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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 27 35
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 0
Contract jobs citing Analytics 3,426 1,787 1,902
As % of all contract jobs in England 7.61% 6.56% 5.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.91% 7.24% 6.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,304 1,185 1,345
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £440 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £680
90th Percentile £750 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 44 38
10th Percentile £20.56 £15.26 £18.93
25th Percentile £35.00 £22.31 £25.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £34.50 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% +16.95% -7.81%
75th Percentile £75.00 £71.71 £43.75
90th Percentile £87.73 £80.71 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £34.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year +53.62% +18.97% -9.38%

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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 1,874 £550 -4.35% 990
North of England +8 427 £495 +7.03% 239
Midlands +12 416 £492 -1.60% 142
West Midlands +13 324 £486 -5.12% 81
South East +6 312 £500 -4.76% 350
North West 0 215 £513 +7.89% 122
South West +17 192 £500 +5.26% 102
Yorkshire +1 169 £475 +2.70% 78
East of England -9 113 £550 -5.13% 63
East Midlands +7 85 £513 +24.24% 61
North East +5 56 £450 +9.09% 39
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
1 154 (4.50%) Apache Spark
2 150 (4.38%) Apache Airflow
3 110 (3.21%) SAS
4 97 (2.83%) Apache
5 69 (2.01%) Confluence
6 45 (1.31%) SharePoint
7 37 (1.08%) CMS
8 30 (0.88%) Jupyter
9 28 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
10 21 (0.61%) Oracle Application Server
11 16 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 12 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
13 9 (0.26%) Apache Superset
14 7 (0.20%) Drupal
14 7 (0.20%) WordPress
15 6 (0.18%) IIS
15 6 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
16 3 (0.088%) ArcGIS
17 2 (0.058%) Moodle
17 2 (0.058%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 153 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (0.55%) Chatbot
3 19 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 13 (0.38%) CPLEX
5 13 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.12%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
7 4 (0.12%) Sketch
8 2 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.029%) InDesign
9 1 (0.029%) Notion
9 1 (0.029%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.029%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.029%) Trello
9 1 (0.029%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 65 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 13 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 11 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 10 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 8 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 8 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.18%) Sage X3
9 6 (0.18%) Shopify
10 5 (0.15%) BambooHR
10 5 (0.15%) Infor LN
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (0.15%) SAP BPC
10 5 (0.15%) SAP GRC
10 5 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,005 (29.33%) Azure
2 716 (20.90%) Power Platform
3 649 (18.94%) AWS
4 300 (8.76%) GCP
5 229 (6.68%) Snowflake
6 224 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
7 219 (6.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 187 (5.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 183 (5.34%) dbt
10 154 (4.50%) GitHub
11 146 (4.26%) Amazon S3
12 144 (4.20%) Serverless
13 121 (3.53%) Azure Monitor
14 99 (2.89%) SaaS
15 96 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
16 94 (2.74%) Entra ID
17 85 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
17 85 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
18 49 (1.43%) Power Automate
19 47 (1.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.63%) Firewall
2 42 (1.23%) Network Security
3 35 (1.02%) VPN
4 30 (0.88%) DNS
5 25 (0.73%) WAN
6 23 (0.67%) SD-WAN
7 21 (0.61%) BGP
8 18 (0.53%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.35%) DHCP
9 12 (0.35%) OSPF
10 9 (0.26%) SMS
10 9 (0.26%) Wireless
11 8 (0.23%) VXLAN
12 7 (0.20%) 5G
12 7 (0.20%) HTTP
12 7 (0.20%) Internet
12 7 (0.20%) LAN
12 7 (0.20%) MPLS
12 7 (0.20%) WLAN
13 6 (0.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 677 (19.76%) Power BI
2 445 (12.99%) Data Warehouse
3 258 (7.53%) Data Lake
4 236 (6.89%) Tableau
5 202 (5.90%) Metadata
6 132 (3.85%) BigQuery
7 100 (2.92%) Big Data
8 99 (2.89%) Delta Lake
9 94 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
9 94 (2.74%) SQL Server
10 80 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 80 (2.34%) Snowflake Schema
11 72 (2.10%) Amazon Athena
12 70 (2.04%) NoSQL
12 70 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
13 69 (2.01%) Looker
14 58 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 51 (1.49%) Power Query
16 49 (1.43%) Semantic Layer
16 49 (1.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 191 (5.58%) Git
2 161 (4.70%) JIRA
3 69 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 53 (1.55%) GitLab
5 18 (0.53%) ERwin
6 12 (0.35%) JUnit
7 10 (0.29%) ER Studio
7 10 (0.29%) fastlane
7 10 (0.29%) MLflow
7 10 (0.29%) Selenium
8 7 (0.20%) Postman
8 7 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (0.18%) Android Studio
9 6 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.18%) Crashlytics
9 6 (0.18%) Gradle
10 5 (0.15%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 862 (25.16%) Finance
2 856 (24.99%) Social Skills
3 589 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 408 (11.91%) Public Sector
5 244 (7.12%) Banking
6 197 (5.75%) Marketing
7 142 (4.14%) Retail
8 79 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 74 (2.16%) Legal
10 72 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
11 67 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 64 (1.87%) Manufacturing
13 58 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 53 (1.55%) Front Office
15 52 (1.52%) Investment Banking
16 47 (1.37%) Telecoms
17 44 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
18 37 (1.08%) Financial Institution
19 36 (1.05%) Military
20 30 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 631 (18.42%) Data Engineer
2 434 (12.67%) Analyst
3 426 (12.43%) Architect
4 415 (12.11%) Senior
5 349 (10.19%) Developer
6 294 (8.58%) Lead
7 184 (5.37%) Data Architect
8 182 (5.31%) Data Analyst
9 135 (3.94%) Consultant
10 119 (3.47%) Data Scientist
11 117 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
12 110 (3.21%) Business Analyst
13 107 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
14 101 (2.95%) Senior Data Engineer
15 71 (2.07%) Data Manager
16 63 (1.84%) Project Manager
17 61 (1.78%) Python Developer
18 59 (1.72%) Designer
18 59 (1.72%) Product Manager
19 57 (1.66%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (5.69%) PySpark
2 135 (3.94%) Kafka
3 121 (3.53%) REST
4 61 (1.78%) Pandas
5 53 (1.55%) RESTful
6 52 (1.52%) JSON
7 51 (1.49%) React
8 44 (1.28%) .NET
9 39 (1.14%) CSS
9 39 (1.14%) HTML
10 38 (1.11%) Web Services
11 37 (1.08%) NumPy
12 32 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
12 32 (0.93%) Middleware
12 32 (0.93%) PyTorch
13 31 (0.90%) SOAP
14 29 (0.85%) ARM Templates
14 29 (0.85%) scikit-learn
14 29 (0.85%) TensorFlow
15 27 (0.79%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 238 (6.95%) Cloud Native
2 174 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 137 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 122 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
5 108 (3.15%) Onboarding
6 71 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 62 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 50 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 49 (1.43%) Algorithms
10 46 (1.34%) Management Information System
11 43 (1.26%) AI Agents
12 42 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
13 39 (1.14%) NHS
14 38 (1.11%) Mobile App
15 37 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
15 37 (1.08%) Virtual Team
16 34 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
17 33 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
18 30 (0.88%) Fixed Income
18 30 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 89 (2.60%) Windows
2 85 (2.48%) Linux
3 41 (1.20%) Unix
4 23 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 21 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 20 (0.58%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.35%) Android
8 11 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.20%) VMS
10 5 (0.15%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.088%) CentOS
11 3 (0.088%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.058%) Solaris
12 2 (0.058%) zOS
13 1 (0.029%) AIX
13 1 (0.029%) HPUX
13 1 (0.029%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 950 (27.73%) Data Modelling
2 894 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
3 803 (23.44%) AI
4 761 (22.21%) Agile
5 720 (21.02%) Data Pipeline
6 701 (20.46%) Data Engineering
7 659 (19.24%) CI/CD
8 579 (16.90%) Decision-Making
8 579 (16.90%) ETL
9 565 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 527 (15.38%) Data Governance
11 518 (15.12%) DevOps
12 499 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
13 425 (12.41%) Migration
14 424 (12.38%) Machine Learning
15 408 (11.91%) Data Science
15 408 (11.91%) Validation
16 403 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 380 (11.09%) Data Analytics
17 380 (11.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1,138 (33.22%) SQL
2 1,004 (29.31%) Python
3 127 (3.71%) PowerShell
4 125 (3.65%) Java
5 99 (2.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 85 (2.48%) C#
7 70 (2.04%) R
8 65 (1.90%) Bicep
9 63 (1.84%) JavaScript
10 42 (1.23%) TypeScript
11 40 (1.17%) Bash
11 40 (1.17%) Scala
12 38 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
13 36 (1.05%) Shell Script
14 34 (0.99%) T-SQL
15 26 (0.76%) PL/SQL
16 23 (0.67%) VBA
17 19 (0.55%) C++
18 11 (0.32%) Cypher
19 10 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 592 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 466 (13.60%) SC Cleared
3 270 (7.88%) Degree
4 84 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 70 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 61 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 46 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 34 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (0.88%) CISSP
11 28 (0.82%) AWS Certification
11 28 (0.82%) PMI Certification
12 26 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
13 23 (0.67%) PMP
14 20 (0.58%) DBS Check
15 16 (0.47%) CCNP
16 15 (0.44%) CCIE
17 11 (0.32%) CISA
18 10 (0.29%) MBA
18 10 (0.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 640 (18.68%) Data Quality
2 172 (5.02%) GDPR
3 134 (3.91%) QA
4 124 (3.62%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.40%) WCAG
6 35 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 33 (0.96%) GRC
8 29 (0.85%) NIST
9 27 (0.79%) PMO
10 21 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
11 16 (0.47%) SLA
11 16 (0.47%) Solvency II
12 11 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (0.29%) IFRS
13 10 (0.29%) NCSC
13 10 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.29%) PERC
14 6 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
15 5 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 148 (4.32%) Docker
2 77 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 24 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.12%) HDFS
7 4 (0.12%) Snort
8 2 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.058%) vSphere
9 1 (0.029%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.029%) GPFS
9 1 (0.029%) iptables
9 1 (0.029%) Lustre
9 1 (0.029%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.029%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.029%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 247 (7.21%) Terraform
2 168 (4.90%) Kubernetes
3 40 (1.17%) Ansible
4 38 (1.11%) Grafana
5 30 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 28 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (0.32%) SCCM
9 8 (0.23%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.12%) Argo
10 4 (0.12%) Control-M
10 4 (0.12%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.12%) Podman
11 3 (0.088%) Apache Ranger
11 3 (0.088%) Kibana
11 3 (0.088%) Nagios
11 3 (0.088%) QRadar
11 3 (0.088%) Rancher
11 3 (0.088%) SCOM
12 2 (0.058%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 575 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 439 (12.81%) Databricks
3 191 (5.58%) Oracle
4 169 (4.93%) SAP
5 162 (4.73%) Google
6 80 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 76 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 70 (2.04%) Adobe
9 54 (1.58%) Splunk
10 48 (1.40%) Workday
11 47 (1.37%) Foundry
12 44 (1.28%) Informatica
13 41 (1.20%) Talend
14 36 (1.05%) Palantir
15 35 (1.02%) Dynatrace
16 33 (0.96%) Denodo
16 33 (0.96%) OpenAI
17 29 (0.85%) Cisco
18 25 (0.73%) VMware
19 18 (0.53%) Alteryx