Data Analysis Expressions Contracts in the Midlands

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis Expressions over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 124 145
Rank change year-on-year +17 +21 +37
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 10 11 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.50% 0.41% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.90% 1.74% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 11
10th Percentile £388 £260 £375
25th Percentile £405 £275 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +28.33% -21.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £528 £400 £538
90th Percentile £588 £438 £588
England median daily rate £438 £438 £475
% change year-on-year - -7.89% -5.00%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 526 634 839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.55% 23.56% 25.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 461 615
10th Percentile £268 £260 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £534 £550 £575
90th Percentile £626 £635 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 15
10th Percentile £18.32 £22.42 £20.24
25th Percentile £20.87 £27.38 £24.31
Median hourly rate £33.91 £51.78 £33.39
Median % change year-on-year -34.51% +55.10% -4.61%
75th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £54.38
90th Percentile - £60.13 £86.50
England median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +23.10%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Data Analysis Expressions as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis Expressions in the Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis Expressions in the Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the Midlands

Data Analysis Expressions
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 Data Analysis Expressions within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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 +12 7 £475 +26.67% 55
East Midlands +12 3 £481 - 37
Data Analysis Expressions
England

Data Analysis Expressions
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 1 (10.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (10.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (100.00%) Power BI
2 5 (50.00%) Power Query
3 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (20.00%) Tableau
4 1 (10.00%) Big Data
4 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (10.00%) Hadoop
4 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Power BI Developer
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Lead
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 2 (20.00%) Lead
4 2 (20.00%) Lead Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Power BI Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Business Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Migration Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 5 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 4 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (30.00%) Data Extraction
5 3 (30.00%) Storytelling
6 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
6 2 (20.00%) ETL
6 2 (20.00%) Migration
7 1 (10.00%) Data Engineering
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (10.00%) SDLC
7 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
7 1 (10.00%) User Experience
7 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) R
4 1 (10.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Cognos
2 2 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (10.00%) Databricks
3 1 (10.00%) IBM