Senior Data Analyst Contracts in England

Senior Data Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Data Analyst daily rate in England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 441 518 596
Rank change year-on-year +77 +78 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Analyst 34 31 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.082% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.089% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 26 18
10th Percentile £263 £325 £322
25th Percentile £466 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £456 £456
Median % change year-on-year +17.81% - -16.09%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £519
90th Percentile £654 £600 £611
UK median daily rate £588 £456 £469
% change year-on-year +28.77% -2.67% -6.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £28.60 - -
75th Percentile £31.79 - -
90th Percentile £33.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.60 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 22,908 35,010 44,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.85% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,064 22,821 31,551
10th Percentile £293 £288 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £635 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,027 2,684 1,320
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.58 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.53 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.26% -12.17% +83.67%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.45 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.80% -16.67% +76.47%

Senior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Analyst in England

Senior Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Data Analyst in England

Senior Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Analyst in England

Senior Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Data Analyst in England

Senior 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 Senior Data Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 June 2025. 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 +63 27 £588 +14.63% 193
South East +49 1 - - 91
Midlands +11 1 - - 50
North of England +9 1 - - 70
West Midlands +2 1 - - 26
Yorkshire - 1 - - 27
Senior Data Analyst
UK

Senior Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 June 2025, Senior Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Senior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (58.82%) SQL
2 16 (47.06%) Data Analysis
3 15 (44.12%) Finance
3 15 (44.12%) Python
4 14 (41.18%) Data Modelling
4 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
5 12 (35.29%) Data Quality
5 12 (35.29%) Analytics
5 12 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (29.41%) Visualisation
6 10 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (29.41%) Power Platform
7 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (26.47%) Power BI
8 7 (20.59%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (20.59%) Banking
9 6 (17.65%) Migration
9 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
10 5 (14.71%) Data Analytics
10 5 (14.71%) Data Cleansing
10 5 (14.71%) Degree
10 5 (14.71%) Data Governance
10 5 (14.71%) Tableau
11 4 (11.76%) Data Transformation
11 4 (11.76%) Google
11 4 (11.76%) Data Extraction
11 4 (11.76%) Data Integration
11 4 (11.76%) Data Management
11 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis

Senior Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (2.94%) Apache
1 1 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.76%) dbt
2 4 (11.76%) GCP
3 3 (8.82%) Collibra
4 2 (5.88%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.94%) AWS
5 1 (2.94%) Azure
5 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) Power BI
2 5 (14.71%) Tableau
3 4 (11.76%) BigQuery
4 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.88%) Metadata
5 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.94%) Apache Hive
6 1 (2.94%) Big Data
6 1 (2.94%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.94%) Impala
6 1 (2.94%) Looker
6 1 (2.94%) Power Query
6 1 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.94%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.94%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) ER Studio
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 15 (44.12%) Finance
2 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 12 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (20.59%) Banking
5 3 (8.82%) Investment Banking
5 3 (8.82%) Retail
6 2 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (5.88%) Local Government
6 2 (5.88%) Marketing
6 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Automotive
7 1 (2.94%) Back Office
7 1 (2.94%) Front Office
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.94%) Market Risk
2 1 (2.94%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Data Analysis
2 14 (41.18%) Data Modelling
3 12 (35.29%) Analytics
4 10 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (29.41%) Visualisation
5 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (20.59%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
7 6 (17.65%) Migration
8 5 (14.71%) Data Analytics
8 5 (14.71%) Data Cleansing
8 5 (14.71%) Data Governance
9 4 (11.76%) Business Analysis
9 4 (11.76%) Data Extraction
9 4 (11.76%) Data Integration
9 4 (11.76%) Data Management
9 4 (11.76%) Data Transformation
9 4 (11.76%) Storytelling
9 4 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
10 3 (8.82%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 20 (58.82%) SQL
2 15 (44.12%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) ISEB
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PMP
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (35.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) LOINC
2 1 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Google
2 3 (8.82%) Informatica
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) Foundry
3 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Talend
3 2 (5.88%) Workday
4 1 (2.94%) Databricks