Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £439, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 239 153 176
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.95% 14.06% 10.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.80% 14.93% 11.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 93 114
10th Percentile £263 £201 £183
25th Percentile £350 £313 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.42% -8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £491 £515
90th Percentile £600 £525 £571
England median daily rate £450 £466 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.00% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 21 11
10th Percentile £17.89 £16.50 £12.53
25th Percentile £20.92 £17.79 £12.89
Median hourly rate £23.37 £22.14 £15.23
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +45.37% -21.43%
75th Percentile £35.00 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +1.63% +35.83% -14.21%

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 2,439 1,025 1,530
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 94.21% 90.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,511 651 953
10th Percentile £318 £256 £252
25th Percentile £409 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £568 £541 £575
90th Percentile £669 £613 £650
England median daily rate £518 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 38 74
10th Percentile £16.15 £14.86 £11.30
25th Percentile £23.00 £17.87 £12.53
Median hourly rate £25.77 £21.24 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% +28.73% -21.43%
75th Percentile £47.25 £22.14 £25.83
90th Percentile £68.75 £29.21 £53.75
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.27 £37.75
% change year-on-year +55.64% -22.46% -16.11%

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 5 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst 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 5 June 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 -6 141 £450 +7.46% 78
South Yorkshire -21 81 £428 +3.64% 39
North Yorkshire -10 12 £450 +12.50% 10
Humberside - 1 £413 - 5
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 70 (29.29%) Agile
2 63 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (17.57%) Business Intelligence
4 35 (14.64%) Power Platform
5 34 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (13.81%) DevOps
6 33 (13.81%) SQL
7 30 (12.55%) Power BI
7 30 (12.55%) Workshop Facilitation
8 29 (12.13%) Security Cleared
9 28 (11.72%) Actionable Insight
9 28 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
10 27 (11.30%) Analytics
11 25 (10.46%) Data Analysis
11 25 (10.46%) Decision-Making
12 24 (10.04%) Microsoft
12 24 (10.04%) Migration
13 23 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (9.62%) User Stories
14 22 (9.21%) Business Analysis
15 21 (8.79%) Validation
16 20 (8.37%) Azure
16 20 (8.37%) Python
16 20 (8.37%) SC Cleared
17 19 (7.95%) Degree
18 18 (7.53%) Data Modelling
18 18 (7.53%) Process Improvement
19 17 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
19 17 (7.11%) ERP

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 13 (5.44%) Confluence
2 5 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.26%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.26%) SAS
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.42%) CICS
Applications
1 28 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (2.93%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (4.60%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.42%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.64%) Power Platform
2 20 (8.37%) Azure
3 11 (4.60%) AWS
4 9 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.93%) GitHub
6 5 (2.09%) GCP
7 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.26%) Adobe Analytics
8 3 (1.26%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.26%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.84%) Azure AI
9 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.42%) Apigee
10 1 (0.42%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.42%) Google Data Studio
10 1 (0.42%) SaaS
10 1 (0.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.26%) VoIP
2 1 (0.42%) DNS
2 1 (0.42%) Firewall
2 1 (0.42%) Internet
2 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.42%) NAS
2 1 (0.42%) SAN
2 1 (0.42%) SSL
2 1 (0.42%) VLAN
2 1 (0.42%) VPN
2 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.55%) Power BI
2 12 (5.02%) Tableau
3 10 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.35%) Metadata
5 4 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
5 4 (1.67%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.26%) Big Data
6 3 (1.26%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.26%) Power Query
6 3 (1.26%) QlikView
7 2 (0.84%) GIS
7 2 (0.84%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.84%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.42%) Db2
8 1 (0.42%) Looker
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (7.11%) JIRA
2 8 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.93%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.42%) Git
4 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 83 (34.73%) Social Skills
2 64 (26.78%) Analytical Skills
2 64 (26.78%) Finance
3 34 (14.23%) Public Sector
4 28 (11.72%) Banking
5 13 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.77%) Retail
8 8 (3.35%) Legal
9 4 (1.67%) Law
9 4 (1.67%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.67%) Military
10 3 (1.26%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.26%) Marketing
10 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.84%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.84%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.84%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.26%) FHIR
1 3 (1.26%) STL
2 2 (0.84%) Middleware
2 2 (0.84%) PySpark
2 2 (0.84%) REST
3 1 (0.42%) .NET
3 1 (0.42%) Kafka
3 1 (0.42%) Playwright
3 1 (0.42%) pytest
3 1 (0.42%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.69%) NHS
2 12 (5.02%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.18%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.09%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.67%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.26%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.26%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.26%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.84%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.42%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.42%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.60%) Windows
2 3 (1.26%) Android
2 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.26%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (29.29%) Agile
2 63 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (17.57%) Business Intelligence
4 34 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (13.81%) DevOps
6 30 (12.55%) Workshop Facilitation
7 28 (11.72%) Actionable Insight
8 27 (11.30%) Analytics
9 25 (10.46%) Data Analysis
9 25 (10.46%) Decision-Making
10 24 (10.04%) Migration
11 23 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (9.62%) User Stories
12 22 (9.21%) Business Analysis
13 21 (8.79%) Validation
14 18 (7.53%) Data Modelling
14 18 (7.53%) Process Improvement
15 17 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (7.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.81%) SQL
2 20 (8.37%) Python
3 8 (3.35%) R
4 4 (1.67%) Java
5 3 (1.26%) VBA
6 1 (0.42%) C#
6 1 (0.42%) COBOL
6 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.42%) JCL
6 1 (0.42%) Korn
6 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (12.13%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.37%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.95%) Degree
4 11 (4.60%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.84%) CBAP
7 2 (0.84%) CCNA
7 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.84%) IIBA
7 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.42%) CAPM
8 1 (0.42%) CCNP
8 1 (0.42%) CISSP
8 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.28%) PMO
2 11 (4.60%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.35%) QA
4 5 (2.09%) GRC
5 3 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.26%) GDPR
5 3 (1.26%) HL7
6 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (0.84%) NIST
6 2 (0.84%) P3O
7 1 (0.42%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (1.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.84%) Docker
3 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (2.93%) Ansible
2 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.84%) Nessus
3 1 (0.42%) Autotask
3 1 (0.42%) CASB
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.42%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.60%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.77%) Oracle
3 9 (3.77%) Splunk
4 7 (2.93%) Google
4 7 (2.93%) Sonatype
5 5 (2.09%) Databricks
5 5 (2.09%) SAP
6 3 (1.26%) Adobe
6 3 (1.26%) Foundry
6 3 (1.26%) Teradata
6 3 (1.26%) Workday
7 2 (0.84%) Rapid7
7 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.84%) Tenable
8 1 (0.42%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.42%) Cisco
8 1 (0.42%) McAfee
8 1 (0.42%) Remedy
8 1 (0.42%) Temenos