Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Data Analyst
England > East of England

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the East of England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 67 80
Rank change year-on-year -37 +13 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 14 11 27
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.67% 1.18% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 1.32% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 18
10th Percentile £506 £356 £335
25th Percentile £516 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% +5.41% +2.78%
75th Percentile £566 £538 £534
90th Percentile £579 £544 £549
England median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Median hourly rate £23.03 £31.64 £38.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.21% -18.77% +89.45%
England median hourly rate £32.00 £28.60 £21.54
% change year-on-year +11.89% +32.81% -2.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 1,932 836 1,714
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 89.41% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 449 821
10th Percentile £193 £213 £213
25th Percentile £338 £395 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £556
90th Percentile £675 £688 £669
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 166 545
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £27.50 £60.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.17% +39.53% +22.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £34.21
% change year-on-year +35.38% -5.00% -21.70%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the East of England

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the East of England

Data Analyst
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 Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 April 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 -17 7 £575 - 13
Cambridgeshire +4 4 - - 12
Norfolk - 2 - - 3
Bedfordshire -9 1 £500 -6.98% 4
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 12 April 2026, 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 of England region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (35.71%) Data Quality
2 5 (35.71%) Validation
3 4 (28.57%) Analytics
3 4 (28.57%) B2B
3 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Data Modelling
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) SaaS
3 4 (28.57%) Salesforce
3 4 (28.57%) VBA
4 3 (21.43%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (21.43%) Atlassian
4 3 (21.43%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (21.43%) Data Conversion
4 3 (21.43%) Data Deduplication
4 3 (21.43%) JIRA
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Data Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Data Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Data Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) Power BI
5 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 2 (14.29%) Python
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis

Data Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) SaaS
2 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Metadata
2 1 (7.14%) MS Access
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Aviation
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Validation
2 4 (28.57%) Analytics
2 4 (28.57%) B2B
2 4 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 4 (28.57%) Data Modelling
2 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (21.43%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (21.43%) Data Conversion
3 3 (21.43%) Data Deduplication
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Data Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Data Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Data Validation
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Observability
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) VBA
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) Salesforce
2 3 (21.43%) Atlassian