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 22 February 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 203 103 199
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 9.77% 11.23% 10.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.70% 12.20% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 66 128
10th Percentile £264 £135 £150
25th Percentile £317 £213 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £522 £487 £500
90th Percentile £550 £538 £564
England median daily rate £450 £475 £489
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.86% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 5
10th Percentile £17.12 - -
25th Percentile £17.35 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £17.99 £21.69 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -17.08% +73.10% -34.20%
75th Percentile £18.87 £25.00 £15.23
90th Percentile £19.25 £28.75 £19.27
England median hourly rate £17.89 £26.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -31.19% +48.57% +2.70%

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 1,897 844 1,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 92.04% 93.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,250 521 1,076
10th Percentile £298 £213 £218
25th Percentile £400 £343 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.70% -11.06%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 28 52
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.94 £11.12
25th Percentile £15.29 £17.08 £12.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.18 £13.98
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% +72.96% -36.45%
75th Percentile £55.75 £35.30 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £58.74 £53.75
England median hourly rate £33.17 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.86% +2.86% -12.50%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +7 108 £450 +9.76% 58
South Yorkshire -24 81 £400 +72.41% 26
North Yorkshire 0 13 £406 -22.62% 10
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 February 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 61 (30.05%) Agile
2 55 (27.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (19.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 37 (18.23%) Business Analysis
6 36 (17.73%) Migration
7 33 (16.26%) Power Platform
8 31 (15.27%) Data Analysis
8 31 (15.27%) DevOps
9 29 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (14.29%) Power BI
9 29 (14.29%) SQL
9 29 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
10 28 (13.79%) Process Improvement
11 27 (13.30%) Decision-Making
11 27 (13.30%) JIRA
12 25 (12.32%) Data Governance
13 24 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
13 24 (11.82%) Requirements Gathering
14 23 (11.33%) Confluence
14 23 (11.33%) Security Cleared
15 22 (10.84%) Microsoft
16 21 (10.34%) Analytics
16 21 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
16 21 (10.34%) User Stories
17 20 (9.85%) Data Extraction
17 20 (9.85%) GAP Analysis
18 19 (9.36%) Data Modelling
19 18 (8.87%) CI/CD

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 23 (11.33%) Confluence
2 10 (4.93%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.99%) SAS
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 39 (19.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (6.40%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (4.93%) MS Visio
5 6 (2.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 33 (16.26%) Power Platform
2 24 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.88%) Azure
4 14 (6.90%) GitHub
5 9 (4.43%) AWS
6 5 (2.46%) GCP
7 4 (1.97%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.48%) OCI
9 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.49%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.49%) Collibra
10 1 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.49%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.49%) IBM Blueworks
10 1 (0.49%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.46%) 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%) VLAN
4 2 (0.99%) VPN
4 2 (0.99%) X.25
5 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.49%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.49%) NAS
5 1 (0.49%) Network Security
5 1 (0.49%) SAN
5 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (14.29%) Power BI
2 8 (3.94%) Power Query
2 8 (3.94%) PowerPivot
3 6 (2.96%) Metadata
4 4 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.97%) Tableau
5 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.99%) GIS
6 2 (0.99%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.99%) MS Access
6 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.99%) QlikView
7 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.49%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (13.30%) JIRA
2 15 (7.39%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.99%) Git
5 1 (0.49%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.49%) JMeter
5 1 (0.49%) Postman
5 1 (0.49%) PVCS
5 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 107 (52.71%) Social Skills
2 68 (33.50%) Finance
3 50 (24.63%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (21.18%) Banking
5 20 (9.85%) Public Sector
6 13 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.94%) Legal
7 8 (3.94%) Retail
8 7 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.97%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.48%) Digital Health
10 3 (1.48%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.48%) Military
10 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.48%) Wholesale Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Marketing
11 2 (0.99%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.46%) FHIR
2 4 (1.97%) Anaconda
3 2 (0.99%) Middleware
3 2 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.49%) ADO
4 1 (0.49%) CSS
4 1 (0.49%) HTML
4 1 (0.49%) Kafka
4 1 (0.49%) LDAP
4 1 (0.49%) PySpark
4 1 (0.49%) REST
4 1 (0.49%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.49%) SOAP
4 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.91%) NHS
3 9 (4.43%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.96%) CMDB
4 6 (2.96%) Credit Risk
5 4 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.48%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.99%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.99%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.49%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.49%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.49%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.49%) SCADA
8 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.49%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.88%) Windows
2 4 (1.97%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.49%) Android
4 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (30.05%) Agile
2 55 (27.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (18.23%) Business Analysis
5 36 (17.73%) Migration
6 31 (15.27%) Data Analysis
6 31 (15.27%) DevOps
7 29 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 29 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
8 28 (13.79%) Process Improvement
9 27 (13.30%) Decision-Making
10 25 (12.32%) Data Governance
11 24 (11.82%) Requirements Gathering
12 21 (10.34%) Analytics
12 21 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (10.34%) User Stories
13 20 (9.85%) Data Extraction
13 20 (9.85%) GAP Analysis
14 19 (9.36%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.29%) SQL
2 18 (8.87%) Python
3 9 (4.43%) VBA
4 3 (1.48%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) C#
5 1 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.49%) Korn
5 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (11.33%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.37%) Degree
3 16 (7.88%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (1.48%) GCIA
5 3 (1.48%) GCIH
5 3 (1.48%) GIAC
5 3 (1.48%) SSCP
6 2 (0.99%) CBAP
7 1 (0.49%) CCNA
7 1 (0.49%) CCNP
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.49%) CISSP
7 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.94%) PMO
3 7 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.46%) GRC
4 5 (2.46%) HL7
4 5 (2.46%) NIST
5 4 (1.97%) QA
6 3 (1.48%) GDPR
6 3 (1.48%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.48%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.48%) SLA
7 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.49%) GxP
8 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 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 16 (7.88%) Ansible
2 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.99%) Nessus
4 2 (0.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.40%) Sonatype
3 9 (4.43%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.45%) Rapid7
5 6 (2.96%) Apple
5 6 (2.96%) Splunk
6 5 (2.46%) HP
6 5 (2.46%) MobileIron
7 4 (1.97%) SAP
8 3 (1.48%) Databricks
8 3 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.99%) Dell
9 2 (0.99%) Intel
9 2 (0.99%) Tenable
9 2 (0.99%) Teradata
9 2 (0.99%) VMware
10 1 (0.49%) Adobe
10 1 (0.49%) Brio
10 1 (0.49%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.49%) TOWER Software