Data Analysis Expressions Contracts

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis Expressions over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 490 532
Rank change year-on-year +48 +42 +71
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 77 110 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.25% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.77% 0.86% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 83 141
10th Percentile £342 £306 £363
25th Percentile £388 £368 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £575
90th Percentile £577 £575 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £435 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +8.75% -15.79% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £33.06 - -
25th Percentile £44.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £21.64 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +142.61% -72.67% -
75th Percentile £55.50 - -
90th Percentile £58.65 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.13 £21.64 £79.19
% change year-on-year +25.35% -72.67% -

All Programming Languages
UK

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,942 12,854 20,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.01% 29.49% 35.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,743 9,130 15,092
10th Percentile £360 £350 £400
25th Percentile £419 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £769 £760 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 485 471
10th Percentile £22.49 £31.25 £26.25
25th Percentile £33.91 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.87 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +2.20% - +26.21%

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Analysis Expressions as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis Expressions in the UK

Data Analysis Expressions
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis Expressions in the UK

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the UK

Data Analysis Expressions
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis Expressions in the UK

Data Analysis Expressions
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis Expressions in the UK

Data Analysis Expressions
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +38 64 £438 -2.78% 92
UK excluding London +44 35 £435 +8.75% 60
London +21 34 £450 -10.00% 31
Work from Home +19 23 £438 -7.41% 53
North of England +25 10 £425 +13.33% 15
Midlands +23 8 £463 +23.33% 18
Scotland +9 7 £450 -14.29% 2
West Midlands +16 6 £425 +13.33% 11
South West +46 5 £438 -18.60% 8
Yorkshire +18 5 £430 +14.67% 7
South East +37 4 £450 +5.88% 7
North West +4 4 £425 +11.48% 6
East Midlands +10 2 £500 - 6
Wales +4 1 £400 +0.95%
North East - 1 £375 - 2

Data Analysis Expressions
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (5.19%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 74 (96.10%) Power Platform
2 27 (35.06%) Azure
3 7 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (7.79%) AWS
4 6 (7.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 5 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (6.49%) GCP
5 5 (6.49%) Power Automate
5 5 (6.49%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.19%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.60%) Google Analytics
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.30%) Adverity
9 1 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.30%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.30%) Matillion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (93.51%) Power BI
2 39 (50.65%) Power Query
3 18 (23.38%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (10.39%) Relational Database
5 5 (6.49%) SQL Server
5 5 (6.49%) Tableau
6 4 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (5.19%) BigQuery
6 4 (5.19%) PowerPivot
7 3 (3.90%) Apache Hive
7 3 (3.90%) Data Lake
7 3 (3.90%) Flink
7 3 (3.90%) MySQL
7 3 (3.90%) NoSQL
7 3 (3.90%) Parquet
7 3 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (3.90%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.60%) QlikView
8 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 25 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.78%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (16.88%) Finance
4 4 (5.19%) Marketing
4 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.19%) Retail
5 3 (3.90%) Local Government
5 3 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.30%) Advertising
7 1 (1.30%) Banking
7 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (42.86%) Developer
2 31 (40.26%) Power BI Developer
3 27 (35.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 14 (18.18%) Analyst
5 9 (11.69%) Data Engineer
6 7 (9.09%) Data Analyst
7 6 (7.79%) Architect
8 5 (6.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 5 (6.49%) Consultant
9 4 (5.19%) Data Consultant
9 4 (5.19%) Senior
10 3 (3.90%) Business Intelligence Architect
10 3 (3.90%) Power BI Analyst
10 3 (3.90%) Report Analyst
10 3 (3.90%) SQL Developer
10 3 (3.90%) Technical Architect
11 2 (2.60%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 2 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Power BI Consultant
11 2 (2.60%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Apache Avro
1 3 (3.90%) Apache Beam
1 3 (3.90%) PySpark
2 2 (2.60%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.60%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (2.60%) JSON
2 2 (2.60%) YAML
3 1 (1.30%) .NET
3 1 (1.30%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.60%) FMCG
2 2 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (2.60%) Low-Code
2 2 (2.60%) NHS
2 2 (2.60%) Reference Data
2 2 (2.60%) Replication
3 1 (1.30%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.30%) Multi-touch
3 1 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (83.12%) Business Intelligence
2 51 (66.23%) Data Modelling
3 44 (57.14%) Visualisation
4 28 (36.36%) Decision-Making
5 27 (35.06%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (33.77%) ETL
7 24 (31.17%) Data Visualisation
8 22 (28.57%) Data Analysis
9 20 (25.97%) Analytics
10 12 (15.58%) DevOps
11 11 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
12 9 (11.69%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
12 9 (11.69%) Dashboard Development
12 9 (11.69%) Data Integration
12 9 (11.69%) Migration
13 8 (10.39%) Data Governance
13 8 (10.39%) Data Security
13 8 (10.39%) Validation
14 7 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 54 (70.13%) SQL
2 27 (35.06%) Python
3 7 (9.09%) T-SQL
4 6 (7.79%) PowerShell
5 5 (6.49%) Java
5 5 (6.49%) R
6 4 (5.19%) C#
7 3 (3.90%) Scala
7 3 (3.90%) VBA
8 2 (2.60%) Bash
8 2 (2.60%) Bicep
9 1 (1.30%) Formula Language
9 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.30%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Degree
2 5 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (6.49%) Numerate Degree
3 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.99%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.19%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.19%) QA
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) Terraform
2 2 (2.60%) Ansible
2 2 (2.60%) Grafana
2 2 (2.60%) Progress Chef
2 2 (2.60%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.69%) Databricks
3 7 (9.09%) SAP
4 5 (6.49%) Google
5 4 (5.19%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.30%) IBM
7 1 (1.30%) Jaspersoft
7 1 (1.30%) Splunk
7 1 (1.30%) TikTok
7 1 (1.30%) Workday