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 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 27 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +6
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,520 1,962 1,702
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.55% 6.88% 5.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.83% 7.57% 6.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,263 1,282 1,137
10th Percentile £363 £359 £350
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 £518 £550
% change year-on-year +3.19% -5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 47 27
10th Percentile £17.75 £18.17 £25.26
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.75 £28.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £41.94 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.18% +19.83% -1.24%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.81 £61.91
90th Percentile £87.16 £81.80 £69.34
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £40.49 £32.50
% change year-on-year +17.31% +24.58% -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
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 39,863 25,911 27,355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.86% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 16,429 16,678
10th Percentile £325 £298 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £415
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 3,177 1,651 1,044
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.63 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.17 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +48.07% -37.63% -9.38%
75th Percentile £66.66 £44.80 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -33.82% -10.59%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 1,965 £550 - 4,255
North of England +12 483 £490 +3.16% 704
South East +12 364 £525 +2.19% 575
Midlands -1 353 £487 -5.49% 378
West Midlands -2 289 £481 -7.18% 283
North West -3 234 £522 +9.91% 430
South West +23 183 £553 +10.60% 202
Yorkshire +13 181 £480 +1.05% 185
East of England -9 97 £600 +9.09% 231
North East +9 74 £450 +9.09% 90
East Midlands -3 63 £490 +8.89% 95
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%1,002
2Stakeholder Management26.2%923
3Data Modelling26.1%919
4Business Intelligence24.9%876
5Agile23.5%826
6Decision-Making19.9%699
7Data Engineering19.4%683
8Data Pipeline19.0%669
9CI/CD18.8%660
10Data Governance16.7%588
11ETL15.3%538
12DevOps14.8%521
13Continuous Improvement13.9%490
14Roadmaps13.6%480
15Problem-Solving13.5%475
16Stakeholder Engagement13.0%457
17Migration12.9%455
18Machine Learning12.2%431
19Validation12.1%427
20Data Science11.4%402