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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 26 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,525 1,802 1,724
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.61% 6.48% 5.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% 7.14% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,304 1,179 1,186
10th Percentile £363 £355 £351
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year - -5.96% -2.91%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £798 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 47 24
10th Percentile £18.88 £16.00 £22.83
25th Percentile £26.25 £30.54 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £34.98 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.09% +7.63% -7.47%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.81 £56.27
90th Percentile £87.44 £79.25 £72.79
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £34.98 £32.50
% change year-on-year +35.79% +7.63% -7.47%

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 39,304 25,245 28,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.83% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,151 16,024 17,695
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
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 2,693 1,483 1,349
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.31 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 1,967 £550 - 2,550
North of England +12 457 £475 +5.50% 416
Midlands +4 371 £492 -4.47% 240
South East +17 368 £513 -2.38% 568
West Midlands +3 305 £490 -5.50% 161
North West +3 229 £517 +13.96% 241
Yorkshire +10 179 £461 -1.91% 128
South West +24 170 £505 +6.32% 234
East of England -9 107 £580 +4.74% 140
East Midlands -6 61 £495 +10.00% 79
North East -4 59 £450 +18.03% 49
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
1 169 (4.79%) Apache Airflow
2 132 (3.74%) Apache Spark
3 112 (3.18%) SAS
4 98 (2.78%) Apache
5 75 (2.13%) Confluence
6 57 (1.62%) CMS
7 49 (1.39%) SharePoint
8 29 (0.82%) Jupyter
8 29 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
9 28 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 26 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
11 11 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
12 10 (0.28%) Apache Superset
13 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
14 8 (0.23%) Drupal
14 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
15 6 (0.17%) WordPress
16 3 (0.085%) IIS
17 2 (0.057%) Moodle
17 2 (0.057%) nginx
Applications
1 161 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.45%) CPLEX
5 16 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.31%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.14%) Trello
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.057%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.057%) Sketch
11 1 (0.028%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.028%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.028%) InDesign
11 1 (0.028%) Notion
11 1 (0.028%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.028%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 66 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 16 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 15 (0.43%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 12 (0.34%) Aladdin
7 11 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
8 9 (0.26%) Shopify
9 8 (0.23%) SAP CO
9 8 (0.23%) SAP FI
10 7 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
10 7 (0.20%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.20%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.17%) NetSuite
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
11 6 (0.17%) SAP GRC
11 6 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 5 (0.14%) Infor LN
12 5 (0.14%) SAP BPC
12 5 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1,042 (29.56%) Azure
2 708 (20.09%) Power Platform
3 617 (17.50%) AWS
4 305 (8.65%) GCP
5 255 (7.23%) Snowflake
6 236 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
7 235 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 198 (5.62%) dbt
9 184 (5.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 152 (4.31%) GitHub
11 147 (4.17%) Serverless
12 130 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
13 127 (3.60%) Amazon S3
14 111 (3.15%) SaaS
15 107 (3.04%) Entra ID
16 96 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
17 84 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
18 81 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
19 70 (1.99%) Azure Databricks
20 62 (1.76%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.59%) Firewall
2 49 (1.39%) Network Security
3 36 (1.02%) DNS
4 31 (0.88%) VPN
5 22 (0.62%) TCP/IP
6 21 (0.60%) WAN
7 17 (0.48%) SD-WAN
8 16 (0.45%) Broadband
8 16 (0.45%) DHCP
9 15 (0.43%) BGP
10 9 (0.26%) SMS
11 8 (0.23%) Wireless
12 7 (0.20%) LAN
13 6 (0.17%) OSPF
13 6 (0.17%) SSH
13 6 (0.17%) WLAN
14 5 (0.14%) HTTP
14 5 (0.14%) Internet
14 5 (0.14%) VLAN
15 4 (0.11%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 676 (19.18%) Power BI
2 449 (12.74%) Data Warehouse
3 256 (7.26%) Data Lake
4 232 (6.58%) Metadata
5 224 (6.35%) Tableau
6 140 (3.97%) BigQuery
7 93 (2.64%) SQL Server
8 91 (2.58%) Delta Lake
9 89 (2.52%) Big Data
10 88 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
11 83 (2.35%) Relational Database
12 78 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
13 76 (2.16%) Looker
14 62 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
14 62 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
14 62 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
15 57 (1.62%) NoSQL
16 55 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
17 54 (1.53%) Star Schema
18 50 (1.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 185 (5.25%) Git
2 161 (4.57%) JIRA
3 61 (1.73%) Jenkins
4 53 (1.50%) GitLab
5 14 (0.40%) ERwin
6 11 (0.31%) MLflow
7 10 (0.28%) fastlane
7 10 (0.28%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.26%) RStudio
9 8 (0.23%) ER Studio
9 8 (0.23%) Selenium
10 7 (0.20%) Gradle
10 7 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.17%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.17%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.17%) JUnit
11 6 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.17%) Postman
12 5 (0.14%) Terragrunt
12 5 (0.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 936 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 905 (25.67%) Finance
3 657 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 413 (11.72%) Public Sector
5 263 (7.46%) Banking
6 232 (6.58%) Marketing
7 177 (5.02%) Retail
8 104 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
9 90 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 77 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 76 (2.16%) Legal
12 74 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
