Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Data Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Data Analyst daily rate in Cambridgeshire 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 41 28 38
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 2 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.51% 2.79% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 3.53% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - £350 £505
25th Percentile - £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £538 £575
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £23.03 £18.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year +27.94% -40.94% -7.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 348 255 336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.55% 78.95% 78.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 116 145
10th Percentile £184 £293 £172
25th Percentile £335 £359 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £597 £557 £560
90th Percentile £679 £650 £645
East of England median daily rate £490 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.89% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 32 103
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £13.80 £21.10 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £22.90 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +43.09% +3.23%
75th Percentile £25.15 £26.19 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £48.75 £35.00
East of England median hourly rate £30.11 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.62% +6.74% +111.90%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Data Analyst
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 Analyst within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Cambridge -20 1 £400 -23.81% 10
Peterborough - 1 - - 6
Data Analyst
East of England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) ACCA
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CIMA
1 1 (50.00%) Cloudera
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Pentaho
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Pentaho
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ACCA
1 1 (50.00%) CIMA
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cloudera
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) Vertica