Data Analysis Contracts

Data Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analysis over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 106 111
Rank change year-on-year +20 +5 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 1,027 1,350 2,079
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.40% 2.32% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.59% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 912 1,417
10th Percentile £313 £308 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £588 £605 £619
90th Percentile £717 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £460 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 56 96
10th Percentile £17.93 £19.86 £15.13
25th Percentile £23.88 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £29.00 £31.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.76% -9.19% +42.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £58.51
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £33.65 £35.00
% change year-on-year -25.71% -3.86% +59.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in the UK

Data Analysis
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 +12 911 £500 - 859
London +6 499 £516 -1.63% 368
UK excluding London +31 421 £460 -3.16% 504
Work from Home +43 373 £500 +5.26% 383
North of England +26 111 £475 -2.56% 134
South East -4 101 £500 -1.96% 99
Midlands +53 78 £405 +1.25% 111
North West +12 69 £475 +2.70% 74
West Midlands +51 58 £400 -15.79% 73
South West +17 45 £513 +7.89% 66
Scotland +16 45 £525 +10.53% 29
East of England -1 35 £488 +20.37% 62
Yorkshire +30 34 £475 -9.52% 46
East Midlands +13 19 £425 +25.00% 37
Wales +20 7 £412 -4.74% 13
North East +17 5 £423 -7.29% 15
Northern Ireland +5 4 £335 -36.79% 7

