Lead Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Lead Data Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Data Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £780, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 341 399
Rank change year-on-year -82 +58 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Analyst 3 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.023% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.025% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £446 £523 -
25th Percentile £571 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.80% - -
75th Percentile - £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £708 £563 £650
% change year-on-year +25.78% -13.46% +20.48%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 19,342 11,905 19,697
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 92.49% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,509 7,599 12,259
10th Percentile £250 £209 £210
25th Percentile £388 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £593
90th Percentile £675 £667 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 681 2,087
10th Percentile £14.36 £15.22 £12.52
25th Percentile £18.86 £20.30 £15.61
Median hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -1.20% -17.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £34.95 £33.75 £32.69
% change year-on-year +3.54% +3.24% -20.33%

Lead Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Lead Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Lead Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Lead Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Lead Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Lead Data 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 Lead Data Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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 West -25 2 £780 +56.00% 1
North of England -56 2 £780 +56.00% 1
West Midlands - 2 £780 -
Yorkshire - 2 £780 -
Midlands - 2 £780 -
South East -45 1 £375 -40.00% 10
Lead Data Analyst
UK

Lead Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Lead Data 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 Lead Data Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) Metadata
2 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 2 (66.67%) Pricing Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) SAS
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Stress Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Teradata
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement

Lead Data 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
1 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) QlikView
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) AS400
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Pricing Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Stress Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Teradata