Analytics Contracts in the Midlands

Analytics
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 28 35
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Analytics 110 141 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.41% 5.07% 5.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.12% 6.21% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 98 105
10th Percentile £312 £352 £328
25th Percentile £367 £361 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +1.20%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £575
90th Percentile £645 £775 £665
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £16.57 £22.59 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.89 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £26.05 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% - -
75th Percentile £23.00 £28.21 -
90th Percentile £30.19 £29.51 -
England median hourly rate £31.85 £30.37 £32.30
% change year-on-year +4.86% -5.98% -7.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Analytics 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,798 2,269 2,851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.35% 81.53% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,181 1,527 1,998
10th Percentile £205 £234 £258
25th Percentile £356 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £639 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 173 99
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.40
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.91 £14.51
Median hourly rate £18.63 £19.00 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% -15.22% +27.62%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £44.25
90th Percentile £47.00 £55.00 £59.00
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Analytics in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
West Midlands -8 72 £513 -6.76% 1,287
East Midlands +14 36 £390 -17.95% 970
Analytics
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (7.27%) Confluence
2 5 (4.55%) Apache
3 3 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.73%) CMS
3 3 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.91%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.82%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.91%) InDesign
4 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.91%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Payment Gateway
1 5 (4.55%) SAP PM
2 4 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.64%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.91%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 31 (28.18%) Power Platform
2 29 (26.36%) Azure
3 11 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 9 (8.18%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (7.27%) AWS
6 8 (7.27%) Serverless
7 7 (6.36%) SaaS
8 6 (5.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (4.55%) Adobe Analytics
9 5 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (4.55%) Collibra
9 5 (4.55%) GitHub
9 5 (4.55%) Google Analytics
9 5 (4.55%) Snowflake
10 4 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (3.64%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.64%) Firewall
2 2 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.91%) 5G
3 1 (0.91%) DSL
3 1 (0.91%) Internet
3 1 (0.91%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.91%) Modbus
3 1 (0.91%) MQTT
3 1 (0.91%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (26.36%) Power BI
2 23 (20.91%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (8.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (6.36%) Big Data
4 7 (6.36%) Relational Database
5 6 (5.45%) Delta Lake
5 6 (5.45%) NoSQL
5 6 (5.45%) SQL Server
5 6 (5.45%) Tableau
6 5 (4.55%) GIS
7 4 (3.64%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (3.64%) Oracle Database
8 3 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (2.73%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.82%) Metadata
9 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (1.82%) Power Query
9 2 (1.82%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (7.27%) JIRA
2 2 (1.82%) Git
2 2 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.91%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (0.91%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.91%) ERwin
3 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (21.82%) Finance
4 12 (10.91%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.27%) Marketing
6 5 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.55%) Retail
7 4 (3.64%) Banking
7 4 (3.64%) Brand Awareness
7 4 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.64%) Law
8 3 (2.73%) Legal
8 3 (2.73%) Local Government
8 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Games
10 1 (0.91%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (16.36%) Analyst
2 15 (13.64%) Data Engineer
3 13 (11.82%) Senior
4 12 (10.91%) Architect
5 10 (9.09%) Consultant
5 10 (9.09%) Engagement Manager
6 8 (7.27%) Data Architect
6 8 (7.27%) Lead
7 7 (6.36%) Data Analyst
7 7 (6.36%) Developer
8 6 (5.45%) Data Manager
9 5 (4.55%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.55%) Project Manager
9 5 (4.55%) Senior Data Engineer
10 4 (3.64%) Digital Product Owner
10 4 (3.64%) Implementation Consultant
10 4 (3.64%) Product Owner
10 4 (3.64%) Senior Engagement Manager
10 4 (3.64%) Senior Manager
10 4 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.18%) Kafka
2 5 (4.55%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (4.55%) HTML
3 4 (3.64%) CSS
3 4 (3.64%) PySpark
4 3 (2.73%) .NET
4 3 (2.73%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (2.73%) RESTful
4 3 (2.73%) Web Services
5 2 (1.82%) ADO
5 2 (1.82%) REST
6 1 (0.91%) Express.js
6 1 (0.91%) Flash
6 1 (0.91%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.91%) Jest
6 1 (0.91%) Middleware
6 1 (0.91%) Node.js
6 1 (0.91%) React
6 1 (0.91%) Redux
6 1 (0.91%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.27%) IoT
2 6 (5.45%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.45%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.45%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.45%) SCADA
2 6 (5.45%) Social Media
3 3 (2.73%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.82%) Credit Risk
4 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.82%) Replication
4 2 (1.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.91%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.91%) NB-IoT
5 1 (0.91%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.91%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (27.27%) Data Analytics
3 28 (25.45%) Agile
4 26 (23.64%) Data Governance
5 25 (22.73%) Decision-Making
6 24 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (20.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (20.00%) Data Modelling
8 22 (20.00%) ETL
9 19 (17.27%) DevOps
10 18 (16.36%) Data Integration
11 16 (14.55%) Artificial Intelligence
11 16 (14.55%) Data Analysis
11 16 (14.55%) Data Pipeline
11 16 (14.55%) Project Management
11 16 (14.55%) Visualisation
12 14 (12.73%) Data Engineering
13 13 (11.82%) Data Architecture
13 13 (11.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 13 (11.82%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.27%) SQL
2 25 (22.73%) Python
3 9 (8.18%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.36%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (4.55%) Java
6 4 (3.64%) Bicep
6 4 (3.64%) R
7 3 (2.73%) Bash
7 3 (2.73%) C#
7 3 (2.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.82%) Scala
9 1 (0.91%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.91%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (15.45%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.73%) Degree
3 12 (10.91%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.73%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.82%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.91%) CITP
7 1 (0.91%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.91%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.91%) PMP
7 1 (0.91%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.91%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.45%) GDPR
3 5 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.82%) SLA
5 1 (0.91%) GAAP
5 1 (0.91%) IFRS
5 1 (0.91%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.91%) NCSC
5 1 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.55%) Docker
2 3 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.55%) Kubernetes
1 5 (4.55%) Terraform
2 3 (2.73%) Kibana
2 3 (2.73%) logstash
3 1 (0.91%) Ansible
3 1 (0.91%) Grafana
3 1 (0.91%) QRadar
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.82%) SAP
3 12 (10.91%) Databricks
4 8 (7.27%) Adobe
5 6 (5.45%) Google
6 5 (4.55%) Informatica
7 4 (3.64%) Oracle
8 2 (1.82%) Avaya
8 2 (1.82%) Cognos
8 2 (1.82%) Facebook
8 2 (1.82%) Genesys
8 2 (1.82%) IBM
8 2 (1.82%) Instagram
8 2 (1.82%) Splunk
8 2 (1.82%) Twitter
8 2 (1.82%) YouTube
9 1 (0.91%) Marketo
9 1 (0.91%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.91%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.91%) Workday