Data Interpretation Contracts

Data Interpretation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Interpretation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 682 777
Rank change year-on-year +116 +95 -138
Contract jobs citing Data Interpretation 32 37 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.062% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.069% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 36
10th Percentile £304 £210 £223
25th Percentile £348 £271 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £388 £504
Median % change year-on-year +0.65% -23.12% +1.82%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £639
90th Percentile £514 £544 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £286 £430
% change year-on-year +32.97% -33.54% +72.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 11
10th Percentile - £42.80 £12.30
25th Percentile - £44.00 £12.53
Median hourly rate £14.00 £46.01 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -69.57% +217.28% -54.83%
75th Percentile £24.56 £48.01 £14.75
90th Percentile £54.00 £49.21 £32.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £46.01 £14.50
% change year-on-year -69.57% +217.28% -45.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Interpretation 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Data Interpretation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Interpretation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Interpretation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Interpretation within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +125 31 £390 +4.00% 37
UK excluding London +67 21 £380 +32.97% 28
Work from Home +135 14 £390 -8.24% 12
London +95 10 £390 -8.24% 13
Midlands +30 8 £300 - 1
East Midlands +23 6 £450 - 1
South East +27 5 £353 - 5
North of England +36 4 - - 13
South West - 4 £450 - 3
North West - 3 - - 13
West Midlands - 2 £300 -
Yorkshire +20 1 - -

Data Interpretation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (15.63%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (15.63%) SPSS
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 4 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (3.13%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (3.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (37.50%) Power BI
2 4 (12.50%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (12.50%) Tableau
3 2 (6.25%) Data Mining
3 2 (6.25%) Power Query
4 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 20 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (53.13%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Local Government
5 2 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Data Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Administrator
3 5 (15.63%) Data Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) Senior
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Service Level Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Service Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Accountant
6 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Digital Product Owner
6 2 (6.25%) Product Owner
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Product Owner
7 1 (3.13%) Analytics Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Forensic Data Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Quantitative Researcher
7 1 (3.13%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) D3.js
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) PySpark
2 1 (3.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (3.13%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Data Analysis
2 11 (34.38%) Decision-Making
3 10 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (31.25%) Computer Science
4 9 (28.13%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (28.13%) Agile
5 8 (25.00%) Data Modelling
5 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 7 (21.88%) Analytics
6 7 (21.88%) Data Collection
7 6 (18.75%) Data Science
7 6 (18.75%) ITIL
8 5 (15.63%) Anthropology
8 5 (15.63%) Focus Group
8 5 (15.63%) Mathematics
8 5 (15.63%) Psychology
8 5 (15.63%) Qualitative Research
8 5 (15.63%) Quantitative Research
8 5 (15.63%) Sociology
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) Python
1 8 (25.00%) SQL
2 7 (21.88%) R
3 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) ACCA
5 2 (6.25%) CIMA
5 2 (6.25%) CIPFA
6 1 (3.13%) CISA
6 1 (3.13%) CISM
6 1 (3.13%) CISSP
6 1 (3.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Remedy
3 1 (3.13%) OneTrust