Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Data Analyst daily rate in England is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 167 165
Rank change year-on-year -14 -2 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 495 455 570
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.56% 1.58% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 1.70% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 335 399
10th Percentile £270 £263 £263
25th Percentile £350 £331 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% -1.55%
75th Percentile £519 £556 £588
90th Percentile £594 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £429 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -4.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 27
10th Percentile £21.42 £16.25 £15.35
25th Percentile £23.84 £18.92 £20.29
Median hourly rate £31.31 £27.13 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +15.41% +25.35% -13.44%
75th Percentile £45.79 £35.00 £34.86
90th Percentile £64.83 £45.35 £39.67
UK median hourly rate £31.31 £26.46 £21.64
% change year-on-year +18.32% +22.26% -3.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 28,956 26,703 34,238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.91% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,454 16,603 23,422
10th Percentile £295 £300 £283
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,777 840 1,400
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.75 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -25.92% -22.62% +41.17%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.20 £74.47 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.20 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.64% -26.67% +45.77%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 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 -1 266 £475 +5.56% 169
North of England -23 75 £365 -10.98% 117
South East -15 69 £413 -18.72% 157
Yorkshire -9 44 £365 +46.00% 49
South West -4 32 £488 +21.88% 64
North West -30 29 £344 -16.67% 57
Midlands -50 24 £358 +0.49% 107
East Midlands -18 12 £358 -10.50% 44
West Midlands -44 12 £360 +5.88% 58
East of England -30 10 £500 -4.76% 70
North East -9 2 £465 -35.42% 12
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, 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.

1 227 (45.86%) SQL
2 179 (36.16%) Data Analysis
3 170 (34.34%) Business Intelligence
4 157 (31.72%) Power Platform
5 156 (31.52%) Power BI
6 136 (27.47%) Data Quality
7 129 (26.06%) Python
8 126 (25.45%) Analytics
9 115 (23.23%) Microsoft Excel
10 107 (21.62%) Visualisation
11 103 (20.81%) Data Governance
12 96 (19.39%) Data Modelling
13 90 (18.18%) Decision-Making
14 89 (17.98%) Actionable Insight
15 88 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
17 70 (14.14%) Microsoft
18 68 (13.74%) ETL
18 68 (13.74%) Security Cleared
19 64 (12.93%) Tableau
20 63 (12.73%) Data Visualisation
21 61 (12.32%) Validation
22 59 (11.92%) Data Management
23 58 (11.72%) Migration
24 52 (10.51%) SC Cleared
25 48 (9.70%) Data Cleansing
25 48 (9.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 46 (9.29%) Data Transformation
26 46 (9.29%) Data Warehouse
27 45 (9.09%) Dashboard Development

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 23 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.41%) Confluence
3 5 (1.01%) SAS
4 3 (0.61%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.61%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.61%) Smallworld
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 115 (23.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.40%) SPSS
7 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (1.21%) SAP HR
4 3 (0.61%) Maximo
4 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) Actimize
5 2 (0.40%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.20%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.20%) iTrent
6 1 (0.20%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 157 (31.72%) Power Platform
2 42 (8.48%) Azure
3 41 (8.28%) AWS
4 34 (6.87%) Snowflake
5 19 (3.84%) GCP
6 14 (2.83%) Collibra
7 10 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (1.62%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.41%) dbt
9 7 (1.41%) OCI
9 7 (1.41%) SaaS
10 5 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.01%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.01%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.81%) Google Data Studio
11 4 (0.81%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.61%) Matillion
12 3 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) Internet
2 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (31.52%) Power BI
2 64 (12.93%) Tableau
3 46 (9.29%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (6.46%) Metadata
5 25 (5.05%) Power Query
6 15 (3.03%) BigQuery
7 14 (2.83%) Looker
7 14 (2.83%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.22%) Big Data
9 9 (1.82%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.41%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.41%) Hadoop
11 7 (1.41%) PowerPivot
12 5 (1.01%) KNIME
12 5 (1.01%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.81%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (2.63%) JIRA
2 5 (1.01%) Git
3 2 (0.40%) ERwin
3 2 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
3 2 (0.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.20%) GitLab
General
1 175 (35.35%) Finance
2 161 (32.53%) Analytical Skills
3 150 (30.30%) Social Skills
4 46 (9.29%) Banking
5 42 (8.48%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.04%) Marketing
7 13 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.22%) Investment Banking
9 11 (2.22%) Legal
9 11 (2.22%) Retail
10 7 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.41%) Local Government
10 7 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.21%) Electronics
11 6 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.21%) Military
11 6 (1.21%) Retail Banking
12 5 (1.01%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.41%) PySpark
2 5 (1.01%) DAO
3 3 (0.61%) Pandas
4 2 (0.40%) JSON
4 2 (0.40%) NumPy
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.20%) LDAP
5 1 (0.20%) MACH
5 1 (0.20%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.20%) OAuth
5 1 (0.20%) OpenID
5 1 (0.20%) Plotly
5 1 (0.20%) RESTful
5 1 (0.20%) SAML
5 1 (0.20%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.20%) Swagger
5 1 (0.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 20 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (4.04%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.43%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.62%) CMDB
8 8 (1.62%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.21%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.01%) Reference Data
11 4 (0.81%) Derivative
11 4 (0.81%) Fixed Income
12 3 (0.61%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.61%) Cybercrime
12 3 (0.61%) NHS
13 2 (0.40%) BYOD
13 2 (0.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.61%) Unix
1 3 (0.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (36.16%) Data Analysis
2 170 (34.34%) Business Intelligence
3 126 (25.45%) Analytics
4 107 (21.62%) Visualisation
5 103 (20.81%) Data Governance
6 96 (19.39%) Data Modelling
7 90 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 89 (17.98%) Actionable Insight
9 88 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 68 (13.74%) ETL
12 63 (12.73%) Data Visualisation
13 61 (12.32%) Validation
14 59 (11.92%) Data Management
15 58 (11.72%) Migration
16 48 (9.70%) Data Cleansing
16 48 (9.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 46 (9.29%) Data Transformation
18 45 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
19 40 (8.08%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 227 (45.86%) SQL
2 129 (26.06%) Python
3 23 (4.65%) R
4 13 (2.63%) VBA
5 9 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.01%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.81%) Scala
8 2 (0.40%) C#
8 2 (0.40%) Java
8 2 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.20%) C++
9 1 (0.20%) Korn
9 1 (0.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.20%) SAPscript
9 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 52 (10.51%) SC Cleared
3 23 (4.65%) Degree
4 5 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.61%) ACCA
5 3 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.61%) CEH
5 3 (0.61%) CIMA
5 3 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (0.61%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.61%) GIAC
5 3 (0.61%) GREM
5 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.61%) OSCP
6 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (27.47%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.06%) GDPR
3 16 (3.23%) QA
4 11 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.61%) SLA
7 2 (0.40%) IFRS
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) FATCA
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (1.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (0.61%) SCCM
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.20%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 70 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.27%) Oracle
3 29 (5.86%) SAP
4 26 (5.25%) Salesforce
5 21 (4.24%) Databricks
5 21 (4.24%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.03%) Workday
7 12 (2.42%) Google
8 10 (2.02%) Informatica
9 6 (1.21%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.21%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.01%) Foundry
10 5 (1.01%) Palantir
11 3 (0.61%) Cognos
11 3 (0.61%) ESRI
11 3 (0.61%) Intergraph
12 2 (0.40%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.40%) Micro Focus
12 2 (0.40%) NEC
12 2 (0.40%) NetIQ