Data Analytics Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Analytics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 106 110
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 8 27 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.48% 1.06% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.25% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 30
10th Percentile £375 £246 £424
25th Percentile £394 £288 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £481 £530
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% -9.34% +8.16%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £600
90th Percentile £598 £563 £653
South East median daily rate £506 £465 £525
% change year-on-year +8.99% -11.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £79.19
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £29.00 £79.19
% change year-on-year +141.93% -63.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,525 2,152 2,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.03% 84.66% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,194 1,823
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £400 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £617
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £518 £515
% change year-on-year -3.39% +0.49% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 139 82
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.37 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £19.31 £21.35
Median hourly rate £24.91 £53.03 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.04% +6.06% +190.53%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.75 £66.21
90th Percentile £82.10 £86.01 £75.23
South East median hourly rate £21.99 £54.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year -59.94% +9.75% +112.77%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in the Thames Valley

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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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 July 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 +7 6 £475 -1.45% 23
Buckinghamshire +2 1 - - 8
Oxfordshire -7 1 £413 +312.50% 20
Data Analytics
South East

Data Analytics
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 2 (25.00%) Camunda
2 1 (12.50%) Apache
2 1 (12.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (12.50%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
3 1 (12.50%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) 4G
1 2 (25.00%) 5G
1 2 (25.00%) DOCSIS
1 2 (25.00%) GPON
1 2 (25.00%) LTE
1 2 (25.00%) MPLS
1 2 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (25.00%) VoIP
1 2 (25.00%) xDSL
2 1 (12.50%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Big Data
2 2 (25.00%) GIS
2 2 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) Hadoop
3 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (12.50%) Redis
3 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
3 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Finance Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) OSS Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Python Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Celery
1 1 (12.50%) Django
1 1 (12.50%) Next.js
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (25.00%) SCADA
1 2 (25.00%) TM Forum
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 2 (25.00%) Big Data Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Data Science
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) eTOM
3 2 (25.00%) Fault Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ACCA
2 1 (12.50%) CIMA
2 1 (12.50%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) OASIS TOSCA
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (25.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Amdocs
1 2 (25.00%) Ericsson
1 2 (25.00%) Huawei
1 2 (25.00%) NetCracker
1 2 (25.00%) Nokia
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) SAP