Data Analysis
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 33 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.53%) SAS
3 24 (2.34%) Apache Spark
3 24 (2.34%) Confluence
4 11 (1.07%) MTS
5 10 (0.97%) Apache
6 9 (0.88%) IIS
7 8 (0.78%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.49%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.29%) Appian
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.097%) CMS
11 1 (0.097%) Jadu
11 1 (0.097%) Moodle
11 1 (0.097%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.097%) WebSphere
Applications
1 156 (15.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.55%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (3.99%) MS Visio
4 36 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.88%) SPSS
7 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.68%) Simulink
9 3 (0.29%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.29%) InVision
9 3 (0.29%) Sketch
9 3 (0.29%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.19%) Mingle
11 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.097%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.097%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.097%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.85%) Endur
3 11 (1.07%) Aligne
3 11 (1.07%) EuroRunner
4 9 (0.88%) Aladdin
5 7 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.58%) SimCorp Dimension
7 5 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.49%) Primavera
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.39%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.39%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 3 (0.29%) SAP PP
9 3 (0.29%) Shopify
10 2 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.19%) Loan IQ
10 2 (0.19%) Maximo
10 2 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 237 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 125 (12.17%) Azure
3 69 (6.72%) AWS
4 35 (3.41%) Power Automate
5 32 (3.12%) Snowflake
6 26 (2.53%) PowerApps
7 22 (2.14%) GCP
8 20 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (1.95%) Collibra
9 18 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (1.56%) OCI
11 14 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (1.17%) Serverless
13 10 (0.97%) WhatsApp
14 9 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.78%) Google Sheets
16 7 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
16 7 (0.68%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.56%) Internet
2 11 (1.07%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (0.97%) Network Security
4 7 (0.68%) 5G
5 5 (0.49%) 2G
5 5 (0.49%) 3G
5 5 (0.49%) 4G
5 5 (0.49%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (0.49%) SNA
6 4 (0.39%) Wireless
7 2 (0.19%) AMQP
7 2 (0.19%) DMZ
7 2 (0.19%) Firewall
7 2 (0.19%) HTTP
7 2 (0.19%) Modbus
7 2 (0.19%) MQTT
8 1 (0.097%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.097%) DHCP
8 1 (0.097%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.097%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (22.40%) Power BI
2 97 (9.44%) Tableau
3 88 (8.57%) Data Warehouse
4 78 (7.59%) SQL Server
5 64 (6.23%) Big Data
6 40 (3.89%) Data Lake
7 39 (3.80%) Metadata
8 32 (3.12%) Data Mining
9 25 (2.43%) Oracle Database
10 24 (2.34%) Hadoop
11 16 (1.56%) Qlik Sense
12 15 (1.46%) GIS
12 15 (1.46%) Power Query
13 14 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
13 14 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
14 13 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
16 11 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
17 10 (0.97%) NoSQL
17 10 (0.97%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 71 (6.91%) JIRA
2 12 (1.17%) Git
3 9 (0.88%) Eclipse
4 7 (0.68%) ERwin
4 7 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 7 (0.68%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.58%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.49%) Maven
6 5 (0.49%) Selenium
7 4 (0.39%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.39%) JMeter
7 4 (0.39%) LSMW
7 4 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.39%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.29%) Axure RP
8 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.19%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.19%) FitNesse
9 2 (0.19%) RStudio
General
1 349 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 286 (27.85%) Finance
3 269 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (11.39%) Public Sector
5 75 (7.30%) Banking
6 46 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
7 43 (4.19%) Marketing
8 34 (3.31%) Manufacturing
9 31 (3.02%) Retail
10 27 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
10 27 (2.63%) Telecoms
11 26 (2.53%) Back Office
12 25 (2.43%) Legal
13 23 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
15 20 (1.95%) Front Office
16 19 (1.85%) Investment Banking
17 15 (1.46%) Military
18 11 (1.07%) Local Government
18 11 (1.07%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 381 (37.10%) Analyst
2 187 (18.21%) Data Analyst
3 145 (14.12%) Business Analyst
4 98 (9.54%) Senior
5 72 (7.01%) Developer
6 63 (6.13%) Data Scientist
7 56 (5.45%) Data Engineer
8 54 (5.26%) Architect
9 52 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
10 46 (4.48%) Consultant
11 37 (3.60%) Data Architect
11 37 (3.60%) Lead
12 26 (2.53%) Senior Data Analyst
13 25 (2.43%) Data Business Analyst
14 21 (2.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 21 (2.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 20 (1.95%) Power BI Developer
16 19 (1.85%) C# Developer
17 18 (1.75%) Project Manager
18 16 (1.56%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.12%) .NET
2 17 (1.66%) .NET Framework
2 17 (1.66%) Pandas
3 15 (1.46%) XML
4 12 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
4 12 (1.17%) PySpark
4 12 (1.17%) Web Services
5 11 (1.07%) JSON
6 10 (0.97%) WinForms
7 9 (0.88%) Kafka
7 9 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.88%) WPF
8 8 (0.78%) Matplotlib
8 8 (0.78%) SailPoint
8 8 (0.78%) WCF
9 7 (0.68%) REST
9 7 (0.68%) scikit-learn
10 6 (0.58%) NumPy
11 5 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.49%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.43%) Management Information System
2 45 (4.38%) Algorithms
3 32 (3.12%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.02%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 25 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.36%) NHS
7 14 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
8 13 (1.27%) Distributed Applications
9 12 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
9 12 (1.17%) Derivative
9 12 (1.17%) Market Risk
10 11 (1.07%) Equities
10 11 (1.07%) Onboarding
11 9 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (0.88%) Genomics
11 9 (0.88%) Hedge funds
11 9 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.31%) Windows
2 25 (2.43%) Linux
3 22 (2.14%) Unix
4 8 (0.78%) Android
4 8 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.49%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.097%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.097%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.097%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (26.10%) Business Intelligence
2 226 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
3 218 (21.23%) Data Modelling
4 210 (20.45%) Visualisation
5 205 (19.96%) Analytics
6 199 (19.38%) Agile
7 151 (14.70%) Decision-Making
8 123 (11.98%) Data Science
9 120 (11.68%) Data Visualisation
10 117 (11.39%) Project Management
11 109 (10.61%) Data Management
11 109 (10.61%) Migration
12 104 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
13 95 (9.25%) Data Governance
14 92 (8.96%) ETL
15 84 (8.18%) Actionable Insight
16 76 (7.40%) Computer Science
17 74 (7.21%) Business Analysis
18 66 (6.43%) Machine Learning
19 65 (6.33%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 336 (32.72%) SQL
2 222 (21.62%) Python
3 58 (5.65%) R
4 45 (4.38%) C#
5 42 (4.09%) T-SQL
6 34 (3.31%) VBA
7 31 (3.02%) PL/SQL
8 26 (2.53%) Java
9 22 (2.14%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.95%) C++
11 19 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 19 (1.85%) VB
12 16 (1.56%) VB.NET
13 14 (1.36%) MATLAB
14 13 (1.27%) Scala
15 11 (1.07%) JavaScript
16 7 (0.68%) C
17 5 (0.49%) Bash
17 5 (0.49%) Perl
18 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 148 (14.41%) Degree
2 126 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 89 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.41%) DV Cleared
5 30 (2.92%) Master's Degree
6 27 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.66%) PMI Certification
8 15 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (1.46%) PMP
9 13 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.78%) CBAP
10 8 (0.78%) CIMA
10 8 (0.78%) PhD
11 6 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
11 6 (0.58%) Postgraduate
12 5 (0.49%) ACCA
12 5 (0.49%) ISEB
12 5 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.39%) CISSP
13 4 (0.39%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (11.10%) Data Quality
2 84 (8.18%) QA
3 43 (4.19%) PMO
4 25 (2.43%) GDPR
5 21 (2.04%) SLA
6 16 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 11 (1.07%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.78%) IFRS
9 8 (0.78%) NIST
9 8 (0.78%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.58%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.49%) GRC
11 5 (0.49%) WCAG
12 3 (0.29%) EMIR
12 3 (0.29%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.29%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.19%) Basel III
13 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 8 (0.78%) Docker
2 4 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) HDFS
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.39%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.29%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.29%) MOM
3 3 (0.29%) Terraform
4 2 (0.19%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (0.19%) Grafana
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.19%) SCCM
5 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.097%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.097%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 121 (11.78%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.47%) Oracle
3 68 (6.62%) SAP
4 34 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 33 (3.21%) ServiceNow
6 27 (2.63%) Databricks
7 23 (2.24%) Google
8 19 (1.85%) Citrix
9 16 (1.56%) Alteryx
10 15 (1.46%) Dell
11 13 (1.27%) Red Hat
12 10 (0.97%) Atlassian
12 10 (0.97%) Splunk
13 9 (0.88%) Cadence
14 8 (0.78%) Adobe
14 8 (0.78%) Dataiku
15 7 (0.68%) IBM
15 7 (0.68%) Remedy
15 7 (0.68%) Trillium
16 6 (0.58%) Informatica