Data Analysis Contracts in the East of England

Data Analysis
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 73 84
Rank change year-on-year +29 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 48 41 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.57% 2.09% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 2.48% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 24
10th Percentile £296 £280 £265
25th Percentile £344 £356 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £410 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.17% +2.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £675 £550 £476
90th Percentile - £600 £518
England median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 7
10th Percentile £29.38 £26.88 £18.84
25th Percentile £31.23 £33.53 £23.66
Median hourly rate £33.32 £55.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% +66.67% -45.00%
75th Percentile £62.69 £60.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 - £52.50
England median hourly rate £33.88 £29.00 £23.30
% change year-on-year +16.83% +24.46% -28.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Data Analysis 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 943 1,651 1,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.72% 84.19% 87.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 663 1,004
10th Percentile £213 £201 £225
25th Percentile £366 £313 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £488
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -9.33% +2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £652 £704
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 620 338
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £33.75 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +90.48% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68.25 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.55 £73.30 £72.88
England median hourly rate £26.12 £38.00 £35.03
% change year-on-year -31.26% +8.48% +36.41%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis 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 Data Analysis within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Hertfordshire +35 23 £650 +48.57% 46
Cambridgeshire +11 10 £296 -30.35% 46
Essex +12 8 £400 -2.44% 25
Bedfordshire -1 4 £450 - 17
Norfolk - 3 £600 - 11
Data Analysis
England

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (25.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.08%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.25%) Simulink
4 1 (2.08%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.25%) AWS
2 13 (27.08%) Azure
3 4 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.33%) SaaS
4 3 (6.25%) IaaS
4 3 (6.25%) PaaS
5 2 (4.17%) GCP
5 2 (4.17%) GitHub
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.08%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.17%) Tableau
2 13 (27.08%) Big Data
3 12 (25.00%) Hadoop
4 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (8.33%) Power BI
5 3 (6.25%) Data Lake
5 3 (6.25%) RDBMS
5 3 (6.25%) Relational Database
6 2 (4.17%) MySQL
6 2 (4.17%) PowerCenter
7 1 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (2.08%) Power Query
7 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.08%) CANoe
2 1 (2.08%) Git
2 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 24 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.58%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
4 4 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.25%) Front Office
6 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.08%) Automotive
7 1 (2.08%) Electronics
7 1 (2.08%) Law
7 1 (2.08%) Local Government
7 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.08%) Marketing
7 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Developer
2 12 (25.00%) Data Science Developer
3 7 (14.58%) Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 6 (12.50%) Lead
4 6 (12.50%) Senior
4 6 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 4 (8.33%) Data Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Technical Leader
6 3 (6.25%) Administrator
6 3 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Report Specialist
7 2 (4.17%) Gen AI Developer
7 2 (4.17%) IT Administrator
7 2 (4.17%) Procurement Administrator
8 1 (2.08%) Business Intelligence Architect
8 1 (2.08%) Designer
8 1 (2.08%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (2.08%) Performance Test Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) PMO Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (29.17%) Matplotlib
1 14 (29.17%) PyTorch
1 14 (29.17%) scikit-learn
1 14 (29.17%) Seaborn
1 14 (29.17%) TensorFlow
2 13 (27.08%) NumPy
2 13 (27.08%) Pandas
3 3 (6.25%) REST
3 3 (6.25%) SOAP
4 2 (4.17%) Software Packaging
5 1 (2.08%) ggplot2
5 1 (2.08%) Gherkin
5 1 (2.08%) JSON
5 1 (2.08%) Next.js
5 1 (2.08%) PySpark
5 1 (2.08%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 16 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.17%) Life Science
3 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Linux
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
1 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Analytics
1 19 (39.58%) Visualisation
2 15 (31.25%) Data Science
3 14 (29.17%) Artificial Intelligence
3 14 (29.17%) Data Munging
3 14 (29.17%) Decision-Making
3 14 (29.17%) Generative AI
3 14 (29.17%) LLM
3 14 (29.17%) Machine Learning
4 13 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 12 (25.00%) Reinforcement Learning
5 12 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
6 11 (22.92%) Predictive Analytics
6 11 (22.92%) Time Series Forecasting
7 10 (20.83%) Computer Science
7 10 (20.83%) Feature Engineering
8 8 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (14.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) Python
2 16 (33.33%) R
3 7 (14.58%) SQL
4 4 (8.33%) MATLAB
5 2 (4.17%) PHP
6 1 (2.08%) C
6 1 (2.08%) C++
6 1 (2.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) Degree
2 10 (20.83%) Master's Degree
2 10 (20.83%) PhD
3 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) CBAP
4 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (45.83%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.25%) MiFID
3 1 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.08%) PMO
3 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) SCCM
2 1 (2.08%) Ansible
2 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.08%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.25%) Informatica
4 2 (4.17%) Ariba
4 2 (4.17%) SAP
5 1 (2.08%) Databricks
5 1 (2.08%) Google
5 1 (2.08%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.08%) Snow