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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 27 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,297 1,701 1,908
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.51% 6.59% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.80% 7.23% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,237 1,128 1,327
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -3.08%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 38 44
10th Percentile £19.25 £14.83 £14.10
25th Percentile £35.00 £19.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £33.28 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.54% +10.92% -6.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £63.31 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.90 £79.09 £71.38
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £34.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year +52.17% +18.97% -9.80%

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 37,451 23,541 31,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.15% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,583 15,155 20,721
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.08% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 1,173 2,326
10th Percentile £15.26 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +85.35% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.07
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +2 1,795 £550 -4.35% 1,643
North of England +7 401 £488 +6.79% 351
Midlands +8 396 £493 -1.50% 228
West Midlands +16 305 £492 -4.06% 137
South East -3 298 £500 -4.76% 480
North West +3 205 £506 +6.45% 213
South West +23 192 £500 +5.26% 166
Yorkshire +2 155 £500 +11.05% 89
East of England -3 119 £525 -9.48% 122
East Midlands +2 85 £509 +23.71% 91
North East +6 52 £450 +9.09% 49
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
1 155 (4.70%) Apache Spark
2 142 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
3 99 (3.00%) SAS
4 90 (2.73%) Apache
5 67 (2.03%) Confluence
6 44 (1.33%) SharePoint
7 32 (0.97%) CMS
8 30 (0.91%) Jupyter
9 29 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
10 15 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
10 15 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
11 13 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 8 (0.24%) Apache Superset
13 7 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
14 6 (0.18%) IIS
14 6 (0.18%) WordPress
15 5 (0.15%) Drupal
16 4 (0.12%) ArcGIS
17 2 (0.061%) OpenROAD
17 2 (0.061%) OpenStack
Applications
1 147 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 19 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
4 16 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.36%) CPLEX
7 10 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.091%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.091%) Sketch
10 1 (0.030%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.030%) InDesign
10 1 (0.030%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.030%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.030%) Trello
10 1 (0.030%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 68 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 10 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 10 (0.30%) Workday HCM
5 9 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 8 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 8 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 7 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 6 (0.18%) Sage X3
9 5 (0.15%) BambooHR
9 5 (0.15%) Infor LN
9 5 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 4 (0.12%) iTrent
10 4 (0.12%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.12%) Shopify
11 3 (0.091%) Adobe Campaign
11 3 (0.091%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 987 (29.94%) Azure
2 708 (21.47%) Power Platform
3 648 (19.65%) AWS
4 290 (8.80%) GCP
5 231 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
6 224 (6.79%) Snowflake
7 216 (6.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 179 (5.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 175 (5.31%) dbt
10 165 (5.00%) GitHub
11 144 (4.37%) Amazon S3
12 138 (4.19%) Serverless
13 116 (3.52%) Azure Monitor
14 93 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
14 93 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
15 91 (2.76%) SaaS
16 86 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
17 85 (2.58%) Entra ID
18 49 (1.49%) PaaS
18 49 (1.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 47 (1.43%) Firewall
