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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 27 37
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,123 1,648 1,818
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.36% 6.76% 4.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.65% 7.41% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,136 1,079 1,262
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -0.90%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £788
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 36 48
10th Percentile £19.41 £14.55 £14.90
25th Percentile £35.00 £19.12 £25.00
Median hourly rate £58.00 £31.85 £32.94
Median % change year-on-year +82.13% -3.31% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75.00 £43.25 £53.84
90th Percentile £82.25 £79.35 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.05 £30.37
% change year-on-year +71.61% +5.53% -5.98%

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 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +3 1,729 £550 -4.35% 877
North of England +6 369 £475 +2.70% 330
Midlands +12 359 £498 -0.50% 194
West Midlands +11 276 £493 -3.96% 119
South East -5 268 £500 - 410
South West +34 192 £500 - 132
North West +6 188 £491 +4.14% 197
Yorkshire 0 148 £500 +7.76% 88
East of England -12 115 £513 -14.58% 61
East Midlands -1 77 £525 +35.14% 75
North East +1 44 £450 +9.09% 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
1 156 (5.00%) Apache Spark
2 128 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
3 100 (3.20%) SAS
4 85 (2.72%) Apache
5 72 (2.31%) Confluence
6 44 (1.41%) SharePoint
7 27 (0.86%) CMS
8 24 (0.77%) Jupyter
9 17 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 17 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
10 15 (0.48%) Oracle Application Server
11 14 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
12 9 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
13 8 (0.26%) Apache Superset
14 6 (0.19%) IIS
14 6 (0.19%) WordPress
15 5 (0.16%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.13%) Drupal
17 3 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
18 2 (0.064%) OpenStack
Applications
1 133 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (0.58%) Chatbot
4 16 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.26%) CPLEX
8 6 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 3 (0.096%) Trello
11 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.064%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.064%) Sketch
12 1 (0.032%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.032%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.032%) Autodesk Smoke
12 1 (0.032%) InDesign
12 1 (0.032%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.032%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 64 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.22%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 7 (0.22%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.19%) Sage X3
7 5 (0.16%) BambooHR
7 5 (0.16%) Maximo
7 5 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.13%) iTrent
8 4 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.13%) SAP BPC
8 4 (0.13%) Shopify
8 4 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
9 3 (0.096%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 955 (30.58%) Azure
2 692 (22.16%) Power Platform
3 629 (20.14%) AWS
4 283 (9.06%) GCP
5 230 (7.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 221 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
7 198 (6.34%) Snowflake
8 189 (6.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 162 (5.19%) GitHub
10 156 (5.00%) dbt
11 137 (4.39%) Amazon S3
12 135 (4.32%) Serverless
13 106 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
14 91 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
15 89 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
16 88 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
17 85 (2.72%) SaaS
18 79 (2.53%) Entra ID
19 49 (1.57%) Azure Key Vault
20 47 (1.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (1.22%) Firewall
2 29 (0.93%) Network Security
3 25 (0.80%) VPN
4 18 (0.58%) DNS
4 18 (0.58%) SD-WAN
5 17 (0.54%) SMS
6 15 (0.48%) WAN
7 10 (0.32%) BGP
8 9 (0.29%) HTTP
9 8 (0.26%) OSPF
9 8 (0.26%) VXLAN
10 7 (0.22%) 5G
