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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 30 39
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 2,342 1,529 1,790
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.33% 5.68% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.30% 6.37% 5.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,586 984 1,239
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £421 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 23 68
10th Percentile £21.03 £25.26 £17.45
25th Percentile £30.96 £28.75 £26.94
Median hourly rate £46.00 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -17.65% +21.43%
75th Percentile £70.16 £60.41 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.95 £64.53 £78.35
UK median hourly rate £45.50 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +30.00% -19.54% +24.29%

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 28,213 24,003 32,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.28% 89.19% 87.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,027 14,736 21,710
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,750 779 1,598
10th Percentile £15.17 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.29
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -13.14% +15.12%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.47 £75.00 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +16.65%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +6 1,386 £525 -12.50% 713
Midlands +29 256 £513 +3.59% 318
North of England +5 244 £475 - 438
West Midlands +22 201 £515 +3.00% 124
South East -2 160 £488 +5.41% 859
North West +7 158 £475 - 203
South West +35 102 £525 +16.67% 260
East of England 0 95 £550 +10.00% 321
Yorkshire -8 71 £500 +1.01% 172
East Midlands +6 55 £431 -6.16% 187
North East -1 16 £390 -16.40% 66
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
1 103 (4.40%) SAS
2 86 (3.67%) Apache Airflow
3 81 (3.46%) Apache Spark
4 73 (3.12%) Apache
5 60 (2.56%) Confluence
6 48 (2.05%) SharePoint
7 36 (1.54%) CMS
8 20 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 16 (0.68%) WebLogic
10 10 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
11 9 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
12 8 (0.34%) GeoServer
12 8 (0.34%) Jupyter
12 8 (0.34%) Smallworld
13 7 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
14 6 (0.26%) WordPress
15 5 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
17 3 (0.13%) IIS
18 2 (0.085%) Drupal
Applications
1 126 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.02%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.26%) Trello
8 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 3 (0.13%) Notion
10 3 (0.13%) Sketch
11 2 (0.085%) Autodesk Smoke
12 1 (0.043%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.043%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.043%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.043%) CapCut
12 1 (0.043%) FrameMaker
12 1 (0.043%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.043%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 85 (3.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.60%) SAP EHS
4 11 (0.47%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.34%) Maximo
7 7 (0.30%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 7 (0.30%) SAP MM
8 6 (0.26%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 6 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 5 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.21%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 4 (0.17%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 764 (32.62%) Azure
2 507 (21.65%) Power Platform
3 488 (20.84%) AWS
4 226 (9.65%) GCP
5 170 (7.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 167 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
7 153 (6.53%) Snowflake
8 148 (6.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 123 (5.25%) GitHub
10 112 (4.78%) Serverless
11 106 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
12 91 (3.89%) SaaS
13 83 (3.54%) Amazon S3
14 82 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
15 79 (3.37%) dbt
16 76 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
17 72 (3.07%) Entra ID
18 57 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
19 55 (2.35%) Power Automate
20 54 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.88%) Firewall
2 26 (1.11%) Network Security
3 25 (1.07%) DNS
4 24 (1.02%) VPN