2 34 (1.03%) Network Security
3 27 (0.82%) VPN
4 25 (0.76%) WAN
5 23 (0.70%) SD-WAN
6 20 (0.61%) DNS
7 17 (0.52%) BGP
8 12 (0.36%) SMS
9 10 (0.30%) OSPF
10 9 (0.27%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.27%) Wireless
11 8 (0.24%) VXLAN
12 7 (0.21%) 5G
12 7 (0.21%) DHCP
12 7 (0.21%) HTTP
12 7 (0.21%) Internet
12 7 (0.21%) LAN
12 7 (0.21%) MPLS
12 7 (0.21%) WLAN
13 6 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 665 (20.17%) Power BI
2 420 (12.74%) Data Warehouse
3 255 (7.73%) Data Lake
4 230 (6.98%) Tableau
5 192 (5.82%) Metadata
6 124 (3.76%) BigQuery
7 108 (3.28%) Delta Lake
8 102 (3.09%) SQL Server
9 96 (2.91%) Big Data
10 90 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
11 84 (2.55%) Relational Database
12 77 (2.34%) Snowflake Schema
13 74 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
14 71 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
15 68 (2.06%) NoSQL
16 66 (2.00%) Looker
17 58 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
18 55 (1.67%) Power Query
19 49 (1.49%) Star Schema
20 48 (1.46%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 189 (5.73%) Git
2 160 (4.85%) JIRA
3 77 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 63 (1.91%) GitLab
5 19 (0.58%) ERwin
6 12 (0.36%) MLflow
7 11 (0.33%) JUnit
8 10 (0.30%) ER Studio
8 10 (0.30%) fastlane
8 10 (0.30%) Selenium
9 7 (0.21%) MSI
9 7 (0.21%) Postman
9 7 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
10 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.18%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.15%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.15%) Gradle
11 5 (0.15%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 844 (25.60%) Finance
2 831 (25.20%) Social Skills
3 557 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 383 (11.62%) Public Sector
5 236 (7.16%) Banking
6 181 (5.49%) Marketing
7 137 (4.16%) Retail
8 76 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 73 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
9 73 (2.21%) Legal
10 61 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 58 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
12 56 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 53 (1.61%) Investment Banking
14 49 (1.49%) Front Office
15 44 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
15 44 (1.33%) Telecoms
16 39 (1.18%) Financial Institution
17 29 (0.88%) Automotive
18 27 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 624 (18.93%) Data Engineer
2 412 (12.50%) Analyst
3 401 (12.16%) Architect
4 398 (12.07%) Senior
5 331 (10.04%) Developer
6 281 (8.52%) Lead
7 184 (5.58%) Data Architect
8 166 (5.03%) Data Analyst
9 140 (4.25%) Consultant
10 112 (3.40%) Data Scientist
11 109 (3.31%) Business Analyst
12 107 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
13 106 (3.22%) Senior Data Engineer
14 99 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
15 71 (2.15%) Data Manager
16 64 (1.94%) Project Manager
17 60 (1.82%) Designer
18 56 (1.70%) AWS Engineer
18 56 (1.70%) Lead Data Engineer
18 56 (1.70%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (5.98%) PySpark
2 130 (3.94%) Kafka
3 113 (3.43%) REST
4 62 (1.88%) Pandas
5 51 (1.55%) JSON
6 50 (1.52%) React
7 49 (1.49%) RESTful
8 42 (1.27%) .NET
9 40 (1.21%) PyTorch
10 38 (1.15%) HTML
11 37 (1.12%) TensorFlow
12 36 (1.09%) CSS
12 36 (1.09%) Middleware
12 36 (1.09%) NumPy
13 34 (1.03%) scikit-learn
13 34 (1.03%) Web Services
14 32 (0.97%) ARM Templates
14 32 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
14 32 (0.97%) SOAP
15 25 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 230 (6.98%) Cloud Native
2 163 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 129 (3.91%) Data Structures
4 103 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
5 102 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 66 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
7 61 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
8 48 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 47 (1.43%) Algorithms
10 45 (1.36%) AI Agents
11 41 (1.24%) Management Information System
12 40 (1.21%) NHS
12 40 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 37 (1.12%) Public Cloud
14 34 (1.03%) Mobile App
15 31 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
15 31 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
15 31 (0.94%) Virtual Team
16 30 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
17 29 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 89 (2.70%) Windows
