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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 30 38
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -2
Contract jobs citing Analytics 2,385 1,549 1,825
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.36% 5.81% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 6.50% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,624 995 1,244
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £799 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 22 78
10th Percentile £20.66 £25.26 £17.45
25th Percentile £31.11 £27.13 £25.00
Median hourly rate £46.50 £35.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year +32.86% -17.35% +32.33%
75th Percentile £71.00 £60.58 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £64.63 £78.35
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% +26.87%

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 28,483 23,837 32,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.89% 89.40% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,219 14,596 22,102
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,784 766 1,805
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.14
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -8.41% +9.93%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -10.55% +16.41%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +6 1,405 £525 -12.50% 782
Midlands +27 269 £513 +4.81% 350
North of England -3 243 £480 -3.25% 467
West Midlands +21 208 £515 +5.10% 135
South East -8 159 £494 +9.66% 997
North West +3 153 £500 +5.26% 215
South West +40 110 £525 +11.11% 291
East of England +2 96 £538 -6.52% 363
Yorkshire -7 74 £505 -1.46% 181
East Midlands +12 60 £440 -2.79% 207
North East -2 18 £405 -13.18% 74
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
1 108 (4.53%) SAS
2 87 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
3 86 (3.61%) Apache Spark
4 76 (3.19%) Apache
5 61 (2.56%) Confluence
6 47 (1.97%) SharePoint
7 37 (1.55%) CMS
8 20 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 16 (0.67%) WebLogic
10 10 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
11 9 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
12 8 (0.34%) GeoServer
12 8 (0.34%) Jupyter
12 8 (0.34%) Smallworld
13 7 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
14 6 (0.25%) WordPress
15 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
15 5 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 3 (0.13%) IIS
17 2 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 121 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 22 (0.92%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.25%) Trello
8 4 (0.17%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.13%) Notion
9 3 (0.13%) Sketch
10 2 (0.084%) Autodesk Smoke
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.042%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.042%) CapCut
11 1 (0.042%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.042%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.042%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 87 (3.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.59%) SAP EHS
4 11 (0.46%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.42%) SAP FI
6 8 (0.34%) Maximo
6 8 (0.34%) SAP MM
7 7 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 7 (0.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 6 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 5 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.17%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 4 (0.17%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 776 (32.54%) Azure
2 516 (21.64%) Power Platform
3 493 (20.67%) AWS
4 224 (9.39%) GCP
5 176 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
6 172 (7.21%) Azure Data Factory
7 157 (6.58%) Snowflake
8 152 (6.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 126 (5.28%) GitHub
10 112 (4.70%) Serverless
11 108 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
12 95 (3.98%) SaaS
13 84 (3.52%) Amazon S3
14 83 (3.48%) dbt
15 82 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
16 80 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
17 73 (3.06%) Entra ID
18 56 (2.35%) Power Automate
19 54 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
20 52 (2.18%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.84%) Firewall
2 24 (1.01%) VPN
3 21 (0.88%) DNS
3 21 (0.88%) Network Security
4 17 (0.71%) SMS
5 11 (0.46%) SSL
6 9 (0.38%) WAN
7 7 (0.29%) DHCP
7 7 (0.29%) HTTP
7 7 (0.29%) LAN
8 6 (0.25%) 2G
8 6 (0.25%) 5G
8 6 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.21%) FTP
9 5 (0.21%) SMTP
10 4 (0.17%) 4G
10 4 (0.17%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (0.13%) Internet
11 3 (0.13%) MPLS
11 3 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 477 (20.00%) Power BI
2 246 (10.31%) Data Warehouse
3 171 (7.17%) Data Lake
4 139 (5.83%) Tableau
5 130 (5.45%) Metadata
6 74 (3.10%) SQL Server
7 68 (2.85%) BigQuery
8 66 (2.77%) Big Data
9 58 (2.43%) Delta Lake
9 58 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
10 54 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 54 (2.26%) Relational Database
11 52 (2.18%) Snowflake Schema
12 51 (2.14%) Looker
13 43 (1.80%) Star Schema
14 41 (1.72%) Hadoop
15 39 (1.64%) Data Vault
15 39 (1.64%) NoSQL
15 39 (1.64%) Pentaho
16 38 (1.59%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 179 (7.51%) JIRA
2 165 (6.92%) Git
3 83 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 75 (3.14%) GitLab
5 24 (1.01%) Selenium
6 18 (0.75%) ERwin
6 18 (0.75%) JUnit
7 14 (0.59%) MLflow
8 11 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
9 10 (0.42%) Android Studio
9 10 (0.42%) Gradle
10 9 (0.38%) ER Studio
10 9 (0.38%) Postman
10 9 (0.38%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 8 (0.34%) Xcode
12 6 (0.25%) DBeaver
12 6 (0.25%) MSI
12 6 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.25%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 794 (33.29%) Social Skills
2 642 (26.92%) Finance
3 457 (19.16%) Analytical Skills
4 216 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 192 (8.05%) Banking
6 170 (7.13%) Marketing
7 75 (3.14%) Retail
8 67 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
9 63 (2.64%) Front Office
10 50 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (1.93%) Legal
11 46 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 42 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 42 (1.76%) Investment Banking
13 41 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
