Data Analysis Expressions Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 422 451
Rank change year-on-year +1 +29 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 163 63 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.26% 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.48% 0.77% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 38 71
10th Percentile £331 £311 £306
25th Percentile £390 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -7.69%
75th Percentile £569 £497 £525
90th Percentile £605 £614 £575
UK median daily rate £475 £438 £438
% change year-on-year +8.57% - -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £17.54 £30.46 -
25th Percentile £18.16 £38.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.38 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.10% - -
75th Percentile £22.59 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £24.41 - -
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £52.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -63.10% +142.61% -72.67%

All Programming Languages
England

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,978 8,221 10,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 27.19% 33.77% 29.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,289 5,685 7,931
10th Percentile £355 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -4.42%
75th Percentile £610 £650 £652
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 214 441
10th Percentile £42.44 £25.25 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.00 £37.65 £48.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +0.40% +1.07%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +3.31% -0.33%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analysis Expressions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in England

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in England

Data Analysis Expressions
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
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 Data Analysis Expressions within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +9 95 £488 +8.33% 30
Midlands -65 19 £425 -8.11% 17
South East -49 11 £469 +4.17% 16
West Midlands -57 11 £438 +2.94% 15
North of England -66 10 £458 +7.65% 26
East of England - 9 £375 - 3
East Midlands -24 8 £410 -18.00% 2
South West -27 8 £545 +24.51% 2
North West -37 8 £520 +22.35% 19
Yorkshire -55 2 £388 -9.88% 6
Data Analysis Expressions
UK

Data Analysis Expressions
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 6 (3.68%) Apache Spark
1 6 (3.68%) Confluence
2 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.61%) Appian
Applications
1 30 (18.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 162 (99.39%) Power Platform
2 81 (49.69%) Azure
3 34 (20.86%) Azure Data Factory
4 32 (19.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 21 (12.88%) Power Automate
6 13 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (5.52%) AWS
7 9 (5.52%) PowerApps
8 8 (4.91%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (4.29%) Copilot Studio
9 7 (4.29%) GCP
9 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (3.07%) Azure Storage
11 4 (2.45%) GitHub
12 3 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.84%) Cloud Functions
12 3 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.84%) SaaS
12 3 (1.84%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (97.55%) Power BI
2 65 (39.88%) Power Query
3 46 (28.22%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (17.79%) Star Schema
5 24 (14.72%) SQL Server
6 17 (10.43%) Data Lake
7 15 (9.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (8.59%) Relational Database
9 13 (7.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (6.75%) Snowflake Schema
11 10 (6.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (6.13%) Tableau
12 7 (4.29%) Metadata
12 7 (4.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (3.68%) ZAP BI
14 5 (3.07%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 5 (3.07%) PowerPivot
15 4 (2.45%) Semantic Layer
16 3 (1.84%) Apache Hive
16 3 (1.84%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Git
2 7 (4.29%) JIRA
3 2 (1.23%) GitLab
3 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.61%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.61%) ERwin
4 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (35.58%) Social Skills
2 48 (29.45%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (28.83%) Finance
4 12 (7.36%) Banking
5 11 (6.75%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.07%) Marketing
8 4 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Local Government
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
9 2 (1.23%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.61%) Billing
10 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Law
10 1 (0.61%) Legal
10 1 (0.61%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (38.04%) Developer
2 54 (33.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 51 (31.29%) Power BI Developer
4 36 (22.09%) Data Engineer
5 22 (13.50%) Analyst
5 22 (13.50%) Senior
6 11 (6.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 9 (5.52%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 9 (5.52%) Power BI Engineer
7 9 (5.52%) Power BI Specialist
7 9 (5.52%) Report Developer
8 8 (4.91%) Data Analyst
8 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Engineer
8 8 (4.91%) Senior Data Engineer
8 8 (4.91%) Senior Developer
9 6 (3.68%) Power BI Analyst
9 6 (3.68%) SQL BI Developer
9 6 (3.68%) SQL Developer
10 5 (3.07%) Architect
10 5 (3.07%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.04%) PySpark
2 6 (3.68%) Pandas
2 6 (3.68%) REST
3 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Graph
3 5 (3.07%) YAML
4 3 (1.84%) .NET
4 3 (1.84%) Apache Avro
4 3 (1.84%) Apache Beam
4 3 (1.84%) JSON
4 3 (1.84%) Kafka
4 3 (1.84%) NumPy
4 3 (1.84%) XML
5 2 (1.23%) HTML
5 2 (1.23%) HTML5
5 2 (1.23%) Matplotlib
5 2 (1.23%) MDX
5 2 (1.23%) PyArrow
5 2 (1.23%) React
5 2 (1.23%) RESTful
5 2 (1.23%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.91%) Data Structures
2 7 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.68%) Wiki
4 4 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.84%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.84%) FMCG
5 3 (1.84%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.23%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.23%) SCADA
7 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.61%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.61%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.61%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.61%) IoT
7 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.61%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (99.39%) Business Intelligence
2 120 (73.62%) Data Modelling
3 95 (58.28%) Analytics
4 67 (41.10%) ETL
5 48 (29.45%) Visualisation
6 45 (27.61%) Data Pipeline
7 44 (26.99%) Decision-Making
8 41 (25.15%) Data Engineering
9 37 (22.70%) Actionable Insight
10 33 (20.25%) Data Governance
11 31 (19.02%) Performance Tuning
11 31 (19.02%) Translating Business Requirements
12 30 (18.40%) AI
13 29 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (17.18%) CI/CD
15 27 (16.56%) Performance Optimisation
16 26 (15.95%) Agile
16 26 (15.95%) Dashboard Development
17 25 (15.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 25 (15.34%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 121 (74.23%) SQL
2 50 (30.67%) Python
3 19 (11.66%) T-SQL
4 10 (6.13%) VBA
5 7 (4.29%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.29%) R
6 5 (3.07%) C#
7 3 (1.84%) Bicep
7 3 (1.84%) Java
7 3 (1.84%) Scala
8 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (13.50%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.43%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.36%) Degree
4 7 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.23%) ACCA
7 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.23%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (30.06%) Data Quality
2 15 (9.20%) QA
3 6 (3.68%) GRC
4 5 (3.07%) GDPR
5 4 (2.45%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.45%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.45%) Terraform
2 2 (1.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 60 (36.81%) Microsoft
2 32 (19.63%) Databricks
3 6 (3.68%) Sage
3 6 (3.68%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.07%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.84%) Oracle
5 3 (1.84%) SAP
6 2 (1.23%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.23%) Planview
7 1 (0.61%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (0.61%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.61%) Google
7 1 (0.61%) Informatica
7 1 (0.61%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.61%) Qualtrics
7 1 (0.61%) Remedy