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 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 240 218 287
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.72% 11.41% 14.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.12% 12.28% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 163 210
10th Percentile £237 £192 £200
25th Percentile £302 £313 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £550
90th Percentile £550 £626 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 17
10th Percentile £22.51 £15.00 £15.19
25th Percentile £25.00 £16.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.67 £21.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.98% -66.92% +202.33%
75th Percentile £31.00 £25.52 £67.50
90th Percentile £33.02 £30.22 £68.00
England median hourly rate £20.79 £24.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -15.14% +28.95% +11.63%

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 1,829 1,775 1,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.35% 92.88% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,182 1,127 1,244
10th Percentile £255 £213 £220
25th Percentile £397 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 58 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.69 £14.09 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% +3.85% +25.25%
75th Percentile £35.75 £33.23 £33.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.63% -10.81% +50.70%

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 7 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 7 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 -4 79 £400 +14.29% 73
Warwickshire +11 78 £475 -5.00% 44
Shropshire -19 27 £359 -9.47% 8
Coventry -6 23 £316 -46.21% 22
Staffordshire -5 7 £150 -64.71% 34
Wolverhampton - 5 £275 - 4
Herefordshire -6 2 £400 - 9
Worcestershire -10 2 £325 -13.33% 16
Walsall +1 1 £338 +50.00% 6
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 66 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (22.08%) Microsoft
3 48 (20.00%) Agile
4 44 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
6 35 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
7 28 (11.67%) Cisco
8 27 (11.25%) Project Management
8 27 (11.25%) Windows
9 26 (10.83%) Data Analysis
9 26 (10.83%) Power Platform
10 25 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (10.42%) JIRA
11 24 (10.00%) Azure
11 24 (10.00%) Security Cleared
12 23 (9.58%) Customer Service
12 23 (9.58%) Decision-Making
12 23 (9.58%) PMO
13 22 (9.17%) Change Management
13 22 (9.17%) Power BI
14 21 (8.75%) ITIL
15 20 (8.33%) Business Analysis
15 20 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (8.33%) Degree
15 20 (8.33%) SQL
15 20 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 19 (7.92%) Data Management
16 19 (7.92%) Migration
17 18 (7.50%) SharePoint
18 17 (7.08%) Active Directory

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 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.58%) Confluence
3 5 (2.08%) HCL Notes
4 3 (1.25%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.83%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 40 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.75%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.83%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.42%) iTrent
4 1 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.42%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.83%) Power Platform
2 24 (10.00%) Azure
3 17 (7.08%) AWS
4 14 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.75%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.33%) Datadog
7 7 (2.92%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.67%) SaaS
9 4 (1.67%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.83%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.83%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.83%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.42%) GCP
12 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.00%) DHCP
1 12 (5.00%) DNS
2 10 (4.17%) VPN
3 9 (3.75%) Firewall
4 8 (3.33%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.92%) VSAN
6 6 (2.50%) LAN
6 6 (2.50%) WAN
6 6 (2.50%) Wireless
7 5 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (2.08%) PuTTY
7 5 (2.08%) WLAN
8 4 (1.67%) VoIP
8 4 (1.67%) WebEx
9 3 (1.25%) Internet
10 2 (0.83%) VLAN
10 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.42%) DMZ
11 1 (0.42%) Intranet
11 1 (0.42%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.17%) Power BI
2 9 (3.75%) Tableau
3 6 (2.50%) GIS
4 5 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (2.08%) Spatial Data
5 4 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.67%) Metadata
6 2 (0.83%) Power Query
6 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.42%) EDMS
7 1 (0.42%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (10.42%) JIRA
2 5 (2.08%) PVCS
3 4 (1.67%) Toad
4 2 (0.83%) TestPartner
5 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.42%) GDB
5 1 (0.42%) Postman
5 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.42%) Selenium
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 92 (38.33%) Social Skills
2 69 (28.75%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (24.58%) Finance
4 28 (11.67%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.00%) Law
6 12 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 12 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.58%) Legal
8 8 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.50%) Banking
9 6 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.08%) Automotive
11 4 (1.67%) Retail
12 2 (0.83%) Billing
12 2 (0.83%) Local Government
13 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Military
13 1 (0.42%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.75%) XML
2 5 (2.08%) Flash
2 5 (2.08%) Middleware
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.42%) GeoJSON
4 1 (0.42%) KML
4 1 (0.42%) NumPy
4 1 (0.42%) OLE
4 1 (0.42%) Pandas
4 1 (0.42%) REST
4 1 (0.42%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.08%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.42%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (3.75%) SCADA
5 8 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.50%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.50%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.50%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.08%) Replication
7 5 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.25%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.83%) Pricing Data
11 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.42%) FMCG
11 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.25%) Windows
2 17 (7.08%) Linux
3 7 (2.92%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.25%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.42%) AIX
5 1 (0.42%) Solaris
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (20.00%) Agile
3 44 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (11.25%) Project Management
5 26 (10.83%) Data Analysis
6 25 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (9.58%) Customer Service
7 23 (9.58%) Decision-Making
8 22 (9.17%) Change Management
9 21 (8.75%) ITIL
10 20 (8.33%) Business Analysis
10 20 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 19 (7.92%) Data Management
11 19 (7.92%) Migration
12 17 (7.08%) Process Improvement
13 15 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (6.25%) Visualisation
13 15 (6.25%) Waterfall
14 14 (5.83%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.33%) SQL
2 7 (2.92%) Python
3 6 (2.50%) Java
4 5 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.67%) VBA
6 3 (1.25%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.42%) COBOL
8 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.33%) Degree
3 14 (5.83%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.92%) CCNA
5 7 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.50%) MCP
6 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.08%) CCNP
7 5 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.08%) MCDST
8 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.83%) CBAP
8 2 (0.83%) CISSP
8 2 (0.83%) ISEB
8 2 (0.83%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.42%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.58%) PMO
2 9 (3.75%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.33%) QA
4 5 (2.08%) NIST
5 4 (1.67%) SLA
6 3 (1.25%) GDPR
6 3 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.25%) P3O
7 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (7.08%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.42%) vSphere
4 5 (2.08%) GPFS
4 5 (2.08%) NFS
4 5 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.42%) Firmware
6 1 (0.42%) Snort
Systems Management
1 13 (5.42%) vRealize
2 7 (2.92%) VxRail
3 6 (2.50%) SCCM
4 2 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.42%) QRadar
Vendors
1 53 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.67%) Cisco
3 17 (7.08%) Oracle
4 15 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.25%) VMware
5 14 (5.83%) IBM
6 11 (4.58%) SAP
7 9 (3.75%) HP
8 8 (3.33%) AppDynamics
8 8 (3.33%) Commvault
8 8 (3.33%) Dell
8 8 (3.33%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.92%) iManage
10 5 (2.08%) Citrix
10 5 (2.08%) Lotus
10 5 (2.08%) Mitel
10 5 (2.08%) Peregrine
10 5 (2.08%) Remedy
11 4 (1.67%) Netskope
11 4 (1.67%) Sage