Technical Analyst Contracts

Technical Analyst
UK

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 424 376
Rank change year-on-year +126 -48 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 296 295 608
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.52% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.55% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 205 388
10th Percentile £215 £313 £350
25th Percentile £345 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +4.08% +8.89%
75th Percentile £605 £588 £560
90th Percentile £748 £655 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -28.21% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 25
10th Percentile - £14.85 £14.10
25th Percentile - £21.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £14.00 £24.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +68.97% -14.71%
75th Percentile £23.75 £31.13 £17.00
90th Percentile - £65.00 £35.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £18.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +24.14% -14.71%

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 39,476 54,050 83,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,679 37,739 58,629
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% +10.35%
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 2,653 1,507 2,053
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.88
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.70 £76.10 £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 15 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 15 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 +66 227 £525 +2.94% 78
London +85 130 £600 +9.09% 35
Work from Home +130 129 £550 +7.84% 88
UK excluding London +55 116 £350 -28.21% 45
East of England +25 27 £330 -32.31% 8
North of England +14 27 £475 - 11
Scotland +63 26 £450 +33.33% 3
Midlands +32 17 £375 -23.08% 8
Yorkshire +23 16 £525 +42.37% 5
West Midlands +18 12 £275 -47.62% 7
South West +15 12 £230 -54.90% 3
North West +10 11 £450 -10.00% 5
South East +7 6 £450 +12.50% 9
East Midlands +16 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 15 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 95 (32.09%) Finance
2 80 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 76 (25.68%) Agile
4 66 (22.30%) Banking
5 51 (17.23%) SQL
5 51 (17.23%) User Stories
6 37 (12.50%) ITIL
6 37 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (12.16%) Azure
8 35 (11.82%) JIRA
9 34 (11.49%) Microsoft
10 32 (10.81%) Windows
11 31 (10.47%) Back Office
11 31 (10.47%) Degree
12 29 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (9.80%) Python
12 29 (9.80%) Requirements Gathering
13 28 (9.46%) Data Modelling
13 28 (9.46%) Front Office
13 28 (9.46%) Customer Service
14 27 (9.12%) Asset Management
15 26 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
16 25 (8.45%) Acceptance Criteria
16 25 (8.45%) ITSM
16 25 (8.45%) Business Analysis
16 25 (8.45%) Security Cleared
17 24 (8.11%) Scrum
17 24 (8.11%) AWS
17 24 (8.11%) 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 (5.41%) Confluence
1 16 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.35%) 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 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.03%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.01%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Shopify
2 2 (0.68%) Endur
2 2 (0.68%) ION Anvil
2 2 (0.68%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.68%) 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 (12.16%) Azure
2 26 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.11%) AWS
4 10 (3.38%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.01%) BigCommerce
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.68%) Lucidchart
7 2 (0.68%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle CX
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 2 (0.68%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.34%) Apigee
8 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
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 (3.04%) WAN
2 6 (2.03%) LAN
3 4 (1.35%) Firewall
3 4 (1.35%) Skype
4 2 (0.68%) DNS
4 2 (0.68%) NAS
4 2 (0.68%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) DHCP
5 1 (0.34%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.73%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.38%) Power BI
3 9 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.03%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.69%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 5 (1.69%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (1.35%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.01%) Tableau
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.68%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.34%) Big Data
10 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.34%) GIS
10 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 35 (11.82%) JIRA
2 9 (3.04%) Postman
2 9 (3.04%) SoapUI
3 6 (2.03%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.34%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 95 (32.09%) Finance
2 80 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 66 (22.30%) Banking
4 37 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (10.47%) Back Office
6 28 (9.46%) Front Office
7 12 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.70%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.03%) Marketing
11 5 (1.69%) Retail
12 4 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.01%) German Language
14 2 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.68%) French Language
14 2 (0.68%) Local Government
15 1 (0.34%) Billing
15 1 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.36%) SOAP
2 6 (2.03%) Swagger
2 6 (2.03%) XML
3 5 (1.69%) OpenAPI
3 5 (1.69%) REST
3 5 (1.69%) Web Services
4 4 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.01%) ADO
5 3 (1.01%) OAuth
5 3 (1.01%) VML
6 2 (0.68%) Middleware
6 2 (0.68%) OpenID
6 2 (0.68%) 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 (7.09%) Derivative
1 21 (7.09%) Hedge funds
2 12 (4.05%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.72%) Learning Management System
4 7 (2.36%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.69%) CMDB
5 5 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.35%) AS400
6 4 (1.35%) Digital Media
6 4 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.35%) iPhone
7 3 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.01%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.68%) EPoS
8 2 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.68%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.81%) Windows
2 11 (3.72%) Mac OS
3 8 (2.70%) Android
4 7 (2.36%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.03%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.03%) Unix
6 5 (1.69%) Linux
7 4 (1.35%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) VMS
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (25.68%) Agile
2 51 (17.23%) User Stories
3 37 (12.50%) ITIL
3 37 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (9.80%) Requirements Gathering
4 29 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (9.46%) Customer Service
5 28 (9.46%) Data Modelling
6 27 (9.12%) Asset Management
7 25 (8.45%) Acceptance Criteria
7 25 (8.45%) Business Analysis
7 25 (8.45%) ITSM
8 24 (8.11%) DevOps
8 24 (8.11%) Scrum
9 23 (7.77%) Service Management
9 23 (7.77%) Use Case
10 21 (7.09%) Investment Management
11 20 (6.76%) Mentoring
12 19 (6.42%) Change Management
12 19 (6.42%) Epics
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.23%) SQL
2 29 (9.80%) Python
3 23 (7.77%) C#
4 8 (2.70%) Java
5 6 (2.03%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.69%) XPath
6 5 (1.69%) XQuery
7 4 (1.35%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.68%) R
8 2 (0.68%) VBA
9 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (10.47%) Degree
2 25 (8.45%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.08%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (3.72%) MCP
6 9 (3.04%) CCNA
7 4 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.68%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.68%) CCENT
9 2 (0.68%) MCSA
9 2 (0.68%) 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 (3.38%) QA
2 6 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.69%) NIST
4 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.68%) MiFID
5 2 (0.68%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.04%) SCCM
3 4 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (11.49%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.08%) SAP
3 12 (4.05%) Citrix
3 12 (4.05%) Oracle
4 9 (3.04%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.03%) Cisco
6 5 (1.69%) Apple
6 5 (1.69%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.01%) Adobe
7 3 (1.01%) Genesys
7 3 (1.01%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.68%) Databricks
8 2 (0.68%) Dell
8 2 (0.68%) Intel
8 2 (0.68%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.34%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.34%) F5
9 1 (0.34%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.34%) Workday