Analyst Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Analyst
England > Yorkshire

The median Analyst daily rate in Yorkshire is £428, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 -11
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 257 229 146
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.99% 15.06% 9.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.69% 16.10% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 138 97
10th Percentile £263 £271 £210
25th Percentile £343 £318 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £547 £475 £519
90th Percentile £600 £525 £547
England median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 8
10th Percentile £22.20 £17.36 £14.59
25th Percentile £23.33 £17.63 £15.98
Median hourly rate £26.37 £22.14 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.08% +26.51% -11.99%
75th Percentile £35.00 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £18.98
England median hourly rate £25.63 £22.50 £17.64
% change year-on-year +13.89% +27.59% -10.98%

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 2,651 1,422 1,361
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 93.49% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,605 919 856
10th Percentile £318 £260 £288
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £657 £618 £655
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 54 56
10th Percentile £16.62 £17.27 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.20 £18.39 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £20.87
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +6.09% +4.35%
75th Percentile £35.00 £47.99 £38.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £81.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +6.95%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -3 138 £425 -5.03% 62
South Yorkshire -15 96 £425 +11.84% 29
North Yorkshire -6 14 £500 +25.00% 9
East Yorkshire -8 2 - - 13
Humberside - 1 £413 - 15
Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 65 (25.29%) Agile
2 58 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (15.56%) Workshop Facilitation
4 38 (14.79%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (14.01%) SQL
6 34 (13.23%) Microsoft
6 34 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (12.06%) Power Platform
8 30 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
9 29 (11.28%) Analytics
9 29 (11.28%) Power BI
9 29 (11.28%) Requirements Gathering
10 28 (10.89%) Data Analysis
11 27 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (9.73%) Decision-Making
12 25 (9.73%) DevOps
13 24 (9.34%) User Stories
14 23 (8.95%) Azure
15 22 (8.56%) Process Improvement
16 21 (8.17%) Acceptance Criteria
16 21 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
16 21 (8.17%) Validation
17 20 (7.78%) Python
17 20 (7.78%) ServiceNow
18 18 (7.00%) AI
18 18 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
18 18 (7.00%) Degree
18 18 (7.00%) ERP
19 17 (6.61%) ITIL

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 14 (5.45%) Confluence
2 4 (1.56%) SAS
3 3 (1.17%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) Camunda
5 1 (0.39%) CICS
5 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (4.28%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.28%) SystmOne
2 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.78%) Primavera
2 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.39%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.06%) Power Platform
2 23 (8.95%) Azure
3 14 (5.45%) AWS
4 10 (3.89%) GCP
5 7 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.33%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.56%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.56%) Google Data Studio
9 3 (1.17%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.78%) Alation
10 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.78%) Collibra
10 2 (0.78%) GitHub
10 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.78%) SaaS
10 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.39%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.17%) VoIP
2 2 (0.78%) Kerberos
2 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.78%) Wireless
3 1 (0.39%) Broadband
3 1 (0.39%) DNS
3 1 (0.39%) Firewall
3 1 (0.39%) Internet
3 1 (0.39%) LAN
3 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.39%) SSL
3 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.39%) VLAN
3 1 (0.39%) VPN
3 1 (0.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.28%) Power BI
2 12 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (4.67%) Tableau
3 9 (3.50%) Metadata
4 4 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (1.17%) Big Data
5 3 (1.17%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.17%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.17%) Power Query
5 3 (1.17%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.78%) Looker
6 2 (0.78%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.39%) Db2
7 1 (0.39%) GIS
7 1 (0.39%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (6.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.78%) Tricentis qTest
2 2 (0.78%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Postman
3 1 (0.39%) Selenium
3 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (23.74%) Finance
4 37 (14.40%) Public Sector
5 25 (9.73%) Banking
6 14 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.50%) Legal
7 9 (3.50%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.72%) Retail
10 5 (1.95%) Law
10 5 (1.95%) Marketing
10 5 (1.95%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Military
12 3 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Back Office
13 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.78%) Front Office
13 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.95%) STL
2 4 (1.56%) LDAP
3 3 (1.17%) .NET
3 3 (1.17%) REST
4 2 (0.78%) PySpark
5 1 (0.39%) JSON
5 1 (0.39%) Middleware
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.39%) Playwright
5 1 (0.39%) pytest
5 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.39%) SOAP
5 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.51%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.89%) NHS
4 9 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.33%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.95%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.95%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.17%) CMDB
8 3 (1.17%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.17%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.78%) Equities
9 2 (0.78%) Life Science
9 2 (0.78%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.78%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.28%) Windows
2 3 (1.17%) Android
2 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.29%) Agile
2 58 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (15.56%) Workshop Facilitation
4 38 (14.79%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (13.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (11.67%) Actionable Insight
7 29 (11.28%) Analytics
7 29 (11.28%) Requirements Gathering
8 28 (10.89%) Data Analysis
9 27 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (9.73%) Decision-Making
10 25 (9.73%) DevOps
11 24 (9.34%) User Stories
12 22 (8.56%) Process Improvement
13 21 (8.17%) Acceptance Criteria
13 21 (8.17%) Validation
14 18 (7.00%) AI
14 18 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
14 18 (7.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.01%) SQL
2 20 (7.78%) Python
3 8 (3.11%) R
4 4 (1.56%) Java
5 3 (1.17%) C#
5 3 (1.17%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.39%) COBOL
7 1 (0.39%) JCL
7 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (7.00%) Degree
2 16 (6.23%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.28%) DBS Check
4 10 (3.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.89%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.56%) IIBA
6 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.39%) CAPM
7 1 (0.39%) CCNA
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) GSEC
7 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.39%) MCSE
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.23%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.45%) PMO
3 13 (5.06%) QA
4 6 (2.33%) GRC
5 5 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.95%) GDPR
6 3 (1.17%) NIST
6 3 (1.17%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (0.78%) MiFID
7 2 (0.78%) P3O
System Software
1 10 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Ansible
1 1 (0.39%) Autotask
1 1 (0.39%) CASB
1 1 (0.39%) Forefront Identity Manager
1 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.39%) MobiControl
1 1 (0.39%) QRadar
1 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.78%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.45%) Oracle
4 9 (3.50%) Google
5 7 (2.72%) SAP
5 7 (2.72%) Splunk
6 3 (1.17%) Adobe
6 3 (1.17%) Databricks
6 3 (1.17%) Teradata
7 2 (0.78%) BMC
7 2 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.78%) Facebook
7 2 (0.78%) Foundry
7 2 (0.78%) HP
7 2 (0.78%) IFS
7 2 (0.78%) Informatica
7 2 (0.78%) NEC
7 2 (0.78%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.78%) Workday
8 1 (0.39%) Tanium