Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 370 219 217
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.42% 11.62% 11.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.46% 13.00% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 141 158
10th Percentile £263 £209 £190
25th Percentile £333 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £538
90th Percentile £593 £550 £638
England median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 4
10th Percentile £13.80 £22.03 £15.65
25th Percentile £22.89 £22.38 £15.88
Median hourly rate £26.15 £28.27 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +48.79% -70.77%
75th Percentile £45.82 £31.00 £22.80
90th Percentile £70.48 £32.44 £25.13
England median hourly rate £27.50 £20.71 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.82% -5.89% +15.79%

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 3,230 1,684 1,768
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 89.34% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,920 1,088 1,113
10th Percentile £325 £245 £213
25th Percentile £413 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £712
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 109 61
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.62 £12.59
25th Percentile £17.74 £15.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.42 £25.15 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% +16.49% -6.13%
75th Percentile £45.94 £40.02 £32.28
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £48.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.70%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +6 107 £445 +18.67% 121
Shropshire 0 90 £400 +26.98% 21
Warwickshire -6 86 £425 -13.62% 44
Coventry -8 25 £313 -40.48% 29
Worcestershire +19 13 £425 +30.77% 13
Solihull - 12 £353 - 12
Herefordshire +11 9 £500 +25.00% 8
Willenhall - 4 - -
Staffordshire -14 3 £140 - 29
Dudley - 3 £375 -
Wolverhampton -6 2 £200 -27.27% 9
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 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 78 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 68 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (18.11%) Agile
4 63 (17.03%) Business Analysis
5 61 (16.49%) Microsoft
6 59 (15.95%) Decision-Making
7 57 (15.41%) Security Cleared
8 54 (14.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (14.59%) Workshop Facilitation
9 50 (13.51%) SC Cleared
10 48 (12.97%) JIRA
11 46 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (11.89%) Requirements Gathering
13 40 (10.81%) AI
14 39 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
15 38 (10.27%) SAP
16 36 (9.73%) Data Analysis
16 36 (9.73%) Test Automation
17 35 (9.46%) Azure
18 34 (9.19%) Power Platform
18 34 (9.19%) SQL
18 34 (9.19%) Validation
19 33 (8.92%) Data Quality
19 33 (8.92%) Migration
20 32 (8.65%) Data Modelling
20 32 (8.65%) Power BI
20 32 (8.65%) User Stories
21 30 (8.11%) Windows
22 29 (7.84%) Oracle
22 29 (7.84%) Process Improvement

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 25 (6.76%) Confluence
2 17 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.08%) SAS
4 4 (1.08%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.27%) Appian
Applications
1 28 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.54%) CATIA
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (4.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (3.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.81%) Primavera
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.54%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.54%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.46%) Azure
2 34 (9.19%) Power Platform
3 21 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (3.78%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.43%) AWS
7 8 (2.16%) Azure Functions
7 8 (2.16%) Serverless
8 7 (1.89%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.89%) SaaS
9 6 (1.62%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.35%) GCP
10 5 (1.35%) Google Analytics
10 5 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (1.35%) Tricentis Tosca
11 4 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.81%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.89%) DNS
2 6 (1.62%) DHCP
2 6 (1.62%) VPN
3 5 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.81%) Firewall
4 3 (0.81%) Internet
5 2 (0.54%) Broadband
5 2 (0.54%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.27%) VSAN
6 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.65%) Power BI
2 17 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.97%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.62%) Metadata
6 5 (1.35%) Tableau
7 4 (1.08%) Looker
7 4 (1.08%) Power Query
8 3 (0.81%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.27%) GIS
10 1 (0.27%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.27%) MySQL
10 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.27%) PowerCenter
10 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 48 (12.97%) JIRA
2 25 (6.76%) Postman
3 17 (4.59%) Selenium
4 13 (3.51%) Zephyr
5 11 (2.97%) Cypress.io
5 11 (2.97%) WebDriver
6 8 (2.16%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.35%) Git
7 5 (1.35%) Toad
8 3 (0.81%) Protractor
9 1 (0.27%) TestRail
General
1 101 (27.30%) Social Skills
2 86 (23.24%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (18.11%) Finance
4 57 (15.41%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.51%) Banking
8 12 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.24%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.70%) Legal
11 8 (2.16%) Retail
12 6 (1.62%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.62%) Marketing
13 5 (1.35%) Automotive
13 5 (1.35%) Police
14 4 (1.08%) Billing
15 3 (0.81%) Local Government
16 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.97%) Gherkin
1 11 (2.97%) XML
2 4 (1.08%) JSON
2 4 (1.08%) XSLT
3 3 (0.81%) OpenAPI
3 3 (0.81%) REST
3 3 (0.81%) SOAP
3 3 (0.81%) Swagger
4 2 (0.54%) ADO
5 1 (0.27%) .NET
5 1 (0.27%) Flash
5 1 (0.27%) Middleware
5 1 (0.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (2.43%) Data Structures
2 9 (2.43%) Onboarding
2 9 (2.43%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.35%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (0.81%) Credit Risk
6 3 (0.81%) Data Centre
6 3 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (0.81%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.81%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.54%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.54%) BYOD
7 2 (0.54%) Legacy Code
7 2 (0.54%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.11%) Windows
2 12 (3.24%) Linux
3 9 (2.43%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.35%) SUSE
5 2 (0.54%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 68 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (18.11%) Agile
4 63 (17.03%) Business Analysis
5 59 (15.95%) Decision-Making
6 54 (14.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 54 (14.59%) Workshop Facilitation
7 46 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (11.89%) Requirements Gathering
9 40 (10.81%) AI
10 39 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
11 36 (9.73%) Data Analysis
11 36 (9.73%) Test Automation
12 34 (9.19%) Validation
13 33 (8.92%) Migration
14 32 (8.65%) Data Modelling
14 32 (8.65%) User Stories
15 29 (7.84%) Process Improvement
16 27 (7.30%) Analytics
16 27 (7.30%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.19%) SQL
2 10 (2.70%) Python
3 8 (2.16%) C#
3 8 (2.16%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.62%) Java
5 4 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (1.08%) Scala
6 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.54%) R
6 2 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 57 (15.41%) Security Cleared
2 50 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (5.95%) ISTQB
5 13 (3.51%) Degree
6 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 5 (1.35%) ISEB
9 4 (1.08%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.81%) CISSP
11 2 (0.54%) CBAP
11 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.54%) GCIH
11 2 (0.54%) IIBA
11 2 (0.54%) SANS
12 1 (0.27%) APMG
12 1 (0.27%) CIW
12 1 (0.27%) CRISC
12 1 (0.27%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (8.92%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.57%) QA
3 22 (5.95%) PMO
4 18 (4.86%) Accessibility
5 12 (3.24%) GDPR
6 11 (2.97%) WCAG
7 4 (1.08%) GRC
7 4 (1.08%) SLA
8 3 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) GPFS
2 1 (0.27%) NFS
2 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.35%) SCCM
3 3 (0.81%) QRadar
4 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.27%) vRealize
4 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 61 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.27%) SAP
3 29 (7.84%) Oracle
4 9 (2.43%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.89%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.89%) Siemens
5 7 (1.89%) Splunk
6 6 (1.62%) IBM
6 6 (1.62%) Talend
7 5 (1.35%) Google
7 5 (1.35%) MathWorks
7 5 (1.35%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.08%) KANA
8 4 (1.08%) webMethods
9 3 (0.81%) Blue Prism
9 3 (0.81%) Snow
9 3 (0.81%) Teradata
10 2 (0.54%) Ariba
10 2 (0.54%) Databricks
10 2 (0.54%) Kronos