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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 26 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,479 1,806 1,717
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.56% 6.55% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.93% 7.21% 6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,269 1,181 1,181
10th Percentile £363 £353 £355
25th Percentile £430 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -4.72% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 45 24
10th Percentile £17.75 £17.30 £22.83
25th Percentile £26.25 £30.96 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £34.98 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.09% +7.63% -7.14%
75th Percentile £76.00 £70.16 £56.27
90th Percentile £87.00 £79.50 £72.79
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £34.98 £32.50
% change year-on-year +35.79% +7.63% -7.14%

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 38,948 25,051 28,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.90% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,873 15,912 17,703
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,701 1,483 1,330
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.73 £66.58
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +1 1,929 £550 - 7,108
North of England +12 460 £490 +8.77% 1,080
South East +20 367 £513 -2.38% 988
Midlands +2 364 £493 -4.69% 592
West Midlands +3 299 £492 -6.27% 393
North West 0 229 £525 +15.70% 643
Yorkshire +12 181 £463 -2.63% 324
South West +20 166 £525 +10.53% 438
East of England -12 107 £578 +4.29% 356
East Midlands -5 61 £490 +7.40% 199
North East -2 60 £450 +18.03% 119
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
1 167 (4.80%) Apache Airflow
2 127 (3.65%) Apache Spark
3 111 (3.19%) SAS
4 97 (2.79%) Apache
5 77 (2.21%) Confluence
6 58 (1.67%) CMS
7 50 (1.44%) SharePoint
8 29 (0.83%) Palantir Foundry
9 28 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 28 (0.80%) Jupyter
10 26 (0.75%) Oracle Application Server
11 11 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
12 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
13 8 (0.23%) Apache Superset
13 8 (0.23%) Drupal
13 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
14 6 (0.17%) WordPress
15 3 (0.086%) IIS
15 3 (0.086%) nginx
16 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 161 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.46%) CPLEX
5 16 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.14%) Trello
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.057%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.057%) Sketch
11 1 (0.029%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.029%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.029%) InDesign
11 1 (0.029%) Notion
11 1 (0.029%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.029%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 70 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
3 17 (0.49%) Workday HCM
4 14 (0.40%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 12 (0.34%) Aladdin
6 11 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
7 10 (0.29%) Shopify
8 9 (0.26%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.26%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 7 (0.20%) SAP MDG
10 6 (0.17%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.17%) SAP GRC
10 6 (0.17%) SAP MM
10 6 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 5 (0.14%) SAP HR
11 5 (0.14%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1,018 (29.26%) Azure
2 706 (20.29%) Power Platform
3 602 (17.30%) AWS
4 304 (8.74%) GCP
5 257 (7.39%) Snowflake
6 229 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
7 227 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 195 (5.61%) dbt
9 181 (5.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 149 (4.28%) GitHub
11 146 (4.20%) Serverless
12 126 (3.62%) Azure Monitor
13 124 (3.56%) Amazon S3
14 109 (3.13%) SaaS
15 108 (3.10%) Entra ID
16 95 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
17 86 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
18 76 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
19 65 (1.87%) Azure Databricks
20 63 (1.81%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.61%) Firewall
2 51 (1.47%) Network Security
3 37 (1.06%) DNS
4 31 (0.89%) VPN
