IT Analyst Contracts

IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 305 306
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 +51
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 274 504 773
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.87% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.92% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 335 513
10th Percentile £152 £136 £143
25th Percentile £185 £180 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £300 £350
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £556 £488 £494
90th Percentile £650 £573 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £205 £250
% change year-on-year -2.44% -18.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 35 68
10th Percentile £12.74 £13.06 £11.72
25th Percentile £15.41 £14.24 £13.69
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +30.43% +13.11%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.25 £19.46
90th Percentile - £32.42 £24.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £16.86 £17.50
% change year-on-year +27.50% -3.64% +16.67%

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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 -40 228 £450 +28.57% 128
London +29 133 £538 +16.85% 36
UK excluding London -55 131 £200 -2.44% 97
Work from Home +16 86 £475 +52.00% 45
Scotland +21 34 £195 +8.33% 3
South East -4 33 £446 +158.55% 20
North of England -2 27 £210 -13.85% 23
South West +10 22 £175 -2.78% 15
Yorkshire +14 17 £230 +15.00% 10
North West -2 10 £188 -46.43% 11
Midlands -2 8 £258 -26.43% 25
West Midlands -2 6 £350 -15.15% 15
East of England -6 4 £180 -10.00% 9
East Midlands +14 2 £135 +8.00% 10
Wales +14 2 £190 -7.32% 4
Northern Ireland +1 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 105 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 89 (32.48%) Windows
3 73 (26.64%) Active Directory
4 63 (22.99%) Finance
5 62 (22.63%) Microsoft
5 62 (22.63%) Microsoft 365
6 60 (21.90%) ITIL
7 53 (19.34%) Banking
8 50 (18.25%) ITSM
9 49 (17.88%) Windows 10
10 48 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
11 47 (17.15%) Change Management
12 41 (14.96%) Service Management
13 39 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (14.23%) Customer Service
14 38 (13.87%) Agile
15 35 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
16 34 (12.41%) Degree
17 31 (11.31%) Business Analysis
18 30 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
19 28 (10.22%) DevOps
20 26 (9.49%) Project Management
21 24 (8.76%) Azure
22 23 (8.39%) Asset Management
22 23 (8.39%) PowerShell
22 23 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
23 20 (7.30%) SCCM
23 20 (7.30%) ServiceNow
24 19 (6.93%) Apple iOS
24 19 (6.93%) Public Sector

IT 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 23 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.55%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.09%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) Moodle
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.36%) InVision
6 1 (0.36%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Aligne
2 1 (0.36%) assyst
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.63%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (8.76%) Azure
3 11 (4.01%) SaaS
4 9 (3.28%) AWS
5 8 (2.92%) PaaS
6 7 (2.55%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.46%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.09%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.09%) Yammer
10 2 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.73%) Slack
11 1 (0.36%) Asana
11 1 (0.36%) Figma
11 1 (0.36%) IaaS
11 1 (0.36%) Miro
11 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.36%) Serverless
11 1 (0.36%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.20%) DHCP
1 17 (6.20%) DNS
2 11 (4.01%) LAN
3 10 (3.65%) WAN
4 9 (3.28%) MPLS
4 9 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.92%) SAN
6 7 (2.55%) Skype
7 4 (1.46%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.09%) Firewall
8 3 (1.09%) VPN
8 3 (1.09%) Wireless
9 2 (0.73%) Intranet
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.36%) Internet
10 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.28%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.46%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.36%) GIS
3 1 (0.36%) Metadata
3 1 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Appium
2 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.36%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) JMeter
2 1 (0.36%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.36%) MSI
2 1 (0.36%) Postman
2 1 (0.36%) Rational Performance Tester
2 1 (0.36%) Selenium
2 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
2 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 105 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 63 (22.99%) Finance
3 53 (19.34%) Banking
4 48 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.93%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.20%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.28%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.82%) Billing
11 5 (1.82%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.46%) Advertising
12 4 (1.46%) Law
12 4 (1.46%) Local Government
12 4 (1.46%) Marketing
13 3 (1.09%) Retail
14 2 (0.73%) International Banking
14 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.73%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.46%) Middleware
2 2 (0.73%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) ADO
3 1 (0.36%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.36%) Playwright
3 1 (0.36%) RESTful
3 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.65%) CMDB
1 10 (3.65%) iPhone
2 8 (2.92%) Client/Server
2 8 (2.92%) Clustering
2 8 (2.92%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.19%) Cyberattack
3 6 (2.19%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.19%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.46%) IoT
5 4 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.09%) Derivative
6 3 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.09%) iPad
6 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.73%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.73%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 89 (32.48%) Windows
2 49 (17.88%) Windows 10
3 19 (6.93%) Apple iOS
4 15 (5.47%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.28%) Android
5 9 (3.28%) Unix
5 9 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.46%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.09%) Linux
7 3 (1.09%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.90%) ITIL
2 50 (18.25%) ITSM
3 47 (17.15%) Change Management
4 41 (14.96%) Service Management
5 39 (14.23%) Customer Service
5 39 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (13.87%) Agile
7 31 (11.31%) Business Analysis
8 30 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (10.22%) DevOps
10 26 (9.49%) Project Management
11 23 (8.39%) Asset Management
12 16 (5.84%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (5.84%) Data Protection
12 16 (5.84%) Migration
12 16 (5.84%) Requirements Gathering
13 15 (5.47%) Data Analysis
14 14 (5.11%) Decision-Making
14 14 (5.11%) SDLC
15 13 (4.74%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.39%) PowerShell
2 12 (4.38%) Python
3 4 (1.46%) SQL
4 2 (0.73%) C#
4 2 (0.73%) Java
5 1 (0.36%) Bash
5 1 (0.36%) C++
5 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 34 (12.41%) Degree
2 16 (5.84%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.28%) CISM
3 9 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.92%) CISSP
5 7 (2.55%) CISA
6 5 (1.82%) CRISC
6 5 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.73%) CCNA
9 2 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) CCNP
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) MBA
10 1 (0.36%) MCITP
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.01%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (3.28%) QA
3 7 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.55%) SLA
4 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.73%) GDPR
4 2 (0.73%) NIST
4 2 (0.73%) PMO
5 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.36%) GAAP
5 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 73 (26.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.28%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.92%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.09%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
7 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (7.30%) SCCM
2 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.28%) Nagios
4 8 (2.92%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (2.92%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) Ansible
6 1 (0.36%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.36%) CASB
6 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.36%) Nessus
6 1 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (22.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.30%) ServiceNow
3 19 (6.93%) Citrix
4 12 (4.38%) Apple
4 12 (4.38%) VMware
5 9 (3.28%) SAP
6 8 (2.92%) Hitachi
6 8 (2.92%) NetApp
7 4 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.46%) Google
7 4 (1.46%) SmartStream
8 3 (1.09%) Mitel
8 3 (1.09%) Okta
9 2 (0.73%) Dell
9 2 (0.73%) Granicus
9 2 (0.73%) Oracle
10 1 (0.36%) Avaya
10 1 (0.36%) HP
10 1 (0.36%) Progress
10 1 (0.36%) Salesforce