Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Data Analysis
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.23% 2.08% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 2.22% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile £288 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £340
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +47.06% -
75th Percentile £363 - -
90th Percentile £385 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £400 £463 £395
% change year-on-year -13.51% +17.09% +5.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54 45 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 87.10% 93.75% 86.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 22 57
10th Percentile £207 £211 £180
25th Percentile £363 £361 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% +13.89% -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £525
90th Percentile £616 £696 £585
Oxfordshire median daily rate £468 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.50% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 15
10th Percentile - £13.08 £12.70
25th Percentile £15.62 £16.96 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.34 £45.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.02% +73.08% +6.12%
75th Percentile - £46.30 £47.75
90th Percentile £24.03 £46.78 £65.00
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £20.18 £36.38 £19.50
% change year-on-year -44.53% +86.56% -25.00%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Oxford

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Data Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Data Analysis

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Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Oxford over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in Oxford

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Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Data Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Information Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality