Technical Analysis Contracts

Technical Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Technical Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Analysis over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 526 574
Rank change year-on-year +8 +48 -25
Contract jobs citing Technical Analysis 73 195 287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.37% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 134 227
10th Percentile £409 £446 £431
25th Percentile £472 £588 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £750 £650
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +15.38% +20.37%
75th Percentile £631 £800 £747
90th Percentile £875 £850 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +14.44% -10.00% +16.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 16 4
10th Percentile £30.88 £51.00 £48.88
25th Percentile £37.81 £64.25 £69.69
Median hourly rate £51.25 £65.00 £83.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% -21.92% +80.17%
75th Percentile £65.31 - £84.19
90th Percentile £72.63 £65.50 £84.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.25 £65.00 £84.00
% change year-on-year -21.15% -22.62% +82.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 4 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Analysis over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Analysis in the UK

Technical Analysis
Top 14 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 4 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 +4 55 £525 -27.59% 51
UK excluding London +57 37 £515 +14.44% 28
London +1 24 £581 -22.50% 24
Work from Home +44 16 £513 -31.67% 18
Scotland +39 12 £515 +8.42% 3
South East +26 11 £519 +25.00% 5
Midlands +32 6 £425 -19.05% 7
North of England +27 5 £625 +56.25% 6
West Midlands +27 4 £425 -32.00% 7
North West +20 4 £625 +47.06% 3
East Midlands +24 2 - -
East of England +3 2 - - 4
South West +16 1 - - 6
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

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 6 (8.22%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.11%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.11%) Simulink
3 2 (2.74%) AutoCAD
3 2 (2.74%) Revit
3 2 (2.74%) Stateflow
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.74%) Actimize
2 2 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.74%) ION Anvil
2 2 (2.74%) ION MarketView
2 2 (2.74%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.37%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.33%) Azure
1 9 (12.33%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.85%) AWS
2 5 (6.85%) npm
3 4 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.11%) Power Automate
4 3 (4.11%) PowerApps
4 3 (4.11%) SaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.37%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.37%) IaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Miro
5 1 (1.37%) PaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) 4G
1 1 (1.37%) 5G
1 1 (1.37%) LAN
1 1 (1.37%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (1.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.33%) Power BI
2 4 (5.48%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.48%) MS Access
2 4 (5.48%) Tableau
3 3 (4.11%) Metadata
4 2 (2.74%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.37%) Big Data
5 1 (1.37%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.37%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (16.44%) JIRA
2 5 (6.85%) webpack
3 2 (2.74%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (2.74%) Rational Team Concert
4 1 (1.37%) Git
4 1 (1.37%) Maven
4 1 (1.37%) Subversion
General
1 27 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 24 (32.88%) Finance
3 15 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (17.81%) Public Sector
5 9 (12.33%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.85%) Billing
6 5 (6.85%) Front Office
6 5 (6.85%) Legal
7 4 (5.48%) Banking
7 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.48%) Retail
8 3 (4.11%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.74%) Aeronautics
9 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.74%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.74%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.74%) Law
9 2 (2.74%) Local Government
9 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (50.68%) Analyst
2 13 (17.81%) Business Analyst
3 12 (16.44%) Senior
4 10 (13.70%) Data Analyst
5 9 (12.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (12.33%) Security Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Consultant
6 8 (10.96%) Developer
7 6 (8.22%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (8.22%) Systems Analyst
8 5 (6.85%) Angular Developer
8 5 (6.85%) Electronic Trading Developer
8 5 (6.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (6.85%) Senior Security Analyst
8 5 (6.85%) UI Developer
9 4 (5.48%) Lead
9 4 (5.48%) Project Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.22%) React
2 5 (6.85%) AngularJS
2 5 (6.85%) REST
2 5 (6.85%) RxJS
2 5 (6.85%) WebSockets
3 4 (5.48%) SailPoint
4 2 (2.74%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (2.74%) FpML
4 2 (2.74%) XML
4 2 (2.74%) XML Schema
4 2 (2.74%) XSD
5 1 (1.37%) .NET
5 1 (1.37%) Flutter
5 1 (1.37%) JAXB
5 1 (1.37%) Node.js
5 1 (1.37%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.59%) Fixed Income
3 5 (6.85%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (6.85%) Wiki
4 4 (5.48%) e-Health
5 3 (4.11%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.11%) IoT
5 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.74%) Reference Data
6 2 (2.74%) Solar Power
7 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.37%) Equities
7 1 (1.37%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.37%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.37%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.70%) Unix
2 5 (6.85%) Windows
3 3 (4.11%) Linux
3 3 (4.11%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.37%) Windows 8
4 1 (1.37%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) Agile
2 12 (16.44%) Use Case
3 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (15.07%) Data Analysis
3 11 (15.07%) Migration
4 10 (13.70%) Business Analysis
4 10 (13.70%) DevOps
4 10 (13.70%) Information Security
4 10 (13.70%) Roadmaps
5 9 (12.33%) Business Case
5 9 (12.33%) Business Impact Analysis
5 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (12.33%) Impact Analysis
5 9 (12.33%) Privileged Access Management
5 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (12.33%) Security Monitoring
5 9 (12.33%) SIEM
5 9 (12.33%) Software Engineering
5 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) SQL
2 6 (8.22%) TypeScript
3 5 (6.85%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.11%) C
4 3 (4.11%) Fortran
4 3 (4.11%) MATLAB
5 2 (2.74%) C#
5 2 (2.74%) Java
5 2 (2.74%) Scala
6 1 (1.37%) ABAP
6 1 (1.37%) COBOL
6 1 (1.37%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.37%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 1 (1.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 9 (12.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.74%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (2.74%) GDPR
3 2 (2.74%) QA
4 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) GxP
4 1 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (15.07%) SAP
2 8 (10.96%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.22%) Alteryx
3 6 (8.22%) Oracle
4 4 (5.48%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.74%) Ariba
5 2 (2.74%) ION Trading
5 2 (2.74%) MathWorks
6 1 (1.37%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.37%) Google
6 1 (1.37%) IBM
6 1 (1.37%) Micro Focus
6 1 (1.37%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.37%) TSYS
6 1 (1.37%) VMware
6 1 (1.37%) Workday