16 31 (1.30%) Financial Institution
17 26 (1.09%) Telecoms
18 20 (0.84%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 335 (14.05%) Analyst
2 329 (13.79%) Data Engineer
3 306 (12.83%) Developer
4 266 (11.15%) Senior
5 247 (10.36%) Architect
6 179 (7.51%) Lead
7 132 (5.53%) Consultant
8 122 (5.12%) Data Analyst
9 120 (5.03%) Business Analyst
10 94 (3.94%) Data Architect
11 89 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
12 74 (3.10%) Data Scientist
13 62 (2.60%) Project Manager
14 58 (2.43%) Senior Developer
15 56 (2.35%) Senior Data Engineer
16 53 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
17 45 (1.89%) Snowflake Engineer
18 40 (1.68%) Designer
19 39 (1.64%) DevOps Engineer
20 38 (1.59%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (5.95%) REST
2 109 (4.57%) PySpark
3 97 (4.07%) Kafka
4 58 (2.43%) React
5 56 (2.35%) Pandas
6 54 (2.26%) HTML
7 47 (1.97%) TensorFlow
8 45 (1.89%) scikit-learn
9 44 (1.84%) NumPy
9 44 (1.84%) SOAP
10 43 (1.80%) Node.js
10 43 (1.80%) PyTorch
11 41 (1.72%) CSS
12 40 (1.68%) .NET
13 39 (1.64%) JSON
14 38 (1.59%) RESTful
15 36 (1.51%) AngularJS
16 34 (1.43%) ARM Templates
17 29 (1.22%) OAuth
18 25 (1.05%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 110 (4.61%) Cloud Native
2 98 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 74 (3.10%) Data Structures
4 65 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 52 (2.18%) Management Information System
6 51 (2.14%) Algorithms
6 51 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 44 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 44 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 41 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
8 41 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 39 (1.64%) Equities
10 37 (1.55%) Derivative
11 35 (1.47%) Mobile App
12 29 (1.22%) Public Cloud
13 28 (1.17%) Fixed Income
13 28 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
13 28 (1.17%) Life Science
14 27 (1.13%) NHS
14 27 (1.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 75 (3.14%) Windows
2 71 (2.98%) Linux
3 32 (1.34%) Unix
4 21 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 20 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 19 (0.80%) Android
7 9 (0.38%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.21%) VMS
8 5 (0.21%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.084%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.042%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.042%) CentOS
10 1 (0.042%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.042%) Rocky
10 1 (0.042%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (27.38%) Business Intelligence
2 586 (24.57%) Agile
3 547 (22.94%) Data Modelling
4 501 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
5 460 (19.29%) CI/CD
6 442 (18.53%) DevOps
7 430 (18.03%) ETL
8 427 (17.90%) AI
9 398 (16.69%) Data Pipeline
10 361 (15.14%) Data Governance
11 341 (14.30%) Decision-Making
12 332 (13.92%) Data Engineering
13 315 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
14 296 (12.41%) Data Analytics
15 290 (12.16%) Data Science
16 274 (11.49%) Machine Learning
16 274 (11.49%) Visualisation
17 264 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
18 260 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 234 (9.81%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 800 (33.54%) SQL
2 718 (30.10%) Python
3 138 (5.79%) Java
4 105 (4.40%) JavaScript
5 95 (3.98%) PowerShell
6 72 (3.02%) C#
7 66 (2.77%) R
8 62 (2.60%) Bicep
9 56 (2.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 49 (2.05%) Bash
11 40 (1.68%) TypeScript
12 37 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 36 (1.51%) C++
14 35 (1.47%) Scala
15 34 (1.43%) T-SQL
16 25 (1.05%) VBA
17 22 (0.92%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.67%) Shell Script
19 14 (0.59%) Kotlin
20 13 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 405 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 333 (13.96%) SC Cleared
3 220 (9.22%) Degree
4 68 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 49 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 38 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (1.22%) CISSP
10 27 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 26 (1.09%) PMI Certification
12 24 (1.01%) AWS Certification
13 20 (0.84%) PMP
14 19 (0.80%) CISM
15 13 (0.55%) IIBA
16 9 (0.38%) CBAP
16 9 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
17 8 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 8 (0.34%) PhD
18 7 (0.29%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 383 (16.06%) Data Quality
2 137 (5.74%) GDPR
3 93 (3.90%) Accessibility
4 81 (3.40%) QA
5 38 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.30%) NIST
7 20 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 18 (0.75%) PMO
8 18 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (0.71%) WCAG
10 14 (0.59%) NCSC
11 10 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 10 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 10 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.38%) Solvency II
13 8 (0.34%) GRC
13 8 (0.34%) PERC
13 8 (0.34%) SLA
14 7 (0.29%) GxP
System Software
1 185 (7.76%) Docker
2 61 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.42%) HDFS
6 5 (0.21%) zsh
7 4 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.084%) GPFS
8 2 (0.084%) Lustre
8 2 (0.084%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.084%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 189 (7.92%) Kubernetes
1 189 (7.92%) Terraform
2 30 (1.26%) Ansible
3 28 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (0.67%) Grafana
5 16 (0.67%) SCCM
6 15 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.59%) Puppet
8 8 (0.34%) Kibana
9 7 (0.29%) Hadoop YARN
9 7 (0.29%) logstash
10 5 (0.21%) WSUS
11 3 (0.13%) Fluentd
11 3 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.084%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.084%) Argo
12 2 (0.084%) RSA Archer
12 2 (0.084%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 454 (19.04%) Microsoft
2 295 (12.37%) Databricks
3 155 (6.50%) SAP
4 154 (6.46%) Oracle
5 152 (6.37%) Google
6 70 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 64 (2.68%) Adobe
7 64 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 54 (2.26%) Talend
9 44 (1.84%) Splunk
10 43 (1.80%) Informatica
11 41 (1.72%) Denodo
12 33 (1.38%) OpenAI
13 31 (1.30%) Workday
14 28 (1.17%) Foundry
15 27 (1.13%) Dynatrace
16 26 (1.09%) Cisco
17 23 (0.96%) IBM
18 19 (0.80%) AppDynamics
19 18 (0.75%) VMware