6 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.85%) Qualys