Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Data Analysis
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire citing Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	26	37	32
Rank change year-on-year	+11	-5	+11
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis	16	5	10
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire	4.20%	1.41%	2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.02%	1.57%	3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	3	4
10^th Percentile	£421	£440	£283
25^th Percentile	£453	£444	£294
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£513	£450	£413
Median % change year-on-year	+13.89%	+9.09%	+24.53%
75^th Percentile	£553	£481	£564
90^th Percentile	£574	£500	£613
East of England median daily rate	£400	£450	£363
% change year-on-year	-11.11%	+24.14%	-9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£13.50	-	-
Median hourly rate	£21.97	-	-
75^th Percentile	£29.86	-	-
90^th Percentile	£30.76	-	-
East of England median hourly rate	£27.47	£65.75	£63.75
% change year-on-year	-58.22%	+3.14%	+123.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

Data Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Cambridgeshire.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	319	319	315
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire	83.73%	89.86%	82.89%
Number of daily rates quoted	111	120	112
10^th Percentile	£213	£283	£275
25^th Percentile	£413	£406	£340
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	+5.26%	-
75^th Percentile	£594	£625	£562
90^th Percentile	£671	£700	£624
East of England median daily rate	£500	£500	£450
% change year-on-year	-	+11.11%	-10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	92	92	88
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.80	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£14.22	£14.38	£15.62
Median hourly rate	£15.14	£16.00	£16.23
Median % change year-on-year	-5.41%	-1.42%	+11.93%
75^th Percentile	£32.59	£23.00	£17.13
90^th Percentile	£48.63	£43.75	£48.75
East of England median hourly rate	£47.50	£21.00	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+126.19%	-23.64%	+37.50%

Data Analysis Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Data Analysis Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Data Analysis Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in Cambridgeshire

Data Analysis Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Data Analysis.

Data Analysis Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in Cambridgeshire

Data Analysis Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Cambridge	+18	11	£456	-3.95%	9
Data Analysis East of England

Data Analysis Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Analysis also mentioned 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 Cambridgeshire region citing Data Analysis.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	50.0%	8
2	Problem-Solving	43.8%	7
3	Data Pipeline	37.5%	6
3	Microsoft Excel	37.5%	6
5	Python	31.3%	5
6	Microsoft	25.0%	4
6	Product Vision	25.0%	4
6	Validation	25.0%	4
9	Asset Management	18.8%	3
9	COSHH	18.8%	3
9	Ethernet	18.8%	3
9	Functional Testing	18.8%	3
9	GDPR	18.8%	3
9	Integration Testing	18.8%	3
9	LabVIEW	18.8%	3
9	Matrix Organization	18.8%	3
9	Microsoft PowerPoint	18.8%	3
9	MS Visio	18.8%	3
9	Spreadsheet	18.8%	3
9	SQL	18.8%	3
9	System Integration Testing	18.8%	3
22	Accessibility	12.5%	2
22	Analytics	12.5%	2
22	Bioinformatics	12.5%	2
22	Business Intelligence	12.5%	2
22	CI/CD	12.5%	2
22	Continuous Improvement	12.5%	2
22	Databricks	12.5%	2
22	Decision-Making	12.5%	2
22	DevOps	12.5%	2

Data Analysis Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	43.8%	7
2	Data Pipeline	37.5%	6
3	Product Vision	25.0%	4
3	Validation	25.0%	4
5	Asset Management	18.8%	3
5	Functional Testing	18.8%	3
5	Integration Testing	18.8%	3
5	Matrix Organization	18.8%	3
5	System Integration Testing	18.8%	3
10	Analytics	12.5%	2
10	Bioinformatics	12.5%	2
10	Business Intelligence	12.5%	2
10	CI/CD	12.5%	2
10	Continuous Improvement	12.5%	2
10	Decision-Making	12.5%	2
10	DevOps	12.5%	2
10	Root Cause Analysis	12.5%	2
10	Software Testing	12.5%	2
10	Transcriptomics	12.5%	2
10	Visualisation	12.5%	2