Numerical Analysis Contract Job Trends

Numerical Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Numerical Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 540 588
Rank change year-on-year -123 +48 +105
Contract jobs citing Numerical Analysis 2 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.013% 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% 0.014% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £830 £686
25th Percentile £324 £837 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £349 £900 £875
Median % change year-on-year -61.28% +2.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £373 £988 £931
90th Percentile - £1,010 £950
UK excluding London median daily rate £349 - £375

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Numerical Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44,398 28,953 36,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.10% 90.63% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,615 18,257 23,517
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,640 1,439 2,494
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.20 £12.74
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.70 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.45% -35.31% +1.65%

Numerical Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Numerical Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Numerical Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Numerical Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Numerical Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Numerical Analysis

Numerical Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Numerical Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Numerical Analysis

Numerical Analysis
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Numerical Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 8 July 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
UK excluding London - 2 £349 - 2
England -110 1 £349 -61.28% 3
Scotland - 1 - -
South West - 1 £349 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £349 - 2

Numerical Analysis
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Planner
1 1 (50.00%) Pricing Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft