Data Analytics Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Data Analytics
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 52 60
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 9 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.02% 0.84% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.96% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £319 - -
25th Percentile £347 £410 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £420 £750
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% -44.00% +57.89%
75th Percentile £402 £430 £775
90th Percentile £444 - -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £27.69 - -
25th Percentile £31.41 - -
Median hourly rate £42.71 - £65.00
75th Percentile £58.91 - -
90th Percentile £65.56 - -
England median hourly rate £50.25 £34.50 £58.03
% change year-on-year +45.65% -40.55% +86.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 740 519 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.09% 87.08% 83.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 319 431
10th Percentile £189 £250 £213
25th Percentile £358 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £436 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.56% -8.32% +2.15%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £640 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 22 47
10th Percentile £16.13 £15.29 £12.60
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.46
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.05 £21.52
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +2.46% +27.84%
75th Percentile £25.14 £25.02 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £39.09 £59.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Analytics

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Analytics

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analytics in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analytics in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Derbyshire - 3 - - 2
Nottinghamshire -9 2 £383 -8.93% 5
Northamptonshire - 2 £373 - 3
Leicestershire - 1 - - 3
Lincolnshire - 1 - - 1
Data Analytics
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
3 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
3 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Tableau
3 1 (11.11%) Power Query
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Aerospace
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Data Scientist
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Junior
2 1 (11.11%) Junior Data Scientist
2 1 (11.11%) Project Leader
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Test Automation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Analytics
2 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (44.44%) Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) AI
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) Kanban
5 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 2 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Test Management
5 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (11.11%) Google Apps Script
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) R
3 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) COBIT
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Databricks
3 1 (11.11%) Alteryx
3 1 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) Rapid7