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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 28 37
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 0
Contract jobs citing Analytics 2,779 1,592 1,842
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.61% 6.45% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.79% 7.12% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,899 1,083 1,272
10th Percentile £356 £328 £360
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% - -
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 27 66
10th Percentile £21.21 £19.05 £17.00
25th Percentile £36.13 £25.13 £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.30 £31.35 £37.19
Median % change year-on-year +82.80% -15.72% +19.39%
75th Percentile £75.00 £62.25 £59.66
90th Percentile £83.75 £77.98 £78.96
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £34.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year +58.27% -2.11% +10.94%

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 31,603 22,356 32,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.62% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,213 14,443 21,819
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 1,966 795 2,153
10th Percentile £15.28 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 1,581 £530 -11.67% 1,103
Midlands +22 332 £492 +3.58% 220
North of England +7 288 £500 +5.26% 364
West Midlands +20 249 £493 +0.51% 126
South East -3 207 £500 +8.11% 553
North West +4 172 £500 +5.26% 203
South West +34 164 £520 +5.05% 159
East of England -10 104 £505 -15.83% 133
Yorkshire -1 92 £500 - 115
East Midlands +8 80 £449 +24.07% 94
North East +12 30 £450 +25.70% 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
1 138 (4.97%) Apache Spark
2 108 (3.89%) SAS
3 92 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
4 84 (3.02%) Apache
5 58 (2.09%) Confluence
6 53 (1.91%) SharePoint
7 27 (0.97%) CMS
8 19 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 19 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
10 8 (0.29%) GeoServer
10 8 (0.29%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.29%) Smallworld
11 7 (0.25%) ArcGIS
12 6 (0.22%) Apache Superset
12 6 (0.22%) WordPress
13 5 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
13 5 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
14 3 (0.11%) IIS
14 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 126 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 18 (0.65%) Chatbot
6 13 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 5 (0.18%) Sketch
8 5 (0.18%) Trello
9 4 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
10 3 (0.11%) Notion
11 2 (0.072%) Autodesk Smoke
11 2 (0.072%) CPLEX
12 1 (0.036%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.036%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.036%) Camtasia
12 1 (0.036%) InDesign
12 1 (0.036%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.036%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 72 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.40%) SAP HR
4 8 (0.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 8 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 8 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 7 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 7 (0.25%) Maximo
5 7 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.22%) Sage X3
7 5 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 5 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.18%) SAP BPC
7 5 (0.18%) SAP EHS
7 5 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 897 (32.28%) Azure
2 616 (22.17%) Power Platform
3 582 (20.94%) AWS
4 284 (10.22%) GCP
5 220 (7.92%) Azure Data Factory
6 213 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
7 184 (6.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 180 (6.48%) GitHub
9 177 (6.37%) Snowflake
10 128 (4.61%) Serverless
11 120 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
12 118 (4.25%) dbt
13 117 (4.21%) Amazon S3
14 109 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
15 93 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
16 91 (3.27%) SaaS
17 89 (3.20%) Entra ID
18 71 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
19 65 (2.34%) Azure Key Vault
20 59 (2.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.94%) Firewall
2 32 (1.15%) Network Security
3 29 (1.04%) VPN
4 25 (0.90%) DNS
5 17 (0.61%) SMS
6 16 (0.58%) WAN
7 10 (0.36%) 5G
7 10 (0.36%) MPLS
