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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 27 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,521 1,819 1,729
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.60% 6.54% 5.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.95% 7.20% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,298 1,191 1,189
10th Percentile £363 £355 £355
25th Percentile £430 £432 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £557
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% -3.22%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 47 24
10th Percentile £17.75 £16.00 £22.83
25th Percentile £26.25 £30.54 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £34.98 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.09% +7.63% -7.80%
75th Percentile £76.00 £70.81 £56.27
90th Percentile £87.00 £79.25 £72.79
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £34.98 £32.50
% change year-on-year +35.79% +7.63% -7.80%

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 39,332 25,280 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.86% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,139 16,057 17,805
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 £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,708 1,495 1,348
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.36 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.88 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 1,957 £550 - 3,794
North of England +10 461 £490 +8.89% 542
Midlands +2 372 £492 -5.05% 305
South East +18 368 £513 -2.38% 679
West Midlands +2 306 £492 -6.29% 202
North West +4 230 £525 +16.67% 310
Yorkshire +9 181 £463 -1.65% 165
South West +23 170 £525 +10.53% 269
East of England -8 107 £578 +4.29% 200
East Midlands -6 61 £490 +7.40% 103
North East -3 60 £450 +18.03% 69
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
1 170 (4.83%) Apache Airflow
2 128 (3.64%) Apache Spark
3 112 (3.18%) SAS
4 99 (2.81%) Apache
5 78 (2.22%) Confluence
6 58 (1.65%) CMS
7 50 (1.42%) SharePoint
8 29 (0.82%) Jupyter
8 29 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
9 28 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 26 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
11 11 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
12 9 (0.26%) Apache Superset
12 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
13 8 (0.23%) Drupal
13 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
14 6 (0.17%) WordPress
15 3 (0.085%) IIS
15 3 (0.085%) nginx
16 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 162 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 17 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.45%) CPLEX
7 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
8 11 (0.31%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.14%) Trello
10 3 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.057%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.057%) Sketch
12 1 (0.028%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.028%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.028%) InDesign
12 1 (0.028%) Notion
12 1 (0.028%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.028%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 70 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 17 (0.48%) Workday HCM
4 15 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 12 (0.34%) Aladdin
6 11 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
7 10 (0.28%) Shopify
8 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 7 (0.20%) SAP MDG
10 6 (0.17%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.17%) SAP GRC
10 6 (0.17%) SAP MM
10 6 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 6 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 5 (0.14%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1,037 (29.45%) Azure
2 712 (20.22%) Power Platform
3 612 (17.38%) AWS
4 308 (8.75%) GCP
5 259 (7.36%) Snowflake
6 236 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
7 232 (6.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 197 (5.60%) dbt
9 185 (5.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 154 (4.37%) GitHub
11 149 (4.23%) Serverless
12 130 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
13 125 (3.55%) Amazon S3
14 109 (3.10%) SaaS
15 108 (3.07%) Entra ID
16 96 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
17 86 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
18 80 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
19 68 (1.93%) Azure Databricks
20 64 (1.82%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 57 (1.62%) Firewall
2 51 (1.45%) 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%) HTTP
12 7 (0.20%) LAN
13 6 (0.17%) OSPF
13 6 (0.17%) SSH
13 6 (0.17%) WLAN
14 5 (0.14%) Cisco IPT
14 5 (0.14%) Kerberos
14 5 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 680 (19.31%) Power BI
2 443 (12.58%) Data Warehouse
3 260 (7.38%) Data Lake
4 235 (6.67%) Metadata
5 223 (6.33%) Tableau
6 145 (4.12%) BigQuery
7 94 (2.67%) SQL Server
8 93 (2.64%) Delta Lake
9 86 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
9 86 (2.44%) Big Data
10 83 (2.36%) Relational Database
11 79 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
12 77 (2.19%) Looker
13 63 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
14 62 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
15 60 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
16 58 (1.65%) NoSQL
17 57 (1.62%) Star Schema
18 55 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
19 51 (1.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 190 (5.40%) Git
2 162 (4.60%) JIRA
3 62 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 53 (1.51%) GitLab
5 13 (0.37%) ERwin
6 12 (0.34%) 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
1 954 (27.09%) Social Skills
2 909 (25.82%) Finance
3 658 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 420 (11.93%) Public Sector
5 263 (7.47%) Banking
6 230 (6.53%) Marketing
7 178 (5.06%) Retail
8 105 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
9 88 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 79 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 78 (2.22%) Legal
12 73 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
14 61 (1.73%) Front Office
15 55 (1.56%) Investment Banking
16 48 (1.36%) Publishing
17 45 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
18 41 (1.16%) Military
18 41 (1.16%) Telecoms
19 40 (1.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 581 (16.50%) Data Engineer
2 468 (13.29%) Senior
3 454 (12.89%) Analyst
4 452 (12.84%) Architect
5 313 (8.89%) Developer
6 286 (8.12%) Lead
7 207 (5.88%) Data Architect
8 174 (4.94%) Consultant
9 172 (4.88%) Data Analyst
10 125 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
11 115 (3.27%) Senior Data Engineer
12 112 (3.18%) Data Scientist
13 106 (3.01%) Business Analyst
14 101 (2.87%) Azure Engineer
15 78 (2.22%) Data Manager
16 69 (1.96%) Senior Manager
17 64 (1.82%) Product Manager
18 62 (1.76%) Project Manager
19 61 (1.73%) Python Developer
20 56 (1.59%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 269 (7.64%) Terraform
2 210 (5.96%) PySpark
3 133 (3.78%) REST
4 107 (3.04%) Kafka
5 62 (1.76%) Pandas
6 56 (1.59%) HTML
7 55 (1.56%) RESTful
8 52 (1.48%) CSS
8 52 (1.48%) React
9 44 (1.25%) .NET
9 44 (1.25%) JSON
10 41 (1.16%) ARM Templates
11 40 (1.14%) NumPy
12 38 (1.08%) OAuth
13 32 (0.91%) OpenID
14 30 (0.85%) OAuth2
15 29 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
16 28 (0.80%) Web Services
17 27 (0.77%) Django
18 26 (0.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 242 (6.87%) Cloud Native
2 189 (5.37%) Product Ownership
3 140 (3.98%) Data Structures
4 134 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 102 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 79 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 69 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
8 63 (1.79%) AI Agents
9 62 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
10 48 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 47 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
11 47 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 43 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
13 42 (1.19%) Algorithms
13 42 (1.19%) NHS
13 42 (1.19%) Virtual Team
14 39 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
15 36 (1.02%) Social Media
16 34 (0.97%) Mobile App
17 33 (0.94%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 90 (2.56%) Windows
2 86 (2.44%) Linux
3 40 (1.14%) Unix
4 34 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 19 (0.54%) 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 6 (0.17%) 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
1 932 (26.47%) AI
2 919 (26.10%) Data Modelling
3 892 (25.33%) Business Intelligence
4 814 (23.12%) Agile
5 773 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 704 (19.99%) Data Pipeline
7 674 (19.14%) Data Engineering
8 664 (18.86%) Decision-Making
9 650 (18.46%) CI/CD
10 569 (16.16%) Data Governance
11 552 (15.68%) ETL
12 522 (14.83%) DevOps
13 510 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
14 468 (13.29%) Migration
15 442 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 432 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 429 (12.18%) Machine Learning
17 429 (12.18%) Roadmaps
18 410 (11.64%) Data Science
19 403 (11.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,119 (31.78%) SQL
2 983 (27.92%) Python
3 159 (4.52%) PowerShell
4 104 (2.95%) Java
5 97 (2.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 86 (2.44%) JavaScript
7 81 (2.30%) Bicep
8 73 (2.07%) C#
9 66 (1.87%) R
10 63 (1.79%) Bash
11 38 (1.08%) Scala
12 36 (1.02%) TypeScript
13 32 (0.91%) Shell Script
14 30 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
15 27 (0.77%) T-SQL
16 20 (0.57%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.54%) C++
18 14 (0.40%) LookML
19 13 (0.37%) VBA
20 11 (0.31%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 632 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 502 (14.26%) SC Cleared
3 285 (8.09%) Degree
4 87 (2.47%) Azure Certification
5 79 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 79 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 72 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 53 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 52 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 41 (1.16%) CISSP
10 35 (0.99%) AWS Certification
11 30 (0.85%) PMI Certification
12 25 (0.71%) DBS Check
13 23 (0.65%) PMP
14 19 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
15 12 (0.34%) CISA
16 11 (0.31%) MBA
16 11 (0.31%) PhD
17 10 (0.28%) SANS
18 9 (0.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 727 (20.65%) Data Quality
2 159 (4.52%) GDPR
3 139 (3.95%) QA
4 137 (3.89%) Accessibility
5 49 (1.39%) WCAG
6 47 (1.33%) GRC
7 39 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (0.97%) NIST
9 30 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 29 (0.82%) PMO
11 20 (0.57%) SLA
12 13 (0.37%) PERC
12 13 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.34%) NCSC
14 11 (0.31%) IFRS
14 11 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 11 (0.31%) Solvency II
15 8 (0.23%) GMP
16 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
17 6 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 156 (4.43%) Docker
2 89 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 27 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.14%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.085%) vSphere
10 2 (0.057%) XenApp
10 2 (0.057%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.028%) iptables
11 1 (0.028%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.028%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 164 (4.66%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.31%) Ansible
3 38 (1.08%) Grafana
4 26 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.51%) 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 6 (0.17%) Podman
10 5 (0.14%) SysTrack
11 4 (0.11%) QRadar
12 3 (0.085%) Apache Ranger
12 3 (0.085%) CASB
12 3 (0.085%) Kibana
13 2 (0.057%) Argo
13 2 (0.057%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.057%) Puppet
Vendors
1 655 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 458 (13.01%) Databricks
3 213 (6.05%) Oracle
4 198 (5.62%) SAP
5 184 (5.23%) Google
6 88 (2.50%) Adobe
7 86 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 84 (2.39%) ServiceNow
9 56 (1.59%) Workday
10 48 (1.36%) Splunk
11 43 (1.22%) Foundry
12 41 (1.16%) Dynatrace
12 41 (1.16%) Informatica
13 36 (1.02%) Palantir
14 33 (0.94%) Talend
15 30 (0.85%) Denodo
15 30 (0.85%) VMware
16 29 (0.82%) Cisco
17 27 (0.77%) OpenAI
18 24 (0.68%) Alteryx