Senior Data Analyst Contracts

Senior Data Analyst
UK

The median Senior Data Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 657 759
Rank change year-on-year +115 +102 -104
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Analyst 49 48 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.083% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.087% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 68
10th Percentile £355 £400 £379
25th Percentile £425 £419 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.09% +4.50%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £608 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.05% - +26.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

Senior Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Analyst in the UK

Senior Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Data Analyst in the UK

Senior Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Analyst in the UK

Senior Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Data Analyst in the UK

Senior Data Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +106 35 £525 +10.53% 27
UK excluding London +62 28 £480 +1.05% 9
Work from Home +121 17 £500 +11.11% 15
London +75 15 £525 +13.51% 17
North of England +35 11 £525 +10.53% 1
Scotland +49 10 £453 -2.16% 2
North West +22 10 £525 +10.53%
South East +27 4 £350 -33.46%
East of England +10 4 £525 +23.53% 1
Midlands +36 2 £488 +156.58% 2
West Midlands - 2 £488 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Data Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (53.06%) Data Analysis
2 25 (51.02%) SQL
3 24 (48.98%) Visualisation
4 21 (42.86%) Analytics
5 19 (38.78%) Data Visualisation
6 18 (36.73%) Power BI
6 18 (36.73%) Power Platform
6 18 (36.73%) Data Modelling
7 17 (34.69%) Python
8 15 (30.61%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (26.53%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
11 11 (22.45%) Tableau
11 11 (22.45%) Agile
11 11 (22.45%) JIRA
12 10 (20.41%) Data Analytics
13 9 (18.37%) Data Quality
14 8 (16.33%) Atlassian
14 8 (16.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
14 8 (16.33%) PowerApps
14 8 (16.33%) Power Automate
15 7 (14.29%) Customer Experience
15 7 (14.29%) SAP
15 7 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
15 7 (14.29%) Data Integration
15 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (14.29%) GDPR
15 7 (14.29%) Data Structures
15 7 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (10.20%) Apache Spark
2 3 (6.12%) SAS
3 1 (2.04%) Apache
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) SPSS
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.73%) Power Platform
2 8 (16.33%) Power Automate
2 8 (16.33%) PowerApps
3 6 (12.24%) Azure
4 3 (6.12%) AWS
5 2 (4.08%) GCP
5 2 (4.08%) Matillion
5 2 (4.08%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.04%) Datadog
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (36.73%) Power BI
2 11 (22.45%) Tableau
3 5 (10.20%) Big Data
3 5 (10.20%) Hadoop
4 4 (8.16%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (6.12%) Data Mining
5 3 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (6.12%) Presto
6 2 (4.08%) Apache Hive
6 2 (4.08%) Impala
6 2 (4.08%) Looker
6 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (2.04%) GIS
7 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (22.45%) JIRA
General
1 13 (26.53%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (12.24%) Finance
5 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.20%) Retail
6 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.16%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.08%) Banking
7 2 (4.08%) Investment Banking
7 2 (4.08%) Local Government
8 1 (2.04%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.04%) Military
8 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) D3.js
1 3 (6.12%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Housing Association
4 1 (2.04%) Life Science
4 1 (2.04%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (53.06%) Data Analysis
2 24 (48.98%) Visualisation
3 21 (42.86%) Analytics
4 19 (38.78%) Data Visualisation
5 18 (36.73%) Data Modelling
6 15 (30.61%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (22.45%) Agile
8 10 (20.41%) Data Analytics
9 7 (14.29%) Customer Experience
9 7 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
9 7 (14.29%) Data Integration
9 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
10 6 (12.24%) ETL
10 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (10.20%) Migration
11 5 (10.20%) Statistics
12 4 (8.16%) Data Virtualisation
12 4 (8.16%) Order to Cash
Programming Languages
1 25 (51.02%) SQL
2 17 (34.69%) Python
3 5 (10.20%) R
4 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
1 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) Data Quality
2 7 (14.29%) GDPR
3 5 (10.20%) PMO
4 2 (4.08%) SLA
5 1 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Atlassian
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) SAP
3 4 (8.16%) Ariba
4 3 (6.12%) Databricks
4 3 (6.12%) Oracle
4 3 (6.12%) Splunk
4 3 (6.12%) Teradata
5 1 (2.04%) Brio
5 1 (2.04%) Dataiku
5 1 (2.04%) Informatica
5 1 (2.04%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (2.04%) Talend