Junior Data Analyst Contracts

Junior Data Analyst
UK

The median Junior Data Analyst daily rate in the UK is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 691 801
Rank change year-on-year +115 +110 -132
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Data Analyst 10 31 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.052% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.055% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 21 15
10th Percentile £155 £138 £116
25th Percentile £185 £193 £132
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £238 £250
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -5.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £350 £300 £374
90th Percentile £395 £360 £400
UK excluding London median daily rate £165 £195 £144
% change year-on-year -15.38% +35.42% -28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile - £11.39 -
25th Percentile - £11.98 £19.35
Median hourly rate £12.30 £13.27 £19.70
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% -32.64% -43.71%
75th Percentile £14.10 £15.52 £20.05
90th Percentile £15.17 £15.80 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.30 £13.27 -
% change year-on-year -7.31% - -

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Junior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Junior Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Data Analyst over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
UK excluding London +59 7 £165 -15.38% 4
England +97 6 £325 +36.84% 5
Work from Home +119 4 £258 +17.71% 2
Scotland +27 4 - -
London +96 3 £350 +29.63% 1
West Midlands +25 1 £140 -53.33%
Midlands +22 1 £140 -56.92%
South West +17 1 - -
South East +12 1 £190 -2.56% 2

Junior Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Junior Data Analyst 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 Junior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 5 (50.00%) Finance
4 4 (40.00%) Back Office
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
6 2 (20.00%) Analytics
6 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
6 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (10.00%) Tableau
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
7 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
7 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 1 (10.00%) Use Case
7 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
7 1 (10.00%) Economics
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (10.00%) Statistics
7 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
7 1 (10.00%) ETL

Junior Data Analyst 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:

Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Power Query
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Back Office
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Electronics
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) API Development
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Data Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Economics
5 1 (10.00%) ETL
5 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle