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 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 227 206 265
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.59% 11.26% 13.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.89% 12.05% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 149 200
10th Percentile £197 £198 £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 £629 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 18
10th Percentile £22.50 £15.30 £15.36
25th Percentile £23.14 £20.50 £20.31
Median hourly rate £26.11 £26.13 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% -43.51% +137.18%
75th Percentile £31.00 £30.68 £67.50
90th Percentile - £31.29 £67.88
England median hourly rate £19.57 £26.06 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% +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 1,909 1,709 1,778
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 93.39% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,232 1,066 1,221
10th Percentile £251 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £393 £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 £706 £688
England median daily rate £503 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.12% -1.78% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 65 65
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.63 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.06 £15.22 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +5.87% +26.98%
75th Percentile £31.00 £32.25 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +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 1 December 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 1 December 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 -6 72 £398 +0.63% 41
Warwickshire +3 62 £469 -6.25% 22
Shropshire -18 31 £360 -12.73% 12
Coventry +1 28 £316 -47.33% 14
Staffordshire -3 6 £150 -58.62% 34
Worcestershire -13 3 £338 -14.29% 16
Wolverhampton - 3 £275 - 7
Walsall +1 1 £338 +50.00% 9
Herefordshire -11 1 £400 - 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 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 64 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (22.47%) Agile
3 48 (21.15%) Microsoft
4 40 (17.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (14.98%) Microsoft Office
6 32 (14.10%) Cisco
7 31 (13.66%) Security Cleared
8 29 (12.78%) Azure
9 26 (11.45%) AWS
9 26 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
9 26 (11.45%) Windows
10 25 (11.01%) Customer Service
11 24 (10.57%) JIRA
11 24 (10.57%) VMware
12 23 (10.13%) PMO
12 23 (10.13%) VMware Infrastructure
13 22 (9.69%) Linux
14 21 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (9.25%) Project Management
14 21 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (8.81%) Change Management
15 20 (8.81%) Decision-Making
16 19 (8.37%) IBM
16 19 (8.37%) vRealize
16 19 (8.37%) vSphere
17 18 (7.93%) Business Analysis
17 18 (7.93%) Confluence
17 18 (7.93%) ITIL
17 18 (7.93%) ServiceNow
18 17 (7.49%) Cybersecurity

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 (7.93%) Confluence
2 9 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.76%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.88%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.88%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (14.98%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (11.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (4.85%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.88%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.44%) iTrent
3 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.44%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.78%) Azure
2 26 (11.45%) AWS
3 17 (7.49%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.85%) Datadog
5 9 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.08%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.64%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.20%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.76%) GCP
9 4 (1.76%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.32%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.88%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.88%) Lucidchart
11 2 (0.88%) SaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.41%) DHCP
1 10 (4.41%) DNS
1 10 (4.41%) VPN
1 10 (4.41%) VSAN
2 7 (3.08%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.64%) Firewall
4 5 (2.20%) LAN
4 5 (2.20%) WAN
5 4 (1.76%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (1.76%) PuTTY
5 4 (1.76%) VoIP
5 4 (1.76%) Wireless
5 4 (1.76%) WLAN
6 3 (1.32%) Internet
7 2 (0.88%) WebEx
8 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.49%) Power BI
2 5 (2.20%) GIS
3 4 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.76%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (1.76%) Spatial Data
3 4 (1.76%) Tableau
4 3 (1.32%) Metadata
5 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.44%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.44%) EDMS
5 1 (0.44%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (0.44%) MySQL
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.44%) Power Query
5 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (10.57%) JIRA
2 5 (2.20%) PVCS
3 4 (1.76%) Toad
4 2 (0.88%) TestPartner
5 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.44%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.44%) Selenium
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 79 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 57 (25.11%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (21.59%) Finance
4 32 (14.10%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.73%) Legal
6 13 (5.73%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.96%) Law
8 7 (3.08%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.64%) Banking
9 6 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.76%) Retail
11 2 (0.88%) Local Government
12 1 (0.44%) Automotive
12 1 (0.44%) Billing
12 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.44%) Military
12 1 (0.44%) Publishing
12 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.96%) XML
2 7 (3.08%) Flash
3 5 (2.20%) Middleware
3 5 (2.20%) SAML
4 4 (1.76%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.44%) LDAP
6 1 (0.44%) MACH
6 1 (0.44%) NumPy
6 1 (0.44%) OAuth
6 1 (0.44%) Pandas
6 1 (0.44%) REST
6 1 (0.44%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.93%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (5.73%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.29%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.08%) Replication
5 6 (2.64%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.20%) SCADA
6 5 (2.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.76%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.76%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.32%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.32%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.44%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.45%) Windows
2 22 (9.69%) Linux
3 7 (3.08%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.32%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.44%) AIX
5 1 (0.44%) Solaris
5 1 (0.44%) VMS
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (22.47%) Agile
3 40 (17.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (11.01%) Customer Service
5 21 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (9.25%) Project Management
5 21 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (8.81%) Change Management
6 20 (8.81%) Decision-Making
7 18 (7.93%) Business Analysis
7 18 (7.93%) ITIL
8 17 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (7.49%) Migration
9 16 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (6.61%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (5.73%) Data Analysis
11 13 (5.73%) Data Management
11 13 (5.73%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (5.73%) User Stories
11 13 (5.73%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.49%) SQL
2 7 (3.08%) Java
2 7 (3.08%) Python
3 3 (1.32%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.44%) COBOL
5 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.44%) R
5 1 (0.44%) Scala
5 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (13.66%) Security Cleared
2 17 (7.49%) Degree
2 17 (7.49%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.41%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.20%) MCDST
5 5 (2.20%) MCP
5 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.76%) CCNA
6 4 (1.76%) CCNP
6 4 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.88%) ISEB
8 2 (0.88%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.44%) CAPM
9 1 (0.44%) CISSP
9 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.13%) PMO
2 6 (2.64%) QA
3 5 (2.20%) NIST
4 4 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.88%) P3O
7 1 (0.44%) GDPR
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
7 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (10.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (8.37%) vSphere
3 16 (7.05%) Active Directory
4 7 (3.08%) GPFS
4 7 (3.08%) NFS
4 7 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.44%) Snort
Systems Management
1 19 (8.37%) vRealize
2 11 (4.85%) VxRail
3 5 (2.20%) SCCM
4 2 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.44%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.10%) Cisco
3 24 (10.57%) VMware
4 19 (8.37%) IBM
5 18 (7.93%) ServiceNow
6 17 (7.49%) Oracle
7 11 (4.85%) AppDynamics
7 11 (4.85%) Commvault
7 11 (4.85%) Dell
7 11 (4.85%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.41%) HP
9 7 (3.08%) iManage
9 7 (3.08%) SAP
10 5 (2.20%) Mitel
10 5 (2.20%) Pega
11 4 (1.76%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.76%) Lotus
11 4 (1.76%) Peregrine
11 4 (1.76%) Remedy
11 4 (1.76%) Splunk