5 22 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 21 (0.60%) WAN
7 17 (0.49%) Broadband
7 17 (0.49%) SD-WAN
8 16 (0.46%) DHCP
9 15 (0.43%) BGP
10 9 (0.26%) SMS
11 8 (0.23%) Wireless
12 7 (0.20%) HTTP
12 7 (0.20%) LAN
13 6 (0.17%) OSPF
13 6 (0.17%) SSH
13 6 (0.17%) WLAN
14 5 (0.14%) Cisco IPT
14 5 (0.14%) Kerberos
14 5 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 677 (19.46%) Power BI
2 435 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 256 (7.36%) Data Lake
4 230 (6.61%) Metadata
5 220 (6.32%) Tableau
6 143 (4.11%) BigQuery
7 93 (2.67%) SQL Server
8 88 (2.53%) Delta Lake
9 86 (2.47%) Big Data
10 85 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
11 83 (2.39%) Relational Database
12 78 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
13 76 (2.18%) Looker
14 63 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
15 62 (1.78%) Semantic Layer
16 58 (1.67%) NoSQL
16 58 (1.67%) Snowflake Schema
17 54 (1.55%) Star Schema
18 53 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
19 51 (1.47%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 187 (5.38%) Git
2 161 (4.63%) JIRA
3 61 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 53 (1.52%) GitLab
5 12 (0.34%) MLflow
6 11 (0.32%) ERwin
7 10 (0.29%) fastlane
7 10 (0.29%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.26%) RStudio
9 7 (0.20%) ER Studio
9 7 (0.20%) Gradle
9 7 (0.20%) Selenium
9 7 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.17%) Android Studio
10 6 (0.17%) Crashlytics
10 6 (0.17%) JUnit
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 5 (0.14%) Xcode
General
1 941 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 895 (25.73%) Finance
3 646 (18.57%) Analytical Skills
4 415 (11.93%) Public Sector
5 261 (7.50%) Banking
6 226 (6.50%) Marketing
7 178 (5.12%) Retail
8 105 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
9 88 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 78 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 77 (2.21%) Legal
12 73 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
14 59 (1.70%) Front Office
15 55 (1.58%) Investment Banking
16 48 (1.38%) Publishing
17 45 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
18 41 (1.18%) Telecoms
19 40 (1.15%) Financial Institution
19 40 (1.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 572 (16.44%) Data Engineer
2 467 (13.42%) Senior
3 453 (13.02%) Analyst
4 448 (12.88%) Architect
5 309 (8.88%) Developer
6 282 (8.11%) Lead
7 205 (5.89%) Data Architect
8 172 (4.94%) Consultant
8 172 (4.94%) Data Analyst
9 124 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
10 114 (3.28%) Senior Data Engineer
11 112 (3.22%) Data Scientist
12 106 (3.05%) Business Analyst
13 98 (2.82%) Azure Engineer
14 77 (2.21%) Data Manager
15 69 (1.98%) Senior Manager
16 64 (1.84%) Product Manager
17 60 (1.72%) Project Manager
18 59 (1.70%) Python Developer
19 56 (1.61%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (7.59%) Terraform
2 207 (5.95%) PySpark
3 128 (3.68%) REST
4 106 (3.05%) Kafka
5 61 (1.75%) Pandas
6 55 (1.58%) HTML
6 55 (1.58%) RESTful
7 51 (1.47%) CSS
7 51 (1.47%) React
8 44 (1.26%) .NET
8 44 (1.26%) JSON
9 40 (1.15%) ARM Templates
10 39 (1.12%) NumPy
11 37 (1.06%) OAuth
12 31 (0.89%) OpenID
13 29 (0.83%) OAuth2
13 29 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
14 28 (0.80%) Web Services
15 26 (0.75%) LDAP
15 26 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 231 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 188 (5.40%) Product Ownership
3 137 (3.94%) Data Structures
4 133 (3.82%) Onboarding
5 98 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 78 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 67 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 62 (1.78%) AI Agents
9 61 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
10 48 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
11 45 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 44 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 42 (1.21%) Algorithms
13 42 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
14 41 (1.18%) Virtual Team
15 40 (1.15%) NHS
16 37 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
16 37 (1.06%) Social Media
17 33 (0.95%) Derivative
17 33 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 90 (2.59%) Windows
2 84 (2.41%) Linux
3 38 (1.09%) Unix
4 34 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.26%) Android
8 9 (0.26%) VMS
9 6 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.086%) Solaris
10 3 (0.086%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.057%) AIX
11 2 (0.057%) CentOS
11 2 (0.057%) HPUX
12 1 (0.029%) Rocky
12 1 (0.029%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 927 (26.65%) AI
2 904 (25.98%) Data Modelling
3 881 (25.32%) Business Intelligence
4 804 (23.11%) Agile
5 769 (22.10%) Stakeholder Management
6 699 (20.09%) Data Pipeline
7 664 (19.09%) Data Engineering
8 654 (18.80%) Decision-Making
9 635 (18.25%) CI/CD
10 560 (16.10%) Data Governance
11 541 (15.55%) ETL
12 510 (14.66%) DevOps
13 503 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
14 461 (13.25%) Migration
15 436 (12.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 428 (12.30%) Machine Learning
17 427 (12.27%) Roadmaps
17 427 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 405 (11.64%) Data Science
19 395 (11.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,103 (31.70%) SQL
2 966 (27.77%) Python
3 155 (4.46%) PowerShell
4 102 (2.93%) Java
5 97 (2.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 84 (2.41%) JavaScript
7 77 (2.21%) Bicep
8 73 (2.10%) C#
9 65 (1.87%) R
10 62 (1.78%) Bash
11 37 (1.06%) Scala
12 35 (1.01%) TypeScript
13 30 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
13 30 (0.86%) Shell Script
14 27 (0.78%) T-SQL
15 20 (0.57%) PL/SQL
16 19 (0.55%) C++
17 14 (0.40%) LookML
18 13 (0.37%) VBA
19 11 (0.32%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 622 (17.88%) Security Cleared
2 494 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 283 (8.13%) Degree
4 86 (2.47%) Azure Certification
5 79 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 77 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 72 (2.07%) DV Cleared
8 53 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 52 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 41 (1.18%) CISSP
11 35 (1.01%) AWS Certification
12 29 (0.83%) PMI Certification
13 25 (0.72%) DBS Check
14 22 (0.63%) PMP
15 19 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (0.34%) CISA
17 11 (0.32%) MBA
17 11 (0.32%) PhD
18 10 (0.29%) SANS
19 9 (0.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 716 (20.58%) Data Quality
2 154 (4.43%) GDPR
3 139 (4.00%) QA
4 135 (3.88%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.38%) WCAG
6 47 (1.35%) GRC
7 38 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (0.98%) NIST
9 29 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 29 (0.83%) PMO
10 20 (0.57%) SLA
11 13 (0.37%) PERC
11 13 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.34%) NCSC
13 11 (0.32%) IFRS
13 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.29%) Solvency II
15 8 (0.23%) GMP
16 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
17 6 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 154 (4.43%) Docker
2 89 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 27 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.14%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.086%) vSphere
10 2 (0.057%) XenApp
10 2 (0.057%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.029%) iptables
11 1 (0.029%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.029%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 163 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 45 (1.29%) Ansible
3 37 (1.06%) Grafana
4 26 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.40%) SCCM
8 8 (0.23%) Control-M
8 8 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 8 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.23%) SCOM
9 6 (0.17%) Podman
10 5 (0.14%) SysTrack
11 4 (0.11%) QRadar
12 3 (0.086%) Apache Ranger
12 3 (0.086%) CASB
12 3 (0.086%) Kibana
13 2 (0.057%) Argo
13 2 (0.057%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.057%) Puppet
Vendors
1 653 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 452 (12.99%) Databricks
3 212 (6.09%) Oracle
4 196 (5.63%) SAP
5 183 (5.26%) Google
6 89 (2.56%) Adobe
7 86 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 83 (2.39%) ServiceNow
9 56 (1.61%) Workday
10 47 (1.35%) Splunk
11 43 (1.24%) Foundry
12 41 (1.18%) Dynatrace
13 40 (1.15%) Informatica
14 36 (1.03%) Palantir
15 32 (0.92%) Talend
16 30 (0.86%) VMware
17 29 (0.83%) Cisco
17 29 (0.83%) Denodo
18 27 (0.78%) OpenAI
19 24 (0.69%) Alteryx