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 28 August 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 143 172
Rank change year-on-year -24 +29 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 765 540 487
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.96% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 2.14% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 345 354
10th Percentile £257 £263 £273
25th Percentile £356 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £555
90th Percentile £600 £650 £635
UK median daily rate £450 £449 £450
% change year-on-year +0.28% -0.28% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 27 17
10th Percentile £16.08 £21.02 £16.14
25th Percentile £22.53 £24.23 £18.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £29.33 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% +27.52% +1.10%
75th Percentile £48.00 £34.28 £31.00
90th Percentile £49.55 £38.76 £46.20
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.50 £21.66
% change year-on-year +13.21% +22.35% +0.74%

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 42,312 25,215 30,856
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.52% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,438 16,269 19,890
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £632 £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 3,251 1,363 1,685
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.70 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.44 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -42.84% +0.32%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -0.73%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -48 341 £450 -5.26% 204
South East -20 117 £488 +8.33% 84
North of England -32 108 £420 +6.67% 86
Midlands -3 87 £425 +8.97% 49
South West +13 75 £450 +9.76% 49
West Midlands -26 61 £418 +4.38% 32
Yorkshire -27 56 £400 +10.34% 34
North West -29 42 £450 +12.50% 34
East of England +5 33 £359 -31.62% 26
East Midlands +1 26 £425 +13.33% 17
North East -32 12 £475 +5.56% 19
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 267 (34.90%) SQL
2 230 (30.07%) Business Intelligence
3 227 (29.67%) Data Quality
4 215 (28.10%) Power BI
4 215 (28.10%) Power Platform
5 184 (24.05%) Data Analysis
6 166 (21.70%) Analytics
7 150 (19.61%) Data Governance
8 146 (19.08%) Decision-Making
9 139 (18.17%) Data Modelling
10 131 (17.12%) Microsoft Excel
11 130 (16.99%) Validation
12 122 (15.95%) Python
13 112 (14.64%) Migration
14 109 (14.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 103 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
16 101 (13.20%) Visualisation
17 97 (12.68%) Azure
18 92 (12.03%) Actionable Insight
19 91 (11.90%) Microsoft
20 89 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 86 (11.24%) Tableau
22 77 (10.07%) Data Migration
23 75 (9.80%) Dashboard Development
24 71 (9.28%) AI
25 70 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
26 66 (8.63%) Agile
27 65 (8.50%) Databricks
28 62 (8.10%) Security Cleared
29 60 (7.84%) Data Mapping

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 13 (1.70%) SAS
2 7 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.39%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) CMS
5 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 131 (17.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.78%) SPSS
6 5 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) CATIA
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.57%) iTrent
2 11 (1.44%) SystmOne
3 10 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.65%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (0.52%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.39%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.26%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.26%) Eikon
8 2 (0.26%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.13%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 215 (28.10%) Power Platform
2 97 (12.68%) Azure
3 44 (5.75%) AWS
4 38 (4.97%) Snowflake
5 20 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 20 (2.61%) SaaS
6 17 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 16 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (1.57%) Collibra
9 12 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
10 11 (1.44%) GCP
11 9 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.65%) Alation
13 5 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (0.65%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (0.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.52%) Internet
2 2 (0.26%) Broadband
2 2 (0.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.13%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (28.10%) Power BI
2 86 (11.24%) Tableau
3 55 (7.19%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (6.54%) Metadata
5 20 (2.61%) Power Query
6 18 (2.35%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.22%) Data Lake
8 15 (1.96%) Looker
9 10 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
10 9 (1.18%) Big Data
10 9 (1.18%) SQL Server
11 6 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.78%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.65%) GIS
12 5 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.52%) PowerPivot
13 4 (0.52%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 13 (1.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.52%) Git
2 4 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.26%) MLflow
3 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.13%) GCC
4 1 (0.13%) GitLab
General
1 201 (26.27%) Analytical Skills
2 171 (22.35%) Finance
3 168 (21.96%) Social Skills
4 60 (7.84%) Banking
4 60 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.75%) Marketing
6 29 (3.79%) Retail
7 24 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.61%) Legal
9 16 (2.09%) Local Government
10 14 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.57%) Investment Banking
12 11 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.31%) Military
14 9 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.05%) Front Office
15 8 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.92%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.70%) PySpark
2 8 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.78%) JSON
3 6 (0.78%) Pandas
4 5 (0.65%) EDI
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Avro
5 2 (0.26%) Django
5 2 (0.26%) HTML
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.26%) Node.js
5 2 (0.26%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.26%) REST
5 2 (0.26%) SOAP
5 2 (0.26%) XML
6 1 (0.13%) Google JAX
6 1 (0.13%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.13%) JAX
6 1 (0.13%) Seaborn
6 1 (0.13%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.80%) Data Structures
2 26 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (2.61%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (2.09%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.31%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.05%) FMCG
9 7 (0.92%) Fixed Income
10 5 (0.65%) Reference Data
11 4 (0.52%) CMDB
11 4 (0.52%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.52%) Derivative
11 4 (0.52%) NHS
11 4 (0.52%) Reinsurance
11 4 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.52%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.39%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.39%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.52%) Windows
2 2 (0.26%) Linux
2 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (30.07%) Business Intelligence
2 184 (24.05%) Data Analysis
3 166 (21.70%) Analytics
4 150 (19.61%) Data Governance
5 146 (19.08%) Decision-Making
6 139 (18.17%) Data Modelling
7 130 (16.99%) Validation
8 112 (14.64%) Migration
9 109 (14.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 103 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (13.20%) Visualisation
12 92 (12.03%) Actionable Insight
13 89 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 77 (10.07%) Data Migration
15 75 (9.80%) Dashboard Development
16 71 (9.28%) AI
17 70 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
18 66 (8.63%) Agile
19 60 (7.84%) Data Mapping
20 57 (7.45%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 267 (34.90%) SQL
2 122 (15.95%) Python
3 35 (4.58%) R
4 21 (2.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (0.78%) VBA
6 3 (0.39%) Scala
6 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.26%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.26%) Korn
7 2 (0.26%) PL/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%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 62 (8.10%) Security Cleared
2 48 (6.27%) SC Cleared
3 41 (5.36%) Degree
4 16 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (1.83%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.52%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.39%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.39%) 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
1 227 (29.67%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.49%) QA
3 34 (4.44%) GDPR
4 10 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.65%) PMO
7 5 (0.65%) SLA
7 5 (0.65%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.52%) GRC
9 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.13%) EMIR
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%) MiFID
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (0.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.39%) Docker
3 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.39%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.26%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.50%) Databricks
3 53 (6.93%) SAP
4 41 (5.36%) Oracle
5 18 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.96%) Workday
7 11 (1.44%) Alteryx
8 10 (1.31%) Google
9 7 (0.92%) Informatica
9 7 (0.92%) Teradata
10 6 (0.78%) Palantir
11 5 (0.65%) Baan
11 5 (0.65%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.65%) Foundry
11 5 (0.65%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.26%) Ariba
12 2 (0.26%) Citrix
12 2 (0.26%) IBM
12 2 (0.26%) NEC
12 2 (0.26%) Siemens