Trend Analysis Contracts

Trend Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Trend Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Trend Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 544 616
Rank change year-on-year +69 +72 +122
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 45 38 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.087% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.10% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 20 66
10th Percentile £309 £317 £203
25th Percentile £378 £400 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £628 £519
90th Percentile £578 £896 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +29.41% -5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.53 -
Median hourly rate £31.64 £24.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.83% -63.08% +182.61%
75th Percentile - £24.09 £65.75
90th Percentile - £36.33 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.64 £18.27 £65.00
% change year-on-year +73.23% -71.90% +182.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Trend 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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Trend Analysis in the UK

Trend Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Trend Analysis.

Daily rate trend for Trend Analysis in the UK

Trend Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Trend Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Trend Analysis in the UK

Trend Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Trend Analysis.

Hourly rate trend for Trend Analysis in the UK

Trend Analysis
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Trend Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +62 42 £450 -10.00% 78
London +47 25 £400 -33.61% 37
Work from Home +57 20 £525 -22.22% 56
UK excluding London +60 17 £550 +29.41% 52
East of England +35 8 £550 - 8
South West +48 5 £538 +60.93% 1
South East +41 4 £295 -19.62% 8

Trend 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 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) iTrent
1 2 (4.44%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.22%) SAP QM
2 1 (2.22%) SAP SRM
2 1 (2.22%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.22%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 17 (37.78%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (37.78%) Power BI
2 4 (8.89%) Power Query
2 4 (8.89%) Relational Database
General
1 18 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.00%) Finance
4 7 (15.56%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Marketing
5 4 (8.89%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.67%) Aviation
6 3 (6.67%) Banking
6 3 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.44%) Military
7 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Dutch Language
8 1 (2.22%) French Language
8 1 (2.22%) Front Office
8 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
8 1 (2.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (42.22%) Analyst
2 7 (15.56%) Senior
3 6 (13.33%) Report Specialist
4 5 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (8.89%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Configuration Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Asset Management Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Capacity Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Lead
6 2 (4.44%) Market Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Service Management Specialist
6 2 (4.44%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Systems Support
6 2 (4.44%) Systems Support Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Wealth Management Business Analyst
7 1 (2.22%) Lead Consultant
7 1 (2.22%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.22%) CMDB
3 1 (2.22%) Contactless
3 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.22%) FMCG
3 1 (2.22%) Insider Threat
3 1 (2.22%) IoT
3 1 (2.22%) LIMS
3 1 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) ITIL
2 18 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (33.33%) Agile
3 15 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (31.11%) Analytics
5 10 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (20.00%) Data Analysis
7 8 (17.78%) Data Modelling
7 8 (17.78%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (17.78%) Visualisation
8 7 (15.56%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (13.33%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 6 (13.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 6 (13.33%) Service Management
9 6 (13.33%) Statistics
10 5 (11.11%) Asset Management
10 5 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
10 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) SQL
2 5 (11.11%) Python
3 4 (8.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.22%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.22%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Degree
2 14 (31.11%) Security Cleared
3 8 (17.78%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (8.89%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.22%) CISSP
7 1 (2.22%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (2.22%) GCFE
7 1 (2.22%) GCIH
7 1 (2.22%) GIAC
7 1 (2.22%) GREM
7 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.67%) GDPR
2 3 (6.67%) QA
3 2 (4.44%) SLA
4 1 (2.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.22%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.22%) ISO 13485
4 1 (2.22%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) ServiceNow
2 4 (8.89%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.22%) BMC
3 1 (2.22%) BT
3 1 (2.22%) Cisco
3 1 (2.22%) Remedy
3 1 (2.22%) SAP
3 1 (2.22%) Siemens