Data Insight Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Insight Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Insight Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 355 398
Rank change year-on-year -35 +43 +92
Contract jobs requiring a Data Insight Analyst 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.013% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.014% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £283
25th Percentile - £613 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £638 £419
90th Percentile - - £438
UK median daily rate £475 £440 £375
% change year-on-year +7.95% +17.33% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,356 13,848 18,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.36% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,265 12,022
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,646 795 1,208
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.08 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Data Insight Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Insight Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Insight Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Insight Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Insight Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Insight Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Insight Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Insight Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Insight Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Insight Analyst
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 Insight Analyst 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
South East -22 2 - - 1
South West -7 1 £500 -20.00%
Data Insight Analyst
UK

Data Insight Analyst Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Data Insight Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Insight Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation

Data Insight Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation