Data Analysis Contracts in England

Data Analysis
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 101 115
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 932 1,245 1,722
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.52% 2.46% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 2.73% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 840 1,162
10th Percentile £313 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.72% +7.11%
75th Percentile £589 £625 £618
90th Percentile £713 £700 £737
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £505
% change year-on-year - -0.99% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 58 84
10th Percentile £18.00 £20.47 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% - +42.86%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £33.65 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.82% -3.86% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +9 507 £500 -4.76% 323
North of England +30 116 £475 -5.00% 129
South East -5 104 £500 -1.96% 95
Midlands +41 77 £425 +7.59% 98
North West +7 72 £475 - 74
West Midlands +54 57 £425 -5.66% 65
South West +24 47 £481 +1.32% 64
East of England +12 37 £488 +21.88% 64
Yorkshire +24 35 £450 -14.29% 37
East Midlands +10 18 £438 +28.68% 32
North East +22 6 £431 -5.53% 19
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 26 (2.79%) Confluence
2 24 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.15%) SAS
4 15 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.18%) MTS
6 9 (0.97%) Apache
6 9 (0.97%) IIS
7 6 (0.64%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.43%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.32%) Appian
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.11%) CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Jadu
11 1 (0.11%) Moodle
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 134 (14.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 31 (3.33%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.75%) Simulink
8 5 (0.54%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.54%) InVision
8 5 (0.54%) Sketch
8 5 (0.54%) SPSS
8 5 (0.54%) Zeplin
9 2 (0.21%) Mingle
10 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 22 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.04%) Endur
3 11 (1.18%) Aligne
3 11 (1.18%) EuroRunner
4 8 (0.86%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.54%) Primavera
5 5 (0.54%) SimCorp Dimension
6 4 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.32%) Shopify
8 2 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.21%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.21%) Maximo
8 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.21%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.21%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 200 (21.46%) Power Platform
2 98 (10.52%) Azure
3 64 (6.87%) AWS
4 33 (3.54%) Snowflake
5 26 (2.79%) Power Automate
6 20 (2.15%) Collibra
7 17 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (1.72%) GCP
8 16 (1.72%) PowerApps
9 14 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.18%) Serverless
13 10 (1.07%) WhatsApp
14 9 (0.97%) Figma
15 8 (0.86%) OCI
16 7 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 7 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (0.75%) SaaS
17 6 (0.64%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.72%) Internet
2 11 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (1.07%) Network Security
4 7 (0.75%) 5G
5 5 (0.54%) 2G
5 5 (0.54%) 3G
5 5 (0.54%) 4G
5 5 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.54%) SNA
6 4 (0.43%) Wireless
7 2 (0.21%) AMQP
7 2 (0.21%) DMZ
7 2 (0.21%) Firewall
7 2 (0.21%) Modbus
7 2 (0.21%) MQTT
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (20.71%) Power BI
2 83 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
3 81 (8.69%) SQL Server
3 81 (8.69%) Tableau
4 56 (6.01%) Big Data
5 39 (4.18%) Data Lake
6 37 (3.97%) Metadata
7 26 (2.79%) Oracle Database
8 25 (2.68%) Data Mining
9 24 (2.58%) Hadoop
10 14 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
10 14 (1.50%) Qlik Sense
11 13 (1.39%) GIS
11 13 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.07%) Power Query
14 9 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.97%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 48 (5.15%) JIRA
2 9 (0.97%) Git
3 7 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (0.64%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.64%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.64%) Visual Studio
5 5 (0.54%) Axure RP
5 5 (0.54%) Maven
6 4 (0.43%) ERwin
6 4 (0.43%) LSMW
7 3 (0.32%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.21%) Deequ
8 2 (0.21%) FitNesse
8 2 (0.21%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.21%) kappa
8 2 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.21%) RStudio
8 2 (0.21%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) CA Release Automation
General
1 308 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 259 (27.79%) Finance
3 236 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.09%) Public Sector
5 64 (6.87%) Banking
6 42 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
7 37 (3.97%) Marketing
8 35 (3.76%) Manufacturing
9 28 (3.00%) Legal
9 28 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 27 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (2.90%) Retail
