Technical Services Analyst Contract Job Trends

Technical Service Analyst
UK

The median Technical Service Analyst daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 555 635
Rank change year-on-year +10 +80 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Services Analyst 12 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.036% 0.019% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.020% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £365 £134 £443
25th Percentile £525 £168 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £170 £619
Median % change year-on-year +223.53% -72.53% -1.00%
75th Percentile £650 - £644
90th Percentile £695 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £170 £488
% change year-on-year +223.53% -65.13% -9.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.99 - £14.25
Median hourly rate £15.14 - £14.50
75th Percentile £15.29 - £14.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.14 - £14.50

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 30,071 35,156 45,839
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.93% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,008 21,306 31,394
10th Percentile £276 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,609 1,551 1,496
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.59
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -2.82% +70.19%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.31 £74.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.69% -2.05% +95.11%

Technical Services Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Services Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Technical Services Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Services Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Technical Services Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Services Analyst over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Services Analyst in the UK

Technical Services Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Technical Services Analyst
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Services Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 October 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 +7 12 £550 +223.53% 5
UK excluding London 0 9 £550 +223.53% 4
East of England - 9 £550 - 2
London - 3 £650 - 2
Work from Home +16 1 £650 +485.59% 2

Technical Services Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Technical Services Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Technical Services Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (41.67%) Citrix
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (41.67%) A+ Certification
3 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) MCSA
3 5 (41.67%) Service Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
3 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
3 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (41.67%) ServiceNow
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
4 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) SAP
5 2 (16.67%) ITSM
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) SAP WM
5 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) SAP LE
5 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Logistics

Technical Services Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP LE
1 2 (16.67%) SAP WM
2 1 (8.33%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Back Office
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
1 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
1 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (41.67%) Service Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Contract Management
3 2 (16.67%) Cross-Platform Development
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) ITSM
3 2 (16.67%) Logistics
3 2 (16.67%) Production Planning
3 2 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) Data Governance
4 1 (8.33%) Data Mapping
4 1 (8.33%) Fund Accounting
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) A+ Certification
1 5 (41.67%) MCSA
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Citrix
2 5 (41.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) SAP
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) FIS