Exploratory Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Exploratory Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 160 -
Rank change year-on-year -60 - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Data Analysis 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.018% 0.061% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.068% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
England median daily rate £481 £495 £430
% change year-on-year -2.78% +15.12% -37.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.50 -
England median hourly rate - £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - -52.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Exploratory Data Analysis 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 4,772 2,939 4,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 86.73% 89.03% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,102 1,796 2,618
10th Percentile £258 £263 £275
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £582
90th Percentile £644 £650 £672
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 151 340
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £21.65 £19.13 £13.50
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £20.33
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +41.45% -30.27%
75th Percentile £63.40 £47.47 £45.88
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.50 £53.75
England median hourly rate £29.32 £35.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year -16.23% +3.63% -5.26%

Exploratory Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Exploratory Data Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Exploratory Data Analysis job vacancy trend in the North of England

Exploratory Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Exploratory Data Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Exploratory Data Analysis

Exploratory Data Analysis
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 Exploratory Data Analysis within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 March 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 -35 1 £400 -20.00% 1
Exploratory Data Analysis
England

Exploratory Data Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality