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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing Analytics 2,035 1,657 2,030
As % of all contract jobs in England 6.93% 5.36% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.65% 6.19% 5.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,326 1,102 1,411
10th Percentile £357 £355 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% -1.74%
75th Percentile £638 £686 £688
90th Percentile £773 £788 £788
UK median daily rate £519 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.73% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 27 77
10th Percentile £19.39 £26.30 £17.38
25th Percentile £26.35 £30.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £41.22 £35.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +17.76% -0.71% -7.24%
75th Percentile £70.48 £62.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.88 £69.34 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £33.75 £35.63
% change year-on-year +18.52% -5.28% -12.02%

All Process and 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 26,593 26,760 35,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.56% 86.55% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,884 16,311 24,240
10th Percentile £299 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £639 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,719 969 1,479
10th Percentile £14.74 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.45 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.87% -20.09% +26.43%

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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 +5 1,195 £540 -10.00% 2,460
North of England +6 233 £475 -9.52% 499
Midlands +14 224 £515 +5.10% 349
West Midlands +9 179 £519 +3.70% 209
South East -2 146 £514 +0.74% 1,809
North West +9 142 £475 -7.32% 298
East of England +15 88 £550 +4.76% 187
Yorkshire +1 84 £470 -14.50% 147
South West +22 74 £500 -6.98% 212
East Midlands +6 46 £450 -1.10% 133
North East -7 8 £413 -36.29% 57
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 94 (4.62%) Apache Airflow
2 85 (4.18%) SAS
3 74 (3.64%) Apache Spark
4 71 (3.49%) Apache
5 48 (2.36%) Confluence
6 37 (1.82%) CMS
7 35 (1.72%) SharePoint
8 18 (0.88%) WebLogic
9 14 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 10 (0.49%) Jupyter
11 8 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
11 8 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 7 (0.34%) WordPress
13 6 (0.29%) GeoServer
13 6 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
13 6 (0.29%) Smallworld
14 4 (0.20%) Apache Superset
14 4 (0.20%) JBoss
14 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
15 3 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 142 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 30 (1.47%) MS Visio
5 17 (0.84%) Chatbot
6 12 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.098%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.098%) Maple
9 2 (0.098%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.098%) Sketch
9 2 (0.098%) Trello
10 1 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.049%) CapCut
10 1 (0.049%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.049%) InDesign
10 1 (0.049%) Simulink
10 1 (0.049%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 84 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.69%) SAP EHS
4 12 (0.59%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 10 (0.49%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.34%) Aladdin
6 7 (0.34%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 7 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
6 7 (0.34%) SAP MM
7 6 (0.29%) SAP IBP
7 6 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.25%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.25%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.25%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.20%) Endur
9 4 (0.20%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 608 (29.88%) Azure
2 423 (20.79%) AWS
3 421 (20.69%) Power Platform
4 208 (10.22%) GCP
5 135 (6.63%) Snowflake
6 132 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
7 115 (5.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 108 (5.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 94 (4.62%) Azure Monitor
10 89 (4.37%) SaaS
11 88 (4.32%) GitHub
11 88 (4.32%) Serverless
12 78 (3.83%) dbt
13 63 (3.10%) Entra ID
14 61 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
15 55 (2.70%) Amazon S3
