Data Analytics Contracts

Data Analytics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 239 213
Rank change year-on-year +13 -26 +26
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 449 653 1,221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 1.12% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.25% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 446 874
10th Percentile £350 £350 £405
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +6.73%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £518
% change year-on-year -2.42% +3.96% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 23
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.21 £9.92
25th Percentile £15.66 £21.88 £19.15
Median hourly rate £30.25 £59.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.73% +68.57% +45.83%
75th Percentile £43.75 £79.19 £36.88
90th Percentile - - £45.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.06 £78.00 £25.52
% change year-on-year -73.01% +205.64% +6.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,097 52,247 79,383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.81% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,888 36,212 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,719 1,895
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.58
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analytics over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK

Data Analytics
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 12 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
England +7 391 £550 +1.85% 447
London -5 211 £570 -0.87% 229
UK excluding London +18 180 £525 -2.42% 223
Work from Home +23 159 £516 -4.00% 200
Midlands +45 78 £525 -2.78% 49
West Midlands +29 63 £550 +1.85% 40
South East -1 38 £450 -5.26% 31
North of England +16 32 £550 +10.00% 61
North West +28 26 £569 +33.82% 27
East Midlands +28 15 £383 -23.50% 9
Wales +31 12 £550 - 5
Scotland +10 7 £509 -15.21% 18
East of England +3 7 £307 -28.72% 18
South West -2 7 £600 -7.69% 39
Yorkshire +7 5 £515 -6.36% 16
North East +15 1 - - 18

Data Analytics
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 16 (3.56%) SAS
2 15 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.34%) Confluence
4 5 (1.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 5 (1.11%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.89%) govService
5 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.67%) CMS
7 2 (0.45%) Apache
7 2 (0.45%) CICS
8 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.67%) CPLEX
5 3 (0.67%) SPSS
6 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.22%) InVision
7 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.78%) Endur
2 5 (1.11%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 4 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.67%) Shopify
5 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.22%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 107 (23.83%) Power Platform
2 103 (22.94%) Azure
3 62 (13.81%) AWS
4 32 (7.13%) GCP
5 17 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 17 (3.79%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (2.67%) Adobe Analytics
9 11 (2.45%) Google Analytics
10 9 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.78%) Serverless
12 7 (1.56%) GitHub
12 7 (1.56%) PaaS
13 6 (1.34%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.34%) IaaS
14 5 (1.11%) Azure Stack
14 5 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.56%) Firewall
2 12 (2.67%) VPN
3 11 (2.45%) Network Security
4 9 (2.00%) LAN
4 9 (2.00%) MPLS
4 9 (2.00%) PBX
4 9 (2.00%) VoIP
4 9 (2.00%) WAN
4 9 (2.00%) WLAN
5 5 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (1.11%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (1.11%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (1.11%) DHCP
5 5 (1.11%) DNS
5 5 (1.11%) Internet
5 5 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.89%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.45%) Intranet
7 2 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (23.61%) Power BI
2 59 (13.14%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (9.58%) Tableau
4 34 (7.57%) Big Data
5 28 (6.24%) MySQL
6 26 (5.79%) Data Lake
7 25 (5.57%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (3.56%) BigQuery
9 13 (2.90%) SQL Server
10 12 (2.67%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (2.67%) KDB
10 12 (2.67%) Looker
11 10 (2.23%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (2.23%) Metadata
12 9 (2.00%) Hadoop
13 8 (1.78%) Data Mining
13 8 (1.78%) NoSQL
13 8 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.78%) QlikView
13 8 (1.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (6.90%) Git
2 24 (5.35%) JIRA
3 10 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.78%) Selenium
5 7 (1.56%) GitLab
5 7 (1.56%) Postman
6 4 (0.89%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.89%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.67%) Maven
7 3 (0.67%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.45%) Bugzilla
8 2 (0.45%) JMeter
8 2 (0.45%) JUnit
8 2 (0.45%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.45%) Storybook
8 2 (0.45%) TestNG
8 2 (0.45%) TestRail
9 1 (0.22%) Log4Net
9 1 (0.22%) NUnit
General
1 118 (26.28%) Social Skills
2 115 (25.61%) Finance
3 111 (24.72%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (9.13%) Banking
5 36 (8.02%) Public Sector
5 36 (8.02%) Retail
6 23 (5.12%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.68%) Marketing
8 16 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.12%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.23%) Investment Banking
11 9 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.78%) Front Office
12 8 (1.78%) Legal
13 6 (1.34%) Advertising
13 6 (1.34%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.11%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.89%) Law
Job Titles
1 95 (21.16%) Analyst
2 61 (13.59%) Architect
3 57 (12.69%) Senior
4 54 (12.03%) Data Analyst
5 50 (11.14%) Developer
6 30 (6.68%) Analytics Manager
6 30 (6.68%) Project Manager
7 29 (6.46%) Data Engineer
8 28 (6.24%) Data Analytics Manager
9 26 (5.79%) Data Manager
10 24 (5.35%) Lead
11 19 (4.23%) Data Architect
12 17 (3.79%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.34%) Business Analyst
13 15 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.67%) Consultant
14 12 (2.67%) KDB Developer
15 11 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 10 (2.23%) Enterprise Architect
16 10 (2.23%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.56%) Web Services
2 13 (2.90%) PySpark
3 12 (2.67%) HTML
4 11 (2.45%) .NET
5 9 (2.00%) CSS
5 9 (2.00%) jQuery
5 9 (2.00%) Middleware
6 7 (1.56%) JSON
7 6 (1.34%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.34%) Pandas
8 5 (1.11%) Flask
8 5 (1.11%) REST
8 5 (1.11%) Swagger
9 4 (0.89%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.89%) DOM
9 4 (0.89%) Node.js
9 4 (0.89%) pytest
9 4 (0.89%) React
9 4 (0.89%) Spring
9 4 (0.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.80%) Management Information System
2 19 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.34%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.90%) Data Structures
4 13 (2.90%) Security Posture
5 12 (2.67%) Fixed Income
6 11 (2.45%) NHS
6 11 (2.45%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.56%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.56%) CMDB
9 6 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.11%) Life Science
10 5 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.11%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.89%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.45%) Windows
2 19 (4.23%) Linux
3 10 (2.23%) Unix
4 7 (1.56%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.45%) VMS
5 2 (0.45%) zOS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (100.00%) Analytics
2 126 (28.06%) Business Intelligence
3 124 (27.62%) Agile
4 89 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (19.60%) ETL
6 79 (17.59%) Data Modelling
7 72 (16.04%) Project Management
7 72 (16.04%) Visualisation
8 59 (13.14%) Data Analysis
9 57 (12.69%) Data Management
10 55 (12.25%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (10.24%) DevOps
12 43 (9.58%) Scrum
13 42 (9.35%) Data Integration
13 42 (9.35%) Requirements Gathering
14 41 (9.13%) Data Governance
14 41 (9.13%) Migration
15 40 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (8.91%) Machine Learning
16 39 (8.69%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 148 (32.96%) SQL
2 96 (21.38%) Python
3 16 (3.56%) C#
4 14 (3.12%) Java
4 14 (3.12%) R
5 11 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.45%) Shell Script
6 10 (2.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (2.23%) Scala
7 9 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.56%) Search Processing Language
9 5 (1.11%) ABAP
9 5 (1.11%) C
9 5 (1.11%) F#
9 5 (1.11%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.89%) C++
10 4 (0.89%) COBOL
10 4 (0.89%) Perl
10 4 (0.89%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (14.70%) Degree
2 63 (14.03%) Security Cleared
3 53 (11.80%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (3.56%) CISSP
6 15 (3.34%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.45%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.00%) CCIE
8 9 (2.00%) CCIE Data Center
8 9 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.89%) CCNP
9 4 (0.89%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.89%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.67%) CISM
10 3 (0.67%) PMP
11 2 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.47%) Data Quality
2 27 (6.01%) QA
3 11 (2.45%) PMO
4 9 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.56%) GDPR
6 5 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.11%) GAMP
6 5 (1.11%) GxP
6 5 (1.11%) SLA
7 3 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.22%) MiFID
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.78%) Docker
2 2 (0.45%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 21 (4.68%) Grafana
2 14 (3.12%) Terraform
3 10 (2.23%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.89%) Ansible
5 3 (0.67%) Graylog
5 3 (0.67%) Matomo
5 3 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.45%) Nagios
7 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.22%) Nessus
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.22%) Puppet
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.22%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 90 (20.04%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.13%) Google
3 29 (6.46%) Databricks
4 25 (5.57%) Oracle
5 19 (4.23%) Denodo
5 19 (4.23%) Talend
6 18 (4.01%) Adobe
7 16 (3.56%) SAP
8 11 (2.45%) Informatica
9 10 (2.23%) IFS
9 10 (2.23%) Splunk
10 9 (2.00%) Cisco
11 7 (1.56%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.34%) Alteryx
12 6 (1.34%) IBM
12 6 (1.34%) Optimizely
12 6 (1.34%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.11%) Ensighten
13 5 (1.11%) Monetate
13 5 (1.11%) Palo Alto