Data Analyst Contracts in the East of England

Data Analyst
England > East of England

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the East of England is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 92 100
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 7 21 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.63% 1.09% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 1.23% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 12
10th Percentile - £278 £277
25th Percentile £313 £300 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £410 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% +9.33% -10.71%
75th Percentile £338 £488 £500
90th Percentile - £536 £523
England median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.60 £13.86
25th Percentile - £15.12 £14.98
Median hourly rate £31.64 £15.98 £17.40
Median % change year-on-year +98.00% -8.16% +20.00%
75th Percentile £32.48 £17.99 £19.26
90th Percentile £33.99 £19.20 £20.04
England median hourly rate £26.94 £21.43 £22.50
% change year-on-year +25.70% -4.76% -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 969 1,709 1,808
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.75% 88.96% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 735 1,114
10th Percentile £198 £206 £200
25th Percentile £347 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £442 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.86% -6.95% +1.06%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £654 £642 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 589 268
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.40 £17.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.75 £43.00 £39.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +10.19% +101.26%
75th Percentile £66.38 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.55 £70.25 £76.30
England median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.93
% change year-on-year -29.55% -8.95% +75.72%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the East of England

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in the East of England

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst 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 3 July 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 +26 3 - - 13
Essex +13 3 £325 +174.84% 6
Bedfordshire -3 1 - - 4
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 (85.71%) Data Quality
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
3 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
4 3 (42.86%) Impact Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) Facilities Management
4 3 (42.86%) Resource Management
4 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
4 3 (42.86%) Trend Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (42.86%) Power BI
4 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 2 (28.57%) MySQL
5 2 (28.57%) PHP
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Data Lineage
6 1 (14.29%) Data Interpretation

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (14.29%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
2 2 (28.57%) MySQL
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (42.86%) Facilities Management
3 3 (42.86%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Impact Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Resource Management
3 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Trend Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
4 2 (28.57%) Data Lineage
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks