Statistics Contracts

Statistics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Statistics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Statistics 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 341 385 410
Rank change year-on-year +44 +25 -69
Contract jobs citing Statistics 271 370 545
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.62% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.69% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 218 335
10th Percentile £260 £204 £188
25th Percentile £380 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +0.75% -2.91%
75th Percentile £538 £589 £616
90th Percentile £620 £775 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £430 £415
% change year-on-year +14.01% +3.61% -5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 41 30
10th Percentile £15.39 £16.85 £19.47
25th Percentile £15.85 £16.98 £19.62
Median hourly rate £24.00 £19.49 £26.89
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% -27.51% +19.49%
75th Percentile £42.88 £22.16 £44.88
90th Percentile £46.18 £65.00 £59.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.68 £19.49 £19.52
% change year-on-year +16.37% -0.15% +7.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Statistics 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%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Statistics in the UK

Statistics
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics 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 +79 246 £493 -4.73% 352
UK excluding London +34 131 £490 +14.01% 146
London +42 102 £500 -5.88% 216
Work from Home +78 86 £493 +9.56% 169
North of England +56 58 £493 -24.15% 47
North West +56 53 £493 -14.26% 28
South East 0 26 £380 +8.57% 27
East of England +28 19 £375 -16.67% 14
Midlands +19 13 £550 +37.50% 24
Wales +8 9 £275 -26.67% 6
West Midlands +29 7 £400 -25.58% 15
East Midlands +15 6 £575 +43.75% 9
Yorkshire +6 5 £320 -53.45% 12
Scotland +19 3 £425 +4.62% 11
South West +12 3 £525 +1.45% 18

