Data Analytics Contracts in England

Data Analytics
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 222 205
Rank change year-on-year -23 -17 +24
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 363 609 1,033
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 1.20% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.32% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 412 765
10th Percentile £330 £350 £413
25th Percentile £425 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £627 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 19
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.21 £9.78
25th Percentile £16.38 £21.88 £19.15
Median hourly rate £41.25 £40.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +15.00% +40.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £78.30 £38.75
90th Percentile - £79.19 £49.75
UK median hourly rate £30.25 £40.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -24.84% +15.00% +22.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Analytics is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,223 45,987 64,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,190 32,199 46,005
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,635 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in England

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in England.

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in England

Data Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in England

Data Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in England

Data Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analytics in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analytics in England

Data Analytics
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 Analytics within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 -21 188 £563 -2.17% 206
Midlands +28 69 £575 +6.48% 56
West Midlands +27 59 £575 +6.48% 41
South East +8 39 £450 +6.82% 47
North of England +21 34 £550 +7.32% 77
North West +24 26 £588 +17.50% 43
East Midlands +22 10 £550 -4.35% 15
East of England +7 8 £391 -13.17% 24
Yorkshire +5 7 £510 -2.86% 19
South West +2 7 £600 - 34
North East +21 1 - - 16
Data Analytics
UK

Data Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.13%) SAS
2 12 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.93%) Confluence
4 6 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.10%) govService
6 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.83%) CMS
8 2 (0.55%) Apache
9 1 (0.28%) CICS
9 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 24 (6.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.83%) SPSS
6 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.83%) Endur
2 3 (0.83%) Shopify
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Utilities
4 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 84 (23.14%) Power Platform
2 75 (20.66%) Azure
3 43 (11.85%) AWS
4 25 (6.89%) GCP
5 12 (3.31%) Adobe Analytics
5 12 (3.31%) Snowflake
6 11 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.48%) Google Analytics
8 8 (2.20%) PaaS
8 8 (2.20%) Serverless
9 5 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.38%) Azure Stack
9 5 (1.38%) IaaS
9 5 (1.38%) SaaS
10 4 (1.10%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.10%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.75%) Firewall
1 10 (2.75%) VPN
2 9 (2.48%) LAN
2 9 (2.48%) MPLS
2 9 (2.48%) PBX
2 9 (2.48%) VoIP
2 9 (2.48%) WAN
2 9 (2.48%) WLAN
3 8 (2.20%) Network Security
4 5 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (1.38%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (1.38%) DHCP
4 5 (1.38%) DNS
4 5 (1.38%) Internet
4 5 (1.38%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.10%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.55%) Intranet
6 2 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (23.14%) Power BI
2 52 (14.33%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (9.92%) Big Data
3 36 (9.92%) Tableau
4 23 (6.34%) Data Lake
5 19 (5.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (4.41%) BigQuery
6 16 (4.41%) MySQL
7 13 (3.58%) SQL Server
8 11 (3.03%) Metadata
9 10 (2.75%) Crystal Reports
10 9 (2.48%) KDB
10 9 (2.48%) Looker
11 8 (2.20%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (1.65%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.65%) Oracle ODI
13 6 (1.65%) Relational Database
14 5 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 23 (6.34%) Git
2 18 (4.96%) JIRA
3 11 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.38%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.10%) Postman
6 3 (0.83%) GitLab
6 3 (0.83%) Maven
6 3 (0.83%) Selenium
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.28%) AppScan
8 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.28%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 97 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 92 (25.34%) Finance
3 88 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (9.92%) Retail
5 30 (8.26%) Banking
6 23 (6.34%) Telecoms
7 21 (5.79%) Marketing
8 18 (4.96%) Public Sector
9 14 (3.86%) Manufacturing
10 13 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.75%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.20%) Legal
13 7 (1.93%) Front Office
14 6 (1.65%) Advertising
