Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £485 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 11 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 1,588 2,814 5,170
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.85% 11.68% 11.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.60% 12.26% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,110 2,045 3,794
10th Percentile £266 £250 £261
25th Percentile £375 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £538
90th Percentile £688 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 70 102
10th Percentile £12.90 £13.08 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.71 £16.24 £12.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £20.16 £18.04
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% +11.78% +7.67%
75th Percentile £27.00 £27.02 £23.53
90th Percentile £44.00 £50.75 £32.44
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.14 £15.74
% change year-on-year -10.14% +15.25% -3.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analyst.

Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Analyst.

Analyst hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Analyst hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 475 (29.91%) Finance
2 419 (26.39%) Social Skills
3 327 (20.59%) Agile
4 278 (17.51%) SQL
5 252 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
6 206 (12.97%) Banking
7 203 (12.78%) Business Analysis
8 190 (11.96%) Microsoft
9 179 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
10 176 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 174 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
12 165 (10.39%) User Stories
13 160 (10.08%) Power Platform
14 154 (9.70%) Public Sector
15 153 (9.63%) Power BI
16 142 (8.94%) Analytics
17 141 (8.88%) Degree
18 135 (8.50%) Data Analysis
18 135 (8.50%) Requirements Gathering
19 130 (8.19%) Python
20 128 (8.06%) Migration
20 128 (8.06%) Azure
21 125 (7.87%) Security Cleared
22 120 (7.56%) JIRA
23 118 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
24 107 (6.74%) User Acceptance Testing
25 96 (6.05%) QA
25 96 (6.05%) Project Management
26 94 (5.92%) SC Cleared
27 90 (5.67%) Change Management

