Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 12 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 291 156 248
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.92% 10.87% 13.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.09% 11.93% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 114 170
10th Percentile £263 £208 £187
25th Percentile £322 £334 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +6.12%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £520
90th Percentile £550 £611 £576
England median daily rate £450 £475 £489
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.86% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 25
10th Percentile £22.50 £14.50 £13.65
25th Percentile £24.38 £17.22 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% +73.08%
75th Percentile £27.68 £30.68 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.00 £31.60 -
England median hourly rate £17.89 £26.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -31.19% +48.57% +2.70%

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 2,407 1,308 1,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 91.15% 92.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 841 1,165
10th Percentile £292 £200 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 57 130
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £11.89
25th Percentile £17.09 £16.67 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £21.59 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £30.68 £47.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £39.14 £67.50
England median hourly rate £33.17 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.86% +2.86% -12.50%

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 22 February 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
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 22 February 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 -4 90 £425 -10.53% 56
Warwickshire +1 67 £488 +5.41% 14
Coventry +8 45 £310 -34.74% 10
Shropshire -23 41 £475 +6.03% 13
Worcestershire -2 10 £475 - 11
Staffordshire -3 6 £350 -13.78% 13
Solihull -2 5 £389 +13.74% 2
Dudley 0 2 £420 - 4
Herefordshire -15 2 £375 - 2
Wolverhampton - 2 £425 - 1
Brierley Hill - 2 £393 - 1
Walsall +1 1 £338 +50.00% 5
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 February 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 81 (27.84%) Agile
2 68 (23.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 66 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (16.84%) AWS
5 48 (16.49%) Security Cleared
6 44 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 43 (14.78%) Azure
7 43 (14.78%) Microsoft
8 40 (13.75%) Requirements Gathering
9 38 (13.06%) Analytics
9 38 (13.06%) Business Analysis
9 38 (13.06%) Cisco
9 38 (13.06%) Linux
10 36 (12.37%) SC Cleared
11 35 (12.03%) Migration
12 34 (11.68%) VMware
13 33 (11.34%) VMware Infrastructure
14 32 (11.00%) JIRA
15 30 (10.31%) Confluence
15 30 (10.31%) IBM
15 30 (10.31%) User Acceptance Testing
15 30 (10.31%) vRealize
15 30 (10.31%) vSphere
16 29 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (9.97%) Decision-Making
16 29 (9.97%) SQL
17 27 (9.28%) Power Platform
17 27 (9.28%) ServiceNow
18 26 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
18 26 (8.93%) User Stories

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 30 (10.31%) Confluence
2 15 (5.15%) SAS
3 7 (2.41%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.03%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.69%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.69%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (6.87%) MS Visio
3 17 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.69%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.34%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.34%) iTrent
4 1 (0.34%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.34%) Orchard Housing
4 1 (0.34%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (16.84%) AWS
2 43 (14.78%) Azure
3 27 (9.28%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.81%) Datadog
5 12 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.41%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.37%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.37%) GCP
9 4 (1.37%) Lucidchart
9 4 (1.37%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.37%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.03%) dbt
10 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.69%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.69%) SaaS
12 1 (0.34%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.15%) VSAN
2 13 (4.47%) VPN
3 6 (2.06%) DHCP
3 6 (2.06%) DNS
4 5 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.37%) Firewall
5 4 (1.37%) LAN
5 4 (1.37%) WAN
6 3 (1.03%) VLAN
7 2 (0.69%) BGP
7 2 (0.69%) MPLS
7 2 (0.69%) NAS
7 2 (0.69%) OSPF
7 2 (0.69%) SAN
7 2 (0.69%) X.25
8 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.56%) Power BI
2 10 (3.44%) Tableau
3 7 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.37%) GIS
5 3 (1.03%) Metadata
6 2 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.69%) Spatial Data
6 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.34%) EDMS
7 1 (0.34%) MySQL
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.34%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (11.00%) JIRA
2 4 (1.37%) Toad
3 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
General
1 99 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 73 (25.09%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (17.18%) Finance
4 32 (11.00%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (4.47%) Legal
8 12 (4.12%) Law
9 11 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.09%) Banking
11 8 (2.75%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.72%) Local Government
14 4 (1.37%) Automotive
14 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.03%) Marketing
15 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.03%) Police
15 3 (1.03%) Retail
16 2 (0.69%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.50%) Flash
2 7 (2.41%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.72%) Middleware
3 5 (1.72%) SAML
4 4 (1.37%) XML
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.69%) RFC 2544
6 1 (0.34%) LDAP
6 1 (0.34%) MACH
6 1 (0.34%) OAuth
6 1 (0.34%) PySpark
6 1 (0.34%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.31%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (5.50%) Replication
3 14 (4.81%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.47%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.41%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.37%) CSOC
8 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.37%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.69%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.69%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.69%) PKI
10 2 (0.69%) PMI
10 2 (0.69%) SCADA
10 2 (0.69%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.06%) Linux
2 25 (8.59%) Windows
3 8 (2.75%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.06%) Unix
5 2 (0.69%) AIX
5 2 (0.69%) Solaris
6 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (27.84%) Agile
2 68 (23.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 66 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 40 (13.75%) Requirements Gathering
6 38 (13.06%) Analytics
6 38 (13.06%) Business Analysis
7 35 (12.03%) Migration
8 30 (10.31%) User Acceptance Testing
9 29 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (9.97%) Decision-Making
10 26 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (8.93%) User Stories
10 26 (8.93%) Workshop Facilitation
11 23 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (7.90%) Customer Service
12 21 (7.22%) Validation
13 20 (6.87%) Change Management
14 19 (6.53%) Actionable Insight
14 19 (6.53%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.97%) SQL
2 12 (4.12%) Python
3 6 (2.06%) Java
4 4 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.03%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.69%) R
6 2 (0.69%) Scala
7 1 (0.34%) COBOL
7 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (16.49%) Security Cleared
2 36 (12.37%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (6.19%) Degree
4 11 (3.78%) IIBA
5 7 (2.41%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.72%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.72%) MCDST
6 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 3 (1.03%) CBAP
7 3 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.03%) ISEB
7 3 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.69%) CCNA
8 2 (0.69%) CCNP
8 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.84%) PMO
2 12 (4.12%) GDPR
3 10 (3.44%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.06%) NIST
5 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.72%) QA
6 4 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.69%) NCSC
7 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 33 (11.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (10.31%) vSphere
3 16 (5.50%) GPFS
3 16 (5.50%) NFS
4 13 (4.47%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (3.44%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.37%) Snort
Systems Management
1 30 (10.31%) vRealize
2 16 (5.50%) VxRail
3 5 (1.72%) SCCM
4 4 (1.37%) CSIRT
4 4 (1.37%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.69%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.34%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 43 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.06%) Cisco
3 34 (11.68%) VMware
4 30 (10.31%) IBM
5 27 (9.28%) ServiceNow
6 24 (8.25%) Oracle
7 15 (5.15%) HP
8 14 (4.81%) AppDynamics
8 14 (4.81%) Commvault
8 14 (4.81%) Dell
8 14 (4.81%) SolarWinds
9 13 (4.47%) SAP
10 9 (3.09%) Splunk
11 6 (2.06%) Pega
12 5 (1.72%) iManage
12 5 (1.72%) Mitel
13 4 (1.37%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.37%) Databricks
13 4 (1.37%) Netskope
13 4 (1.37%) Okta