Pensions Analyst Contracts

Pensions Analyst
UK

The median Pensions Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 505 635
Rank change year-on-year -26 +130 +187
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Pensions Analyst 22 59 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.15% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.16% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 55 24
10th Percentile £435 £363 £388
25th Percentile £500 £453 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £538
90th Percentile £605 £573 £580
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £519 £450
% change year-on-year +6.02% +15.28% -14.29%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,134 36,051 48,460
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.97% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,011 23,015 33,428
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.57%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,572 1,954 1,495
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.30 £19.52 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%
75th Percentile £53.89 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.58
% change year-on-year -41.51% +8.65% +86.24%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Pensions Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Pensions Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Pensions Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pensions Analyst over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pensions Analyst in the UK

Pensions Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Pensions Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Pensions Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Pensions Analyst
Top 5 DemandTrendContract 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -26 22 £525 +2.44% 3
Work from Home -15 14 £550 +7.32% 1
London -7 13 £513 +2.50%
South East +11 9 £550 +2.33% 3
UK excluding London -15 9 £550 +6.02% 3

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

For the 6 months to 23 August 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 14 (63.64%) SQL
2 11 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 10 (45.45%) Finance
4 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
5 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (22.73%) Power BI
5 5 (22.73%) Migration
5 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
5 5 (22.73%) Test Automation
6 4 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Data Mapping
7 3 (13.64%) Unix
7 3 (13.64%) Python
7 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
8 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
8 2 (9.09%) Amplitude
8 2 (9.09%) Product Strategy
8 2 (9.09%) Personalization
8 2 (9.09%) A/B Testing
8 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
8 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
8 2 (9.09%) Data Mining
8 2 (9.09%) VBA
8 2 (9.09%) Oracle
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.09%) Web Services
8 2 (9.09%) Management Information System

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 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Data Mining
2 2 (9.09%) Looker
2 2 (9.09%) Mixpanel
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 2 (9.09%) Tableau
3 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (4.55%) Altair
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
3 5 (22.73%) Migration
3 5 (22.73%) Test Automation
4 4 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
4 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Data Mapping
6 2 (9.09%) Analytics
6 2 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (9.09%) Data Conversion
6 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
6 2 (9.09%) People Management
6 2 (9.09%) Predictive Modelling
6 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.09%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (9.09%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) Python
3 2 (9.09%) R
3 2 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) GMP
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Amplitude
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle