Project Analyst Contracts

Project Analyst
UK

The median Project Analyst daily rate in the UK is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 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
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 496 592
Rank change year-on-year +30 +96 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Project Analyst 61 92 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.23% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 63 75
10th Percentile £300 £189 £281
25th Percentile £364 £265 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £567
90th Percentile £638 £648 £645
UK excluding London median daily rate £405 £451 £450
% change year-on-year -10.10% +0.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 -

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 27,923 40,378 52,429
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 92.91% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 25,940 36,485
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £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 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,224 2,887 1,504
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.39 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.64% -12.79% +68.63%
75th Percentile £55.31 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.60 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%

Project Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Analyst over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Analyst in the UK

Project Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 26 June 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 +33 59 £413 -13.16% 44
London +40 40 £488 -3.94% 28
Work from Home +22 23 £403 -19.50% 31
UK excluding London +34 19 £405 -10.10% 29
North of England +12 8 £405 -14.74% 3
Yorkshire +4 7 £409 -13.95% 1
West Midlands +10 6 £413 -10.86% 1
Midlands +9 6 £413 +3.06% 2
South East +36 3 £400 -5.88% 10
North West +10 1 £358 -28.40% 2
Northern Ireland -8 1 £375 - 4
Wales - 1 £500 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 2025, Project 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 Project Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (50.82%) Social Skills
2 30 (49.18%) Finance
3 23 (37.70%) Project Management
4 22 (36.07%) Business Analysis
5 21 (34.43%) Agile
6 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (21.31%) Banking
7 13 (21.31%) PMO
8 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (16.39%) Project Delivery
9 10 (16.39%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (14.75%) Microsoft
10 9 (14.75%) MS Visio
11 8 (13.11%) SQL
11 8 (13.11%) Front Office
11 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (11.48%) Process Improvement
12 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis
12 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Project
13 6 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
13 6 (9.84%) Change Management
13 6 (9.84%) Asset Management
13 6 (9.84%) Migration
13 6 (9.84%) Resource Management
13 6 (9.84%) Confluence
13 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (9.84%) Power Platform
13 6 (9.84%) Power BI
13 6 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (9.84%) Business Strategy

Project 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 6 (9.84%) Confluence
2 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (14.75%) MS Visio
2 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Endur
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.56%) Azure
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) DHCP
1 1 (1.64%) DNS
1 1 (1.64%) Firewall
1 1 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.64%) VPN
1 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (1.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) Power BI
2 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.64%) Power Query
2 1 (1.64%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 31 (50.82%) Social Skills
2 30 (49.18%) Finance
3 13 (21.31%) Banking
4 12 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (13.11%) Front Office
6 6 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.92%) Back Office
8 3 (4.92%) Marketing
9 2 (3.28%) Investment Banking
9 2 (3.28%) Law
9 2 (3.28%) Legal
9 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.64%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.64%) Local Government
10 1 (1.64%) Private Banking
10 1 (1.64%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) Equities
1 3 (4.92%) Fixed Income
2 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.28%) Hedge funds
2 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.64%) Derivative
3 1 (1.64%) Life Science
3 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.64%) PMI
3 1 (1.64%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.70%) Project Management
2 22 (36.07%) Business Analysis
3 21 (34.43%) Agile
4 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (16.39%) Project Delivery
5 10 (16.39%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (11.48%) Data Analysis
7 7 (11.48%) Process Improvement
8 6 (9.84%) Asset Management
8 6 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (9.84%) Business Strategy
8 6 (9.84%) Change Management
8 6 (9.84%) Migration
8 6 (9.84%) Resource Management
8 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (8.20%) Scrum
9 5 (8.20%) Translating Business Requirements
9 5 (8.20%) Validation
9 5 (8.20%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) SQL
2 5 (8.20%) Python
3 3 (4.92%) C#
4 2 (3.28%) VBA
5 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) CBAP
3 1 (1.64%) CCNA
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.64%) IIBA
3 1 (1.64%) MCP
3 1 (1.64%) MCSA
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.64%) PMP
3 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.31%) PMO
2 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.28%) SLA
3 1 (1.64%) Basel III
3 1 (1.64%) EMIR
3 1 (1.64%) MiFID
3 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.28%) Concur
3 1 (1.64%) BMC
3 1 (1.64%) BT
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco
3 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.64%) iManage
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle
3 1 (1.64%) Remedy
3 1 (1.64%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.64%) SAP
3 1 (1.64%) TSYS
3 1 (1.64%) Workday