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 25 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 233 179 241
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.83% 11.39% 13.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.07% 12.40% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 123 176
10th Percentile £220 £211 £194
25th Percentile £305 £348 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £538
90th Percentile £550 £633 £600
England median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 22
10th Percentile £22.50 £14.50 £13.56
25th Percentile £22.51 £18.72 £18.60
Median hourly rate £24.03 £24.06 £25.46
Median % change year-on-year -0.16% -5.49% +34.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £30.51 £67.50
90th Percentile £27.50 £30.98 -
England median hourly rate £18.00 £24.50 £17.86
% change year-on-year -26.53% +37.18% +5.06%

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 2,104 1,444 1,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.74% 91.86% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,362 907 1,129
10th Percentile £263 £200 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £675
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 58 113
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.95 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.09 £17.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.71 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.07% +5.38% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £30.51 £43.75
90th Percentile £42.20 £40.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -15.30% -7.28% +7.86%

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 25 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 25 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 -5 72 £425 -10.53% 42
Warwickshire +5 57 £500 +8.11% 34
Coventry +7 39 £310 -27.06% 23
Shropshire -28 32 £475 +5.79% 17
Worcestershire -13 6 £456 +21.67% 5
Staffordshire -6 4 £400 -11.11% 16
Solihull - 3 £268 - 1
Herefordshire -19 2 £375 - 3
Walsall 0 1 £338 +50.00% 2
Wolverhampton - 1 £425 - 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 73 (31.33%) Agile
2 60 (25.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (19.31%) AWS
5 36 (15.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (15.02%) Business Analysis
6 35 (15.02%) Cisco
7 34 (14.59%) Azure
7 34 (14.59%) Microsoft
7 34 (14.59%) VMware
8 33 (14.16%) Security Cleared
8 33 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
9 32 (13.73%) Linux
10 30 (12.88%) JIRA
10 30 (12.88%) Migration
10 30 (12.88%) Requirements Gathering
11 29 (12.45%) IBM
11 29 (12.45%) vRealize
11 29 (12.45%) vSphere
12 28 (12.02%) Confluence
13 25 (10.73%) ServiceNow
14 23 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (9.87%) Customer Service
14 23 (9.87%) Oracle
14 23 (9.87%) SC Cleared
14 23 (9.87%) User Acceptance Testing
15 22 (9.44%) User Stories
15 22 (9.44%) Workshop Facilitation
16 20 (8.58%) Analytics
16 20 (8.58%) Microsoft Excel

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 28 (12.02%) Confluence
2 14 (6.01%) SAS
3 7 (3.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.72%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.86%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.86%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (8.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (6.87%) MS Visio
3 13 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) 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 S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (19.31%) AWS
2 34 (14.59%) Azure
3 19 (8.15%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.01%) Datadog
5 9 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.00%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.72%) GCP
7 4 (1.72%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.72%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.29%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.86%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.86%) SaaS
10 1 (0.43%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.43%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.01%) VSAN
2 11 (4.72%) VPN
3 6 (2.58%) DHCP
3 6 (2.58%) DNS
3 6 (2.58%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.86%) Firewall
4 2 (0.86%) LAN
4 2 (0.86%) WAN
4 2 (0.86%) X.25
5 1 (0.43%) Internet
5 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.43%) VLAN
5 1 (0.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.30%) Power BI
2 5 (2.15%) Tableau
3 4 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.29%) GIS
4 3 (1.29%) Metadata
5 2 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.86%) Spatial Data
5 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.43%) EDMS
6 1 (0.43%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (12.88%) JIRA
2 4 (1.72%) Toad
3 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
General
1 86 (36.91%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.61%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (19.31%) Finance
4 28 (12.02%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.58%) Legal
7 11 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.29%) Law
9 5 (2.15%) Banking
10 3 (1.29%) Local Government
10 3 (1.29%) Retail
11 2 (0.86%) Automotive
11 2 (0.86%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.86%) Marketing
11 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.86%) Police
11 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.43%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.44%) Flash
2 5 (2.15%) SAML
3 4 (1.72%) Middleware
3 4 (1.72%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.72%) XML
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.43%) LDAP
5 1 (0.43%) MACH
5 1 (0.43%) OAuth
5 1 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.45%) Linux Command Line
2 15 (6.44%) Replication
3 12 (5.15%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.72%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.58%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.29%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.86%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.86%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.86%) SCADA
10 2 (0.86%) Video Editing
11 1 (0.43%) CMDB
11 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.73%) Linux
2 17 (7.30%) Windows
3 8 (3.43%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.29%) Unix
5 2 (0.86%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.43%) AIX
6 1 (0.43%) Solaris
6 1 (0.43%) VMS
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (31.33%) Agile
2 60 (25.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (15.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 35 (15.02%) Business Analysis
6 30 (12.88%) Migration
6 30 (12.88%) Requirements Gathering
7 23 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (9.87%) Customer Service
7 23 (9.87%) User Acceptance Testing
8 22 (9.44%) User Stories
8 22 (9.44%) Workshop Facilitation
9 20 (8.58%) Analytics
10 16 (6.87%) Change Management
10 16 (6.87%) DevOps
11 15 (6.44%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (6.44%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (6.44%) Decision-Making
11 15 (6.44%) Impact Assessments
11 15 (6.44%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.73%) SQL
2 8 (3.43%) Python
3 6 (2.58%) Java
4 3 (1.29%) PowerShell
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%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (14.16%) Security Cleared
2 23 (9.87%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (6.01%) Degree
5 10 (4.29%) IIBA
6 7 (3.00%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.15%) MCDST
7 5 (2.15%) MCP
7 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.86%) ACCA
9 2 (0.86%) CIMA
9 2 (0.86%) ISEB
9 2 (0.86%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.43%) CAPM
10 1 (0.43%) CISM
10 1 (0.43%) CISSP
10 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.30%) PMO
2 11 (4.72%) GDPR
3 5 (2.15%) NIST
4 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.72%) QA
5 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.29%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.86%) P3O
6 2 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.86%) SLA
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (12.45%) vSphere
3 15 (6.44%) GPFS
3 15 (6.44%) NFS
4 13 (5.58%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (4.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (12.45%) vRealize
2 15 (6.44%) VxRail
3 5 (2.15%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 35 (15.02%) Cisco
2 34 (14.59%) Microsoft
2 34 (14.59%) VMware
3 29 (12.45%) IBM
4 25 (10.73%) ServiceNow
5 23 (9.87%) Oracle
6 14 (6.01%) AppDynamics
6 14 (6.01%) Commvault
6 14 (6.01%) SolarWinds
7 13 (5.58%) Dell
7 13 (5.58%) HP
8 10 (4.29%) SAP
9 5 (2.15%) iManage
9 5 (2.15%) Mitel
9 5 (2.15%) Pega
10 4 (1.72%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.72%) Lotus
10 4 (1.72%) Netskope
10 4 (1.72%) Okta
10 4 (1.72%) Splunk
151 Analyst jobs in the West Midlands