Data Analysis Contracts in England

Data Analysis
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 82 99
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 837 937 1,244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.44% 2.52% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 2.91% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 606 839
10th Percentile £289 £314 £313
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £593 £625
90th Percentile £700 £720 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 51 58
10th Percentile £21.00 £18.00 £20.47
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.00 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £29.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -17.14% -
75th Percentile £34.76 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £51.05 £60.00 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £29.00 £33.65
% change year-on-year +0.24% -13.82% -3.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Analysis 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in England

Data Analysis
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +7 474 £500 - 1,103
North of England -11 81 £430 -5.29% 261
Midlands +13 73 £425 - 128
South East +13 67 £450 -10.00% 388
South West +49 51 £488 +1.30% 92
West Midlands +6 51 £475 +15.03% 71
Yorkshire +16 46 £410 -8.89% 67
East of England +37 43 £638 +21.43% 122
North West -27 28 £425 -10.53% 172
East Midlands +12 22 £400 -8.57% 47
North East +1 7 £500 +16.01% 25
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (5.26%) Apache Spark
2 37 (4.42%) Confluence
3 22 (2.63%) SharePoint
4 20 (2.39%) SAS
5 13 (1.55%) IIS
6 10 (1.19%) Apache
7 6 (0.72%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 162 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (3.94%) MS Visio
4 21 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.72%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.24%) Notepad++
9 2 (0.24%) Simulink
9 2 (0.24%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) CANalyzer
10 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.84%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.72%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.36%) Endur
6 3 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.36%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.36%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.36%) SAP GTS
6 3 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.24%) Actimize
7 2 (0.24%) Maximo
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.24%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.24%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.12%) HFM
8 1 (0.12%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 204 (24.37%) Power Platform
2 114 (13.62%) Azure
3 69 (8.24%) AWS
4 36 (4.30%) GCP
5 20 (2.39%) Snowflake
6 17 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.31%) Google Analytics
9 11 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
11 8 (0.96%) Azure Machine Learning
12 7 (0.84%) GitHub
12 7 (0.84%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.84%) SaaS
13 6 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (0.72%) Collibra
13 6 (0.72%) Google Sheets
13 6 (0.72%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.67%) Internet
2 5 (0.60%) HTTP
2 5 (0.60%) POP3
2 5 (0.60%) SMTP
3 4 (0.48%) Firewall
3 4 (0.48%) SNMP
4 3 (0.36%) Network Security
4 3 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (0.36%) SSH
4 3 (0.36%) Telnet
4 3 (0.36%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.24%) Intranet
5 2 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.24%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.12%) DNS
6 1 (0.12%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
6 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (24.13%) Power BI
2 118 (14.10%) Tableau
3 54 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (5.97%) SQL Server
5 40 (4.78%) Big Data
6 32 (3.82%) Hadoop
7 28 (3.35%) Relational Database
8 22 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (2.27%) Looker
10 17 (2.03%) Oracle Reports
11 16 (1.91%) Metadata
11 16 (1.91%) Power Query
12 15 (1.79%) Data Mining
12 15 (1.79%) Oracle Database
13 14 (1.67%) BigQuery
13 14 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (1.43%) Data Lake
14 12 (1.43%) NoSQL
15 11 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
15 11 (1.31%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 62 (7.41%) JIRA
2 17 (2.03%) Git
3 8 (0.96%) ERwin
4 6 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.60%) GitLab
5 5 (0.60%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.48%) MagicDraw
7 3 (0.36%) JMeter
8 2 (0.24%) Ant
8 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.24%) Selenium
8 2 (0.24%) XMLSpy
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) CANoe
9 1 (0.12%) Gatling
9 1 (0.12%) JUnit
9 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.12%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.12%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
General
1 305 (36.44%) Social Skills
2 294 (35.13%) Analytical Skills
3 227 (27.12%) Finance
4 97 (11.59%) Banking
5 70 (8.36%) Public Sector
6 57 (6.81%) Marketing
7 54 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (4.18%) Retail
10 28 (3.35%) Front Office
11 26 (3.11%) Investment Banking
12 25 (2.99%) Local Government
12 25 (2.99%) Telecoms
13 21 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
14 20 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.67%) Legal
