Technical Analysis Contracts

Technical Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Technical Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 507 524
Rank change year-on-year +78 +17 +56
Contract jobs citing Technical Analysis 91 75 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.17% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.20% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 45 133
10th Percentile £279 £410 £445
25th Percentile £463 £463 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £525 £750
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -30.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £881 £638 £800
90th Percentile - £875 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £513 £450
% change year-on-year -41.46% +13.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 16
10th Percentile - £30.88 £62.00
25th Percentile - £37.81 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £51.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -21.15% -21.92%
75th Percentile - £65.31 -
90th Percentile - £72.63 £65.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £51.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +46.34% -21.15% -22.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Technical Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Technical Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analysis in the UK

Technical Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Technical Analysis in the UK

Technical Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analysis in the UK

Technical Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Analysis in the UK

Technical Analysis
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 Technical Analysis 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 +62 61 £838 +59.52% 69
Work from Home +77 53 £838 +62.62% 70
London +63 49 £838 +44.09% 35
UK excluding London +63 39 £300 -41.46% 51
Scotland +27 27 £293 -43.20% 7
North of England +22 8 £469 -24.96% 7
North West +18 5 - - 1
Yorkshire +10 3 £469 - 5
South West +46 2 £675 +31.71% 4
South East +37 1 £425 -12.82% 10
Midlands +16 1 - - 14
West Midlands +11 1 - - 7

Technical Analysis
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 14 (15.38%) Confluence
2 2 (2.20%) CMS
2 2 (2.20%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.10%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Actimize
2 1 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.10%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) Azure
1 7 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.59%) PowerApps
3 2 (2.20%) AWS
3 2 (2.20%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (2.20%) GitHub
3 2 (2.20%) Lucidchart
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.10%) Azure API Management
4 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.49%) LAN
1 5 (5.49%) VPN
2 1 (1.10%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.10%) Firewall
2 1 (1.10%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.10%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.09%) Oracle Database
2 5 (5.49%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.30%) Power BI
4 2 (2.20%) DataStage
4 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.10%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (30.77%) Jenkins
2 15 (16.48%) JIRA
3 11 (12.09%) Git
3 11 (12.09%) Oracle Forms
3 11 (12.09%) PVCS
3 11 (12.09%) Subversion
4 1 (1.10%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 37 (40.66%) Banking
2 33 (36.26%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (31.87%) Investment Banking
4 25 (27.47%) Social Skills
5 19 (20.88%) Finance
6 18 (19.78%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (7.69%) Financial Institution
8 6 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (6.59%) Manufacturing
9 5 (5.49%) Front Office
9 5 (5.49%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (3.30%) Back Office
11 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
12 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 1 (1.10%) Electronics
12 1 (1.10%) Marketing
12 1 (1.10%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (46.15%) Developer
2 27 (29.67%) Python Developer
3 26 (28.57%) Gen AI Developer
4 24 (26.37%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
5 23 (25.27%) Analyst
6 17 (18.68%) Technical Analyst
7 11 (12.09%) Oracle Developer
7 11 (12.09%) Programmer
7 11 (12.09%) Python Programmer
8 7 (7.69%) Business Analyst
9 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) Architect
9 5 (5.49%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) Desktop Support
9 5 (5.49%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (5.49%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (31.87%) React
2 28 (30.77%) Django
2 28 (30.77%) FastAPI
3 21 (23.08%) .NET
4 11 (12.09%) Java EE
5 4 (4.40%) Web Services
6 2 (2.20%) Ajax
6 2 (2.20%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.20%) Bootstrap
6 2 (2.20%) Hibernate
6 2 (2.20%) J2SE
6 2 (2.20%) LDAP
6 2 (2.20%) Node.js
6 2 (2.20%) Spring
6 2 (2.20%) XML
6 2 (2.20%) YAML
7 1 (1.10%) ADO
7 1 (1.10%) OAuth
7 1 (1.10%) OpenID
7 1 (1.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.27%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.40%) Fixed Income
3 3 (3.30%) NHS
3 3 (3.30%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.20%) CMDB
4 2 (2.20%) Market Risk
4 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.10%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 19 (20.88%) Linux
1 19 (20.88%) Unix
2 12 (13.19%) Windows
3 10 (10.99%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.49%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.49%) Windows 8
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (5.49%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (42.86%) Agile
2 30 (32.97%) Artificial Intelligence
2 30 (32.97%) SDLC
2 30 (32.97%) Use Case
3 29 (31.87%) CI/CD
4 28 (30.77%) Generative AI
4 28 (30.77%) Machine Learning
5 25 (27.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (27.47%) LLM
6 24 (26.37%) DevOps
7 16 (17.58%) Capacity Management
7 16 (17.58%) Data Modelling
7 16 (17.58%) Storage Management
8 13 (14.29%) ETL
9 12 (13.19%) ETL Development
9 12 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (12.09%) Asset Management
10 11 (12.09%) OO
10 11 (12.09%) Unit Testing
11 7 (7.69%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (57.14%) SQL
2 51 (56.04%) Python
3 36 (39.56%) Java
4 29 (31.87%) TypeScript
5 23 (25.27%) C#
6 11 (12.09%) C
6 11 (12.09%) Perl
6 11 (12.09%) PL/SQL
6 11 (12.09%) ProC
7 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.10%) Bicep
8 1 (1.10%) Fortran
8 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.10%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (4.40%) Degree
3 3 (3.30%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.20%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (2.20%) Dodd-Frank
2 2 (2.20%) GDPR
3 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 28 (30.77%) Docker
2 5 (5.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (30.77%) Ansible
1 28 (30.77%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.49%) SCCM
3 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (16.48%) Oracle
2 11 (12.09%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.49%) Canon
4 2 (2.20%) Databricks
4 2 (2.20%) Informatica
4 2 (2.20%) Planview
4 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco
5 1 (1.10%) SAP
5 1 (1.10%) Sybase