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 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 158 167
Rank change year-on-year -29 +9 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 733 517 506
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.83% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 2.01% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 314 369
10th Percentile £267 £263 £299
25th Percentile £363 £352 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £556
90th Percentile £600 £632 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 28 20
10th Percentile £15.18 £21.02 £16.22
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.34 £17.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.42 £26.46
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +7.40% +22.26%
75th Percentile £48.00 £35.63 £32.00
90th Percentile £49.75 £62.53 £39.33
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £28.42 £21.66
% change year-on-year +0.48% +31.19% +0.09%

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 43,038 25,712 29,854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 91.15% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,329 16,534 18,240
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,814 1,462 1,240
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.84 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%
75th Percentile £67.85 £51.61 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +63.24% -38.77% -8.72%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -30 335 £450 -5.26% 35
North of England -40 108 £425 +9.68% 29
South East -32 104 £500 +17.65% 39
Midlands +3 89 £410 +5.13% 14
West Midlands -5 69 £410 +2.50% 11
South West -4 66 £500 +17.65% 15
Yorkshire -34 49 £425 +13.33% 11
North West -25 48 £450 +12.50% 12
East of England -10 25 £375 -26.83% 9
East Midlands +7 20 £363 -3.33% 3
North East -26 14 £425 -30.61% 6
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 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.

1 287 (39.15%) SQL
2 243 (33.15%) Data Quality
3 221 (30.15%) Business Intelligence
4 202 (27.56%) Power BI
4 202 (27.56%) Power Platform
5 185 (25.24%) Data Analysis
6 180 (24.56%) Analytics
7 156 (21.28%) Validation
8 149 (20.33%) Data Governance
9 144 (19.65%) Decision-Making
10 134 (18.28%) Python
11 131 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 129 (17.60%) Data Modelling
13 118 (16.10%) Migration
14 116 (15.83%) Microsoft Excel
15 106 (14.46%) Visualisation
16 105 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
17 99 (13.51%) Actionable Insight
18 92 (12.55%) Microsoft
19 90 (12.28%) Data Migration
20 85 (11.60%) Azure
20 85 (11.60%) Tableau
21 83 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 80 (10.91%) AI
23 77 (10.50%) Agile
24 74 (10.10%) Security Cleared
25 69 (9.41%) Dashboard Development
26 67 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
27 66 (9.00%) ETL
28 60 (8.19%) 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 20 (2.73%) SAS
2 14 (1.91%) Confluence
3 9 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.55%) Apache
5 4 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.41%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Appian
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 116 (15.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
3 9 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.82%) SPSS
6 2 (0.27%) CATIA
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.82%) Raiser’s Edge
3 5 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.68%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.55%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.55%) iTrent
4 4 (0.55%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.55%) SystmOne
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.41%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.27%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 2 (0.27%) ENOVIA
6 2 (0.27%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 202 (27.56%) Power Platform
2 85 (11.60%) Azure
3 45 (6.14%) AWS
4 43 (5.87%) Snowflake
5 22 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (2.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 19 (2.59%) SaaS
7 17 (2.32%) Microsoft Purview
7 17 (2.32%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.50%) GCP
9 10 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.36%) Collibra
10 8 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.82%) Alation
13 5 (0.68%) dbt
13 5 (0.68%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.55%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.55%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) Firewall
1 4 (0.55%) Internet
2 2 (0.27%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (27.56%) Power BI
2 85 (11.60%) Tableau
3 51 (6.96%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (5.73%) Metadata
5 25 (3.41%) Relational Database
6 20 (2.73%) Power Query
7 18 (2.46%) Looker
8 17 (2.32%) Data Lake
9 15 (2.05%) SQL Server
10 11 (1.50%) Big Data
11 9 (1.23%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
12 8 (1.09%) Qlik Sense
13 7 (0.95%) Amazon QuickSight
14 6 (0.82%) NoSQL
14 6 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (0.68%) GIS
15 5 (0.68%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.68%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 26 (3.55%) JIRA
2 4 (0.55%) Git
2 4 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.41%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 211 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
2 172 (23.47%) Social Skills
3 170 (23.19%) Finance
4 58 (7.91%) Public Sector
5 57 (7.78%) Banking
6 40 (5.46%) Marketing
7 32 (4.37%) Retail
8 28 (3.82%) Legal
9 19 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.77%) Local Government
12 12 (1.64%) Investment Banking
12 12 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.36%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.23%) Military
15 8 (1.09%) Automotive
15 8 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.50%) PySpark
2 10 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (0.82%) JSON
4 5 (0.68%) EDI
4 5 (0.68%) Pandas
5 3 (0.41%) HTML
5 3 (0.41%) REST
5 3 (0.41%) XML
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Avro
6 2 (0.27%) Django
6 2 (0.27%) Kafka
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.27%) SOAP
7 1 (0.14%) ADO
7 1 (0.14%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.14%) Great Expectations
7 1 (0.14%) Shiny
7 1 (0.14%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.14%) Streamlit
7 1 (0.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.78%) Data Structures
2 34 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
3 24 (3.27%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (1.36%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.09%) FMCG
9 7 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.95%) Taxonomies
10 6 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.68%) Reference Data
12 4 (0.55%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.55%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.55%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.55%) NHS
12 4 (0.55%) Social Media
13 3 (0.41%) Marketing Technology
13 3 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.55%) Windows
2 3 (0.41%) Linux
3 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (30.15%) Business Intelligence
2 185 (25.24%) Data Analysis
3 180 (24.56%) Analytics
4 156 (21.28%) Validation
5 149 (20.33%) Data Governance
6 144 (19.65%) Decision-Making
7 131 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 129 (17.60%) Data Modelling
9 118 (16.10%) Migration
10 106 (14.46%) Visualisation
11 105 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
12 99 (13.51%) Actionable Insight
13 90 (12.28%) Data Migration
14 83 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 80 (10.91%) AI
16 77 (10.50%) Agile
17 69 (9.41%) Dashboard Development
18 67 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
19 66 (9.00%) ETL
20 58 (7.91%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 287 (39.15%) SQL
2 134 (18.28%) Python
3 39 (5.32%) R
4 23 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (0.68%) Korn
6 3 (0.41%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.41%) LookML
6 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.27%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.27%) Scala
8 1 (0.14%) Cypher
8 1 (0.14%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.14%) Java
8 1 (0.14%) SOQL
8 1 (0.14%) VB
8 1 (0.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (10.10%) Security Cleared
2 60 (8.19%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.87%) Degree
4 15 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (0.95%) DBS Check
5 7 (0.95%) ISTQB
6 6 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (0.68%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.55%) PMP
9 3 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.27%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.14%) CBAP
11 1 (0.14%) CIMA
11 1 (0.14%) CISSP
11 1 (0.14%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.14%) IIBA
11 1 (0.14%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (33.15%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.77%) GDPR
3 34 (4.64%) QA
4 15 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.95%) GRC
6 7 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.68%) SLA
8 4 (0.55%) PMO
9 2 (0.27%) IFRS
9 2 (0.27%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.14%) EMIR
10 1 (0.14%) GMP
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.14%) MiFID
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.27%) SCCM
2 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (12.55%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.05%) Databricks
3 32 (4.37%) Oracle
4 31 (4.23%) SAP
5 16 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.91%) Alteryx
6 14 (1.91%) Google
7 10 (1.36%) Informatica
8 7 (0.95%) Workday
9 6 (0.82%) Teradata
10 5 (0.68%) Baan
10 5 (0.68%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.68%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.55%) Palantir
12 3 (0.41%) Foundry
12 3 (0.41%) Siemens
13 2 (0.27%) Citrix
13 2 (0.27%) CODA
13 2 (0.27%) IBM
13 2 (0.27%) NEC