16 12 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 10 (1.19%) Billing
17 10 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 379 (45.28%) Analyst
2 168 (20.07%) Data Analyst
3 146 (17.44%) Business Analyst
4 92 (10.99%) Developer
5 58 (6.93%) Senior
6 44 (5.26%) Data Scientist
7 33 (3.94%) Architect
7 33 (3.94%) Lead
8 31 (3.70%) Data Business Analyst
9 29 (3.46%) Data Engineer
10 28 (3.35%) Consultant
11 25 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
12 18 (2.15%) Report Analyst
13 17 (2.03%) Technical Analyst
14 16 (1.91%) SQL Analyst
15 15 (1.79%) C# Developer
15 15 (1.79%) IT Manager
15 15 (1.79%) Junior
16 14 (1.67%) SQL Data Analyst
16 14 (1.67%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.46%) Pandas
2 27 (3.23%) .NET
3 22 (2.63%) scikit-learn
4 20 (2.39%) Matplotlib
5 19 (2.27%) NumPy
5 19 (2.27%) TensorFlow
6 18 (2.15%) PyTorch
7 17 (2.03%) CSS
7 17 (2.03%) HTML
7 17 (2.03%) REST
8 16 (1.91%) .NET Framework
8 16 (1.91%) Seaborn
8 16 (1.91%) SOAP
9 14 (1.67%) Kafka
9 14 (1.67%) Web Services
9 14 (1.67%) WPF
10 13 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
11 12 (1.43%) WinForms
12 11 (1.31%) JSON
12 11 (1.31%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.62%) Algorithms
2 38 (4.54%) Data Structures
3 30 (3.58%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 22 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.79%) Derivative
8 13 (1.55%) Multi-touch
8 13 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.43%) Equities
9 12 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.43%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.43%) Reference Data
10 11 (1.31%) IoT
11 10 (1.19%) Credit Risk
12 7 (0.84%) Fixed Income
12 7 (0.84%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.39%) Windows
2 11 (1.31%) Linux
3 6 (0.72%) Unix
4 1 (0.12%) SUSE
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (27.72%) Problem-Solving
2 216 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
3 186 (22.22%) Analytics
4 183 (21.86%) Visualisation
5 179 (21.39%) Decision-Making
6 130 (15.53%) Agile
7 124 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 115 (13.74%) Actionable Insight
9 113 (13.50%) Data Modelling
10 110 (13.14%) Data Visualisation
11 104 (12.43%) Machine Learning
11 104 (12.43%) Project Management
12 91 (10.87%) Data Science
13 80 (9.56%) Data Governance
14 74 (8.84%) Artificial Intelligence
15 72 (8.60%) Business Analysis
15 72 (8.60%) Data Management
16 69 (8.24%) Validation
17 68 (8.12%) ETL
18 67 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 327 (39.07%) SQL
2 199 (23.78%) Python
3 62 (7.41%) R
4 37 (4.42%) C#
5 28 (3.35%) VBA
6 27 (3.23%) JavaScript
7 23 (2.75%) T-SQL
8 21 (2.51%) PL/SQL
9 18 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 18 (2.15%) Java
10 16 (1.91%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.67%) VB
12 12 (1.43%) C++
13 7 (0.84%) Scala
14 6 (0.72%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.60%) PHP
16 4 (0.48%) ABAP
16 4 (0.48%) C
17 3 (0.36%) Bash
17 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 145 (17.32%) Degree
2 102 (12.19%) Security Cleared
3 87 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 38 (4.54%) Master's Degree
5 24 (2.87%) PhD
6 19 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.19%) CBAP
8 10 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 9 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.96%) PMP
11 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.60%) CFA
12 5 (0.60%) IIBA
13 4 (0.48%) MBA
14 3 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.36%) HNC
14 3 (0.36%) Tableau Certification
15 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (15.41%) Data Quality
2 57 (6.81%) QA
3 35 (4.18%) GDPR
4 25 (2.99%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.67%) PMO
6 13 (1.55%) SLA
7 11 (1.31%) MiFID
8 10 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.96%) EMIR
9 8 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.72%) Dodd-Frank
10 6 (0.72%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.48%) GxP
11 4 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.36%) Basel III
12 3 (0.36%) GRC
12 3 (0.36%) NIST
12 3 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.24%) COREP
System Software
1 7 (0.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.60%) Docker
3 3 (0.36%) FreeRADIUS
3 3 (0.36%) iptables
4 1 (0.12%) HDFS
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (0.72%) Ansible
2 6 (0.72%) Terraform
3 5 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.48%) Grafana
4 4 (0.48%) ZABBIX
5 3 (0.36%) Cacti
5 3 (0.36%) Nagios
5 3 (0.36%) Netcool
5 3 (0.36%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.36%) Puppet
6 2 (0.24%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (0.24%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.12%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.12%) Graylog
7 1 (0.12%) logstash
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 108 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.29%) Oracle
3 55 (6.57%) SAP
4 35 (4.18%) Google
5 27 (3.23%) Databricks
6 22 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.15%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.03%) Splunk
9 14 (1.67%) Ariba
10 13 (1.55%) Citrix
11 12 (1.43%) Workday
12 11 (1.31%) Adobe
13 10 (1.19%) Dynatrace
14 9 (1.08%) Foundry
15 8 (0.96%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.96%) Informatica
16 6 (0.72%) Talend
17 5 (0.60%) OpenAI
18 4 (0.48%) Bloomberg
18 4 (0.48%) UiPath