Analyst Contracts in Watford

Analyst
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Analyst daily rate in Watford is £344, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 August 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
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +1
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Analyst 4 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 8.00% 14.44% 22.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.16% 15.48% 22.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 15
10th Percentile £312 £241 £165
25th Percentile £320 £292 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £313 £208
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +50.60% -3.49%
75th Percentile £370 £323 £513
90th Percentile £381 £511 £563
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £313 £500
% change year-on-year +76.00% -37.50% +29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.32
25th Percentile £30.61 £14.25 £18.56
Median hourly rate £32.74 £14.50 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +125.76% -34.76% -49.20%
75th Percentile £34.86 £14.75 £25.01
90th Percentile - - £25.71
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £55.00 £15.25 £18.53
% change year-on-year +260.66% -17.68% -16.74%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Watford with a recognized job title 49 84 119
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.00% 93.33% 99.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 64 85
10th Percentile £281 £274 £170
25th Percentile £425 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £525
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -28.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £575 £506 £675
90th Percentile - £696 £750
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £444 £505
% change year-on-year +18.31% -12.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £27.93 £13.28 £16.38
25th Percentile £28.52 £13.69 £17.63
Median hourly rate £31.49 £14.31 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.02% -34.94% -37.14%
75th Percentile £34.16 £14.94 £23.00
90th Percentile £34.58 £16.88 £24.59
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +16.07%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Watford

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Watford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Watford

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Watford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 19 August 2025, 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 Watford region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Games
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) CEH

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CEH
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CRISC
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (25.00%) PMO