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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 27 35
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,492 1,777 1,764
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.64% 6.45% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.01% 7.10% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,306 1,171 1,247
10th Percentile £363 £350 £354
25th Percentile £435 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -2.61%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £797 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 49 21
10th Percentile £20.81 £16.26 £21.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £26.80 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £34.50 £30.37
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% +13.60% -13.23%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.16 £38.75
90th Percentile £87.10 £79.00 £60.06
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £34.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +44.93% +15.00% -14.29%

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 38,748 25,020 28,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.83% 85.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,949 15,925 18,341
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,582 1,471 1,520
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +2 1,925 £550 - 934
North of England +12 446 £492 +7.54% 344
Midlands +6 404 £500 -2.91% 163
South East +12 356 £513 -0.34% 460
West Midlands +4 323 £493 -5.01% 120
North West +3 230 £525 +10.53% 195
Yorkshire +10 174 £463 +2.66% 104
South West +12 166 £500 +5.26% 221
East of England -9 109 £575 - 76
East Midlands +4 74 £525 +27.27% 43
North East -6 50 £450 +18.03% 48
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
1 157 (4.50%) Apache Airflow
2 135 (3.87%) Apache Spark
3 110 (3.15%) SAS
4 96 (2.75%) Apache
5 73 (2.09%) Confluence
6 52 (1.49%) SharePoint
7 49 (1.40%) CMS
8 31 (0.89%) Palantir Foundry
9 29 (0.83%) Jupyter
10 26 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
11 20 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 14 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
13 10 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
14 9 (0.26%) Apache Superset
15 8 (0.23%) Drupal
15 8 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
16 6 (0.17%) WordPress
17 5 (0.14%) IIS
18 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
18 2 (0.057%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 157 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (0.57%) Chatbot
5 16 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.40%) CPLEX
7 11 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.32%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.11%) Trello
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.086%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.057%) InDesign
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%) Notion
11 1 (0.029%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.029%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 69 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 15 (0.43%) Workday HCM
5 13 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 12 (0.34%) Aladdin
7 9 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
7 9 (0.26%) Shopify
8 8 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 7 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 6 (0.17%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 6 (0.17%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.17%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.17%) SAP GRC
11 5 (0.14%) BambooHR
11 5 (0.14%) Infor LN
11 5 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,034 (29.61%) Azure
2 703 (20.13%) Power Platform
3 610 (17.47%) AWS
4 300 (8.59%) GCP
5 240 (6.87%) Snowflake
6 235 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
7 228 (6.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 185 (5.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 185 (5.30%) dbt
9 156 (4.47%) GitHub
10 142 (4.07%) Serverless
11 134 (3.84%) Azure Monitor
12 123 (3.52%) Amazon S3
13 112 (3.21%) Entra ID
14 105 (3.01%) SaaS
15 94 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
16 85 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
17 81 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
18 62 (1.78%) Google Analytics
19 56 (1.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.78%) Firewall
2 54 (1.55%) Network Security
3 38 (1.09%) DNS
4 34 (0.97%) VPN
5 26 (0.74%) WAN
6 23 (0.66%) SD-WAN
6 23 (0.66%) TCP/IP
7 20 (0.57%) BGP
8 15 (0.43%) DHCP
9 11 (0.32%) OSPF
10 10 (0.29%) Broadband
11 9 (0.26%) SMS
11 9 (0.26%) Wireless
12 8 (0.23%) LAN
13 7 (0.20%) HTTP
13 7 (0.20%) Internet
13 7 (0.20%) VXLAN
13 7 (0.20%) WLAN
14 6 (0.17%) 5G
14 6 (0.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 670 (19.19%) Power BI
2 446 (12.77%) Data Warehouse
3 260 (7.45%) Data Lake
4 228 (6.53%) Tableau
5 225 (6.44%) Metadata
6 140 (4.01%) BigQuery
7 95 (2.72%) SQL Server
8 92 (2.63%) Big Data
9 91 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
10 89 (2.55%) Delta Lake
11 85 (2.43%) Relational Database
12 73 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
13 71 (2.03%) Looker
14 65 (1.86%) NoSQL
15 63 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
15 63 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
16 62 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
17 60 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
18 53 (1.52%) Star Schema
19 50 (1.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 183 (5.24%) Git
2 161 (4.61%) JIRA
3 61 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 46 (1.32%) GitLab
5 15 (0.43%) ERwin
6 10 (0.29%) fastlane
7 9 (0.26%) MLflow
8 8 (0.23%) ER Studio
8 8 (0.23%) SonarQube
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%) RStudio
11 5 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.14%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 905 (25.92%) Social Skills
2 879 (25.17%) Finance
3 639 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
4 418 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 259 (7.42%) Banking
6 221 (6.33%) Marketing
7 172 (4.93%) Retail
8 95 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 93 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
10 76 (2.18%) Legal
11 66 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 66 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
13 60 (1.72%) Front Office
14 55 (1.58%) Investment Banking
15 46 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 46 (1.32%) Telecoms
16 42 (1.20%) Financial Institution
17 40 (1.15%) Publishing
18 36 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 593 (16.98%) Data Engineer
2 459 (13.14%) Architect
3 440 (12.60%) Analyst
4 438 (12.54%) Senior
5 327 (9.36%) Developer
6 296 (8.48%) Lead
7 207 (5.93%) Data Architect
8 169 (4.84%) Data Analyst
9 165 (4.73%) Consultant
10 127 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
11 109 (3.12%) Senior Data Engineer
12 106 (3.04%) Data Scientist
13 105 (3.01%) Azure Engineer
13 105 (3.01%) Business Analyst
14 74 (2.12%) Data Manager
15 66 (1.89%) Product Manager
16 61 (1.75%) Python Developer
16 61 (1.75%) Senior Manager
17 60 (1.72%) Project Manager
18 58 (1.66%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (7.33%) Terraform
2 212 (6.07%) PySpark
3 136 (3.89%) REST
4 113 (3.24%) Kafka
5 64 (1.83%) Pandas
6 54 (1.55%) RESTful
7 51 (1.46%) React
8 49 (1.40%) HTML
9 47 (1.35%) .NET
10 45 (1.29%) CSS
10 45 (1.29%) JSON
11 41 (1.17%) ARM Templates
11 41 (1.17%) OAuth
12 38 (1.09%) NumPy
13 35 (1.00%) SOAP
14 34 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
15 33 (0.95%) OpenID
15 33 (0.95%) Web Services
16 32 (0.92%) OAuth2
17 30 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 236 (6.76%) Cloud Native
2 185 (5.30%) Product Ownership
3 134 (3.84%) Data Structures
4 125 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 116 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
6 72 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 63 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
8 60 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 56 (1.60%) AI Agents
10 46 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 44 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 43 (1.23%) Algorithms
12 43 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
13 41 (1.17%) NHS
14 40 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
15 38 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
15 38 (1.09%) Virtual Team
16 34 (0.97%) Mobile App
17 33 (0.95%) Derivative
18 30 (0.86%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 86 (2.46%) Linux
2 80 (2.29%) Windows
3 37 (1.06%) Unix
4 32 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.26%) Android
8 9 (0.26%) VMS
9 5 (0.14%) 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%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 913 (26.15%) Data Modelling
2 893 (25.57%) Business Intelligence
3 860 (24.63%) AI
4 796 (22.79%) Agile
5 703 (20.13%) Data Pipeline
6 702 (20.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 674 (19.30%) Data Engineering
8 653 (18.70%) CI/CD
9 625 (17.90%) Decision-Making
10 560 (16.04%) ETL
11 549 (15.72%) Data Governance
12 528 (15.12%) DevOps
13 505 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
14 455 (13.03%) Migration
15 427 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 422 (12.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 410 (11.74%) Machine Learning
18 404 (11.57%) Validation
19 393 (11.25%) Data Science
20 388 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,111 (31.82%) SQL
2 971 (27.81%) Python
3 159 (4.55%) PowerShell
4 107 (3.06%) Java
5 98 (2.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 85 (2.43%) Bicep
7 83 (2.38%) C#
8 75 (2.15%) JavaScript
9 62 (1.78%) R
10 54 (1.55%) Bash
11 36 (1.03%) Scala
12 35 (1.00%) Shell Script
12 35 (1.00%) TypeScript
13 34 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
14 29 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 22 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 19 (0.54%) C++
17 15 (0.43%) VBA
18 12 (0.34%) Kotlin
19 10 (0.29%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 625 (17.90%) Security Cleared
2 493 (14.12%) SC Cleared
3 277 (7.93%) Degree
4 83 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 76 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 76 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 74 (2.12%) DV Cleared
7 52 (1.49%) Master's Degree
8 45 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (1.09%) CISSP
10 28 (0.80%) AWS Certification
11 27 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 25 (0.72%) PMI Certification
13 22 (0.63%) DBS Check
14 20 (0.57%) PMP
15 15 (0.43%) CCNP
16 14 (0.40%) CCIE
17 12 (0.34%) PhD
18 11 (0.32%) CISA
18 11 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 683 (19.56%) Data Quality
2 164 (4.70%) GDPR
3 139 (3.98%) QA
4 133 (3.81%) Accessibility
5 52 (1.49%) GRC
6 45 (1.29%) WCAG
7 38 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 32 (0.92%) NIST
9 27 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
9 27 (0.77%) PMO
10 20 (0.57%) SLA
11 15 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 14 (0.40%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.34%) PERC
13 12 (0.34%) Solvency II
14 10 (0.29%) IFRS
14 10 (0.29%) NCSC
15 7 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
16 6 (0.17%) GAAP
16 6 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 148 (4.24%) Docker
2 90 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 27 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.20%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.086%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.057%) vSphere
9 2 (0.057%) XenApp
9 2 (0.057%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.029%) iptables
10 1 (0.029%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.029%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 160 (4.58%) Kubernetes
2 49 (1.40%) Ansible
3 35 (1.00%) Grafana
4 24 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.37%) SCCM
7 8 (0.23%) Control-M
7 8 (0.23%) FortiGate
8 7 (0.20%) SCOM
9 6 (0.17%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.11%) Podman
10 4 (0.11%) QRadar
10 4 (0.11%) SysTrack
11 3 (0.086%) Apache Ranger
11 3 (0.086%) CASB
11 3 (0.086%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.086%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 2 (0.057%) MOM
12 2 (0.057%) Rancher
Vendors
1 632 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 455 (13.03%) Databricks
3 214 (6.13%) Oracle
4 188 (5.38%) SAP
5 179 (5.13%) Google
6 83 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 79 (2.26%) Adobe
7 79 (2.26%) Salesforce
8 55 (1.58%) Workday
9 47 (1.35%) Foundry
10 45 (1.29%) Splunk
11 42 (1.20%) Informatica
12 39 (1.12%) Dynatrace
13 38 (1.09%) Palantir
14 35 (1.00%) Cisco
14 35 (1.00%) Talend
15 34 (0.97%) Denodo
16 28 (0.80%) VMware
17 25 (0.72%) OpenAI
18 22 (0.63%) Alteryx