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 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 166 160
Rank change year-on-year -17 -6 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 484 431 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.54% 1.57% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 1.69% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 320 394
10th Percentile £268 £263 £263
25th Percentile £354 £339 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.49% +1.32%
75th Percentile £516 £556 £598
90th Percentile £615 £653 £675
UK median daily rate £435 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 27
10th Percentile £20.93 £16.88 £14.40
25th Percentile £23.01 £19.37 £20.07
Median hourly rate £30.11 £27.13 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% +25.35% -8.05%
75th Percentile £44.08 £35.00 £34.71
90th Percentile £64.80 £46.63 £39.67
UK median hourly rate £30.11 £27.13 £21.64
% change year-on-year +11.00% +25.35% -2.35%

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 28,766 25,517 33,884
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 92.85% 93.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,412 15,793 23,116
10th Percentile £300 £300 £280
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
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 1,738 801 1,461
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.78
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -21.83% +33.66%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.49 £74.87 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +36.92%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 +6 270 £475 +3.54% 130
South East -6 68 £407 -19.36% 80
North of England -23 66 £365 -10.98% 57
Yorkshire -17 38 £365 +40.38% 18
South West +2 31 £500 +25.00% 27
North West -21 26 £325 -24.64% 30
Midlands -55 23 £358 -6.10% 42
East Midlands -21 12 £358 -10.50% 12
West Midlands -57 11 £400 +14.29% 30
East of England -18 10 £500 -4.76% 31
North East -13 2 £465 -35.42% 10
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 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.

1 222 (45.87%) SQL
2 172 (35.54%) Data Analysis
3 169 (34.92%) Business Intelligence
4 155 (32.02%) Power BI
4 155 (32.02%) Power Platform
5 133 (27.48%) Data Quality
6 130 (26.86%) Analytics
7 125 (25.83%) Python
8 109 (22.52%) Microsoft Excel
9 101 (20.87%) Data Governance
9 101 (20.87%) Visualisation
10 91 (18.80%) Data Modelling
11 86 (17.77%) Decision-Making
12 83 (17.15%) Actionable Insight
13 82 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
14 74 (15.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (14.46%) Security Cleared
16 69 (14.26%) ETL
17 64 (13.22%) Microsoft
18 62 (12.81%) Tableau
19 61 (12.60%) Data Visualisation
20 60 (12.40%) Validation
21 58 (11.98%) Migration
22 57 (11.78%) Data Management
23 54 (11.16%) SC Cleared
24 48 (9.92%) Dashboard Development
25 45 (9.30%) Data Cleansing
25 45 (9.30%) Data Transformation
26 44 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
27 43 (8.88%) AWS

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 20 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.45%) Confluence
3 5 (1.03%) SAS
4 4 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.62%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.62%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 109 (22.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.45%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.41%) SPSS
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.86%) Salesforce CRM
3 6 (1.24%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.41%) Actimize
4 2 (0.41%) Maximo
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.21%) iTrent
5 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 155 (32.02%) Power Platform
2 43 (8.88%) AWS
3 41 (8.47%) Azure
4 34 (7.02%) Snowflake
5 17 (3.51%) GCP
6 14 (2.89%) Collibra
7 10 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.86%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.45%) OCI
9 7 (1.45%) SaaS
10 5 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.03%) dbt
11 4 (0.83%) Entra ID
11 4 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.83%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.62%) Matillion
12 3 (0.62%) Serverless
13 2 (0.41%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.41%) Internet
2 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (32.02%) Power BI
2 62 (12.81%) Tableau
3 44 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (6.61%) Metadata
5 20 (4.13%) Power Query
6 14 (2.89%) SQL Server
7 13 (2.69%) Big Data
7 13 (2.69%) Looker
8 12 (2.48%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.86%) Snowflake Schema
10 8 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.65%) Hadoop
11 7 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.45%) PowerPivot
12 6 (1.24%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.24%) KNIME
13 5 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.03%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.83%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 13 (2.69%) JIRA
2 5 (1.03%) Git
3 3 (0.62%) MSI
4 2 (0.41%) ERwin
4 2 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.21%) GitLab
General
1 166 (34.30%) Finance
2 151 (31.20%) Analytical Skills
3 143 (29.55%) Social Skills
4 43 (8.88%) Banking
5 42 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.13%) Marketing
7 13 (2.69%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.27%) Investment Banking
8 11 (2.27%) Legal
8 11 (2.27%) Retail
9 10 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.24%) Electronics
12 6 (1.24%) Local Government
12 6 (1.24%) Military
12 6 (1.24%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.03%) Billing
13 5 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.24%) PySpark
2 5 (1.03%) DAO
3 3 (0.62%) Pandas
4 2 (0.41%) NumPy
4 2 (0.41%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.21%) JSON
5 1 (0.21%) LDAP
5 1 (0.21%) MACH
5 1 (0.21%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) OpenID
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.21%) Plotly
5 1 (0.21%) RESTful
5 1 (0.21%) SAML
5 1 (0.21%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.40%) Data Structures
2 18 (3.72%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.51%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.65%) CMDB
8 8 (1.65%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.24%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.03%) Reference Data
11 4 (0.83%) Derivative
11 4 (0.83%) Fixed Income
12 3 (0.62%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.62%) Cybercrime
12 3 (0.62%) NHS
13 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.41%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.62%) Unix
1 3 (0.62%) Windows
2 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (35.54%) Data Analysis
2 169 (34.92%) Business Intelligence
3 130 (26.86%) Analytics
4 101 (20.87%) Data Governance
4 101 (20.87%) Visualisation
5 91 (18.80%) Data Modelling
6 86 (17.77%) Decision-Making
7 83 (17.15%) Actionable Insight
8 82 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (15.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 69 (14.26%) ETL
11 61 (12.60%) Data Visualisation
12 60 (12.40%) Validation
13 58 (11.98%) Migration
14 57 (11.78%) Data Management
15 48 (9.92%) Dashboard Development
16 45 (9.30%) Data Cleansing
16 45 (9.30%) Data Transformation
17 43 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 41 (8.47%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 222 (45.87%) SQL
2 125 (25.83%) Python
3 24 (4.96%) R
4 13 (2.69%) VBA
5 8 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.83%) Scala
8 2 (0.41%) C#
8 2 (0.41%) Java
8 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.21%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) Korn
9 1 (0.21%) Perl
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.21%) SAPscript
9 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 70 (14.46%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.16%) SC Cleared
3 24 (4.96%) Degree
4 6 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.03%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.62%) ACCA
6 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.62%) CEH
6 3 (0.62%) CIMA
6 3 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (0.62%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.62%) GIAC
6 3 (0.62%) GREM
6 3 (0.62%) OSCP
7 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (27.48%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.99%) GDPR
3 16 (3.31%) QA
4 11 (2.27%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.62%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) IFRS
7 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.21%) FATCA
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.21%) MiFID
8 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (1.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (0.62%) SCCM
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.21%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 64 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.82%) Oracle
3 27 (5.58%) Salesforce
4 26 (5.37%) SAP
5 21 (4.34%) Databricks
5 21 (4.34%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.89%) Workday
7 11 (2.27%) Informatica
8 10 (2.07%) Google
9 7 (1.45%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.24%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.62%) Cognos
11 3 (0.62%) ESRI
11 3 (0.62%) Foundry
11 3 (0.62%) Intergraph
11 3 (0.62%) Palantir
12 2 (0.41%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.41%) Micro Focus
12 2 (0.41%) Murex
12 2 (0.41%) NetIQ