Data Analysis Contracts in the South East

Data Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 106 84
Rank change year-on-year +24 -22 +50
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 64 92 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.19% 1.68% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 2.00% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 54 82
10th Percentile £253 £321 £226
25th Percentile £370 £381 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £515
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% -10.69% +11.96%
75th Percentile £544 £630 £575
90th Percentile £620 £744 £699
England median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 12
10th Percentile £17.34 - -
25th Percentile £18.86 £17.64 £20.47
Median hourly rate £21.39 £20.24 £29.58
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -31.59% +51.54%
75th Percentile £21.75 £24.43 £32.30
90th Percentile £21.96 £36.02 £32.48
England median hourly rate £31.64 £29.00 £31.27
% change year-on-year +9.10% -7.26% -10.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,666 4,608 4,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.43% 84.21% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,718 2,676 3,448
10th Percentile £250 £255 £248
25th Percentile £387 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £502
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -0.25% +0.30%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £656 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 443 217
10th Percentile £13.28 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.26 £22.16
Median hourly rate £25.82 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.65% -5.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £61.69 £62.50 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley -3 22 £525 +16.67% 437
Surrey +31 20 £450 -7.69% 90
Hampshire +26 19 £450 -5.26% 160
Berkshire +11 17 £575 +32.95% 269
Oxfordshire +2 3 £425 +25.00% 84
East Sussex -1 3 £375 -8.54% 45
Buckinghamshire -7 2 £225 -50.55% 88
Data Analysis
England

Data Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.56%) Apache
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.69%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (1.56%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 17 (26.56%) Azure
3 7 (10.94%) Snowflake
4 6 (9.38%) AWS
5 4 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (3.13%) GCP
6 2 (3.13%) SaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.56%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) 5G
1 1 (1.56%) Firewall
1 1 (1.56%) Intranet
1 1 (1.56%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (31.25%) Power BI
2 12 (18.75%) Tableau
3 7 (10.94%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (7.81%) Data Lake
5 4 (6.25%) Big Data
5 4 (6.25%) Hadoop
5 4 (6.25%) Relational Database
6 3 (4.69%) Metadata
6 3 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (3.13%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (1.56%) Data Mart
8 1 (1.56%) GIS
8 1 (1.56%) Impala
8 1 (1.56%) MS Access
8 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.56%) PowerPivot
8 1 (1.56%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (1.56%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) MSI
2 3 (4.69%) ERwin
3 2 (3.13%) JIRA
3 2 (3.13%) JMeter
4 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 16 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.75%) Finance
4 8 (12.50%) Marketing
5 3 (4.69%) Legal
5 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.56%) Billing
7 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Electronics
7 1 (1.56%) Games
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Local Government
7 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.56%) Publishing
7 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (43.75%) Analyst
2 20 (31.25%) Data Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Senior
4 6 (9.38%) Architect
4 6 (9.38%) Pensions Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Systems Analyst
5 5 (7.81%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.81%) SQL Analyst
5 5 (7.81%) SQL Data Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Configuration Manager
6 3 (4.69%) CRM Executive
6 3 (4.69%) Data Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Data Scientist
6 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Data Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Data Business Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Developer
7 2 (3.13%) Lead
7 2 (3.13%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) CSS
1 3 (4.69%) HTML
1 3 (4.69%) Web Services
2 1 (1.56%) Kafka
2 1 (1.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.13%) Algorithms
1 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (3.13%) Data Structures
1 2 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.56%) Data Fabric
2 1 (1.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.81%) Windows
1 5 (7.81%) Windows 10
1 5 (7.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (35.94%) Analytics
3 19 (29.69%) Visualisation
4 14 (21.88%) Decision-Making
5 11 (17.19%) Data Modelling
6 10 (15.63%) Actionable Insight
6 10 (15.63%) Dashboard Development
6 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.06%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (12.50%) Change Management
9 7 (10.94%) Agile
10 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (9.38%) Data Governance
11 5 (7.81%) Data Extraction
11 5 (7.81%) Data Integration
11 5 (7.81%) Machine Learning
11 5 (7.81%) Process Improvement
11 5 (7.81%) Security Patching
11 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 32 (50.00%) SQL
2 9 (14.06%) Python
3 7 (10.94%) C#
4 6 (9.38%) R
5 5 (7.81%) PowerShell
6 4 (6.25%) VB
7 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.13%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.56%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Degree
2 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.13%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (3.13%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.56%) CCNA
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.56%) MBA
5 1 (1.56%) MCSE
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.56%) PhD
5 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.56%) PMP
5 1 (1.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (1.56%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) QA
2 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.13%) GDPR
3 2 (3.13%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) SCCM
2 1 (1.56%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) Oracle
2 5 (7.81%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.25%) Adobe
3 4 (6.25%) Databricks
3 4 (6.25%) OpenAI
3 4 (6.25%) SAP
4 3 (4.69%) Ariba
5 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.13%) Sparx
5 2 (3.13%) Workday
6 1 (1.56%) Google
6 1 (1.56%) Splunk
6 1 (1.56%) Talend