Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Data Analyst daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 155 145
Rank change year-on-year -38 -10 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 485 444 629
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 1.72% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.85% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 326 429
10th Percentile £290 £268 £263
25th Percentile £358 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £604 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 30
10th Percentile £21.60 £15.90 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.64 £21.41 £15.67
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £21.22
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +27.86% -1.33%
75th Percentile £51.50 £35.00 £34.71
90th Percentile £64.80 £45.35 £40.08
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £21.43
% change year-on-year +19.82% +26.57% +0.73%

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 30,787 24,051 35,510
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.66% 93.06% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,582 14,899 23,862
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,964 708 2,125
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.91 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.41 £16.67
Median hourly rate £31.18 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £72.48
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.45% -4.29% -1.41%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -13 280 £475 +2.70% 89
South East -5 65 £400 -20.40% 96
North of England -53 57 £400 -2.74% 53
Midlands -61 33 £400 - 56
North West -23 29 £420 -6.67% 31
South West -15 26 £525 +28.36% 30
Yorkshire -46 25 £365 +36.45% 15
West Midlands -53 22 £400 - 34
East Midlands -31 11 £384 +0.72% 22
East of England -20 10 £513 -2.38% 23
North East -14 4 £475 -17.39% 7
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 February 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.

1 219 (45.15%) SQL
2 154 (31.75%) Business Intelligence
3 152 (31.34%) Data Analysis
4 146 (30.10%) Power BI
4 146 (30.10%) Power Platform
5 138 (28.45%) Data Quality
6 130 (26.80%) Analytics
7 109 (22.47%) Python
8 101 (20.82%) Data Governance
9 96 (19.79%) Microsoft Excel
10 93 (19.18%) Visualisation
11 90 (18.56%) Data Modelling
11 90 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
12 88 (18.14%) Decision-Making
13 83 (17.11%) Actionable Insight
14 80 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 74 (15.26%) ETL
15 74 (15.26%) Security Cleared
16 68 (14.02%) Migration
16 68 (14.02%) Validation
17 63 (12.99%) Data Management
18 61 (12.58%) Tableau
19 60 (12.37%) Data Visualisation
20 58 (11.96%) Microsoft
21 56 (11.55%) Dashboard Development
22 55 (11.34%) SC Cleared
23 51 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
24 48 (9.90%) Data Warehouse
25 45 (9.28%) Azure
26 43 (8.87%) 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 16 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.65%) Confluence
2 8 (1.65%) SAS
3 3 (0.62%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.62%) GeoServer
3 3 (0.62%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.21%) Apache
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 96 (19.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.41%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Salesforce CRM
1 8 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.24%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.82%) Maximo
4 3 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.41%) Actimize
5 2 (0.41%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.41%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.21%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 146 (30.10%) Power Platform
2 45 (9.28%) Azure
3 43 (8.87%) AWS
4 35 (7.22%) Snowflake
5 17 (3.51%) GCP
6 12 (2.47%) Amazon S3
7 11 (2.27%) Collibra
7 11 (2.27%) SaaS
8 10 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.65%) dbt
11 7 (1.44%) OCI
12 4 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.82%) Entra ID
12 4 (0.82%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.82%) Serverless
13 3 (0.62%) Fivetran
13 3 (0.62%) Google Tag Manager
13 3 (0.62%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.41%) Internet
2 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (30.10%) Power BI
2 61 (12.58%) Tableau
3 48 (9.90%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (6.80%) Metadata
5 16 (3.30%) Power Query
6 15 (3.09%) Looker
7 14 (2.89%) BigQuery
8 12 (2.47%) SQL Server
9 11 (2.27%) Big Data
10 10 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.86%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.86%) Snowflake Schema
12 8 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (1.65%) Hadoop
12 8 (1.65%) KNIME
13 6 (1.24%) PowerPivot
14 5 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
14 5 (1.03%) NoSQL
14 5 (1.03%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.82%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 14 (2.89%) JIRA
2 6 (1.24%) MSI
3 4 (0.82%) Git
4 2 (0.41%) ERwin
4 2 (0.41%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.21%) GitLab
General
1 154 (31.75%) Analytical Skills
2 148 (30.52%) Finance
3 136 (28.04%) Social Skills
4 40 (8.25%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.01%) Banking
6 19 (3.92%) Marketing
7 12 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.47%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.44%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.44%) Legal
10 7 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.24%) Electronics
11 6 (1.24%) Military
12 5 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.03%) Law
12 5 (1.03%) Retail
13 4 (0.82%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.24%) XML
2 4 (0.82%) PySpark
3 3 (0.62%) YAML
4 2 (0.41%) GeoJSON
4 2 (0.41%) JSON
4 2 (0.41%) Pandas
4 2 (0.41%) REST
4 2 (0.41%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.41%) SOAP
4 2 (0.41%) Web Services
5 1 (0.21%) Kafka
5 1 (0.21%) MACH
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.21%) NumPy
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%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.63%) Data Structures
2 20 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (3.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 17 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.65%) CMDB
9 5 (1.03%) Reference Data
10 4 (0.82%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.62%) Cybercrime
11 3 (0.62%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.41%) Clustering
12 2 (0.41%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.41%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.62%) Unix
2 2 (0.41%) Windows
3 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (31.75%) Business Intelligence
2 152 (31.34%) Data Analysis
3 130 (26.80%) Analytics
4 101 (20.82%) Data Governance
5 93 (19.18%) Visualisation
6 90 (18.56%) Data Modelling
6 90 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (18.14%) Decision-Making
8 83 (17.11%) Actionable Insight
9 80 (16.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 74 (15.26%) ETL
11 68 (14.02%) Migration
11 68 (14.02%) Validation
12 63 (12.99%) Data Management
13 60 (12.37%) Data Visualisation
14 56 (11.55%) Dashboard Development
15 51 (10.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 43 (8.87%) Data Migration
16 43 (8.87%) Data Transformation
17 42 (8.66%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 219 (45.15%) SQL
2 109 (22.47%) Python
3 22 (4.54%) R
4 13 (2.68%) VBA
5 8 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (1.03%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.41%) C#
7 2 (0.41%) Java
7 2 (0.41%) Korn
7 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.41%) Scala
7 2 (0.41%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.21%) Perl
8 1 (0.21%) SAPscript
8 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (15.26%) Security Cleared
2 55 (11.34%) SC Cleared
3 25 (5.15%) Degree
4 6 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.03%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.62%) ACCA
7 3 (0.62%) CEH
7 3 (0.62%) CIMA
7 3 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (0.62%) GIAC
7 3 (0.62%) GREM
7 3 (0.62%) OSCP
8 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (28.45%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.95%) GDPR
3 18 (3.71%) QA
4 8 (1.65%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.62%) SLA
7 2 (0.41%) IFRS
7 2 (0.41%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.41%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.21%) FATCA
8 1 (0.21%) GAAP
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (1.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (0.62%) SCCM
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.21%) Terraform
2 1 (0.21%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 58 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.77%) Oracle
3 27 (5.57%) Salesforce
4 25 (5.15%) SAP
5 22 (4.54%) Databricks
6 20 (4.12%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.30%) Workday
8 10 (2.06%) Google
8 10 (2.06%) Informatica
9 9 (1.86%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.24%) Cognos
11 5 (1.03%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.62%) ESRI
12 3 (0.62%) Foundry
12 3 (0.62%) Intergraph
12 3 (0.62%) Palantir
12 3 (0.62%) Teradata
13 2 (0.41%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.41%) ForgeRock
13 2 (0.41%) Splunk