Data Analytics Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Analytics Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Analytics Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Engineer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.061% - 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £463
75th Percentile £588 - £500
90th Percentile - - £523
South East median daily rate £575 - £463

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 1,492 2,032 2,620
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 91.45% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 929 1,144 1,763
10th Percentile £250 £263 £250
25th Percentile £380 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £613 £617
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 103 96
10th Percentile £14.20 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £28.75 £20.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.60 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -58.50% +25.21% +169.41%
75th Percentile £58.75 £72.33 £65.89
90th Percentile £87.35 £89.50 £74.90
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +106.78%

Data Analytics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics Engineer in the Thames Valley

Data Analytics Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Data Analytics Engineer
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 Analytics Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 September 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 - 1 £575 - 3
Data Analytics Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Data Analytics Engineer 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 Analytics Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Server Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code

Data Analytics Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft