Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 162 225 390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.82% 11.82% 16.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.01% 12.95% 17.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 152 264
10th Percentile £213 £200 £199
25th Percentile £375 £313 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% - +2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £521 £538
90th Percentile £575 £600 £600
England median daily rate £475 £475 £480
% change year-on-year - -1.04% +3.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 16
10th Percentile £16.68 £13.50 £11.75
25th Percentile £20.08 £14.94 £12.50
Median hourly rate £22.05 £22.50 £17.74
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +26.83% +8.17%
75th Percentile £22.08 £23.75 £23.81
90th Percentile - £28.42 £26.69
England median hourly rate £22.05 £16.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +37.81% -15.79% +22.58%

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 1,245 1,738 2,200
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 91.33% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 1,174 1,504
10th Percentile £195 £259 £250
25th Percentile £363 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -0.85% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £645 £715 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 134 64
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.88
Median hourly rate £17.20 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.83% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £24.10 £41.44 £27.63
90th Percentile £36.25 £55.88 £56.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -20.00% -14.88% +91.54%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Analyst 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 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the West Midlands

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst 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 14 May 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 -3 60 £475 +11.76% 47
Warwickshire +7 58 £500 +11.11% 52
Shropshire +5 16 £402 -10.55% 8
Coventry +9 6 £463 -11.90% 10
Staffordshire +1 6 £150 -57.89% 30
Dudley - 5 - - 1
Herefordshire +7 2 £400 -25.65%
Solihull +11 1 £342 +144.29% 10
Walsall -1 1 - - 2
Worcestershire -11 1 - - 8
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 77 (47.53%) Social Skills
2 40 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (24.07%) Finance
4 36 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (17.28%) Microsoft
7 27 (16.67%) Agile
8 24 (14.81%) Business Analysis
9 23 (14.20%) Data Analysis
10 20 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (12.35%) Migration
10 20 (12.35%) SQL
10 20 (12.35%) Security Cleared
11 19 (11.73%) Power Platform
12 18 (11.11%) Power BI
13 17 (10.49%) SC Cleared
14 15 (9.26%) JIRA
14 15 (9.26%) ITIL
15 14 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (8.64%) Waterfall
15 14 (8.64%) Customer Service
16 13 (8.02%) Data Centre
16 13 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 13 (8.02%) Active Directory
16 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
16 13 (8.02%) Change Management
17 12 (7.41%) Public Sector
17 12 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
18 11 (6.79%) Decision-Making
18 11 (6.79%) Project Delivery

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 5 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.47%) IBM Notes
3 2 (1.23%) Confluence
3 2 (1.23%) IIS
3 2 (1.23%) SAS
4 1 (0.62%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.62%) WebLogic
Applications
1 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle iProcurement
1 2 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.62%) Maximo
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.73%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.56%) Azure
3 7 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.85%) SaaS
6 2 (1.23%) AWS
6 2 (1.23%) Figma
6 2 (1.23%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.23%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.62%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.62%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.62%) OCI
7 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.62%) Network Security
2 1 (0.62%) SNMP
2 1 (0.62%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.11%) Power BI
2 3 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (1.85%) Tableau
3 2 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.62%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.62%) GIS
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.62%) SAS Data Integration Studio
4 1 (0.62%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (9.26%) JIRA
2 3 (1.85%) Selenium
3 2 (1.23%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.62%) GDB
4 1 (0.62%) GitLab
4 1 (0.62%) JMeter
4 1 (0.62%) Postman
4 1 (0.62%) Toad
General
1 77 (47.53%) Social Skills
2 40 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (24.07%) Finance
4 12 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (5.56%) Law
7 7 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.09%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.47%) Banking
11 3 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.85%) Legal
12 2 (1.23%) Billing
12 2 (1.23%) Local Government
12 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.23%) Retail
13 1 (0.62%) Advertising
13 1 (0.62%) Games
13 1 (0.62%) Marketing
13 1 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.85%) .NET
2 2 (1.23%) Gherkin
2 2 (1.23%) HTML
2 2 (1.23%) Middleware
2 2 (1.23%) Web Services
2 2 (1.23%) XML
3 1 (0.62%) ADO
3 1 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.62%) GeoJSON
3 1 (0.62%) KML
3 1 (0.62%) NETCONF
3 1 (0.62%) OLE
3 1 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.62%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.02%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.79%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.56%) Operational Technology
4 8 (4.94%) SCADA
5 7 (4.32%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.62%) AS400
8 1 (0.62%) CMDB
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.62%) IoT
8 1 (0.62%) PKI
8 1 (0.62%) Smart Energy
8 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.94%) Windows
2 5 (3.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 35 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (16.67%) Agile
4 24 (14.81%) Business Analysis
5 23 (14.20%) Data Analysis
6 20 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (12.35%) Migration
7 15 (9.26%) ITIL
8 14 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (8.64%) Customer Service
8 14 (8.64%) Waterfall
9 13 (8.02%) Change Management
9 13 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (6.79%) Change Control
11 11 (6.79%) Data Migration
11 11 (6.79%) Decision-Making
11 11 (6.79%) Project Delivery
12 10 (6.17%) Risk Management
12 10 (6.17%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.35%) SQL
2 4 (2.47%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.85%) C#
3 3 (1.85%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.85%) Python
4 2 (1.23%) Java
4 2 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.23%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.62%) R
5 1 (0.62%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 20 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.49%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.56%) Degree
4 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.23%) CBAP
5 2 (1.23%) CCNP
5 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.23%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.23%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (1.23%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (0.62%) ACCA
6 1 (0.62%) CIMA
6 1 (0.62%) CIPFA
6 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.62%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.62%) ISEB
6 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.79%) PMO
2 5 (3.09%) GDPR
2 5 (3.09%) NIST
2 5 (3.09%) QA
3 4 (2.47%) SLA
4 2 (1.23%) NCSC
5 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.62%) GRC
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (8.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.23%) Grafana
1 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.62%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.32%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.70%) Oracle
4 5 (3.09%) Motorola
5 4 (2.47%) Denodo
5 4 (2.47%) Lotus
6 3 (1.85%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.85%) Informatica
7 2 (1.23%) Adobe
7 2 (1.23%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.23%) Remedy
7 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.23%) SAP
7 2 (1.23%) Talend
7 2 (1.23%) Varonis
8 1 (0.62%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.62%) Databricks
8 1 (0.62%) FireEye
8 1 (0.62%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.62%) Workday