Senior Data Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Data Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Data Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 371 424
Rank change year-on-year +25 +53 +72
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Analyst 7 21 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.098% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.11% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 10
10th Percentile - £325 £184
25th Percentile £569 £344 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +30.56% -7.12% +2.00%
75th Percentile £606 £480 £571
90th Percentile - £533 £605
UK median daily rate £569 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +26.39% -5.26% -7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £34.98 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.60 - -

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 12,358 19,738 21,522
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.36% 92.42% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,721 11,728 14,888
10th Percentile £220 £213 £230
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 965 2,554 1,115
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.63 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.97 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -1.23% +102.50%
75th Percentile £58.58 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.37 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -14.77% +76.00%

Senior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Data Analyst in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Data Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
Northern Ireland - 3 £588 - 7
South East +45 1 - - 60
North of England +12 1 - - 12
West Midlands +9 1 - - 4
Midlands +5 1 - - 9
Scotland -6 1 - - 7
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Senior Data Analyst
UK

Senior Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Senior Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Data Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
4 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Banking
4 3 (42.86%) Change Management
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (42.86%) Python
4 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
4 3 (42.86%) PMP
4 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
4 3 (42.86%) ISEB
4 3 (42.86%) Project Management
4 3 (42.86%) JIRA
4 3 (42.86%) Market Risk
4 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
5 2 (28.57%) Data Structures
5 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft

Senior Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) Collibra
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
2 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) BigQuery
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) Power Query
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (14.29%) Star Schema
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) ER Studio
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Market Risk
2 2 (28.57%) Data Structures
3 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
3 1 (14.29%) Equities
3 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Data Extraction
5 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) B2C
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Data Security
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Statistics
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
2 3 (42.86%) PMP
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Workday