Data Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Data Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 118 120
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 33 45 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.21% 1.32% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.39% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 53
10th Percentile £346 £185 £252
25th Percentile £356 £256 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £345 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -13.75% +0.63%
75th Percentile £443 £438 £475
90th Percentile £476 £538 £534
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 11
10th Percentile - £24.13 £21.75
25th Percentile - £28.44 -
Median hourly rate - £36.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £43.44 -
90th Percentile - £47.38 -
England median hourly rate £21.64 £22.16 £20.49
% change year-on-year -2.35% +8.15% +10.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,513 3,238 4,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 94.62% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 2,280 3,523
10th Percentile £213 £220 £208
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 172
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.52
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £14.24
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.07% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.03
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +6 17 £431 +26.84% 15
East Midlands +24 16 £363 -9.38% 12
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Data 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 across the Midlands region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (39.39%) Business Intelligence
1 13 (39.39%) SQL
2 11 (33.33%) Python
2 11 (33.33%) Finance
2 11 (33.33%) Analytics
3 10 (30.30%) Oracle
3 10 (30.30%) Test Scripting
4 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (24.24%) Data Analytics
6 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
6 7 (21.21%) Data Analysis
6 7 (21.21%) Logistic Regression
7 6 (18.18%) Hadoop
7 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
7 6 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (18.18%) R
7 6 (18.18%) Power BI
8 5 (15.15%) Oracle Database
8 5 (15.15%) Impala
8 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
8 5 (15.15%) Data Science
8 5 (15.15%) Decision Tree
8 5 (15.15%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
8 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
8 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
8 5 (15.15%) Business Strategy
9 4 (12.12%) Denodo
9 4 (12.12%) Performance Testing

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Azure App Service
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Hadoop
1 6 (18.18%) Power BI
2 5 (15.15%) Impala
2 5 (15.15%) Oracle Database
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (6.06%) Data Mining
5 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (3.03%) Big Data
5 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.03%) Pentaho
5 1 (3.03%) Power Query
5 1 (3.03%) Presto
5 1 (3.03%) Tableau
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Local Government
5 2 (6.06%) Marketing
5 2 (6.06%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.03%) FMCG
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (33.33%) Analytics
3 10 (30.30%) Test Scripting
4 8 (24.24%) Data Analytics
5 7 (21.21%) Data Analysis
5 7 (21.21%) Logistic Regression
6 5 (15.15%) Business Strategy
6 5 (15.15%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (15.15%) Data Science
6 5 (15.15%) Decision Tree
6 5 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Manual Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Performance Analysis
7 4 (12.12%) Performance Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (12.12%) System Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Visualisation
7 4 (12.12%) Web Testing
7 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) SQL
2 11 (33.33%) Python
3 6 (18.18%) R
4 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
1 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) ACCA
3 1 (3.03%) CIMA
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) Oracle
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Denodo
4 2 (6.06%) Databricks
5 1 (3.03%) Splunk
5 1 (3.03%) Teradata