10 7 (0.22%) LAN
10 7 (0.22%) MPLS
10 7 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.22%) Wireless
10 7 (0.22%) WLAN
11 6 (0.19%) DHCP
11 6 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.16%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 645 (20.65%) Power BI
2 404 (12.94%) Data Warehouse
3 257 (8.23%) Data Lake
4 211 (6.76%) Tableau
5 186 (5.96%) Metadata
6 115 (3.68%) BigQuery
7 109 (3.49%) Delta Lake
7 109 (3.49%) SQL Server
8 94 (3.01%) Big Data
9 84 (2.69%) Relational Database
10 80 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
11 78 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
12 68 (2.18%) Snowflake Schema
13 65 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
13 65 (2.08%) NoSQL
14 63 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
15 59 (1.89%) Looker
16 56 (1.79%) Star Schema
17 53 (1.70%) Power Query
18 50 (1.60%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 179 (5.73%) Git
2 168 (5.38%) JIRA
3 71 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 67 (2.15%) GitLab
5 20 (0.64%) ERwin
6 13 (0.42%) MLflow
7 12 (0.38%) Selenium
8 10 (0.32%) JUnit
9 9 (0.29%) fastlane
10 8 (0.26%) MSI
11 7 (0.22%) ER Studio
11 7 (0.22%) Postman
11 7 (0.22%) PowerDesigner
12 6 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.19%) Gradle
12 6 (0.19%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.16%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.16%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 778 (24.91%) Finance
2 771 (24.69%) Social Skills
3 533 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 347 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 215 (6.88%) Banking
6 166 (5.32%) Marketing
7 109 (3.49%) Retail
8 77 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 65 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 63 (2.02%) Legal
11 56 (1.79%) Investment Banking
12 54 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
13 53 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
14 47 (1.50%) Manufacturing
15 43 (1.38%) Telecoms
16 41 (1.31%) Front Office
17 40 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
18 33 (1.06%) Financial Institution
19 28 (0.90%) Automotive
20 27 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 602 (19.28%) Data Engineer
2 385 (12.33%) Analyst
3 379 (12.14%) Senior
4 366 (11.72%) Architect
5 328 (10.50%) Developer
6 272 (8.71%) Lead
7 167 (5.35%) Data Architect
8 156 (5.00%) Data Analyst
9 122 (3.91%) Consultant
10 111 (3.55%) Senior Data Engineer
11 108 (3.46%) Business Analyst
12 98 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
13 95 (3.04%) Data Scientist
14 92 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
15 69 (2.21%) Data Manager
16 63 (2.02%) Project Manager
17 61 (1.95%) Designer
18 53 (1.70%) AWS Engineer
19 52 (1.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
20 48 (1.54%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (5.92%) PySpark
2 128 (4.10%) Kafka
3 114 (3.65%) REST
4 58 (1.86%) Pandas
5 57 (1.83%) React
6 54 (1.73%) JSON
7 52 (1.67%) HTML
8 51 (1.63%) CSS
9 45 (1.44%) PyTorch
10 44 (1.41%) TensorFlow
11 42 (1.34%) RESTful
12 41 (1.31%) .NET
13 37 (1.18%) Middleware
14 33 (1.06%) scikit-learn
15 32 (1.02%) AngularJS
16 31 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
16 31 (0.99%) SOAP
16 31 (0.99%) Web Services
17 30 (0.96%) ARM Templates
18 28 (0.90%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 219 (7.01%) Cloud Native
2 159 (5.09%) Product Ownership
3 117 (3.75%) Data Structures
4 94 (3.01%) Onboarding
5 91 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
6 68 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
7 54 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
8 47 (1.50%) Algorithms
8 47 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 42 (1.34%) Management Information System
10 40 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
11 39 (1.25%) AI Agents
12 38 (1.22%) Public Cloud
13 36 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 36 (1.15%) NHS
14 30 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 29 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
16 26 (0.83%) Derivative
16 26 (0.83%) Virtual Team
17 25 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 89 (2.85%) Windows
2 70 (2.24%) Linux
3 39 (1.25%) Unix
4 29 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 24 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 17 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.38%) Android
8 8 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.096%) CentOS
11 2 (0.064%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.064%) VMS
12 1 (0.032%) Rocky
12 1 (0.032%) Solaris
12 1 (0.032%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 865 (27.70%) Business Intelligence
2 857 (27.44%) Data Modelling
3 717 (22.96%) AI
4 652 (20.88%) Data Pipeline
5 650 (20.81%) Agile
6 639 (20.46%) Data Engineering
7 638 (20.43%) CI/CD
8 555 (17.77%) ETL
9 528 (16.91%) DevOps
10 493 (15.79%) Data Governance
11 491 (15.72%) Decision-Making
12 481 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
13 443 (14.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 369 (11.82%) Data Science
15 363 (11.62%) Machine Learning
16 358 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
17 353 (11.30%) Migration
18 351 (11.24%) Data Analytics
19 328 (10.50%) Validation
20 313 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,058 (33.88%) SQL
2 946 (30.29%) Python
3 133 (4.26%) Java
4 116 (3.71%) PowerShell
5 96 (3.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 88 (2.82%) C#
7 71 (2.27%) R
8 69 (2.21%) Bicep
9 67 (2.15%) JavaScript
10 45 (1.44%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.38%) TypeScript
12 42 (1.34%) Scala
13 39 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 35 (1.12%) Bash
15 33 (1.06%) Shell Script
16 28 (0.90%) PL/SQL
17 22 (0.70%) C++
18 16 (0.51%) VBA
19 11 (0.35%) Korn
19 11 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 546 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 430 (13.77%) SC Cleared
3 235 (7.52%) Degree
4 72 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 66 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 53 (1.70%) DV Cleared
8 46 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 26 (0.83%) CISSP
11 25 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (0.70%) PMI Certification
13 20 (0.64%) AWS Certification
13 20 (0.64%) DBS Check
14 18 (0.58%) PMP
15 16 (0.51%) CCNP
16 12 (0.38%) CCIE
17 10 (0.32%) IIBA
17 10 (0.32%) PhD
18 9 (0.29%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 595 (19.05%) Data Quality
2 157 (5.03%) GDPR
3 119 (3.81%) QA
4 105 (3.36%) Accessibility
5 42 (1.34%) WCAG
6 41 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 33 (1.06%) NIST
8 26 (0.83%) PMO
9 19 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (0.51%) GRC
10 16 (0.51%) SLA
11 12 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.38%) Solvency II
12 11 (0.35%) NCSC
13 9 (0.29%) ISO 20022
14 8 (0.26%) IFRS
14 8 (0.26%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.19%) GAAP
15 6 (0.19%) HL7
15 6 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 156 (5.00%) Docker
2 75 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 24 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.13%) HDFS
7 4 (0.13%) Snort
7 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.032%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.032%) GPFS
8 1 (0.032%) iptables
8 1 (0.032%) Lustre
8 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.032%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 240 (7.68%) Terraform
2 169 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (1.12%) Grafana
5 31 (0.99%) Ansible
6 30 (0.96%) Prometheus
7 22 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.42%) SCCM
9 6 (0.19%) Control-M
10 5 (0.16%) Argo
11 4 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.13%) Kibana
11 4 (0.13%) Puppet
12 3 (0.096%) Nagios
12 3 (0.096%) QRadar
13 2 (0.064%) Apache Ranger
13 2 (0.064%) Nessus
13 2 (0.064%) Rancher
13 2 (0.064%) VxRail
13 2 (0.064%) WSUS
Vendors
1 551 (17.64%) Microsoft
2 414 (13.26%) Databricks
3 160 (5.12%) Oracle
4 154 (4.93%) Google
5 150 (4.80%) SAP
6 67 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 67 (2.15%) ServiceNow
7 66 (2.11%) Adobe
8 57 (1.83%) Informatica
9 53 (1.70%) Splunk
10 43 (1.38%) Talend
11 41 (1.31%) OpenAI
12 39 (1.25%) Foundry
13 38 (1.22%) Workday
14 37 (1.18%) Denodo
15 30 (0.96%) Dynatrace
16 26 (0.83%) VMware
17 22 (0.70%) Cisco
18 20 (0.64%) IBM
18 20 (0.64%) Palantir