Analytics Contracts in the West Midlands

Analytics
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytics over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 32 29
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytics 114 135 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.01% 5.87% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.17% 6.64% 6.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 94 148
10th Percentile £358 £350 £405
25th Percentile £400 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% +1.94% +3.00%
75th Percentile £708 £553 £626
90th Percentile £775 £638 £670
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.37 - -
England median hourly rate £29.19 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.80% -8.57% +31.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,590 2,033 3,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.77% 88.35% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,057 1,387 2,340
10th Percentile £275 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% +15.29%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 47 65
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +12.93% +3.09%
75th Percentile £40.38 £28.13 £19.86
90th Percentile £58.00 £50.00 £21.40
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +6.61%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Analytics in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham +5 35 £613 +58.06% 50
Warwickshire +4 23 £700 +16.67% 16
Shropshire -2 15 £358 -33.70% 3
Herefordshire -1 10 £634 +10.22% 1
Coventry +12 7 £575 +9.52% 13
Worcestershire - 3 £400 - 3
Dudley - 3 £525 - 1
Staffordshire -3 2 £550 +10.00% 22
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (5.26%) CMS
2 2 (1.75%) Drupal
2 2 (1.75%) SAS
2 2 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.75%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.88%) CICS
3 1 (0.88%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) Jadu
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (9.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.88%) Sketch
2 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 1 (0.88%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.81%) Power Platform
2 22 (19.30%) Azure
3 8 (7.02%) Serverless
4 6 (5.26%) AWS
4 6 (5.26%) Azure Functions
5 5 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (4.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.63%) GCP
8 2 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.75%) OCI
8 2 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.75%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.75%) SaaS
8 2 (1.75%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.88%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.53%) Network Security
2 11 (9.65%) LAN
2 11 (9.65%) WAN
3 10 (8.77%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (7.89%) MPLS
4 9 (7.89%) PBX
4 9 (7.89%) VoIP
4 9 (7.89%) VPN
4 9 (7.89%) WLAN
5 7 (6.14%) Firewall
6 6 (5.26%) Internet
7 5 (4.39%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (4.39%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (4.39%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (4.39%) DHCP
7 5 (4.39%) DNS
7 5 (4.39%) SD-WAN
8 4 (3.51%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.75%) Intranet
10 1 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (21.93%) Power BI
2 17 (14.91%) Amazon Redshift
2 17 (14.91%) MySQL
3 16 (14.04%) Big Data
3 16 (14.04%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (6.14%) Tableau
5 5 (4.39%) Metadata
6 4 (3.51%) Power Query
7 3 (2.63%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.63%) OLAP
7 3 (2.63%) OLTP
7 3 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.75%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.75%) DB2
8 2 (1.75%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.75%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (16.67%) Git
2 2 (1.75%) JIRA
2 2 (1.75%) kappa
3 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (29.82%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.40%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.53%) Finance
5 9 (7.89%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.51%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.51%) Marketing
6 4 (3.51%) Retail
7 3 (2.63%) Automotive
7 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.63%) Law
8 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.75%) Local Government
8 2 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Billing
9 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.88%) Games
9 1 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (19.30%) Architect
2 12 (10.53%) Analyst
3 10 (8.77%) Data Architect
3 10 (8.77%) Developer
3 10 (8.77%) Senior
4 9 (7.89%) Data Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Enterprise Architect
6 6 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) Lead
9 3 (2.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (2.63%) Consultant
9 3 (2.63%) Head of Analytics
9 3 (2.63%) Network Architect
9 3 (2.63%) Portfolio Analyst
9 3 (2.63%) Project Manager
9 3 (2.63%) Senior PMO
9 3 (2.63%) Senior PMO Analyst
9 3 (2.63%) Senior Portfolio Analyst
9 3 (2.63%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.77%) Apache NiFi
2 9 (7.89%) Web Services
3 2 (1.75%) .NET
3 2 (1.75%) Middleware
3 2 (1.75%) PySpark
3 2 (1.75%) RESTful
4 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.88%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.88%) Kafka
4 1 (0.88%) LDAP
4 1 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.88%) SAML
4 1 (0.88%) SOAP
4 1 (0.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.04%) Management Information System
2 13 (11.40%) Cyber Defence
3 11 (9.65%) Distributed Applications
4 10 (8.77%) Data Centre
5 8 (7.02%) Data Structures
6 7 (6.14%) Social Media
7 5 (4.39%) FMCG
8 3 (2.63%) Graphic Design
8 3 (2.63%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.75%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.75%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.88%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.88%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.04%) Windows
2 11 (9.65%) Linux
3 9 (7.89%) Unix
4 8 (7.02%) Android
4 8 (7.02%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (51.75%) Data Analytics
2 31 (27.19%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (27.19%) ETL
3 28 (24.56%) Data Management
4 25 (21.93%) Agile
5 22 (19.30%) Data Analysis
6 19 (16.67%) Data Modelling
7 18 (15.79%) Dashboard Development
7 18 (15.79%) Data Extraction
8 17 (14.91%) Configuration Management
8 17 (14.91%) Requirements Gathering
9 16 (14.04%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (14.04%) Data Engineering
9 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (14.04%) Software Engineering
10 15 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
10 15 (13.16%) Scrum
11 14 (12.28%) Migration
11 14 (12.28%) Process Improvement
12 13 (11.40%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.42%) SQL
2 13 (11.40%) Python
3 5 (4.39%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.63%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.63%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.75%) C#
6 2 (1.75%) Java
6 2 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.88%) Bash
7 1 (0.88%) CLIST
7 1 (0.88%) COBOL
7 1 (0.88%) HiveQL
7 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.88%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.88%) PHP
7 1 (0.88%) REXX
7 1 (0.88%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 30 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.77%) DV Cleared
4 9 (7.89%) CCIE
4 9 (7.89%) CCIE Data Center
4 9 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (7.89%) Degree
5 6 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.51%) CCNP
7 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.75%) CISSP
7 2 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.88%) APMG
8 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.88%) CIPD
8 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.53%) Actionable Recommendations
2 9 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.63%) PMO
3 3 (2.63%) QA
4 2 (1.75%) GDPR
4 2 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.75%) Docker
3 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.88%) HDFS
3 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Grafana
2 5 (4.39%) SysTrack
3 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.75%) Terraform
4 1 (0.88%) Ansible
4 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (20.18%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.04%) Denodo
2 16 (14.04%) Talend
3 12 (10.53%) Red Hat
4 9 (7.89%) Cisco
5 6 (5.26%) Citrix
5 6 (5.26%) Oracle
6 5 (4.39%) Autodesk
6 5 (4.39%) CheckPoint
6 5 (4.39%) Databricks
6 5 (4.39%) Infoblox
6 5 (4.39%) New Relic
6 5 (4.39%) OpenAI
6 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
6 5 (4.39%) Symantec
6 5 (4.39%) Zscaler
7 3 (2.63%) Informatica
7 3 (2.63%) JD Edwards
7 3 (2.63%) QAD
8 1 (0.88%) IBM