NHS Data Analyst Contract Job Trends

NHS Data Analyst
UK

The median NHS Data Analyst daily rate in the UK is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 661 - 571
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Contract jobs requiring an NHS Data Analyst 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.56%
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 49,279 30,093 36,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 91.45% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,675 19,115 23,531
10th Percentile £330 £282 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,419 1,494 2,063
10th Percentile £15.23 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.99 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.10 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.10 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +75.33% -42.71% +17.07%

NHS Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'NHS Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

NHS Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

NHS Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for NHS Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for NHS Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK

NHS Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for NHS Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for NHS Data Analyst job vacancies in the UK

NHS Data Analyst
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 August 2026. 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 - 2 £438 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £438 - 1
London - 1 £438 -

NHS Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 August 2026, NHS Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring NHS Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) GeoJSON
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Spatial Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation

NHS Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) GeoJSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Spatial Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) QA