Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 246 129 186
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 10.27% 12.62% 11.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.13% 13.40% 12.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 83 111
10th Percentile £258 £144 £150
25th Percentile £343 £313 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £410 £438
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -6.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £525 £481 £504
90th Percentile £568 £529 £563
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 16 7
10th Percentile £17.12 £16.38 -
25th Percentile £17.35 £20.24 £12.53
Median hourly rate £17.99 £21.69 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.08% +49.59% -25.20%
75th Percentile £18.87 £22.14 £15.49
90th Percentile £19.25 £28.15 £18.24
England median hourly rate £20.33 £22.27 £16.30
% change year-on-year -8.71% +36.63% -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 2,210 963 1,536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 94.23% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,428 625 959
10th Percentile £313 £230 £213
25th Percentile £400 £358 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -1.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £640 £633 £650
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 33 62
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.53 £11.19
25th Percentile £18.12 £17.08 £12.32
Median hourly rate £29.93 £21.24 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% +49.05% -35.23%
75th Percentile £57.25 £22.14 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £85.61 £48.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.06% -8.57% -22.22%

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 April 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 23 April 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 +5 150 £450 +9.15% 57
South Yorkshire -16 83 £390 -2.50% 31
North Yorkshire -3 14 £450 +12.50% 15
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 79 (32.11%) Agile
2 68 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (20.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (19.92%) Business Intelligence
5 42 (17.07%) Power Platform
6 40 (16.26%) SQL
7 37 (15.04%) DevOps
7 37 (15.04%) Power BI
8 35 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
9 34 (13.82%) Data Analysis
9 34 (13.82%) Decision-Making
9 34 (13.82%) Migration
9 34 (13.82%) Workshop Facilitation
10 33 (13.41%) Security Cleared
11 30 (12.20%) Business Analysis
12 29 (11.79%) Actionable Insight
12 29 (11.79%) User Stories
13 28 (11.38%) Analytics
14 25 (10.16%) Data Governance
14 25 (10.16%) Microsoft
14 25 (10.16%) Process Improvement
14 25 (10.16%) Python
15 24 (9.76%) Data Modelling
16 23 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (9.35%) JIRA
17 22 (8.94%) Validation
18 21 (8.54%) Degree
18 21 (8.54%) SC Cleared
18 21 (8.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 20 (8.13%) Cybersecurity

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 17 (6.91%) Confluence
2 9 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 35 (14.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.85%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.66%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.41%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.07%) Power Platform
2 18 (7.32%) Azure
2 18 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (4.88%) AWS
3 12 (4.88%) GitHub
4 5 (2.03%) GCP
5 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (1.22%) Adobe Analytics
6 3 (1.22%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.22%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (1.22%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.81%) Azure AI
7 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.41%) Apigee
8 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.41%) Miro
8 1 (0.41%) OCI
8 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.22%) DNS
1 3 (1.22%) VoIP
2 2 (0.81%) DHCP
2 2 (0.81%) Firewall
2 2 (0.81%) Internet
2 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.81%) X.25
3 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.41%) NAS
3 1 (0.41%) SAN
3 1 (0.41%) SSL
3 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.41%) VLAN
3 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.04%) Power BI
2 11 (4.47%) Tableau
3 9 (3.66%) Metadata
4 8 (3.25%) Power Query
4 8 (3.25%) PowerPivot
5 6 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.81%) GIS
8 2 (0.81%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.81%) MS Access
8 2 (0.81%) QlikView
9 1 (0.41%) Big Data
9 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.41%) Looker
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (9.35%) JIRA
2 14 (5.69%) Jenkins
3 12 (4.88%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.81%) Git
5 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) Postman
General
1 98 (39.84%) Social Skills
2 73 (29.67%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (26.83%) Finance
4 39 (15.85%) Banking
5 38 (15.45%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.07%) Legal
9 9 (3.66%) Retail
10 6 (2.44%) Military
11 4 (1.63%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.22%) Digital Health
12 3 (1.22%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.22%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.22%) Marketing
13 2 (0.81%) Law
13 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.03%) FHIR
2 3 (1.22%) REST
3 2 (0.81%) Middleware
3 2 (0.81%) STL
4 1 (0.41%) .NET
4 1 (0.41%) Anaconda
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) HTML
4 1 (0.41%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) Playwright
4 1 (0.41%) pytest
4 1 (0.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.72%) NHS
2 13 (5.28%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.25%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.63%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.63%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.22%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.81%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.81%) CMDB
8 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.41%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.41%) SCADA
9 1 (0.41%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.47%) Windows
2 4 (1.63%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.22%) Android
3 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (32.11%) Agile
2 68 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (20.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (19.92%) Business Intelligence
5 37 (15.04%) DevOps
6 34 (13.82%) Data Analysis
6 34 (13.82%) Decision-Making
6 34 (13.82%) Migration
6 34 (13.82%) Workshop Facilitation
7 30 (12.20%) Business Analysis
8 29 (11.79%) Actionable Insight
8 29 (11.79%) User Stories
9 28 (11.38%) Analytics
10 25 (10.16%) Data Governance
10 25 (10.16%) Process Improvement
11 24 (9.76%) Data Modelling
12 23 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (8.94%) Validation
14 21 (8.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.26%) SQL
2 25 (10.16%) Python
3 9 (3.66%) VBA
4 8 (3.25%) R
5 4 (1.63%) Java
6 1 (0.41%) C#
6 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 33 (13.41%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.54%) Degree
2 21 (8.54%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.66%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.81%) CBAP
6 2 (0.81%) CCNA
6 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.41%) CCNP
7 1 (0.41%) CISSP
7 1 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) GCIA
7 1 (0.41%) GCIH
7 1 (0.41%) GIAC
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.47%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.07%) PMO
3 8 (3.25%) GRC
3 8 (3.25%) QA
4 7 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.03%) HL7
5 5 (2.03%) NIST
6 4 (1.63%) GDPR
7 3 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.81%) SLA
9 1 (0.41%) GxP
9 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.41%) P3O
9 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.41%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (2.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.63%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (4.88%) Ansible
2 4 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.81%) Nessus
4 2 (0.81%) Terraform
5 1 (0.41%) CASB
Vendors
1 25 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.47%) Sonatype
3 10 (4.07%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.66%) Splunk
5 8 (3.25%) Oracle
6 7 (2.85%) Google
7 5 (2.03%) Rapid7
7 5 (2.03%) SAP
8 4 (1.63%) Adobe
8 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.22%) Databricks
9 3 (1.22%) Foundry
9 3 (1.22%) Teradata
10 2 (0.81%) Apple
10 2 (0.81%) Tenable
11 1 (0.41%) Ariba
11 1 (0.41%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco
11 1 (0.41%) Dell
11 1 (0.41%) HP