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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 30 33
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +9
Contract jobs citing Analytics 112 158 210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.83% 6.50% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 7.39% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 111 146
10th Percentile £358 £350 £400
25th Percentile £434 £449 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £540 £511
Median % change year-on-year +7.96% +5.62% +2.25%
75th Percentile £700 £550 £600
90th Percentile £775 £638 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.37 - -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +10.94% -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 1,610 2,139 3,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.85% 87.99% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,471 2,430
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +6.72% +16.42%
75th Percentile £612 £600 £575
90th Percentile £728 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 45 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.64
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -8.33%
75th Percentile £40.81 £23.22 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.50 £47.00 £24.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

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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 18 April 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 18 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
Birmingham +7 35 £575 +35.29% 45
Warwickshire +7 23 £700 +7.69% 17
Coventry +13 9 £575 +9.52% 4
Shropshire 0 9 £358 -33.70% 6
Herefordshire +1 8 £609 +5.98% 3
Dudley - 3 £525 - 1
Worcestershire - 2 £400 - 1
Staffordshire -2 1 £550 +10.00% 11
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 2
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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 (5.36%) CMS
2 2 (1.79%) Drupal
2 2 (1.79%) SAS
2 2 (1.79%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.89%) CICS
3 1 (0.89%) Confluence
3 1 (0.89%) Jadu
3 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Primavera
2 1 (0.89%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.89%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.43%) Azure
2 23 (20.54%) Power Platform
3 8 (7.14%) Serverless
4 6 (5.36%) Azure Functions
5 5 (4.46%) AWS
5 5 (4.46%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (4.46%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (4.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.68%) GCP
7 3 (2.68%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.79%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.79%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.79%) SaaS
9 1 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.89%) Figma
9 1 (0.89%) IaaS
9 1 (0.89%) PaaS
9 1 (0.89%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.61%) Network Security
2 11 (9.82%) LAN
2 11 (9.82%) WAN
3 10 (8.93%) Firewall
4 9 (8.04%) MPLS
4 9 (8.04%) PBX
4 9 (8.04%) VoIP
4 9 (8.04%) VPN
4 9 (8.04%) WLAN
5 8 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (5.36%) Internet
7 5 (4.46%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (4.46%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (4.46%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (4.46%) DHCP
7 5 (4.46%) DNS
7 5 (4.46%) SD-WAN
8 4 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.79%) Intranet
10 1 (0.89%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (20.54%) Power BI
2 17 (15.18%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (11.61%) Big Data
4 9 (8.04%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (8.04%) MySQL
5 7 (6.25%) Metadata
5 7 (6.25%) Tableau
6 4 (3.57%) Power Query
6 4 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.68%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.79%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.79%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.79%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.79%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.79%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.79%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.79%) OLAP
8 2 (1.79%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 11 (9.82%) Git
2 2 (1.79%) JIRA
2 2 (1.79%) kappa
3 1 (0.89%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.89%) GitLab
3 1 (0.89%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (27.68%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (25.89%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.71%) Finance
4 10 (8.93%) Public Sector
5 9 (8.04%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.57%) Marketing
6 4 (3.57%) Retail
7 3 (2.68%) Automotive
7 3 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Law
8 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Local Government
9 1 (0.89%) Billing
9 1 (0.89%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.89%) Games
9 1 (0.89%) Military
9 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (21.43%) Architect
2 11 (9.82%) Data Architect
3 10 (8.93%) Analyst
3 10 (8.93%) Senior
4 8 (7.14%) Data Engineer
4 8 (7.14%) Developer
5 7 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
6 6 (5.36%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (4.46%) Lead
8 4 (3.57%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.57%) SOC Engineer
8 4 (3.57%) Splunk Engineer
9 3 (2.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (2.68%) Consultant
9 3 (2.68%) Network Architect
9 3 (2.68%) Portfolio Analyst
9 3 (2.68%) Project Manager
9 3 (2.68%) Service Delivery Manager
9 3 (2.68%) Service Manager
9 3 (2.68%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.04%) Web Services
2 8 (7.14%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (1.79%) .NET
3 2 (1.79%) Middleware
3 2 (1.79%) PySpark
4 1 (0.89%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.89%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.89%) LDAP
4 1 (0.89%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.07%) Management Information System
2 11 (9.82%) Cyber Defence
3 10 (8.93%) Data Centre
4 9 (8.04%) Distributed Applications
4 9 (8.04%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (8.04%) Security Posture
5 7 (6.25%) Social Media
6 6 (5.36%) Data Structures
7 5 (4.46%) FMCG
8 4 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.68%) Graphic Design
9 3 (2.68%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.79%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.79%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.79%) Taxonomies
10 2 (1.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.79%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.50%) Windows
2 9 (8.04%) Linux
3 7 (6.25%) Unix
4 6 (5.36%) Android
4 6 (5.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.89%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.89%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (51.79%) Data Analytics
2 31 (27.68%) Business Intelligence
3 28 (25.00%) Data Management
4 22 (19.64%) ETL
4 22 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (16.07%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (16.07%) Security Operations
5 18 (16.07%) SIEM
6 17 (15.18%) Agile
6 17 (15.18%) Data Analysis
6 17 (15.18%) Data Modelling
7 16 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
8 14 (12.50%) Data Engineering
9 13 (11.61%) Computer Science
9 13 (11.61%) Migration
10 12 (10.71%) Data Science
10 12 (10.71%) ITIL
10 12 (10.71%) Programme Management
11 11 (9.82%) Data Pipeline
11 11 (9.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.96%) SQL
2 9 (8.04%) Python
3 5 (4.46%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (4.46%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.68%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.68%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.89%) Bash
6 1 (0.89%) C#
6 1 (0.89%) CLIST
6 1 (0.89%) COBOL
6 1 (0.89%) HiveQL
6 1 (0.89%) Java
6 1 (0.89%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.89%) PHP
6 1 (0.89%) REXX
6 1 (0.89%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 28 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 17 (15.18%) Degree
4 12 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (8.04%) CCIE
5 9 (8.04%) CCIE Data Center
5 9 (8.04%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (8.04%) CISSP
5 9 (8.04%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (7.14%) DV Cleared
7 5 (4.46%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.57%) CCNP
9 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.89%) CIPD
10 1 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.93%) Actionable Recommendations
1 10 (8.93%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.68%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.68%) PMO
2 3 (2.68%) QA
3 2 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.36%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.89%) Docker
2 1 (0.89%) HDFS
2 1 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (7.14%) Grafana
2 5 (4.46%) SysTrack
3 1 (0.89%) Ansible
3 1 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.93%) Red Hat
3 9 (8.04%) Cisco
3 9 (8.04%) Denodo
3 9 (8.04%) Talend
4 6 (5.36%) Citrix
5 5 (4.46%) Autodesk
5 5 (4.46%) CheckPoint
5 5 (4.46%) Databricks
5 5 (4.46%) Infoblox
5 5 (4.46%) Informatica
5 5 (4.46%) New Relic
5 5 (4.46%) OpenAI
5 5 (4.46%) Oracle
5 5 (4.46%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.46%) Splunk
5 5 (4.46%) Symantec
5 5 (4.46%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.68%) JD Edwards
6 3 (2.68%) QAD