14 6 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.65%) Retail Banking
15 4 (1.10%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (19.83%) Analyst
2 58 (15.98%) Architect
3 49 (13.50%) Senior
4 41 (11.29%) Data Analyst
5 38 (10.47%) Developer
6 27 (7.44%) Data Engineer
7 26 (7.16%) Analytics Manager
7 26 (7.16%) Data Manager
8 24 (6.61%) Data Analytics Manager
9 23 (6.34%) Project Manager
10 20 (5.51%) Data Architect
11 16 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (3.86%) Lead
13 13 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (3.31%) Business Analyst
15 11 (3.03%) Azure Architect
15 11 (3.03%) Consultant
16 10 (2.75%) Senior Data Analyst
17 9 (2.48%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 9 (2.48%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.13%) Web Services
2 10 (2.75%) .NET
2 10 (2.75%) PySpark
3 9 (2.48%) CSS
3 9 (2.48%) jQuery
3 9 (2.48%) JSON
4 7 (1.93%) HTML
5 5 (1.38%) REST
6 4 (1.10%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.10%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.10%) DOM
6 4 (1.10%) Node.js
6 4 (1.10%) Spring
6 4 (1.10%) Swagger
7 3 (0.83%) Flask
7 3 (0.83%) J2EE
7 3 (0.83%) Middleware
7 3 (0.83%) Pandas
7 3 (0.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (0.83%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.58%) Data Structures
2 13 (3.58%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.31%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.03%) Fixed Income
4 11 (3.03%) NHS
5 9 (2.48%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.48%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.93%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.38%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.38%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.38%) Equities
9 5 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.38%) Life Science
9 5 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.41%) Linux
2 15 (4.13%) Windows
3 10 (2.75%) Unix
4 6 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.55%) VMS
6 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (100.00%) Analytics
2 103 (28.37%) Business Intelligence
3 89 (24.52%) Agile
4 75 (20.66%) ETL
5 66 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (17.63%) Data Modelling
7 57 (15.70%) Project Management
8 50 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (13.22%) Data Analysis
9 48 (13.22%) Data Management
9 48 (13.22%) Visualisation
10 34 (9.37%) DevOps
10 34 (9.37%) Machine Learning
11 33 (9.09%) Data Integration
11 33 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 32 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (8.82%) Migration
13 30 (8.26%) Decision-Making
13 30 (8.26%) Project Delivery
13 30 (8.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 115 (31.68%) SQL
2 76 (20.94%) Python
3 14 (3.86%) Java
4 13 (3.58%) Shell Script
5 12 (3.31%) C#
6 11 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.03%) R
6 11 (3.03%) Scala
7 9 (2.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (1.93%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (1.65%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.65%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.38%) C++
10 5 (1.38%) F#
10 5 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.38%) Perl
10 5 (1.38%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.38%) VBA
11 3 (0.83%) Bash
11 3 (0.83%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 46 (12.67%) Degree
2 39 (10.74%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.54%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.31%) CISSP
6 11 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.48%) CCIE
7 9 (2.48%) CCIE Data Center
8 6 (1.65%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.38%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (1.10%) CCNP
10 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.83%) CISM
12 2 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.64%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.23%) QA
3 10 (2.75%) PMO
4 8 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.65%) GDPR
6 5 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.38%) GAMP
6 5 (1.38%) GxP
7 4 (1.10%) SLA
8 3 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) MiFID
9 1 (0.28%) NIST
9 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (1.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 13 (3.58%) Terraform
2 11 (3.03%) Grafana
3 10 (2.75%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.83%) Matomo
5 2 (0.55%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) Graylog
6 1 (0.28%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.28%) Nessus
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Puppet
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 65 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.26%) Databricks
3 22 (6.06%) Oracle
4 21 (5.79%) Google
5 17 (4.68%) Adobe
6 13 (3.58%) Informatica
7 11 (3.03%) Denodo
7 11 (3.03%) SAP
7 11 (3.03%) Talend
8 10 (2.75%) IFS
9 9 (2.48%) Cisco
10 8 (2.20%) Splunk
11 7 (1.93%) Optimizely
11 7 (1.93%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.65%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.38%) Alteryx
13 5 (1.38%) Ensighten
13 5 (1.38%) Monetate
13 5 (1.38%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.38%) Tealium