Analytics Contracts in the North of England

Analytics
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 50 42
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +22
Contract jobs citing Analytics 151 162 268
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.58% 3.40% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.09% 3.96% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 104 178
10th Percentile £319 £338 £400
25th Percentile £398 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £546 £585 £630
90th Percentile £622 £625 £679
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 3
10th Percentile - £11.44 £22.70
25th Percentile £67.50 £13.50 £27.31
Median hourly rate £70.00 £28.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +147.79% -19.29% +89.19%
75th Percentile £72.50 £43.75 £37.50
90th Percentile - - £39.00
England median hourly rate £31.49 £30.37 £31.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% -2.03% -11.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Analytics in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +14 102 £463 -7.50% 383
Yorkshire -6 40 £475 -5.00% 142
North East +1 11 £358 -24.95% 53
Analytics
England

Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 7 (4.64%) Apache Spark
1 7 (4.64%) Confluence
2 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.31%) SAS
4 4 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.65%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.99%) Apache
5 3 (1.99%) JBoss
6 1 (0.66%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.66%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.66%) InVision
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.66%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 16 (10.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.32%) Shopify
3 1 (0.66%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.66%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.66%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.66%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.83%) Azure
2 27 (17.88%) AWS
3 25 (16.56%) Power Platform
4 15 (9.93%) GitHub
5 14 (9.27%) Snowflake
6 13 (8.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (7.95%) GCP
8 9 (5.96%) dbt
8 9 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (5.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
12 5 (3.31%) Google Analytics
12 5 (3.31%) IaaS
12 5 (3.31%) Serverless
13 4 (2.65%) Azure Functions
13 4 (2.65%) Google Compute Engine
13 4 (2.65%) OpenShift
13 4 (2.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.30%) Network Security
2 6 (3.97%) Firewall
3 5 (3.31%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (2.65%) DNS
5 3 (1.99%) LAN
5 3 (1.99%) WAN
6 1 (0.66%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (16.56%) Power BI
2 21 (13.91%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (6.62%) BigQuery
3 10 (6.62%) SQL Server
4 9 (5.96%) Data Lake
4 9 (5.96%) Tableau
5 8 (5.30%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.97%) Metadata
6 6 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (3.31%) Big Data
7 5 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.65%) Airbyte
8 4 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.65%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.99%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.99%) Metadata Repository
9 3 (1.99%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.99%) SAP HANA
10 2 (1.32%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.32%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 13 (8.61%) JIRA
2 11 (7.28%) Git
3 9 (5.96%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.64%) Selenium
5 5 (3.31%) SonarQube
6 4 (2.65%) Cucumber
6 4 (2.65%) Gradle
6 4 (2.65%) HP UFT
6 4 (2.65%) IntelliJ
6 4 (2.65%) JUnit
6 4 (2.65%) Maven
6 4 (2.65%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.99%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (1.99%) CA Release Automation
7 3 (1.99%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.99%) TeamCity
8 2 (1.32%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.32%) GitLab
8 2 (1.32%) JMeter
8 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 51 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.49%) Finance
3 25 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.61%) Banking
4 13 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.28%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.97%) Automotive
6 6 (3.97%) Legal
6 6 (3.97%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.31%) Marketing
7 5 (3.31%) Retail
7 5 (3.31%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.66%) Military
10 1 (0.66%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.66%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.66%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (16.56%) Architect
2 24 (15.89%) Data Engineer
3 23 (15.23%) Analyst
4 17 (11.26%) Senior
5 10 (6.62%) Data Architect
6 8 (5.30%) Business Analyst
6 8 (5.30%) Developer
7 7 (4.64%) Consultant
8 6 (3.97%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Lead
8 6 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.31%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.31%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (3.31%) User Experience Researcher
10 4 (2.65%) Data Analytics Specialist
10 4 (2.65%) SAP Architect
11 3 (1.99%) Data Analytics Engineer
11 3 (1.99%) GCP Architect
11 3 (1.99%) SAS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.96%) Kafka
2 6 (3.97%) REST
3 5 (3.31%) PySpark
4 4 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.65%) OAuth
4 4 (2.65%) OAuth2
4 4 (2.65%) OpenID
4 4 (2.65%) SAML
5 3 (1.99%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.99%) CSS
5 3 (1.99%) HTML
5 3 (1.99%) Middleware
5 3 (1.99%) React
5 3 (1.99%) RESTful
5 3 (1.99%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.32%) Anaconda
6 2 (1.32%) Pandas
6 2 (1.32%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.66%) Jest
7 1 (0.66%) Nightwatchjs
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (3.97%) Industry 4.0
1 6 (3.97%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 6 (3.97%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.31%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.65%) Life Science
3 4 (2.65%) Low-Code
3 4 (2.65%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.65%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.65%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.32%) FMCG
5 2 (1.32%) IoT
5 2 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.32%) Replication
5 2 (1.32%) Social Media
6 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.66%) MISP
6 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.96%) Windows
2 6 (3.97%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.65%) Linux
3 4 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.99%) Unix
5 2 (1.32%) Android
5 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (31.79%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (22.52%) Data Analytics
2 34 (22.52%) Data Modelling
3 33 (21.85%) Data Pipeline
4 28 (18.54%) ETL
5 27 (17.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (17.22%) Visualisation
7 24 (15.89%) Agile
7 24 (15.89%) Decision-Making
8 21 (13.91%) DevOps
9 20 (13.25%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (13.25%) Data Engineering
10 19 (12.58%) CI/CD
11 16 (10.60%) Containerisation
12 15 (9.93%) Data Analysis
12 15 (9.93%) Data Science
13 14 (9.27%) Actionable Insight
13 14 (9.27%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (9.27%) ERP
13 14 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.18%) Python
2 34 (22.52%) SQL
3 9 (5.96%) PowerShell
4 8 (5.30%) Java
5 5 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.31%) Scala
6 4 (2.65%) SPARQL
6 4 (2.65%) T-SQL
7 3 (1.99%) Perl
7 3 (1.99%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.32%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.32%) R
9 1 (0.66%) Bash
9 1 (0.66%) Groovy
9 1 (0.66%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.66%) VB
9 1 (0.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (17.88%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.58%) Degree
3 13 (8.61%) Master's Degree
4 9 (5.96%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.31%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.66%) CBAP
8 1 (0.66%) CSPO
8 1 (0.66%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.66%) MBA
8 1 (0.66%) MCP
8 1 (0.66%) MCSA
8 1 (0.66%) MCSE
8 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.66%) PMP
8 1 (0.66%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.95%) QA
2 11 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.30%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.65%) GDPR
4 4 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.99%) PMO
6 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.66%) GRC
6 1 (0.66%) NCSC
6 1 (0.66%) PSD2
6 1 (0.66%) SLA
6 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (6.62%) Active Directory
1 10 (6.62%) Docker
2 6 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.31%) vSphere
4 1 (0.66%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (13.91%) Kubernetes
2 18 (11.92%) Terraform
3 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.97%) MOM
4 5 (3.31%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.65%) Ansible
6 3 (1.99%) Istio
6 3 (1.99%) Kibana
6 3 (1.99%) Kustomize
7 2 (1.32%) Grafana
7 2 (1.32%) Puppet
8 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.66%) Nessus
8 1 (0.66%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.66%) QRadar
8 1 (0.66%) SCCM
8 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.91%) Databricks
3 19 (12.58%) SAP
4 16 (10.60%) Google
5 8 (5.30%) Splunk
6 7 (4.64%) VMware
7 6 (3.97%) Ariba
7 6 (3.97%) Rockwell
7 6 (3.97%) Siemens
8 5 (3.31%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.99%) Adobe
9 3 (1.99%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.99%) Cloudera
9 3 (1.99%) Concur
9 3 (1.99%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.32%) Anaplan
10 2 (1.32%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.32%) Hyperion
10 2 (1.32%) Oracle
10 2 (1.32%) Talend