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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 100 115
Rank change year-on-year +16 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 912 1,213 1,708
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.48% 2.48% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 2.75% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 818 1,150
10th Percentile £313 £308 £340
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £597 £625 £619
90th Percentile £725 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 56 91
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.47 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.24 £20.28
Median hourly rate £29.69 £33.65 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% -3.86% +42.86%
75th Percentile £52.75 £65.00 £59.38
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £32.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.22% -7.71% +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 31,798 44,069 63,755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 30,926 45,337
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,559 1,731
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 11 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
London +5 503 £500 -4.76% 346
North of England +27 108 £475 - 142
South East -11 101 £500 -1.96% 99
Midlands +50 78 £405 +1.25% 115
North West +6 68 £475 +2.70% 80
West Midlands +44 58 £400 -15.79% 72
South West +12 45 £513 +7.89% 64
East of England +6 35 £488 +18.90% 55
Yorkshire +20 33 £475 -9.52% 48
East Midlands +13 19 £425 +25.00% 43
North East +17 4 £431 -5.53% 15
Data Analysis
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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 25 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.30%) SAS
3 20 (2.19%) Confluence
4 15 (1.64%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.21%) MTS
6 10 (1.10%) IIS
7 9 (0.99%) Apache
8 6 (0.66%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.55%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.33%) Appian
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.11%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Jadu
12 1 (0.11%) Moodle
12 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 131 (14.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (3.73%) MS Visio
4 33 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.77%) Simulink
8 5 (0.55%) SPSS
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.22%) InVision
9 2 (0.22%) Mingle
9 2 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.22%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.11%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.08%) Endur
3 11 (1.21%) Aligne
3 11 (1.21%) EuroRunner
4 9 (0.99%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.66%) SimCorp Dimension
6 5 (0.55%) Primavera
7 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.44%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.44%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.33%) SAP PP
8 3 (0.33%) Shopify
9 2 (0.22%) Loan IQ
9 2 (0.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.22%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 211 (23.14%) Power Platform
2 108 (11.84%) Azure
3 63 (6.91%) AWS
4 30 (3.29%) Snowflake
5 26 (2.85%) Power Automate
6 20 (2.19%) Collibra
7 18 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (1.86%) PowerApps
9 16 (1.75%) GCP
10 13 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (1.43%) Serverless
11 11 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.10%) WhatsApp
13 8 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 8 (0.88%) OCI
14 7 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (0.66%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.86%) Internet
2 11 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (1.10%) Network Security
4 7 (0.77%) 5G
5 5 (0.55%) 2G
5 5 (0.55%) 3G
5 5 (0.55%) 4G
5 5 (0.55%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (0.44%) Wireless
7 3 (0.33%) SNA
8 1 (0.11%) AMQP
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.11%) DHCP
8 1 (0.11%) DMZ
8 1 (0.11%) Firewall
8 1 (0.11%) Modbus
8 1 (0.11%) MQTT
8 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (22.37%) Power BI
2 86 (9.43%) Tableau
3 84 (9.21%) Data Warehouse
4 77 (8.44%) SQL Server
5 57 (6.25%) Big Data
6 39 (4.28%) Data Lake
6 39 (4.28%) Metadata
7 28 (3.07%) Data Mining
8 23 (2.52%) Hadoop
8 23 (2.52%) Oracle Database
9 16 (1.75%) Qlik Sense
10 14 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (1.43%) GIS
11 13 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.10%) Power Query
13 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.99%) Metadata Repository
14 9 (0.99%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (5.37%) JIRA
2 8 (0.88%) Git
3 7 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 7 (0.77%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.66%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.66%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.55%) Maven
6 4 (0.44%) ERwin
6 4 (0.44%) LSMW
6 4 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.33%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.22%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.22%) Deequ
8 2 (0.22%) FitNesse
8 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.22%) kappa
8 2 (0.22%) RStudio
8 2 (0.22%) Selenium
9 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 310 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 256 (28.07%) Finance
3 225 (24.67%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.87%) Public Sector
5 69 (7.57%) Banking
6 41 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (3.95%) Marketing
8 30 (3.29%) Manufacturing
9 28 (3.07%) Retail
10 27 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 26 (2.85%) Back Office
12 25 (2.74%) Legal
13 21 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
14 20 (2.19%) Front Office
14 20 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (2.08%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.21%) Mandarin Language
16 11 (1.21%) Military
17 10 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 326 (35.75%) Analyst
2 153 (16.78%) Data Analyst
3 130 (14.25%) Business Analyst
4 87 (9.54%) Senior
5 70 (7.68%) Developer
6 53 (5.81%) Data Scientist
7 50 (5.48%) Data Engineer
8 48 (5.26%) Architect
9 45 (4.93%) Senior Analyst
10 40 (4.39%) Consultant
11 36 (3.95%) Data Architect
12 34 (3.73%) Lead
13 25 (2.74%) Data Business Analyst
14 20 (2.19%) C# Developer
15 19 (2.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 19 (2.08%) Senior Data Analyst
16 18 (1.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (1.97%) Power BI Developer
17 14 (1.54%) Data Manager
18 13 (1.43%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.51%) .NET
2 17 (1.86%) .NET Framework
3 11 (1.21%) Apache NiFi
3 11 (1.21%) Pandas
3 11 (1.21%) WinForms
4 10 (1.10%) PySpark
4 10 (1.10%) WPF
5 9 (0.99%) JSON
5 9 (0.99%) Kafka
5 9 (0.99%) WCF
5 9 (0.99%) XML
6 8 (0.88%) Matplotlib
6 8 (0.88%) Web Services
7 7 (0.77%) scikit-learn
8 6 (0.66%) NumPy
8 6 (0.66%) REST
8 6 (0.66%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.55%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.55%) HTML
9 5 (0.55%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.36%) Management Information System
2 40 (4.39%) Algorithms
3 35 (3.84%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.18%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.54%) NHS
7 13 (1.43%) Distributed Applications
7 13 (1.43%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
8 12 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
8 12 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.32%) Derivative
8 12 (1.32%) Market Risk
9 11 (1.21%) Equities
10 9 (0.99%) Hedge funds
11 8 (0.88%) Solar Panel
12 7 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.77%) IoT
13 6 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.51%) Windows
2 24 (2.63%) Linux
3 18 (1.97%) Unix
4 8 (0.88%) Android
4 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (25.99%) Business Intelligence
2 191 (20.94%) Data Modelling
2 191 (20.94%) Problem-Solving
3 180 (19.74%) Agile
3 180 (19.74%) Analytics
4 175 (19.19%) Visualisation
5 135 (14.80%) Decision-Making
6 106 (11.62%) Data Science
7 98 (10.75%) Data Visualisation
7 98 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 97 (10.64%) Data Management
8 97 (10.64%) Project Management
9 92 (10.09%) Migration
10 91 (9.98%) Data Governance
11 85 (9.32%) ETL
12 77 (8.44%) Actionable Insight
13 67 (7.35%) Computer Science
14 59 (6.47%) Data Migration
15 58 (6.36%) Business Analysis
16 57 (6.25%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 296 (32.46%) SQL
2 195 (21.38%) Python
3 49 (5.37%) R
4 44 (4.82%) C#
5 42 (4.61%) T-SQL
6 33 (3.62%) VBA
7 32 (3.51%) PL/SQL
8 26 (2.85%) Java
9 20 (2.19%) PowerShell
10 19 (2.08%) C++
10 19 (2.08%) VB
11 15 (1.64%) MATLAB
12 14 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 14 (1.54%) VB.NET
13 12 (1.32%) Scala
14 10 (1.10%) JavaScript
15 7 (0.77%) C
16 5 (0.55%) Bash
17 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
18 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 126 (13.82%) Degree
2 101 (11.07%) Security Cleared
3 68 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.62%) DV Cleared
5 27 (2.96%) Master's Degree
6 23 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 14 (1.54%) PMI Certification
9 12 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.32%) PMP
10 8 (0.88%) CBAP
11 6 (0.66%) CIMA
11 6 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (0.66%) PhD
11 6 (0.66%) Postgraduate
12 5 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.44%) CISSP
13 4 (0.44%) HNC
14 3 (0.33%) ACCA
14 3 (0.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (12.39%) Data Quality
2 71 (7.79%) QA
3 35 (3.84%) PMO
4 23 (2.52%) GDPR
5 22 (2.41%) SLA
6 16 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.88%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.88%) IFRS
9 8 (0.88%) NIST
10 5 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.55%) GRC
11 4 (0.44%) WCAG
12 3 (0.33%) EMIR
12 3 (0.33%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.33%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.22%) Basel III
13 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.22%) P3O
System Software
1 6 (0.66%) Docker
2 4 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.33%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.33%) MOM
3 2 (0.22%) SCCM
4 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.11%) Grafana
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
Vendors
1 96 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.68%) Oracle
3 67 (7.35%) SAP
4 33 (3.62%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.96%) ServiceNow
6 26 (2.85%) Databricks
7 20 (2.19%) Citrix
8 19 (2.08%) Google
9 15 (1.64%) Alteryx
9 15 (1.64%) Dell
10 13 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.10%) Splunk
12 8 (0.88%) Cadence
12 8 (0.88%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.77%) Adobe
13 7 (0.77%) IBM
13 7 (0.77%) Remedy
13 7 (0.77%) Trillium
14 6 (0.66%) iManage
14 6 (0.66%) SimCorp