Data Analytics Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Data Analytics Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Data Analytics Engineer daily rate in Reading is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Engineer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% - 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £463
75th Percentile £588 - £500
90th Percentile - - £523
Berkshire median daily rate £575 - £463

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 536 990 1,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 88.71% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 541 708
10th Percentile £343 £334 £312
25th Percentile £423 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +5.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -8.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 40 18
10th Percentile - £48.92 £38.80
25th Percentile £14.75 £58.24 £54.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £70.27 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.87% +6.47% +89.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £87.47 £74.59
90th Percentile £69.00 £100.00 £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.18 £61.75 £56.89
% change year-on-year -47.89% +8.55% +63.04%

Data Analytics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Data Analytics Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics Engineer in Reading

Data Analytics Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analytics Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Data Analytics Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Data Analytics Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Server Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code

Data Analytics Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft