Quantitative Analysis Contracts in the UK excluding London

Quantitative Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Quantitative Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quantitative Analysis 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 339 390 426
Rank change year-on-year +51 +36 +70
Contract jobs citing Quantitative Analysis 4 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.034% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.040% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £212 £233 £474
25th Percentile £242 £250 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £298 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -45.82% +12.82%
75th Percentile £299 £365 £625
90th Percentile £304 £393 £670
UK median daily rate £563 £393 £663
% change year-on-year +43.31% -40.75% +39.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £10.42 -
UK median hourly rate - £10.42 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Quantitative 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 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%

Quantitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK excluding London

Quantitative Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK excluding London

Quantitative Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Quantitative Analysis in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Quantitative Analysis in the UK excluding London

Quantitative 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 Quantitative Analysis 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 - 2 £298 - 5
Yorkshire - 2 £298 - 4
Scotland +4 1 £193 -12.65% 5
South East - 1 - - 3
Quantitative Analysis
UK

Quantitative 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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) QC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Facilities Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Chemistry
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Model Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Qualitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GLP
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft