Data Analysis Expressions Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 65 62
Rank change year-on-year -10 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.51% 0.64% 0.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.13% 2.23% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £293 - £275
25th Percentile £338 £513 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +43.75% -13.98%
75th Percentile £522 £638 £606
90th Percentile £584 - £663
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £575 £400
% change year-on-year -19.57% +43.75% -11.11%

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 188 179 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.20% 28.50% 24.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 116 129
10th Percentile £333 £358 £273
25th Percentile £413 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £546 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +21.24% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £638
90th Percentile £643 £722 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £50.00 £23.87 £18.50
% change year-on-year +109.47% +29.03% -15.91%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analysis Expressions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in Birmingham

Data Analysis Expressions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Copilot Studio
2 3 (75.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (75.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
1 3 (75.00%) Power Query
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (75.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) R
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft