Statistics Contracts in England

Statistics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 305 378
Rank change year-on-year -25 +73 +22
Contract jobs citing Statistics 155 249 299
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.64% 0.67% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.77% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 165 181
10th Percentile £371 £300 £308
25th Percentile £406 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £493 £518
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -4.73% +3.50%
75th Percentile £574 £538 £600
90th Percentile £638 £625 £775
UK median daily rate £480 £493 £505
% change year-on-year -2.64% -2.38% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 31 25
10th Percentile £21.85 - £18.82
25th Percentile £22.00 £15.39 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.43 £24.00 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% +8.30% -19.42%
75th Percentile £28.15 £43.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £34.75 £46.18 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.37 £24.00 £19.49
% change year-on-year +5.69% +23.14% -25.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Statistics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in England

Statistics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Statistics in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Statistics in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Statistics in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Statistics in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Statistics in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Statistics in England

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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 Statistics within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +11 77 £458 -8.50% 578
South West +63 20 £601 +14.38% 31
South East +36 17 £450 +18.42% 170
Midlands +22 14 £494 +2.86% 75
North of England -27 12 £550 +11.56% 104
North West -25 11 £550 +11.56% 60
West Midlands +15 9 £494 +23.44% 43
East Midlands +9 5 - - 29
East of England +13 1 - - 41
Yorkshire +4 1 - - 35
Statistics
UK

Statistics
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 18 (11.61%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.23%) SAS
3 3 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (14.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.65%) CATIA
4 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.65%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.65%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.13%) Power Platform
2 17 (10.97%) Azure
3 10 (6.45%) AWS
4 9 (5.81%) GCP
5 7 (4.52%) GitHub
6 4 (2.58%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (2.58%) Azure AI
6 4 (2.58%) Google Gemini
7 3 (1.94%) SaaS
7 3 (1.94%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.65%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.65%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.65%) Serverless
9 1 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.94%) 4G
1 3 (1.94%) 5G
1 3 (1.94%) Broadband
1 3 (1.94%) DNS
1 3 (1.94%) Firewall
1 3 (1.94%) LTE
1 3 (1.94%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (1.29%) 3G
2 2 (1.29%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.29%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (1.29%) GGSN
2 2 (1.29%) Network Security
2 2 (1.29%) RANAP
2 2 (1.29%) SGSN
2 2 (1.29%) VoLTE
2 2 (1.29%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.65%) 3GPP
3 1 (0.65%) DHCP
3 1 (0.65%) Internet
3 1 (0.65%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (16.13%) Power BI
2 17 (10.97%) Tableau
3 8 (5.16%) Data Mining
3 8 (5.16%) Hadoop
4 7 (4.52%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.87%) Metadata
6 5 (3.23%) Big Data
6 5 (3.23%) Power Query
7 4 (2.58%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.94%) Apache Hive
8 3 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.94%) MySQL
9 2 (1.29%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.29%) PowerPivot
9 2 (1.29%) Redis
10 1 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.65%) Looker
10 1 (0.65%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 6 (3.87%) Git
2 2 (1.29%) JIRA
General
1 75 (48.39%) Analytical Skills
2 60 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 31 (20.00%) Finance
4 23 (14.84%) Marketing
5 22 (14.19%) Public Sector
6 13 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (7.74%) Telecoms
8 11 (7.10%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (5.81%) Banking
11 8 (5.16%) Legal
12 5 (3.23%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.29%) Advertising
14 2 (1.29%) Back Office
14 2 (1.29%) Law
14 2 (1.29%) Local Government
14 2 (1.29%) Military
14 2 (1.29%) Multimedia
14 2 (1.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (25.16%) Data Scientist
2 22 (14.19%) Senior
3 19 (12.26%) Analyst
4 12 (7.74%) Capacity Manager
5 11 (7.10%) Availability Manager
5 11 (7.10%) Capacity and Availability Manager
6 9 (5.81%) Senior Data Scientist
7 8 (5.16%) Service Manager
8 7 (4.52%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.52%) Developer
9 6 (3.87%) Lead
10 5 (3.23%) Coordinator
10 5 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
11 4 (2.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 3 (1.94%) Commercial Analyst
12 3 (1.94%) Consultant
12 3 (1.94%) IT Analyst
12 3 (1.94%) Scrum Master
12 3 (1.94%) Senior Manager
12 3 (1.94%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.45%) TensorFlow
2 6 (3.87%) Pandas
3 5 (3.23%) PySpark
3 5 (3.23%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.94%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.94%) Shiny
5 1 (0.65%) Flask
5 1 (0.65%) HTML
5 1 (0.65%) Jinja
5 1 (0.65%) Nunjucks
5 1 (0.65%) OLE
5 1 (0.65%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.84%) Algorithms
2 17 (10.97%) Management Information System
3 12 (7.74%) Multi-touch
4 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.58%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.94%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.29%) Derivative
7 2 (1.29%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.29%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.29%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.29%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.65%) FMCG
8 1 (0.65%) IoT
8 1 (0.65%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.23%) Linux
1 5 (3.23%) Windows
2 3 (1.94%) Unix
3 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.65%) Android
4 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (36.13%) Data Science
1 56 (36.13%) Mathematics
2 53 (34.19%) Data Analysis
3 50 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (25.16%) Machine Learning
5 37 (23.87%) Business Intelligence
6 34 (21.94%) Decision-Making
7 32 (20.65%) Computer Science
7 32 (20.65%) Visualisation
8 26 (16.77%) Analytics
8 26 (16.77%) ITIL
9 25 (16.13%) Service Management
9 25 (16.13%) Statistical Modelling
10 23 (14.84%) Agile
11 22 (14.19%) Artificial Intelligence
11 22 (14.19%) Data Visualisation
12 21 (13.55%) Quality Management
13 19 (12.26%) Problem Management
14 18 (11.61%) Actionable Insight
15 17 (10.97%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 69 (44.52%) Python
2 46 (29.68%) SQL
3 26 (16.77%) R
4 5 (3.23%) C++
4 5 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (3.23%) Java
5 3 (1.94%) Scala
5 3 (1.94%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.29%) Bash
6 2 (1.29%) Go
6 2 (1.29%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.65%) C
7 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 65 (41.94%) Degree
2 34 (21.94%) Security Cleared
3 30 (19.35%) SC Cleared
4 19 (12.26%) ITIL Certification
5 17 (10.97%) Master's Degree
6 13 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (8.39%) PhD
7 7 (4.52%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.29%) MBA
9 1 (0.65%) CISA
9 1 (0.65%) CISM
9 1 (0.65%) CISSP
9 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.65%) GCIH
9 1 (0.65%) HNC
9 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.32%) Data Quality
2 9 (5.81%) SLA
3 5 (3.23%) GDPR
4 4 (2.58%) QA
5 3 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.94%) WCAG
6 2 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.65%) NIST
7 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (5.16%) Docker
2 2 (1.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.29%) Firmware
2 2 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.58%) Terraform
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.65%) SCCM
3 1 (0.65%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 15 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.52%) Databricks
3 6 (3.87%) Alteryx
4 5 (3.23%) Google
5 3 (1.94%) SAP
6 2 (1.29%) Cisco
6 2 (1.29%) Empirix
6 2 (1.29%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.29%) Genesys
6 2 (1.29%) NetScout
6 2 (1.29%) Oracle
6 2 (1.29%) Spotify
7 1 (0.65%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.65%) Facebook
7 1 (0.65%) Huawei
7 1 (0.65%) Instagram
7 1 (0.65%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.65%) Talend
7 1 (0.65%) Workday