Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 369 173 240
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.50% 12.56% 12.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.37% 13.90% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 121 164
10th Percentile £264 £256 £200
25th Percentile £325 £363 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £423
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +6.51% -6.11%
75th Percentile £492 £525 £513
90th Percentile £575 £573 £592
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 14
10th Percentile - £17.04 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £21.05 £14.41
Median hourly rate £27.30 £22.05 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -2.00% +26.83%
75th Percentile £30.27 £22.08 £23.75
90th Percentile £55.83 £25.62 £28.42
England median hourly rate £21.72 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year -1.92% +35.83% -14.21%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,983 1,245 1,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 90.41% 91.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,868 813 1,204
10th Percentile £313 £200 £256
25th Percentile £405 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £640 £704
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 75 141
10th Percentile £14.88 £12.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £22.50 £14.00 £14.91
Median hourly rate £33.99 £18.51 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.63% -15.86% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58.06 £28.18 £40.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.07 £37.18
% change year-on-year +54.80% -21.81% -17.38%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Analyst job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 2026. 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
Birmingham -1 101 £410 -13.59% 42
Warwickshire -9 75 £450 -10.00% 21
Shropshire -7 66 £400 - 1
Coventry +8 38 £365 -2.67% 7
Worcestershire +14 25 £431 - 4
Solihull +3 16 £380 +11.18% 2
Staffordshire +1 8 £388 +158.33% 6
Herefordshire -3 6 £438 +9.38% 2
Willenhall - 5 - -
Dudley -3 4 £420 -
Wolverhampton -3 2 - - 6
Brierley Hill - 2 £393 -
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 May 2026, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 88 (23.85%) Agile
2 78 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 54 (14.63%) Security Cleared
6 51 (13.82%) Microsoft
7 50 (13.55%) Analytics
8 49 (13.28%) Business Analysis
8 49 (13.28%) Migration
8 49 (13.28%) Requirements Gathering
9 46 (12.47%) SC Cleared
10 45 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
11 44 (11.92%) JIRA
11 44 (11.92%) Power Platform
12 41 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
12 41 (11.11%) Decision-Making
12 41 (11.11%) User Stories
13 40 (10.84%) Azure
14 39 (10.57%) User Acceptance Testing
15 38 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 38 (10.30%) Power BI
15 38 (10.30%) SQL
16 36 (9.76%) Validation
17 35 (9.49%) Confluence
18 34 (9.21%) AWS
19 31 (8.40%) AI
20 29 (7.86%) PMO
21 28 (7.59%) Oracle
22 27 (7.32%) Data Quality
22 27 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 35 (9.49%) Confluence
2 19 (5.15%) SAS
3 18 (4.88%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.27%) Appian
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.34%) MS Visio
3 15 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.54%) CATIA
5 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.81%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.81%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.27%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.27%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.27%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.27%) Primavera
4 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 44 (11.92%) Power Platform
2 40 (10.84%) Azure
3 34 (9.21%) AWS
4 14 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.17%) SaaS
8 6 (1.63%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.63%) Google Tag Manager
8 6 (1.63%) Lucidchart
9 4 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.08%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.81%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.81%) Datadog
10 3 (0.81%) dbt
10 3 (0.81%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.17%) VSAN
2 7 (1.90%) VPN
3 5 (1.36%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (1.36%) LAN
4 4 (1.08%) DHCP
4 4 (1.08%) DNS
4 4 (1.08%) Firewall
4 4 (1.08%) WAN
5 2 (0.54%) BGP
5 2 (0.54%) MPLS
5 2 (0.54%) NAS
5 2 (0.54%) OSPF
5 2 (0.54%) SAN
5 2 (0.54%) VLAN
5 2 (0.54%) X.25
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) Skype
6 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.30%) Power BI
2 22 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.98%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (2.98%) Tableau
4 5 (1.36%) Metadata
4 5 (1.36%) Power Query
5 3 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.54%) Looker
6 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.27%) GIS
7 1 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (11.92%) JIRA
2 12 (3.25%) Postman
2 12 (3.25%) Zephyr
3 6 (1.63%) Selenium
4 3 (0.81%) Git
5 2 (0.54%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.54%) MLflow
6 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 107 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 76 (20.60%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (18.43%) Finance
4 29 (7.86%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.52%) Banking
7 12 (3.25%) Retail
8 11 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.71%) Legal
10 8 (2.17%) Automotive
10 8 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.17%) Local Government
10 8 (2.17%) Marketing
11 7 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.90%) Law
12 6 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.63%) Publishing
13 5 (1.36%) Police
14 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.08%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.52%) Flash
2 3 (0.81%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.54%) Middleware
3 2 (0.54%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.27%) ADO
4 1 (0.27%) JSON
4 1 (0.27%) Kafka
4 1 (0.27%) PySpark
4 1 (0.27%) REST
4 1 (0.27%) SOAP
4 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.34%) Linux Command Line
1 16 (4.34%) Onboarding
2 13 (3.52%) Replication
3 9 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.36%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.08%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.08%) CSOC
6 4 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (0.81%) Credit Risk
7 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.54%) Graphic Design
8 2 (0.54%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.05%) Linux
2 23 (6.23%) Windows
3 8 (2.17%) Unix
3 8 (2.17%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.54%) AIX
4 2 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (23.85%) Agile
2 78 (21.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (14.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 50 (13.55%) Analytics
6 49 (13.28%) Business Analysis
6 49 (13.28%) Migration
6 49 (13.28%) Requirements Gathering
7 45 (12.20%) Workshop Facilitation
8 41 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 41 (11.11%) Decision-Making
8 41 (11.11%) User Stories
9 39 (10.57%) User Acceptance Testing
10 38 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (9.76%) Validation
12 31 (8.40%) AI
13 26 (7.05%) Data Migration
13 26 (7.05%) Process Improvement
14 25 (6.78%) ETL
15 24 (6.50%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.30%) SQL
2 13 (3.52%) Python
3 4 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.54%) Java
4 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.27%) R
5 1 (0.27%) Scala
5 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.47%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (4.07%) Degree
5 11 (2.98%) IIBA
6 10 (2.71%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.08%) CBAP
8 3 (0.81%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.54%) ACCA
9 2 (0.54%) CAPM
9 2 (0.54%) CCNA
9 2 (0.54%) CCNP
9 2 (0.54%) CIMA
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.54%) PhD
9 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.54%) PMP
10 1 (0.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.86%) PMO
2 27 (7.32%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.52%) QA
4 11 (2.98%) GDPR
5 7 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.36%) NIST
7 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.81%) SLA
9 2 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.54%) NCSC
9 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.27%) COBIT
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
1 15 (4.07%) vSphere
2 13 (3.52%) GPFS
2 13 (3.52%) NFS
3 10 (2.71%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (2.17%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.08%) Snort
6 2 (0.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (4.07%) vRealize
2 8 (2.17%) VxRail
3 6 (1.63%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.08%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.54%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.54%) QRadar
7 1 (0.27%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 51 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.59%) Oracle
3 27 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.96%) SAP
5 17 (4.61%) Cisco
6 16 (4.34%) IBM
6 16 (4.34%) VMware
7 8 (2.17%) Google
7 8 (2.17%) Splunk
8 6 (1.63%) Databricks
8 6 (1.63%) Talend
9 5 (1.36%) HP
9 5 (1.36%) Teradata
10 4 (1.08%) Pega
10 4 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.81%) Commvault
11 3 (0.81%) Dell
11 3 (0.81%) Kronos
11 3 (0.81%) Remedy
11 3 (0.81%) SolarWinds