Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £411, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 230 186 229
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.98% 11.63% 13.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.34% 12.49% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 134 172
10th Percentile £205 £208 £176
25th Percentile £304 £333 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £550
90th Percentile £550 £638 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 15
10th Percentile £22.50 £17.40 £16.62
25th Percentile £22.51 £20.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £24.03 £26.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% -59.81% +242.11%
75th Percentile £25.00 £30.68 £67.50
90th Percentile £27.50 £31.29 £68.25
England median hourly rate £18.73 £24.35 £18.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% +35.28% +5.63%

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 2,029 1,489 1,631
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 93.06% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 945 1,091
10th Percentile £263 £200 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £713 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 57 72
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.95 £16.54
25th Percentile £15.71 £17.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £24.80
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% -3.95% +39.95%
75th Percentile £30.00 £31.31 £45.00
90th Percentile £48.05 £51.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +28.57%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 76 £418 -12.11% 38
Warwickshire +3 53 £500 +11.11% 29
Coventry +3 35 £311 -37.75% 17
Shropshire -15 35 £460 -3.16% 16
Worcestershire -15 6 £413 +4.76% 6
Staffordshire -3 4 £400 -1.54% 20
Wolverhampton - 2 £350 - 4
Walsall +2 1 £338 +50.00% 1
Solihull +1 1 £268 -37.67%
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 January 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 69 (30.00%) Agile
2 58 (25.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (18.26%) AWS
5 37 (16.09%) Microsoft
6 32 (13.91%) Azure
6 32 (13.91%) Cisco
6 32 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (13.48%) Business Analysis
7 31 (13.48%) JIRA
7 31 (13.48%) Security Cleared
7 31 (13.48%) VMware
8 30 (13.04%) Linux
8 30 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
9 29 (12.61%) Confluence
10 28 (12.17%) Migration
11 26 (11.30%) IBM
11 26 (11.30%) vRealize
11 26 (11.30%) vSphere
12 25 (10.87%) Requirements Gathering
13 23 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (10.00%) Customer Service
13 23 (10.00%) ServiceNow
14 22 (9.57%) User Acceptance Testing
15 21 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
15 21 (9.13%) Power Platform
15 21 (9.13%) SC Cleared
16 20 (8.70%) Oracle
16 20 (8.70%) PMO
16 20 (8.70%) 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 29 (12.61%) Confluence
2 9 (3.91%) SAS
2 9 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.74%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.87%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.87%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (9.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.96%) MS Visio
3 8 (3.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.43%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.43%) iTrent
3 1 (0.43%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.43%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.43%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (18.26%) AWS
2 32 (13.91%) Azure
3 21 (9.13%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.09%) Datadog
5 8 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.04%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.17%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.74%) GCP
8 4 (1.74%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.30%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.87%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.87%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.87%) SaaS
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.65%) VSAN
2 11 (4.78%) VPN
3 7 (3.04%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.61%) DHCP
4 6 (2.61%) DNS
5 3 (1.30%) Internet
6 2 (0.87%) Firewall
6 2 (0.87%) X.25
7 1 (0.43%) LAN
7 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.43%) VLAN
7 1 (0.43%) VoIP
7 1 (0.43%) WAN
7 1 (0.43%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.26%) Power BI
2 4 (1.74%) Tableau
3 3 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.30%) GIS
4 2 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.87%) Metadata
4 2 (0.87%) Spatial Data
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.43%) EDMS
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Power Query
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (13.48%) JIRA
2 4 (1.74%) Toad
3 1 (0.43%) Postman
3 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 84 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 54 (23.48%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (20.43%) Finance
4 28 (12.17%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.22%) Legal
8 10 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.91%) Law
10 5 (2.17%) Banking
11 4 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.74%) Retail
12 3 (1.30%) Local Government
13 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.43%) Billing
14 1 (0.43%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Military
14 1 (0.43%) Publishing
14 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.22%) Flash
2 5 (2.17%) SAML
3 4 (1.74%) Middleware
3 4 (1.74%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.74%) XML
4 2 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.43%) LDAP
5 1 (0.43%) MACH
5 1 (0.43%) NumPy
5 1 (0.43%) OAuth
5 1 (0.43%) Pandas
5 1 (0.43%) REST
5 1 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.30%) Linux Command Line
2 14 (6.09%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.22%) Replication
4 11 (4.78%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.17%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.30%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.87%) SCADA
9 2 (0.87%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) CMDB
10 1 (0.43%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.43%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.04%) Linux
2 18 (7.83%) Windows
3 7 (3.04%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.30%) Mac OS X
4 3 (1.30%) Unix
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 (30.00%) Agile
2 58 (25.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 31 (13.48%) Business Analysis
6 28 (12.17%) Migration
7 25 (10.87%) Requirements Gathering
8 23 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (10.00%) Customer Service
9 22 (9.57%) User Acceptance Testing
10 20 (8.70%) User Stories
11 18 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (7.39%) Change Management
12 17 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (7.39%) Workshop Facilitation
13 16 (6.96%) Decision-Making
14 15 (6.52%) DevOps
15 14 (6.09%) Analytics
15 14 (6.09%) ITIL
15 14 (6.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.83%) SQL
2 7 (3.04%) Python
3 6 (2.61%) Java
4 3 (1.30%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.43%) COBOL
6 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.43%) R
6 1 (0.43%) Scala
6 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.13%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.09%) Degree
4 10 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (4.35%) IIBA
5 7 (3.04%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.17%) MCDST
6 5 (2.17%) MCP
6 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.87%) ISEB
7 2 (0.87%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.43%) AAT
8 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.43%) CAPM
8 1 (0.43%) CBAP
8 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.70%) PMO
2 9 (3.91%) GDPR
3 5 (2.17%) NIST
4 4 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.74%) QA
5 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.30%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.87%) P3O
6 2 (0.87%) SLA
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (11.30%) vSphere
3 12 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.22%) GPFS
3 12 (5.22%) NFS
4 10 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.43%) Snort
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (11.30%) vRealize
2 14 (6.09%) VxRail
3 5 (2.17%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 37 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.91%) Cisco
3 31 (13.48%) VMware
4 26 (11.30%) IBM
5 23 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 20 (8.70%) Oracle
7 14 (6.09%) AppDynamics
7 14 (6.09%) Commvault
7 14 (6.09%) SolarWinds
8 13 (5.65%) Dell
8 13 (5.65%) HP
9 9 (3.91%) SAP
10 6 (2.61%) iManage
11 5 (2.17%) Mitel
11 5 (2.17%) Pega
12 4 (1.74%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.74%) Lotus
12 4 (1.74%) Netskope
12 4 (1.74%) Okta
12 4 (1.74%) Splunk