7 10 (0.36%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.32%) HTTP
8 9 (0.32%) SSL
9 8 (0.29%) DHCP
9 8 (0.29%) LAN
10 7 (0.25%) 4G
10 7 (0.25%) BGP
10 7 (0.25%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.22%) Internet
11 6 (0.22%) OSPF
11 6 (0.22%) Radio Access Network
11 6 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 566 (20.37%) Power BI
2 338 (12.16%) Data Warehouse
3 211 (7.59%) Data Lake
4 176 (6.33%) Tableau
5 174 (6.26%) Metadata
6 93 (3.35%) BigQuery
6 93 (3.35%) Delta Lake
7 90 (3.24%) SQL Server
8 87 (3.13%) Big Data
9 70 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
9 70 (2.52%) Relational Database
10 69 (2.48%) Snowflake Schema
11 68 (2.45%) NoSQL
11 68 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
12 64 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 57 (2.05%) Hadoop
14 56 (2.02%) Looker
15 52 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
16 50 (1.80%) Power Query
17 48 (1.73%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 197 (7.09%) Git
2 157 (5.65%) JIRA
3 92 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 84 (3.02%) GitLab
5 27 (0.97%) Selenium
6 24 (0.86%) JUnit
7 23 (0.83%) ERwin
8 14 (0.50%) MLflow
9 11 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
10 10 (0.36%) Android Studio
10 10 (0.36%) Gradle
11 8 (0.29%) ER Studio
11 8 (0.29%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.25%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.25%) MSI
12 7 (0.25%) Xcode
13 6 (0.22%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.18%) Maven
14 5 (0.18%) XCTest
15 4 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 855 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 719 (25.87%) Finance
3 534 (19.22%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (10.15%) Public Sector
5 207 (7.45%) Banking
6 161 (5.79%) Marketing
7 76 (2.73%) Retail
8 74 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
9 67 (2.41%) Front Office
10 52 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 50 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 49 (1.76%) Legal
13 48 (1.73%) Investment Banking
14 44 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
15 41 (1.48%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
17 34 (1.22%) Telecoms
18 32 (1.15%) Financial Institution
19 22 (0.79%) Military
20 21 (0.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 476 (17.13%) Data Engineer
2 345 (12.41%) Analyst
3 333 (11.98%) Developer
4 324 (11.66%) Architect
5 309 (11.12%) Senior
6 237 (8.53%) Lead
7 137 (4.93%) Consultant
7 137 (4.93%) Data Analyst
8 132 (4.75%) Data Architect
9 107 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
10 105 (3.78%) Business Analyst
11 96 (3.45%) Data Scientist
12 78 (2.81%) Senior Data Engineer
13 67 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
14 66 (2.37%) Project Manager
15 55 (1.98%) Designer
16 53 (1.91%) Senior Developer
17 51 (1.84%) Snowflake Engineer
18 45 (1.62%) Lead Data Engineer
18 45 (1.62%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (5.51%) PySpark
2 150 (5.40%) REST
3 149 (5.36%) Kafka
4 64 (2.30%) Pandas
5 60 (2.16%) React
5 60 (2.16%) TensorFlow
6 58 (2.09%) PyTorch
7 50 (1.80%) scikit-learn
8 49 (1.76%) .NET
9 48 (1.73%) NumPy
10 46 (1.66%) JSON
11 44 (1.58%) AngularJS
12 42 (1.51%) Node.js
13 41 (1.48%) ARM Templates
13 41 (1.48%) HTML
13 41 (1.48%) SOAP
14 39 (1.40%) CSS
15 38 (1.37%) RESTful
16 33 (1.19%) OAuth
17 32 (1.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 168 (6.05%) Cloud Native
2 102 (3.67%) Product Ownership
3 88 (3.17%) Data Structures
4 76 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 75 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 57 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 56 (2.02%) Algorithms
8 50 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
9 49 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
10 45 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 44 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 41 (1.48%) Equities
13 39 (1.40%) Public Cloud
14 36 (1.30%) Derivative
15 34 (1.22%) Mobile App
15 34 (1.22%) NHS
16 32 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
17 30 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
18 27 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
19 26 (0.94%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 87 (3.13%) Windows
2 73 (2.63%) Linux
3 29 (1.04%) Unix
4 26 (0.94%) Mac OS