2 76 (2.31%) Linux
3 40 (1.21%) Unix
4 24 (0.73%) Mac OS
5 23 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 11 (0.33%) Android
8 8 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.15%) VMS
10 3 (0.091%) CentOS
10 3 (0.091%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.030%) Rocky
11 1 (0.030%) Solaris
11 1 (0.030%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 910 (27.60%) Data Modelling
2 883 (26.78%) Business Intelligence
3 794 (24.08%) AI
4 716 (21.72%) Agile
5 694 (21.05%) Data Pipeline
6 685 (20.78%) Data Engineering
7 666 (20.20%) CI/CD
8 561 (17.02%) ETL
9 543 (16.47%) Decision-Making
10 530 (16.08%) DevOps
11 517 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 513 (15.56%) Data Governance
13 502 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
14 404 (12.25%) Machine Learning
15 399 (12.10%) Data Science
16 396 (12.01%) Migration
17 382 (11.59%) Data Analytics
18 374 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
18 374 (11.34%) Validation
19 352 (10.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,114 (33.79%) SQL
2 991 (30.06%) Python
3 136 (4.12%) Java
4 117 (3.55%) PowerShell
5 100 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 85 (2.58%) C#
7 69 (2.09%) Bicep
7 69 (2.09%) R
8 56 (1.70%) JavaScript
9 44 (1.33%) Scala
10 43 (1.30%) TypeScript
11 40 (1.21%) T-SQL
12 39 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 35 (1.06%) Bash
13 35 (1.06%) Shell Script
14 26 (0.79%) PL/SQL
15 20 (0.61%) VBA
16 19 (0.58%) C++
17 11 (0.33%) Korn
18 10 (0.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 545 (16.53%) Security Cleared
2 431 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 262 (7.95%) Degree
4 79 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 74 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 71 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 54 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 39 (1.18%) Master's Degree
9 37 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (0.88%) CISSP
11 26 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 26 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (0.67%) PMI Certification
13 19 (0.58%) DBS Check
14 18 (0.55%) PMP
15 17 (0.52%) CCNP
16 15 (0.45%) CCIE
17 10 (0.30%) CISA
17 10 (0.30%) PhD
17 10 (0.30%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 621 (18.84%) Data Quality
2 164 (4.97%) GDPR
3 127 (3.85%) QA
4 108 (3.28%) Accessibility
5 45 (1.36%) WCAG
6 35 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (0.91%) NIST
8 28 (0.85%) PMO
9 20 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 19 (0.58%) GRC
11 16 (0.49%) Solvency II
12 15 (0.45%) SLA
13 11 (0.33%) NCSC
13 11 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 10 (0.30%) IFRS
14 10 (0.30%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.21%) PERC
16 6 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 6 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 161 (4.88%) Docker
2 72 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.12%) HDFS
6 4 (0.12%) Snort
6 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.030%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.030%) GPFS
7 1 (0.030%) iptables
7 1 (0.030%) Lustre
7 1 (0.030%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.030%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.030%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 250 (7.58%) Terraform
2 174 (5.28%) Kubernetes
3 34 (1.03%) Ansible
4 32 (0.97%) Grafana
5 31 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 28 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 21 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.24%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.24%) SCCM
9 5 (0.15%) Argo
10 4 (0.12%) Control-M
10 4 (0.12%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.12%) Podman
11 3 (0.091%) Nagios
11 3 (0.091%) Puppet
11 3 (0.091%) QRadar
12 2 (0.061%) Kibana
12 2 (0.061%) Nessus
12 2 (0.061%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.061%) SCOM
Vendors
1 561 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 441 (13.38%) Databricks
3 169 (5.13%) Oracle
4 166 (5.03%) SAP
5 156 (4.73%) Google
6 74 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 69 (2.09%) ServiceNow
8 63 (1.91%) Adobe
9 53 (1.61%) Splunk
10 52 (1.58%) Informatica
11 49 (1.49%) Foundry
12 44 (1.33%) Talend
12 44 (1.33%) Workday
13 40 (1.21%) OpenAI
14 36 (1.09%) Denodo
14 36 (1.09%) Palantir
15 32 (0.97%) Dynatrace
16 27 (0.82%) Cisco
17 22 (0.67%) VMware
18 18 (0.55%) IBM