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 12 December 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 232 206 265
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.50% 11.39% 13.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.79% 12.20% 14.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 150 202
10th Percentile £202 £195 £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 £627 £600
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 £19.00 £24.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.45% +28.95% +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 1,968 1,688 1,782
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.05% 93.36% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,267 1,071 1,222
10th Percentile £259 £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 £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 66 65
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.65 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.06 £15.29 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.71 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +5.38% +26.98%
75th Percentile £31.00 £32.02 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £46.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

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 12 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 12 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 -7 73 £400 - 40
Warwickshire 0 60 £475 -5.00% 31
Coventry -1 34 £311 -47.80% 23
Shropshire -17 31 £360 -12.73% 23
Staffordshire -3 7 £275 -30.16% 37
Worcestershire -13 5 £350 -11.11% 16
Wolverhampton - 2 £350 - 8
Walsall +1 1 £338 +50.00% 6
Herefordshire -12 1 £400 - 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 60 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (25.00%) Agile
3 47 (20.26%) Microsoft
4 43 (18.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 37 (15.95%) Cisco
6 33 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
6 33 (14.22%) Security Cleared
7 32 (13.79%) Azure
8 31 (13.36%) AWS
9 29 (12.50%) VMware
10 28 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
11 26 (11.21%) Linux
12 25 (10.78%) Customer Service
12 25 (10.78%) JIRA
12 25 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
12 25 (10.78%) Windows
13 24 (10.34%) vRealize
13 24 (10.34%) vSphere
14 23 (9.91%) IBM
15 22 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (9.48%) PMO
15 22 (9.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 21 (9.05%) Business Analysis
17 20 (8.62%) Confluence
17 20 (8.62%) Project Management
18 19 (8.19%) Change Management
18 19 (8.19%) Decision-Making
18 19 (8.19%) Degree
18 19 (8.19%) SC Cleared
19 18 (7.76%) Migration

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 20 (8.62%) Confluence
2 9 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.72%) HCL Notes
4 2 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.86%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.86%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (14.22%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (10.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.60%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.86%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.43%) iTrent
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (13.79%) Azure
2 31 (13.36%) AWS
3 17 (7.33%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.03%) Datadog
5 7 (3.02%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.16%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.72%) GCP
8 4 (1.72%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.86%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.86%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.86%) SaaS
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.43%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.60%) VSAN
2 10 (4.31%) DHCP
2 10 (4.31%) DNS
2 10 (4.31%) VPN
3 7 (3.02%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.59%) Firewall
5 5 (2.16%) LAN
5 5 (2.16%) WAN
6 4 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.72%) PuTTY
6 4 (1.72%) VoIP
6 4 (1.72%) Wireless
6 4 (1.72%) WLAN
7 3 (1.29%) Internet
8 2 (0.86%) X.25
9 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.43%) VLAN
9 1 (0.43%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.33%) Power BI
2 4 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.29%) GIS
3 3 (1.29%) Tableau
4 2 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.86%) Metadata
4 2 (0.86%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.43%) EDMS
5 1 (0.43%) IBM InfoSphere
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%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (10.78%) JIRA
2 5 (2.16%) PVCS
3 4 (1.72%) Toad
4 2 (0.86%) TestPartner
5 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.43%) Postman
5 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.43%) Selenium
5 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 81 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 53 (22.84%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (20.26%) Finance
4 32 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 15 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.17%) Legal
8 8 (3.45%) Law
9 7 (3.02%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.16%) Banking
12 4 (1.72%) Retail
13 2 (0.86%) Local Government
14 1 (0.43%) Automotive
14 1 (0.43%) Billing
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 9 (3.88%) XML
2 8 (3.45%) Flash
3 5 (2.16%) Middleware
3 5 (2.16%) SAML
4 4 (1.72%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.43%) LDAP
6 1 (0.43%) MACH
6 1 (0.43%) NumPy
6 1 (0.43%) OAuth
6 1 (0.43%) Pandas
6 1 (0.43%) REST
6 1 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.48%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (5.60%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.17%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.45%) Replication
5 7 (3.02%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.16%) SCADA
7 5 (2.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.72%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.29%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.86%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.43%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.21%) Linux
2 25 (10.78%) Windows
3 7 (3.02%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.29%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.43%) AIX
5 1 (0.43%) Solaris
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (25.00%) Agile
3 43 (18.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (10.78%) Customer Service
5 22 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (9.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (9.05%) Business Analysis
7 20 (8.62%) Project Management
8 19 (8.19%) Change Management
8 19 (8.19%) Decision-Making
9 18 (7.76%) Migration
10 17 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (7.33%) ITIL
11 16 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (6.47%) Requirements Gathering
13 13 (5.60%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (5.60%) User Stories
13 13 (5.60%) Waterfall
14 12 (5.17%) Data Analysis
14 12 (5.17%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.33%) SQL
2 7 (3.02%) Java
2 7 (3.02%) Python
3 3 (1.29%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
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%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (14.22%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.19%) Degree
2 19 (8.19%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.31%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.16%) MCDST
5 5 (2.16%) MCP
5 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.72%) CCNA
6 4 (1.72%) CCNP
6 4 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.86%) ISEB
8 2 (0.86%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CAPM
9 1 (0.43%) CISSP
9 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.48%) PMO
2 6 (2.59%) QA
3 5 (2.16%) NIST
4 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.86%) P3O
7 1 (0.43%) GDPR
7 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (10.34%) vSphere
3 15 (6.47%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.45%) GPFS
4 8 (3.45%) NFS
4 8 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.43%) Snort
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (10.34%) vRealize
2 14 (6.03%) VxRail
3 5 (2.16%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.95%) Cisco
3 29 (12.50%) VMware
4 23 (9.91%) IBM
5 18 (7.76%) Oracle
5 18 (7.76%) ServiceNow
6 14 (6.03%) AppDynamics
6 14 (6.03%) Commvault
6 14 (6.03%) SolarWinds
7 13 (5.60%) Dell
7 13 (5.60%) HP
8 8 (3.45%) SAP
9 6 (2.59%) iManage
10 5 (2.16%) Mitel
10 5 (2.16%) Pega
11 4 (1.72%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.72%) Lotus
11 4 (1.72%) Peregrine
11 4 (1.72%) Remedy
11 4 (1.72%) Splunk