Analytics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 47 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 680 811 953
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.07% 3.79% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.59% 4.59% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 525 647
10th Percentile £300 £338 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.82% -
75th Percentile £600 £620 £613
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 36
10th Percentile £14.69 £13.50 £20.78
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £31.64 £25.00 £27.33
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -8.53% -21.91%
75th Percentile £45.00 £43.75 £58.00
90th Percentile £79.22 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £29.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +18.97% -10.22% -7.71%

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 12,167 17,656 20,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.63% 82.61% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,484 10,351 13,856
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £370 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.43% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 945 2,199 1,254
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.49 £15.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +17.29% +54.76%
75th Percentile £57.59 £61.55 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £74.94
UK median hourly rate £26.32 £37.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year -29.21% +6.23% +36.29%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

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 15 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in the UK excluding London

Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in the UK excluding London

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 0 182 £464 -7.29% 879
South East +9 164 £500 -4.76% 2,317
North West +7 116 £475 -5.00% 540
Midlands -5 115 £512 +5.03% 357
East of England +56 86 £600 +21.21% 180
West Midlands -12 71 £520 +0.24% 170
South West +3 64 £488 -8.24% 265
Scotland -12 63 £463 -4.44% 198
Yorkshire +7 58 £464 -8.48% 233
East Midlands +15 42 £410 -13.68% 175
Wales -2 14 £257 -53.29% 88
North East +1 10 £413 - 108
Northern Ireland -7 6 £675 +68.75% 40
Analytics
UK

Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 28 (4.12%) Confluence
2 25 (3.68%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.68%) SAS
3 22 (3.24%) SharePoint
4 18 (2.65%) Apache
5 16 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (2.06%) CMS
6 14 (2.06%) IBM Domino
7 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.88%) WordPress
10 4 (0.59%) JBoss
10 4 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.44%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.29%) Camunda
12 2 (0.29%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
13 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 46 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.62%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.59%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.44%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.29%) Maple
7 2 (0.29%) Sketch
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.15%) InDesign
8 1 (0.15%) InVision
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.15%) Simulink
8 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.15%) Trello
8 1 (0.15%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 48 (7.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.74%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.59%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.59%) Sprinklr
5 3 (0.44%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.44%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.29%) Maximo
6 2 (0.29%) Shopify
6 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 172 (25.29%) Azure
2 139 (20.44%) Power Platform
3 114 (16.76%) AWS
4 55 (8.09%) GCP
5 42 (6.18%) Snowflake
6 31 (4.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 30 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (4.12%) GitHub
8 28 (4.12%) Google Analytics
9 26 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (3.24%) Adobe Analytics
10 22 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (3.09%) Serverless
12 19 (2.79%) SaaS
13 17 (2.50%) dbt
14 16 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (2.06%) PowerApps
17 12 (1.76%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.26%) Network Security
2 23 (3.38%) Firewall
3 18 (2.65%) DNS
4 10 (1.47%) Internet
5 9 (1.32%) SSL
6 8 (1.18%) HTTP
6 8 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
6 8 (1.18%) VPN
7 7 (1.03%) FTP
7 7 (1.03%) SMTP
8 6 (0.88%) WAN
9 5 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (0.74%) Ethernet
9 5 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.44%) 5G
11 2 (0.29%) 4G
11 2 (0.29%) GPON
11 2 (0.29%) LTE
11 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (0.29%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (18.97%) Power BI
2 101 (14.85%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (9.12%) Tableau
4 34 (5.00%) Big Data
4 34 (5.00%) Relational Database
5 28 (4.12%) Data Lake
5 28 (4.12%) SQL Server
6 23 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 23 (3.38%) Metadata
7 22 (3.24%) BigQuery
8 21 (3.09%) Hadoop
9 17 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (2.50%) NoSQL
10 15 (2.21%) MongoDB
11 14 (2.06%) Looker
11 14 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (1.91%) Power Query
13 12 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.76%) GIS
Development Applications
1 36 (5.29%) JIRA
2 24 (3.53%) Git
3 20 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.03%) Selenium
5 6 (0.88%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.74%) ERwin
7 4 (0.59%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (0.59%) CA Release Automation
7 4 (0.59%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.59%) GitLab
7 4 (0.59%) Gradle
7 4 (0.59%) HP UFT
7 4 (0.59%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.59%) JUnit
7 4 (0.59%) Maven
7 4 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.44%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 227 (33.38%) Social Skills
2 140 (20.59%) Finance
3 131 (19.26%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 57 (8.38%) Marketing
6 50 (7.35%) Banking
7 25 (3.68%) Pharmaceutical
8 21 (3.09%) Retail
9 17 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (2.50%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.06%) Legal
11 13 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.76%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.47%) Law
14 9 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.03%) Local Government
15 7 (1.03%) Publishing
16 5 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 126 (18.53%) Analyst
2 83 (12.21%) Senior
3 78 (11.47%) Architect
4 65 (9.56%) Lead
5 62 (9.12%) Data Engineer
5 62 (9.12%) Developer
6 41 (6.03%) Business Analyst
7 40 (5.88%) Consultant
7 40 (5.88%) Data Analyst
8 32 (4.71%) Data Architect
9 21 (3.09%) Senior Data Engineer
10 16 (2.35%) Data Manager
11 14 (2.06%) Project Manager
11 14 (2.06%) SAP Consultant
12 13 (1.91%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (1.62%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (1.62%) Data Analytics Manager
13 11 (1.62%) Data Business Analyst
13 11 (1.62%) Engagement Manager
13 11 (1.62%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.18%) Kafka
2 21 (3.09%) HTML
3 19 (2.79%) CSS
4 18 (2.65%) Pandas
5 16 (2.35%) React
5 16 (2.35%) REST
6 15 (2.21%) NumPy
7 14 (2.06%) RESTful
8 13 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
8 13 (1.91%) Web Services
9 12 (1.76%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.76%) PyTorch
9 12 (1.76%) TensorFlow
10 11 (1.62%) .NET
10 11 (1.62%) LDAP
10 11 (1.62%) Matplotlib
10 11 (1.62%) PySpark
10 11 (1.62%) scikit-learn
10 11 (1.62%) Seaborn
11 10 (1.47%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.85%) Product Ownership
2 30 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 24 (3.53%) Algorithms
4 24 (3.53%) Life Science
5 23 (3.38%) Cloud Native
6 13 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.91%) Credit Risk
6 13 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (1.76%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.76%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.76%) IoT
8 11 (1.62%) Replication
8 11 (1.62%) Social Media
9 10 (1.47%) Cyberattack
9 10 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.38%) Linux
2 21 (3.09%) Windows
3 8 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.88%) Unix
5 5 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.44%) Android
6 3 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (23.82%) Business Intelligence
2 147 (21.62%) Data Analytics
2 147 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (18.82%) Agile
4 125 (18.38%) Data Modelling
5 116 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 110 (16.18%) ETL
7 109 (16.03%) Visualisation
8 106 (15.59%) Decision-Making
9 102 (15.00%) Data Governance
10 91 (13.38%) Artificial Intelligence
11 89 (13.09%) Migration
12 86 (12.65%) DevOps
13 84 (12.35%) Data Analysis
14 79 (11.62%) Data Pipeline
15 76 (11.18%) Machine Learning
16 74 (10.88%) CI/CD
17 69 (10.15%) Data Science
18 66 (9.71%) Data Engineering
19 62 (9.12%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 189 (27.79%) SQL
2 147 (21.62%) Python
3 41 (6.03%) Java
4 36 (5.29%) R
5 28 (4.12%) JavaScript
6 23 (3.38%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 11 (1.62%) Scala
9 10 (1.47%) Bash
9 10 (1.47%) Bicep
9 10 (1.47%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.32%) C#
10 9 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.88%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.74%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.59%) Perl
13 4 (0.59%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.44%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 98 (14.41%) Degree
1 98 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 61 (8.97%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.41%) Master's Degree
4 24 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.35%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.35%) PhD
8 10 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.74%) MCSE
11 5 (0.74%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.74%) PMP
12 4 (0.59%) CISSP
12 4 (0.59%) MCP
13 3 (0.44%) CCA
13 3 (0.44%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (14.56%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.85%) GDPR
3 26 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 25 (3.68%) QA
5 12 (1.76%) IFRS
6 11 (1.62%) IFRS 9
7 9 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.18%) Def Stans
9 7 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
9 7 (1.03%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.88%) WCAG
11 5 (0.74%) NCSC
11 5 (0.74%) PMO
12 4 (0.59%) GRC
12 4 (0.59%) NIST
12 4 (0.59%) SLA
13 3 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.44%) PERC
System Software
1 32 (4.71%) Docker
2 19 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.74%) vSphere
5 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.29%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 47 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 42 (6.18%) Terraform
3 14 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.76%) Ansible
4 12 (1.76%) Grafana
5 10 (1.47%) Kibana
6 8 (1.18%) Progress Chef
6 8 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.88%) logstash
8 5 (0.74%) QRadar
8 5 (0.74%) SCCM
8 5 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.44%) Istio
10 3 (0.44%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.29%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.15%) OpenVAS
12 1 (0.15%) Puppet
12 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 114 (16.76%) Microsoft
2 75 (11.03%) SAP
3 64 (9.41%) Google
4 52 (7.65%) Databricks
5 40 (5.88%) Adobe
6 29 (4.26%) Oracle
7 24 (3.53%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.94%) VMware
9 15 (2.21%) Splunk
10 14 (2.06%) Ariba
11 9 (1.32%) Informatica
12 8 (1.18%) Hotjar
12 8 (1.18%) Teradata
12 8 (1.18%) Workday
13 7 (1.03%) Cisco
13 7 (1.03%) Cognos
13 7 (1.03%) Liquidlogic
13 7 (1.03%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.03%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.03%) Virgin Media