Data Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 132 121
Rank change year-on-year +30 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 432 476 651
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.08% 1.97% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 2.20% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 302 405
10th Percentile £308 £235 £229
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £489 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +8.61% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £573 £538
90th Percentile £688 £650 £648
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £505
% change year-on-year - -0.99% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 39 72
10th Percentile £17.75 £19.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.20 £19.52
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.16 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.70% +20.44% +59.09%
75th Percentile £47.19 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £33.65 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.82% -3.86% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,621 21,650 27,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.77% 89.55% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,595 15,013 19,156
10th Percentile £243 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,028 1,330 1,375
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.17 £16.19 £14.00
Median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +28 112 £465 -7.10% 128
South East -10 107 £500 -1.96% 100
Midlands +44 77 £425 +8.28% 95
North West +9 72 £475 - 69
West Midlands +54 57 £425 +0.53% 64
South West +23 47 £481 +1.32% 62
Scotland +2 45 £525 +7.14% 30
East of England +10 38 £488 +21.88% 74
Yorkshire +28 31 £450 -14.29% 37
East Midlands +10 18 £438 +28.68% 31
Wales +19 7 £412 +1.73% 15
North East +21 6 £431 -5.53% 23
Northern Ireland +6 4 £335 -36.79% 4
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
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 18 (4.17%) SAS
2 11 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.31%) Confluence
3 10 (2.31%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.69%) Apache
4 3 (0.69%) Appian
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) Jadu
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.23%) Moodle
6 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (15.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.62%) Simulink
4 7 (1.62%) SPSS
5 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.46%) InVision
8 2 (0.46%) Sketch
8 2 (0.46%) Zeplin
9 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.23%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.62%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.69%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.69%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.46%) Maximo
5 2 (0.46%) Primavera
5 2 (0.46%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (21.76%) Power Platform
2 24 (5.56%) AWS
3 23 (5.32%) Snowflake
4 20 (4.63%) Azure
5 18 (4.17%) Power Automate
6 14 (3.24%) OCI
7 10 (2.31%) PowerApps
8 7 (1.62%) Collibra
9 5 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.16%) Google Sheets
10 4 (0.93%) Figma
10 4 (0.93%) GCP
10 4 (0.93%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 3 (0.69%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.69%) Serverless
12 2 (0.46%) AWS Data Pipeline
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 10 (2.31%) Network Security
3 4 (0.93%) Wireless
4 3 (0.69%) Internet
5 2 (0.46%) 5G
5 2 (0.46%) AMQP
5 2 (0.46%) DMZ
5 2 (0.46%) Firewall
5 2 (0.46%) Modbus
5 2 (0.46%) MQTT
6 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (21.76%) Power BI
2 42 (9.72%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (9.03%) Tableau
4 27 (6.25%) Big Data
5 22 (5.09%) SQL Server
6 21 (4.86%) Data Lake
7 19 (4.40%) Data Mining
8 16 (3.70%) Metadata
9 13 (3.01%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (2.78%) Qlik Sense
11 11 (2.55%) Hadoop
12 9 (2.08%) Metadata Repository
13 8 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 7 (1.62%) Ataccama
14 7 (1.62%) GIS
15 6 (1.39%) Relational Database
16 5 (1.16%) Apache Hive
16 5 (1.16%) QlikView
16 5 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 30 (6.94%) JIRA
2 7 (1.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (0.93%) LSMW
4 3 (0.69%) Git
4 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.46%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.46%) ERwin
5 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.46%) kappa
5 2 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.23%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.23%) JMeter
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.23%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.23%) Selenium
6 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 130 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 115 (26.62%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (22.69%) Finance
4 61 (14.12%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 20 (4.63%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (3.94%) Retail
9 15 (3.47%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (3.01%) Legal
12 12 (2.78%) Banking
13 11 (2.55%) Mandarin Language
14 9 (2.08%) Back Office
15 7 (1.62%) Law
15 7 (1.62%) Marketing
16 6 (1.39%) Local Government
16 6 (1.39%) Military
17 5 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 165 (38.19%) Analyst
2 85 (19.68%) Data Analyst
3 58 (13.43%) Senior
4 49 (11.34%) Business Analyst
5 41 (9.49%) Senior Analyst
6 33 (7.64%) Data Engineer
7 26 (6.02%) Architect
8 23 (5.32%) Senior Data Analyst
9 21 (4.86%) Developer
10 20 (4.63%) Data Architect
11 15 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 14 (3.24%) Consultant
12 14 (3.24%) SAP Analyst
13 13 (3.01%) Lead
14 10 (2.31%) 3rd Line Support
14 10 (2.31%) Data Quality Analyst
14 10 (2.31%) Data Scientist
14 10 (2.31%) Project Manager
14 10 (2.31%) QA Analyst
14 10 (2.31%) Quality Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.78%) Apache NiFi
2 7 (1.62%) XML
3 6 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.16%) .NET
4 5 (1.16%) Kafka
4 5 (1.16%) PySpark
5 4 (0.93%) D3.js
5 4 (0.93%) JSON
5 4 (0.93%) Web Services
6 3 (0.69%) BAPI
6 3 (0.69%) Middleware
6 3 (0.69%) REST
7 2 (0.46%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.46%) HTML
7 2 (0.46%) Spring
7 2 (0.46%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.46%) Swagger
7 2 (0.46%) XSLT
7 2 (0.46%) YAML
8 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.65%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.47%) Data Structures
3 12 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
3 12 (2.78%) Distributed Applications
4 10 (2.31%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.62%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.39%) NHS
8 5 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.16%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.16%) IoT
9 4 (0.93%) Industry 4.0
9 4 (0.93%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.69%) Credit Risk
10 3 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.69%) FMCG
10 3 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.63%) Linux
2 15 (3.47%) Windows
3 12 (2.78%) Unix
4 8 (1.85%) Android
4 8 (1.85%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.69%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (28.24%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (22.45%) Analytics
3 96 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 93 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (18.06%) Visualisation
6 66 (15.28%) Project Management
7 61 (14.12%) Agile
8 58 (13.43%) Decision-Making
9 55 (12.73%) Data Management
10 45 (10.42%) Migration
11 43 (9.95%) Data Visualisation
12 41 (9.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 39 (9.03%) Data Cleansing
14 37 (8.56%) ETL
15 35 (8.10%) Data Governance
16 34 (7.87%) Actionable Insight
17 31 (7.18%) Data Engineering
18 30 (6.94%) Data Integration
18 30 (6.94%) Data Migration
18 30 (6.94%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 106 (24.54%) SQL
2 63 (14.58%) Python
3 14 (3.24%) R
4 11 (2.55%) Scala
5 10 (2.31%) Java
6 7 (1.62%) C
6 7 (1.62%) C++
6 7 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.62%) MATLAB
7 6 (1.39%) C#
8 5 (1.16%) Perl
9 4 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.69%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.69%) VBA
11 2 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.23%) PHP
12 1 (0.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 48 (11.11%) Degree
3 40 (9.26%) SC Cleared
4 26 (6.02%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.93%) ACCA
8 4 (0.93%) CIMA
8 4 (0.93%) HNC
9 3 (0.69%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.69%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.46%) CISM
10 2 (0.46%) CISSP
10 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.46%) Dell Certification
10 2 (0.46%) IBM Certification
10 2 (0.46%) ISEB
10 2 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (11.34%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.94%) PMO
3 22 (5.09%) QA
4 14 (3.24%) Actionable Recommendations
5 13 (3.01%) GDPR
6 5 (1.16%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (1.16%) SLA
7 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.46%) IFRS
7 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.46%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (1.16%) Docker
2 3 (0.69%) HDFS
3 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (0.69%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.69%) MOM
2 2 (0.46%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.46%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 2 (0.46%) Grafana
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
3 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.23%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.11%) SAP
3 30 (6.94%) Oracle
4 18 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.78%) Dell
5 12 (2.78%) Red Hat
6 9 (2.08%) Alteryx
6 9 (2.08%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.85%) Google
8 7 (1.62%) Dataiku
8 7 (1.62%) Informatica
8 7 (1.62%) Trillium
9 6 (1.39%) Remedy
9 6 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.16%) IBM
10 5 (1.16%) Veritas
11 4 (0.93%) Ariba
11 4 (0.93%) BT
11 4 (0.93%) Databricks
11 4 (0.93%) Talend