Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Data Analyst
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Data Analyst daily rate in Hertfordshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 53 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 5 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.09% 0.82% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.89% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £276 -
25th Percentile £513 £372 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% +56.86%
75th Percentile £538 £559 -
90th Percentile - £599 -
East of England median daily rate £525 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% +77.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.25 £26.24
Median hourly rate £31.64 £14.50 £30.48
Median % change year-on-year +118.21% -52.42% -41.95%
75th Percentile - £14.75 £36.83
90th Percentile - - £38.10
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £16.99 £30.48
% change year-on-year +86.23% -44.25% +12.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 377 562 706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.49% 92.43% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 209 410
10th Percentile £244 £240 £231
25th Percentile £419 £325 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -12.41% +2.75%
75th Percentile £606 £575 £675
90th Percentile £700 £605 £739
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 192 138
10th Percentile £17.98 £15.50 £17.50
25th Percentile £33.00 £42.46 £42.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £66.50 £65.00 £71.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £36.98
% change year-on-year -15.79% +28.47% +86.65%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Hertfordshire

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Data Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Stevenage - 4 - - 2
Welwyn Garden City - 1 £525 -
Data Analyst
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) GAP Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Visualisation
1 4 (80.00%) Data Visualisation
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Impact Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Trend Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (60.00%) Facilities Management
2 3 (60.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Data Lineage
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (20.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Data Visualisation
1 4 (80.00%) GAP Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Visualisation
2 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (60.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (60.00%) Facilities Management
2 3 (60.00%) Impact Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Trend Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Lineage
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft