Technical Analyst Contracts

Technical Analyst
UK

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in the UK is £523 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 421 372
Rank change year-on-year +116 -49 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 298 298 601
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.51% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.54% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 210 384
10th Percentile £215 £324 £350
25th Percentile £346 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £510 £492
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% +3.76% +9.22%
75th Percentile £605 £588 £561
90th Percentile £746 £650 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £365 £486 £450
% change year-on-year -24.94% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 26
10th Percentile - £14.78 £14.13
25th Percentile - £19.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £22.86 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.76% +57.66% -14.71%
75th Percentile £23.75 £39.59 £16.69
90th Percentile - £65.00 £33.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £18.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +24.14% -13.82%

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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Analyst in the UK

Technical Analyst
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +69 228 £525 +2.94% 82
London +79 130 £600 +9.09% 38
Work from Home +125 129 £550 +7.84% 31
UK excluding London +63 117 £365 -24.94% 46
North of England +28 29 £475 - 8
East of England +29 27 £330 -32.31% 7
Scotland +54 25 £475 +40.74% 4
Midlands +25 17 £375 -25.00% 8
Yorkshire +23 17 £525 +42.37% 2
West Midlands +16 12 £275 -46.34% 7
South West +15 12 £230 -54.90% 6
North West +14 12 £450 -7.69% 6
South East +8 6 £450 +12.50% 10
East Midlands +23 5 £550 +15.79% 1
Wales - 1 £250 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 93 (31.21%) Finance
2 79 (26.51%) Social Skills
3 77 (25.84%) Agile
4 65 (21.81%) Banking
5 52 (17.45%) User Stories
6 49 (16.44%) SQL
7 38 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (12.42%) ITIL
9 36 (12.08%) Azure
10 35 (11.74%) JIRA
11 33 (11.07%) Microsoft
12 32 (10.74%) Windows
12 32 (10.74%) Degree
13 31 (10.40%) Back Office
14 30 (10.07%) Requirements Gathering
15 29 (9.73%) Python
16 28 (9.40%) Data Modelling
16 28 (9.40%) Front Office
16 28 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (9.40%) Customer Service
17 27 (9.06%) Asset Management
18 26 (8.72%) Acceptance Criteria
18 26 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (8.39%) Scrum
19 25 (8.39%) ITSM
19 25 (8.39%) Business Analysis
19 25 (8.39%) Security Cleared
20 24 (8.05%) AWS
20 24 (8.05%) DevOps

Technical 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 16 (5.37%) Confluence
1 16 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.34%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.34%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) JBoss
3 1 (0.34%) nginx
3 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 20 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.01%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.01%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Shopify
2 2 (0.67%) Endur
2 2 (0.67%) ION Anvil
2 2 (0.67%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.67%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.34%) Maximo
3 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 36 (12.08%) Azure
2 26 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.05%) AWS
4 10 (3.36%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.34%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.01%) BigCommerce
7 2 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.67%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.67%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.67%) Oracle CX
7 2 (0.67%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 2 (0.67%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.34%) Apigee
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.34%) SaaS
8 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) Serverless
8 1 (0.34%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.02%) WAN
2 6 (2.01%) LAN
3 4 (1.34%) Firewall
3 4 (1.34%) Skype
4 2 (0.67%) DNS
4 2 (0.67%) NAS
4 2 (0.67%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) DHCP
5 1 (0.34%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.70%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.36%) Power BI
3 9 (3.02%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.68%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 5 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
5 5 (1.68%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.01%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.01%) Tableau
7 2 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.67%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.34%) Big Data
8 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.34%) GIS
8 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 35 (11.74%) JIRA
2 10 (3.36%) Postman
2 10 (3.36%) SoapUI
3 6 (2.01%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.34%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 93 (31.21%) Finance
2 79 (26.51%) Social Skills
3 65 (21.81%) Banking
4 38 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (10.40%) Back Office
6 28 (9.40%) Front Office
7 12 (4.03%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.35%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.01%) Marketing
11 5 (1.68%) Retail
12 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.01%) German Language
14 2 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.67%) French Language
14 2 (0.67%) Local Government
15 1 (0.34%) Law
15 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.68%) SOAP
2 6 (2.01%) Swagger
2 6 (2.01%) XML
3 5 (1.68%) OpenAPI
3 5 (1.68%) REST
3 5 (1.68%) Web Services
4 4 (1.34%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.01%) ADO
5 3 (1.01%) OAuth
5 3 (1.01%) VML
6 2 (0.67%) Middleware
6 2 (0.67%) OpenID
6 2 (0.67%) React
7 1 (0.34%) .NET
7 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.34%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.34%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.34%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.05%) Derivative
1 21 (7.05%) Hedge funds
2 12 (4.03%) Learning Management System
2 12 (4.03%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.68%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.68%) CMDB
5 5 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.68%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.34%) AS400
6 4 (1.34%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.34%) iPhone
7 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.01%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.67%) EPoS
8 2 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.74%) Windows
2 11 (3.69%) Mac OS
3 8 (2.68%) Android
4 7 (2.35%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.01%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.01%) Unix
6 5 (1.68%) Linux
7 4 (1.34%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (25.84%) Agile
2 52 (17.45%) User Stories
3 38 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (12.42%) ITIL
5 30 (10.07%) Requirements Gathering
6 28 (9.40%) Customer Service
6 28 (9.40%) Data Modelling
6 28 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 27 (9.06%) Asset Management
8 26 (8.72%) Acceptance Criteria
9 25 (8.39%) Business Analysis
9 25 (8.39%) ITSM
9 25 (8.39%) Scrum
10 24 (8.05%) DevOps
11 23 (7.72%) Service Management
12 22 (7.38%) Use Case
13 21 (7.05%) Investment Management
14 20 (6.71%) Epics
14 20 (6.71%) Mentoring
15 19 (6.38%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.44%) SQL
2 29 (9.73%) Python
3 23 (7.72%) C#
4 8 (2.68%) Java
5 6 (2.01%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.68%) XPath
6 5 (1.68%) XQuery
7 4 (1.34%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.67%) R
8 2 (0.67%) VBA
9 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (10.74%) Degree
2 25 (8.39%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.04%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (3.69%) MCP
6 9 (3.02%) CCNA
7 4 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.67%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.67%) CCENT
9 2 (0.67%) MCSA
9 2 (0.67%) MCSD
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.36%) QA
2 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.68%) NIST
4 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.67%) MiFID
5 2 (0.67%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (7.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.02%) SCCM
3 4 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.04%) SAP
3 12 (4.03%) Citrix
3 12 (4.03%) Oracle
4 9 (3.02%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.01%) Cisco
6 5 (1.68%) Apple
6 5 (1.68%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.01%) Adobe
7 3 (1.01%) Genesys
7 3 (1.01%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.67%) Dell
8 2 (0.67%) Intel
8 2 (0.67%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.34%) Ariba
9 1 (0.34%) Google
9 1 (0.34%) Murex
9 1 (0.34%) SimCorp
9 1 (0.34%) Temenos