Statistics
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 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.32%) SAS
3 8 (2.95%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.21%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (2.21%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.85%) Documentum
6 4 (1.48%) Apache
7 3 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (1.11%) CMS
7 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.37%) Drupal
8 1 (0.37%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (11.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (3.32%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.95%) SPSS
4 2 (0.74%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.74%) Revit
4 2 (0.74%) Simulink
5 1 (0.37%) FileZilla
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Workfront
2 1 (0.37%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 30 (11.07%) Power Platform
2 29 (10.70%) Azure
3 20 (7.38%) AWS
4 15 (5.54%) GCP
5 6 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.48%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.48%) GitHub
7 3 (1.11%) Amazon Kinesis
7 3 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.11%) Dagster
7 3 (1.11%) dbt
7 3 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.74%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.74%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.74%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.74%) Serverless
8 2 (0.74%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.95%) DNS
1 8 (2.95%) SAN
2 6 (2.21%) 3G
2 6 (2.21%) 4G
2 6 (2.21%) 5G
2 6 (2.21%) Firewall
2 6 (2.21%) WAN
3 5 (1.85%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (1.48%) Diameter Protocol
4 4 (1.48%) DWDM
4 4 (1.48%) GGSN
4 4 (1.48%) IP Telephony
4 4 (1.48%) LTE
4 4 (1.48%) Network Security
4 4 (1.48%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (1.48%) RANAP
4 4 (1.48%) SGSN
4 4 (1.48%) VoIP
4 4 (1.48%) VoLTE
4 4 (1.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.55%) Tableau
2 31 (11.44%) Big Data
3 30 (11.07%) Power BI
4 20 (7.38%) Hadoop
5 17 (6.27%) SQL Server
6 14 (5.17%) Data Mining
7 9 (3.32%) PowerPivot
7 9 (3.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.95%) Relational Database
8 8 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (2.21%) BigQuery
10 6 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (2.21%) Metadata
10 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Power View
10 6 (2.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (1.85%) EDMS
11 5 (1.85%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.85%) Qlik Sense
12 4 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 7 (2.58%) Git
2 5 (1.85%) JIRA
3 3 (1.11%) Poetry
3 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.74%) RStudio
4 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.37%) GitLab
5 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (42.07%) Analytical Skills
2 112 (41.33%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.87%) Finance
4 37 (13.65%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (5.17%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.43%) Marketing
8 10 (3.69%) Banking
8 10 (3.69%) Retail
9 9 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.95%) Local Government
10 8 (2.95%) Publishing
11 5 (1.85%) Multimedia
11 5 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.48%) Legal
13 3 (1.11%) Advertising
13 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.11%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (20.30%) Analyst
2 40 (14.76%) Data Scientist
3 22 (8.12%) Senior
4 20 (7.38%) Data Analyst
5 14 (5.17%) Capacity Manager
6 13 (4.80%) Problem Manager
7 12 (4.43%) Availability Manager
7 12 (4.43%) Capacity and Availability Manager
8 11 (4.06%) Developer
9 8 (2.95%) Machine Learning Engineer
9 8 (2.95%) Performance Analyst
10 7 (2.58%) Administrator
10 7 (2.58%) Data Engineer
10 7 (2.58%) Lead
10 7 (2.58%) Network Engineer
10 7 (2.58%) Software Asset Manager
10 7 (2.58%) Software Manager
11 6 (2.21%) DBA
11 6 (2.21%) Qualitative Analyst
11 6 (2.21%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.80%) scikit-learn
2 12 (4.43%) Pandas
3 11 (4.06%) HTML
3 11 (4.06%) TensorFlow
4 10 (3.69%) PySpark
5 8 (2.95%) CSS
6 6 (2.21%) PyTorch
7 4 (1.48%) D3.js
7 4 (1.48%) Kafka
7 4 (1.48%) Lambda Expressions
7 4 (1.48%) SciPy
8 3 (1.11%) Great Expectations
8 3 (1.11%) LAPP Stack
8 3 (1.11%) Plotly
8 3 (1.11%) React Native
8 3 (1.11%) Seaborn
8 3 (1.11%) Shiny
9 2 (0.74%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.74%) Flask
9 2 (0.74%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.71%) Management Information System
2 32 (11.81%) Algorithms
3 24 (8.86%) Virtual Team
4 12 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.69%) CMDB
6 9 (3.32%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.95%) Credit Risk
7 8 (2.95%) Derivative
8 6 (2.21%) Credit Derivative
9 5 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.85%) HP Storage
9 5 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.85%) Life Science
10 4 (1.48%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.48%) Social Media
11 3 (1.11%) FMCG
11 3 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.11%) NHS
12 2 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.80%) Linux
2 9 (3.32%) Windows
3 7 (2.58%) Solaris
4 5 (1.85%) AIX
5 3 (1.11%) Debian
5 3 (1.11%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.74%) HPUX
6 2 (0.74%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (29.15%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (24.72%) Data Science
2 67 (24.72%) Mathematics
3 57 (21.03%) Computer Science
4 54 (19.93%) Machine Learning
5 53 (19.56%) Mentoring
6 49 (18.08%) Visualisation
7 48 (17.71%) Business Intelligence
8 46 (16.97%) Data Analysis
9 44 (16.24%) Quality Management
10 42 (15.50%) Service Management
11 41 (15.13%) ITIL
12 40 (14.76%) Analytics
13 38 (14.02%) Data Visualisation
14 36 (13.28%) Data Modelling
15 31 (11.44%) Problem Management
16 28 (10.33%) Agile
16 28 (10.33%) Project Management
17 24 (8.86%) Virtual Team Management
18 23 (8.49%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 105 (38.75%) Python
2 79 (29.15%) SQL
3 43 (15.87%) R
4 13 (4.80%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.06%) C++
6 8 (2.95%) Java
6 8 (2.95%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.85%) Scala
8 3 (1.11%) Bash
8 3 (1.11%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.11%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.74%) C
9 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.74%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.37%) Perl
10 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (37.27%) Degree
2 71 (26.20%) Security Cleared
3 62 (22.88%) SC Cleared
4 32 (11.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (8.12%) Master's Degree
6 18 (6.64%) PhD
7 13 (4.80%) Numerate Degree
8 8 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.95%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.95%) Postgraduate
9 6 (2.21%) CCNA
10 2 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.74%) CCNP
10 2 (0.74%) CCSP
10 2 (0.74%) CISSP
11 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.37%) PgMP
11 1 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.65%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.32%) QA
3 8 (2.95%) SLA
4 6 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.11%) PMO
6 2 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.74%) Basel III
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (3.69%) Docker
2 9 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.11%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.74%) XenApp
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.85%) EMC NetWorker
2 5 (1.85%) HP Data Protector
2 5 (1.85%) NetBackup
3 4 (1.48%) Terraform
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.74%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.74%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 23 (8.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.06%) Cisco
2 11 (4.06%) VMware
3 8 (2.95%) Oracle
4 5 (1.85%) Brocade
4 5 (1.85%) Databricks
4 5 (1.85%) EMC
4 5 (1.85%) HP
4 5 (1.85%) Symantec
5 4 (1.48%) Avaya
5 4 (1.48%) Empirix
5 4 (1.48%) NetScout
5 4 (1.48%) Teradata
6 3 (1.11%) Citrix
6 3 (1.11%) Google
6 3 (1.11%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.11%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.11%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.11%) Splunk
7 2 (0.74%) Cadence