Trend Analysis Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Trend Analysis
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 95 97
Rank change year-on-year -26 +2 +17
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.17% 0.22% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.24% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% +33.33% -32.96%
75th Percentile £811 - -
90th Percentile £832 - -
England median daily rate £473 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +11.29% -8.11% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £63.40 £24.18
% change year-on-year -9.31% +162.20% -7.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Trend 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 1,894 1,245 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.72% 89.76% 81.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 767 540 464
10th Percentile £190 £200 £213
25th Percentile £352 £375 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £560
90th Percentile £694 £682 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 529 339 272
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.37 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.03 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £22.27 £28.42
Median % change year-on-year +113.34% -21.66% +42.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £79.20 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Trend Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in the East of England

Trend Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Trend Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Trend Analysis

Trend Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Trend Analysis in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Trend Analysis in the East of England

Trend Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Trend Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Trend Analysis

Trend Analysis
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 Trend Analysis within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 -20 2 £823 +105.63% 1
Cambridgeshire - 2 £375 -
Trend Analysis
England

Trend Analysis
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (50.00%) Looker
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Report Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Report Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Google Apps Script
1 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Remedy
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow