Analytics Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Analytics
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 26 48
Rank change year-on-year -4 +22 -5
Contract jobs citing Analytics 92 74 67
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.51% 6.76% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.69% 7.90% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 49 46
10th Percentile £442 £315 £363
25th Percentile £492 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £560
90th Percentile £660 £704 £609
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £46.93 - -
25th Percentile £51.44 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £79.17
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -62.11% +259.86%
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £79.38 - -
England median hourly rate £46.50 £35.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +32.86% -17.35% +32.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,376 937 1,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 82.35% 85.57% 86.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 413 798
10th Percentile £195 £243 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £693 £711
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 168 418
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.09 £40.00 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year -49.78% +31.26% +38.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.15
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.92%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Analytics job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytics

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Analytics

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 January 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
Bedfordshire +1 44 £513 -14.58% 60
Hertfordshire -15 29 £550 -8.33% 72
Cambridgeshire -4 10 £490 +18.79% 54
Suffolk +9 5 £653 +49.14% 48
Essex -8 2 £505 +58.71% 62
Norfolk -24 2 £400 -44.44% 44
Analytics
England

Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (3.26%) WordPress
2 1 (1.09%) Apache
2 1 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.09%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (28.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (9.78%) SAP FI
3 7 (7.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 7 (7.61%) SAP MM
4 5 (5.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 4 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (2.17%) SAP CO
6 2 (2.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 25 (27.17%) Azure
1 25 (27.17%) Power Platform
2 13 (14.13%) AWS
3 10 (10.87%) GCP
4 9 (9.78%) Azure AI
4 9 (9.78%) Copilot Studio
4 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (5.43%) SaaS
5 5 (5.43%) Snowflake
6 4 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.26%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.17%) Serverless
9 1 (1.09%) Alation
9 1 (1.09%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.09%) dbt
9 1 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.43%) DNS
1 5 (5.43%) FTP
1 5 (5.43%) HTTP
1 5 (5.43%) Network Security
1 5 (5.43%) SMTP
1 5 (5.43%) SSL
2 1 (1.09%) DSL
2 1 (1.09%) Modbus
2 1 (1.09%) MQTT
2 1 (1.09%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (27.17%) Power BI
2 13 (14.13%) Metadata
3 11 (11.96%) NoSQL
4 7 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (5.43%) Data Lake
5 5 (5.43%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (4.35%) SAP HANA
6 4 (4.35%) Tableau
7 2 (2.17%) SAP BW
7 2 (2.17%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (1.09%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.09%) Ataccama
8 1 (1.09%) Big Data
8 1 (1.09%) DataStage
8 1 (1.09%) DB2
8 1 (1.09%) Delta Lake
8 1 (1.09%) DynamoDB
8 1 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Git
General
1 39 (42.39%) Social Skills
2 34 (36.96%) Finance
3 16 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.78%) Aviation
4 9 (9.78%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (8.70%) Marketing
6 6 (6.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (3.26%) Banking
7 3 (3.26%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.26%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Advertising
9 1 (1.09%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.09%) Electronics
9 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Retail
9 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (22.83%) Consultant
2 17 (18.48%) Architect
3 14 (15.22%) Lead
4 10 (10.87%) SAP Consultant
5 9 (9.78%) Analyst
6 8 (8.70%) Data Architect
7 7 (7.61%) Developer
8 6 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 6 (6.52%) Lead Consultant
8 6 (6.52%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 6 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (5.43%) SOC Analyst
10 4 (4.35%) Analytics Consultant
11 3 (3.26%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
11 3 (3.26%) Data Steward
11 3 (3.26%) Marketing Executive
11 3 (3.26%) Senior
12 2 (2.17%) SAP CO Consultant
12 2 (2.17%) SAP FI Consultant
12 2 (2.17%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.96%) REST
2 9 (9.78%) PyTorch
2 9 (9.78%) scikit-learn
2 9 (9.78%) TensorFlow
3 6 (6.52%) SAP Basis
3 6 (6.52%) SAP Business Workflow
3 6 (6.52%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (5.43%) LDAP
5 3 (3.26%) Node.js
6 2 (2.17%) JSON
6 2 (2.17%) React
7 1 (1.09%) CSS
7 1 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (1.09%) Express.js
7 1 (1.09%) Great Expectations
7 1 (1.09%) HTML
7 1 (1.09%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (6.52%) Life Science
2 6 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.43%) CSOC
3 5 (5.43%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (5.43%) Cyberattack
3 5 (5.43%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.26%) Social Media
5 2 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.09%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.09%) SystemC
6 1 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (22.83%) AI
3 18 (19.57%) Machine Learning
3 18 (19.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (16.30%) DevOps
5 13 (14.13%) CI/CD
5 13 (14.13%) Data Science
5 13 (14.13%) Validation
6 12 (13.04%) Data Management
6 12 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (13.04%) Roadmaps
7 11 (11.96%) Data Analytics
7 11 (11.96%) Data Governance
7 11 (11.96%) Use Case
8 10 (10.87%) LLM
8 10 (10.87%) Microservices
8 10 (10.87%) Migration
8 10 (10.87%) MLOps
8 10 (10.87%) Prompt Engineering
8 10 (10.87%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.57%) Python
2 16 (17.39%) SQL
3 7 (7.61%) ABAP
4 6 (6.52%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.09%) Bash
6 1 (1.09%) Bicep
6 1 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (7.61%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.52%) Degree
3 5 (5.43%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.26%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.17%) ACCA
6 2 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.17%) CIMA
6 2 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.13%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.26%) GDPR
2 3 (3.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (2.17%) GxP
4 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.09%) NIST
4 1 (1.09%) PMO
4 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (9.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (9.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.09%) Kibana
2 1 (1.09%) logstash
2 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (33.70%) SAP
2 17 (18.48%) Microsoft
3 10 (10.87%) Google
4 9 (9.78%) Foundry
4 9 (9.78%) OpenAI
5 8 (8.70%) Databricks
6 7 (7.61%) OpenText
6 7 (7.61%) ServiceNow
7 6 (6.52%) IBM
7 6 (6.52%) Oracle
8 4 (4.35%) Adobe
9 2 (2.17%) Ariba
9 2 (2.17%) Workday
10 1 (1.09%) Amplitude
10 1 (1.09%) Cerner
10 1 (1.09%) Cribl.io
10 1 (1.09%) Hyperion
10 1 (1.09%) Informatica
10 1 (1.09%) mParticle
10 1 (1.09%) Siemens