5 24 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 21 (0.76%) Android
7 9 (0.32%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.25%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.14%) VMS
10 3 (0.11%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.072%) zOS
12 1 (0.036%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.036%) CentOS
12 1 (0.036%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 766 (27.56%) Business Intelligence
2 733 (26.38%) Data Modelling
3 641 (23.07%) Agile
4 583 (20.98%) CI/CD
5 555 (19.97%) ETL
6 552 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
7 539 (19.40%) AI
8 535 (19.25%) DevOps
9 525 (18.89%) Data Pipeline
10 508 (18.28%) Data Engineering
11 464 (16.70%) Data Governance
12 419 (15.08%) Decision-Making
13 366 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
14 353 (12.70%) Data Science
15 338 (12.16%) Machine Learning
16 330 (11.87%) Data Analytics
17 313 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
18 291 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 282 (10.15%) Visualisation
20 273 (9.82%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 998 (35.91%) SQL
2 905 (32.57%) Python
3 154 (5.54%) Java
4 110 (3.96%) PowerShell
5 90 (3.24%) C#
6 86 (3.09%) JavaScript
7 84 (3.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 77 (2.77%) R
9 76 (2.73%) Bicep
10 50 (1.80%) Bash
11 49 (1.76%) TypeScript
12 47 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
13 41 (1.48%) Scala
14 40 (1.44%) T-SQL
15 33 (1.19%) C++
15 33 (1.19%) VBA
16 27 (0.97%) PL/SQL
17 20 (0.72%) Shell Script
18 16 (0.58%) Kotlin
19 15 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 485 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 379 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 249 (8.96%) Degree
4 75 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 48 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 48 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 42 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 26 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 24 (0.86%) CISSP
11 23 (0.83%) AWS Certification
12 22 (0.79%) PMP
13 20 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.58%) CISM
15 15 (0.54%) CCNP
16 14 (0.50%) IIBA
17 13 (0.47%) PhD
18 12 (0.43%) CCIE
19 9 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 501 (18.03%) Data Quality
2 164 (5.90%) GDPR
3 108 (3.89%) QA
4 97 (3.49%) Accessibility
5 36 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (0.94%) WCAG
7 25 (0.90%) NIST
8 22 (0.79%) PMO
9 21 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (0.54%) NCSC
10 15 (0.54%) Solvency II
11 14 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.43%) GRC
13 10 (0.36%) SLA
14 9 (0.32%) HL7
14 9 (0.32%) PERC
15 8 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 8 (0.29%) NIST 800
15 8 (0.29%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 200 (7.20%) Docker
2 79 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.18%) HDFS
7 4 (0.14%) Snort
7 4 (0.14%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.072%) GPFS
8 2 (0.072%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.072%) Lustre
8 2 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.072%) zsh
9 1 (0.036%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.036%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.036%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 250 (9.00%) Terraform
2 217 (7.81%) Kubernetes
3 37 (1.33%) Ansible
4 33 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 26 (0.94%) Grafana
7 21 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (0.58%) SCCM
9 9 (0.32%) Puppet
10 8 (0.29%) Kibana
11 7 (0.25%) logstash
12 4 (0.14%) CSIRT
12 4 (0.14%) WSUS
13 3 (0.11%) Argo
13 3 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
13 3 (0.11%) Fluentd
14 2 (0.072%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.072%) CASB
14 2 (0.072%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.072%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 527 (18.96%) Microsoft
2 383 (13.78%) Databricks
3 167 (6.01%) Google
4 144 (5.18%) SAP
5 141 (5.07%) Oracle
6 69 (2.48%) Salesforce
7 66 (2.37%) Adobe
7 66 (2.37%) ServiceNow
8 57 (2.05%) Talend
9 55 (1.98%) Informatica
10 53 (1.91%) Splunk
11 45 (1.62%) OpenAI
12 41 (1.48%) Foundry
13 39 (1.40%) Denodo
14 28 (1.01%) Workday
15 23 (0.83%) IBM
16 22 (0.79%) VMware
17 20 (0.72%) Cisco
18 17 (0.61%) Palantir
19 14 (0.50%) Amplitude