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 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 144 175
Rank change year-on-year -22 +31 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 760 537 481
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.95% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 2.13% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 342 351
10th Percentile £257 £263 £273
25th Percentile £356 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £436 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% -3.06% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £553
90th Percentile £600 £650 £630
UK median daily rate £450 £448 £450
% change year-on-year +0.56% -0.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 27 16
10th Percentile £16.08 £21.02 £16.12
25th Percentile £22.53 £24.23 £17.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £29.33 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% +31.82% -2.20%
75th Percentile £48.00 £34.28 £30.25
90th Percentile £49.55 £38.76 £43.75
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 42,263 25,262 30,879
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 91.54% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,421 16,297 19,929
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 £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 3,239 1,381 1,691
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.65 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.20 £17.38 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% -1.44%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -34 340 £450 -5.26% 59
South East -17 116 £488 +9.12% 19
North of England -35 106 £420 +6.67% 39
Midlands -10 87 £425 +8.97% 21
South West -2 74 £450 +9.76% 30
West Midlands -21 61 £418 +4.38% 14
Yorkshire -33 55 £400 +10.34% 14
North West -28 43 £450 +12.50% 14
East of England +2 33 £359 -31.62% 16
East Midlands +3 26 £425 +13.33% 7
North East -36 10 £525 +16.67% 11
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 265 (34.87%) SQL
2 227 (29.87%) Business Intelligence
3 223 (29.34%) Data Quality
4 214 (28.16%) Power BI
4 214 (28.16%) Power Platform
5 181 (23.82%) Data Analysis
6 164 (21.58%) Analytics
7 147 (19.34%) Data Governance
8 143 (18.82%) Decision-Making
9 138 (18.16%) Data Modelling
10 129 (16.97%) Microsoft Excel
11 127 (16.71%) Validation
12 120 (15.79%) Python
13 110 (14.47%) Migration
14 108 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 102 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
16 101 (13.29%) Visualisation
17 96 (12.63%) Azure
18 90 (11.84%) Actionable Insight
18 90 (11.84%) Microsoft
19 88 (11.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 86 (11.32%) Tableau
21 76 (10.00%) Data Migration
22 75 (9.87%) Dashboard Development
23 71 (9.34%) AI
24 69 (9.08%) Continuous Improvement
25 66 (8.68%) Agile
26 65 (8.55%) Databricks
27 61 (8.03%) Security Cleared
28 60 (7.89%) 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 (1.71%) SAS
2 7 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (0.92%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.53%) 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
1 129 (16.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.79%) SPSS
6 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) CATIA
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (1.58%) iTrent
2 11 (1.45%) SystmOne
3 9 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.79%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.66%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (0.53%) 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%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.13%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.13%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 214 (28.16%) Power Platform
2 96 (12.63%) Azure
3 42 (5.53%) AWS
4 38 (5.00%) Snowflake
5 20 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (2.50%) SaaS
7 17 (2.24%) Power Automate
8 16 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
9 15 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
11 11 (1.45%) Collibra
12 10 (1.32%) GCP
13 9 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (0.66%) PowerApps
16 4 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 4 (0.53%) GitHub
16 4 (0.53%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) 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
1 214 (28.16%) Power BI
2 86 (11.32%) Tableau
3 55 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (6.58%) Metadata
5 18 (2.37%) Power Query
5 18 (2.37%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.24%) Data Lake
7 15 (1.97%) Looker
8 10 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
9 9 (1.18%) Big Data
10 8 (1.05%) SQL Server
11 6 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.79%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.66%) GIS
12 5 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.53%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 13 (1.71%) JIRA
2 4 (0.53%) Git
2 4 (0.53%) 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
1 200 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
2 168 (22.11%) Finance
3 164 (21.58%) Social Skills
4 61 (8.03%) Banking
5 59 (7.76%) Public Sector
6 44 (5.79%) Marketing
7 29 (3.82%) Retail
8 24 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.63%) Legal
10 16 (2.11%) Local Government
11 14 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.58%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.32%) Military
15 9 (1.18%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.05%) Front Office
16 8 (1.05%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.92%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.71%) PySpark
2 8 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.79%) JSON
3 6 (0.79%) Pandas
4 5 (0.66%) 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 51 (6.71%) Data Structures
2 25 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 7 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (0.92%) Fixed Income
7 7 (0.92%) FMCG
8 5 (0.66%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.53%) CMDB
9 4 (0.53%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.53%) Derivative
9 4 (0.53%) NHS
9 4 (0.53%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.53%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.39%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.39%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.53%) Windows
2 2 (0.26%) Linux
2 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (29.87%) Business Intelligence
2 181 (23.82%) Data Analysis
3 164 (21.58%) Analytics
4 147 (19.34%) Data Governance
5 143 (18.82%) Decision-Making
6 138 (18.16%) Data Modelling
7 127 (16.71%) Validation
8 110 (14.47%) Migration
9 108 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 102 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (13.29%) Visualisation
12 90 (11.84%) Actionable Insight
13 88 (11.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 76 (10.00%) Data Migration
15 75 (9.87%) Dashboard Development
16 71 (9.34%) AI
17 69 (9.08%) Continuous Improvement
18 66 (8.68%) Agile
19 60 (7.89%) Data Mapping
20 56 (7.37%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 265 (34.87%) SQL
2 120 (15.79%) Python
3 35 (4.61%) R
4 20 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (0.79%) 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 61 (8.03%) Security Cleared
2 47 (6.18%) SC Cleared
3 40 (5.26%) Degree
4 16 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (1.84%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.53%) 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
1 223 (29.34%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.53%) QA
3 33 (4.34%) GDPR
4 10 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.66%) PMO
7 5 (0.66%) SLA
8 4 (0.53%) GRC
8 4 (0.53%) Solvency II
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 (0.53%) 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 90 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.55%) Databricks
3 52 (6.84%) SAP
4 41 (5.39%) Oracle
5 17 (2.24%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.97%) Workday
7 11 (1.45%) Alteryx
8 10 (1.32%) Google
9 7 (0.92%) Teradata
10 6 (0.79%) Informatica
10 6 (0.79%) Palantir
11 5 (0.66%) Baan
11 5 (0.66%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.66%) Foundry
11 5 (0.66%) 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