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 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 226 193 252
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.08% 11.61% 13.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.34% 12.44% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 143 189
10th Percentile £201 £195 £200
25th Percentile £300 £313 £355
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 £626 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 16
10th Percentile £22.50 £18.70 £15.01
25th Percentile £22.51 £21.63 £19.43
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.06 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -56.83% +242.11%
75th Percentile £28.00 £30.68 £67.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £31.60 £68.13
England median hourly rate £18.94 £24.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.71% +28.95% +9.32%

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 1,993 1,552 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 93.38% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,270 997 1,181
10th Percentile £258 £208 £220
25th Percentile £400 £387 £375
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 £703 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 59 60
10th Percentile £13.01 £13.66 £15.25
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.88 £17.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +7.32% +25.25%
75th Percentile £30.00 £32.27 £38.69
90th Percentile £43.25 £50.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +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 16 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 16 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 -4 73 £400 - 34
Warwickshire -2 58 £488 -2.50% 24
Coventry -2 32 £311 -47.80% 12
Shropshire -17 32 £380 -14.37% 13
Worcestershire -14 6 £413 +4.76% 9
Staffordshire -3 5 £275 -30.16% 28
Wolverhampton - 2 £350 - 6
Walsall +1 1 £338 +50.00% 5
Herefordshire -15 1 £400 - 2
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (25.66%) Agile
3 42 (18.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (18.14%) Microsoft
5 35 (15.49%) Cisco
6 33 (14.60%) Security Cleared
7 31 (13.72%) AWS
7 31 (13.72%) Azure
8 29 (12.83%) VMware
9 28 (12.39%) Microsoft Office
9 28 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
10 26 (11.50%) Linux
11 25 (11.06%) Customer Service
11 25 (11.06%) JIRA
12 24 (10.62%) vRealize
12 24 (10.62%) vSphere
12 24 (10.62%) Windows
13 23 (10.18%) IBM
13 23 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
13 23 (10.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (9.73%) Business Analysis
15 21 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (8.85%) Confluence
16 20 (8.85%) PMO
17 19 (8.41%) Decision-Making
17 19 (8.41%) SC Cleared
18 18 (7.96%) Degree
18 18 (7.96%) Migration
18 18 (7.96%) Oracle
18 18 (7.96%) ServiceNow

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 (8.85%) Confluence
2 9 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.77%) 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 28 (12.39%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.31%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 4 (1.77%) 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 31 (13.72%) AWS
1 31 (13.72%) Azure
2 17 (7.52%) Power Platform
3 14 (6.19%) Datadog
4 7 (3.10%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.21%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.77%) GCP
7 4 (1.77%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.33%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.88%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.88%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.88%) SaaS
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.75%) VSAN
2 10 (4.42%) VPN
3 8 (3.54%) DHCP
3 8 (3.54%) DNS
4 7 (3.10%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.77%) Firewall
5 4 (1.77%) VoIP
6 3 (1.33%) Internet
7 2 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.88%) LAN
7 2 (0.88%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.88%) WAN
7 2 (0.88%) Wireless
7 2 (0.88%) WLAN
7 2 (0.88%) X.25
8 1 (0.44%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.44%) VLAN
8 1 (0.44%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.52%) Power BI
2 4 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.33%) GIS
3 3 (1.33%) Tableau
4 2 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.88%) Metadata
4 2 (0.88%) Spatial Data
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%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (11.06%) JIRA
2 5 (2.21%) PVCS
3 4 (1.77%) 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 80 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.57%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (19.91%) Finance
4 32 (14.16%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (5.31%) Legal
8 8 (3.54%) Law
9 6 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.21%) Banking
10 5 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.77%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.77%) Retail
12 2 (0.88%) Local Government
13 1 (0.44%) Billing
13 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Military
13 1 (0.44%) Police
13 1 (0.44%) Publishing
13 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.98%) XML
2 8 (3.54%) Flash
3 5 (2.21%) Middleware
3 5 (2.21%) SAML
4 4 (1.77%) 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 22 (9.73%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.31%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.54%) Replication
5 7 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.21%) SCADA
7 5 (2.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.77%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.77%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.33%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.44%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.50%) Linux
2 24 (10.62%) Windows
3 7 (3.10%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.33%) 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 60 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (25.66%) Agile
3 42 (18.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (11.06%) Customer Service
5 23 (10.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (9.73%) Business Analysis
7 21 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (8.41%) Decision-Making
9 18 (7.96%) Migration
10 17 (7.52%) Change Management
10 17 (7.52%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (7.52%) ITIL
10 17 (7.52%) Project Management
11 16 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (6.19%) Requirements Gathering
13 13 (5.75%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (5.75%) Waterfall
14 12 (5.31%) Privileged Access Management
14 12 (5.31%) User Stories
15 11 (4.87%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.52%) SQL
2 7 (3.10%) Java
2 7 (3.10%) Python
3 3 (1.33%) 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 33 (14.60%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.41%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.96%) Degree
4 10 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 9 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.21%) MCDST
6 5 (2.21%) MCP
6 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.88%) CCNA
8 2 (0.88%) CCNP
8 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
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 20 (8.85%) PMO
2 6 (2.65%) QA
3 5 (2.21%) NIST
4 4 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.88%) GDPR
6 2 (0.88%) P3O
6 2 (0.88%) SLA
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (10.62%) vSphere
3 15 (6.64%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.54%) GPFS
4 8 (3.54%) NFS
4 8 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.44%) Snort
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (10.62%) vRealize
2 14 (6.19%) VxRail
3 5 (2.21%) SCCM
4 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.44%) QRadar
Vendors
1 41 (18.14%) Microsoft
2 35 (15.49%) Cisco
3 29 (12.83%) VMware
4 23 (10.18%) IBM
5 18 (7.96%) Oracle
5 18 (7.96%) ServiceNow
6 14 (6.19%) AppDynamics
6 14 (6.19%) Commvault
6 14 (6.19%) SolarWinds
7 13 (5.75%) Dell
7 13 (5.75%) HP
8 7 (3.10%) SAP
9 6 (2.65%) iManage
10 5 (2.21%) Mitel
10 5 (2.21%) Pega
11 4 (1.77%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.77%) Lotus
11 4 (1.77%) Netskope
11 4 (1.77%) Okta
11 4 (1.77%) Splunk