Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Data Analyst daily rate in England is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 154 160
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 642 434 556
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.59% 1.80% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 1.95% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 312 379
10th Percentile £264 £278 £305
25th Percentile £350 £352 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £525 £550 £555
90th Percentile £600 £650 £626
UK median daily rate £430 £450 £463
% change year-on-year -4.44% -2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 19
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.73 £13.50
25th Percentile £26.52 £19.16 £15.56
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.55 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% +27.31% -2.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £31.64 £40.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £33.78 £40.95
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £26.50 £21.66
% change year-on-year +18.87% +22.35% +11.11%

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 37,225 22,311 33,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.50% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,137 14,840 22,465
10th Percentile £315 £300 £281
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,565 900 2,436
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.00 £12.87
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £46.80 £30.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.00% -20.00% -14.88%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.85 £28.18 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.59% -24.85% -16.67%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -12 327 £463 -2.63% 104
South East -22 88 £378 -18.38% 85
Midlands -8 81 £425 +3.03% 36
North of England -46 75 £420 -6.67% 62
West Midlands -25 54 £420 -2.38% 19
Yorkshire -30 41 £375 -8.54% 17
South West -15 35 £525 +28.36% 22
North West -22 32 £425 +4.62% 37
East Midlands -9 27 £425 +6.25% 17
East of England -15 23 £358 -26.56% 28
North East -24 4 £425 -12.82% 9
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 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.

1 244 (38.01%) SQL
2 205 (31.93%) Business Intelligence
3 184 (28.66%) Power Platform
4 183 (28.50%) Power BI
5 180 (28.04%) Data Quality
6 151 (23.52%) Analytics
7 138 (21.50%) Data Analysis
7 138 (21.50%) Data Modelling
8 129 (20.09%) Python
9 122 (19.00%) Decision-Making
10 116 (18.07%) Data Governance
11 111 (17.29%) Microsoft Excel
12 108 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
13 103 (16.04%) Migration
14 101 (15.73%) Validation
15 94 (14.64%) Visualisation
16 90 (14.02%) Actionable Insight
17 83 (12.93%) Tableau
18 77 (11.99%) Security Cleared
19 76 (11.84%) Dashboard Development
20 75 (11.68%) Azure
20 75 (11.68%) ETL
21 72 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
22 67 (10.44%) Agile
23 66 (10.28%) Data Migration
24 60 (9.35%) Data Warehouse
25 58 (9.03%) Data Visualisation
25 58 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
26 57 (8.88%) Data Management
26 57 (8.88%) SC Cleared

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 11 (1.71%) SAS
2 9 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.25%) Confluence
4 4 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.47%) CMS
6 2 (0.31%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 111 (17.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) CATIA
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.71%) SystmOne
3 10 (1.56%) iTrent
4 7 (1.09%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
6 4 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.47%) Eloqua
7 3 (0.47%) SAP R/3
8 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.31%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.31%) Maximo
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.31%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.16%) Advent Geneva
9 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.16%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 184 (28.66%) Power Platform
2 75 (11.68%) Azure
3 51 (7.94%) AWS
4 28 (4.36%) Snowflake
5 22 (3.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (2.96%) SaaS
7 14 (2.18%) GCP
8 13 (2.02%) SuccessFactors
9 11 (1.71%) Amazon S3
10 10 (1.56%) Collibra
11 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.09%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (0.93%) dbt
15 5 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (0.78%) Serverless
16 4 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 4 (0.62%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (28.50%) Power BI
2 83 (12.93%) Tableau
3 60 (9.35%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (7.79%) Metadata
5 15 (2.34%) Power Query
6 14 (2.18%) Looker
7 13 (2.02%) Big Data
7 13 (2.02%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.87%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.71%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.09%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.09%) Qlik Sense
13 6 (0.93%) KNIME
13 6 (0.93%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (2.49%) JIRA
2 6 (0.93%) MSI
3 4 (0.62%) Git
4 2 (0.31%) GitLab
4 2 (0.31%) MLflow
4 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.16%) GCC
5 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 194 (30.22%) Analytical Skills
2 165 (25.70%) Finance
3 141 (21.96%) Social Skills
4 60 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.54%) Banking
6 30 (4.67%) Marketing
7 20 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.40%) Legal
9 9 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.09%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.09%) Front Office
12 6 (0.93%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.93%) Law
12 6 (0.93%) Local Government
12 6 (0.93%) Retail
13 4 (0.62%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.25%) Pandas
1 8 (1.25%) PySpark
2 5 (0.78%) JDO
2 5 (0.78%) XML
3 4 (0.62%) JSON
3 4 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.47%) EDI
4 3 (0.47%) GeoJSON
4 3 (0.47%) NumPy
4 3 (0.47%) REST
4 3 (0.47%) SOAP
4 3 (0.47%) YAML
5 2 (0.31%) Kafka
5 2 (0.31%) Node.js
5 2 (0.31%) PyTorch
5 2 (0.31%) Web Services
6 1 (0.16%) Google JAX
6 1 (0.16%) Next.js
6 1 (0.16%) Playwright
6 1 (0.16%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.26%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.71%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.25%) NHS
7 8 (1.25%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.78%) CMDB
8 5 (0.78%) Credit Risk
8 5 (0.78%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.62%) Derivative
9 4 (0.62%) Fixed Income
9 4 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.62%) Hedge funds
9 4 (0.62%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.47%) Equities
10 3 (0.47%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (0.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.31%) Windows
2 1 (0.16%) Linux
2 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (31.93%) Business Intelligence
2 151 (23.52%) Analytics
3 138 (21.50%) Data Analysis
3 138 (21.50%) Data Modelling
4 122 (19.00%) Decision-Making
5 116 (18.07%) Data Governance
6 108 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (16.04%) Migration
8 101 (15.73%) Validation
9 94 (14.64%) Visualisation
10 90 (14.02%) Actionable Insight
11 76 (11.84%) Dashboard Development
12 75 (11.68%) ETL
13 72 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
14 67 (10.44%) Agile
15 66 (10.28%) Data Migration
16 58 (9.03%) Data Visualisation
16 58 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 57 (8.88%) Data Management
18 48 (7.48%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 244 (38.01%) SQL
2 129 (20.09%) Python
3 37 (5.76%) R
4 15 (2.34%) VBA
5 9 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.62%) Scala
7 3 (0.47%) Korn
7 3 (0.47%) VB
8 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.16%) Java
9 1 (0.16%) LookML
Qualifications
1 77 (11.99%) Security Cleared
2 57 (8.88%) SC Cleared
3 23 (3.58%) Degree
4 14 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (1.87%) DBS Check
6 6 (0.93%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.31%) PhD
8 1 (0.16%) CBAP
8 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (28.04%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.98%) QA
3 30 (4.67%) GDPR
4 8 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.78%) PMO
6 5 (0.78%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.47%) SLA
8 2 (0.31%) IFRS
8 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.16%) FATCA
9 1 (0.16%) GAAP
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.31%) Docker
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.47%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.47%) Terraform
2 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.31%) SCCM
3 1 (0.16%) Grafana
3 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 55 (8.57%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.26%) Databricks
3 48 (7.48%) SAP
4 34 (5.30%) Oracle
5 25 (3.89%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.65%) Workday
7 13 (2.02%) Google
7 13 (2.02%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.40%) Informatica
9 7 (1.09%) MuleSoft
10 6 (0.93%) Teradata
11 5 (0.78%) Adobe
11 5 (0.78%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.78%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.78%) IBM
12 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.62%) Cognos
12 4 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.47%) Baan
13 3 (0.47%) Splunk