Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Analyst
England > North of England

The median Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 9 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 502 790 1,003
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.81% 14.14% 14.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.59% 14.82% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 539 666
10th Percentile £194 £200 £159
25th Percentile £313 £350 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £404
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +10.15% +11.45%
75th Percentile £518 £538 £500
90th Percentile £580 £600 £547
England median daily rate £475 £480 £463
% change year-on-year -1.04% +3.78% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 34 81
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.04 £11.36
25th Percentile £11.04 £16.25 £12.83
Median hourly rate £15.20 £21.07 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.85% +20.39% -
75th Percentile £18.75 £27.25 £21.88
90th Percentile £22.63 £31.54 £26.50
England median hourly rate £16.00 £19.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year -15.79% +22.58% -4.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,330 5,332 6,905
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 95.44% 96.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,711 3,750 5,067
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £389 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £680 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 155 290
10th Percentile £11.06 £14.10 £11.19
25th Percentile £12.53 £17.99 £14.40
Median hourly rate £20.77 £30.54 £19.35
Median % change year-on-year -31.99% +57.81% +8.11%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.45 £34.89
90th Percentile £62.75 £66.41 £58.75
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
% change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in the North of England

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
North West -3 286 £450 +5.88% 180
Yorkshire -3 179 £450 -10.00% 107
North East +9 36 £420 +5.00% 26
Analyst
England

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 174 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 97 (19.32%) Microsoft
3 83 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (15.94%) Customer Service
4 80 (15.94%) Agile
5 79 (15.74%) Windows
6 72 (14.34%) Finance
7 68 (13.55%) Requirements Gathering
8 66 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 64 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
10 63 (12.55%) Business Analysis
11 60 (11.95%) SQL
12 58 (11.55%) Microsoft Office
12 58 (11.55%) Public Sector
13 57 (11.35%) Active Directory
14 56 (11.16%) Degree
15 49 (9.76%) Power Platform
15 49 (9.76%) Windows 10
15 49 (9.76%) Power BI
16 48 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
17 47 (9.36%) Business Intelligence
18 44 (8.76%) Data Analysis
19 41 (8.17%) Security Cleared
20 39 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
21 38 (7.57%) ITIL
21 38 (7.57%) Banking
22 37 (7.37%) Migration
23 36 (7.17%) Project Management
23 36 (7.17%) Waterfall
24 34 (6.77%) User Stories

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 18 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.99%) SAS
3 8 (1.59%) Confluence
4 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.60%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 58 (11.55%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.79%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.39%) SAP PM
3 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 49 (9.76%) Power Platform
2 48 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (6.18%) Azure
4 10 (1.99%) Entra ID
4 10 (1.99%) Snowflake
5 8 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (1.59%) Google Analytics
6 7 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (1.39%) Collibra
6 7 (1.39%) GCP
6 7 (1.39%) SaaS
7 6 (1.20%) AWS
7 6 (1.20%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.80%) Google Tag Manager
8 4 (0.80%) IaaS
9 3 (0.60%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.40%) BrowserStack
10 2 (0.40%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.00%) DHCP
1 5 (1.00%) DNS
2 4 (0.80%) WAN
3 3 (0.60%) Intranet
3 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.40%) Broadband
4 2 (0.40%) Network Security
4 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.20%) Firewall
5 1 (0.20%) Internet
5 1 (0.20%) LAN
5 1 (0.20%) PSTN
5 1 (0.20%) Skype
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.76%) Power BI
2 19 (3.78%) Tableau
3 13 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.39%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.39%) Qlik Sense
7 6 (1.20%) Ataccama
8 5 (1.00%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.60%) Data Vault
9 3 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.60%) GIS
9 3 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.40%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.40%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (4.18%) JIRA
2 7 (1.39%) Selenium
3 6 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.80%) Postman
5 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.40%) PyCharm
5 2 (0.40%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.40%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.40%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.20%) Git
6 1 (0.20%) JMeter
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.20%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 174 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 72 (14.34%) Finance
3 64 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (11.55%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.57%) Banking
6 28 (5.58%) Pharmaceutical
7 20 (3.98%) Retail
8 18 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.39%) Legal
11 10 (1.99%) Marketing
12 9 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.79%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.39%) Law
14 5 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.60%) Billing
16 3 (0.60%) General Ledger
16 3 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.60%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.59%) SailPoint
2 4 (0.80%) .NET
3 2 (0.40%) Middleware
4 1 (0.20%) CSS
4 1 (0.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.20%) HTML
4 1 (0.20%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.20%) OAuth
4 1 (0.20%) OpenID
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.20%) SOAP
4 1 (0.20%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.20%) Web Services
4 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.59%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.39%) Management Information System
2 12 (2.39%) NHS
3 10 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (1.99%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.20%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.20%) Virtual Team
5 5 (1.00%) CMDB
5 5 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.00%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (1.00%) IoT
5 5 (1.00%) Robotics
6 4 (0.80%) EPoS
7 3 (0.60%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.60%) Life Science
7 3 (0.60%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 79 (15.74%) Windows
2 49 (9.76%) Windows 10
3 9 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.60%) Linux
7 2 (0.40%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (15.94%) Agile
2 80 (15.94%) Customer Service
3 68 (13.55%) Requirements Gathering
4 66 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (12.55%) Business Analysis
6 47 (9.36%) Business Intelligence
7 44 (8.76%) Data Analysis
8 38 (7.57%) ITIL
9 37 (7.37%) Migration
10 36 (7.17%) Project Management
10 36 (7.17%) Waterfall
11 34 (6.77%) User Stories
11 34 (6.77%) Workshop Facilitation
12 31 (6.18%) Cybersecurity
12 31 (6.18%) Service Management
12 31 (6.18%) Visualisation
13 30 (5.98%) Decision-Making
14 29 (5.78%) Change Management
15 28 (5.58%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 60 (11.95%) SQL
2 32 (6.37%) Python
3 7 (1.39%) C#
4 5 (1.00%) Java
4 5 (1.00%) PowerShell
5 4 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.60%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.20%) ABAP
8 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.20%) Bash
8 1 (0.20%) Groovy
8 1 (0.20%) R
8 1 (0.20%) SOQL
8 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (11.16%) Degree
2 41 (8.17%) Security Cleared
3 33 (6.57%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.99%) CISSP
5 8 (1.59%) CISM
6 7 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.20%) CBAP
7 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (1.00%) IIBA
9 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.80%) CISA
9 4 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.80%) MCP
10 3 (0.60%) CCNA
10 3 (0.60%) HNC
10 3 (0.60%) ISSAP
10 3 (0.60%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.60%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.18%) QA
2 24 (4.78%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.18%) SLA
4 19 (3.78%) GDPR
5 16 (3.19%) Disclosure Scotland
6 13 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.59%) NIST
7 10 (1.99%) PMO
8 6 (1.20%) Good Clinical Practice
8 6 (1.20%) GxP
9 5 (1.00%) GRC
9 5 (1.00%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.60%) COBIT
11 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.60%) IASME
11 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.40%) COREP
13 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.20%) FINREP
System Software
1 57 (11.35%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.40%) Firmware
3 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.00%) ZABBIX
3 4 (0.80%) SCCM
4 3 (0.60%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 2 (0.40%) Nagios
6 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 97 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.77%) SAP
3 31 (6.18%) ServiceNow
4 10 (1.99%) VMware
5 9 (1.79%) Google
6 8 (1.59%) CyberArk
6 8 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.39%) Citrix
8 6 (1.20%) Alteryx
8 6 (1.20%) Ariba
8 6 (1.20%) Dataiku
8 6 (1.20%) Trillium
9 4 (0.80%) Oracle
9 4 (0.80%) Splunk
10 3 (0.60%) Apple
10 3 (0.60%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.60%) ESRI
10 3 (0.60%) Kofax
10 3 (0.60%) Refinitiv
11 2 (0.40%) BiZZdesign