Pensions Analyst Contracts

Pensions Analyst
UK

The median Pensions Analyst daily rate in the UK is £556, 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 491 569 691
Rank change year-on-year +78 +122 +110
Contract jobs requiring a Pensions Analyst 29 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.030% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.032% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 10 23
10th Percentile £445 £380 £480
25th Percentile £500 £468 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -13.04% +6.98%
75th Percentile £569 £566 £588
90th Percentile £575 £591 £628
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%

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%

Pensions Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Pensions Analyst in the UK

Pensions Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Pensions Analyst in the UK

Pensions Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Pensions Analyst in the UK

Pensions Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Pensions Analyst in the UK

Pensions 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 Pensions 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 +74 29 £556 +11.25% 4
Work from Home +58 26 £563 +12.50% 2
London +53 25 £563 +15.98% 2
UK excluding London +66 4 £475 -9.52% 2
South East +49 4 £475 -9.52%

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

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

1 25 (86.21%) SQL
2 20 (68.97%) Unix
2 20 (68.97%) Test Automation
3 19 (65.52%) Migration
4 18 (62.07%) Data Migration
5 15 (51.72%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (34.48%) Python
7 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (13.79%) OO
8 4 (13.79%) Oracle
9 3 (10.34%) VBA
9 3 (10.34%) C
9 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
9 3 (10.34%) Finance
9 3 (10.34%) TOWER Software
9 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
9 3 (10.34%) Systems Analysis
9 3 (10.34%) Time Management
9 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
9 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
10 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
10 2 (6.90%) Product Vision
10 2 (6.90%) Power BI
10 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
10 2 (6.90%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
10 2 (6.90%) Agile
10 2 (6.90%) GMP
10 2 (6.90%) Web Services

Pensions 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 15 (51.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Power BI
1 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) Test Automation
2 19 (65.52%) Migration
3 18 (62.07%) Data Migration
4 4 (13.79%) OO
5 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
5 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.34%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (10.34%) Time Management
6 2 (6.90%) Agile
6 2 (6.90%) Product Vision
7 1 (3.45%) B2B
7 1 (3.45%) B2C
7 1 (3.45%) Business Continuity
7 1 (3.45%) End-to-End Testing
7 1 (3.45%) Logistics
7 1 (3.45%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (3.45%) Sprint Retrospective
7 1 (3.45%) User Research
7 1 (3.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (86.21%) SQL
2 10 (34.48%) Python
3 3 (10.34%) C
3 3 (10.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GMP
2 1 (3.45%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) TOWER Software
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft