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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 24 52
Rank change year-on-year -11 +28 +19
Contract jobs citing Analytics 106 84 45
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 4.41% 6.48% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.63% 7.19% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 56 24
10th Percentile £406 £396 £303
25th Percentile £531 £494 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £554 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.35% +8.05% -6.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £606
90th Percentile £750 £694 £646
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 0
10th Percentile £43.33 - -
25th Percentile £62.00 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -
75th Percentile £90.25 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £92.12 £81.00 -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £34.99 £32.50
% change year-on-year +50.03% +7.66% -8.62%

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 1,883 1,168 1,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.33% 90.05% 81.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 507 440
10th Percentile £190 £200 £205
25th Percentile £366 £388 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £442
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +14.25% -11.60%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £551
90th Percentile £700 £688 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 487 315 344
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.38 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.15 £16.16 £15.62
Median hourly rate £48.84 £22.63 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +115.82% -43.43% +100.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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
Hertfordshire -12 42 £550 - 107
Bedfordshire -4 29 £625 +7.76% 34
Cambridgeshire +7 15 £580 +5.45% 85
Essex -9 10 £443 -12.38% 21
Suffolk - 6 £750 - 18
Norfolk -12 4 £563 +12.39% 27
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 2 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.89%) CMS
2 1 (0.94%) Apache
2 1 (0.94%) Confluence
2 1 (0.94%) Mendix
Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.94%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (8.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (6.60%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 3 (2.83%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (2.83%) SAP GRC
4 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.94%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.94%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.94%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.87%) Power Platform
2 18 (16.98%) Azure
3 11 (10.38%) AWS
4 6 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (5.66%) dbt
4 6 (5.66%) Snowflake
5 4 (3.77%) Azure AKS
5 4 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (3.77%) Serverless
6 3 (2.83%) Azure Functions
6 3 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.83%) GitHub
6 3 (2.83%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.83%) SaaS
7 2 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.89%) GCP
7 2 (1.89%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.94%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.77%) DNS
2 2 (1.89%) DHCP
2 2 (1.89%) Firewall
2 2 (1.89%) FTP
2 2 (1.89%) HTTP
2 2 (1.89%) Network Security
2 2 (1.89%) SMTP
2 2 (1.89%) SSL
2 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.89%) VPN
3 1 (0.94%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.98%) Power BI
2 7 (6.60%) Metadata
3 5 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.83%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.83%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.83%) InfluxDB
4 3 (2.83%) Looker
4 3 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.89%) Power Query
5 2 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.89%) Tableau
6 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.94%) Big Data
6 1 (0.94%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.94%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.94%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.94%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Git
2 3 (2.83%) JIRA
General
1 23 (21.70%) Finance
2 21 (19.81%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.55%) Automotive
5 4 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.83%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.83%) Law
6 3 (2.83%) Marketing
6 3 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.83%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.89%) Banking
7 2 (1.89%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.89%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.94%) Agriculture
8 1 (0.94%) Local Government
8 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (16.04%) Developer
2 10 (9.43%) Analyst
3 9 (8.49%) Data Engineer
4 8 (7.55%) Architect
4 8 (7.55%) Oracle Developer
5 7 (6.60%) Senior
6 6 (5.66%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.66%) Report Specialist
7 5 (4.72%) Analytics Manager
7 5 (4.72%) Data Analytics Manager
7 5 (4.72%) Lead
8 4 (3.77%) Applications Developer
8 4 (3.77%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.77%) Data Architect
8 4 (3.77%) Data Manager
8 4 (3.77%) Head of AI
8 4 (3.77%) Senior Manager
8 4 (3.77%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 4 (3.77%) Snowflake Engineer
9 3 (2.83%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) REST
2 3 (2.83%) .NET
2 3 (2.83%) LDAP
2 3 (2.83%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.89%) ONVIF
4 1 (0.94%) Express.js
4 1 (0.94%) JSON
4 1 (0.94%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.94%) Middleware
4 1 (0.94%) Node.js
4 1 (0.94%) OAuth
4 1 (0.94%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.94%) React
4 1 (0.94%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.94%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.94%) SOAP
4 1 (0.94%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.94%) Web Services
4 1 (0.94%) XGBoost
4 1 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.72%) AI Agents
1 5 (4.72%) Management Information System
1 5 (4.72%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.77%) CMDB
3 3 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.83%) Robotics
4 2 (1.89%) Blog
4 2 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.89%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.89%) Life Science
4 2 (1.89%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.89%) Social Media
4 2 (1.89%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (1.89%) YARA
5 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
1 2 (1.89%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.75%) AI
1 22 (20.75%) Business Intelligence
1 22 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (17.92%) Data Analytics
4 18 (16.98%) Agile
4 18 (16.98%) Data Modelling
5 17 (16.04%) Data Pipeline
6 16 (15.09%) Decision-Making
7 15 (14.15%) Data Governance
8 14 (13.21%) Data Engineering
8 14 (13.21%) Migration
9 13 (12.26%) CI/CD
10 12 (11.32%) ITIL
11 11 (10.38%) Machine Learning
11 11 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (9.43%) Customer Experience
12 10 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (9.43%) Validation
13 9 (8.49%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 20 (18.87%) SQL
2 18 (16.98%) Python
3 5 (4.72%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.83%) C#
4 3 (2.83%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (2.83%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.89%) Google Apps Script
5 2 (1.89%) Java
6 1 (0.94%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 15 (14.15%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.32%) Degree
2 12 (11.32%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.72%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.77%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.89%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.89%) CCNA
6 2 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.89%) MCSA
6 2 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.89%) PMP
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.94%) IIBA
7 1 (0.94%) PhD
7 1 (0.94%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.94%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.98%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.66%) QA
3 3 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.83%) GDPR
3 3 (2.83%) GRC
3 3 (2.83%) SLA
4 2 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.89%) PMO
5 1 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.94%) GxP
5 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.89%) SCCM
2 2 (1.89%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.32%) SAP
3 10 (9.43%) Databricks
4 9 (8.49%) Oracle
5 7 (6.60%) BT
5 7 (6.60%) IBM
6 5 (4.72%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.83%) Remedy
8 2 (1.89%) Adobe
8 2 (1.89%) Google
9 1 (0.94%) Ariba
9 1 (0.94%) Braze
9 1 (0.94%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.94%) Informatica
9 1 (0.94%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.94%) Planon
9 1 (0.94%) Salesforce