Data Analytics Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Data Analytics Engineer
England > North of England

The median Data Analytics Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 166 -
Rank change year-on-year -77 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Engineer 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.030% 0.089% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.095% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £513 -
25th Percentile £515 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £528 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% - -
75th Percentile £545 £543 -
90th Percentile - £544 -
England median daily rate £525 £450 £630
% change year-on-year +16.67% -28.57% +15.60%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 6,173 3,161 4,475
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.47% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,646 2,090 2,724
10th Percentile £313 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £367 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -5.08% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £668
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 169 450
10th Percentile £17.13 £12.76 £11.11
25th Percentile £25.77 £14.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.14 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year +125.84% -4.67% -16.16%
75th Percentile £70.00 £48.75 £47.88
90th Percentile £78.75 £74.00 £66.82
England median hourly rate £45.59 £29.80 £38.50
% change year-on-year +52.97% -22.60% -14.44%

Data Analytics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Analytics Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Analytics Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Data Analytics Engineer
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 Data Analytics Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 June 2026. 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 -42 2 £530 +0.47% 3
Data Analytics Engineer
England

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 8 June 2026, Data Analytics Engineer 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 North of England region featuring Data Analytics Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks