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 £225 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 254 203 215
Rank change year-on-year -51 +12 +33
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 147 264 384
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 1.16% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.23% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 185 254
10th Percentile £150 £131 £128
25th Percentile £170 £158 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £205 £237
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -13.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £438 £388 £438
90th Percentile £500 £469 £524
UK median daily rate £413 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +37.50% -14.29% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 45
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.83 £11.41
25th Percentile £14.24 £13.25 £12.02
Median hourly rate £21.50 £18.23 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.97% +4.14% +14.75%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.25 £19.25
90th Percentile - £27.75 £20.55
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £22.63 £16.50
% change year-on-year -0.57% +37.15% +7.32%

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 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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
South East -3 39 £425 +146.38% 27
Scotland +19 34 £273 +45.33% 8
North of England -12 26 £256 +7.68% 39
South West +3 23 £175 -7.89% 23
Midlands +6 19 £200 -44.44% 24
West Midlands +3 17 £200 -52.94% 16
North West +1 16 £325 +8.33% 21
Yorkshire +9 10 £230 +15.00% 16
East of England -19 4 £180 -5.76% 6
Wales +18 3 £190 -7.32% 5
East Midlands +6 2 £135 +8.00% 8
Northern Ireland -4 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 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 63 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 51 (34.69%) Windows
3 45 (30.61%) Active Directory
4 44 (29.93%) Microsoft
5 43 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (26.53%) ITIL
7 35 (23.81%) Windows 10
8 32 (21.77%) Customer Service
9 25 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
10 24 (16.33%) ITSM
11 23 (15.65%) Microsoft Office
12 19 (12.93%) Microsoft Exchange
12 19 (12.93%) Asset Management
13 18 (12.24%) Agile
13 18 (12.24%) Project Management
13 18 (12.24%) Degree
14 17 (11.56%) Public Sector
15 16 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (10.88%) SCCM
16 15 (10.20%) Finance
16 15 (10.20%) Service Management
17 14 (9.52%) DHCP
17 14 (9.52%) DNS
17 14 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 14 (9.52%) Security Cleared
17 14 (9.52%) Azure
17 14 (9.52%) Apple iOS
18 13 (8.84%) Incident Management
18 13 (8.84%) Decision-Making
19 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel

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 (12.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.72%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 23 (15.65%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Maximo
2 1 (0.68%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 43 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (9.52%) Azure
3 5 (3.40%) OneDrive
4 3 (2.04%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.04%) SaaS
4 3 (2.04%) Yammer
5 2 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.36%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.36%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.68%) AWS
6 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.68%) PaaS
6 1 (0.68%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.52%) DHCP
1 14 (9.52%) DNS
2 11 (7.48%) LAN
3 10 (6.80%) WAN
4 8 (5.44%) MPLS
4 8 (5.44%) SAN
4 8 (5.44%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.72%) Skype
6 2 (1.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.36%) VPN
6 2 (1.36%) Wireless
7 1 (0.68%) Firewall
7 1 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) MSI
General
1 63 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.56%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.20%) Finance
5 9 (6.12%) Aerospace
5 9 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.44%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.40%) Banking
7 5 (3.40%) Law
8 3 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.04%) Retail
9 2 (1.36%) Billing
9 2 (1.36%) French Language
9 2 (1.36%) Legal
9 2 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.36%) Publishing
10 1 (0.68%) Automotive
10 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.12%) CMDB
2 8 (5.44%) Client/Server
2 8 (5.44%) Clustering
2 8 (5.44%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.72%) iPhone
5 3 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.36%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.36%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.36%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.36%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.36%) Wiki
7 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.68%) SCADA
7 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 51 (34.69%) Windows
2 35 (23.81%) Windows 10
3 14 (9.52%) Apple iOS
4 11 (7.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (5.44%) Unix
6 7 (4.76%) Android
7 5 (3.40%) Windows Server
7 5 (3.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.53%) ITIL
2 32 (21.77%) Customer Service
3 24 (16.33%) ITSM
4 19 (12.93%) Asset Management
5 18 (12.24%) Agile
5 18 (12.24%) Project Management
6 16 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.20%) Service Management
8 14 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (8.84%) Decision-Making
9 13 (8.84%) Incident Management
10 12 (8.16%) Business Analysis
10 12 (8.16%) Time Management
11 10 (6.80%) Capacity Management
11 10 (6.80%) Capacity Planning
11 10 (6.80%) Change Management
11 10 (6.80%) Network Management
11 10 (6.80%) Server Management
12 9 (6.12%) Application Packaging
12 9 (6.12%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.48%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.36%) Python
2 2 (1.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (12.24%) Degree
2 14 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.36%) CCNA
5 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.36%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.68%) CISM
6 1 (0.68%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.68%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.48%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (3.40%) SLA
3 4 (2.72%) PMO
4 2 (1.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (30.61%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.12%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (5.44%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (2.04%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.36%) Firmware
6 2 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.68%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.68%) XenApp
7 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (10.88%) SCCM
2 10 (6.80%) Nagios
3 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (5.44%) NetBackup
4 6 (4.08%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.36%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.68%) Nessus
7 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 44 (29.93%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.16%) VMware
3 11 (7.48%) Citrix
4 8 (5.44%) Hitachi
4 8 (5.44%) NetApp
5 7 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.08%) Apple
7 3 (2.04%) Google
8 2 (1.36%) Dell
8 2 (1.36%) Mitel
8 2 (1.36%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.68%) Avaya
9 1 (0.68%) BT
9 1 (0.68%) Cadence
9 1 (0.68%) Equitrac
9 1 (0.68%) FireEye
9 1 (0.68%) ForeScout
9 1 (0.68%) IBM
9 1 (0.68%) IFS
9 1 (0.68%) SonicWALL