Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,154 1,693 2,979
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.65% 11.03% 11.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.42% 11.79% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 1,177 2,157
10th Percentile £263 £263 £250
25th Percentile £363 £381 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £564
90th Percentile £700 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 51 63
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.00 £12.63
25th Percentile £17.99 £15.21 £16.74
Median hourly rate £28.56 £17.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.01% -12.82% +5.41%
75th Percentile £39.03 £27.00 £23.19
90th Percentile £63.70 £40.00 £47.00
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £16.30 £18.39
% change year-on-year +35.83% -11.36% +18.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analyst.

Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Analyst.

Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Analyst hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 361 (31.28%) Finance
2 347 (30.07%) Social Skills
3 252 (21.84%) Agile
4 248 (21.49%) SQL
5 243 (21.06%) Analytical Skills
6 193 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
7 176 (15.25%) Business Analysis
8 153 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 149 (12.91%) Data Analysis
10 141 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
11 140 (12.13%) Python
12 123 (10.66%) Microsoft
13 119 (10.31%) Banking
13 119 (10.31%) Power Platform
14 113 (9.79%) Migration
14 113 (9.79%) Power BI
15 111 (9.62%) Security Cleared
16 110 (9.53%) Analytics
17 104 (9.01%) User Acceptance Testing
18 102 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
19 93 (8.06%) User Stories
19 93 (8.06%) Azure
20 92 (7.97%) Public Sector
21 91 (7.89%) JIRA
22 89 (7.71%) SC Cleared
23 85 (7.37%) Decision-Making
24 78 (6.76%) Requirements Gathering
25 76 (6.59%) Degree
26 74 (6.41%) Asset Management
27 72 (6.24%) Change Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 57 (4.94%) Confluence
2 47 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.78%) SAS
4 5 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.26%) Drupal
5 3 (0.26%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.17%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.087%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.087%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.087%) CICS
7 1 (0.087%) IIS
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 102 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.03%) MS Visio
4 34 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.61%) Trello
6 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.087%) EViews
7 1 (0.087%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 41 (3.55%) Aladdin
2 14 (1.21%) thinkFolio
3 13 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.87%) Endur
5 8 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
7 5 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
8 4 (0.35%) CA PPM
8 4 (0.35%) iTrent
8 4 (0.35%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.35%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.35%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.35%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 119 (10.31%) Power Platform
2 93 (8.06%) Azure
3 50 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (4.16%) AWS
5 25 (2.17%) GCP
6 22 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (1.91%) SaaS
7 17 (1.47%) Entra ID
8 11 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (0.78%) PowerApps
9 9 (0.78%) Snowflake
10 8 (0.69%) Yammer
11 7 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.52%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.52%) dbt
12 6 (0.52%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.52%) Google Data Studio
12 6 (0.52%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.43%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.56%) Firewall
2 8 (0.69%) DHCP
2 8 (0.69%) DNS
3 7 (0.61%) Network Security
4 6 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.52%) VPN
5 4 (0.35%) HTTP
5 4 (0.35%) Internet
5 4 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (0.35%) SMTP
6 3 (0.26%) LAN
6 3 (0.26%) MPLS
6 3 (0.26%) NAS
6 3 (0.26%) SSL
6 3 (0.26%) WAN
7 2 (0.17%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.17%) SAN
7 2 (0.17%) SDH
7 2 (0.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (9.79%) Power BI
2 51 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (4.16%) Tableau
4 28 (2.43%) SQL Server
5 18 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 18 (1.56%) Looker
6 13 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.95%) BigQuery
8 10 (0.87%) MS Access
8 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.52%) Metadata
10 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.43%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.43%) Power Query
11 5 (0.43%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.35%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.35%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 91 (7.89%) JIRA
2 12 (1.04%) Git
3 8 (0.69%) QARun
3 8 (0.69%) WinRunner
4 7 (0.61%) Selenium
5 6 (0.52%) HP UFT
5 6 (0.52%) Postman
6 4 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.35%) TestComplete
7 3 (0.26%) GitLab
7 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.17%) Appium
8 2 (0.17%) ERwin
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.17%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.087%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.087%) SoapUI
General
1 361 (31.28%) Finance
