Analyst Contracts in Wales

Analyst
UK > Wales

The median Analyst daily rate in Wales is £388 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 29 82 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.21% 12.93% 11.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.10% 13.58% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 59 84
10th Percentile £151 £163 £154
25th Percentile £196 £219 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £390 £416
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% -6.31% +38.75%
75th Percentile £432 £488 £450
90th Percentile £569 £531 £509
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 12
10th Percentile £14.15 £13.70 -
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.98 £11.15
Median hourly rate £19.17 £18.14 £14.18
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% +27.93% -12.74%
75th Percentile £24.02 £19.31 £20.78
90th Percentile £25.29 £19.98 £25.68
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.76 £15.50
% change year-on-year -13.12% +21.05% -8.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 358 604 978
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.05% 95.27% 96.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 469 719
10th Percentile £186 £165 £179
25th Percentile £345 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £640
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 34 40
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £13.06 £15.25 £12.81
Median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.58%
75th Percentile £31.02 £19.98 £27.00
90th Percentile £86.54 £44.25 £46.93
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
South Wales -12 24 £388 -3.13% 30
North Wales +8 3 - - 3
West Wales 0 1 - -
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 across the Wales region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 5 (17.24%) Statistics
4 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
5 4 (13.79%) Azure
5 4 (13.79%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
5 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
5 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
6 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 3 (10.34%) Economics
6 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
6 3 (10.34%) .NET
6 3 (10.34%) Windows
6 3 (10.34%) NHS
6 3 (10.34%) Firewall
6 3 (10.34%) Finance
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.90%) Scrum
7 2 (6.90%) Service Management
7 2 (6.90%) PL/SQL
7 2 (6.90%) SQL
7 2 (6.90%) Oracle
7 2 (6.90%) Postgraduate
7 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (6.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (6.90%) BYOD

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) LAN
2 1 (3.45%) VPN
2 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Digital Economy
4 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) .NET
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) NHS
2 2 (6.90%) BYOD
3 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.69%) Agile
3 5 (17.24%) Statistics
4 4 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
5 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (10.34%) Economics
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.90%) KYC
6 2 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (6.90%) Scrum
6 2 (6.90%) Service Management
7 1 (3.45%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (3.45%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.45%) Business Process Modelling
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis
7 1 (3.45%) Data Science
7 1 (3.45%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PL/SQL
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.45%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Ariba
3 1 (3.45%) Citrix
3 1 (3.45%) LogRhythm
3 1 (3.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.45%) Splunk
3 1 (3.45%) VMware