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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 30 38
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Analytics 2,148 1,722 1,943
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.00% 5.67% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.83% 6.47% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,440 1,138 1,339
10th Percentile £359 £356 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £625 £688 £688
90th Percentile £748 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 27 69
10th Percentile £20.55 £25.26 £17.51
25th Percentile £30.32 £27.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.25 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.23% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £70.16 £59.41 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £64.14 £73.80
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.32
% change year-on-year +38.46% -7.97% +0.90%

All Process and 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 27,450 26,620 34,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.50% 87.73% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,481 16,323 23,332
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 955 1,444
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.24 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.14% +24.29%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +5 1,262 £525 -12.50% 911
North of England +6 244 £475 -5.00% 364
Midlands +21 236 £515 +3.00% 264
West Midlands +15 189 £515 +3.00% 143
North West +10 153 £492 -1.60% 217
South East -6 143 £501 -0.74% 819
South West +25 87 £505 -12.17% 164
East of England +6 83 £551 +5.00% 167
Yorkshire +5 82 £475 -9.52% 108
East Midlands +10 49 £447 -3.35% 117
North East -3 10 £378 -19.08% 46
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
1 101 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
2 96 (4.47%) SAS
3 79 (3.68%) Apache Spark
4 75 (3.49%) Apache
5 42 (1.96%) Confluence
6 40 (1.86%) SharePoint
7 37 (1.72%) CMS
8 16 (0.74%) WebLogic
9 15 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 11 (0.51%) Jupyter
11 8 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
11 8 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 8 (0.37%) WordPress
12 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
13 6 (0.28%) GeoServer
13 6 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
13 6 (0.28%) Smallworld
14 3 (0.14%) Drupal
14 3 (0.14%) IIS
14 3 (0.14%) JBoss
Applications
1 135 (6.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 29 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.12%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.14%) Sketch
8 3 (0.14%) Trello
9 2 (0.093%) Maple
10 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.047%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.047%) Camtasia
10 1 (0.047%) CapCut
10 1 (0.047%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.047%) Notion
10 1 (0.047%) Simulink
10 1 (0.047%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 72 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.65%) SAP EHS
4 11 (0.51%) SAP FI
4 11 (0.51%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.47%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 7 (0.33%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.23%) Aladdin
8 5 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.19%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
9 4 (0.19%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.19%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 668 (31.10%) Azure
2 450 (20.95%) AWS
3 448 (20.86%) Power Platform
4 221 (10.29%) GCP
5 147 (6.84%) Snowflake
6 133 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
7 125 (5.82%) Azure Data Factory
8 113 (5.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 104 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
10 101 (4.70%) Serverless
11 98 (4.56%) GitHub
12 86 (4.00%) SaaS
13 77 (3.58%) dbt
14 71 (3.31%) Entra ID
15 69 (3.21%) Amazon S3
15 69 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
16 65 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
17 60 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
17 60 (2.79%) Google Analytics
18 53 (2.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.19%) Firewall
2 36 (1.68%) Network Security
3 30 (1.40%) DNS
4 19 (0.88%) VPN
4 19 (0.88%) WAN
5 13 (0.61%) HTTP
5 13 (0.61%) SSL
6 10 (0.47%) LAN
6 10 (0.47%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.42%) SMS
8 8 (0.37%) FTP
8 8 (0.37%) SMTP
9 6 (0.28%) 2G
9 6 (0.28%) 5G
9 6 (0.28%) DHCP
10 5 (0.23%) Ethernet
10 5 (0.23%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.23%) Wireless
11 4 (0.19%) MPLS
11 4 (0.19%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (19.46%) Power BI
2 245 (11.41%) Data Warehouse
3 149 (6.94%) Tableau
4 136 (6.33%) Data Lake
5 116 (5.40%) Metadata
6 75 (3.49%) BigQuery
7 64 (2.98%) Big Data
8 58 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
9 50 (2.33%) SQL Server
10 48 (2.23%) Relational Database
11 47 (2.19%) Looker
12 45 (2.09%) Power Query
13 44 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
13 44 (2.05%) Hadoop
13 44 (2.05%) Snowflake Schema
14 42 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 38 (1.77%) Delta Lake
16 37 (1.72%) NoSQL
17 35 (1.63%) Pentaho
18 33 (1.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 163 (7.59%) Git
2 136 (6.33%) JIRA
3 82 (3.82%) Jenkins
4 51 (2.37%) GitLab
5 22 (1.02%) Selenium
6 18 (0.84%) JUnit
7 15 (0.70%) ERwin
7 15 (0.70%) MLflow
8 11 (0.51%) PowerDesigner
9 9 (0.42%) Android Studio
9 9 (0.42%) ER Studio
9 9 (0.42%) Postman
9 9 (0.42%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.42%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 8 (0.37%) DBeaver
10 8 (0.37%) Gradle
11 7 (0.33%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.33%) Xcode
12 6 (0.28%) PVCS
12 6 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 775 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 615 (28.63%) Finance
3 467 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (9.82%) Banking
5 181 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 174 (8.10%) Marketing
7 74 (3.45%) Front Office
8 71 (3.31%) Retail
9 57 (2.65%) Investment Banking
10 53 (2.47%) Legal
10 53 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
12 44 (2.05%) Manufacturing
13 39 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 36 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 35 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 34 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 28 (1.30%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.26%) Publishing
19 24 (1.12%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 345 (16.06%) Analyst
2 284 (13.22%) Developer
3 236 (10.99%) Senior
4 231 (10.75%) Data Engineer
5 212 (9.87%) Architect
6 127 (5.91%) Lead
7 125 (5.82%) Data Analyst
8 123 (5.73%) Business Analyst
9 120 (5.59%) Consultant
10 74 (3.45%) Data Architect
11 70 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
11 70 (3.26%) Data Scientist
12 64 (2.98%) Senior Developer
13 49 (2.28%) Project Manager
14 42 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
15 38 (1.77%) Python Developer
15 38 (1.77%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (1.72%) SAP Consultant
17 33 (1.54%) Data Modeller
17 33 (1.54%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (5.17%) REST
2 87 (4.05%) Kafka
3 79 (3.68%) PySpark
4 51 (2.37%) React
5 49 (2.28%) Pandas
6 45 (2.09%) RESTful
7 44 (2.05%) SOAP
8 42 (1.96%) Node.js
9 40 (1.86%) .NET
9 40 (1.86%) HTML
10 39 (1.82%) NumPy
11 35 (1.63%) TensorFlow
12 32 (1.49%) CSS
12 32 (1.49%) scikit-learn
13 31 (1.44%) AngularJS
13 31 (1.44%) PyTorch
14 28 (1.30%) OAuth
15 27 (1.26%) ARM Templates
16 25 (1.16%) pytest
17 24 (1.12%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 107 (4.98%) Product Ownership
2 84 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 68 (3.17%) Data Structures
4 63 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 59 (2.75%) Algorithms
6 55 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 55 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
6 55 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 47 (2.19%) Derivative
8 43 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 41 (1.91%) Mobile App
10 40 (1.86%) Equities
11 39 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
12 33 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
12 33 (1.54%) Virtual Team
13 31 (1.44%) Fixed Income
14 30 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
15 26 (1.21%) Social Media
16 25 (1.16%) Life Science
17 24 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 70 (3.26%) Linux
2 69 (3.21%) Windows
3 28 (1.30%) Unix
4 20 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.88%) Android
6 14 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.28%) VMS
8 6 (0.28%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.093%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.047%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.047%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.047%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 573 (26.68%) Business Intelligence
2 556 (25.88%) Agile
3 493 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
4 470 (21.88%) Data Modelling
5 403 (18.76%) CI/CD
6 368 (17.13%) DevOps
7 347 (16.15%) ETL
8 346 (16.11%) AI
9 325 (15.13%) Data Pipeline
10 318 (14.80%) Decision-Making
11 315 (14.66%) Data Governance
12 298 (13.87%) Data Analytics
13 293 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 285 (13.27%) Data Science
15 274 (12.76%) Visualisation
16 270 (12.57%) Machine Learning
17 247 (11.50%) Data Engineering
18 240 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
19 237 (11.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 233 (10.85%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 727 (33.85%) SQL
2 664 (30.91%) Python
3 131 (6.10%) Java
4 104 (4.84%) JavaScript
5 90 (4.19%) PowerShell
6 67 (3.12%) R
7 59 (2.75%) C#
8 48 (2.23%) Bash
8 48 (2.23%) TypeScript
9 44 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 42 (1.96%) Bicep
11 36 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 30 (1.40%) Scala
13 29 (1.35%) C++
14 28 (1.30%) VBA
15 22 (1.02%) T-SQL
16 17 (0.79%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.74%) ABAP
18 13 (0.61%) Swift
19 12 (0.56%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 335 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 282 (13.13%) SC Cleared
3 217 (10.10%) Degree
4 68 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (2.65%) Master's Degree
6 39 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 28 (1.30%) CISSP
8 25 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 18 (0.84%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.74%) CISM
13 15 (0.70%) PMP
14 10 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.42%) PhD
16 8 (0.37%) CBAP
17 7 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 6 (0.28%) ACCA
19 5 (0.23%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (14.48%) Data Quality
2 119 (5.54%) GDPR
3 77 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 76 (3.54%) QA
5 33 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.21%) NIST
7 19 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
8 17 (0.79%) PMO
9 14 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 12 (0.56%) GRC
10 12 (0.56%) HIPAA
11 11 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (0.51%) WCAG
12 10 (0.47%) NCSC
13 9 (0.42%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.37%) Solvency II
15 7 (0.33%) GxP
16 6 (0.28%) COBIT
16 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 155 (7.22%) Docker
2 57 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.47%) HDFS
4 10 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.23%) zsh
6 3 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.093%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.047%) GPFS
8 1 (0.047%) Lustre
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.047%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 161 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 143 (6.66%) Terraform
3 33 (1.54%) Ansible
4 20 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.74%) Grafana
5 16 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (0.56%) SCCM
7 11 (0.51%) Puppet
8 10 (0.47%) Kibana
8 10 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.37%) Kubeflow
10 7 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
11 6 (0.28%) logstash
11 6 (0.28%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.19%) RSA Archer
12 4 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.19%) WSUS
13 3 (0.14%) Argo
13 3 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 400 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 235 (10.94%) Databricks
3 159 (7.40%) Google
4 149 (6.94%) Oracle
5 134 (6.24%) SAP
6 72 (3.35%) ServiceNow
7 68 (3.17%) Salesforce
8 55 (2.56%) Adobe
9 50 (2.33%) Talend
10 45 (2.09%) Splunk
11 37 (1.72%) Denodo
12 34 (1.58%) Workday
13 32 (1.49%) Informatica
14 31 (1.44%) Cisco
15 27 (1.26%) Dynatrace
16 24 (1.12%) Foundry
17 23 (1.07%) OpenAI
18 22 (1.02%) AppDynamics
19 21 (0.98%) Alteryx
20 16 (0.74%) Optimizely