Analytics Contract Job Trends in England

Analytics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 27 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,526 1,790 1,714
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.61% 6.49% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% 7.14% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,308 1,172 1,181
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £431 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -2.61%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 47 22
10th Percentile £19.18 £16.00 £21.78
25th Percentile £26.25 £30.54 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £34.98 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.09% +10.17% -9.61%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.81 £58.80
90th Percentile £87.05 £79.25 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £34.98 £31.00
% change year-on-year +35.79% +12.84% -11.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,321 25,058 28,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.80% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,195 15,905 17,612
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,661 1,475 1,343
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.27 £14.84
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.83 £20.24
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.17% -41.51% +1.96%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Analytics job vacancy trend in England

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytics

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in England over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in England

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytics

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in England over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in England

Analytics
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +1 1,964 £550 - 4,782
North of England +11 456 £490 +8.89% 703
Midlands +3 380 £492 -4.47% 359
South East +19 367 £513 -2.38% 700
West Midlands +4 312 £490 -5.50% 218
North West +7 230 £522 +16.02% 427
Yorkshire +15 177 £463 -0.64% 208
South West +21 169 £503 +5.79% 343
East of England -6 106 £580 +4.74% 203
East Midlands -2 62 £500 +14.29% 141
North East -4 59 £450 +18.03% 74
Analytics
UK

Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 169 (4.79%) Apache Airflow
2 133 (3.77%) Apache Spark
3 112 (3.18%) SAS
4 99 (2.81%) Apache
5 75 (2.13%) Confluence
6 57 (1.62%) CMS
7 49 (1.39%) SharePoint
8 30 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
9 29 (0.82%) Jupyter
10 28 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 26 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
12 11 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
13 10 (0.28%) Apache Superset
14 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
15 8 (0.23%) Drupal
15 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
16 6 (0.17%) WordPress
17 3 (0.085%) IIS
18 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
18 2 (0.057%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 158 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.45%) CPLEX
5 16 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.31%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.14%) Trello
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.057%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.057%) Sketch
11 1 (0.028%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.028%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.028%) InDesign
11 1 (0.028%) Notion
11 1 (0.028%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.028%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 67 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 16 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 14 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 12 (0.34%) Aladdin
7 11 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
8 9 (0.26%) Shopify
9 8 (0.23%) SAP CO
9 8 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 8 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 7 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
10 7 (0.20%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.17%) NetSuite
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
11 6 (0.17%) SAP GRC
11 6 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 5 (0.14%) SAP BPC
12 5 (0.14%) SAP MM
12 5 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,044 (29.61%) Azure
2 707 (20.05%) Power Platform
3 617 (17.50%) AWS
4 305 (8.65%) GCP
5 253 (7.18%) Snowflake
6 241 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
7 235 (6.66%) Azure Data Factory
8 198 (5.62%) dbt
9 186 (5.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 156 (4.42%) GitHub
11 149 (4.23%) Serverless
12 131 (3.72%) Azure Monitor
13 127 (3.60%) Amazon S3
14 112 (3.18%) SaaS
15 108 (3.06%) Entra ID
16 98 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
17 84 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
18 82 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
19 73 (2.07%) Azure Databricks
20 61 (1.73%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.64%) Firewall
2 50 (1.42%) Network Security
3 37 (1.05%) DNS
4 31 (0.88%) VPN
5 22 (0.62%) TCP/IP
6 21 (0.60%) WAN
7 17 (0.48%) SD-WAN
8 16 (0.45%) Broadband
8 16 (0.45%) DHCP
9 15 (0.43%) BGP
10 9 (0.26%) SMS
11 8 (0.23%) Wireless
12 7 (0.20%) LAN
13 6 (0.17%) OSPF
13 6 (0.17%) SSH
13 6 (0.17%) WLAN
14 5 (0.14%) HTTP
14 5 (0.14%) Internet
14 5 (0.14%) VLAN
15 4 (0.11%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 675 (19.14%) Power BI
2 447 (12.68%) Data Warehouse
3 258 (7.32%) Data Lake
4 232 (6.58%) Metadata
5 222 (6.30%) Tableau
6 140 (3.97%) BigQuery
7 95 (2.69%) SQL Server
8 93 (2.64%) Delta Lake
9 90 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 89 (2.52%) Big Data
11 84 (2.38%) Relational Database
12 77 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
13 74 (2.10%) Looker
14 63 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
15 62 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
15 62 (1.76%) NoSQL
15 62 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
16 58 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
17 54 (1.53%) Star Schema
18 50 (1.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 186 (5.28%) Git
2 162 (4.59%) JIRA
3 60 (1.70%) Jenkins
4 52 (1.47%) GitLab
5 14 (0.40%) ERwin
6 11 (0.31%) MLflow
7 10 (0.28%) fastlane
7 10 (0.28%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.26%) RStudio
9 8 (0.23%) ER Studio
9 8 (0.23%) Selenium
10 7 (0.20%) Gradle
10 7 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.17%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.17%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.17%) JUnit
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.17%) Postman
12 5 (0.14%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 934 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 898 (25.47%) Finance
3 655 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 417 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 261 (7.40%) Banking
6 231 (6.55%) Marketing
7 176 (4.99%) Retail
8 103 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 91 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 74 (2.10%) Legal
10 74 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 73 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 69 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
13 62 (1.76%) Front Office
14 56 (1.59%) Investment Banking
15 48 (1.36%) Publishing
16 45 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
17 44 (1.25%) Telecoms
18 42 (1.19%) Financial Institution
19 40 (1.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 592 (16.79%) Data Engineer
2 462 (13.10%) Senior
3 450 (12.76%) Analyst
4 448 (12.71%) Architect
5 309 (8.76%) Developer
6 292 (8.28%) Lead
7 207 (5.87%) Data Architect
8 170 (4.82%) Consultant
8 170 (4.82%) Data Analyst
9 125 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
10 112 (3.18%) Senior Data Engineer
11 111 (3.15%) Data Scientist
12 104 (2.95%) Business Analyst
13 103 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
14 80 (2.27%) Data Manager
15 67 (1.90%) Senior Manager
16 65 (1.84%) Product Manager
17 63 (1.79%) Project Manager
18 60 (1.70%) Python Developer
19 57 (1.62%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (7.54%) Terraform
2 213 (6.04%) PySpark
3 133 (3.77%) REST
4 113 (3.20%) Kafka
5 64 (1.82%) Pandas
6 56 (1.59%) HTML
7 54 (1.53%) RESTful
8 52 (1.47%) CSS
9 50 (1.42%) React
10 43 (1.22%) .NET
10 43 (1.22%) JSON
11 41 (1.16%) ARM Templates
12 40 (1.13%) NumPy
13 38 (1.08%) OAuth
14 31 (0.88%) OpenID
14 31 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
15 30 (0.85%) OAuth2
16 28 (0.79%) Django
16 28 (0.79%) Web Services
17 27 (0.77%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 240 (6.81%) Cloud Native
2 185 (5.25%) Product Ownership
3 139 (3.94%) Data Structures
4 135 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 109 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
6 77 (2.18%) Management Information System
7 69 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
8 64 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 58 (1.64%) AI Agents
10 48 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 47 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 46 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
13 43 (1.22%) Algorithms
13 43 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
14 41 (1.16%) NHS
15 40 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
15 40 (1.13%) Virtual Team
16 36 (1.02%) Social Media
17 34 (0.96%) Mobile App
18 33 (0.94%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 88 (2.50%) Linux
2 86 (2.44%) Windows
3 41 (1.16%) Unix
4 33 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.28%) Android
9 9 (0.26%) VMS
10 5 (0.14%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.085%) Solaris
11 3 (0.085%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.057%) AIX
12 2 (0.057%) CentOS
12 2 (0.057%) HPUX
13 1 (0.028%) Rocky
13 1 (0.028%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 928 (26.32%) Data Modelling
2 915 (25.95%) AI
3 887 (25.16%) Business Intelligence
4 811 (23.00%) Agile
5 757 (21.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 707 (20.05%) Data Pipeline
7 688 (19.51%) Data Engineering
8 654 (18.55%) CI/CD
9 647 (18.35%) Decision-Making
10 571 (16.19%) Data Governance
11 553 (15.68%) ETL
12 528 (14.97%) DevOps
13 512 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
14 466 (13.22%) Migration
15 441 (12.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 430 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 429 (12.17%) Machine Learning
18 418 (11.85%) Roadmaps
19 406 (11.51%) Data Science
20 395 (11.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,121 (31.79%) SQL
2 984 (27.91%) Python
3 158 (4.48%) PowerShell
4 107 (3.03%) Java
5 96 (2.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 84 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 83 (2.35%) Bicep
8 75 (2.13%) C#
9 65 (1.84%) R
10 63 (1.79%) Bash
11 39 (1.11%) Scala
12 34 (0.96%) Shell Script
13 33 (0.94%) TypeScript
14 30 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
15 27 (0.77%) T-SQL
16 21 (0.60%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.54%) C++
18 13 (0.37%) LookML
18 13 (0.37%) VBA
19 11 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 629 (17.84%) Security Cleared
2 497 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 291 (8.25%) Degree
4 82 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 82 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 82 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 54 (1.53%) Master's Degree
7 48 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (1.11%) CISSP
9 31 (0.88%) AWS Certification
10 30 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 24 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 23 (0.65%) PMP
13 18 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.34%) CISA
15 11 (0.31%) MBA
15 11 (0.31%) PhD
16 10 (0.28%) SANS
17 9 (0.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 717 (20.33%) Data Quality
2 164 (4.65%) GDPR
3 139 (3.94%) QA
4 138 (3.91%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.36%) GRC
5 48 (1.36%) WCAG
6 40 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 33 (0.94%) NIST
8 29 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 29 (0.82%) PMO
9 20 (0.57%) SLA
10 13 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.34%) NCSC
11 12 (0.34%) Solvency II
12 11 (0.31%) IFRS
12 11 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 11 (0.31%) PERC
13 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.20%) GMP
14 6 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 150 (4.25%) Docker
2 88 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 26 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.085%) vSphere
8 2 (0.057%) XenApp
8 2 (0.057%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.028%) iptables
9 1 (0.028%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.028%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 162 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.30%) Ansible
3 38 (1.08%) Grafana
4 24 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.40%) SCCM
8 8 (0.23%) Control-M
8 8 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.23%) SCOM
9 5 (0.14%) Podman
10 4 (0.11%) QRadar
10 4 (0.11%) SysTrack
11 3 (0.085%) Apache Ranger
11 3 (0.085%) CASB
11 3 (0.085%) Kibana
12 2 (0.057%) Argo
12 2 (0.057%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.057%) Puppet
Vendors
1 647 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 456 (12.93%) Databricks
3 213 (6.04%) Oracle
4 195 (5.53%) SAP
5 181 (5.13%) Google
6 87 (2.47%) Adobe
7 85 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 84 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 55 (1.56%) Workday
10 45 (1.28%) Splunk
11 43 (1.22%) Informatica
12 42 (1.19%) Foundry
13 40 (1.13%) Dynatrace
14 37 (1.05%) Palantir
15 34 (0.96%) Talend
16 30 (0.85%) Denodo
17 29 (0.82%) Cisco
17 29 (0.82%) VMware
18 25 (0.71%) OpenAI
19 23 (0.65%) Alteryx