Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Data Analyst daily rate in England is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 144 170
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 756 528 482
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.91% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 2.09% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 340 354
10th Percentile £257 £263 £273
25th Percentile £356 £358 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.61% -5.21%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £555
90th Percentile £600 £651 £625
UK median daily rate £450 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 25 15
10th Percentile £16.63 £21.02 £16.09
25th Percentile £23.21 £23.45 £17.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.38 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +19.02% +1.66%
75th Percentile £48.75 £32.00 £30.50
90th Percentile £51.50 £34.99 £44.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.30 £21.66
% change year-on-year +18.58% +16.81% +1.07%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 42,292 25,286 30,796
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.58% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,558 16,303 20,188
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,206 1,347 1,752
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.48 £21.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +8.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.08
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% +3.61%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in England

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in England

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in England

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analyst in England

Data Analyst
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 Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 -38 332 £450 -5.26% 188
South East -20 124 £488 +9.92% 79
North of England -49 105 £423 +7.30% 69
Midlands -3 91 £425 +8.97% 46
South West -4 72 £450 +9.76% 30
West Midlands -16 62 £425 +6.25% 25
Yorkshire -30 55 £400 +10.34% 23
North West -31 44 £450 +12.50% 34
East Midlands +3 29 £425 +13.33% 21
East of England 0 29 £359 -10.25% 29
North East -36 9 £525 +16.67% 12
Data Analyst
UK

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 August 2026, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 263 (34.79%) SQL
2 226 (29.89%) Business Intelligence
3 212 (28.04%) Data Quality
4 211 (27.91%) Power BI
4 211 (27.91%) Power Platform
5 177 (23.41%) Data Analysis
6 174 (23.02%) Analytics
7 145 (19.18%) Data Governance
8 142 (18.78%) Decision-Making
9 141 (18.65%) Data Modelling
10 123 (16.27%) Microsoft Excel
11 121 (16.01%) Validation
12 119 (15.74%) Python
13 107 (14.15%) Migration
14 105 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
15 102 (13.49%) Visualisation
16 99 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
17 93 (12.30%) Azure
18 91 (12.04%) Actionable Insight
19 89 (11.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 85 (11.24%) Tableau
21 84 (11.11%) Microsoft
22 78 (10.32%) Dashboard Development
23 70 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
23 70 (9.26%) Data Migration
24 69 (9.13%) Agile
25 67 (8.86%) AI
26 63 (8.33%) Databricks
27 61 (8.07%) Security Cleared
28 57 (7.54%) Data Warehouse

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 14 (1.85%) SAS
2 7 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.66%) CMS
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.40%) Apache
6 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.26%) Confluence
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 123 (16.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.79%) SPSS
6 2 (0.26%) CATIA
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (1.59%) iTrent
2 11 (1.46%) SystmOne
3 8 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.79%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.66%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (0.53%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.26%) SAP R/3
7 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.13%) Advent Moxy
8 1 (0.13%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.13%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 211 (27.91%) Power Platform
2 93 (12.30%) Azure
3 43 (5.69%) AWS
4 36 (4.76%) Snowflake
5 20 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (2.51%) SaaS
7 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
7 16 (2.12%) Power Automate
8 13 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
10 11 (1.46%) Collibra
11 10 (1.32%) GCP
12 9 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.06%) OCI
14 6 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (0.66%) PowerApps
16 4 (0.53%) Amazon S3
16 4 (0.53%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.40%) Internet
2 2 (0.26%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.13%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (27.91%) Power BI
2 85 (11.24%) Tableau
3 57 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (6.75%) Metadata
5 21 (2.78%) Power Query
6 16 (2.12%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.12%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.98%) Looker
8 10 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
9 9 (1.19%) Big Data
9 9 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (0.79%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.79%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.66%) GIS
11 5 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 13 (1.72%) JIRA
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.40%) Git
4 2 (0.26%) MLflow
4 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.13%) GCC
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
General
1 204 (26.98%) Analytical Skills
2 167 (22.09%) Finance
3 161 (21.30%) Social Skills
4 61 (8.07%) Banking
5 56 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 44 (5.82%) Marketing
7 27 (3.57%) Retail
8 25 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.51%) Legal
10 15 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.85%) Local Government
11 14 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.59%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.32%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.06%) Front Office
15 8 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.06%) Military
15 8 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.93%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.59%) PySpark
2 11 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (0.93%) Pandas
4 6 (0.79%) JSON
5 5 (0.66%) EDI
6 3 (0.40%) JDO
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Avro
7 2 (0.26%) Django
7 2 (0.26%) HTML
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.26%) Node.js
7 2 (0.26%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.26%) REST
7 2 (0.26%) SOAP
7 2 (0.26%) XML
8 1 (0.13%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.13%) Great Expectations
8 1 (0.13%) JAX
8 1 (0.13%) Seaborn
8 1 (0.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.56%) Data Structures
2 22 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (2.25%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.25%) Onboarding
3 17 (2.25%) Product Ownership
4 16 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.32%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (0.93%) Fixed Income
8 5 (0.66%) Credit Risk
8 5 (0.66%) Reference Data
8 5 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.53%) CMDB
9 4 (0.53%) Derivative
9 4 (0.53%) Equities
9 4 (0.53%) FMCG
9 4 (0.53%) NHS
9 4 (0.53%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.53%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.53%) Windows
2 2 (0.26%) Linux
2 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (29.89%) Business Intelligence
2 177 (23.41%) Data Analysis
3 174 (23.02%) Analytics
4 145 (19.18%) Data Governance
5 142 (18.78%) Decision-Making
6 141 (18.65%) Data Modelling
7 121 (16.01%) Validation
8 107 (14.15%) Migration
9 105 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (13.49%) Visualisation
11 99 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 91 (12.04%) Actionable Insight
13 89 (11.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 78 (10.32%) Dashboard Development
15 70 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 70 (9.26%) Data Migration
16 69 (9.13%) Agile
17 67 (8.86%) AI
18 56 (7.41%) Data Management
18 56 (7.41%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 263 (34.79%) SQL
2 119 (15.74%) Python
3 29 (3.84%) R
4 20 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (0.93%) VBA
6 3 (0.40%) Scala
7 2 (0.26%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.26%) Korn
7 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.26%) VB
8 1 (0.13%) Cypher
8 1 (0.13%) Java
8 1 (0.13%) LookML
8 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 61 (8.07%) Security Cleared
2 48 (6.35%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.16%) Degree
4 18 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.40%) PMP
8 2 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.26%) PhD
9 1 (0.13%) CBAP
9 1 (0.13%) CFA
9 1 (0.13%) CISM
9 1 (0.13%) CISSP
9 1 (0.13%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.13%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (28.04%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.89%) QA
3 34 (4.50%) GDPR
4 9 (1.19%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.66%) SLA
8 4 (0.53%) GRC
8 4 (0.53%) PMO
8 4 (0.53%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.13%) FATCA
9 1 (0.13%) GMP
9 1 (0.13%) IFRS
9 1 (0.13%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.40%) Docker
3 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.13%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.33%) Databricks
3 47 (6.22%) SAP
4 43 (5.69%) Oracle
5 18 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.98%) Workday
7 11 (1.46%) Google
8 10 (1.32%) Alteryx
9 8 (1.06%) Teradata
10 7 (0.93%) Informatica
11 6 (0.79%) Palantir
12 5 (0.66%) Baan
12 5 (0.66%) Foundry
12 5 (0.66%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.53%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.53%) IBM
14 2 (0.26%) Adobe
14 2 (0.26%) Advent
14 2 (0.26%) NEC
14 2 (0.26%) Siemens