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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 27 37
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,061 1,638 1,792
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.30% 6.80% 4.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.58% 7.45% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,086 1,078 1,243
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £449 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 36 48
10th Percentile £21.34 £14.55 £14.90
25th Percentile £36.25 £19.12 £25.00
Median hourly rate £58.90 £31.85 £32.94
Median % change year-on-year +84.94% -3.31% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75.00 £36.44 £53.84
90th Percentile £83.45 £79.35 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £32.05 £30.37
% change year-on-year +78.78% +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 35,679 21,999 31,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.05% 91.35% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,608 14,249 20,517
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 2,238 979 2,317
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.76 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.60 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.93 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +2 1,691 £550 -4.35% 1,602
North of England +6 359 £475 +2.70% 415
Midlands +10 352 £498 -0.50% 234
West Midlands +14 269 £493 -3.96% 145
South East -8 260 £500 +3.73% 479
South West +35 189 £500 +2.56% 160
North West +8 181 £495 +4.98% 253
Yorkshire +5 147 £500 +7.76% 105
East of England -8 118 £513 -14.58% 88
East Midlands 0 77 £525 +35.14% 89
North East +1 42 £450 +9.09% 59
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 (5.10%) Apache Spark
2 127 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
3 95 (3.10%) SAS
4 84 (2.74%) Apache
5 72 (2.35%) Confluence
6 43 (1.40%) SharePoint
7 28 (0.91%) CMS
8 24 (0.78%) Jupyter
9 17 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 15 (0.49%) Oracle Application Server
11 14 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
12 13 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
13 9 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
14 8 (0.26%) Apache Superset
15 6 (0.20%) IIS
15 6 (0.20%) WordPress
16 5 (0.16%) ArcGIS
17 4 (0.13%) Drupal
18 3 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
19 2 (0.065%) OpenStack
Applications
1 126 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (0.59%) Chatbot
4 15 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.26%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.098%) Trello
10 2 (0.065%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.065%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.065%) Sketch
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.033%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.033%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.033%) InDesign
11 1 (0.033%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.033%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 63 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 8 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.23%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 7 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.20%) 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 (0.098%) Distributed Ledger
9 3 (0.098%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 940 (30.71%) Azure
2 673 (21.99%) Power Platform
3 610 (19.93%) AWS
4 282 (9.21%) GCP
5 231 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 215 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
7 195 (6.37%) Snowflake
8 190 (6.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 162 (5.29%) GitHub
10 152 (4.97%) dbt
11 126 (4.12%) Amazon S3
12 123 (4.02%) Serverless
13 104 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
14 89 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
15 88 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
16 84 (2.74%) SaaS
17 81 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
18 75 (2.45%) Entra ID
19 49 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
20 46 (1.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.21%) Firewall
2 32 (1.05%) Network Security
3 23 (0.75%) VPN
4 21 (0.69%) DNS
5 18 (0.59%) SD-WAN
6 17 (0.56%) SMS
7 15 (0.49%) WAN
8 12 (0.39%) HTTP
9 10 (0.33%) BGP
10 8 (0.26%) FTP
10 8 (0.26%) OSPF
10 8 (0.26%) VXLAN
11 7 (0.23%) 5G
11 7 (0.23%) LAN
11 7 (0.23%) MPLS
11 7 (0.23%) SSL
11 7 (0.23%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.23%) Wireless
11 7 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 626 (20.45%) Power BI
2 393 (12.84%) Data Warehouse
3 248 (8.10%) Data Lake
4 209 (6.83%) Tableau
5 181 (5.91%) Metadata
6 115 (3.76%) BigQuery
7 110 (3.59%) Delta Lake
8 109 (3.56%) SQL Server
9 94 (3.07%) Big Data
10 80 (2.61%) Relational Database
11 71 (2.32%) Amazon Redshift
12 69 (2.25%) Amazon Athena
13 67 (2.19%) NoSQL
14 66 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
14 66 (2.16%) Snowflake Schema
15 62 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
16 56 (1.83%) Looker
17 54 (1.76%) Star Schema
18 51 (1.67%) Power Query
19 50 (1.63%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 176 (5.75%) Git
2 165 (5.39%) JIRA
3 70 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 66 (2.16%) GitLab
5 20 (0.65%) ERwin
6 13 (0.42%) MLflow
7 11 (0.36%) Selenium
8 10 (0.33%) JUnit
9 8 (0.26%) fastlane
9 8 (0.26%) MSI
10 7 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.23%) ER Studio
10 7 (0.23%) PowerDesigner
11 6 (0.20%) Gradle
11 6 (0.20%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.16%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.16%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.16%) Postman
12 5 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 759 (24.80%) Finance
2 755 (24.67%) Social Skills
3 538 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
4 335 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 209 (6.83%) Banking
6 162 (5.29%) Marketing
7 108 (3.53%) Retail
8 75 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
9 61 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 60 (1.96%) Legal
11 55 (1.80%) Investment Banking
12 52 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
12 52 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (1.50%) Manufacturing
14 43 (1.40%) Telecoms
15 41 (1.34%) Front Office
16 40 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
17 32 (1.05%) Financial Institution
18 27 (0.88%) Automotive
19 26 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 593 (19.37%) Data Engineer
2 381 (12.45%) Analyst
3 374 (12.22%) Senior
4 362 (11.83%) Architect
5 320 (10.45%) Developer
6 267 (8.72%) Lead
7 166 (5.42%) Data Architect
8 155 (5.06%) Data Analyst
9 124 (4.05%) Consultant
10 110 (3.59%) Senior Data Engineer
11 107 (3.50%) Business Analyst
12 97 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
13 93 (3.04%) Data Scientist
14 91 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
15 68 (2.22%) Data Manager
16 62 (2.03%) Project Manager
17 61 (1.99%) Designer
18 50 (1.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
19 48 (1.57%) AWS Engineer
20 47 (1.54%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (6.04%) PySpark
2 129 (4.21%) Kafka
3 112 (3.66%) REST
4 58 (1.89%) Pandas
5 57 (1.86%) React
6 52 (1.70%) HTML
7 51 (1.67%) CSS
7 51 (1.67%) JSON
8 45 (1.47%) PyTorch
9 44 (1.44%) TensorFlow
10 42 (1.37%) .NET
10 42 (1.37%) RESTful
11 37 (1.21%) Middleware
12 33 (1.08%) scikit-learn
13 31 (1.01%) AngularJS
13 31 (1.01%) SOAP
14 30 (0.98%) ARM Templates
14 30 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
14 30 (0.98%) Web Services
15 28 (0.91%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.99%) Cloud Native
2 150 (4.90%) Product Ownership
3 114 (3.72%) Data Structures
4 91 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 82 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
6 66 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 53 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
8 50 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 47 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 45 (1.47%) Management Information System
11 38 (1.24%) Public Cloud
11 38 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
12 37 (1.21%) AI Agents
13 35 (1.14%) Mobile App
14 34 (1.11%) NHS
15 30 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
16 29 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
17 27 (0.88%) Derivative
18 26 (0.85%) Fixed Income
19 23 (0.75%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 88 (2.87%) Windows
2 71 (2.32%) Linux
3 39 (1.27%) Unix
4 29 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 23 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.52%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.39%) Android
8 8 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.098%) CentOS
11 2 (0.065%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.065%) VMS
12 1 (0.033%) Rocky
12 1 (0.033%) Solaris
12 1 (0.033%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 849 (27.74%) Data Modelling
2 831 (27.15%) Business Intelligence
3 686 (22.41%) AI
4 637 (20.81%) Data Pipeline
5 634 (20.71%) Agile
6 620 (20.25%) Data Engineering
7 619 (20.22%) CI/CD
8 551 (18.00%) ETL
9 517 (16.89%) DevOps
10 486 (15.88%) Data Governance
11 481 (15.71%) Decision-Making
12 473 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
13 426 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 355 (11.60%) Data Science
15 353 (11.53%) Continuous Improvement
15 353 (11.53%) Machine Learning
16 347 (11.34%) Data Analytics
17 343 (11.21%) Migration
18 317 (10.36%) Validation
19 306 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,033 (33.75%) SQL
2 923 (30.15%) Python
3 132 (4.31%) Java
4 118 (3.85%) PowerShell
5 92 (3.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 86 (2.81%) C#
7 72 (2.35%) R
8 69 (2.25%) Bicep
9 64 (2.09%) JavaScript
10 43 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 42 (1.37%) Scala
12 41 (1.34%) TypeScript
13 40 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
14 35 (1.14%) Bash
15 33 (1.08%) Shell Script
16 28 (0.91%) PL/SQL
17 22 (0.72%) C++
18 14 (0.46%) VBA
19 11 (0.36%) Kotlin
20 10 (0.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 543 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 426 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 227 (7.42%) Degree
4 69 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (2.22%) Azure Certification
6 62 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 53 (1.73%) DV Cleared
8 44 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 34 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 25 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
10 25 (0.82%) CISSP
11 22 (0.72%) PMI Certification
12 20 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 20 (0.65%) DBS Check
13 18 (0.59%) PMP
14 16 (0.52%) CCNP
15 12 (0.39%) CCIE
16 10 (0.33%) IIBA
16 10 (0.33%) PhD
17 9 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 581 (18.98%) Data Quality
2 157 (5.13%) GDPR
3 117 (3.82%) QA
4 106 (3.46%) Accessibility
5 41 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 41 (1.34%) WCAG
6 33 (1.08%) NIST
7 24 (0.78%) PMO
8 19 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (0.52%) GRC
9 16 (0.52%) SLA
10 12 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 11 (0.36%) NCSC
11 11 (0.36%) Solvency II
12 9 (0.29%) ISO 20022
13 8 (0.26%) IFRS
13 8 (0.26%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.20%) GAAP
14 6 (0.20%) HL7
14 6 (0.20%) PERC
System Software
1 158 (5.16%) Docker
2 73 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 24 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.20%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.13%) HDFS
7 4 (0.13%) Snort
7 4 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.033%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.033%) GPFS
8 1 (0.033%) iptables
8 1 (0.033%) Lustre
8 1 (0.033%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.033%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.033%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 227 (7.42%) Terraform
2 167 (5.46%) Kubernetes
3 38 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (1.14%) Grafana
5 30 (0.98%) Ansible
5 30 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 21 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.42%) SCCM
8 6 (0.20%) Control-M
9 5 (0.16%) Argo
10 4 (0.13%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.13%) Kibana
10 4 (0.13%) Puppet
11 3 (0.098%) Nagios
11 3 (0.098%) QRadar
12 2 (0.065%) logstash
12 2 (0.065%) Nessus
12 2 (0.065%) Rancher
12 2 (0.065%) SCOM
12 2 (0.065%) WSUS
Vendors
1 539 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 408 (13.33%) Databricks
3 157 (5.13%) Oracle
4 151 (4.93%) Google
5 148 (4.84%) SAP
6 66 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 63 (2.06%) Adobe
7 63 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 57 (1.86%) Informatica
9 52 (1.70%) Splunk
10 43 (1.40%) Talend
11 41 (1.34%) OpenAI
12 38 (1.24%) Workday
13 37 (1.21%) Denodo
14 35 (1.14%) Foundry
15 29 (0.95%) Dynatrace
16 25 (0.82%) VMware
17 22 (0.72%) Cisco
18 20 (0.65%) IBM
19 16 (0.52%) Palantir