Exploratory Analysis Contract Job Trends in London

Exploratory Analysis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Exploratory Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 349 404
Rank change year-on-year -67 +55 +75
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Analysis 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.037% 0.008% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.008% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £534 £444 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £643 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.92% - -
75th Percentile £788 £481 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £643 £381 -
% change year-on-year +68.52% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £42.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Exploratory 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,060 11,834 15,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.37% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,363 7,912 11,103
10th Percentile £360 £335 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 221 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £68.68
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Exploratory Analysis job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Exploratory Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Exploratory Analysis

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Exploratory Analysis in London over the 6 months to 28 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Exploratory Analysis in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Exploratory Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Exploratory Analysis

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
1 1 (14.29%) Neo4j
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Data Scientist
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) GraphQL
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Analytics
1 5 (71.43%) Data Science
2 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 1 (14.29%) Pricing Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Cypher
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks
1 1 (14.29%) Palantir