Junior Data Analyst Contracts

Junior Data Analyst
UK

The median Junior Data Analyst daily rate in the UK is £317, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 580 665
Rank change year-on-year +52 +85 +188
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Data Analyst 6 13 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.030% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.032% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 20
10th Percentile £204 £145 £196
25th Percentile £209 £185 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £317 £325 £270
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +20.37% +47.95%
75th Percentile £408 £350 £350
90th Percentile - £395 £360
UK excluding London median daily rate £225 £154 £300
% change year-on-year +45.99% -48.63% +87.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - - £12.28
25th Percentile - - £12.51
Median hourly rate - £12.30 £15.12
Median % change year-on-year - -18.62% +16.27%
75th Percentile - £14.50 £18.06
90th Percentile - £15.33 £18.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £12.30 £15.99
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +27.92%

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 27,617 40,796 52,414
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 92.91% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,719 26,125 36,530
10th Percentile £289 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.36% -1.70% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,193 3,003 1,492
10th Percentile £13.88 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.45 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.40 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.93% -16.67% +80.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £76.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -37.13% -1.45% +102.95%

Junior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior Data Analyst over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior Data Analyst in the UK

Junior Data Analyst
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
England +51 6 £317 -2.62% 43
London +53 5 £408 +16.57% 19
Work from Home +47 2 £213 -34.62% 19
South East +48 1 £225 +18.42% 8
UK excluding London +29 1 £225 +45.99% 29

Junior Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 June 2025, Junior 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 featuring Junior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 4 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (50.00%) Tableau
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (33.33%) Git
4 2 (33.33%) GIS
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Power BI
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 2 (33.33%) Big Data
4 2 (33.33%) Time Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (16.67%) Databricks

Junior Data Analyst 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Tableau
2 2 (33.33%) Big Data
2 2 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (33.33%) GIS
2 2 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (16.67%) BigQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (16.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
1 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) ETL
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) Google