2 347 (30.07%) Social Skills
3 243 (21.06%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (10.31%) Banking
5 92 (7.97%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 63 (5.46%) Front Office
8 44 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (3.12%) Retail
10 32 (2.77%) Marketing
11 24 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.82%) Investment Banking
13 20 (1.73%) Back Office
13 20 (1.73%) Legal
14 19 (1.65%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.47%) Law
16 16 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.21%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.04%) Web Services
2 11 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (0.61%) .NET
3 7 (0.61%) Middleware
3 7 (0.61%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.52%) XML
5 5 (0.43%) Kafka
5 5 (0.43%) Playwright
5 5 (0.43%) REST
6 4 (0.35%) HTML
6 4 (0.35%) Plotly
6 4 (0.35%) React
7 3 (0.26%) ADO
8 2 (0.17%) CSS
8 2 (0.17%) FpML
8 2 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.17%) Pandas
9 1 (0.087%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.087%) LangChain
9 1 (0.087%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 66 (5.72%) Derivative
2 61 (5.29%) Fixed Income
3 54 (4.68%) Product Ownership
4 52 (4.51%) Hedge funds
5 50 (4.33%) Management Information System
6 42 (3.64%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 20 (1.73%) Equities
9 18 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 17 (1.47%) Operational Technology
11 16 (1.39%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.13%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
14 10 (0.87%) Credit Risk
14 10 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 8 (0.69%) Reference Data
16 6 (0.52%) CMDB
16 6 (0.52%) EPoS
16 6 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.24%) Windows
2 48 (4.16%) Unix
3 23 (1.99%) Linux
4 16 (1.39%) Windows 10
5 11 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.52%) Android
7 6 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.52%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.087%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (21.84%) Agile
2 193 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (15.25%) Business Analysis
4 153 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 149 (12.91%) Data Analysis
6 141 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
7 113 (9.79%) Migration
8 110 (9.53%) Analytics
9 104 (9.01%) User Acceptance Testing
10 93 (8.06%) User Stories
11 85 (7.37%) Decision-Making
12 78 (6.76%) Requirements Gathering
13 74 (6.41%) Asset Management
14 72 (6.24%) Change Management
15 69 (5.98%) Process Improvement
15 69 (5.98%) Workshop Facilitation
16 68 (5.89%) Project Management
17 67 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
18 65 (5.63%) Data Governance
19 64 (5.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 248 (21.49%) SQL
2 140 (12.13%) Python
3 21 (1.82%) PowerShell
4 17 (1.47%) Java
5 13 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.04%) C#
7 11 (0.95%) Uniface
8 10 (0.87%) PL/SQL
8 10 (0.87%) R
9 9 (0.78%) Perl
10 8 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.43%) VBA
13 4 (0.35%) Bash
13 4 (0.35%) C
13 4 (0.35%) VB
14 3 (0.26%) C++
14 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.17%) PHP
15 2 (0.17%) RPG
Qualifications
1 111 (9.62%) Security Cleared
2 89 (7.71%) SC Cleared
3 76 (6.59%) Degree
4 16 (1.39%) CISSP
5 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (0.87%) CISM
7 8 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (0.69%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.61%) CEH
8 7 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.61%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.52%) CISA
9 6 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (0.52%) IIBA
9 6 (0.52%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.43%) ACCA
10 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.46%) Data Quality
2 52 (4.51%) QA
3 33 (2.86%) SLA
4 28 (2.43%) PMO
5 20 (1.73%) GDPR
6 15 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.21%) NIST
8 11 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.87%) GRC
10 7 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
10 7 (0.61%) EMIR
10 7 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.61%) MiFID
10 7 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 3 (0.26%) COREP
13 3 (0.26%) GxP
13 3 (0.26%) IFRS
13 3 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 36 (3.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.087%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.087%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.087%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.35%) SCCM
3 3 (0.26%) Grafana
4 2 (0.17%) Control-M
4 2 (0.17%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.17%) Nessus
4 2 (0.17%) QRadar
5 1 (0.087%) CASB
5 1 (0.087%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.087%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.087%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.087%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.087%) Nmap
5 1 (0.087%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.087%) WSUS
Vendors
1 123 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.63%) Oracle
3 38 (3.29%) ServiceNow
4 37 (3.21%) BISAM
5 31 (2.69%) SAP
6 29 (2.51%) Google
7 26 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.73%) Charles River
9 14 (1.21%) Calypso
9 14 (1.21%) Databricks
9 14 (1.21%) SimCorp
9 14 (1.21%) Splunk
10 10 (0.87%) Apple
10 10 (0.87%) Bloomberg
11 9 (0.78%) Citrix
11 9 (0.78%) OpenLink
12 8 (0.69%) Adobe
12 8 (0.69%) Qualys
12 8 (0.69%) Workday
13 6 (0.52%) Remedy