Data Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 83 107
Rank change year-on-year +26 +24 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 42 53 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.88% 2.02% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.11% 2.18% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 29 29
10th Percentile £206 £243 £280
25th Percentile £400 £308 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £365 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.14% -27.00% +15.47%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £538
90th Percentile £588 £555 £550
South East median daily rate £463 £400 £463
% change year-on-year +15.63% -13.51% +6.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £20.63
Median hourly rate £25.30 £80.00 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -68.38% +184.09% -
75th Percentile £25.45 £90.00 £32.30
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.07 £80.00 £22.16
% change year-on-year -72.41% +261.01% +13.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,349 2,436 2,672
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.69% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 1,384 1,825
10th Percentile £286 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 187 79
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.70 £16.94
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.05 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% -1.86% +176.57%
75th Percentile £66.56 £62.60 £66.21
90th Percentile £79.44 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £48.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -29.41% -4.00% +138.10%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst 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 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in the Thames Valley

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend 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 29 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
Berkshire +16 27 £510 +45.71% 97
Buckinghamshire +14 9 £425 +6.25% 31
Oxfordshire +3 6 £179 -23.01% 23
Data Analyst
South East

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (38.10%) SQL
2 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (26.19%) Data Analysis
4 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (23.81%) Agile
5 10 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (23.81%) Migration
6 9 (21.43%) Power BI
6 9 (21.43%) Data Migration
6 9 (21.43%) Power Platform
7 8 (19.05%) Data Governance
7 8 (19.05%) Data Quality
7 8 (19.05%) Data Management
8 7 (16.67%) Finance
8 7 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 7 (16.67%) Oracle
8 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
8 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 7 (16.67%) Azure
8 7 (16.67%) Analytics
9 6 (14.29%) Python
9 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (14.29%) Validation
9 6 (14.29%) GDPR
10 5 (11.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (11.90%) Change Management
10 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
10 5 (11.90%) Data Lake

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.38%) SAS
1 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (4.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (11.90%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (9.52%) AWS
4 4 (9.52%) OCI
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (4.76%) Snowflake
7 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.38%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) Power BI
2 5 (11.90%) Data Lake
2 5 (11.90%) Tableau
3 3 (7.14%) Metadata
4 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.38%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.38%) Impala
5 1 (2.38%) MS Access
5 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) ERwin
2 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Aviation
6 1 (2.38%) Games
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Local Government
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) CMDB
1 4 (9.52%) Data Structures
2 3 (7.14%) Smart Meter
3 2 (4.76%) CCTV
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.38%) Data Fabric
4 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) Data Analysis
1 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.81%) Agile
2 10 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (23.81%) Migration
3 9 (21.43%) Data Migration
4 8 (19.05%) Data Governance
4 8 (19.05%) Data Management
5 7 (16.67%) Analytics
5 7 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (14.29%) Validation
7 5 (11.90%) Change Management
8 4 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
8 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
9 3 (7.14%) Impact Analysis
9 3 (7.14%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 16 (38.10%) SQL
2 6 (14.29%) Python
3 4 (9.52%) R
4 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.05%) Data Quality
2 6 (14.29%) GDPR
3 4 (9.52%) QA
4 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Oracle
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.14%) BMC
4 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.76%) Sparx
4 2 (4.76%) Workday
5 1 (2.38%) Databricks
5 1 (2.38%) Talend