Software Analyst Contracts in England

Software Analyst
UK > England

The median Software Analyst daily rate in England is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 564 741
Rank change year-on-year +83 +177 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Software Analyst 33 25 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.062% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.066% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 13 16
10th Percentile £275 £228 £316
25th Percentile £281 £371 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £423
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +6.51% -6.11%
75th Percentile £498 £548 £481
90th Percentile £628 £575 £500
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £420
% change year-on-year -5.56% +7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 3
10th Percentile - £19.77 -
25th Percentile £146.25 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £147.50 £20.58 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +616.72% +17.60% -31.37%
75th Percentile £148.75 - £20.63
90th Percentile - £65.00 £21.75
UK median hourly rate £147.50 £20.58 £17.50
% change year-on-year +616.72% +17.60% -31.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Software Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in England

Software Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Software Analyst in England

Software Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Analyst in England

Software Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Software Analyst in England

Software Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
South East +54 15 £325 -40.37% 3
London +55 12 £475 +21.79%
North of England +27 4 £562 - 7
North West +23 4 £562 - 2
West Midlands +1 1 £363 -1.69% 2
Midlands -1 1 £363 -19.44% 6
Software Analyst
UK

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Software Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (33.33%) Software Licensing
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Agile
3 7 (21.21%) ServiceNow
4 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
4 6 (18.18%) Data Analysis
4 6 (18.18%) Windows
5 5 (15.15%) Linux
5 5 (15.15%) SQL
5 5 (15.15%) Asset Management
5 5 (15.15%) Software Testing
5 5 (15.15%) Configuration Management
5 5 (15.15%) Finance
5 5 (15.15%) Test Automation
5 5 (15.15%) Process Improvement
5 5 (15.15%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (15.15%) Software Asset Management
5 5 (15.15%) Software License Management
5 5 (15.15%) Virtual Team
5 5 (15.15%) Snow
6 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
7 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
7 3 (9.09%) CircleCI
7 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
7 3 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (9.09%) Docker
7 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
7 3 (9.09%) User Stories
7 3 (9.09%) Bash
7 3 (9.09%) Manual Testing

Software Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Datadog
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (9.09%) CircleCI
2 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.06%) Cucumber
3 2 (6.06%) Cypress.io
3 2 (6.06%) Postman
3 2 (6.06%) TestCafe
4 1 (3.03%) Appium
4 1 (3.03%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.03%) Rational Performance Tester
4 1 (3.03%) Selenium
4 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.03%) WebDriver
General
1 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Back Office
3 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Electronics
4 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Marketing
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Gherkin
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Virtual Team
2 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.03%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Software Licensing
2 8 (24.24%) Agile
3 6 (18.18%) Data Analysis
4 5 (15.15%) Asset Management
4 5 (15.15%) Configuration Management
4 5 (15.15%) Process Improvement
4 5 (15.15%) Software Asset Management
4 5 (15.15%) Software License Management
4 5 (15.15%) Software Testing
4 5 (15.15%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
6 3 (9.09%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (9.09%) Kanban
6 3 (9.09%) Manual Testing
6 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.09%) User Stories
7 2 (6.06%) Business Analysis
7 2 (6.06%) Software Engineering
7 2 (6.06%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (6.06%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 5 (15.15%) SQL
3 3 (9.09%) Bash
3 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.09%) Perl
3 3 (9.09%) Python
4 2 (6.06%) C#
5 1 (3.03%) Kotlin
5 1 (3.03%) VB
5 1 (3.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) ServiceNow
2 5 (15.15%) Snow
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.03%) HP
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) SAP