Head of Analytics Contracts

Head of Analytics
UK

The median Head of Analytics daily rate in the UK is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 709 852
Rank change year-on-year +125 +143 -164
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Analytics 7 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.015% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.016% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 2
10th Percentile £718 - £823
25th Percentile £725 £575 £838
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £650 £900
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -27.78% +89.47%
75th Percentile £775 £950 £938
90th Percentile £835 £1,000 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £800 £650 -
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

Head of Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Analytics in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Analytics in the UK

Head of Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Analytics in the UK

Head of Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Analytics over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Analytics in the UK

Head of Analytics
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +110 7 £750 +15.38% 15
London +102 4 £750 -16.67% 13
UK excluding London +63 3 £800 +23.08% 2
Midlands - 3 £800 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £800 - 1
Work from Home +125 1 £750 +15.38% 4

Head of Analytics Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Head of Analytics 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 featuring Head of Analytics in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (57.14%) People Management
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Objectives and Key Results
4 3 (42.86%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (42.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (42.86%) Data Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) Retail
5 2 (28.57%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) Logistics
5 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
5 2 (28.57%) FMCG
5 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
5 2 (28.57%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Power BI
5 2 (28.57%) Line Management
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 1 (14.29%) DataPower
6 1 (14.29%) Business Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Tableau
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft

Head of Analytics Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) FMCG
2 1 (14.29%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (57.14%) People Management
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (42.86%) Data Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (42.86%) Objectives and Key Results
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (28.57%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) Line Management
5 2 (28.57%) Logistics
5 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
6 1 (14.29%) Business Analytics
6 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle