Software Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Software Analyst
England > North of England

The median Software Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £562, 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 158 185 237
Rank change year-on-year +27 +52 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Software Analyst 4 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.10% 0.14% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £439 - £258
25th Percentile £478 - £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.15%
75th Percentile £653 - £413
90th Percentile £696 - £435
England median daily rate £438 £450 £423
% change year-on-year -2.78% +6.51% -6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £20.58 -
England median hourly rate £147.50 £20.58 £17.50
% change year-on-year +616.72% +17.60% -31.37%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 3,654 4,594 6,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.02% 93.39% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,980 3,135 4,992
10th Percentile £263 £262 £225
25th Percentile £386 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 223 236
10th Percentile £15.39 £15.75 £10.20
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.88 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +29.41% +21.43%
75th Percentile £48.75 £46.18 £44.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £61.59 £70.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Software Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Analyst in the North of England

Software Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Analyst in the North of England

Software Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Analyst in the North of England

Software Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Analyst in the North of England

Software 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 Software Analyst within the North of 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
North West +23 4 £562 - 2
Software Analyst
England

Software Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 North of England region featuring Software Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Docker
3 1 (25.00%) CircleCI
3 1 (25.00%) Perl

Software 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (25.00%) CircleCI
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
2 1 (25.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker