Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 198 95 230
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 10.19% 9.32% 12.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.10% 10.15% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 60 149
10th Percentile £272 £142 £161
25th Percentile £313 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £383 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.46% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £502 £450 £538
90th Percentile £540 £526 £600
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 5
10th Percentile £17.12 £13.85 -
25th Percentile £17.35 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £18.73 £18.64 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% +48.72% -32.99%
75th Percentile £21.24 £26.25 £16.90
90th Percentile £23.50 £28.75 £19.94
England median hourly rate £18.00 £23.35 £17.74
% change year-on-year -22.91% +31.66% +4.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,783 936 1,672
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 91.85% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 556 1,061
10th Percentile £273 £213 £238
25th Percentile £386 £355 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -9.64% -2.83%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 44
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.72 £11.11
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.08 £12.60
Median hourly rate £31.86 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.30% +14.29% -19.54%
75th Percentile £57.25 £36.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.20 £52.63
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £41.91
% change year-on-year -21.43% -16.48% +19.73%

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 17 January 2026.

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 17 January 2026. 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 +3 95 £450 +9.42% 42
South Yorkshire -14 84 £372 +71.28% 18
North Yorkshire +6 13 £406 +8.33% 16
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, 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 55 (27.78%) Agile
2 50 (25.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (25.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (22.73%) Power Platform
4 43 (21.72%) Power BI
5 40 (20.20%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (17.68%) SQL
8 31 (15.66%) Migration
9 30 (15.15%) Business Analysis
9 30 (15.15%) Data Analysis
10 27 (13.64%) Decision-Making
10 27 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
11 25 (12.63%) JIRA
11 25 (12.63%) Workshop Facilitation
12 23 (11.62%) Data Governance
12 23 (11.62%) DevOps
12 23 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (11.62%) Process Improvement
12 23 (11.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (11.11%) Analytics
13 22 (11.11%) Microsoft
14 21 (10.61%) Confluence
15 20 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (10.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
15 20 (10.10%) Python
16 19 (9.60%) Data Modelling
17 18 (9.09%) User Stories
18 17 (8.59%) Data Extraction
18 17 (8.59%) GAP Analysis

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 21 (10.61%) Confluence
2 15 (7.58%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 50 (25.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (10.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (6.57%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (5.56%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.73%) Power Platform
2 23 (11.62%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (7.58%) Azure
4 11 (5.56%) GitHub
5 8 (4.04%) AWS
6 6 (3.03%) GCP
6 6 (3.03%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.52%) OCI
8 2 (1.01%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.01%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.51%) Collibra
9 1 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.51%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.51%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.51%) IBM Blueworks
9 1 (0.51%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.51%) Miro
9 1 (0.51%) SaaS
9 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.02%) Firewall
3 3 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.01%) DHCP
4 2 (1.01%) DNS
4 2 (1.01%) Internet
4 2 (1.01%) X.25
5 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.51%) Network Security
5 1 (0.51%) VLAN
5 1 (0.51%) VoIP
5 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (21.72%) Power BI
2 12 (6.06%) Power Query
3 9 (4.55%) PowerPivot
4 7 (3.54%) Tableau
5 4 (2.02%) Data Mining
5 4 (2.02%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.02%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.52%) Metadata
7 2 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.01%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.01%) GIS
7 2 (1.01%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.01%) MS Access
8 1 (0.51%) QlikView
8 1 (0.51%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (12.63%) JIRA
2 13 (6.57%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.01%) Git
4 2 (1.01%) Selenium
5 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.51%) JMeter
5 1 (0.51%) Postman
5 1 (0.51%) PVCS
5 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.51%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (50.51%) Social Skills
2 71 (35.86%) Finance
3 48 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (18.69%) Banking
5 19 (9.60%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (4.55%) Legal
8 9 (4.55%) Retail
9 7 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.02%) Billing
11 4 (2.02%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.52%) Military
12 3 (1.52%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (1.01%) Local Government
13 2 (1.01%) Police
13 2 (1.01%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.02%) Anaconda
2 3 (1.52%) PySpark
3 2 (1.01%) FHIR
3 2 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (1.01%) SOAP
4 1 (0.51%) ADO
4 1 (0.51%) CSS
4 1 (0.51%) HTML
4 1 (0.51%) Kafka
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) Middleware
4 1 (0.51%) REST
4 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.10%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.55%) Mainframe
3 7 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (3.54%) NHS
4 6 (3.03%) CMDB
4 6 (3.03%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.02%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.01%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.51%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.51%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.08%) Windows
2 4 (2.02%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Android
4 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.78%) Agile
2 50 (25.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (20.20%) Business Intelligence
4 39 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (15.66%) Migration
6 30 (15.15%) Business Analysis
6 30 (15.15%) Data Analysis
7 27 (13.64%) Decision-Making
7 27 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
8 25 (12.63%) Workshop Facilitation
9 23 (11.62%) Data Governance
9 23 (11.62%) DevOps
9 23 (11.62%) Process Improvement
9 23 (11.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (11.11%) Analytics
11 20 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (9.60%) Data Modelling
13 18 (9.09%) User Stories
14 17 (8.59%) GAP Analysis
14 17 (8.59%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.68%) SQL
2 20 (10.10%) Python
3 9 (4.55%) VBA
4 2 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.51%) C#
5 1 (0.51%) Java
5 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.51%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (7.58%) Degree
1 15 (7.58%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (1.52%) GCIA
3 3 (1.52%) GCIH
3 3 (1.52%) GIAC
3 3 (1.52%) SSCP
4 2 (1.01%) CBAP
5 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.08%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.56%) PMO
3 8 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.03%) NIST
5 5 (2.53%) GRC
5 5 (2.53%) SLA
6 3 (1.52%) GDPR
6 3 (1.52%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.01%) HL7
7 2 (1.01%) QA
8 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 15 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.01%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.57%) Ansible
2 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.05%) Sonatype
3 6 (3.03%) Apple
4 5 (2.53%) HP
4 5 (2.53%) MobileIron
4 5 (2.53%) Rapid7
4 5 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.02%) Databricks
5 4 (2.02%) Splunk
6 3 (1.52%) Google
6 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.52%) SAP
7 2 (1.01%) Dell
7 2 (1.01%) Intel
7 2 (1.01%) VMware
8 1 (0.51%) Adobe
8 1 (0.51%) Brio
8 1 (0.51%) IBM
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle
8 1 (0.51%) Tradeweb