Data Analysis Contracts in the West Midlands

Data Analysis
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data 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 47 53 107
Rank change year-on-year +6 +54 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 51 58 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.79% 2.98% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 3.55% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 40 21
10th Percentile £297 £249 £300
25th Percentile £388 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £451
Median % change year-on-year +15.03% -8.44% +12.63%
75th Percentile £544 £527 £588
90th Percentile £688 £625 £688
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.35% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £17.01 £31.46 -
25th Percentile £21.31 £33.09 -
Median hourly rate £29.50 £36.44 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% - -
75th Percentile £30.51 £40.41 -
90th Percentile £30.68 £42.41 -
England median hourly rate £29.07 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.24% -17.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Data 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Analysis in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Analysis in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +17 32 £438 +9.38% 25
Warwickshire +11 14 £500 +8.11% 13
Shropshire - 3 £444 - 2
Coventry +7 1 £375 -31.82% 6
Data Analysis
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 12 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.92%) SAP BPC
2 2 (3.92%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.96%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.49%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.84%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.92%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.96%) Azure
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (25.49%) Power BI
2 3 (5.88%) SAP BW
3 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.92%) Power Query
3 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.92%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.96%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.96%) Data Mart
4 1 (1.96%) Metadata
4 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.96%) Pentaho
4 1 (1.96%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.96%) Spark SQL
4 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 22 (43.14%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 12 (23.53%) Finance
4 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.88%) Law
5 3 (5.88%) Marketing
5 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Retail
6 2 (3.92%) Local Government
6 2 (3.92%) Military
6 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Banking
7 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Games
7 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (45.10%) Analyst
2 8 (15.69%) Business Analyst
3 5 (9.80%) Sustainability Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Developer
5 3 (5.88%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (5.88%) Lead
5 3 (5.88%) Power BI Developer
5 3 (5.88%) Support Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Data Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Resource Management Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (3.92%) SAP Security Consultant
6 2 (3.92%) Senior
6 2 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Senior PMO
6 2 (3.92%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) Support Officer
6 2 (3.92%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) SailPoint
1 2 (3.92%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.96%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.88%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.96%) CMDB
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.96%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (31.37%) Agile
2 16 (31.37%) Decision-Making
3 14 (27.45%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (19.61%) Data Modelling
4 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (17.65%) Visualisation
6 8 (15.69%) Waterfall
7 7 (13.73%) Analytics
7 7 (13.73%) Business Analysis
7 7 (13.73%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (13.73%) Project Management
7 7 (13.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (11.76%) Business Process Modelling
8 6 (11.76%) Change Management
8 6 (11.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 5 (9.80%) Change Control
9 5 (9.80%) Design Thinking
9 5 (9.80%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) SQL
2 6 (11.76%) Python
3 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
1 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.84%) PMO
3 3 (5.88%) NIST
4 2 (3.92%) GRC
4 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.96%) GDPR
5 1 (1.96%) NCSC
5 1 (1.96%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) SAP
3 5 (9.80%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.92%) Concur
4 2 (3.92%) Foundry
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle
5 1 (1.96%) Databricks
5 1 (1.96%) Workday