Analytics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Analytics 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 39 54 53
Rank change year-on-year +15 -1 -9
Contract jobs citing Analytics 901 604 714
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 4.97% 4.07% 3.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 4.66% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 374 501
10th Percentile £358 £311 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £626
90th Percentile £650 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 17 37
10th Percentile £20.15 £23.20 £18.16
25th Percentile £22.76 £25.26 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -55.38% +136.36%
75th Percentile £70.48 £36.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.43 £61.93 £81.65
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £33.50 £42.35
% change year-on-year +38.06% -20.89% +20.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 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%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Analytics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
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 Analytics 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 of England +11 249 £475 -5.00% 225
Midlands +31 239 £515 +3.00% 161
West Midlands +21 191 £515 -0.96% 87
North West +16 159 £475 -4.26% 125
South East -18 141 £494 -1.25% 359
East of England 0 94 £554 +10.75% 77
South West +26 92 £525 - 99
Scotland -13 80 £458 +1.83% 31
Yorkshire -5 78 £500 -4.76% 71
East Midlands +10 50 £442 -4.54% 73
Wales -8 14 £488 -2.50% 16
North East +1 13 £400 -14.26% 33
Northern Ireland -15 5 £650 +30.00% 9
Analytics
UK

Analytics
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 83 (9.21%) SAS
2 39 (4.33%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (4.22%) Apache
4 27 (3.00%) Apache Spark
5 19 (2.11%) SharePoint
6 16 (1.78%) WebLogic
7 14 (1.55%) CMS
7 14 (1.55%) Confluence
8 6 (0.67%) GeoServer
8 6 (0.67%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.67%) Smallworld
9 5 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.55%) WordPress
10 3 (0.33%) JBoss
11 2 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.22%) IIS
11 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 63 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.44%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.89%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.55%) Sketch
7 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.33%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) CapCut
10 1 (0.11%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 47 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.22%) SAP FI
4 10 (1.11%) SAP EHS
5 8 (0.89%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.78%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 7 (0.78%) SAP MM
7 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.44%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.33%) Maximo
8 3 (0.33%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.33%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.22%) Magento
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.22%) Primavera
9 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 262 (29.08%) Azure
2 203 (22.53%) Power Platform
3 180 (19.98%) AWS
4 97 (10.77%) GCP
5 44 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
5 44 (4.88%) Snowflake
6 42 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (4.33%) Serverless
8 36 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 33 (3.66%) OpenShift
10 32 (3.55%) Entra ID
10 32 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (3.33%) GitHub
12 29 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
13 27 (3.00%) Google Analytics
13 27 (3.00%) PowerApps
14 25 (2.77%) Power Automate
15 23 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
16 21 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.33%) DNS
1 21 (2.33%) Network Security
2 18 (2.00%) Firewall
3 17 (1.89%) HTTP
4 16 (1.78%) SSL
5 13 (1.44%) FTP
5 13 (1.44%) SMTP
6 7 (0.78%) VPN
7 5 (0.55%) LAN
7 5 (0.55%) WAN
8 4 (0.44%) 2G
8 4 (0.44%) 5G
8 4 (0.44%) MQTT
8 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.22%) 4G
9 2 (0.22%) LTE
9 2 (0.22%) Mobile Backhaul
9 2 (0.22%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (0.22%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (21.20%) Power BI
2 110 (12.21%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (6.66%) Tableau
4 44 (4.88%) Metadata
5 38 (4.22%) Data Lake
6 35 (3.88%) Pentaho
7 33 (3.66%) Relational Database
8 26 (2.89%) Big Data
9 24 (2.66%) BigQuery
10 23 (2.55%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 21 (2.33%) Hadoop
11 21 (2.33%) Looker
11 21 (2.33%) Power Query
12 20 (2.22%) Oracle Database
13 19 (2.11%) NoSQL
14 18 (2.00%) SQL Server
15 16 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
16 15 (1.66%) Data Mining
16 15 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
17 14 (1.55%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 97 (10.77%) Git
2 71 (7.88%) Jenkins
3 66 (7.33%) JIRA
4 50 (5.55%) GitLab
5 20 (2.22%) Selenium
6 16 (1.78%) JUnit
7 6 (0.67%) DBeaver
8 5 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.55%) Gradle
8 5 (0.55%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.55%) Storybook
9 4 (0.44%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.44%) Maven
9 4 (0.44%) PVCS
10 3 (0.33%) MLflow
10 3 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.33%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.22%) CA Release Automation
11 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
General
1 354 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 196 (21.75%) Finance
