Exploratory Analysis Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Exploratory Analysis
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Exploratory Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Analysis 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.61% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

Exploratory 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 131 105 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 80.37% 83.33% 71.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 62 77
10th Percentile £170 £178 £208
25th Percentile £400 £412 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +4.62% -9.30%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £634
90th Percentile £688 £710 £654
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £540 £582
% change year-on-year +1.85% -7.22% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 9
10th Percentile £30.75 £70.95 £13.00
25th Percentile £37.24 £71.63 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.21% -8.75% +196.30%
75th Percentile £62.23 £74.13 -
90th Percentile £74.80 £74.65 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.75 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +16.46% -28.51% +9.24%

Exploratory Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Spark SQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks