Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Data Analyst
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Data Analyst daily rate in Cambridge is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 1 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.48% 5.59% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 6.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £400 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £18.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 185 144 168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 89.44% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 74 90
10th Percentile £213 £265 £140
25th Percentile £387 £340 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £452 £471
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -4.08% -0.79%
75th Percentile £622 £554 £550
90th Percentile £686 £638 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 22
10th Percentile - £19.36 -
25th Percentile £23.16 £21.41 £17.72
Median hourly rate £38.75 £23.21 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.99% +16.03% -38.46%
75th Percentile £58.76 £32.59 £74.81
90th Percentile £74.25 £47.53 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £16.00
% change year-on-year -30.12% +43.09% +3.23%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Cambridge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Cambridge

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Cambridge.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Cambridge

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cloudera
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Pentaho
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Vertica

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Pentaho
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cloudera
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Vertica