Analytics Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire
Analytics
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | 51 | 43 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | -8 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing Analytics | 81 | 33 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire | 6.93% | 4.82% | 3.59% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 8.15% | 5.03% | 4.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 22 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £291 | £487 |
| 25th Percentile | £441 | £330 | £507 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £507 | £475 | £528 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.63% | -9.95% | +5.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £584 | £569 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £653 | £675 | £734 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £475 | £482 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.50% | -12.32% | -8.33% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire
Analytics 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 South Yorkshire.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 994 | 656 | 423 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 85.03% | 95.91% | 89.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 654 | 436 | 220 |
| 10th Percentile | £366 | £312 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £389 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £504 | £481 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.62% | -7.45% | -11.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £538 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £650 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 8 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.00 | £14.66 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.17 | £15.00 | £12.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.60 | £18.87 | £12.83 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.17% | +47.08% | -37.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.77 | £20.44 | £16.68 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.79 | £25.15 | £21.05 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £19.34 | £25.04 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.78% | +28.40% | -8.49% |
Analytics Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
Analytics Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Analytics.
Analytics Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
Analytics Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | +11 | 79 | £507 | +6.63% | 35 |
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Analytics Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 37.0% | 30 |
| 2 | Cybersecurity | 33.3% | 27 |
| 3 | DevOps | 28.4% | 23 |
| 4 | CI/CD | 27.2% | 22 |
| 5 | Data Engineering | 25.9% | 21 |
| 6 | Agile | 24.7% | 20 |
| 7 | Data Pipeline | 21.0% | 17 |
| 7 | Stakeholder Management | 21.0% | 17 |
| 9 | Data Protection | 19.8% | 16 |
| 10 | Continuous Improvement | 18.5% | 15 |
| 10 | Data Modelling | 18.5% | 15 |
| 10 | Data Science | 18.5% | 15 |
| 13 | Decision-Making | 17.3% | 14 |
| 13 | Use Case | 17.3% | 14 |
| 15 | Machine Learning | 16.0% | 13 |
| 15 | Problem-Solving | 16.0% | 13 |
| 17 | Collaborative Working | 14.8% | 12 |
| 18 | Infrastructure as Code | 13.6% | 11 |
| 19 | Architectural Patterns | 12.3% | 10 |
| 19 | Business Intelligence | 12.3% | 10 |