15 55 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
16 53 (2.60%) Google Analytics
16 53 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
17 46 (2.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.31%) Firewall
2 32 (1.57%) Network Security
3 28 (1.38%) DNS
4 23 (1.13%) WAN
5 17 (0.84%) VPN
6 14 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 13 (0.64%) HTTP
7 13 (0.64%) SSL
8 10 (0.49%) Ethernet
8 10 (0.49%) LAN
9 9 (0.44%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (0.44%) SMS
10 8 (0.39%) 5G
10 8 (0.39%) FTP
10 8 (0.39%) SMTP
11 7 (0.34%) 4G
11 7 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
12 5 (0.25%) 2G
12 5 (0.25%) DHCP
12 5 (0.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 393 (19.31%) Power BI
2 247 (12.14%) Data Warehouse
3 147 (7.22%) Tableau
4 137 (6.73%) Data Lake
5 104 (5.11%) Metadata
6 77 (3.78%) BigQuery
7 67 (3.29%) Big Data
8 61 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
9 59 (2.90%) Relational Database
10 57 (2.80%) SQL Server
11 48 (2.36%) Looker
12 47 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 45 (2.21%) Hadoop
14 42 (2.06%) Power Query
15 41 (2.01%) NoSQL
15 41 (2.01%) Snowflake Schema
16 39 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
17 37 (1.82%) Delta Lake
18 33 (1.62%) Oracle Database
18 33 (1.62%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 154 (7.57%) Git
2 127 (6.24%) JIRA
3 80 (3.93%) Jenkins
4 47 (2.31%) GitLab
5 21 (1.03%) ERwin
5 21 (1.03%) Selenium
6 17 (0.84%) JUnit
7 13 (0.64%) MLflow
8 12 (0.59%) ER Studio
9 10 (0.49%) PowerDesigner
10 9 (0.44%) Postman
10 9 (0.44%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.44%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 8 (0.39%) DBeaver
11 8 (0.39%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.34%) Xcode
13 6 (0.29%) Browser DevTools
13 6 (0.29%) PVCS
14 5 (0.25%) LSMW
14 5 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 728 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 576 (28.30%) Finance
3 427 (20.98%) Analytical Skills
4 216 (10.61%) Banking
5 169 (8.30%) Marketing
6 156 (7.67%) Public Sector
7 78 (3.83%) Retail
8 77 (3.78%) Front Office
9 70 (3.44%) Investment Banking
10 52 (2.56%) Legal
11 50 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 46 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
13 39 (1.92%) Manufacturing
14 38 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 36 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
16 33 (1.62%) Financial Institution
17 31 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 30 (1.47%) Telecoms
19 26 (1.28%) Publishing
20 21 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 359 (17.64%) Analyst
2 264 (12.97%) Developer
3 226 (11.11%) Senior
4 211 (10.37%) Data Engineer
5 201 (9.88%) Architect
6 139 (6.83%) Data Analyst
7 132 (6.49%) Business Analyst
8 128 (6.29%) Consultant
9 126 (6.19%) Lead
10 79 (3.88%) Data Architect
11 61 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
12 59 (2.90%) Senior Developer
13 48 (2.36%) Data Scientist
14 45 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
15 44 (2.16%) SAP Consultant
16 37 (1.82%) Project Manager
17 35 (1.72%) Data Modeller
18 34 (1.67%) Senior Data Engineer
18 34 (1.67%) Solutions Architect
19 30 (1.47%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (4.32%) REST
2 78 (3.83%) Kafka
3 60 (2.95%) PySpark
4 54 (2.65%) React
5 49 (2.41%) RESTful
6 48 (2.36%) HTML
7 37 (1.82%) .NET
8 36 (1.77%) CSS
9 35 (1.72%) Pandas
9 35 (1.72%) SOAP
10 29 (1.43%) AngularJS
10 29 (1.43%) Node.js
10 29 (1.43%) SAP Fiori
11 28 (1.38%) OAuth
12 25 (1.23%) ARM Templates
12 25 (1.23%) NumPy
13 23 (1.13%) pytest
14 22 (1.08%) Next.js
15 21 (1.03%) TensorFlow
16 20 (0.98%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 101 (4.96%) Product Ownership
2 81 (3.98%) Cloud Native
3 74 (3.64%) Data Structures
4 61 (3.00%) Algorithms
4 61 (3.00%) Onboarding
5 59 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 56 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 52 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 47 (2.31%) Derivative
9 43 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 40 (1.97%) Mobile App
11 34 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 34 (1.67%) Equities
12 32 (1.57%) Fixed Income
13 31 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (1.52%) Virtual Team
14 28 (1.38%) Data Centre
15 27 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
16 26 (1.28%) Market Risk
