Exploratory Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in London

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Exploratory Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 377 417
Rank change year-on-year 0 +40 +163
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Data Analysis 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.029% 0.032% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.036% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £351 -
25th Percentile £613 £367 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £413 £356
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% +15.79% -49.11%
75th Percentile £638 £448 £446
90th Percentile - £467 £448
England median daily rate £406 £378 £413
% change year-on-year +7.47% -8.36% -41.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Exploratory 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,811 13,740 18,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.42% 89.13% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,441 8,850 13,111
10th Percentile £331 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 161 250
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.56
25th Percentile £25.00 £25.00 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £38.07 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -22.51% +2.42% -0.88%
75th Percentile £47.00 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.46% -18.73% +27.14%

Exploratory Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Exploratory Data Analysis job vacancy trend in London

Exploratory Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Exploratory Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Exploratory Data Analysis
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Data Analysis within the London region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Central London - 1 £625 - 2
Exploratory Data Analysis
England

Exploratory Data Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Snowflake
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Dagster
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Data Scientist
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Data Scientist
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Pandas
2 2 (50.00%) scikit-learn
3 1 (25.00%) Matplotlib
3 1 (25.00%) NumPy
3 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
3 1 (25.00%) Seaborn
3 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) AI
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Backtesting
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PhD
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle