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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 309 388
Rank change year-on-year -19 +79 +18
Contract jobs citing Statistics 147 245 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.67% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.78% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 165 169
10th Percentile £377 £270 £273
25th Percentile £413 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £493 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% -3.80% +2.50%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £600
90th Percentile £630 £620 £800
UK median daily rate £490 £493 £505
% change year-on-year -0.61% -2.38% -2.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 32 24
10th Percentile £22.00 - £18.79
25th Percentile £22.13 £15.39 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.43 £23.25 £21.58
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +7.74% -32.56%
75th Percentile £28.15 £43.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £37.13 £46.18 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.43 £24.00 £19.49
% change year-on-year +5.96% +23.14% -29.13%

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 22,321 31,446 43,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.20% 86.42% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,602 20,588 30,513
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 945 2,245 1,538
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £15.92 £16.23
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +5 70 £469 -6.25% 505
South West +61 21 £601 +14.38% 23
South East +32 17 £450 +39.53% 176
Midlands +17 14 £494 +2.86% 44
North of England -27 11 £550 +11.56% 125
North West -24 10 £550 +11.56% 76
West Midlands +7 9 £494 +23.44% 23
East Midlands +10 5 - - 20
East of England +11 1 - - 37
Yorkshire +10 1 - - 41
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 (12.24%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.40%) SAS
3 2 (1.36%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.68%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 20 (13.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (10.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.68%) CATIA
4 1 (0.68%) Simulink
4 1 (0.68%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 26 (17.69%) Power Platform
2 17 (11.56%) Azure
3 11 (7.48%) AWS
4 9 (6.12%) GCP
5 4 (2.72%) Anthropic Claude
5 4 (2.72%) Azure AI
5 4 (2.72%) GitHub
5 4 (2.72%) Google Gemini
6 3 (2.04%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.36%) SaaS
8 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.68%) Serverless
8 1 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.04%) Broadband
1 3 (2.04%) DNS
2 2 (1.36%) 3G
2 2 (1.36%) 4G
2 2 (1.36%) 5G
2 2 (1.36%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (1.36%) Firewall
2 2 (1.36%) GGSN
2 2 (1.36%) LTE
2 2 (1.36%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (1.36%) RANAP
2 2 (1.36%) SGSN
2 2 (1.36%) VoLTE
2 2 (1.36%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.68%) Internet
3 1 (0.68%) LAN
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
3 1 (0.68%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.69%) Power BI
2 19 (12.93%) Tableau
3 8 (5.44%) Hadoop
4 7 (4.76%) Data Mining
5 6 (4.08%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.40%) Big Data
6 5 (3.40%) Metadata
7 4 (2.72%) Neo4j
7 4 (2.72%) Power Query
8 3 (2.04%) Apache Hive
8 3 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.04%) MySQL
9 2 (1.36%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.36%) PowerPivot
9 2 (1.36%) Redis
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.68%) Looker
10 1 (0.68%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 5 (3.40%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 71 (48.30%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (36.05%) Social Skills
3 29 (19.73%) Finance
4 22 (14.97%) Marketing
4 22 (14.97%) Public Sector
5 14 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (7.48%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (6.80%) Telecoms
8 8 (5.44%) Banking
9 7 (4.76%) Legal
10 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.72%) Police
12 3 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.36%) Advertising
13 2 (1.36%) Automotive
13 2 (1.36%) Back Office
13 2 (1.36%) Law
13 2 (1.36%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 40 (27.21%) Data Scientist
2 22 (14.97%) Senior
3 17 (11.56%) Analyst
4 12 (8.16%) Capacity Manager
5 11 (7.48%) Availability Manager
5 11 (7.48%) Capacity and Availability Manager
6 10 (6.80%) Senior Data Scientist
7 8 (5.44%) Service Manager
8 7 (4.76%) Data Analyst
9 6 (4.08%) Lead
10 5 (3.40%) Coordinator
11 4 (2.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 4 (2.72%) Developer
11 4 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
12 3 (2.04%) Commercial Analyst
12 3 (2.04%) Consultant
12 3 (2.04%) Scrum Master
12 3 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
12 3 (2.04%) Senior Manager
12 3 (2.04%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.16%) TensorFlow
2 9 (6.12%) Pandas
3 5 (3.40%) PyTorch
3 5 (3.40%) scikit-learn
4 4 (2.72%) PySpark
5 1 (0.68%) Flask
5 1 (0.68%) HTML
5 1 (0.68%) Jinja
5 1 (0.68%) Nunjucks
5 1 (0.68%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.33%) Algorithms
2 16 (10.88%) Management Information System
3 11 (7.48%) Multi-touch
4 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.72%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.04%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.04%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.36%) Derivative
6 2 (1.36%) FMCG
6 2 (1.36%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.36%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.36%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.36%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.68%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.68%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.72%) Linux
1 4 (2.72%) Windows
2 3 (2.04%) Unix
3 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.68%) Android
4 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.78%) Data Science
2 53 (36.05%) Mathematics
3 51 (34.69%) Data Analysis
4 44 (29.93%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (27.89%) Machine Learning
6 37 (25.17%) Business Intelligence
7 34 (23.13%) Decision-Making
8 32 (21.77%) Computer Science
8 32 (21.77%) Visualisation
9 27 (18.37%) Statistical Modelling
10 26 (17.69%) ITIL
11 25 (17.01%) Service Management
12 23 (15.65%) Data Visualisation
13 22 (14.97%) Artificial Intelligence
14 21 (14.29%) Quality Management
15 19 (12.93%) Problem Management
16 18 (12.24%) Analytics
17 17 (11.56%) Collaborative Working
18 16 (10.88%) Agile
19 15 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 66 (44.90%) Python
2 47 (31.97%) SQL
3 28 (19.05%) R
4 4 (2.72%) C++
4 4 (2.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.04%) Java
5 3 (2.04%) Scala
6 2 (1.36%) Bash
6 2 (1.36%) Go
6 2 (1.36%) MATLAB
6 2 (1.36%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 65 (44.22%) Degree
2 37 (25.17%) Security Cleared
3 31 (21.09%) SC Cleared
4 19 (12.93%) ITIL Certification
5 17 (11.56%) Master's Degree
6 13 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (8.84%) PhD
7 7 (4.76%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.36%) MBA
9 1 (0.68%) CISA
9 1 (0.68%) CISM
9 1 (0.68%) CISSP
9 1 (0.68%) GCIH
9 1 (0.68%) HNC
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.12%) SLA
3 4 (2.72%) QA
4 3 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.04%) GDPR
5 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.68%) COBIT
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.68%) NIST
6 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (5.44%) Docker
2 2 (1.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.68%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.68%) Firmware
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.72%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.68%) SCCM
3 1 (0.68%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 12 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.40%) Alteryx
2 5 (3.40%) Google
3 3 (2.04%) Databricks
3 3 (2.04%) SAP
4 2 (1.36%) Empirix
4 2 (1.36%) Genesys
4 2 (1.36%) NetScout
4 2 (1.36%) Oracle
4 2 (1.36%) Remedy
4 2 (1.36%) Spotify
5 1 (0.68%) Amplitude
5 1 (0.68%) BT
5 1 (0.68%) Facebook
5 1 (0.68%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.68%) Instagram
5 1 (0.68%) Nexthink
5 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.68%) Talend
5 1 (0.68%) Workday