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

6 months to
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 27 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,530 1,953 1,674
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.60% 6.84% 5.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.87% 7.53% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,269 1,274 1,124
10th Percentile £363 £359 £350
25th Percentile £435 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £680
90th Percentile £750 £771 £788
UK median daily rate £537 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +4.27% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 47 25
10th Percentile £17.88 £18.17 £25.95
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.75 £30.00
Median hourly rate £52.75 £41.94 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.77% +19.83% -1.24%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.14 £81.80 £71.64
UK median hourly rate £48.75 £40.49 £32.50
% change year-on-year +20.40% +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
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 39,816 25,937 26,990
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 85.68% 90.82% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,988 16,429 16,449
10th Percentile £325 £297 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £417
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 3,194 1,664 1,003
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.51 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.17 £17.59 £20.27
Median hourly rate £36.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.14% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £67.19 £44.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £74.35
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.13 £37.39
% change year-on-year +39.29% -32.80% -13.38%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 1,973 £550 - 448
North of England +11 486 £490 +3.16% 176
South East +21 367 £525 +2.19% 237
Midlands -2 349 £488 -5.34% 106
West Midlands -1 285 £486 -6.27% 70
North West +1 237 £516 +8.60% 110
South West +22 184 £556 +11.20% 100
Yorkshire +17 181 £480 +1.05% 42
East of England -10 96 £600 +9.09% 55
North East +7 74 £450 +9.09% 25
East Midlands -5 63 £490 +8.89% 36
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
1AI28.4%1,002
2Stakeholder Management26.3%928
3Data Modelling26.2%926
4Business Intelligence25.0%881
5Agile23.5%829
6Decision-Making19.9%702
7Data Engineering19.5%687
8Data Pipeline19.0%671
9CI/CD18.7%660
10Data Governance16.7%591
11ETL15.4%543
12DevOps14.7%519
13Continuous Improvement14.0%493
14Roadmaps13.7%482
15Problem-Solving13.6%480
16Stakeholder Engagement13.0%458
17Migration12.9%454
18Machine Learning12.3%433
19Validation12.2%429
20Data Science11.5%405