Telecoms Data Analyst Contract Job Trends

Data Analyst - Telecommunications
UK

The median Data Analyst - Telecommunications daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 523 583
Rank change year-on-year -106 +60 +142
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Data Analyst 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.007% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.007% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £263
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.79%
75th Percentile £588 - £269
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £263
% change year-on-year - - -28.08%

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 40,989 27,183 41,081
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 92.83% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,539 17,878 26,912
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,552 945 2,521
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.09 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.50 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -24.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.81 £71.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.63 £32.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year +19.78% -2.27% -21.07%

Telecoms Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Telecoms Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Telecoms Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Telecoms Data Analyst
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Telecoms Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 29 March 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
London -58 1 £575 -
England -104 1 £575 -

Telecoms Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 March 2026, Telecoms 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 Telecoms Data Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Looker
1 1 (100.00%) LookML
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic Layer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema

Telecoms 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 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Looker
1 1 (100.00%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic Layer
1 1 (100.00%) Star Schema
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) LookML
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google