5 17 (0.73%) SMS
6 13 (0.56%) SSL
7 9 (0.38%) HTTP
7 9 (0.38%) WAN
8 8 (0.34%) DHCP
9 7 (0.30%) FTP
9 7 (0.30%) LAN
9 7 (0.30%) SMTP
9 7 (0.30%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.26%) 2G
10 6 (0.26%) 5G
11 4 (0.17%) 4G
11 4 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
12 3 (0.13%) Internet
12 3 (0.13%) MPLS
12 3 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 472 (20.15%) Power BI
2 243 (10.38%) Data Warehouse
3 166 (7.09%) Data Lake
4 140 (5.98%) Tableau
5 131 (5.59%) Metadata
6 76 (3.25%) SQL Server
7 68 (2.90%) BigQuery
8 65 (2.78%) Big Data
9 59 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
10 55 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 55 (2.35%) Delta Lake
10 55 (2.35%) Relational Database
11 50 (2.13%) Looker
12 49 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
13 42 (1.79%) Hadoop
13 42 (1.79%) Star Schema
14 40 (1.71%) Data Vault
14 40 (1.71%) Power Query
15 39 (1.67%) Pentaho
16 35 (1.49%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 178 (7.60%) JIRA
2 164 (7.00%) Git
3 84 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 74 (3.16%) GitLab
5 24 (1.02%) Selenium
6 18 (0.77%) ERwin
6 18 (0.77%) JUnit
7 14 (0.60%) MLflow
8 11 (0.47%) PowerDesigner
9 10 (0.43%) Android Studio
9 10 (0.43%) Gradle
10 9 (0.38%) ER Studio
10 9 (0.38%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 8 (0.34%) Postman
11 8 (0.34%) Xcode
12 6 (0.26%) DBeaver
12 6 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.26%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.21%) MSI
13 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 796 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 642 (27.41%) Finance
3 458 (19.56%) Analytical Skills
4 205 (8.75%) Public Sector
5 196 (8.37%) Banking
6 172 (7.34%) Marketing
7 76 (3.25%) Retail
8 68 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 64 (2.73%) Front Office
10 51 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.05%) Legal
12 46 (1.96%) Investment Banking
13 44 (1.88%) Manufacturing
14 42 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 41 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
16 36 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
17 31 (1.32%) Financial Institution
17 31 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
18 25 (1.07%) Telecoms
19 20 (0.85%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 338 (14.43%) Analyst
2 307 (13.11%) Data Engineer
3 306 (13.07%) Developer
4 268 (11.44%) Senior
5 241 (10.29%) Architect
6 167 (7.13%) Lead
7 130 (5.55%) Consultant
8 125 (5.34%) Data Analyst
9 116 (4.95%) Business Analyst
10 91 (3.89%) Data Architect
11 84 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
12 74 (3.16%) Data Scientist
13 59 (2.52%) Project Manager
13 59 (2.52%) Senior Developer
14 55 (2.35%) Senior Data Engineer
15 50 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
16 43 (1.84%) Snowflake Engineer
17 37 (1.58%) Python Developer
17 37 (1.58%) Senior Analyst
18 36 (1.54%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (6.02%) REST
2 107 (4.57%) PySpark
3 100 (4.27%) Kafka
4 56 (2.39%) React
5 55 (2.35%) Pandas
6 53 (2.26%) HTML
7 46 (1.96%) TensorFlow
8 45 (1.92%) Node.js
9 44 (1.88%) SOAP
10 43 (1.84%) NumPy
10 43 (1.84%) scikit-learn
11 42 (1.79%) PyTorch
12 40 (1.71%) .NET
12 40 (1.71%) CSS
13 39 (1.67%) JSON
13 39 (1.67%) RESTful
14 35 (1.49%) AngularJS
15 33 (1.41%) ARM Templates
16 30 (1.28%) OAuth
17 22 (0.94%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 103 (4.40%) Cloud Native
2 100 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 74 (3.16%) Data Structures
4 63 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 55 (2.35%) Algorithms
6 53 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
8 48 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 43 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
10 41 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 40 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
12 38 (1.62%) Derivative
13 37 (1.58%) Equities
14 35 (1.49%) Mobile App
15 29 (1.24%) Life Science
16 28 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
17 27 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
17 27 (1.15%) NHS
18 26 (1.11%) Fixed Income
18 26 (1.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 73 (3.12%) Windows
2 70 (2.99%) Linux
3 31 (1.32%) Unix
4 19 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 19 (0.81%) Mac OS
5 18 (0.77%) Android
6 9 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.21%) VMS
7 5 (0.21%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.043%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.043%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.043%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.043%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 647 (27.63%) Business Intelligence
2 571 (24.38%) Agile
3 531 (22.67%) Data Modelling
4 495 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
5 443 (18.92%) CI/CD
6 428 (18.27%) DevOps
7 418 (17.85%) ETL
8 414 (17.68%) AI
9 387 (16.52%) Data Pipeline
10 358 (15.29%) Data Governance
11 335 (14.30%) Decision-Making
12 319 (13.62%) Data Engineering
13 307 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 298 (12.72%) Data Analytics
15 289 (12.34%) Data Science
16 275 (11.74%) Visualisation
17 269 (11.49%) Machine Learning
18 261 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
19 255 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 236 (10.08%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 802 (34.24%) SQL
2 724 (30.91%) Python
3 136 (5.81%) Java
4 104 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 94 (4.01%) PowerShell
6 72 (3.07%) R
7 71 (3.03%) C#
8 60 (2.56%) Bicep
9 55 (2.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 48 (2.05%) Bash
11 40 (1.71%) TypeScript
12 36 (1.54%) C++
12 36 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 33 (1.41%) T-SQL
14 31 (1.32%) Scala
15 25 (1.07%) VBA
16 22 (0.94%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.68%) Shell Script
18 14 (0.60%) Kotlin
19 13 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 389 (16.61%) Security Cleared
2 318 (13.58%) SC Cleared
3 216 (9.22%) Degree
4 67 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 51 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 38 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 29 (1.24%) CISSP
9 28 (1.20%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.07%) PMI Certification
11 24 (1.02%) AWS Certification
12 20 (0.85%) PMP
13 19 (0.81%) CISM
14 14 (0.60%) IIBA
15 9 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.34%) CBAP
16 8 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 8 (0.34%) PhD
17 7 (0.30%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 379 (16.18%) Data Quality
2 142 (6.06%) GDPR
3 88 (3.76%) Accessibility
4 80 (3.42%) QA
5 37 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.28%) NIST
7 21 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 18 (0.77%) PMO
9 17 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (0.60%) WCAG
11 13 (0.56%) NCSC
12 11 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 10 (0.43%) HIPAA
13 10 (0.43%) PCI DSS
14 9 (0.38%) NIST 800
15 8 (0.34%) GRC
15 8 (0.34%) PERC
15 8 (0.34%) SLA
15 8 (0.34%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.30%) GxP
System Software
1 185 (7.90%) Docker
2 58 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.43%) HDFS
6 5 (0.21%) zsh
7 4 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.085%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.043%) GPFS
9 1 (0.043%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.043%) Lustre
9 1 (0.043%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.043%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 188 (8.03%) Kubernetes
2 182 (7.77%) Terraform
3 30 (1.28%) Ansible
4 27 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (0.73%) SCCM
7 15 (0.64%) Grafana
8 14 (0.60%) Puppet
9 13 (0.56%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.34%) Kibana
11 7 (0.30%) Hadoop YARN
11 7 (0.30%) logstash
12 6 (0.26%) WSUS
13 3 (0.13%) Fluentd
13 3 (0.13%) Kubeflow
13 3 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.085%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.085%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.085%) RSA Archer
14 2 (0.085%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 440 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 291 (12.43%) Databricks
3 155 (6.62%) Google
4 152 (6.49%) Oracle
5 151 (6.45%) SAP
6 70 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 67 (2.86%) Adobe
8 64 (2.73%) ServiceNow
9 54 (2.31%) Talend
10 42 (1.79%) Informatica
10 42 (1.79%) Splunk
11 41 (1.75%) Denodo
12 33 (1.41%) OpenAI
13 31 (1.32%) Workday
14 27 (1.15%) Dynatrace
15 26 (1.11%) Cisco
15 26 (1.11%) Foundry
16 21 (0.90%) IBM
17 19 (0.81%) AppDynamics
18 18 (0.77%) VMware