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 6 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
6 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 1,153 1,673 2,952
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.65% 11.04% 11.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.42% 11.81% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 826 1,162 2,132
10th Percentile £268 £263 £245
25th Percentile £363 £376 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £474
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.85% +5.33%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £565
90th Percentile £700 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 51 68
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.00 £12.65
25th Percentile £17.51 £15.21 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.56 £17.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.01% -12.80% +5.38%
75th Percentile £43.66 £27.00 £23.17
90th Percentile £63.75 £40.00 £39.50
UK median hourly rate £22.14 £16.30 £18.24
% change year-on-year +35.83% -10.64% +17.68%

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 9,281 14,167 24,342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.50% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,352 9,496 17,179
10th Percentile £338 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 575 559
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.33 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.51 £23.29 £25.71
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -20.37% +54.29%
75th Percentile £66.38 £62.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +90.68%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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.

1 366 (31.74%) Finance
2 348 (30.18%) Social Skills
3 253 (21.94%) SQL
4 246 (21.34%) Agile
5 236 (20.47%) Analytical Skills
6 187 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
7 179 (15.52%) Business Analysis
8 149 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 146 (12.66%) Data Analysis
10 144 (12.49%) Python
11 139 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
12 124 (10.75%) Banking
13 122 (10.58%) Microsoft
14 113 (9.80%) Power Platform
15 112 (9.71%) Migration
16 111 (9.63%) Security Cleared
17 107 (9.28%) Power BI
18 106 (9.19%) Analytics
19 104 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
20 100 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
21 93 (8.07%) Azure
22 91 (7.89%) User Stories
23 88 (7.63%) SC Cleared
23 88 (7.63%) JIRA
24 87 (7.55%) Public Sector
25 83 (7.20%) Decision-Making
26 78 (6.76%) Requirements Gathering
27 77 (6.68%) Asset Management
28 74 (6.42%) Degree
29 71 (6.16%) Windows

