Data Analysis Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Analysis
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 122 114
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +22
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 374 514 993
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.48% 2.05% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 2.28% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 383 732
10th Percentile £350 £290 £350
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £613
90th Percentile £688 £660 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 19
10th Percentile - £18.91 £16.75
25th Percentile £20.77 £20.08 £21.50
Median hourly rate £25.25 £23.15 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% -28.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £32.22 £32.04 £49.63
90th Percentile £35.50 £48.75 £51.80
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £31.79 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.76% -9.19% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Analysis 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,282 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,890 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 522 532
10th Percentile £15.05 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.18 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Data Analysis
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Analysis trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Analysis.

Data Analysis daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Data Analysis daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Analysis.

Data Analysis hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Data Analysis hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (3.48%) Apache Spark
1 13 (3.48%) Confluence
2 12 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.60%) ArcGIS
3 6 (1.60%) SAS
4 5 (1.34%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.80%) Appian
5 3 (0.80%) MTS
6 2 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.53%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) Jadu
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.27%) Moodle
Applications
1 51 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.68%) MS Visio
3 24 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.27%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.27%) SPSS
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.60%) Endur
2 5 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.80%) Aligne
4 3 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.80%) EuroRunner
5 2 (0.53%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 2 (0.53%) Primavera
5 2 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.53%) Shopify
5 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.27%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 95 (25.40%) Power Platform
2 51 (13.64%) Azure
3 22 (5.88%) AWS
4 11 (2.94%) Collibra
5 10 (2.67%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (2.41%) OCI
7 8 (2.14%) GCP
8 7 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.87%) PowerApps
9 6 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.60%) Google Sheets
10 5 (1.34%) GitHub
10 5 (1.34%) Serverless
10 5 (1.34%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.07%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.07%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 4 (1.07%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.07%) 2G
1 4 (1.07%) 3G
1 4 (1.07%) 4G
1 4 (1.07%) 5G
1 4 (1.07%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (1.07%) SNA
2 2 (0.53%) HTTP
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (25.40%) Power BI
2 36 (9.63%) Tableau
3 30 (8.02%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (6.95%) SQL Server
5 20 (5.35%) Big Data
6 14 (3.74%) Metadata
7 12 (3.21%) GIS
8 10 (2.67%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (2.14%) Hadoop
9 8 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.87%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.87%) Power Query
10 7 (1.87%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.60%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.34%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.34%) Oracle BI EE
12 5 (1.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 5 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (1.07%) Data Mining
13 4 (1.07%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 29 (7.75%) JIRA
2 6 (1.60%) Eclipse
2 6 (1.60%) Git
3 4 (1.07%) JMeter
3 4 (1.07%) Selenium
3 4 (1.07%) SoapUI
4 3 (0.80%) ERwin
4 3 (0.80%) Maven
5 2 (0.53%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.53%) RStudio
5 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Deequ
6 1 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.27%) PyCharm
General
1 130 (34.76%) Social Skills
2 115 (30.75%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (27.54%) Finance
4 39 (10.43%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.02%) Banking
6 17 (4.55%) Retail
7 15 (4.01%) Marketing
8 11 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.67%) Back Office
10 9 (2.41%) Military
10 9 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.60%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.60%) Front Office
12 6 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.60%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.60%) Publishing
13 5 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 156 (41.71%) Analyst
2 78 (20.86%) Data Analyst
3 62 (16.58%) Business Analyst
4 39 (10.43%) Senior
5 32 (8.56%) Data Scientist
6 23 (6.15%) Developer
7 20 (5.35%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.28%) Architect
8 16 (4.28%) Consultant
9 14 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (3.48%) Data Business Analyst
11 11 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 11 (2.94%) Integration Engineer
12 10 (2.67%) Senior Data Analyst
13 9 (2.41%) Banking Analyst
13 9 (2.41%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (2.41%) Lead
13 9 (2.41%) Project Manager
13 9 (2.41%) Technical Analyst
14 8 (2.14%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.41%) .NET
1 9 (2.41%) Pandas
1 9 (2.41%) Web Services
2 7 (1.87%) XML
3 6 (1.60%) PySpark
3 6 (1.60%) scikit-learn
4 4 (1.07%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.07%) SOAP
4 4 (1.07%) Spring
4 4 (1.07%) TensorFlow
5 3 (0.80%) EDI
5 3 (0.80%) jQuery
5 3 (0.80%) JSON
5 3 (0.80%) Matplotlib
5 3 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.80%) REST
5 3 (0.80%) XGBoost
6 2 (0.53%) ggplot2
6 2 (0.53%) JSON Schema
6 2 (0.53%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.35%) Algorithms
1 20 (5.35%) Management Information System
2 15 (4.01%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.48%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.94%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.87%) NHS
7 6 (1.60%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.34%) Multi-touch
9 4 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.80%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.80%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.80%) Genomics
10 3 (0.80%) Market Risk
10 3 (0.80%) Social Media
11 2 (0.53%) Insider Threat
11 2 (0.53%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.53%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.34%) Linux
1 5 (1.34%) Unix
2 4 (1.07%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.14%) Business Intelligence
2 93 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (24.60%) Data Modelling
4 85 (22.73%) Agile
5 82 (21.93%) Visualisation
6 66 (17.65%) Analytics
7 61 (16.31%) Data Science
8 57 (15.24%) Decision-Making
9 48 (12.83%) Data Visualisation
10 44 (11.76%) ETL
11 39 (10.43%) Project Management
12 37 (9.89%) Migration
13 35 (9.36%) Business Analysis
14 34 (9.09%) Data Governance
14 34 (9.09%) Data Management
14 34 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (8.82%) Computer Science
16 31 (8.29%) Machine Learning
17 28 (7.49%) Project Delivery
18 25 (6.68%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 137 (36.63%) SQL
2 80 (21.39%) Python
3 19 (5.08%) R
4 14 (3.74%) C#
5 13 (3.48%) T-SQL
6 12 (3.21%) PL/SQL
7 10 (2.67%) Java
8 8 (2.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (1.87%) VBA
10 6 (1.60%) C++
10 6 (1.60%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.34%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.80%) Scala
13 2 (0.53%) Bash
13 2 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.53%) Perl
13 2 (0.53%) VB
14 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 58 (15.51%) Degree
2 45 (12.03%) Security Cleared
3 41 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.21%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.67%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.41%) PMP
7 7 (1.87%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.34%) ISEB
9 4 (1.07%) CBAP
9 4 (1.07%) HNC
9 4 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.07%) PhD
10 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.53%) CISSP
11 2 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.53%) CSPO
11 2 (0.53%) IIBA
11 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.96%) Data Quality
2 26 (6.95%) QA
3 10 (2.67%) GDPR
4 6 (1.60%) PMO
5 5 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.34%) SLA
6 3 (0.80%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.80%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.53%) P3O
7 2 (0.53%) PSD2
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.27%) EMIR
8 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.27%) MiFID
8 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.07%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (1.07%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.63%) Oracle
3 16 (4.28%) SAP
4 15 (4.01%) Google
4 15 (4.01%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.48%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.60%) Databricks
7 4 (1.07%) BT
7 4 (1.07%) HP
8 3 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.80%) Cadence
8 3 (0.80%) Informatica
8 3 (0.80%) Intel
8 3 (0.80%) Phenom
8 3 (0.80%) Splunk
8 3 (0.80%) Teradata
9 2 (0.53%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.53%) Datix
9 2 (0.53%) FIS
9 2 (0.53%) Sparx