11 22 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 21 (2.25%) Back Office
13 20 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.82%) Investment Banking
15 16 (1.72%) Front Office
16 14 (1.50%) Military
17 11 (1.18%) Mandarin Language
18 10 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 344 (36.91%) Analyst
2 161 (17.27%) Data Analyst
3 134 (14.38%) Business Analyst
4 89 (9.55%) Senior
5 70 (7.51%) Developer
6 56 (6.01%) Data Engineer
7 52 (5.58%) Data Scientist
7 52 (5.58%) Senior Analyst
8 51 (5.47%) Architect
9 39 (4.18%) Data Architect
10 37 (3.97%) Lead
11 36 (3.86%) Consultant
12 25 (2.68%) Data Business Analyst
12 25 (2.68%) Senior Data Analyst
13 23 (2.47%) C# Developer
14 17 (1.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 17 (1.82%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 17 (1.82%) SAP Analyst
15 16 (1.72%) Power BI Developer
16 15 (1.61%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.76%) .NET
2 21 (2.25%) .NET Framework
3 12 (1.29%) Apache NiFi
4 11 (1.18%) Pandas
5 10 (1.07%) JSON
5 10 (1.07%) Kafka
5 10 (1.07%) PySpark
5 10 (1.07%) WinForms
5 10 (1.07%) XML
6 9 (0.97%) Web Services
6 9 (0.97%) WPF
7 8 (0.86%) Matplotlib
7 8 (0.86%) REST
7 8 (0.86%) WCF
8 7 (0.75%) NumPy
8 7 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (0.75%) scikit-learn
9 6 (0.64%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.54%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.22%) Management Information System
2 41 (4.40%) Algorithms
3 34 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 27 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (2.90%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (1.50%) NHS
7 13 (1.39%) Distributed Applications
7 13 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
8 12 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
8 12 (1.29%) Market Risk
9 11 (1.18%) Derivative
9 11 (1.18%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.07%) Equities
11 8 (0.86%) Hedge funds
11 8 (0.86%) IoT
11 8 (0.86%) Reinsurance
11 8 (0.86%) Solar Panel
12 7 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.43%) Windows
2 25 (2.68%) Linux
3 18 (1.93%) Unix
4 8 (0.86%) Android
4 8 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (25.11%) Business Intelligence
2 199 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
3 193 (20.71%) Data Modelling
4 186 (19.96%) Agile
5 176 (18.88%) Analytics
6 167 (17.92%) Visualisation
7 141 (15.13%) Decision-Making
8 104 (11.16%) Data Science
9 103 (11.05%) Project Management
10 100 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 98 (10.52%) Data Management
12 97 (10.41%) Migration
13 91 (9.76%) Data Visualisation
13 91 (9.76%) ETL
14 90 (9.66%) Data Governance
15 76 (8.15%) Actionable Insight
16 65 (6.97%) Computer Science
17 62 (6.65%) Data Migration
18 58 (6.22%) Business Analysis
19 57 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 302 (32.40%) SQL
2 188 (20.17%) Python
3 51 (5.47%) R
4 48 (5.15%) C#
5 45 (4.83%) T-SQL
6 36 (3.86%) VBA
7 35 (3.76%) PL/SQL
8 26 (2.79%) Java
9 23 (2.47%) VB
10 22 (2.36%) PowerShell
11 19 (2.04%) VB.NET
12 16 (1.72%) C++
13 13 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 13 (1.39%) MATLAB
13 13 (1.39%) Scala
14 11 (1.18%) JavaScript
15 7 (0.75%) C
16 5 (0.54%) Bash
17 2 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 128 (13.73%) Degree
2 114 (12.23%) Security Cleared
3 78 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.65%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.58%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 15 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (1.61%) PMP
9 13 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.75%) CBAP
11 6 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.54%) CIMA
12 5 (0.54%) Postgraduate
12 5 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.43%) CISSP
13 4 (0.43%) HNC
14 3 (0.32%) CFA
14 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (12.98%) Data Quality
2 75 (8.05%) QA
3 37 (3.97%) PMO
4 24 (2.58%) GDPR
5 20 (2.15%) SLA
6 16 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (1.18%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.86%) IFRS
9 8 (0.86%) NIST
10 7 (0.75%) WCAG
11 5 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.54%) GRC
11 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.43%) EMIR
13 3 (0.32%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.32%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.21%) Basel III
14 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 7 (0.75%) Docker
2 4 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.32%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.32%) MOM
3 2 (0.21%) Grafana
3 2 (0.21%) SCCM
4 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.11%) SysTrack
4 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 94 (10.09%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.37%) Oracle
3 76 (8.15%) SAP
4 31 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.47%) Citrix
5 23 (2.47%) ServiceNow
6 22 (2.36%) Databricks
7 20 (2.15%) Google
8 15 (1.61%) Dell
9 14 (1.50%) Alteryx
10 13 (1.39%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.07%) Splunk
12 9 (0.97%) Adobe
12 9 (0.97%) Remedy
13 8 (0.86%) Cadence
13 8 (0.86%) Dataiku
14 7 (0.75%) IBM
14 7 (0.75%) iManage
14 7 (0.75%) Trillium
15 6 (0.64%) Informatica