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 56 (4.86%) Confluence
2 48 (4.16%) 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%) ArcGIS
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
1 100 (8.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (3.12%) MS Visio
4 34 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.52%) Trello
7 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.087%) EViews
8 1 (0.087%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 43 (3.73%) Aladdin
2 16 (1.39%) thinkFolio
3 12 (1.04%) 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%) 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%) iTrent
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 113 (9.80%) Power Platform
2 93 (8.07%) Azure
3 49 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (4.08%) AWS
5 24 (2.08%) GCP
6 22 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (1.91%) SaaS
7 16 (1.39%) 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
11 7 (0.61%) dbt
12 6 (0.52%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.43%) Adobe Analytics
13 5 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.43%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.43%) Google Data Studio
13 5 (0.43%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.56%) Firewall
2 7 (0.61%) Network Security
3 6 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.43%) DHCP
4 5 (0.43%) DNS
4 5 (0.43%) Internet
4 5 (0.43%) VPN
5 4 (0.35%) HTTP
5 4 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (0.35%) SMTP
6 3 (0.26%) MPLS
6 3 (0.26%) NAS
6 3 (0.26%) SSL
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
8 1 (0.087%) VoIP
8 1 (0.087%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (9.28%) Power BI
2 49 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (3.73%) Tableau
4 28 (2.43%) SQL Server
5 19 (1.65%) Looker
6 18 (1.56%) Data Lake
7 11 (0.95%) BigQuery
7 11 (0.95%) MS Access
8 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.78%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.43%) Metadata
11 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.35%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.35%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
12 4 (0.35%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 88 (7.63%) JIRA
2 10 (0.87%) 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 5 (0.43%) TestComplete
7 4 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.26%) GitLab
8 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.26%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.17%) Appium
9 2 (0.17%) ERwin
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.17%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.087%) JUnit
10 1 (0.087%) MagicDraw
General
1 366 (31.74%) Finance
2 348 (30.18%) Social Skills
3 236 (20.47%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (10.75%) Banking
5 87 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.64%) Front Office
6 65 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
8 33 (2.86%) Retail
9 31 (2.69%) Marketing
10 25 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (1.82%) Legal
12 20 (1.73%) Investment Banking
13 19 (1.65%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.56%) Back Office
15 17 (1.47%) Law
16 15 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.04%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
19 10 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.13%) Web Services
2 11 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (0.61%) Middleware
3 7 (0.61%) SailPoint
4 6 (0.52%) .NET
4 6 (0.52%) XML
5 5 (0.43%) Kafka
5 5 (0.43%) Playwright
5 5 (0.43%) REST
6 4 (0.35%) Plotly
6 4 (0.35%) React
7 3 (0.26%) ADO
7 3 (0.26%) HTML
8 2 (0.17%) FpML
8 2 (0.17%) GeoJSON
8 2 (0.17%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.17%) OAuth
8 2 (0.17%) Pandas
8 2 (0.17%) RFC 2544
9 1 (0.087%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.98%) Derivative
2 63 (5.46%) Fixed Income
3 54 (4.68%) Hedge funds
4 52 (4.51%) Product Ownership
5 49 (4.25%) Management Information System
6 46 (3.99%) 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 15 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (1.30%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.21%) 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%) Data Protection Act
16 6 (0.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 71 (6.16%) Windows
2 48 (4.16%) Unix
3 22 (1.91%) Linux
4 17 (1.47%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.52%) Mac OS X
8 5 (0.43%) Android
8 5 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.087%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.087%) VMS
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (21.34%) Agile
2 187 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
3 179 (15.52%) Business Analysis
4 149 (12.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 146 (12.66%) Data Analysis
6 139 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
7 112 (9.71%) Migration
8 106 (9.19%) Analytics
9 104 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
10 91 (7.89%) User Stories
11 83 (7.20%) Decision-Making
12 78 (6.76%) Requirements Gathering
13 77 (6.68%) Asset Management
14 71 (6.16%) Process Improvement
15 70 (6.07%) Change Management
16 69 (5.98%) Workshop Facilitation
17 66 (5.72%) Investment Management
17 66 (5.72%) Test Automation
18 65 (5.64%) Cybersecurity
18 65 (5.64%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 253 (21.94%) SQL
2 144 (12.49%) Python
3 20 (1.73%) PowerShell
4 17 (1.47%) Java
5 12 (1.04%) C#
5 12 (1.04%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.95%) Uniface
7 10 (0.87%) PL/SQL
7 10 (0.87%) R
8 9 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (0.78%) Perl
9 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.43%) VBA
10 4 (0.35%) Bash
10 4 (0.35%) C
10 4 (0.35%) VB
11 3 (0.26%) C++
11 3 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.17%) PHP
12 2 (0.17%) RPG
Qualifications
1 111 (9.63%) Security Cleared
2 88 (7.63%) SC Cleared
3 74 (6.42%) Degree
4 15 (1.30%) CISSP
4 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (0.78%) CISM
6 8 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (0.69%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.61%) CEH
7 7 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.52%) CISA
8 6 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (0.52%) IIBA
8 6 (0.52%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.43%) ACCA
9 5 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.20%) Data Quality
2 53 (4.60%) QA
3 33 (2.86%) SLA
4 30 (2.60%) PMO
5 19 (1.65%) GDPR
6 15 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.21%) NIST
8 10 (0.87%) GRC
8 10 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
9 7 (0.61%) EMIR
9 7 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.61%) MiFID
10 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.35%) COREP
12 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 3 (0.26%) GxP
13 3 (0.26%) ISO 20022
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%) SCCM
1 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.26%) Grafana
2 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
2 3 (0.26%) Nessus
3 2 (0.17%) Control-M
3 2 (0.17%) QRadar
3 2 (0.17%) WSUS
4 1 (0.087%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.087%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.087%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.087%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.087%) Nmap
4 1 (0.087%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 122 (10.58%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.64%) Oracle
3 39 (3.38%) BISAM
4 38 (3.30%) ServiceNow
5 29 (2.52%) SAP
6 28 (2.43%) Google
7 26 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.91%) Charles River
9 16 (1.39%) Calypso
9 16 (1.39%) SimCorp
10 14 (1.21%) Databricks
10 14 (1.21%) Splunk
11 10 (0.87%) Apple
11 10 (0.87%) Bloomberg
11 10 (0.87%) Citrix
12 9 (0.78%) OpenLink
12 9 (0.78%) Qualys
13 8 (0.69%) Workday
14 7 (0.61%) Adobe
15 6 (0.52%) Remedy