Lead Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

Lead Data Analyst
England > South East

The median Lead Data Analyst daily rate in the South East is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 177 215
Rank change year-on-year +6 +38 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Analyst 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.027% 0.047% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.051% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £625 £400
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £388 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £390 £400
% change year-on-year +41.03% -2.50% -23.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,284 3,899 5,237
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 92.22% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,123 2,337 3,511
10th Percentile £204 £250 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -0.78% +2.50%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £615
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 227 257
10th Percentile £13.09 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.73 £57.54 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.97% +15.08% +56.69%
75th Percentile £45.88 £72.82 £66.44
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.37% +58.64%

Lead Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Lead Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Lead Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Data Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Data Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Lead Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Data Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead Data Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Lead Data Analyst
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 Lead Data Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 October 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 - 1 £375 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 1 £375 -
Lead Data Analyst
England

Lead Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Lead Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Lead Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QlikView
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Lead Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) QlikView
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality