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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 653 771
Rank change year-on-year +109 +118 -90
Contract jobs citing Data Interpretation 35 31 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.055% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.061% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 17 35
10th Percentile £309 £173 £204
25th Percentile £345 £261 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £438 £438 £650
90th Percentile £495 £480 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £375 £375
% change year-on-year - - +58.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 11
10th Percentile - - £12.30
25th Percentile - - £12.63
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £14.50
75th Percentile £24.56 - £14.75
90th Percentile £54.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - -30.95%

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 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

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 2 June 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 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Interpretation in the UK

Data Interpretation
Top 13 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 2 June 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 +102 33 £385 +2.67% 54
UK excluding London +53 24 £375 - 36
Work from Home +116 17 £390 -8.24% 22
London +101 9 £390 -5.45% 24
Midlands +29 7 £300 -32.20% 6
South East +11 7 £375 - 9
North of England +33 5 £400 +6.67% 9
East Midlands +14 5 - - 5
South West - 4 £450 - 2
North West - 4 £400 - 5
West Midlands +15 2 £300 -32.20% 1
Yorkshire +21 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 - - 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 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (17.14%) SPSS
3 3 (8.57%) Sketch
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.43%) SaaS
3 3 (8.57%) Figma
4 1 (2.86%) GCP
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (2.86%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (34.29%) Power BI
2 4 (11.43%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (11.43%) Tableau
3 2 (5.71%) Data Mining
3 2 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.71%) Power Query
4 1 (2.86%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.86%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
General
1 21 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (17.14%) Finance
5 4 (11.43%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.71%) Local Government
8 1 (2.86%) Marketing
8 1 (2.86%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Administrator
3 5 (14.29%) Data Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Developer
5 3 (8.57%) React Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Service Level Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Service Manager
5 3 (8.57%) UX Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Accountant
6 2 (5.71%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) JavaScript Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Analytics Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Coordinator
7 1 (2.86%) Digital Product Owner
7 1 (2.86%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) D3.js
2 3 (8.57%) CSS
2 3 (8.57%) HTML
2 3 (8.57%) PySpark
2 3 (8.57%) React
3 1 (2.86%) LangChain
3 1 (2.86%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.57%) Biopharmaceutical
3 3 (8.57%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Data Analysis
2 11 (31.43%) Agile
3 10 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 10 (28.57%) Visualisation
4 9 (25.71%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (25.71%) Computer Science
4 9 (25.71%) Data Modelling
4 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (22.86%) Analytics
6 7 (20.00%) Data Collection
7 6 (17.14%) Data Science
7 6 (17.14%) ITIL
7 6 (17.14%) User Experience
8 5 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
8 5 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 5 (14.29%) Psychology
8 5 (14.29%) Qualitative Research
8 5 (14.29%) Sociology
8 5 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) Python
2 9 (25.71%) SQL
3 8 (22.86%) R
4 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) ACCA
5 2 (5.71%) CIMA
5 2 (5.71%) CIPFA
6 1 (2.86%) CISA
6 1 (2.86%) CISM
6 1 (2.86%) CISSP
6 1 (2.86%) HND
6 1 (2.86%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.71%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Remedy
3 1 (2.86%) Blue Prism
3 1 (2.86%) Google
3 1 (2.86%) OneTrust