Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 203 101 235
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 10.70% 9.36% 13.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.66% 10.18% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 62 149
10th Percentile £270 £143 £163
25th Percentile £319 £217 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £517 £450 £530
90th Percentile £543 £525 £596
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 3
10th Percentile £17.22 £14.45 £13.09
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.25 £13.93
Median hourly rate £18.73 £18.82 £16.11
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% +16.81% -13.85%
75th Percentile £21.60 £25.00 £19.43
90th Percentile £23.57 £28.75 £20.95
England median hourly rate £18.87 £24.35 £18.00
% change year-on-year -22.51% +35.28% +5.63%

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 1,741 992 1,677
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 91.94% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 589 1,069
10th Percentile £263 £220 £250
25th Percentile £385 £359 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £545 £565 £593
90th Percentile £638 £665 £688
England median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 40 36
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.15 £12.58
25th Percentile £17.48 £17.08 £14.45
Median hourly rate £27.50 £21.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +8.97% -9.30%
75th Percentile £57.25 £35.00 £24.51
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £49.38
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -22.22% +36.36%

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 2 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 2 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 +6 98 £450 +9.76% 42
South Yorkshire -11 86 £375 +72.66% 14
North Yorkshire +3 13 £450 +20.00% 16
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 60 (29.56%) Agile
2 53 (26.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (25.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 47 (23.15%) Power Platform
5 45 (22.17%) Power BI
6 44 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (19.70%) Business Intelligence
8 35 (17.24%) SQL
9 34 (16.75%) Decision-Making
10 33 (16.26%) Business Analysis
11 31 (15.27%) Data Analysis
12 28 (13.79%) JIRA
13 27 (13.30%) Microsoft
13 27 (13.30%) Migration
13 27 (13.30%) Requirements Gathering
14 26 (12.81%) Workshop Facilitation
15 24 (11.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (11.33%) Analytics
16 23 (11.33%) Data Governance
16 23 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
16 23 (11.33%) Process Improvement
17 22 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
18 21 (10.34%) Confluence
18 21 (10.34%) DevOps
18 21 (10.34%) Python
19 19 (9.36%) Azure
19 19 (9.36%) Data Modelling
20 18 (8.87%) Actionable Insight
20 18 (8.87%) CI/CD
20 18 (8.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint

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 (10.34%) Confluence
2 16 (7.88%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 53 (26.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (8.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (6.40%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.15%) Power Platform
2 23 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (9.36%) Azure
4 12 (5.91%) AWS
5 9 (4.43%) GCP
6 8 (3.94%) GitHub
7 6 (2.96%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.48%) OCI
9 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.49%) Collibra
10 1 (0.49%) Figma
10 1 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.49%) Google Data Studio
10 1 (0.49%) IBM Blueworks
10 1 (0.49%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.49%) Miro
10 1 (0.49%) SaaS
10 1 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.97%) Firewall
3 3 (1.48%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.99%) DHCP
4 2 (0.99%) DNS
4 2 (0.99%) Internet
4 2 (0.99%) X.25
5 1 (0.49%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.49%) Network Security
5 1 (0.49%) VLAN
5 1 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (22.17%) Power BI
2 13 (6.40%) Power Query
3 9 (4.43%) PowerPivot
4 7 (3.45%) Tableau
5 4 (1.97%) Data Mining
5 4 (1.97%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.48%) Metadata
6 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.99%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.99%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.99%) MS Access
8 1 (0.49%) QlikView
8 1 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 28 (13.79%) JIRA
2 10 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.94%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (3.45%) Postman
4 7 (3.45%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.99%) Git
5 2 (0.99%) Selenium
6 1 (0.49%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.49%) JMeter
6 1 (0.49%) PVCS
6 1 (0.49%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (49.26%) Social Skills
2 72 (35.47%) Finance
3 51 (25.12%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (17.73%) Banking
5 18 (8.87%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.91%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.93%) Retail
9 8 (3.94%) Legal
10 6 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.97%) Billing
11 4 (1.97%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.97%) Police
12 3 (1.48%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.48%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.99%) Local Government
13 2 (0.99%) Military
13 2 (0.99%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.97%) Anaconda
2 3 (1.48%) PySpark
3 2 (0.99%) FHIR
3 2 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (0.99%) REST
3 2 (0.99%) SOAP
4 1 (0.49%) ADO
4 1 (0.49%) CSS
4 1 (0.49%) HTML
4 1 (0.49%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) Kafka
4 1 (0.49%) LDAP
4 1 (0.49%) Middleware
4 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.84%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.43%) Mainframe
3 8 (3.94%) NHS
4 7 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.96%) CMDB
5 6 (2.96%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.97%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.48%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.48%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.49%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.49%) FMCG
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.49%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.49%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.39%) Windows
2 3 (1.48%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (29.56%) Agile
2 52 (25.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (19.70%) Business Intelligence
5 34 (16.75%) Decision-Making
6 33 (16.26%) Business Analysis
7 31 (15.27%) Data Analysis
8 27 (13.30%) Migration
8 27 (13.30%) Requirements Gathering
9 26 (12.81%) Workshop Facilitation
10 24 (11.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (11.33%) Analytics
11 23 (11.33%) Data Governance
11 23 (11.33%) Process Improvement
12 22 (10.84%) Cybersecurity
13 21 (10.34%) DevOps
14 19 (9.36%) Data Modelling
15 18 (8.87%) Actionable Insight
15 18 (8.87%) User Stories
15 18 (8.87%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.24%) SQL
2 21 (10.34%) Python
3 10 (4.93%) VBA
4 2 (0.99%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.49%) Bash
5 1 (0.49%) C#
5 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.49%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.49%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (8.37%) Degree
2 13 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.46%) CISSP
5 4 (1.97%) CISM
5 4 (1.97%) GCIH
5 4 (1.97%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (1.48%) GCIA
6 3 (1.48%) GIAC
6 3 (1.48%) SSCP
7 2 (0.99%) CBAP
7 2 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.49%) ACCA
8 1 (0.49%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.37%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.93%) PMO
4 9 (4.43%) NIST
5 7 (3.45%) SLA
6 6 (2.96%) GDPR
6 6 (2.96%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.97%) GRC
8 3 (1.48%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.48%) QA
9 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.99%) HL7
10 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 15 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.99%) Docker
2 2 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (4.93%) Ansible
2 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.45%) Google
2 7 (3.45%) ServiceNow
2 7 (3.45%) Sonatype
3 6 (2.96%) Apple
3 6 (2.96%) CyberArk
4 5 (2.46%) BeyondTrust
4 5 (2.46%) HP
4 5 (2.46%) MobileIron
4 5 (2.46%) Rapid7
4 5 (2.46%) Splunk
4 5 (2.46%) Thycotic
5 4 (1.97%) SAP
6 3 (1.48%) Databricks
6 3 (1.48%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.99%) Dell
7 2 (0.99%) IBM
7 2 (0.99%) Intel
7 2 (0.99%) VMware
8 1 (0.49%) Oracle