Analytical Modelling Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Analytical Modelling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Analytical Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 344 406
Rank change year-on-year -21 +62 +73
Contract jobs citing Analytical Modelling 22 14 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.094% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.11% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 3
10th Percentile £353 £358 £440
25th Percentile £416 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% -14.58% +21.21%
75th Percentile £583 £553 £663
90th Percentile £666 £600 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -4.88% - -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £27.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate - £29.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - -38.95% -
75th Percentile - £31.00 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £29.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - -38.95% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Analytical Modelling 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,587 12,948 17,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.91% 87.17% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,513 7,612 11,167
10th Percentile £220 £238 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,768 749 1,201
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £31.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -29.21% +39.26%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Analytical Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Modelling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Analytical Modelling job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Analytical Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Modelling

Analytical Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Modelling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Modelling in the UK excluding London

Analytical Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Analytical Modelling

Analytical Modelling
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Modelling within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
North West -19 13 £500 -4.76% 3
North of England -30 13 £500 +39.66% 6
East of England - 5 £662 -
South West - 2 £438 -
South East -21 1 £400 -21.95% 3
Midlands -35 1 £375 -37.50% 4
East Midlands - 1 £375 -
Analytical Modelling
UK

Analytical Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (54.55%) SAS
2 1 (4.55%) Apache
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) AWS
1 10 (45.45%) GCP
2 8 (36.36%) Azure
3 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Functions
5 1 (4.55%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (4.55%) AWS Data Pipeline
5 1 (4.55%) Google Analytics
5 1 (4.55%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (18.18%) Power BI
3 3 (13.64%) BigQuery
3 3 (13.64%) Looker
3 3 (13.64%) Tableau
4 2 (9.09%) Big Data
4 2 (9.09%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (4.55%) Base SAS
5 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
5 1 (4.55%) Power Query
5 1 (4.55%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (4.55%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 18 (81.82%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (72.73%) Finance
3 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
4 5 (22.73%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Data Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Data Scientist
4 2 (9.09%) Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) SAS Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Python Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Python Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) R Developer
5 1 (4.55%) SAS Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Pandas
1 1 (4.55%) scikit-learn
1 1 (4.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (9.09%) Clustering
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (4.55%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Analytics
2 11 (50.00%) Data Science
2 11 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 11 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 9 (40.91%) Data Analysis
3 9 (40.91%) Machine Learning
4 8 (36.36%) Agile
5 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (31.82%) Statistical Modelling
6 6 (27.27%) IT Strategy
6 6 (27.27%) Portfolio Management
6 6 (27.27%) Stress Testing
6 6 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (27.27%) Technology Strategy
6 6 (27.27%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (22.73%) Data Modelling
7 5 (22.73%) Predictive Analytics
7 5 (22.73%) Risk Management
7 5 (22.73%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) Python
2 14 (63.64%) R
3 9 (40.91%) SQL
4 5 (22.73%) Java
5 1 (4.55%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Pega
2 3 (13.64%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) Alteryx
3 1 (4.55%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Planview
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Workday