Data Analytics Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Analytics Specialist
England > Midlands

The median Data Analytics Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £477, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 133 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Specialist 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.036% 0.075% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.081% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £304 -
25th Percentile £473 £356 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £448 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% - -
75th Percentile £480 £546 -
90th Percentile - £601 -
England median daily rate £528 £625 -
% change year-on-year -15.48% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,497 2,469 2,726
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 92.71% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,642 1,534 1,905
10th Percentile £225 £228 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £491 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% +3.32% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
England median daily rate £511 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.73% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 99 121
10th Percentile £13.62 £12.58 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.45 £15.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £24.67 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.64% +12.50% +13.90%
75th Percentile £30.47 £32.91 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.28% +58.75%

Data Analytics Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Analytics Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Data Analytics Specialist job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Analytics Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Specialist job vacancies in the Midlands

Data Analytics Specialist
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 Analytics Specialist within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 October 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 -15 1 £477 +6.48% 2
Data Analytics Specialist
England

Data Analytics Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Data Analytics Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Data Analytics Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Data Analytics Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes