Analytics Contract Job Trends in England

Analytics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 27 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +6
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,527 1,953 1,701
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.55% 6.87% 5.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 7.56% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,266 1,281 1,138
10th Percentile £363 £360 £354
25th Percentile £435 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £534 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +2.99% -5.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 46 27
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.90 £25.26
25th Percentile £26.06 £23.13 £28.50
Median hourly rate £51.75 £41.22 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.56% +17.76% -1.24%
75th Percentile £73.75 £71.13 £61.91
90th Percentile £87.11 £82.25 £69.34
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £37.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year +25.84% +16.14% -8.78%

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 citing process or methodology skills in England.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 39,911 25,824 27,420
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 85.43% 90.86% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,052 16,392 16,705
10th Percentile £325 £298 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,170 1,637 1,053
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.50 £15.01
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £41.16
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -38.89% -7.52%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £35.82 £25.08 £38.75
% change year-on-year +42.85% -35.29% -10.23%

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 23 October 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 for jobs citing Analytics in England over the 6 months to 23 October 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 23 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -1 1,969 £550 - 4,169
North of England +10 481 £490 +3.16% 700
South East +17 367 £525 +2.44% 566
Midlands -2 353 £486 -5.63% 389
West Midlands -4 288 £477 -8.00% 280
North West +1 231 £525 +10.53% 438
South West +24 183 £556 +11.20% 205
Yorkshire +15 182 £480 +1.05% 174
East of England -8 101 £613 +10.86% 232
North East +9 74 £450 +9.09% 89
East Midlands -2 64 £490 +8.89% 109
Analytics
UK

Analytics Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1AI28.5%1,005
2Data Modelling26.1%920
3Stakeholder Management26.1%919
4Business Intelligence24.9%878
5Agile23.4%827
6Decision-Making20.0%705
7Data Engineering19.3%682
8Data Pipeline19.0%671
9CI/CD18.8%663
10Data Governance16.8%593
11ETL15.3%538
12DevOps14.8%523
13Continuous Improvement14.1%496
14Roadmaps13.6%481
15Problem-Solving13.5%477
16Stakeholder Engagement12.9%456
17Migration12.9%455
18Machine Learning12.2%432
19Validation12.2%430
20Data Science11.3%398