3 171 (18.98%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (11.88%) Public Sector
5 70 (7.77%) Banking
6 43 (4.77%) Marketing
7 28 (3.11%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.11%) Retail
8 27 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.55%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.44%) Legal
13 11 (1.22%) Military
13 11 (1.22%) Publishing
13 11 (1.22%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.00%) Aviation
14 9 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 157 (17.43%) Analyst
2 103 (11.43%) Data Engineer
3 102 (11.32%) Architect
4 78 (8.66%) Developer
5 71 (7.88%) Data Analyst
6 69 (7.66%) Lead
7 68 (7.55%) Senior
8 52 (5.77%) Consultant
9 31 (3.44%) Business Analyst
10 30 (3.33%) Data Architect
11 27 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
12 26 (2.89%) SAP Consultant
13 24 (2.66%) Data Scientist
14 22 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.33%) Performance Analyst
15 21 (2.33%) Project Manager
16 20 (2.22%) Test Specialist
17 18 (2.00%) Platform Engineer
17 18 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
18 17 (1.89%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (7.88%) REST
2 31 (3.44%) PySpark
3 23 (2.55%) Kafka
3 23 (2.55%) Node.js
4 21 (2.33%) Pandas
4 21 (2.33%) pytest
5 18 (2.00%) SOAP
6 17 (1.89%) React
7 16 (1.78%) SAP Fiori
8 15 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
8 15 (1.66%) HTML
8 15 (1.66%) scikit-learn
8 15 (1.66%) TensorFlow
9 14 (1.55%) CSS
9 14 (1.55%) LDAP
10 13 (1.44%) NumPy
11 11 (1.22%) Flask
12 10 (1.11%) JSON
12 10 (1.11%) OAuth
12 10 (1.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.55%) Cloud Native
3 30 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.33%) NHS
7 19 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (1.89%) Algorithms
9 16 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 16 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
10 15 (1.66%) Replication
11 13 (1.44%) CSOC
11 13 (1.44%) Cyberattack
11 13 (1.44%) IoT
12 12 (1.33%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.33%) Life Science
13 11 (1.22%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.99%) Linux
2 41 (4.55%) Windows
3 30 (3.33%) Unix
4 10 (1.11%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.11%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.78%) Android
6 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (30.08%) Business Intelligence
2 256 (28.41%) Agile
3 214 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
4 195 (21.64%) Data Modelling
5 176 (19.53%) CI/CD
5 176 (19.53%) DevOps
6 152 (16.87%) Decision-Making
7 146 (16.20%) Data Pipeline
8 143 (15.87%) Data Analytics
9 141 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 140 (15.54%) AI
10 140 (15.54%) ETL
11 137 (15.21%) Visualisation
12 133 (14.76%) Data Governance
13 118 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
14 117 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 112 (12.43%) Machine Learning
16 109 (12.10%) Data Science
17 99 (10.99%) Actionable Insight
18 93 (10.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 288 (31.96%) Python
1 288 (31.96%) SQL
2 50 (5.55%) PowerShell
3 42 (4.66%) R
4 35 (3.88%) Java
5 23 (2.55%) JavaScript
6 22 (2.44%) Bash
7 16 (1.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 15 (1.66%) PL/SQL
8 15 (1.66%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 13 (1.44%) TypeScript
10 12 (1.33%) ABAP
11 11 (1.22%) Bicep
11 11 (1.22%) Scala
11 11 (1.22%) VBA
12 10 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.89%) C#
14 6 (0.67%) Perl
15 5 (0.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 209 (23.20%) Security Cleared
2 172 (19.09%) SC Cleared
3 90 (9.99%) Degree
4 31 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.66%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.78%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.66%) CISSP
9 11 (1.22%) CISM
10 7 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.55%) APMP
13 4 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.33%) GCIA
14 3 (0.33%) GCIH
14 3 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 3 (0.33%) PMP
14 3 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (17.09%) Data Quality
2 57 (6.33%) GDPR
3 44 (4.88%) Accessibility
4 35 (3.88%) QA
5 32 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.78%) NIST
7 13 (1.44%) PMO
8 9 (1.00%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.55%) GxP
11 5 (0.55%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.55%) WCAG
12 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.44%) NCSC
12 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.33%) GRC
System Software
1 95 (10.54%) Docker
2 32 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.78%) HDFS
5 3 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 106 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 54 (5.99%) Terraform
3 16 (1.78%) Ansible
3 16 (1.78%) Grafana
4 12 (1.33%) Kibana
5 11 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.11%) SCCM
7 9 (1.00%) logstash
8 8 (0.89%) Puppet
9 7 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.67%) Hadoop YARN
11 4 (0.44%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.33%) Fluentd
13 2 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.11%) BMC PATROL
14 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 198 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 95 (10.54%) Oracle
3 72 (7.99%) Databricks
4 66 (7.33%) Google
5 62 (6.88%) SAP
6 43 (4.77%) Splunk
6 43 (4.77%) Talend
7 36 (4.00%) ServiceNow
8 34 (3.77%) Denodo
9 26 (2.89%) Cisco
9 26 (2.89%) Salesforce
10 22 (2.44%) AppDynamics
11 20 (2.22%) Dynatrace
12 17 (1.89%) Adobe
12 17 (1.89%) Workday
13 16 (1.78%) Informatica
13 16 (1.78%) VMware
14 13 (1.44%) Foundry
15 10 (1.11%) Genesys
15 10 (1.11%) Pega