Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 228 122 178
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 9.98% 13.09% 10.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.81% 13.93% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 77 107
10th Percentile £263 £140 £150
25th Percentile £317 £232 £229
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £410 £413
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% -0.73% -17.40%
75th Percentile £519 £475 £504
90th Percentile £550 £532 £563
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 6
10th Percentile £17.12 £16.25 -
25th Percentile £17.35 £19.28 £12.53
Median hourly rate £17.99 £21.69 £13.52
Median % change year-on-year -17.08% +60.49% -26.20%
75th Percentile £18.87 £22.14 £15.62
90th Percentile £19.25 £30.37 £18.86
England median hourly rate £18.32 £24.54 £16.30
% change year-on-year -25.35% +50.57% -16.41%

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 2,110 876 1,574
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 93.99% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,381 564 968
10th Percentile £308 £221 £205
25th Percentile £400 £354 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £458 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.19% -1.08% -11.90%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £651
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 36 62
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.95 £11.19
25th Percentile £16.57 £16.93 £12.53
Median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.45
Median % change year-on-year +100.09% +46.96% -46.96%
75th Percentile £57.63 £23.79 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £69.07 £53.25
England median hourly rate £41.77 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +21.07% +6.15% -24.14%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +5 139 £450 +9.09% 103
South Yorkshire -23 82 £369 -1.73% 26
North Yorkshire -8 11 £413 -10.81% 18
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 March 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 71 (31.14%) Agile
2 60 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (23.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (17.54%) Business Intelligence
5 36 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
6 34 (14.91%) Power Platform
7 33 (14.47%) DevOps
7 33 (14.47%) Migration
7 33 (14.47%) Workshop Facilitation
8 31 (13.60%) Business Analysis
8 31 (13.60%) Data Analysis
9 30 (13.16%) SQL
10 29 (12.72%) Decision-Making
10 29 (12.72%) Power BI
11 27 (11.84%) Process Improvement
11 27 (11.84%) Security Cleared
12 26 (11.40%) JIRA
13 25 (10.96%) Microsoft
13 25 (10.96%) User Stories
14 24 (10.53%) Analytics
14 24 (10.53%) Data Governance
15 23 (10.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 22 (9.65%) Actionable Insight
16 22 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
16 22 (9.65%) Data Extraction
16 22 (9.65%) Data Modelling
17 21 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (9.21%) Requirements Gathering
18 20 (8.77%) Confluence
18 20 (8.77%) Degree

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 20 (8.77%) Confluence
2 10 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.32%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 36 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.51%) MS Visio
5 7 (3.07%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.44%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.44%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.91%) Power Platform
2 21 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.89%) Azure
4 15 (6.58%) GitHub
5 7 (3.07%) AWS
6 3 (1.32%) GCP
6 3 (1.32%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.32%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.88%) Azure AI
7 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.88%) SaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.44%) Apigee
8 1 (0.44%) Figma
8 1 (0.44%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.44%) IBM Blueworks
8 1 (0.44%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.32%) DNS
2 3 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (0.88%) DHCP
3 2 (0.88%) Internet
3 2 (0.88%) VLAN
3 2 (0.88%) X.25
4 1 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.44%) NAS
4 1 (0.44%) SAN
4 1 (0.44%) SSL
4 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.44%) VoIP
4 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.72%) Power BI
2 8 (3.51%) Power Query
2 8 (3.51%) PowerPivot
3 7 (3.07%) Metadata
3 7 (3.07%) Tableau
4 6 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.88%) GIS
6 2 (0.88%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.88%) MS Access
6 2 (0.88%) QlikView
6 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.44%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.44%) Looker
Development Applications
1 26 (11.40%) JIRA
2 16 (7.02%) Jenkins
3 15 (6.58%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.88%) Git
5 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.44%) Postman
5 1 (0.44%) PVCS
General
1 107 (46.93%) Social Skills
2 69 (30.26%) Finance
3 65 (28.51%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.11%) Banking
5 29 (12.72%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.39%) Legal
9 9 (3.95%) Retail
10 4 (1.75%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.32%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.32%) Health Technology
11 3 (1.32%) Law
11 3 (1.32%) Marketing
11 3 (1.32%) Military
12 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Social Science
13 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.44%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.19%) FHIR
2 2 (0.88%) Middleware
2 2 (0.88%) REST
2 2 (0.88%) SOAP
3 1 (0.44%) .NET
3 1 (0.44%) Anaconda
3 1 (0.44%) CSS
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
3 1 (0.44%) Kafka
3 1 (0.44%) Playwright
3 1 (0.44%) pytest
3 1 (0.44%) STL
3 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.02%) NHS
2 12 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (4.39%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.51%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.75%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.32%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.32%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.88%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.88%) CMDB
8 2 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.44%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.14%) Windows
2 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.44%) Android
3 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.44%) Linux
3 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (31.14%) Agile
2 60 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (23.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (17.54%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (14.47%) DevOps
5 33 (14.47%) Migration
5 33 (14.47%) Workshop Facilitation
6 31 (13.60%) Business Analysis
6 31 (13.60%) Data Analysis
7 29 (12.72%) Decision-Making
8 27 (11.84%) Process Improvement
9 25 (10.96%) User Stories
10 24 (10.53%) Analytics
10 24 (10.53%) Data Governance
11 23 (10.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (9.65%) Actionable Insight
12 22 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (9.65%) Data Extraction
12 22 (9.65%) Data Modelling
13 21 (9.21%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.16%) SQL
2 18 (7.89%) Python
3 9 (3.95%) VBA
4 4 (1.75%) Java
5 2 (0.88%) R
6 1 (0.44%) C#
6 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.44%) Korn
6 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.77%) Degree
3 19 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.75%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.88%) CBAP
5 2 (0.88%) CCNA
5 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.44%) CCNP
6 1 (0.44%) CISSP
6 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.44%) GCIA
6 1 (0.44%) GCIH
6 1 (0.44%) GIAC
6 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.82%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.95%) PMO
3 7 (3.07%) GRC
4 6 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.19%) HL7
5 5 (2.19%) QA
6 4 (1.75%) GDPR
6 4 (1.75%) NIST
7 3 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.88%) SLA
9 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.44%) GxP
9 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.44%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 10 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.32%) Docker
3 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (6.58%) Ansible
2 3 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.32%) Terraform
3 2 (0.88%) Nessus
4 1 (0.44%) CASB
Vendors
1 25 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.14%) Sonatype
3 10 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.63%) Oracle
4 6 (2.63%) Splunk
5 5 (2.19%) Apple
5 5 (2.19%) Google
5 5 (2.19%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.75%) HP
6 4 (1.75%) MobileIron
7 3 (1.32%) Foundry
7 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.32%) SAP
7 3 (1.32%) Teradata
8 2 (0.88%) Databricks
8 2 (0.88%) Dell
8 2 (0.88%) Intel
8 2 (0.88%) Tenable
8 2 (0.88%) VMware
9 1 (0.44%) Workday