Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in Preston

Data Analysis
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.55% - 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% - 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £400
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £444 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 69 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 82.87% 93.24% 79.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 47 21
10th Percentile £310 £352 £200
25th Percentile £450 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £575
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -20.87% +31.63%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £627
90th Percentile £671 £679 £975
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £488 £493
% change year-on-year +12.82% -1.12% -10.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 5
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.31
25th Percentile £60.00 £30.68 £25.30
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.12 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.56% +27.35% -19.35%
75th Percentile £78.17 £53.21 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £63.64 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £47.97 £51.16 £40.33
% change year-on-year -6.25% +26.87% -12.68%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Preston

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Data Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Server Migrations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler