Data Analyst Contracts in Reading

Data Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Data Analyst daily rate in Reading is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 73 85
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 -40
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 24 15 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.05% 1.48% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 1.54% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 14
10th Percentile - £336 £301
25th Percentile £243 £460 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £515 £439
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% +17.29% +9.77%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £470
90th Percentile £500 £546 £530
Berkshire median daily rate £380 £513 £436
% change year-on-year -25.85% +17.57% +8.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,088 973 1,284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 95.96% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 656 872
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +11.11% +4.21%
75th Percentile £624 £655 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 23 7
10th Percentile £35.70 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -26.76%
75th Percentile £73.50 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.15 £56.89 £19.25
% change year-on-year +3.98% +195.51% -8.55%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Reading

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in Reading

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in Reading

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 Reading region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (62.50%) Tableau
2 13 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (45.83%) Dashboard Development
3 11 (45.83%) Finance
4 10 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (41.67%) Power BI
4 10 (41.67%) Power Platform
4 10 (41.67%) Analytics
4 10 (41.67%) Alteryx
4 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (33.33%) Snowflake
5 8 (33.33%) Data Quality
5 8 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 8 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
5 8 (33.33%) Salesforce
5 8 (33.33%) Legal
5 8 (33.33%) Credit Risk
6 6 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
6 6 (25.00%) SQL
6 6 (25.00%) Databricks
7 5 (20.83%) Data Analysis
7 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
8 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
9 3 (12.50%) UX Design
9 3 (12.50%) PowerPivot
9 3 (12.50%) Machine Learning
9 3 (12.50%) Big Data
9 3 (12.50%) User Experience
9 3 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) Statistics

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) Power Platform
2 8 (33.33%) Snowflake
3 1 (4.17%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (62.50%) Tableau
2 10 (41.67%) Power BI
3 3 (12.50%) Big Data
3 3 (12.50%) Data Mining
3 3 (12.50%) PowerPivot
4 1 (4.17%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Finance
3 8 (33.33%) Legal
4 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
5 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Local Government
6 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Retail
7 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Dashboard Development
2 10 (41.67%) Analytics
2 10 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 8 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 6 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
5 5 (20.83%) Data Analysis
6 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (12.50%) Machine Learning
7 3 (12.50%) Service Management
7 3 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
7 3 (12.50%) Statistics
7 3 (12.50%) User Experience
7 3 (12.50%) UX Design
8 2 (8.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
8 2 (8.33%) Migration
8 2 (8.33%) Source to Pay
8 2 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Alteryx
2 8 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 6 (25.00%) Databricks
4 1 (4.17%) Ceridian
4 1 (4.17%) Concur
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft