Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Data Analyst daily rate in England is £437, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 148 175
Rank change year-on-year -17 +27 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 766 527 479
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.94% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 2.12% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 336 348
10th Percentile £257 £266 £264
25th Percentile £356 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £551
90th Percentile £589 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £448 £450
% change year-on-year +0.56% -0.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 27 17
10th Percentile £16.63 £21.02 £16.14
25th Percentile £22.20 £24.23 £18.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.11 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% +30.91% -9.64%
75th Percentile £48.00 £34.28 £31.00
90th Percentile £49.45 £38.76 £46.20
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £29.33 £21.66
% change year-on-year +2.28% +35.41% -0.41%

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 42,168 24,883 30,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 91.42% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,332 16,051 19,383
10th Percentile £325 £281 £304
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,270 1,335 1,579
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.52 £14.28
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £21.23
Median hourly rate £42.58 £25.15 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +69.28% -45.54% +5.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.50% -41.51% +1.18%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -43 336 £450 -5.26% 217
South East -23 117 £475 +5.56% 79
North of England -36 112 £420 +12.00% 87
Midlands 0 90 £425 +8.97% 47
South West -2 75 £463 +12.80% 47
West Midlands -14 65 £425 +6.25% 32
Yorkshire -22 60 £400 +14.29% 29
North West -28 42 £450 +12.50% 44
East of England +7 34 £359 -31.62% 26
East Midlands -4 25 £425 +13.33% 15
North East -28 13 £475 -10.59% 15
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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.

1 272 (35.51%) SQL
2 230 (30.03%) Business Intelligence
3 229 (29.90%) Data Quality
4 215 (28.07%) Power BI
4 215 (28.07%) Power Platform
5 184 (24.02%) Data Analysis
6 170 (22.19%) Analytics
7 150 (19.58%) Decision-Making
8 146 (19.06%) Data Governance
9 139 (18.15%) Data Modelling
10 132 (17.23%) Microsoft Excel
10 132 (17.23%) Validation
11 125 (16.32%) Python
12 111 (14.49%) Migration
13 108 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 106 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
15 102 (13.32%) Visualisation
16 96 (12.53%) Azure
17 95 (12.40%) Actionable Insight
18 94 (12.27%) Microsoft
19 87 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 87 (11.36%) Tableau
20 78 (10.18%) Data Migration
21 77 (10.05%) Dashboard Development
22 74 (9.66%) AI
23 71 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
24 69 (9.01%) Agile
25 64 (8.36%) Databricks
26 62 (8.09%) Security Cleared
27 59 (7.70%) 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 14 (1.83%) SAS
2 6 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.65%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.39%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) CMS
5 3 (0.39%) Confluence
5 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 132 (17.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
3 10 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.78%) SPSS
6 2 (0.26%) CATIA
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 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%) Oracle ERP
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 Assets
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 215 (28.07%) Power Platform
2 96 (12.53%) Azure
3 43 (5.61%) AWS
4 39 (5.09%) Snowflake
5 21 (2.74%) SaaS
6 20 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 17 (2.22%) Power Automate
8 16 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 15 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (1.57%) Collibra
10 12 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
11 10 (1.31%) GCP
12 9 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.65%) Alation
14 5 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (0.65%) Azure Databricks
14 5 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (0.65%) PowerApps
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 (28.07%) Power BI
2 87 (11.36%) Tableau
3 55 (7.18%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (6.53%) Metadata
5 22 (2.87%) 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
9 10 (1.31%) SQL Server
10 9 (1.17%) Big Data
11 6 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.78%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.65%) GIS
12 5 (0.65%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.65%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.52%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 14 (1.83%) JIRA
2 4 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.39%) Git
4 2 (0.26%) GitLab
4 2 (0.26%) MLflow
5 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 208 (27.15%) Analytical Skills
2 175 (22.85%) Finance
3 169 (22.06%) Social Skills
4 63 (8.22%) Banking
5 62 (8.09%) Public Sector
6 46 (6.01%) Marketing
7 29 (3.79%) Retail
8 26 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.61%) Legal
10 16 (2.09%) Local Government
11 14 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.70%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.31%) Military
15 9 (1.17%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.17%) Front Office
16 8 (1.04%) Automotive
16 8 (1.04%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (1.83%) PySpark
2 9 (1.17%) 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 55 (7.18%) Data Structures
2 28 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.31%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.04%) FMCG
8 7 (0.91%) Fixed Income
9 5 (0.65%) Credit Risk
9 5 (0.65%) NHS
9 5 (0.65%) Reference Data
9 5 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.52%) CMDB
10 4 (0.52%) Derivative
10 4 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.52%) Reinsurance
10 4 (0.52%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.39%) Equities
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 (30.03%) Business Intelligence
2 184 (24.02%) Data Analysis
3 170 (22.19%) Analytics
4 150 (19.58%) Decision-Making
5 146 (19.06%) Data Governance
6 139 (18.15%) Data Modelling
7 132 (17.23%) Validation
8 111 (14.49%) Migration
9 108 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
10 106 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (13.32%) Visualisation
12 95 (12.40%) Actionable Insight
13 87 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 78 (10.18%) Data Migration
15 77 (10.05%) Dashboard Development
16 74 (9.66%) AI
17 71 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
18 69 (9.01%) Agile
19 59 (7.70%) Data Mapping
20 54 (7.05%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 272 (35.51%) SQL
2 125 (16.32%) Python
3 35 (4.57%) R
4 22 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.65%) VBA
6 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.39%) Scala
8 2 (0.26%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.26%) Korn
8 2 (0.26%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.26%) VB
9 1 (0.13%) Cypher
9 1 (0.13%) Java
9 1 (0.13%) LookML
9 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 62 (8.09%) Security Cleared
2 48 (6.27%) SC Cleared
3 41 (5.35%) 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%) IIBA
9 1 (0.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (29.90%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.09%) QA
3 34 (4.44%) GDPR
4 10 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.65%) GRC
7 5 (0.65%) PMO
7 5 (0.65%) SLA
7 5 (0.65%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) EMIR
8 1 (0.13%) FATCA
8 1 (0.13%) GMP
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.13%) MiFID
8 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (0.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.13%) 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 94 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.36%) Databricks
3 52 (6.79%) SAP
4 41 (5.35%) Oracle
5 18 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.96%) Workday
7 12 (1.57%) Alteryx
8 11 (1.44%) Google
9 8 (1.04%) Teradata
10 7 (0.91%) Informatica
11 6 (0.78%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.65%) Baan
12 5 (0.65%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.65%) Palantir
13 4 (0.52%) Foundry
14 2 (0.26%) CODA
14 2 (0.26%) Facebook
14 2 (0.26%) IBM
14 2 (0.26%) NEC
14 2 (0.26%) Siemens