Data Analytics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 229 214
Rank change year-on-year +5 -15 +59
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 179 236 382
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.87% 1.01% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.12% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 167 249
10th Percentile £325 £313 £355
25th Percentile £358 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £501
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +7.49% +0.10%
75th Percentile £635 £614 £625
90th Percentile £775 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +6.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 13
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.70 £9.37
25th Percentile £14.78 £14.00 £9.92
Median hourly rate £21.06 £78.00 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -73.01% +270.72% -12.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £79.19 £35.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.25 £59.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -48.73% +80.15% +36.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Analytics 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Midlands +47 77 £500 -7.41% 52
West Midlands +31 62 £550 +1.85% 43
South East +5 38 £450 -5.26% 32
North of England +20 32 £550 +10.00% 53
North West +21 26 £569 +33.82% 25
East Midlands +30 15 £383 -23.50% 9
Wales +30 12 £550 - 4
Scotland +8 7 £509 -15.21% 14
East of England +3 7 £307 -28.72% 17
South West 0 7 £600 -7.69% 36
Yorkshire +4 5 £515 -6.36% 16
North East +13 1 - - 13
Data Analytics
UK

Data Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (8.38%) SAS
2 5 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.68%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.68%) Confluence
4 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) CICS
5 1 (0.56%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.68%) SPSS
6 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.58%) Power Platform
2 33 (18.44%) Azure
3 16 (8.94%) AWS
4 8 (4.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.79%) GCP
6 5 (2.79%) GitHub
7 4 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.68%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.68%) Azure Stack
8 3 (1.68%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.12%) IaaS
9 2 (1.12%) PaaS
9 2 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.15%) VPN
2 10 (5.59%) Firewall
3 9 (5.03%) LAN
3 9 (5.03%) MPLS
3 9 (5.03%) PBX
3 9 (5.03%) VoIP
3 9 (5.03%) WAN
3 9 (5.03%) WLAN
4 5 (2.79%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (2.79%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (2.79%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (2.79%) DHCP
4 5 (2.79%) DNS
4 5 (2.79%) Internet
4 5 (2.79%) Network Security
4 5 (2.79%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.23%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (24.02%) Power BI
2 23 (12.85%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (12.85%) Tableau
3 21 (11.73%) MySQL
4 17 (9.50%) Big Data
5 16 (8.94%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (5.59%) Crystal Reports
7 9 (5.03%) Data Lake
8 8 (4.47%) Hadoop
9 6 (3.35%) Impala
9 6 (3.35%) Relational Database
9 6 (3.35%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.68%) Data Mining
10 3 (1.68%) Metadata
10 3 (1.68%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.68%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (1.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (1.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 18 (10.06%) Git
2 8 (4.47%) Jenkins
2 8 (4.47%) JIRA
3 4 (2.23%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.23%) GitLab
4 3 (1.68%) Postman
5 2 (1.12%) Storybook
6 1 (0.56%) AppScan
6 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 46 (25.70%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (20.11%) Finance
3 30 (16.76%) Social Skills
4 20 (11.17%) Telecoms
5 14 (7.82%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (5.03%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.03%) Retail
8 5 (2.79%) Banking
9 4 (2.23%) Law
9 4 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Automotive
10 3 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Legal
11 2 (1.12%) Marketing
11 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 36 (20.11%) Analyst
2 26 (14.53%) Data Analyst
3 24 (13.41%) Architect
4 20 (11.17%) Developer
5 18 (10.06%) Senior
6 13 (7.26%) Project Manager
7 11 (6.15%) Data Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (5.59%) Analytics Manager
9 9 (5.03%) Data Manager
10 8 (4.47%) Data Analytics Manager
11 7 (3.91%) IFS Developer
12 6 (3.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 6 (3.35%) Data Architect
12 6 (3.35%) Enterprise Architect
12 6 (3.35%) Splunk Engineer
13 5 (2.79%) Azure Architect
13 5 (2.79%) Product Manager
13 5 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.79%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.59%) Web Services
2 5 (2.79%) PySpark
3 4 (2.23%) Vue
4 3 (1.68%) D3.js
4 3 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.68%) Laravel
4 3 (1.68%) React
5 2 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.12%) Playwright
5 2 (1.12%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.56%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.56%) Dask
6 1 (0.56%) Flask
6 1 (0.56%) LDAP
6 1 (0.56%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.56%) NumPy
6 1 (0.56%) OpenLayers
6 1 (0.56%) Pandas
6 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (5.03%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.91%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.35%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.79%) Life Science
7 4 (2.23%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.23%) NHS
8 3 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.68%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.12%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.12%) FMCG
9 2 (1.12%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.12%) IoT
9 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.12%) Robotics
9 2 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.79%) Linux
2 2 (1.12%) Windows
3 1 (0.56%) Unix
3 1 (0.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (100.00%) Analytics
2 56 (31.28%) Business Intelligence
3 45 (25.14%) Agile
4 41 (22.91%) ETL
5 36 (20.11%) Project Management
6 25 (13.97%) Dashboard Development
6 25 (13.97%) Data Modelling
6 25 (13.97%) Visualisation
7 24 (13.41%) Data Extraction
7 24 (13.41%) Scrum
8 23 (12.85%) Process Improvement
9 22 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (11.73%) Roadmaps
11 20 (11.17%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (11.17%) Data Analysis
11 20 (11.17%) Data Management
11 20 (11.17%) Migration
11 20 (11.17%) Software Engineering
12 18 (10.06%) Requirements Gathering
13 17 (9.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (35.20%) SQL
2 37 (20.67%) Python
3 13 (7.26%) R
4 6 (3.35%) Search Processing Language
4 6 (3.35%) Shell Script
5 4 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.23%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.68%) Java
6 3 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.68%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.12%) Bash
7 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.12%) PHP
7 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.56%) CLIST
8 1 (0.56%) COBOL
8 1 (0.56%) HiveQL
8 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.56%) REXX
8 1 (0.56%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 30 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 27 (15.08%) Degree
3 25 (13.97%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.03%) CCIE
4 9 (5.03%) CCIE Data Center
4 9 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.79%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.23%) CCNP
7 4 (2.23%) CISSP
7 4 (2.23%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CISA
9 1 (0.56%) CISM
9 1 (0.56%) HND
9 1 (0.56%) ISEB
9 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.06%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.15%) QA
3 5 (2.79%) GAMP
3 5 (2.79%) GxP
3 5 (2.79%) PMO
4 4 (2.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.68%) GDPR
6 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 18 (10.06%) Grafana
2 4 (2.23%) Ansible
3 3 (1.68%) Graylog
3 3 (1.68%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.68%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.68%) Terraform
4 2 (1.12%) Nagios
5 1 (0.56%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.56%) Nessus
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.56%) Puppet
5 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.56%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 38 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.94%) Denodo
2 16 (8.94%) Talend
3 11 (6.15%) Oracle
4 10 (5.59%) IFS
5 9 (5.03%) Cisco
5 9 (5.03%) Splunk
6 8 (4.47%) Databricks
7 5 (2.79%) Autodesk
7 5 (2.79%) CheckPoint
7 5 (2.79%) Infoblox
7 5 (2.79%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.79%) Symantec
7 5 (2.79%) Zscaler
8 4 (2.23%) Informatica
9 3 (1.68%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.68%) JD Edwards
9 3 (1.68%) QAD
9 3 (1.68%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.68%) SAP