IT Analyst Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £413, 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 260 253 275
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +76
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 44 92 209
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.60% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.64% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 53 141
10th Percentile £174 £161 £158
25th Percentile £269 £233 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £300
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +58.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £513 £575 £460
90th Percentile £613 £638 £569
UK median daily rate £338 £425 £285
% change year-on-year -20.59% +49.12% -18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £13.43
25th Percentile - - £14.58
Median hourly rate £25.00 £15.42 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.13% -18.84% +2.70%
75th Percentile - - £24.50
90th Percentile - - £26.30
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £21.50 £23.32
% change year-on-year +2.56% -7.78% +39.19%

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%

IT Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

IT 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 IT Analyst.

IT Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT 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 IT Analyst.

IT Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.09%) Finance
3 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 10 (22.73%) Customer Service
5 9 (20.45%) ServiceNow
5 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
5 9 (20.45%) Windows
5 9 (20.45%) ITIL
6 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.64%) SLA
8 6 (13.64%) Project Management
8 6 (13.64%) Agile
9 5 (11.36%) Business Analysis
9 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
9 5 (11.36%) Banking
9 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
9 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
9 5 (11.36%) ITSM
10 4 (9.09%) Service Management
10 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
10 4 (9.09%) Process Improvement
10 4 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
10 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
11 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
11 3 (6.82%) SDLC

IT 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 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.27%) Confluence
3 1 (2.27%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Endur
2 1 (2.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
2 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.55%) OneDrive
3 2 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) DHCP
1 1 (2.27%) DNS
1 1 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.09%) Finance
3 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Banking
5 3 (6.82%) Law
6 2 (4.55%) Back Office
6 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) International Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Kafka
2 1 (2.27%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.27%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.27%) BYOD
3 1 (2.27%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.27%) IoT
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.27%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.45%) Windows
2 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.82%) Android
3 3 (6.82%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.73%) Customer Service
2 9 (20.45%) ITIL
3 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (13.64%) Agile
4 6 (13.64%) Project Management
5 5 (11.36%) Business Analysis
5 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
5 5 (11.36%) ITSM
6 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 4 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 4 (9.09%) Service Management
6 4 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (6.82%) Change Management
7 3 (6.82%) Decision-Making
7 3 (6.82%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (6.82%) SDLC
7 3 (6.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) SQL
2 2 (4.55%) Java
2 2 (4.55%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) IIBA
2 1 (2.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) SLA
2 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.27%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.45%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.55%) Apple
3 2 (4.55%) OpenLink
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle
3 2 (4.55%) Varonis
4 1 (2.27%) Equitrac
4 1 (2.27%) IFS
4 1 (2.27%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (2.27%) Lotus
4 1 (2.27%) Mitel
4 1 (2.27%) Progress
4 1 (2.27%) Sun