Lead Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Lead Data Analyst
England > East Midlands

The median Lead Data Analyst daily rate in the East Midlands is £444, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £372 - -
25th Percentile £395 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile £521 - -
England median daily rate £683 £400 -
% change year-on-year +70.63% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 1,003 544 762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.23% 89.03% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 379 514
10th Percentile £199 £211 £169
25th Percentile £392 £343 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% +1.18% -6.68%
75th Percentile £552 £523 £542
90th Percentile £638 £600 £622
England median daily rate £518 £518 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 39 88
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.29 £11.83
25th Percentile £14.96 £17.87 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £21.39 £17.60
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +21.53% -18.78%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £50.38 £37.41 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% -16.67%

Lead Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Lead Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Lead Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Data Analyst job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Data Analyst job vacancies in the East Midlands

Lead Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Analyst in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Data Analyst in the East Midlands

Lead Data Analyst
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 Lead Data Analyst within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire - 1 £525 - 1
Northamptonshire - 1 £363 -
Lead Data Analyst
England

Lead Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 May 2026, Lead 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 East Midlands region featuring Lead Data Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Lead Data Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft