Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £403, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 16 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -11 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 218 105 238
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 11.58% 9.21% 13.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.65% 10.06% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 65 149
10th Percentile £268 £143 £163
25th Percentile £313 £232 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £509 £450 £530
90th Percentile £546 £525 £593
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile £17.22 £13.85 £16.56
25th Percentile £17.48 £17.38 £18.41
Median hourly rate £18.73 £19.00 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -9.56% -1.14%
75th Percentile £21.60 £26.25 £21.47
90th Percentile £23.57 £28.75 £21.77
England median hourly rate £20.00 £24.50 £18.72
% change year-on-year -18.39% +30.91% +8.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,723 1,044 1,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 91.58% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 627 1,064
10th Percentile £251 £220 £263
25th Percentile £385 £359 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% -8.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £588
90th Percentile £638 £668 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 41 29
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £14.97
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.50 £16.92
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +5.58% -0.88%
75th Percentile £58.00 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £44.95
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Yorkshire

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Yorkshire

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. 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
West Yorkshire -1 100 £448 +9.15% 85
South Yorkshire -6 97 £374 +72.09% 48
North Yorkshire +5 14 £406 +8.33% 32
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 21
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 60 (27.52%) Agile
2 56 (25.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (25.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 48 (22.02%) Power Platform
5 46 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (20.64%) Power BI
7 39 (17.89%) Business Intelligence
8 37 (16.97%) Decision-Making
9 34 (15.60%) Microsoft
9 34 (15.60%) SQL
10 33 (15.14%) JIRA
11 32 (14.68%) Business Analysis
11 32 (14.68%) Data Analysis
12 29 (13.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 29 (13.30%) Workshop Facilitation
13 28 (12.84%) Migration
14 25 (11.47%) Azure
14 25 (11.47%) Microsoft 365
14 25 (11.47%) Process Improvement
14 25 (11.47%) Requirements Gathering
15 24 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
16 23 (10.55%) Confluence
17 21 (9.63%) Analytics
17 21 (9.63%) CI/CD
17 21 (9.63%) DevOps
18 20 (9.17%) Python
18 20 (9.17%) Visualisation
19 19 (8.72%) Data Governance
19 19 (8.72%) SharePoint
20 18 (8.26%) Data Modelling

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 23 (10.55%) Confluence
2 19 (8.72%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 56 (25.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (8.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.96%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.02%) Power Platform
2 25 (11.47%) Azure
2 25 (11.47%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.34%) AWS
4 13 (5.96%) GCP
5 8 (3.67%) GitHub
6 7 (3.21%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.38%) OCI
8 3 (1.38%) SaaS
9 2 (0.92%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.46%) Figma
10 1 (0.46%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.46%) Google Data Studio
10 1 (0.46%) IBM Blueworks
10 1 (0.46%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.29%) Firewall
3 3 (1.38%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.92%) DHCP
4 2 (0.92%) DNS
4 2 (0.92%) Internet
4 2 (0.92%) X.25
5 1 (0.46%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.46%) Network Security
5 1 (0.46%) VLAN
5 1 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (20.64%) Power BI
2 15 (6.88%) Power Query
3 9 (4.13%) Tableau
4 7 (3.21%) PowerPivot
5 4 (1.83%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.38%) Metadata
6 3 (1.38%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.92%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.92%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.92%) MS Access
8 1 (0.46%) QlikView
8 1 (0.46%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 33 (15.14%) JIRA
2 10 (4.59%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.59%) Postman
2 10 (4.59%) SoapUI
3 8 (3.67%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.92%) Git
4 2 (0.92%) Selenium
5 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.46%) JMeter
5 1 (0.46%) PVCS
5 1 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 106 (48.62%) Social Skills
2 77 (35.32%) Finance
3 56 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (16.51%) Banking
5 16 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (5.05%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.59%) Retail
9 8 (3.67%) Legal
10 6 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Billing
11 4 (1.83%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.83%) Police
12 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.38%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.92%) Local Government
13 2 (0.92%) Military
13 2 (0.92%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.83%) Anaconda
2 3 (1.38%) PySpark
3 2 (0.92%) FHIR
3 2 (0.92%) JSON
3 2 (0.92%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (0.92%) REST
3 2 (0.92%) SOAP
4 1 (0.46%) ADO
4 1 (0.46%) CSS
4 1 (0.46%) HTML
4 1 (0.46%) Kafka
4 1 (0.46%) LDAP
4 1 (0.46%) Middleware
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.46%) OpenID
4 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.46%) SAML
4 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.17%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.59%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.13%) Mainframe
4 7 (3.21%) NHS
5 6 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.75%) CMDB
5 6 (2.75%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.83%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.38%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.38%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.92%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.92%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.46%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.88%) Windows
2 3 (1.38%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.52%) Agile
2 55 (25.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (17.89%) Business Intelligence
5 37 (16.97%) Decision-Making
6 32 (14.68%) Business Analysis
6 32 (14.68%) Data Analysis
7 29 (13.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (13.30%) Workshop Facilitation
8 28 (12.84%) Migration
9 25 (11.47%) Process Improvement
9 25 (11.47%) Requirements Gathering
10 24 (11.01%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (9.63%) Analytics
11 21 (9.63%) CI/CD
11 21 (9.63%) DevOps
12 20 (9.17%) Visualisation
13 19 (8.72%) Data Governance
14 18 (8.26%) Service Management
14 18 (8.26%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.60%) SQL
2 20 (9.17%) Python
3 8 (3.67%) VBA
4 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.46%) Bash
5 1 (0.46%) C#
5 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.46%) Java
5 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (6.88%) Degree
2 11 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.67%) CISSP
4 7 (3.21%) CISM
4 7 (3.21%) ISTQB
5 6 (2.75%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.83%) GCIH
7 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (1.38%) GCIA
7 3 (1.38%) GIAC
7 3 (1.38%) SSCP
8 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.46%) ACCA
9 1 (0.46%) CISMP
9 1 (0.46%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.46%) GSEC
9 1 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.26%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (5.05%) NIST
3 11 (5.05%) PMO
4 9 (4.13%) GDPR
5 8 (3.67%) PCI DSS
6 7 (3.21%) SLA
7 4 (1.83%) GRC
7 4 (1.83%) QA
8 3 (1.38%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.92%) HL7
10 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.46%) P3O
10 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.46%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.92%) Docker
2 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.59%) Ansible
2 3 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.38%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.59%) CyberArk
2 10 (4.59%) Google
3 8 (3.67%) BeyondTrust
3 8 (3.67%) Thycotic
4 7 (3.21%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.21%) Sonatype
5 6 (2.75%) Apple
5 6 (2.75%) SAP
6 5 (2.29%) HP
6 5 (2.29%) MobileIron
6 5 (2.29%) Rapid7
6 5 (2.29%) Splunk
7 3 (1.38%) Databricks
7 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.92%) Dell
8 2 (0.92%) IBM
8 2 (0.92%) Intel
8 2 (0.92%) VMware
9 1 (0.46%) Brio