Data Analytics Specialist Contracts

Data Analytics Specialist
UK

The median Data Analytics Specialist daily rate in the UK is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 - 715
Rank change year-on-year - - +140
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analytics Specialist 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - £503
25th Percentile £563 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 - £525
75th Percentile £588 - £556
90th Percentile - - £568
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 - £525

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Data Analytics Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Analytics Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics Specialist in the UK

Data Analytics Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics Specialist in the UK

Data Analytics Specialist
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London - 5 £580 - 2
England - 5 £580 - 4
North West - 4 £580 -
North of England - 4 £580 - 2
East of England - 4 £580 -
Work from Home - 2 £575 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £575 -
Midlands - 1 £575 -

Data Analytics Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Analytics Specialist 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 featuring Data Analytics Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
3 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
3 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) Life Science
3 4 (57.14%) SAP
3 4 (57.14%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) Ariba
3 4 (57.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (57.14%) Power BI
3 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 4 (57.14%) Data Lake
3 4 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (57.14%) Snowflake
3 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
3 4 (57.14%) Inventory Management
4 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (42.86%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Time Management
5 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
5 2 (28.57%) Hyperion
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Record to Report
5 2 (28.57%) Anaplan

Data Analytics Specialist Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
1 4 (57.14%) Snowflake
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Data Lake
1 4 (57.14%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 4 (57.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Inventory Management
2 4 (57.14%) Logistics
3 3 (42.86%) Data Governance
3 3 (42.86%) Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Community of Practice
4 2 (28.57%) Data Governance Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Profit Centre Accounting
4 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
4 2 (28.57%) Record to Report
4 2 (28.57%) Time Management
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Ariba
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Anaplan
2 2 (28.57%) Hyperion
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft