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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 20 69
Rank change year-on-year -9 +49 0
Contract jobs citing Analytics 113 94 35
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.07% 7.61% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.46% 8.63% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 64 21
10th Percentile £363 £404 £303
25th Percentile £463 £500 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +16.00% -8.88%
75th Percentile £628 £675 £575
90th Percentile £716 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 0
10th Percentile £57.80 £30.40 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £31.64 -
Median hourly rate £89.00 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.82% - -
75th Percentile £91.00 £79.51 -
90th Percentile £93.25 £81.41 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £34.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +59.42% +15.00% -6.69%

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 1,749 1,089 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.47% 88.11% 84.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 523 589
10th Percentile £190 £200 £200
25th Percentile £400 £375 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £551
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 241 555
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.51 £17.80 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £82.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +88.87% -36.33% -7.06%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -8 28 £525 -12.50% 7
Hertfordshire -21 28 £550 -13.73% 21
Cambridgeshire +13 22 £565 +13.00% 14
Essex -5 13 £375 -19.35% 10
Suffolk - 12 £676 - 6
Norfolk -10 10 £544 +8.64% 5
Analytics
England

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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 4 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.77%) Apache
2 2 (1.77%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.88%) Mendix
3 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (7.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.31%) Sage X3
3 3 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.65%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 3 (2.65%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.88%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.88%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 23 (20.35%) Azure
1 23 (20.35%) Power Platform
2 11 (9.73%) AWS
3 7 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.42%) Serverless
5 4 (3.54%) Azure AKS
5 4 (3.54%) SaaS
6 3 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.65%) Azure Functions
6 3 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (2.65%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.65%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (2.65%) dbt
6 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.65%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.77%) Boomi
7 2 (1.77%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.77%) Firewall
1 2 (1.77%) Network Security
2 1 (0.88%) DHCP
2 1 (0.88%) DNS
2 1 (0.88%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.88%) Modbus
2 1 (0.88%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.58%) Power BI
2 10 (8.85%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (7.96%) Metadata
4 7 (6.19%) Power Query
5 6 (5.31%) ZAP BI
6 4 (3.54%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (2.65%) InfluxDB
7 3 (2.65%) Tableau
8 2 (1.77%) Big Data
8 2 (1.77%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.77%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.77%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.77%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.88%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.88%) MySQL
9 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.88%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Git
2 5 (4.42%) JIRA
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.88%) MLflow
General
1 30 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.12%) Finance
3 9 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.96%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.08%) Automotive
5 3 (2.65%) Local Government
5 3 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.65%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.65%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.77%) Banking
6 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.77%) General Ledger
6 2 (1.77%) Law
6 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.77%) Retail
7 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.88%) Agriculture
7 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (15.04%) Developer
2 13 (11.50%) Architect
3 12 (10.62%) Lead
4 9 (7.96%) Senior
5 7 (6.19%) Analyst
5 7 (6.19%) Consultant
5 7 (6.19%) Data Engineer
6 6 (5.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 6 (5.31%) Head of AI
6 6 (5.31%) Power BI Developer
6 6 (5.31%) Report Developer
6 6 (5.31%) SQL BI Developer
6 6 (5.31%) SQL Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Oracle Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Senior Manager
8 4 (3.54%) Data Architect
8 4 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.54%) Lead Consultant
8 4 (3.54%) Sage Developer
8 4 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.42%) REST
2 4 (3.54%) .NET
2 4 (3.54%) Kafka
3 3 (2.65%) JSON
3 3 (2.65%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.77%) ADO
4 2 (1.77%) Node.js
4 2 (1.77%) ONVIF
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Avro
5 1 (0.88%) Express.js
5 1 (0.88%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.88%) MERN Stack
5 1 (0.88%) Middleware
5 1 (0.88%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.88%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (0.88%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.88%) React
5 1 (0.88%) SOAP
5 1 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.19%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.42%) AI Agents
2 5 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.65%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (2.65%) Reference Data
4 3 (2.65%) Robotics
5 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.77%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.77%) Life Science
5 2 (1.77%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.77%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.88%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.77%) Linux
1 2 (1.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (24.78%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (22.12%) AI
3 23 (20.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (19.47%) Data Governance
5 21 (18.58%) Data Modelling
6 20 (17.70%) Data Pipeline
6 20 (17.70%) ETL
7 19 (16.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (15.93%) Data Engineering
8 18 (15.93%) Validation
9 16 (14.16%) CI/CD
9 16 (14.16%) Data Analytics
10 15 (13.27%) Agile
10 15 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (13.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (12.39%) ERP
12 13 (11.50%) Decision-Making
12 13 (11.50%) DevOps
12 13 (11.50%) Machine Learning
13 12 (10.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.24%) SQL
2 19 (16.81%) Python
3 7 (6.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (5.31%) VBA
5 4 (3.54%) C#
6 3 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.77%) Java
8 1 (0.88%) C
8 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (11.50%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.85%) Degree
3 8 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.54%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.77%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.77%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.77%) CCNA
6 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.77%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.77%) MCSA
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.88%) PMP
7 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.88%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (25.66%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.42%) QA
3 4 (3.54%) GDPR
4 3 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.65%) GRC
5 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.88%) GxP
5 1 (0.88%) PMO
5 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Grafana
2 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.88%) SCCM
2 1 (0.88%) SCOM
2 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (13.27%) Databricks
1 15 (13.27%) Microsoft
1 15 (13.27%) SAP
2 7 (6.19%) Oracle
3 6 (5.31%) Sage
4 4 (3.54%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.65%) IBM
5 3 (2.65%) Informatica
5 3 (2.65%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.77%) Adobe
6 2 (1.77%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.77%) Foundry
6 2 (1.77%) Google
6 2 (1.77%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.77%) Talend
7 1 (0.88%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.88%) Ariba
7 1 (0.88%) BT
7 1 (0.88%) Siemens