Information Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Information Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Information Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £650, 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 296 333 449
Rank change year-on-year +37 +116 +123
Contract jobs requiring an Information Analyst 8 12 28
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.084% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 22
10th Percentile £439 £284 £200
25th Percentile £554 £400 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £394
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +26.98% -12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £475
90th Percentile £705 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £558 £500 £388
% change year-on-year +11.60% +29.03% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.32 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £21.00 £24.63
% change year-on-year +38.43% -14.72% -5.29%

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%

Information Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Information 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 Information Analyst.

Information Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Information Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Information Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Information 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 Information Analyst.

Information Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information 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 Information Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) GDPR
4 2 (25.00%) NIST
4 2 (25.00%) GRC
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (25.00%) GCP
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Information Management
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (25.00%) Network Security
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing

Information 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 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (12.50%) DB2
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Master Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) R
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
1 2 (25.00%) GRC
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Intel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) NEC
2 1 (12.50%) Varonis