Time Series Analysis Contract Job Trends

Time Series Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Time Series Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 547 616
Rank change year-on-year -7 +69 +189
Contract jobs citing Time Series Analysis 11 16 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.041% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.049% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 14
10th Percentile £411 £306 £500
25th Percentile £458 £473 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £643 £534
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% +20.32% -26.34%
75th Percentile £641 £934 £752
90th Percentile £763 £1,013 £971
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 -
% change year-on-year +1.58% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £16.61
Median hourly rate - £21.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year - +24.64% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £17.89
90th Percentile - £21.82 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £20.24 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Time Series 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 29,866 32,988 44,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.46% 85.54% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,546 20,442 30,282
10th Percentile £300 £311 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,786 1,512 1,511
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.71 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.09 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +43.10%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -47.37% +8.72% +71.96%

Time Series Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Time Series Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Time Series Analysis in the UK

Time Series Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Time Series Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Time Series Analysis over the 6 months to 11 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Time Series Analysis in the UK

Time Series Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Time Series Analysis
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Time Series Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 11 September 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 +21 11 £525 -18.29% 28
UK excluding London -5 6 £483 +1.58% 16
South East +17 4 £440 -7.37% 12
London +16 4 £650 -24.64% 20
East of England - 2 £525 - 1
Work from Home +20 1 £525 -44.74% 12

Time Series Analysis
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 2 (18.18%) Apache Spark
2 1 (9.09%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Amazon SageMaker
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Big Data
1 2 (18.18%) Hadoop
1 2 (18.18%) Relational Database
2 1 (9.09%) GIS
2 1 (9.09%) KDB
2 1 (9.09%) Neo4j
2 1 (9.09%) Pinecone
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Agriculture
3 1 (9.09%) Agrochemical
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Data Scientist
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
3 1 (9.09%) C++ Developer
3 1 (9.09%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Science Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) NumPy
1 5 (45.45%) Pandas
1 5 (45.45%) scikit-learn
2 1 (9.09%) Faiss
2 1 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (9.09%) Matplotlib
2 1 (9.09%) PySpark
2 1 (9.09%) PyTorch
2 1 (9.09%) Seaborn
2 1 (9.09%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) Acoustics
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (9.09%) FMCG
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Pricing Data
2 1 (9.09%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Data Science
2 6 (54.55%) Machine Learning
2 6 (54.55%) Statistical Modelling
3 5 (45.45%) Data Engineering
3 5 (45.45%) Visualisation
4 4 (36.36%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (36.36%) Feature Engineering
4 4 (36.36%) LLM
4 4 (36.36%) Model Validation
4 4 (36.36%) Predictive Modelling
4 4 (36.36%) Use Case
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (27.27%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (27.27%) Predictive Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (27.27%) Statistics
6 2 (18.18%) Analytics
6 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (63.64%) SQL
3 4 (36.36%) R
4 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
3 1 (9.09%) PhD
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Google