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 50 (3.15%) Confluence
2 36 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.63%) SAS
5 8 (0.50%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.44%) Apache
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.19%) Appian
8 3 (0.19%) MTS
8 3 (0.19%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.13%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.063%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.063%) CMS
10 1 (0.063%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.063%) JBoss
10 1 (0.063%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.063%) nginx
10 1 (0.063%) Tomcat
Applications
1 118 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 43 (2.71%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.25%) Trello
8 3 (0.19%) Acrobat
8 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (0.69%) Endur
4 9 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.50%) Maximo
5 8 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
7 5 (0.31%) Aligne
7 5 (0.31%) NEC Housing
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.25%) Academy Housing
8 4 (0.25%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 4 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (0.19%) EuroRunner
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 160 (10.08%) Power Platform
2 128 (8.06%) Azure
3 66 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (3.97%) AWS
5 30 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (1.76%) SaaS
7 22 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (1.01%) Entra ID
8 16 (1.01%) GCP
8 16 (1.01%) Google Analytics
9 14 (0.88%) PowerApps
10 13 (0.82%) OneDrive
10 13 (0.82%) Power Automate
11 12 (0.76%) OCI
12 9 (0.57%) Adobe Analytics
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (0.44%) PaaS
13 7 (0.44%) Snowflake
14 6 (0.38%) Oracle Service Cloud
14 6 (0.38%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.13%) Firewall
2 13 (0.82%) VPN
3 10 (0.63%) Internet
4 9 (0.57%) DNS
5 8 (0.50%) Network Security
6 7 (0.44%) DHCP
6 7 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.38%) VLAN
8 5 (0.31%) FIX Connectivity
8 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.19%) Intranet
10 3 (0.19%) WAN
11 2 (0.13%) HTTP
11 2 (0.13%) NAS
11 2 (0.13%) PuTTY
11 2 (0.13%) VoIP
11 2 (0.13%) WinSCP
11 2 (0.13%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.063%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (9.63%) Power BI
2 48 (3.02%) Tableau
3 38 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (1.95%) SQL Server
5 17 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.01%) Big Data
6 16 (1.01%) BigQuery
7 14 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (0.76%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (0.57%) GIS
11 9 (0.57%) Looker
11 9 (0.57%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.50%) Hadoop
12 8 (0.50%) Metadata
13 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 120 (7.56%) JIRA
2 18 (1.13%) Postman
3 16 (1.01%) Selenium
4 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.57%) Git
5 9 (0.57%) TestRail
6 8 (0.50%) Eclipse
7 6 (0.38%) JMeter
7 6 (0.38%) SoapUI
7 6 (0.38%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.31%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.31%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.25%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.25%) Subversion
9 4 (0.25%) TestComplete
9 4 (0.25%) Toad
9 4 (0.25%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.19%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 475 (29.91%) Finance
2 419 (26.39%) Social Skills
3 252 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
4 206 (12.97%) Banking
5 154 (9.70%) Public Sector
6 63 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (3.90%) Front Office
8 47 (2.96%) Marketing
9 44 (2.77%) Back Office
10 43 (2.71%) Retail
11 40 (2.52%) Telecoms
12 37 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (2.27%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
16 24 (1.51%) Investment Banking
16 24 (1.51%) Legal
17 20 (1.26%) Local Government
18 15 (0.94%) Billing
19 14 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.26%) XML
2 18 (1.13%) .NET
3 12 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (0.63%) HTML
4 10 (0.63%) JSON
5 9 (0.57%) Web Services
6 8 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (0.44%) REST
8 6 (0.38%) Middleware
8 6 (0.38%) Swagger
9 5 (0.31%) ADO
9 5 (0.31%) IDoc
9 5 (0.31%) OpenAPI
10 4 (0.25%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.25%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.25%) OAuth
10 4 (0.25%) PySpark
11 3 (0.19%) Django
11 3 (0.19%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.19%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 72 (4.53%) Product Ownership
2 52 (3.27%) Derivative
3 49 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.64%) Hedge funds
5 32 (2.02%) Equities
6 30 (1.89%) Fixed Income
7 26 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 25 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.07%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.07%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.07%) Reinsurance
9 17 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 13 (0.82%) Data Structures
10 13 (0.82%) NHS
11 12 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.50%) Driving Licence
13 8 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 82 (5.16%) Windows
2 30 (1.89%) Windows 10
3 18 (1.13%) Unix
4 16 (1.01%) Linux
5 12 (0.76%) Android
6 8 (0.50%) Windows 7
6 8 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.19%) VMS
10 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.063%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.063%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (20.59%) Agile
2 203 (12.78%) Business Analysis
3 179 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
4 176 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 174 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
6 165 (10.39%) User Stories
7 142 (8.94%) Analytics
8 135 (8.50%) Data Analysis
8 135 (8.50%) Requirements Gathering
9 128 (8.06%) Migration
10 107 (6.74%) User Acceptance Testing
11 96 (6.05%) Project Management
12 90 (5.67%) Change Management
13 84 (5.29%) Data Modelling
14 79 (4.97%) Acceptance Criteria
15 77 (4.85%) Customer Service
15 77 (4.85%) Visualisation
16 76 (4.79%) DevOps
16 76 (4.79%) Scrum
17 73 (4.60%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 278 (17.51%) SQL
2 130 (8.19%) Python
3 47 (2.96%) C#
4 22 (1.39%) Java
5 19 (1.20%) R
6 17 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.88%) VBA
8 13 (0.82%) C++
9 12 (0.76%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.44%) C
12 7 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.44%) Perl
13 5 (0.31%) ABAP
13 5 (0.31%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.25%) VB
14 4 (0.25%) VBScript
15 3 (0.19%) Bash
Qualifications
1 141 (8.88%) Degree
2 125 (7.87%) Security Cleared
3 94 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 29 (1.83%) DV Cleared
5 18 (1.13%) CISSP
6 17 (1.07%) CISM
6 17 (1.07%) ISTQB
7 15 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
9 10 (0.63%) ISEB
9 10 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (0.50%) CISA
10 8 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.44%) CRISC
11 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.38%) APMP
12 6 (0.38%) CBAP
12 6 (0.38%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.05%) QA
2 69 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 55 (3.46%) PMO
4 31 (1.95%) SLA
5 22 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.20%) NIST
7 18 (1.13%) GDPR
8 12 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
9 10 (0.63%) SEPA
10 9 (0.57%) MiFID
11 8 (0.50%) EMIR
12 7 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.38%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.38%) GRC
13 6 (0.38%) GxP
14 5 (0.31%) GAAP
14 5 (0.31%) IFRS
15 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 59 (3.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
2 3 (0.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.19%) vSphere
3 2 (0.13%) Firmware
3 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.063%) Snort
4 1 (0.063%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.063%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.38%) SCCM
3 5 (0.31%) Nessus
4 4 (0.25%) Ansible
5 3 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.19%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.19%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.13%) BladeLogic
6 2 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.13%) Nmap
6 2 (0.13%) QRadar
6 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.063%) CASB
7 1 (0.063%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.063%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.063%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.063%) Terraform
7 1 (0.063%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 190 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.91%) Oracle
3 77 (4.85%) SAP
4 54 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 29 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 22 (1.39%) Google
7 19 (1.20%) Splunk
8 16 (1.01%) Adobe
9 14 (0.88%) Ariba
10 12 (0.76%) Alteryx
10 12 (0.76%) Bloomberg
11 11 (0.69%) Databricks
12 9 (0.57%) IFS
12 9 (0.57%) Qualys
13 8 (0.50%) Atlassian
13 8 (0.50%) Cadence
13 8 (0.50%) Cisco
14 7 (0.44%) Apple
14 7 (0.44%) NEC
14 7 (0.44%) Varonis