Data Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 105 131
Rank change year-on-year +17 +26 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 55 43 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.06% 1.46% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.55% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 32 28
10th Percentile £261 £280 £300
25th Percentile £325 £309 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £457 £429
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +6.45% +7.25%
75th Percentile £500 £526 £468
90th Percentile £555 £550 £500
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £19.75 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £25.00 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £28.16 -
Median % change year-on-year +184.09% - -
75th Percentile £90.00 £32.30 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £80.00 £23.14 £19.52
% change year-on-year +245.68% +18.56% -21.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,498 2,771 3,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 94.32% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,920 2,280
10th Percentile £207 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire +9 43 £400 -18.37% 6
Buckinghamshire +26 9 £400 +15.11% 5
Oxfordshire +3 3 £233 -
Data Analyst
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (45.45%) SQL
2 23 (41.82%) Tableau
3 21 (38.18%) Analytics
4 20 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (34.55%) Finance
6 18 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (32.73%) Power BI
6 18 (32.73%) Data Quality
6 18 (32.73%) Power Platform
7 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (25.45%) Decision-Making
8 14 (25.45%) Data Modelling
9 13 (23.64%) Data Cleansing
10 11 (20.00%) Data Analysis
11 10 (18.18%) Credit Risk
11 10 (18.18%) Python
11 10 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
11 10 (18.18%) Alteryx
11 10 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (16.36%) Snowflake
12 9 (16.36%) Data Analytics
12 9 (16.36%) Data Governance
12 9 (16.36%) Visualisation
12 9 (16.36%) SAS
12 9 (16.36%) Legal
13 8 (14.55%) Telecoms
13 8 (14.55%) Social Skills
14 7 (12.73%) SPSS
14 7 (12.73%) Salesforce
14 7 (12.73%) Agile

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (16.36%) SAS
2 1 (1.82%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) SPSS
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 18 (32.73%) Power Platform
2 9 (16.36%) Snowflake
3 5 (9.09%) Azure
4 3 (5.45%) AWS
4 3 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.82%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (41.82%) Tableau
2 18 (32.73%) Power BI
3 7 (12.73%) Qlik Sense
4 4 (7.27%) Big Data
5 3 (5.45%) Data Lake
5 3 (5.45%) Data Mining
5 3 (5.45%) PowerPivot
6 2 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.64%) Power Query
7 1 (1.82%) GIS
7 1 (1.82%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.82%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (34.55%) Finance
2 18 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.36%) Legal
4 8 (14.55%) Social Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Telecoms
5 6 (10.91%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 4 (7.27%) Retail
8 3 (5.45%) Banking
8 3 (5.45%) Local Government
9 2 (3.64%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.73%) D3.js
2 1 (1.82%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Credit Risk
2 3 (5.45%) IoT
2 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.64%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.82%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.82%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.82%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.18%) Analytics
2 20 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (25.45%) Data Modelling
4 14 (25.45%) Decision-Making
5 13 (23.64%) Data Cleansing
6 11 (20.00%) Data Analysis
7 10 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
7 10 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
8 9 (16.36%) Data Analytics
8 9 (16.36%) Data Governance
8 9 (16.36%) Visualisation
9 7 (12.73%) Agile
10 6 (10.91%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 6 (10.91%) Six Sigma
11 5 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
11 5 (9.09%) Mathematics
11 5 (9.09%) Statistics
12 4 (7.27%) Data Migration
12 4 (7.27%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 25 (45.45%) SQL
2 10 (18.18%) Python
3 7 (12.73%) R
4 1 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.82%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (5.45%) Degree
2 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.82%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (32.73%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (1.82%) IFRS
3 1 (1.82%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.82%) PMO
Vendors
1 10 (18.18%) Alteryx
2 7 (12.73%) Salesforce
3 6 (10.91%) Databricks
4 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.64%) Ceridian
5 2 (3.64%) Concur
5 2 (3.64%) Oracle
6 1 (1.82%) Informatica
6 1 (1.82%) Workday