Data Analytics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 232 235
Rank change year-on-year +34 +3 -21
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 149 172 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.14% 0.83% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.99% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 113 152
10th Percentile £282 £315 £350
25th Percentile £381 £358 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £635 £625
90th Percentile £675 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 10
10th Percentile £17.53 £13.50 £12.91
25th Percentile £18.68 £14.78 £20.50
Median hourly rate £21.75 £21.06 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% -73.01% +122.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £43.75 £78.89
90th Percentile - - £79.19
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £25.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +38.00% -67.95% +122.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data 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 11,812 17,287 20,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.62% 83.43% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,347 10,277 13,944
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 2,126 1,244
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.41 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.21
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.06 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.43
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data Analytics
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analytics in the UK excluding London

Data 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 Data Analytics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +19 36 £438 -20.45% 64
Midlands -22 30 £459 +2.00% 55
South East +36 27 £500 +23.46% 71
North West +6 24 £450 -18.18% 39
East of England +34 18 £650 +78.94% 28
Scotland +15 17 £475 -6.63% 26
West Midlands -23 15 £574 +22.35% 37
East Midlands +9 14 £363 -0.68% 16
Wales +3 12 £250 -54.55% 4
Yorkshire +19 11 £425 -20.19% 15
South West +44 10 £513 -14.58% 33
Northern Ireland -11 2 £250 - 1
North East +1 1 £413 - 10
Data Analytics
UK

Data 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 12 (8.05%) Apache Spark
2 7 (4.70%) Confluence
3 3 (2.01%) Apache
3 3 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.34%) Camunda
4 2 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.67%) nginx
5 1 (0.67%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.01%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.67%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.67%) InDesign
5 1 (0.67%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.67%) Sketch
5 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (5.37%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.34%) Maximo
2 2 (1.34%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (26.17%) Azure
2 37 (24.83%) AWS
3 34 (22.82%) Power Platform
4 20 (13.42%) GCP
5 10 (6.71%) Amazon S3
6 9 (6.04%) Snowflake
7 8 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (5.37%) Serverless
8 6 (4.03%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (4.03%) GitHub
9 5 (3.36%) Amazon EMR
9 5 (3.36%) Amazon Kinesis
9 5 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (3.36%) Google Analytics
9 5 (3.36%) PaaS
10 4 (2.68%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (2.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (2.68%) SaaS
11 3 (2.01%) dbt
11 3 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.68%) Network Security
2 3 (2.01%) DNS
2 3 (2.01%) Firewall
3 2 (1.34%) 4G
3 2 (1.34%) 5G
3 2 (1.34%) DOCSIS
3 2 (1.34%) GPON
3 2 (1.34%) LTE
3 2 (1.34%) MPLS
3 2 (1.34%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (1.34%) VoIP
3 2 (1.34%) xDSL
4 1 (0.67%) Converged Networks
4 1 (0.67%) DHCP
4 1 (0.67%) LAN
4 1 (0.67%) SSL
4 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.67%) VPN
4 1 (0.67%) WAN
4 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (22.82%) Power BI
2 26 (17.45%) Tableau
3 23 (15.44%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (10.07%) Big Data
5 11 (7.38%) Hadoop
6 10 (6.71%) MongoDB
7 9 (6.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (5.37%) BigQuery
9 6 (4.03%) Metadata
9 6 (4.03%) NoSQL
10 5 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (2.68%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
12 3 (2.01%) Looker
12 3 (2.01%) Oracle Database
12 3 (2.01%) Relational Database
13 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (1.34%) GIS
13 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (6.04%) JIRA
2 8 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.01%) Git
3 3 (2.01%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.34%) ER Studio
4 2 (1.34%) GitLab
4 2 (1.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.67%) Dreamweaver
General
1 42 (28.19%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (26.85%) Social Skills
3 33 (22.15%) Finance
4 28 (18.79%) Public Sector
5 15 (10.07%) Banking
6 9 (6.04%) Marketing
6 9 (6.04%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.03%) Retail
8 4 (2.68%) Brand Awareness
8 4 (2.68%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.68%) Local Government
8 4 (2.68%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.68%) Retail Banking
8 4 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.01%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.01%) Legal
10 2 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.34%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (18.79%) Senior
2 26 (17.45%) Analyst
3 20 (13.42%) Data Engineer
4 19 (12.75%) Architect
4 19 (12.75%) Developer
5 16 (10.74%) Lead
6 15 (10.07%) Business Analyst
7 12 (8.05%) Data Science Developer
8 8 (5.37%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (5.37%) Data Analyst
9 7 (4.70%) Consultant
9 7 (4.70%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.03%) Project Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Project Leader
10 6 (4.03%) Project Manager
11 5 (3.36%) Data Analytics Engineer
11 5 (3.36%) Data Architect
11 5 (3.36%) Senior Data Engineer
12 4 (2.68%) Campaign Manager
12 4 (2.68%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.09%) Kafka
2 14 (9.40%) NumPy
2 14 (9.40%) Pandas
3 12 (8.05%) Matplotlib
3 12 (8.05%) PyTorch
3 12 (8.05%) scikit-learn
3 12 (8.05%) Seaborn
3 12 (8.05%) TensorFlow
4 5 (3.36%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.68%) React
6 3 (2.01%) .NET
6 3 (2.01%) CSS
6 3 (2.01%) HTML
6 3 (2.01%) Node.js
6 3 (2.01%) REST
7 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.34%) Middleware
7 2 (1.34%) PySpark
8 1 (0.67%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.74%) Algorithms
2 11 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.04%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.03%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.36%) IoT
5 5 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.36%) Social Media
6 4 (2.68%) Blog
7 3 (2.01%) NHS
7 3 (2.01%) Replication
8 2 (1.34%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.34%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.34%) FMCG
8 2 (1.34%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.34%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.34%) SCADA
8 2 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.34%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.37%) Linux
2 2 (1.34%) Windows
3 1 (0.67%) AIX
3 1 (0.67%) CentOS
3 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (100.00%) Analytics
2 39 (26.17%) Business Intelligence
3 35 (23.49%) Agile
3 35 (23.49%) Data Science
3 35 (23.49%) Visualisation
4 33 (22.15%) Computer Science
5 32 (21.48%) Decision-Making
6 31 (20.81%) Data Modelling
6 31 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (19.46%) Data Analysis
8 26 (17.45%) Data Engineering
9 25 (16.78%) DevOps
10 24 (16.11%) Machine Learning
11 23 (15.44%) Artificial Intelligence
12 22 (14.77%) ETL
13 20 (13.42%) Data Governance
13 20 (13.42%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (12.75%) Data Pipeline
14 19 (12.75%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 47 (31.54%) Python
2 46 (30.87%) SQL
3 14 (9.40%) R
4 7 (4.70%) Java
5 5 (3.36%) Scala
5 5 (3.36%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.01%) Rust
8 2 (1.34%) Bash
8 2 (1.34%) C#
8 2 (1.34%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.34%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.67%) Groovy
9 1 (0.67%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.67%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 45 (30.20%) Degree
2 23 (15.44%) Master's Degree
3 22 (14.77%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.08%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (10.07%) AWS Certification
7 13 (8.72%) PhD
8 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (5.37%) Azure Certification
10 7 (4.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
12 3 (2.01%) PMP
13 2 (1.34%) CCNA
13 2 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.34%) CISSP
13 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
13 2 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.67%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (20.81%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.37%) Def Stans
3 5 (3.36%) GDPR
4 4 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.01%) PMO
6 2 (1.34%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.34%) OASIS TOSCA
6 2 (1.34%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.34%) WCAG
7 1 (0.67%) COSHH
7 1 (0.67%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.67%) NCSC
7 1 (0.67%) PSD2
7 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.70%) Docker
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (9.40%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.03%) Terraform
3 4 (2.68%) Ansible
4 2 (1.34%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 22 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.42%) Google
3 14 (9.40%) Databricks
4 12 (8.05%) VMware
5 8 (5.37%) Adobe
6 6 (4.03%) SAP
7 4 (2.68%) Alteryx
7 4 (2.68%) Cloudera
7 4 (2.68%) Oracle
8 3 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.01%) Splunk
9 2 (1.34%) Amdocs
9 2 (1.34%) Avaya
9 2 (1.34%) Ericsson
9 2 (1.34%) Fujitsu
9 2 (1.34%) Genesys
9 2 (1.34%) Huawei
9 2 (1.34%) NetCracker
9 2 (1.34%) Nokia
9 2 (1.34%) Red Hat