13 69 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
14 62 (1.76%) Front Office
15 56 (1.59%) Investment Banking
16 50 (1.42%) Publishing
17 45 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
18 44 (1.25%) Telecoms
19 42 (1.19%) Financial Institution
20 39 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 589 (16.71%) Data Engineer
2 467 (13.25%) Senior
3 452 (12.82%) Analyst
4 446 (12.65%) Architect
5 310 (8.79%) Developer
6 287 (8.14%) Lead
7 205 (5.82%) Data Architect
8 171 (4.85%) Consultant
8 171 (4.85%) Data Analyst
9 122 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
10 113 (3.21%) Data Scientist
10 113 (3.21%) Senior Data Engineer
11 105 (2.98%) Business Analyst
12 103 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
13 79 (2.24%) Data Manager
14 69 (1.96%) Senior Manager
15 65 (1.84%) Product Manager
16 62 (1.76%) Project Manager
17 60 (1.70%) Python Developer
18 57 (1.62%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 264 (7.49%) Terraform
2 211 (5.99%) PySpark
3 132 (3.74%) REST
4 111 (3.15%) Kafka
5 65 (1.84%) Pandas
6 56 (1.59%) HTML
7 54 (1.53%) RESTful
8 52 (1.48%) CSS
9 49 (1.39%) React
10 43 (1.22%) JSON
11 42 (1.19%) .NET
12 41 (1.16%) ARM Templates
12 41 (1.16%) NumPy
13 37 (1.05%) OAuth
14 31 (0.88%) OpenID
14 31 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
15 29 (0.82%) OAuth2
16 28 (0.79%) scikit-learn
16 28 (0.79%) Web Services
17 27 (0.77%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 235 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 187 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 138 (3.91%) Data Structures
4 135 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 106 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
6 78 (2.21%) Management Information System
7 68 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
8 61 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
9 58 (1.65%) AI Agents
10 49 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
11 47 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 45 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
13 44 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
14 43 (1.22%) Algorithms
15 42 (1.19%) NHS
16 41 (1.16%) Virtual Team
17 40 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
18 36 (1.02%) Social Media
19 34 (0.96%) Mobile App
20 33 (0.94%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 89 (2.52%) Linux
1 89 (2.52%) Windows
2 42 (1.19%) Unix
3 34 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 18 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.28%) Android
8 9 (0.26%) VMS
9 6 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.085%) Solaris
10 3 (0.085%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.057%) AIX
11 2 (0.057%) CentOS
11 2 (0.057%) HPUX
12 1 (0.028%) Rocky
12 1 (0.028%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 922 (26.16%) Data Modelling
2 915 (25.96%) AI
3 888 (25.19%) Business Intelligence
4 815 (23.12%) Agile
5 763 (21.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 708 (20.09%) Data Pipeline
7 680 (19.29%) Data Engineering
8 656 (18.61%) Decision-Making
9 652 (18.50%) CI/CD
10 567 (16.09%) Data Governance
11 549 (15.57%) ETL
12 525 (14.89%) DevOps
13 510 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
14 463 (13.13%) Migration
15 442 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 430 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 426 (12.09%) Machine Learning
18 422 (11.97%) Roadmaps
19 410 (11.63%) Data Science
20 398 (11.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,118 (31.72%) SQL
2 985 (27.94%) Python
3 158 (4.48%) PowerShell
4 104 (2.95%) Java
5 96 (2.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 83 (2.35%) JavaScript
7 81 (2.30%) Bicep
8 73 (2.07%) C#
9 66 (1.87%) R
10 63 (1.79%) Bash
11 39 (1.11%) Scala
12 34 (0.96%) Shell Script
13 33 (0.94%) TypeScript
14 30 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
15 26 (0.74%) T-SQL
16 21 (0.60%) PL/SQL
17 19 (0.54%) C++
18 13 (0.37%) LookML
18 13 (0.37%) VBA
19 11 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 627 (17.79%) Security Cleared
2 497 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 286 (8.11%) Degree
4 85 (2.41%) Azure Certification
5 83 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 79 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 70 (1.99%) DV Cleared
8 54 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 49 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 41 (1.16%) CISSP
11 33 (0.94%) AWS Certification
12 30 (0.85%) PMI Certification
13 24 (0.68%) DBS Check
14 23 (0.65%) PMP
15 19 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (0.34%) CISA
17 11 (0.31%) MBA
17 11 (0.31%) PhD
18 10 (0.28%) SANS
19 9 (0.26%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 719 (20.40%) Data Quality
2 162 (4.60%) GDPR
3 138 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 138 (3.91%) QA
4 48 (1.36%) WCAG
5 47 (1.33%) GRC
6 39 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 34 (0.96%) NIST
8 30 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
9 29 (0.82%) PMO
10 20 (0.57%) SLA
11 13 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.34%) NCSC
12 12 (0.34%) PERC
12 12 (0.34%) Solvency II
13 11 (0.31%) IFRS
13 11 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 8 (0.23%) GMP
15 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 153 (4.34%) Docker
2 87 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 27 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.14%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (0.085%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.085%) vSphere
9 2 (0.057%) XenApp
9 2 (0.057%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.028%) iptables
10 1 (0.028%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.028%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 163 (4.62%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.30%) Ansible
3 38 (1.08%) Grafana
4 24 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (0.51%) 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 (0.085%) Apache Ranger
12 3 (0.085%) CASB
12 3 (0.085%) Kibana
13 2 (0.057%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.057%) Nagios
13 2 (0.057%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 648 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 453 (12.85%) Databricks
3 213 (6.04%) Oracle
4 194 (5.50%) SAP
5 181 (5.13%) Google
6 87 (2.47%) Adobe
7 85 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 84 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 56 (1.59%) Workday
10 46 (1.30%) Splunk
11 41 (1.16%) Foundry
11 41 (1.16%) Informatica
12 40 (1.13%) Dynatrace
13 36 (1.02%) Palantir
14 33 (0.94%) Talend
15 30 (0.85%) VMware
16 29 (0.82%) Cisco
16 29 (0.82%) Denodo
17 25 (0.71%) OpenAI
18 23 (0.65%) IBM