IT Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
England > West Midlands

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the West Midlands is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 99 117
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 -13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 11 28 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.58% 1.26% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.34% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 50
10th Percentile £158 £200 £150
25th Percentile £179 £213 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% - +141.13%
75th Percentile £394 £450 £500
90th Percentile £450 £538 £575
England median daily rate £446 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +27.29% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £22.85 £12.35
25th Percentile - £23.38 £12.88
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year - +79.31% +20.83%
75th Percentile - £27.88 £15.13
90th Percentile - £27.95 £15.20
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.57 £17.00
% change year-on-year -0.29% +32.74% +11.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,744 2,096 3,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 94.41% 96.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,190 1,432 2,479
10th Percentile £256 £260 £225
25th Percentile £363 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 62 77
10th Percentile £12.15 £12.50 £12.45
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.63 £14.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +11.92%
75th Percentile £41.44 £27.88 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £57.13 £23.75
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the West Midlands

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the West Midlands

IT 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 IT Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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 +17 3 £200 -11.11% 4
Worcestershire +9 2 £165 -71.30% 2
Staffordshire +7 2 - - 3
Warwickshire -3 2 £438 -2.78% 1
Shropshire - 2 - - 1
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Ticket Management
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (18.18%) PMO
4 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (18.18%) SLA
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
5 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Change Control
5 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
5 1 (9.09%) Law

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Ticket Management
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Change Control
3 1 (9.09%) Change Management
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
3 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) PMO
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cadence