Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 76 85
Rank change year-on-year -18 +9 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 61 42 37
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.97% 2.55% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 2.80% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 28
10th Percentile £317 £192 £243
25th Percentile £358 £358 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% -6.58%
75th Percentile £580 £538 £514
90th Percentile £625 £601 £541
South East median daily rate £475 £450 £481
% change year-on-year +5.56% -6.44% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 1
10th Percentile £28.99 £31.12 -
25th Percentile - £32.64 £70.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.27 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.95% -55.91% +147.68%
75th Percentile £30.84 £38.02 £90.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £39.60 -
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £26.09 £54.50
% change year-on-year +14.99% -52.13% +153.49%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,835 1,502 2,049
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.36% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,768 925 1,159
10th Percentile £335 £264 £263
25th Percentile £431 £393 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.57% +1.60%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £614
90th Percentile £700 £664 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 91 105
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.31 £15.12 £32.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £61.06
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -58.81% +24.45%
75th Percentile £83.00 £62.37 £72.33
90th Percentile £103.20 £87.25 £90.00
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +98.81% -56.15% +14.70%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Berkshire -2 42 £570 +12.32% 5
Buckinghamshire -32 12 £500 +11.11% 4
Oxfordshire -25 7 £400 +123.46% 1
Data Analyst
South East

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (36.07%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (34.43%) Power BI
2 21 (34.43%) Power Platform
3 19 (31.15%) Security Cleared
4 15 (24.59%) Microsoft Excel
5 14 (22.95%) Dashboard Development
5 14 (22.95%) Data Quality
5 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
6 13 (21.31%) Data Governance
7 12 (19.67%) Analytics
7 12 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (19.67%) SQL
8 10 (16.39%) Decision-Making
8 10 (16.39%) Visualisation
9 9 (14.75%) Data Analysis
9 9 (14.75%) Data Modelling
9 9 (14.75%) iTrent
9 9 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.75%) SAP
9 9 (14.75%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (14.75%) Tableau
9 9 (14.75%) Workday
10 8 (13.11%) Oracle
11 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
11 7 (11.48%) Validation
12 6 (9.84%) Azure
12 6 (9.84%) Data Visualisation
13 5 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
13 5 (8.20%) Customer-Centricity
13 5 (8.20%) Data Analytics

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (14.75%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 21 (34.43%) Power Platform
2 9 (14.75%) SuccessFactors
3 6 (9.84%) Azure
4 4 (6.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (4.92%) AWS
6 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.28%) SaaS
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.64%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (34.43%) Power BI
2 9 (14.75%) Tableau
3 4 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.56%) Metadata
4 3 (4.92%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (3.28%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.28%) Spark SQL
6 1 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.64%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.64%) GIS
6 1 (1.64%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (1.64%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Git
General
1 21 (34.43%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (27.87%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Finance
4 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.92%) Military
5 3 (4.92%) Retail
6 2 (3.28%) Automotive
6 2 (3.28%) Legal
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.64%) Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
7 1 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) PySpark
2 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
1 3 (4.92%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.64%) Reference Data
3 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (22.95%) Dashboard Development
3 13 (21.31%) Data Governance
4 12 (19.67%) Analytics
4 12 (19.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (16.39%) Decision-Making
5 10 (16.39%) Visualisation
6 9 (14.75%) Data Analysis
6 9 (14.75%) Data Modelling
6 9 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (11.48%) Validation
8 6 (9.84%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
9 5 (8.20%) Customer-Centricity
9 5 (8.20%) Data Analytics
10 4 (6.56%) Agile
10 4 (6.56%) Asset Management
10 4 (6.56%) Data Engineering
10 4 (6.56%) Process Improvement
10 4 (6.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) SQL
2 4 (6.56%) Python
3 1 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (31.15%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.92%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.95%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.56%) QA
3 3 (4.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 9 (14.75%) SAP
1 9 (14.75%) Workday
2 8 (13.11%) Oracle
3 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.56%) Databricks
5 1 (1.64%) Foundry
5 1 (1.64%) Palantir