Data Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Data Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 118 124
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 28 47 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.02% 1.36% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.44% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 36 53
10th Percentile £342 £185 £262
25th Percentile £356 £250 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £340 £413
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -17.58% +10.00%
75th Percentile £449 £438 £475
90th Percentile £551 £519 £519
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 10
10th Percentile - £24.13 £20.86
25th Percentile - £28.44 -
Median hourly rate - £36.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £43.44 -
90th Percentile - £47.38 -
England median hourly rate £21.64 £22.33 £19.52
% change year-on-year -3.09% +14.40% +5.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,524 3,265 4,866
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.64% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,296 3,558
10th Percentile £213 £223 £205
25th Percentile £326 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +13.75%
75th Percentile £588 £576 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in the Midlands

Data Analyst
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 Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +11 16 £425 +30.77% 12
East Midlands +23 12 £369 -7.81% 11
Data Analyst
England

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (35.71%) Oracle
1 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 9 (32.14%) SQL
3 8 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
5 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
5 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
5 5 (17.86%) Python
5 5 (17.86%) Finance
5 5 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Analytics
5 5 (17.86%) Oracle Database
5 5 (17.86%) Power BI
5 5 (17.86%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (17.86%) Data Science
5 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
6 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 4 (14.29%) Denodo
6 4 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Data Quality
6 4 (14.29%) Performance Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Web Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Manual Testing
6 4 (14.29%) System Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Local Government
7 3 (10.71%) Validation
7 3 (10.71%) Agile
7 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (10.71%) CRM

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 (3.57%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Azure App Service
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle Database
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (7.14%) Data Mining
4 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.57%) Big Data
4 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.57%) Hadoop
4 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.57%) Pentaho
4 1 (3.57%) Power Query
4 1 (3.57%) Presto
4 1 (3.57%) Tableau
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Local Government
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) FMCG
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 8 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
4 5 (17.86%) Analytics
4 5 (17.86%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (17.86%) Data Science
4 5 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (14.29%) Manual Testing
5 4 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 4 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (14.29%) System Testing
5 4 (14.29%) Web Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (10.71%) Agile
6 3 (10.71%) CRM
6 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) Validation
6 3 (10.71%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) Python
3 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) ACCA
3 1 (3.57%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Oracle
2 4 (14.29%) Denodo
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) Databricks
5 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.57%) Splunk
5 1 (3.57%) Teradata