IT Analyst Contracts

IT Analyst
UK

The median IT Analyst daily rate in the UK is £406 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 303 310
Rank change year-on-year -26 +7 +59
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 275 475 764
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.84% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.89% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 320 526
10th Percentile £158 £140 £143
25th Percentile £185 £180 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £300 £350
Median % change year-on-year +35.42% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £482 £500
90th Percentile £644 £569 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £205 £230
% change year-on-year +3.66% -10.87% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 35 58
10th Percentile £12.48 £13.06 £11.72
25th Percentile £16.55 £14.24 £13.91
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.63 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +33.12% +10.57%
75th Percentile £40.00 £27.50 £19.25
90th Percentile - £36.76 £23.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £18.23 £17.50
% change year-on-year +17.97% +4.14% +14.75%

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 39,794 53,311 84,183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,730 37,248 59,348
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.64%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,844 1,473 1,970
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.37
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +6.20%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 3 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
England -28 230 £430 +22.86% 142
UK excluding London -45 146 £213 +3.66% 122
London +34 120 £538 +19.44% 25
Work from Home +29 71 £463 +20.52% 38
South East 0 39 £425 +146.38% 27
Scotland +27 33 £195 +4.00% 8
North of England -9 26 £256 +7.68% 37
South West +6 23 £175 -7.89% 21
Midlands +7 19 £200 -44.44% 21
West Midlands +5 17 £200 -52.94% 13
North West -11 16 £325 -7.14% 19
Yorkshire +6 10 £230 +15.00% 16
East of England -18 4 £180 -5.76% 6
Wales +22 3 £190 -7.32% 5
East Midlands +4 2 £135 +8.00% 8
Northern Ireland -2 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 107 (38.91%) Social Skills
2 91 (33.09%) Windows
3 74 (26.91%) Active Directory
4 69 (25.09%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (24.73%) Microsoft
6 61 (22.18%) ITIL
7 53 (19.27%) Windows 10
8 52 (18.91%) Finance
9 45 (16.36%) ITSM
9 45 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (16.36%) Customer Service
10 40 (14.55%) Banking
11 36 (13.09%) Agile
11 36 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (12.36%) Service Management
13 32 (11.64%) Change Management
13 32 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (11.64%) Microsoft Office
14 31 (11.27%) Degree
15 30 (10.91%) Business Analysis
16 29 (10.55%) Asset Management
16 29 (10.55%) Project Management
17 28 (10.18%) DevOps
18 25 (9.09%) PowerShell
19 24 (8.73%) Azure
20 22 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
21 20 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
21 20 (7.27%) SCCM
21 20 (7.27%) ServiceNow
21 20 (7.27%) Public Sector

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 22 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.18%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.73%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (11.64%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Aligne
1 2 (0.73%) Maximo
2 1 (0.36%) assyst
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 69 (25.09%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (8.73%) Azure
3 11 (4.00%) SaaS
4 8 (2.91%) OneDrive
4 8 (2.91%) PaaS
5 7 (2.55%) AWS
6 5 (1.82%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.45%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.09%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.09%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.09%) Yammer
9 2 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.73%) Slack
10 1 (0.36%) Asana
10 1 (0.36%) Collibra
10 1 (0.36%) IaaS
10 1 (0.36%) Miro
10 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.36%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.18%) DHCP
1 17 (6.18%) DNS
2 12 (4.36%) LAN
3 11 (4.00%) WAN
4 9 (3.27%) MPLS
4 9 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.91%) SAN
6 6 (2.18%) Skype
7 5 (1.82%) Wireless
8 4 (1.45%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.45%) VPN
9 3 (1.09%) Firewall
10 2 (0.73%) Intranet
11 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.36%) Internet
11 1 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.45%) Power BI
2 4 (1.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.36%) GIS
3 1 (0.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (2.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.36%) MSI
2 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 107 (38.91%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.91%) Finance
3 45 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.55%) Banking
5 20 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.27%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.18%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.18%) Law
11 5 (1.82%) Billing
11 5 (1.82%) Local Government
12 4 (1.45%) Advertising
12 4 (1.45%) Marketing
12 4 (1.45%) Retail
13 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.09%) Legal
14 2 (0.73%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.45%) Middleware
2 1 (0.36%) .NET
2 1 (0.36%) ADO
2 1 (0.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.64%) CMDB
2 9 (3.27%) iPhone
2 9 (3.27%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.91%) Client/Server
3 8 (2.91%) Clustering
3 8 (2.91%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.18%) Cyberattack
4 6 (2.18%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.45%) IoT
7 3 (1.09%) Derivative
7 3 (1.09%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.09%) iPad
7 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.73%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 91 (33.09%) Windows
2 53 (19.27%) Windows 10
3 18 (6.55%) Apple iOS
4 16 (5.82%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.27%) Unix
7 8 (2.91%) Android
8 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.09%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.09%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.36%) Linux
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.18%) ITIL
2 45 (16.36%) Customer Service
2 45 (16.36%) ITSM
3 36 (13.09%) Agile
3 36 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (12.36%) Service Management
5 32 (11.64%) Change Management
5 32 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (10.91%) Business Analysis
7 29 (10.55%) Asset Management
7 29 (10.55%) Project Management
8 28 (10.18%) DevOps
9 18 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (5.82%) Data Protection
11 15 (5.45%) Data Analysis
11 15 (5.45%) Migration
11 15 (5.45%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (5.09%) Business Case
12 14 (5.09%) Decision-Making
12 14 (5.09%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.73%) Python
3 5 (1.82%) SQL
4 1 (0.36%) Bash
4 1 (0.36%) C#
4 1 (0.36%) C++
4 1 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
4 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 31 (11.27%) Degree
2 18 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.36%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.27%) CISM
5 8 (2.91%) CISSP
6 7 (2.55%) CISA
7 5 (1.82%) CRISC
7 5 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.09%) CCNA
9 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.73%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.36%) MBA
11 1 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (3.27%) SLA
3 7 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.55%) QA
4 4 (1.45%) PMO
5 2 (0.73%) GDPR
5 2 (0.73%) NIST
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.36%) GAAP
6 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (26.91%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.27%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.91%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.09%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.73%) Firmware
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
7 1 (0.36%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (7.27%) SCCM
2 10 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.64%) Nagios
3 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (2.91%) NetBackup
4 7 (2.55%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.73%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.36%) Ansible
6 1 (0.36%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.36%) CASB
6 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.36%) Nessus
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 68 (24.73%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.27%) ServiceNow
3 18 (6.55%) Citrix
4 12 (4.36%) Apple
4 12 (4.36%) VMware
5 8 (2.91%) Hitachi
5 8 (2.91%) NetApp
6 7 (2.55%) SAP
7 5 (1.82%) SmartStream
8 4 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.45%) Google
9 3 (1.09%) Mitel
10 2 (0.73%) Dell
10 2 (0.73%) Granicus
10 2 (0.73%) Okta
10 2 (0.73%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.36%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.36%) Equitrac
11 1 (0.36%) FireEye
11 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft