IT Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £198 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 207 203
Rank change year-on-year -52 -4 +38
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 134 281 401
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 1.18% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.25% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 197 261
10th Percentile £133 £128 £125
25th Percentile £164 £154 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £200 £250
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% -20.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £441 £380 £438
90th Percentile £513 £467 £522
UK median daily rate £425 £275 £350
% change year-on-year +54.55% -21.43% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 51
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.83 £11.25
25th Percentile £14.36 £13.25 £11.96
Median hourly rate £21.50 £16.86 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -3.64% +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.25 £19.25
90th Percentile - £27.75 £23.75
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £22.63 £17.00
% change year-on-year -4.99% +33.12% +11.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Scotland +25 36 £190 +5.56% 3
South East -4 32 £446 +158.41% 26
North of England -3 28 £210 -13.85% 25
South West +14 24 £175 - 16
Yorkshire +15 17 £210 +5.00% 12
North West +3 11 £281 -19.64% 11
Midlands -2 7 £350 - 19
West Midlands 0 5 £413 - 12
East of England -7 4 £180 -11.66% 12
Wales +11 2 £190 -7.32% 3
East Midlands +11 2 £135 +8.00% 7
Northern Ireland +3 1 - -
IT Analyst
UK

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 59 (44.03%) Social Skills
2 46 (34.33%) Windows
3 41 (30.60%) Active Directory
4 39 (29.10%) Microsoft
5 36 (26.87%) ITIL
6 35 (26.12%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (22.39%) Windows 10
8 29 (21.64%) Analytical Skills
9 28 (20.90%) Customer Service
10 24 (17.91%) Microsoft Office
11 22 (16.42%) ITSM
12 20 (14.93%) Degree
13 19 (14.18%) Agile
13 19 (14.18%) Microsoft Exchange
13 19 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (12.69%) Service Management
15 16 (11.94%) SCCM
15 16 (11.94%) Project Management
16 15 (11.19%) DNS
16 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
17 14 (10.45%) Finance
17 14 (10.45%) Asset Management
17 14 (10.45%) DHCP
17 14 (10.45%) Change Management
17 14 (10.45%) Apple iOS
18 12 (8.96%) Azure
18 12 (8.96%) Security Cleared
18 12 (8.96%) Disclosure Scotland
18 12 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
18 12 (8.96%) VMware

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (14.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.99%) Skype for Business
3 2 (1.49%) Moodle
3 2 (1.49%) WordPress
4 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (17.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.49%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 35 (26.12%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (8.96%) Azure
3 5 (3.73%) OneDrive
4 3 (2.24%) SaaS
4 3 (2.24%) Yammer
5 2 (1.49%) AWS
5 2 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.49%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.75%) PaaS
6 1 (0.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.19%) DNS
2 14 (10.45%) DHCP
3 10 (7.46%) LAN
4 9 (6.72%) WAN
5 8 (5.97%) MPLS
5 8 (5.97%) SAN
5 8 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.99%) Skype
7 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.75%) Firewall
8 1 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.75%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.75%) VLAN
8 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.97%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) MSI
General
1 59 (44.03%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.64%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 14 (10.45%) Finance
5 10 (7.46%) Banking
5 10 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.72%) Aerospace
7 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.24%) Law
10 2 (1.49%) Billing
10 2 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.49%) Publishing
10 2 (1.49%) Retail
11 1 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.75%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (0.75%) JSON
1 1 (0.75%) pytest
1 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.97%) Client/Server
1 8 (5.97%) Clustering
1 8 (5.97%) CMDB
1 8 (5.97%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.99%) iPhone
3 3 (2.24%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.49%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.49%) VLE
4 2 (1.49%) Wiki
5 1 (0.75%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.75%) SCADA
5 1 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (34.33%) Windows
2 30 (22.39%) Windows 10
3 14 (10.45%) Apple iOS
4 8 (5.97%) Android
4 8 (5.97%) Unix
4 8 (5.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.99%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.75%) Linux
8 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.87%) ITIL
2 28 (20.90%) Customer Service
3 22 (16.42%) ITSM
4 19 (14.18%) Agile
4 19 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (12.69%) Service Management
6 16 (11.94%) Project Management
7 14 (10.45%) Asset Management
7 14 (10.45%) Change Management
8 12 (8.96%) Decision-Making
8 12 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (8.21%) Business Analysis
9 11 (8.21%) Time Management
10 10 (7.46%) Capacity Management
11 9 (6.72%) Application Packaging
11 9 (6.72%) Capacity Planning
12 8 (5.97%) Data Migration
12 8 (5.97%) Data Protection
12 8 (5.97%) Migration
12 8 (5.97%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.72%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.49%) Python
2 2 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (14.93%) Degree
2 12 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.72%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.75%) CBAP
7 1 (0.75%) CCNA
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.75%) CISM
7 1 (0.75%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.75%) CSPO
7 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.75%) GCIH
7 1 (0.75%) IIBA
7 1 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.96%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.24%) SLA
3 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.49%) GDPR
3 2 (1.49%) PMO
4 1 (0.75%) NIST
4 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 41 (30.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.72%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (5.97%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (2.24%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.49%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.75%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.75%) XenApp
7 1 (0.75%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (11.94%) SCCM
2 9 (6.72%) Nagios
3 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (5.97%) NetBackup
4 6 (4.48%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.75%) Nessus
7 1 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.96%) VMware
3 11 (8.21%) Citrix
4 8 (5.97%) Hitachi
4 8 (5.97%) NetApp
5 5 (3.73%) Apple
5 5 (3.73%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.49%) Dell
6 2 (1.49%) Google
6 2 (1.49%) Mitel
6 2 (1.49%) Okta
7 1 (0.75%) Avaya
7 1 (0.75%) BT
7 1 (0.75%) Cadence
7 1 (0.75%) Equitrac
7 1 (0.75%) FireEye
7 1 (0.75%) ForeScout
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle
7 1 (0.75%) SAP
7 1 (0.75%) Tanium