IT Analyst Contracts in the North of England

IT Analyst
England > North of England

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £256 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 143 172
Rank change year-on-year -12 +29 -19
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 26 61 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.55% 1.11% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.16% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 40 42
10th Percentile £178 £140 £122
25th Percentile £184 £175 £152
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 £238 £200
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% +18.75% -
75th Percentile £380 £413 £338
90th Percentile £456 £456 £425
England median daily rate £430 £350 £350
% change year-on-year +22.86% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 21
10th Percentile - £13.57 £11.75
25th Percentile - £14.48 £12.02
Median hourly rate £10.95 £23.19 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.79% +32.53% +12.90%
75th Percentile £17.20 £27.25 £19.25
90th Percentile £17.51 £28.83 £19.50
England median hourly rate £22.50 £22.57 £16.50
% change year-on-year -0.29% +36.76% +6.45%

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 4,410 5,258 6,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 95.43% 96.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,683 5,047
10th Percentile £263 £270 £204
25th Percentile £386 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £598 £563
90th Percentile £670 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 163 272
10th Percentile £11.09 £14.05 £11.35
25th Percentile £13.00 £17.72 £14.61
Median hourly rate £22.50 £28.70 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.60% +45.32% +11.99%
75th Percentile £47.50 £45.62 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £65.60 £62.70
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the North of England

IT 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 IT Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +1 16 £325 +8.33% 21
Yorkshire +9 10 £230 +15.00% 16
IT Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (42.31%) Windows
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 10 (38.46%) Windows 10
2 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 9 (34.62%) Customer Service
4 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
6 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (23.08%) ITIL
6 6 (23.08%) ITSM
7 5 (19.23%) Service Management
7 5 (19.23%) Change Management
7 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (15.38%) Azure
8 4 (15.38%) Finance
8 4 (15.38%) Time Management
8 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
8 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
8 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (11.54%) CMDB
9 3 (11.54%) Law
9 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
9 3 (11.54%) DHCP
9 3 (11.54%) DNS
9 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
10 2 (7.69%) Task Automation
10 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (7.69%) Capacity Management

IT 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 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (15.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) DHCP
1 3 (11.54%) DNS
2 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.85%) Skype
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Law
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) CMDB
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) iPhone
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
2 10 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.69%) Apple iOS
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Customer Service
2 6 (23.08%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) ITSM
3 5 (19.23%) Change Management
3 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (19.23%) Service Management
4 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Time Management
5 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) Asset Management
6 2 (7.69%) Capacity Management
6 2 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.69%) Incident Response
6 2 (7.69%) IT Asset Management
6 2 (7.69%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (7.69%) Problem Management
6 2 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.69%) Python
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) CCNA
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Nagios
2 2 (7.69%) ZABBIX
3 1 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.85%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Apple
2 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.69%) SolarWinds
3 1 (3.85%) Citrix
3 1 (3.85%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) VMware