Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in Kent

Data Analysis
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.28% 0.83% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 0.94% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £345 - -
25th Percentile £375 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £650
75th Percentile £525 - £694
90th Percentile £555 - £705
South East median daily rate £425 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -10.53% +8.57% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £16.33 £19.02 £18.94
% change year-on-year -14.13% +0.42% -35.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Data Analysis 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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 106 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 70.78% 87.60% 61.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 84 77
10th Percentile £155 £160 £159
25th Percentile £192 £220 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% -11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £603 £603 £550
90th Percentile £650 £635 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 4 15
10th Percentile £21.00 - £11.69
25th Percentile £34.01 £16.36 -
Median hourly rate £41.56 £18.38 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +126.09% +22.53% -74.03%
75th Percentile £42.00 £20.66 £19.50
90th Percentile £66.74 £21.12 £58.21
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +129.17% -52.00% -

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Kent

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Kent over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in Kent

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Kent region over the 6 months to 13 July 2026. 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
Canterbury - 2 £550 -
Dartford - 2 £400 -
Rochester - 1 - -
Data Analysis
South East

Data Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) OCI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (40.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Workforce Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Facebook
2 1 (20.00%) Instagram
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle