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 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 218 219 308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.87% 11.47% 14.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.27% 12.30% 15.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 155 224
10th Percentile £212 £190 £200
25th Percentile £300 £313 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £550
90th Percentile £560 £633 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 15
10th Percentile - £15.65 £13.15
25th Percentile £22.03 £15.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.33 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.37% -30.91% +51.10%
75th Percentile £31.00 £22.80 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.73 £25.13 £68.25
England median hourly rate £22.05 £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +16.05% - +11.50%

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 1,643 1,781 1,956
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.44% 93.29% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,065 1,151 1,331
10th Percentile £235 £231 £228
25th Percentile £375 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £582 £624 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 63 58
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.62 £14.42
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.63 £17.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.07 £33.74 £30.78
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
Warwickshire +11 79 £500 +5.26% 41
Birmingham -5 71 £375 -6.25% 36
Shropshire -2 24 £315 -29.61% 13
Coventry -10 12 £525 -12.50% 14
Staffordshire -5 6 £150 -64.71% 29
Wolverhampton +3 5 £275 -47.62% 9
Herefordshire - 3 £400 - 4
Worcestershire -12 2 £325 -16.13% 14
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 98 (44.95%) Social Skills
2 62 (28.44%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (25.23%) Microsoft
4 52 (23.85%) Finance
5 51 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (22.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (18.35%) Microsoft Office
8 35 (16.06%) Agile
9 32 (14.68%) Data Analysis
10 30 (13.76%) Microsoft Excel
11 28 (12.84%) ITIL
12 25 (11.47%) Project Management
12 25 (11.47%) Business Analysis
13 24 (11.01%) JIRA
13 24 (11.01%) Migration
13 24 (11.01%) Change Management
13 24 (11.01%) Power Platform
14 23 (10.55%) Decision-Making
15 22 (10.09%) Security Cleared
15 22 (10.09%) Windows
15 22 (10.09%) SharePoint
15 22 (10.09%) SQL
16 20 (9.17%) Data Management
16 20 (9.17%) PMO
16 20 (9.17%) Power BI
16 20 (9.17%) Customer Service
17 19 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
18 18 (8.26%) Degree
18 18 (8.26%) Process Improvement

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (10.09%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.67%) Confluence
3 4 (1.83%) HCL Notes
4 3 (1.38%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.92%) IIS
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (18.35%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (13.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.38%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (1.38%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.46%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.01%) Power Platform
2 17 (7.80%) Azure
3 15 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.75%) Power Automate
4 6 (2.75%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.38%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (0.92%) AWS
7 2 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.92%) Figma
7 2 (0.92%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.92%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.92%) SaaS
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.46%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.46%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.59%) DHCP
1 10 (4.59%) DNS
2 8 (3.67%) Firewall
3 6 (2.75%) LAN
3 6 (2.75%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.75%) WAN
3 6 (2.75%) Wireless
4 5 (2.29%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (2.29%) PuTTY
4 5 (2.29%) WLAN
5 4 (1.83%) VoIP
5 4 (1.83%) VPN
5 4 (1.83%) WebEx
6 3 (1.38%) Internet
7 2 (0.92%) VLAN
7 2 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.46%) DMZ
8 1 (0.46%) Intranet
8 1 (0.46%) Modbus
8 1 (0.46%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.17%) Power BI
2 10 (4.59%) Tableau
3 6 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.29%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (2.29%) GIS
4 5 (2.29%) Spatial Data
5 4 (1.83%) Metadata
5 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.38%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.92%) Power Query
8 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.46%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 24 (11.01%) JIRA
2 5 (2.29%) PVCS
3 2 (0.92%) GDB
3 2 (0.92%) Postman
3 2 (0.92%) TestPartner
4 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.46%) Selenium
4 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 98 (44.95%) Social Skills
2 62 (28.44%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (23.85%) Finance
4 12 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (5.50%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (5.50%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.59%) Manufacturing
5 10 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.67%) Law
6 8 (3.67%) Legal
7 6 (2.75%) Banking
7 6 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.29%) Automotive
9 2 (0.92%) Billing
9 2 (0.92%) Retail
10 1 (0.46%) Advertising
10 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Local Government
10 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.75%) XML
2 4 (1.83%) Middleware
3 2 (0.92%) .NET
3 2 (0.92%) GeoJSON
3 2 (0.92%) HTML
3 2 (0.92%) KML
3 2 (0.92%) Web Services
4 1 (0.46%) ADO
4 1 (0.46%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.46%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.46%) NumPy
4 1 (0.46%) OLE
4 1 (0.46%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.46%) Pandas
4 1 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.80%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.88%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.05%) SCADA
4 8 (3.67%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.75%) Operational Technology
6 6 (2.75%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.38%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.92%) Pricing Data
11 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.46%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.46%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.46%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.09%) Windows
2 6 (2.75%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.38%) Linux
4 2 (0.92%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.46%) AIX
5 1 (0.46%) Solaris
5 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (22.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (16.06%) Agile
4 32 (14.68%) Data Analysis
5 28 (12.84%) ITIL
6 25 (11.47%) Business Analysis
6 25 (11.47%) Project Management
7 24 (11.01%) Change Management
7 24 (11.01%) Migration
8 23 (10.55%) Decision-Making
9 20 (9.17%) Customer Service
9 20 (9.17%) Data Management
10 19 (8.72%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (8.26%) Process Improvement
12 17 (7.80%) Waterfall
13 16 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (7.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (6.88%) Data Modelling
14 15 (6.88%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.09%) SQL
2 8 (3.67%) Python
3 6 (2.75%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.83%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.83%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.83%) VBA
5 2 (0.92%) C#
5 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (10.09%) Security Cleared
2 18 (8.26%) Degree
3 15 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.21%) CCNA
4 7 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.29%) CCNP
5 5 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.29%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.83%) MCP
6 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.38%) MCDST
8 2 (0.92%) CBAP
8 2 (0.92%) Tableau Certification
9 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.46%) CAPM
9 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.46%) IIBA
9 1 (0.46%) MCSA
9 1 (0.46%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.17%) PMO
2 9 (4.13%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.21%) NIST
3 7 (3.21%) QA
4 5 (2.29%) GDPR
5 4 (1.83%) SLA
6 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.38%) P3O
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) GRC
7 1 (0.46%) NCSC
7 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.46%) Firmware
3 1 (0.46%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.83%) SCCM
2 2 (0.92%) Grafana
2 2 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 55 (25.23%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.59%) Cisco
2 10 (4.59%) ServiceNow
3 7 (3.21%) Remedy
3 7 (3.21%) SAP
4 6 (2.75%) Oracle
5 5 (2.29%) Citrix
5 5 (2.29%) iManage
5 5 (2.29%) Peregrine
6 4 (1.83%) Lotus
6 4 (1.83%) Sage
7 3 (1.38%) Adobe
7 3 (1.38%) HP
7 3 (1.38%) Mitel
7 3 (1.38%) OneLogin
8 2 (0.92%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.92%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.92%) OpenText
8 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.92%) VMware