Analyst Contracts in Wales

Analyst
UK > Wales

The median Analyst daily rate in Wales is £388 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 9 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 26 72 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.10% 11.82% 11.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 12.37% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 48 81
10th Percentile £150 £163 £163
25th Percentile £193 £220 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £395 £420
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -5.95% +40.00%
75th Percentile £434 £488 £475
90th Percentile £550 £504 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 12
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.70 -
25th Percentile £17.84 £16.98 £11.15
Median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £14.18
Median % change year-on-year +5.21% +27.93% -12.74%
75th Percentile £24.13 £19.31 £20.78
90th Percentile £25.30 £19.98 £25.68
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.18 £15.50
% change year-on-year -10.35% +17.31% -4.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 326 582 926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.07% 95.57% 96.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 446 677
10th Percentile £170 £180 £185
25th Percentile £328 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 37
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.13 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.52 £15.25 £12.24
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -8.89% +15.42%
75th Percentile £42.34 £19.98 £25.75
90th Percentile £86.90 £47.25 £47.09
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Wales over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Wales

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 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
South Wales -9 20 £388 -3.13% 23
North Wales +9 3 - - 4
West Wales +1 1 - -
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 Wales region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 5 (19.23%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) Degree
4 4 (15.38%) Statistics
4 4 (15.38%) Azure
4 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (11.54%) Firewall
5 3 (11.54%) Finance
5 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
5 3 (11.54%) Windows
5 3 (11.54%) .NET
6 2 (7.69%) Economics
6 2 (7.69%) Oracle
6 2 (7.69%) PL/SQL
6 2 (7.69%) SQL
6 2 (7.69%) SAP
6 2 (7.69%) Postgraduate
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (7.69%) Service Management
6 2 (7.69%) Ariba
6 2 (7.69%) NHS
6 2 (7.69%) Scrum
6 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) LAN
2 1 (3.85%) VPN
2 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Digital Economy
3 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) BYOD
1 2 (7.69%) NHS
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Android
2 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.85%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (19.23%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) Statistics
4 3 (11.54%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.69%) Economics
5 2 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (7.69%) Scrum
5 2 (7.69%) Service Management
6 1 (3.85%) Business Process Modelling
6 1 (3.85%) Information Security
6 1 (3.85%) ITIL
6 1 (3.85%) KYC
6 1 (3.85%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (3.85%) Project Management
6 1 (3.85%) System Integration Testing
6 1 (3.85%) UML
6 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) PL/SQL
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) HL7
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Ariba
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) LogRhythm
3 1 (3.85%) Splunk
3 1 (3.85%) VMware