Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 72 113
Rank change year-on-year -36 +41 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 392 450 427
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.16% 3.01% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 3.46% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 235 292
10th Percentile £260 £229 £300
25th Percentile £350 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £595
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 37 23
10th Percentile £13.50 £20.07 £16.47
25th Percentile £22.69 £23.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £29.60 £29.00 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% +26.80% -34.66%
75th Percentile £43.00 £33.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.25 £76.72
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £29.00 £28.65
% change year-on-year +2.07% +1.24% -18.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Analysis 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 15,635 13,009 17,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.98% 87.13% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,537 7,651 11,208
10th Percentile £220 £238 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% - -
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 1,774 755 1,215
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.02 £31.52 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -29.17% +42.58%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.29% +24.29%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK excluding London

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 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 -37 103 £400 - 98
South East -17 91 £496 +21.72% 160
Scotland +14 60 £427 +0.47% 15
Midlands -49 59 £537 +38.58% 55
North West -19 53 £375 -15.49% 62
Yorkshire -41 45 £395 +8.22% 32
West Midlands -44 39 £549 +29.12% 33
South West -36 31 £375 -31.82% 36
East Midlands -13 20 £463 +36.03% 22
East of England -51 19 £452 -13.90% 52
Wales +1 18 £225 -59.09% 10
Northern Ireland -6 16 £400 +25.00% 4
North East -9 7 £452 +0.44% 7
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
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 25 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.61%) Confluence
3 9 (2.30%) SAS
4 6 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 85 (21.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.55%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (1.53%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.51%) Simulink
8 1 (0.26%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.51%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.26%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.26%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 100 (25.51%) Power Platform
2 51 (13.01%) Azure
3 42 (10.71%) AWS
4 27 (6.89%) GCP
5 12 (3.06%) Amazon S3
5 12 (3.06%) Google Analytics
5 12 (3.06%) Power Automate
6 11 (2.81%) SaaS
6 11 (2.81%) Snowflake
7 10 (2.55%) Google Tag Manager
8 9 (2.30%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.04%) OCI
10 6 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.53%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.28%) Google Sheets
12 4 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.02%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) VoIP
2 3 (0.77%) 2G
2 3 (0.77%) 5G
2 3 (0.77%) Kerberos
2 3 (0.77%) MQTT
2 3 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.51%) DNS
3 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) LAN
3 2 (0.51%) LTE
3 2 (0.51%) Mobile Backhaul
4 1 (0.26%) 3G
4 1 (0.26%) 4G
4 1 (0.26%) Intranet
4 1 (0.26%) Network Security
4 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (24.74%) Power BI
2 32 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (7.91%) Tableau
4 21 (5.36%) Metadata
5 16 (4.08%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.83%) Power Query
7 14 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (3.57%) SQL Server
8 12 (3.06%) Big Data
9 11 (2.81%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.55%) Looker
10 10 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (2.04%) Data Lake
11 8 (2.04%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.79%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.79%) Parquet
12 7 (1.79%) PowerPivot
12 7 (1.79%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.53%) Amazon QuickSight
13 6 (1.53%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (7.40%) JIRA
2 6 (1.53%) Postman
3 4 (1.02%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.51%) Git
4 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.51%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.26%) CANoe
5 1 (0.26%) JUnit
5 1 (0.26%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.26%) MLflow
General
1 167 (42.60%) Social Skills
2 126 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
3 105 (26.79%) Finance
4 52 (13.27%) Public Sector
5 46 (11.73%) Banking
6 21 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.30%) Legal
11 7 (1.79%) Billing
11 7 (1.79%) Electronics
11 7 (1.79%) Welsh Language
12 6 (1.53%) Retail
12 6 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.28%) Military
13 5 (1.28%) Retail Banking
14 4 (1.02%) Automotive
14 4 (1.02%) Law
Job Titles
1 193 (49.23%) Analyst
2 93 (23.72%) Data Analyst
3 47 (11.99%) Business Analyst
4 27 (6.89%) Senior
5 26 (6.63%) Lead
6 22 (5.61%) Architect
7 20 (5.10%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.08%) Developer
8 16 (4.08%) Support Analyst
9 13 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (3.06%) Data Migration Lead
11 11 (2.81%) Consultant
11 11 (2.81%) HR Analyst
11 11 (2.81%) Risk Analyst
12 10 (2.55%) Data Architect
12 10 (2.55%) Performance Analyst
12 10 (2.55%) Report Analyst
12 10 (2.55%) Support Officer
12 10 (2.55%) Technical Analyst
12 10 (2.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.32%) Pandas
2 8 (2.04%) NumPy
2 8 (2.04%) PySpark
3 7 (1.79%) JSON
4 6 (1.53%) Apache Avro
5 5 (1.28%) CSS
5 5 (1.28%) HTML
5 5 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.28%) PyTorch
5 5 (1.28%) scikit-learn
6 4 (1.02%) LDAP
6 4 (1.02%) OAuth
6 4 (1.02%) OpenID
6 4 (1.02%) SAML
6 4 (1.02%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.02%) XML
7 2 (0.51%) Matplotlib
7 2 (0.51%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.51%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.10%) Data Structures
2 18 (4.59%) Data Protection Act
2 18 (4.59%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.83%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.06%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.06%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.04%) Credit Risk
5 8 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.79%) CMDB
6 7 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.53%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.28%) Equities
8 5 (1.28%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.02%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.77%) Derivative
10 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.81%) Linux
1 11 (2.81%) Windows
2 9 (2.30%) Unix
3 2 (0.51%) Android
3 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (30.61%) Business Intelligence
2 89 (22.70%) Visualisation
3 82 (20.92%) Analytics
3 82 (20.92%) Decision-Making
3 82 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (19.39%) Data Modelling
5 74 (18.88%) Agile
6 61 (15.56%) Dashboard Development
7 55 (14.03%) Data Visualisation
7 55 (14.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (13.78%) Actionable Insight
9 49 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 44 (11.22%) Migration
11 39 (9.95%) Validation
12 38 (9.69%) Data Management
13 37 (9.44%) Data Governance
14 33 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (7.91%) ETL
16 29 (7.40%) ITIL
17 28 (7.14%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (32.14%) SQL
2 95 (24.23%) Python
3 28 (7.14%) R
4 25 (6.38%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.55%) PL/SQL
6 9 (2.30%) VBA
7 7 (1.79%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (1.02%) Java
9 4 (1.02%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.02%) PHP
10 3 (0.77%) C++
10 3 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.51%) Bash
11 2 (0.51%) C
11 2 (0.51%) C#
11 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.51%) VB
12 1 (0.26%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 60 (15.31%) Security Cleared
2 44 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 38 (9.69%) Degree
4 7 (1.79%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.51%) ACCA
7 2 (0.51%) CCNA
7 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.51%) MCSE
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.51%) PhD
8 1 (0.26%) CIMA
8 1 (0.26%) CPIM
8 1 (0.26%) ISEB
8 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.14%) GDPR
3 24 (6.12%) QA
4 17 (4.34%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.79%) PMO
6 6 (1.53%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.02%) SLA
8 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.51%) GMP
8 2 (0.51%) NIST
8 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.51%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) GxP
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.26%) PERC
System Software
1 11 (2.81%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.02%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 11 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.30%) Grafana
3 7 (1.79%) SCCM
4 6 (1.53%) Ansible
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.77%) Terraform
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.26%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.26%) Kibana
7 1 (0.26%) logstash
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 72 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.65%) Oracle
3 20 (5.10%) Google
4 17 (4.34%) SAP
5 13 (3.32%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.06%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.30%) Splunk
8 8 (2.04%) Databricks
8 8 (2.04%) Pega
9 5 (1.28%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.28%) Workday
10 4 (1.02%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.02%) Remedy
10 4 (1.02%) TIBCO
11 3 (0.77%) Blue Prism
11 3 (0.77%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.77%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.77%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.77%) Talend
12 2 (0.51%) Sonatype