16 26 (1.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 69 (3.39%) Linux
2 66 (3.24%) Windows
3 27 (1.33%) Unix
4 19 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.69%) Android
6 9 (0.44%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.34%) VMS
8 6 (0.29%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.098%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.049%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.049%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.049%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (26.58%) Business Intelligence
2 520 (25.55%) Agile
3 463 (22.75%) Data Modelling
3 463 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
4 367 (18.03%) CI/CD
5 359 (17.64%) DevOps
6 331 (16.27%) ETL
7 317 (15.58%) Data Analytics
8 296 (14.55%) AI
9 293 (14.40%) Data Pipeline
9 293 (14.40%) Decision-Making
10 282 (13.86%) Data Governance
11 276 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 262 (12.87%) Visualisation
13 247 (12.14%) Data Science
14 241 (11.84%) Machine Learning
15 233 (11.45%) Data Engineering
16 221 (10.86%) Actionable Insight
17 211 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 210 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 693 (34.05%) SQL
2 573 (28.16%) Python
3 119 (5.85%) Java
4 101 (4.96%) JavaScript
5 76 (3.73%) PowerShell
6 59 (2.90%) R
7 46 (2.26%) TypeScript
8 44 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 43 (2.11%) C#
10 41 (2.01%) Bash
10 41 (2.01%) Bicep
11 36 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 30 (1.47%) Scala
13 23 (1.13%) C++
13 23 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 21 (1.03%) VBA
15 19 (0.93%) ABAP
16 16 (0.79%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.64%) Swift
18 12 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 308 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 258 (12.68%) SC Cleared
3 212 (10.42%) Degree
4 68 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (2.65%) Master's Degree
6 40 (1.97%) Azure Certification
7 28 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 27 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.13%) CISSP
11 17 (0.84%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.79%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.54%) CISM
14 11 (0.54%) PMP
15 10 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.44%) CBAP
17 7 (0.34%) PhD
18 6 (0.29%) ACCA
19 5 (0.25%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (14.89%) Data Quality
2 111 (5.45%) GDPR
3 77 (3.78%) Accessibility
4 66 (3.24%) QA
5 34 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (1.18%) NIST
7 16 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 14 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 13 (0.64%) HIPAA
9 13 (0.64%) SLA
10 12 (0.59%) GRC
10 12 (0.59%) PMO
11 10 (0.49%) IFRS
11 10 (0.49%) Solvency II
11 10 (0.49%) WCAG
12 9 (0.44%) NCSC
12 9 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.39%) GxP
13 8 (0.39%) MiFID
14 7 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 133 (6.54%) Docker
2 51 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.49%) HDFS
5 9 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.25%) zsh
7 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.098%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 155 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 123 (6.04%) Terraform
3 25 (1.23%) Ansible
4 20 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (0.88%) Grafana
6 15 (0.74%) Kibana
7 14 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (0.64%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.64%) SCCM
9 9 (0.44%) Kubeflow
10 7 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
10 7 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.34%) Puppet
11 5 (0.25%) Argo
11 5 (0.25%) logstash
12 4 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.20%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.15%) Fluentd
13 3 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 367 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 206 (10.12%) Databricks
3 145 (7.13%) Google
3 145 (7.13%) SAP
4 144 (7.08%) Oracle
5 65 (3.19%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.46%) Salesforce
7 44 (2.16%) Adobe
7 44 (2.16%) Splunk
8 40 (1.97%) Talend
9 34 (1.67%) Cisco
9 34 (1.67%) Workday
10 33 (1.62%) Denodo
11 26 (1.28%) Dynatrace
12 24 (1.18%) Informatica
13 22 (1.08%) AppDynamics
14 21 (1.03%) Alteryx
15 17 (0.84%) Foundry
16 16 (0.79%) Amplitude
16 16 (0.79%) OpenAI