Data Analysis Expressions Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 317 355
Rank change year-on-year -39 +38 +58
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 37 40 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.27% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.80% 0.99% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 22 34
10th Percentile £334 £208 £291
25th Percentile £380 £361 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £497 £519 £523
90th Percentile £573 £538 £584
UK median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.21 £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £25.42 £27.13 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +25.35% -5.91%
75th Percentile £25.62 £29.24 -
90th Percentile - £29.70 -
UK median hourly rate £25.42 £27.13 £21.64
% change year-on-year -6.30% +25.35% -5.91%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,648 4,026 4,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.60% 26.85% 25.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,000 2,424 3,440
10th Percentile £315 £336 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% -2.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £570 £580 £600
90th Percentile £644 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 197 318
10th Percentile £41.25 £21.25 £37.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £48.40
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% -1.93% -
75th Percentile £69.40 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis Expressions
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
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 Data Analysis Expressions within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Midlands -32 13 £430 +11.69% 16
North of England -48 13 £431 +1.47% 10
West Midlands -27 9 £463 - 6
North West -30 7 £425 - 9
Yorkshire -36 6 £445 +4.71% 1
East Midlands -15 4 £421 +9.42% 10
Scotland - 4 £500 -
South West -17 2 £585 +30.00% 4
South East -28 2 £375 -11.76% 27
East of England - 2 - - 3
Wales +3 1 £325 -27.78%
Data Analysis Expressions
UK

Data Analysis Expressions
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 1 (2.70%) SAS
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 37 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 15 (40.54%) Azure
3 10 (27.03%) PowerApps
4 7 (18.92%) Power Automate
5 5 (13.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (13.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (8.11%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (5.41%) AWS
7 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (5.41%) Snowflake
8 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.70%) GCP
8 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (97.30%) Power BI
2 19 (51.35%) Power Query
3 13 (35.14%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (24.32%) Tableau
5 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
6 4 (10.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (10.81%) Relational Database
7 3 (8.11%) QlikView
8 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
8 1 (2.70%) Metadata
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (2.70%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (2.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Git
General
1 22 (59.46%) Social Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Developer
2 15 (40.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 14 (37.84%) Power BI Developer
4 7 (18.92%) Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Power BI Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Data Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 2 (5.41%) Business Performance Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Lead
7 2 (5.41%) Performance Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Power BI Specialist
7 2 (5.41%) Senior
8 1 (2.70%) Commercial Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Data Visualisation Developer
8 1 (2.70%) Lead Data Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Power BI Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) MDX
1 1 (2.70%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.41%) FMCG
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) AS400
3 1 (2.70%) Data Fabric
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) DataPower
3 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (97.30%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (83.78%) Data Modelling
3 20 (54.05%) Visualisation
4 16 (43.24%) Analytics
5 14 (37.84%) Data Visualisation
6 12 (32.43%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (32.43%) Decision-Making
7 10 (27.03%) ETL
8 9 (24.32%) Data Governance
8 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (16.22%) Dashboard Development
9 6 (16.22%) Data Transformation
9 6 (16.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (13.51%) CI/CD
10 5 (13.51%) Data Analysis
10 5 (13.51%) Performance Tuning
10 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (10.81%) Data Analytics
11 4 (10.81%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 24 (64.86%) SQL
2 8 (21.62%) Python
3 4 (10.81%) R
4 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) GDPR
3 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Databricks
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle
4 1 (2.70%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow