Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 234 210 263
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.87% 11.20% 14.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.21% 12.00% 14.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 154 199
10th Percentile £202 £193 £200
25th Percentile £300 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £550
90th Percentile £550 £626 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 17
10th Percentile £22.51 £15.30 £15.19
25th Percentile £25.00 £20.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.33 £26.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.27% -59.81% +233.33%
75th Percentile £31.00 £30.68 £67.50
90th Percentile - £31.29 £68.00
England median hourly rate £20.75 £26.06 £19.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +37.17% +8.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,917 1,750 1,763
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 93.33% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,237 1,094 1,211
10th Percentile £250 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 67 64
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.66 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.96 £15.22 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.60 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year +6.57% +5.38% +26.38%
75th Percentile £34.33 £31.78 £35.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £46.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +38.46%

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 November 2025.

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
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 November 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
Birmingham -7 73 £394 -0.32% 38
Warwickshire +4 68 £475 -5.00% 27
Shropshire -17 30 £360 -12.73% 10
Coventry -4 28 £313 -47.92% 13
Staffordshire -2 7 £150 -58.62% 32
Worcestershire -14 3 £338 -18.18% 17
Wolverhampton - 3 £275 - 8
Walsall +1 1 £338 +50.00% 9
Herefordshire -10 1 £400 - 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, 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 69 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (22.22%) Agile
3 51 (21.79%) Microsoft
4 43 (18.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
6 33 (14.10%) Cisco
7 30 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
7 30 (12.82%) Security Cleared
8 29 (12.39%) Azure
9 26 (11.11%) AWS
9 26 (11.11%) Windows
10 25 (10.68%) Customer Service
11 24 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (10.26%) JIRA
11 24 (10.26%) Project Management
12 23 (9.83%) PMO
12 23 (9.83%) VMware
12 23 (9.83%) VMware Infrastructure
13 22 (9.40%) Change Management
13 22 (9.40%) Linux
14 21 (8.97%) Decision-Making
15 19 (8.12%) IBM
15 19 (8.12%) Power Platform
15 19 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 19 (8.12%) vRealize
15 19 (8.12%) vSphere
16 18 (7.69%) Business Analysis
16 18 (7.69%) Confluence
16 18 (7.69%) Degree
16 18 (7.69%) ITIL

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 18 (7.69%) Confluence
2 11 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.71%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.85%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 36 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.13%) MS Visio
4 9 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.85%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.43%) iTrent
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.39%) Azure
2 26 (11.11%) AWS
3 19 (8.12%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.70%) Datadog
4 11 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.99%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.99%) Power Automate
6 5 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.14%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.71%) GCP
7 4 (1.71%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.85%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.85%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.85%) SaaS
9 2 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.43%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.70%) DHCP
1 11 (4.70%) DNS
2 10 (4.27%) VPN
2 10 (4.27%) VSAN
3 7 (2.99%) Firewall
3 7 (2.99%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.56%) LAN
4 6 (2.56%) WAN
5 5 (2.14%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (2.14%) PuTTY
5 5 (2.14%) Wireless
5 5 (2.14%) WLAN
6 4 (1.71%) VoIP
7 3 (1.28%) Internet
8 2 (0.85%) WebEx
9 1 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.26%) Power BI
2 8 (3.42%) Tableau
3 5 (2.14%) GIS
4 4 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (1.71%) Spatial Data
5 3 (1.28%) Metadata
6 2 (0.85%) Power Query
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.43%) EDMS
7 1 (0.43%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.43%) MySQL
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (10.26%) JIRA
2 5 (2.14%) PVCS
3 4 (1.71%) Toad
4 2 (0.85%) TestPartner
5 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.43%) Postman
5 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.43%) Selenium
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 85 (36.32%) Social Skills
2 62 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (22.22%) Finance
4 32 (13.68%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.13%) Legal
8 9 (3.85%) Law
9 8 (3.42%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.56%) Banking
10 6 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.14%) Automotive
12 4 (1.71%) Retail
13 2 (0.85%) Local Government
14 1 (0.43%) Billing
14 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Military
14 1 (0.43%) Police
14 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.85%) XML
2 7 (2.99%) Flash
3 5 (2.14%) Middleware
3 5 (2.14%) SAML
4 4 (1.71%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.43%) LDAP
6 1 (0.43%) MACH
6 1 (0.43%) NumPy
6 1 (0.43%) OAuth
6 1 (0.43%) Pandas
6 1 (0.43%) REST
6 1 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.99%) Replication
6 6 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.14%) SCADA
7 5 (2.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (2.14%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.28%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.28%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.85%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.43%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.11%) Windows
2 22 (9.40%) Linux
3 7 (2.99%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.28%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.43%) AIX
5 1 (0.43%) Solaris
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (22.22%) Agile
3 43 (18.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (10.68%) Customer Service
5 24 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (10.26%) Project Management
6 22 (9.40%) Change Management
7 21 (8.97%) Decision-Making
8 19 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (7.69%) Business Analysis
9 18 (7.69%) ITIL
10 17 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (7.26%) Migration
11 16 (6.84%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (6.41%) Data Management
13 14 (5.98%) Data Analysis
13 14 (5.98%) Process Improvement
13 14 (5.98%) Requirements Gathering
14 13 (5.56%) User Stories
14 13 (5.56%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.26%) SQL
2 7 (2.99%) Java
2 7 (2.99%) Python
3 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.28%) VBA
4 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.43%) COBOL
5 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.43%) R
5 1 (0.43%) Scala
5 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.69%) Degree
3 16 (6.84%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.27%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.14%) CCNA
7 5 (2.14%) CCNP
7 5 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.14%) MCDST
7 5 (2.14%) MCP
7 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.85%) ISEB
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.43%) CAPM
10 1 (0.43%) CISSP
10 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.83%) PMO
2 7 (2.99%) QA
3 5 (2.14%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.14%) NIST
4 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.28%) P3O
6 1 (0.43%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) SLA
6 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (9.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (8.12%) vSphere
3 16 (6.84%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.99%) GPFS
4 7 (2.99%) NFS
4 7 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.43%) Snort
Systems Management
1 19 (8.12%) vRealize
2 11 (4.70%) VxRail
3 5 (2.14%) SCCM
4 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.10%) Cisco
3 23 (9.83%) VMware
4 19 (8.12%) IBM
5 18 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 17 (7.26%) Oracle
7 11 (4.70%) AppDynamics
7 11 (4.70%) Commvault
7 11 (4.70%) Dell
7 11 (4.70%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.27%) HP
8 10 (4.27%) SAP
9 7 (2.99%) iManage
10 5 (2.14%) Mitel
10 5 (2.14%) Peregrine
10 5 (2.14%) Remedy
11 4 (1.71%) Lotus
11 4 (1.71%) Netskope
11 4 (1.71%) Pega
11 4 (1.71%) Splunk