IT Analyst Contracts

IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £430 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 298 309
Rank change year-on-year -29 +11 +49
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 277 527 773
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.88% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.93% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 346 510
10th Percentile £150 £136 £135
25th Percentile £185 £180 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £285 £364
Median % change year-on-year +50.88% -21.65% +3.93%
75th Percentile £556 £488 £499
90th Percentile £658 £575 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £237
% change year-on-year - -15.43% +35.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 36 73
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.25 £11.67
25th Percentile £15.42 £15.10 £12.88
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.32 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +41.30% +10.00%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.25 £19.25
90th Percentile - £32.40 £24.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £18.23 £15.50
% change year-on-year +17.97% +17.58% +10.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Analyst in the UK

IT Analyst
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England -31 232 £450 +28.57% 138
UK excluding London -52 134 £200 - 101
London +32 132 £531 +16.76% 44
Work from Home +21 93 £469 +56.25% 38
South East -11 32 £446 +158.41% 23
Scotland +3 31 £185 +2.78% 7
North of England -3 28 £236 -3.28% 25
South West +14 26 £175 - 16
Yorkshire +21 16 £190 -5.00% 9
North West -8 12 £375 +7.14% 14
Midlands -9 7 £450 +25.00% 17
East of England -11 6 £180 -11.66% 14
West Midlands +7 5 £413 -5.71% 8
Wales +15 3 £199 -3.05% 3
East Midlands +4 2 £450 +278.95% 9
Northern Ireland +3 1 - -

IT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 110 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 86 (31.05%) Windows
3 72 (25.99%) Active Directory
4 68 (24.55%) Finance
5 62 (22.38%) ITIL
6 61 (22.02%) Microsoft
7 56 (20.22%) Microsoft 365
8 54 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (19.49%) Banking
9 50 (18.05%) Change Management
10 49 (17.69%) ITSM
11 48 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (16.25%) Windows 10
13 42 (15.16%) Service Management
14 39 (14.08%) Customer Service
15 36 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
15 36 (13.00%) Agile
15 36 (13.00%) Degree
16 29 (10.47%) Business Analysis
17 27 (9.75%) DevOps
17 27 (9.75%) Stakeholder Management
18 25 (9.03%) Project Management
19 24 (8.66%) PowerShell
19 24 (8.66%) Azure
20 23 (8.30%) Microsoft Exchange
21 22 (7.94%) Asset Management
22 21 (7.58%) SCCM
22 21 (7.58%) ServiceNow
23 20 (7.22%) Apple iOS
23 20 (7.22%) Citrix

IT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (8.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.53%) Skype for Business
3 5 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.08%) Confluence
5 2 (0.72%) Moodle
5 2 (0.72%) WordPress
6 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 36 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) InVision
5 1 (0.36%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Aligne
1 2 (0.72%) assyst
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 56 (20.22%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (8.66%) Azure
3 11 (3.97%) SaaS
4 9 (3.25%) AWS
5 8 (2.89%) PaaS
6 7 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.44%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.44%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.08%) Slack
8 3 (1.08%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.72%) Asana
9 2 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.36%) Collibra
10 1 (0.36%) Figma
10 1 (0.36%) IaaS
10 1 (0.36%) Miro
10 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.36%) Serverless
10 1 (0.36%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.50%) DNS
2 17 (6.14%) DHCP
3 10 (3.61%) LAN
4 9 (3.25%) WAN
5 8 (2.89%) MPLS
5 8 (2.89%) SAN
5 8 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.53%) Skype
7 5 (1.81%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.44%) VPN
8 4 (1.44%) Wireless
9 2 (0.72%) Intranet
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.36%) VLAN
10 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.44%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.72%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.36%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.36%) GIS
4 1 (0.36%) Metadata
4 1 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (2.89%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Appium
2 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.36%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) JMeter
2 1 (0.36%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.36%) MSI
2 1 (0.36%) Postman
2 1 (0.36%) Rational Performance Tester
2 1 (0.36%) Selenium
2 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
2 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 110 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.55%) Finance
3 54 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (19.49%) Banking
4 19 (6.86%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.14%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.25%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.17%) Billing
10 4 (1.44%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.44%) Law
10 4 (1.44%) Local Government
10 4 (1.44%) Marketing
11 3 (1.08%) Retail
12 2 (0.72%) Advertising
12 2 (0.72%) Back Office
12 2 (0.72%) International Banking
12 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.44%) Middleware
2 2 (0.72%) .NET
2 2 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (0.72%) JSON
2 2 (0.72%) pytest
2 2 (0.72%) XML
3 1 (0.36%) ADO
3 1 (0.36%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.36%) Playwright
3 1 (0.36%) RESTful
3 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.97%) CMDB
1 11 (3.97%) iPhone
2 8 (2.89%) Client/Server
2 8 (2.89%) Clustering
2 8 (2.89%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.17%) Cyberattack
4 6 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.44%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.44%) IoT
5 4 (1.44%) iPad
5 4 (1.44%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.08%) Derivative
6 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.72%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.72%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 86 (31.05%) Windows
2 45 (16.25%) Windows 10
3 20 (7.22%) Apple iOS
4 14 (5.05%) Windows Server
5 9 (3.25%) Android
5 9 (3.25%) Unix
6 7 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.44%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.08%) Linux
8 3 (1.08%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (22.38%) ITIL
2 50 (18.05%) Change Management
3 49 (17.69%) ITSM
4 48 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (15.16%) Service Management
6 39 (14.08%) Customer Service
7 36 (13.00%) Agile
8 29 (10.47%) Business Analysis
9 27 (9.75%) DevOps
9 27 (9.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (9.03%) Project Management
11 22 (7.94%) Asset Management
12 18 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (6.14%) Requirements Gathering
14 16 (5.78%) Data Protection
14 16 (5.78%) Migration
15 15 (5.42%) Data Analysis
16 14 (5.05%) Decision-Making
16 14 (5.05%) SDLC
17 12 (4.33%) Business Process Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.66%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.42%) Python
3 7 (2.53%) SQL
4 2 (0.72%) C#
4 2 (0.72%) Java
5 1 (0.36%) Bash
5 1 (0.36%) C++
5 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 36 (13.00%) Degree
2 18 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.61%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.89%) CISM
4 8 (2.89%) CISSP
5 7 (2.53%) CISA
6 6 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.81%) CRISC
7 5 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.72%) CCNA
9 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.72%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.36%) CBAP
10 1 (0.36%) IIBA
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 11 (3.97%) QA
3 5 (1.81%) SLA
4 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.72%) GDPR
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.36%) GAAP
7 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 72 (25.99%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.25%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.89%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.08%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
7 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (7.58%) SCCM
2 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.61%) Nagios
3 8 (2.89%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (2.89%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (2.89%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.72%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.36%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) BladeLogic
5 1 (0.36%) CASB
5 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (22.02%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.58%) ServiceNow
3 20 (7.22%) Citrix
4 13 (4.69%) Apple
5 12 (4.33%) VMware
6 9 (3.25%) SAP
7 8 (2.89%) Hitachi
7 8 (2.89%) NetApp
8 4 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.44%) Google
9 3 (1.08%) Mitel
9 3 (1.08%) Okta
9 3 (1.08%) SmartStream
9 3 (1.08%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.72%) Dell
10 2 (0.72%) Granicus
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle
10 2 (0.72%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.72%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.36%) Tanium